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The Scofield Reference Bible
THE
HOLY BIBLE
- CONTAINING THE
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
AUTHORIZED VERSION
WITH A NEW SYSTEM OF CONNECTED TOPICAL REFER-
ENCES TO ALL THE GREATER THEMES OF SCRIPTURE,
WITH ANNOTATIONS, REVISED MARGINAL RENDERINGS,
SUMMARIES, DEFINITIONS, CHRONOLOGY, AND INDEX
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
HELPS AT HARD PLACES, EXPLANATIONS OF SEEMING DISCREPANCIES,
AND A NEW SYSTEM OF PARAGRAPHS
EDITED BY
REV. C. Il. SCOFIELD, D.D.
CONSULTING EDITORS:
REV. HENRY G. WESTON, D.D., LL.D., REV. PROF. W. G. MOOREHEAD, D.D.,
President Crozer Theological Seminary. Prof. in Xenia (U. P.) Theological Seminary.
REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D.D., REV. ELMORE HARRIS, D.D.,
Dean of Moody Bible Institute. President Toronto Bible Institute.
REV. WILLIAM J. ERDMAN, D.D., ARNO C. GAEBELEIN,
Author “The Gospel of John,” etc., etc. Author “Harmony of Prophetic Word,” etc., etc.
REV. ARTHUR T, PIERSON, D.D., REV. WILLIAM L. PETTINGILL, D.D.,
Author, Editor, Teacher. ‘Author, Editor, Teacher.
NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION
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INTRODUCTION.
(TO BE READ.)
THIs edition of the Bible had its origin in the increasing conviction of the Editor
through thirty years’ study and use of the Scriptures as pastor, teacher, writer, and
lecturer upon biblical themes, that all of the many excellent and useful editions of
the Word of God left much to be desired. Gradually the elements which must
combine to facilitate the study and intelligent use of the Bible became clear to his
mind. These he has, with the invaluable collaboration of a wide circle of spiritual
and experienced Bible students and teachers, in England and the United States.
endeavoured, with what measure of success others must now judge, to embody in
the present work. The distinctive features are as follows:
I. It was felt that the old system of references, based solely upon the accident of
the English words, was unscientific and often misleading. In the present edition.
by a new system of connected topical references, all the greater truths of the divine
revelation are so traced through the entire Bible, from the place of first mention to
the last, that the reader may for himself follow the gradual unfolding of these, by
- many inspired writers through many ages, to their culmination in Jesus Christ and
the New Testament Scriptures. This method imparts to Bible study an interest
and vital reality which are wholly lacking in fragmentary and disconnected study.
II. The last fifty years have witnessed an intensity and breadth of interest in
Bible study unprecedented in the history of the Christian Church. Never before
have so many reverent, learned, and spiritual men brought to the study of the
Scriptures minds so free from merely controversial motive. Anew and vast exegetical
and expository literature has been created, inaccessible for bulk, cost, and time to the
average reader. The winnowed and attested results of this half-century of Bible
study are embodied in the notes, summaries, and definitions of this edition. Exposi-
tory novelties, and merely personal views and interpretations, have been rejected.
III. Helps have been provided, available for instant reference, on the very page
where help is needed. For example, at every mention of a Hebrew month, weight,
coin, or measure, the English equivalent is given in the margin. Obscure and diffi-
cult passages, alleged discrepancies or contradictions, and every important type or
symbol are elucidated by new references, or made the subject of an explanatory foot-
note on the same page.
IV. All of the connected topical lines of reference end in analytic summaries of
the whole teaching of Scripture on that subject, thus guarding the reader against
hasty generalizations from a few passages or proof texts. The saying that ‘‘any-
thing may be proved by the Bible’’ is both true and false—true if isolated passages
are used; utterly false if the whole divine revelation is in view.
. The great words of Scripture, as adoption, advocacy, assurance, atonement,
church, conversion, death, election, eternal life, eternal punishment, faith, flesh, for-
giveness, grace, hell (whether sheol, hades, or Sehenna), imputation, justification,
kingdom, propitiation, reconciliation, redemption, repentance, righteousness, salva-
tion, sanctification, sin, world (in its four meanings), etc., etc., are defined in simple,
non-technical terms. These definitions have been submitted to, and approved by, a
very large number of eminent students and teachers of all the evangelical bodies.
Each of the sixty-six books of the Bible is provided with an introduction
and analysis, the latter so carried out in the text by appropriate sub-heads as greatly
to facilitate the study and comprehension of the book.
VII. The entire Bible has been divided into paragraphs by italicized sub-heads
while preserving the chapter and verse division which gives the Authorized Version,
among many other superiorities, its unrivalled pre-eminence.
VIII. The remarkable results of the modern study of the Prophets, in recovering
to the church not only a clear and coherent harmony of the predictive portions, but
also great treasures of ethical truth, are indicated in expository notes. This por-
tion of the Bible, nearly one-fourth of the whole, has been closed to the average
reader by fanciful and allegorical schemes of interpretation. The method followed
gives ready access also to the amazing literary riches of the Prophetical Books.
IX. The greater covenants of God which absolutely condition human life and
the divine redemption, and about which the whole Bible gathers, are analyzed, and
their relation to each other and to Christ made clear.
X. The Dispensations are distinguished, exhibiting the majestic, progressive order
of the divine dealings of God with humanity, ‘“‘the increasing purpose’? which runs
through and links together the ages, from the beginning of the life of man to the end
_ in eternity. Augustine said: “Distinguish the ages, and the Scriptures harmonize.”
XI. After mature reflection it was determined to use the Authorized Version.
None of the many Revisions have commended themselves to the people at large,
The Revised Version, which has now been before the public for twenty-seven years,
gives no indication of becoming in any general sense the people’s Bible of the Eng-
lish-speaking world. The discovery of the Sinaitic MS. and the labours in the
field of textual criticism of such scholars as Griesbach, Lachmann, Tischendorf,
Tregelles, Winer, Alford, and Westcott and Hort, have cleared the Greek textus
receptus of minor inaccuracies, while confirming in a remarkable degree the general
accuracy of the Authorized Version of that text. Such emendations of the text as
scholarship demands have been placed in the margins of this edition, which there-
fore combines the dignity, the high religious value, the tender associations of the
past, the literary beauty and remarkable general accuracy of the Authorized Ver-
sion, with the results of the best textual scholarship.
The Editor disclaims originality. Other men have laboured, he has but entered
into theif labours. The results of the study of God’s Word by learned and spiritual
men, in every division of the church and in every land, during the last fifty years,
under the advantage of a perfected text, already form a vast literature, inaccessible
to most Christian workers. The Editor has proposed to himself the modest if
laborious task of summarizing, arranging, and condensing this mass of material.
That he has been able to accomplish this task at all is due in very large measure
to the valuable suggestions and co-operation of the Consulting Editors, who have
freely given of their time and the treasures of their scholarship to this work. It is
due to them to say that the Editor alone is responsible for the final form of notes
and definitions. The Editor’s acknowledgments are also due to a very wide circle
of learned and spiritual brethren in Europe and America to whose labours he is
indebted for suggestions of inestimable value. It may not be invidious to mention
among these Professor James Barrellet, of the Theological Faculty of Lausanne,
Professors Sayce and Margoliouth, of Oxford, Mr. Walter Scott, the eminent
Bible teacher, and Professor C. R. Erdman, of Princeton.
Finally, grateful thanks are due to those whose generous material assistance
has made possible the preparation of a work involving years of time, and repeated
journeys to the centres of biblical learning abroad.
The completed work is now dedicated to the service amongst men of that Loving
and Holy God, whose marvellous grace in Christ Jesus it seeks to exalt.
jai. 1909. C. I. SCOFIELD.
PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
The very large demand for the Scofield Reference Bible in every part of the
world, and the consequent large and repeated printings, have made it necessary
to reset the entire Bible in new type that the high standard of the Oxford University
Press may be maintained, and the public furnished with this Bible in the highest
form of the printer’s art. To the attainment of this high purpose no labour of
Editor or publishers has been counted too great.
The Scofield Reference Bible has now been nearly eight years in the hands
of the Christian public. The editor would be more, or less, than human if he were
not profoundly grateful, not only, nor chiefly, for the large sale accorded to it, but
rather for the assurances which have reached him from every part of the earth of
blessing through its: use. ;
That this testimony has come in part from great biblical scholars has been most
gratifying, but it has been an especial cause of gratitude to know that the plain
people of God in their homes, and far away missionaries in heathen lands have been
helped to a clearer and more spiritual apprehension of the Word of God.
But the very warmth of this welcome given to his labours has made the Editor
solicitous that in any new typing of it he might find his opportunity to add, here
and there, such further help as experience has shown to be desirable. This he has
endeavoured, here to do. The Panoramic View of the whole Bible will, it is believed,
show the unity of the Book—a fact in danger of failing to be perceived in face of
the other and more evident fact that it is made up of many books.
_ Chronological data have also been supplied; and, on the mechanical side, more
distinct type; large type in the reference columns; and the substitution of Arabic
for Roman numerals will be noted as distinct improvements.
The Editor is especially grateful to the many eminent and spiritually minded
brethren who have aided him by suggestions and counsel, and to those whose most
Christian liberality has ‘made such a work possible. He is sure that they, not
less emphatically than himself, in again putting forth this testimony to Him whom
having not seen we love, will say: “Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with
me.
“Greyshingles,” Douglaston, L. 1, Jan. 1,'1917, C. I. SCOFIELD.
A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE BIBLE.
The Bible, incomparably the most widely circulated of books, at once pro
and baffles study. Even the non-believer in its authority rightly feels ie =
unintelligent to remain in almost total ignorance of the most famous and ancient
_ of books. No barrier of language now exists, for the Bible has been translated into
practically all languages and dialects. And yet most, even of sincere believers
soon retire from any serious effort to master the content of the sacred writings.
The reason is not far to seek. It is found in the fact that no particular portion of
Scripture is to be intelligently comprehended apart from some conception of its
place in the whole. For the Bible story and message is like a picture wrought out
in mosaics: each book, chapter, verse, and even word forms a necessary part, and
has its own appointed place. It is, therefore, indispensable to any interesting and
fruitful study of the Bible that a general knowledge of it be gained.
; First. The Bible is one book. Seven great marks attest this unity. (1)
' From Genesis the Bible bears witness to one God. Wherever he speaks or acts he
is consistent with himself, and with the total revelation concerning him. (2) The
Bible forms one continuous story-—the story of humanity in relation to God. (3)
The Bible hazards the most unlikely predictions concerning the future, and, when
the centuries have brought round the appointed time, records their fulfilment.
(4) The Bible is a progressive unfolding of truth. Nothing is told all at once,
and once for all. The law is, “first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn.”
Without the possibility of collusion, often with centuries between, one writer of
Scripture takes up an earlier revelation, adds to it, lays down the pen, and in due
time another man moved by the Holy Spirit, and another, and another, add new
details till the whole is complete. (5) From beginning to end the Bible testifies to
one redemption. (6) From beginning to end the Bibie has one great theme—
* the person and work of the Christ. (7) And, finally, these writers, some forty-four
in number, writing through twenty centuries, have produced a perfect harmony of
doctrine in progressive unfolding. «This is, to every candid mind, the unanswer-
able proof of the Divine inspiration of the Bible.
Second, The Bible is a book of books. Sixty-six books make up the one
Book. Considered with reference to the unity of the one book the separate books
may be regarded as chapters. But that is but one side of the truth, for each of
the sixty-six books is complete in itself, and has its own theme and analysis. In
the present edition of the Bible these are fully shown in the introductions and di-
visions. It is therefore of the utmost moment that the books be studied in the
light of their distinctive themes. Genesis, for instance, is the book of beginnings
—the seed-plot of the whole Bible. Matthew is the book of the King, &c
Third. The books of the Bible fall into groups. Speaking broadly there are
ve great divisions in the Scriptures, and these may be conveniently fixed in the
memory by five key-words, Christ being the one theme (Luke 24. 25-27):
PREPARATION. MANIFESTATION. PROPAGATION.
The O. T. The Gospels. The Acts.
ay EXPLANATION. ,CONSUMMATION.
’ The Epistles. The Apocalypse.
In other words, the Old Testament is the preparation for Christ; in the Gospels
he is manifested to the world; in the Acts he is preached and his Gospel is propa-
gated in the world; in the Epistles his Gospel is exp/ained; and in the Revelation
all the purposes of God in and through Christ are consummated. And these
groups of buoks in turn fall into groups. This is especially true of the Old Testa-
ment, which is in four well defined groups. Over these may be written, as memory
aids:
REDEMPTION. ORGANIZATION. POETRY. SERMONS.
Genesis _ Joshua Job Isaiah Jonah
Exodus Judges Psalms Jeremiah Micah
Leviticus Ruth Proverbs Ezekiel Nahum
Numbers I, If Sar. Ecclesiastes Daniel Habakkuk
Deuteronomy I, II Kings Song of Solomon Hosea Zephaniah
I, II Chronicles Lamentations Joel Haggai
Ezra Amos Zechariah
Nehemiah Obadiah Malachi
Esther
Again care should be taken not to overlook, in these general groupings, the dis-
tinctive messages of the several books composing them. Thus, while redemption
is the Seneral theme of the Pentateuch, telling as it does the story of the redemption
of Israel out of bondage and into “a good land and large,” each of the five books
has its own distinctive part in the whole. Genesis is the book of beginnings, and
explains the origin of Israel. Exodus tells the story of the deliverance of Israel;
Leviticus of the worship of Israel as a delivered people; Numbers the wanderings
and failures of the delivered people, and Deuteronomy warns and instructs that
people in view of their approaching entrance upon their inheritance. Da
The Poetical books record the spiritual experiences of the redeemed people in
the varied scenes and events through which the providence of God led them. The
prophets were inspired preachers, and the prophetical books consist of sermons with
brief connecting and explanatory passages. Two prophetical books, Ezekiel and
Daniel, have a different character and are apocalyptic, largely. ! j
Fourth. The Bible tells the Human Story. Beginning, logically, with the
creation of the earth and of man, the story of the race sprung from the first human
pair continues through the first eleven chapters of Genesis. With the twelfth chap-
ter begins the history of Abraham and of the nation of which Abraham was the
ancestor. It is that nation, Israel, with which the Bible narrative is thereafter
chiefly concerned from the eleventh chapter of Genesis to the second chapter of
the Acts of the Apostles. The Gentiles are mentioned, but only in connection with
{srael. But it is made increasingly clear that Israel so fills the scene only because
entrusted with the accomplishment of great world-wide purposes (Deut. 7. 7).
The appointed mission of Israel was, (1) to be a witness to the unity of God
in the midst of universal idolatry (Deut. 6. 4; Isa. 43. 10); (2) to illustrate to the
nations the greater _blessedness of serving the one true God (Deut. 33. 26-29;
1 Chron. 17. 20, 21; Psa. 102. 15); (3) to receive and preserve the Divine revelation
(Rom. 3.1.2): and (4) to produce the Messiah, earth’s Saviour and Lord (Rom. 9. 4)
The prophets foretell a glorious future for Israel under the reign of Christ.
The biblical story of Israel, past, present, and future, falls into seven distinct
periods: (1) From the call of Abram (Gen. 12) to the Exodus (Ex. 1-20); (2) From
the Exodus to the death of Joshua (Ex. 21 to Josh. 24); (3) from the death of Joshua
to the establishment of the Hebrew monarchy under Saul; (4) the period of the kings
from Saul to the Captivities; (5) the period of the Captivities; (6) the restored
commonwealth from the end of the Babylonian captivity of Judah, to the destruction
of Jerusalem, A.D. 70; (7) the present dispersion.
The Gospels record the appearance in human history and within the Hebrew
nation of the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ, and tell the wonderful story of his
manifestation to Israel, his rejection by that people, his crucifixion, resurrection,
and _ ascension.
The Acts of the Apostles record the descent of the Holy Spirit, and the beginning
of a new thing in human history, the Church. The division of the race now becomes
threefold—the Jew, the Gentile, and the Church of God. Just as Israel is in the
foreground from the call of Abram to the resurrection of Christ, so now the Church
fills the scene from the second chapter of the Acts to the fourth chapter of the Reve-
lation. The remaining chapters of that book complete the story of humanity and
the final triumph of Christ.
Fifth. The Central Theme of the Bible is Christ. It is this manifestation
of Jesus Christ, his Person as ‘‘God manifest in the flesh” (1 Tim. 3. 16), his sacrificial
death, and his resurrection, which constitute the Gospel. Unto this all preceding
Scripture leads, from this all following Scripture proceeds. The Gospel is preached
in the Acts and explained in the Epistles. Christ, Son of God, Son of man, Son
of Abraham, Son of David, thus binds the many books into one Book. Seed of
the woman (Gen. 3. 15) he is the ultimate destroyer of Satan and his works; Seed
of Abraham he is the world blesser; Seed of David he is Israel’s King, ‘‘Desire of
all Nations.” Exalted to the right hand of God he is ‘“‘head over all to the Church,
which is his body,” while to Israel and the nations the promise of his return forms
the one and only rational expectation that humanity will yet fulfil itself. Mean-
while the Church looks momentarily for the fulfilment of his special promise: ‘‘I
will come again and receive you unto myself” (John 14.1-3). To him the Holy Spirit
throughout this Gospel age bears testimony. The last book of all, the Consumma-
tion book, is “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” (Rev. 1. 1).
THE NAMES AND ORDER
OF ALL THE
BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT
WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS.
THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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HOW TO USE THE SUBJECT REFERENCES.
THE subject references lead the reader from the first clear mention of a great truth
to the last. The first and last references (in parenthesis) are repeated each time,
so that wherever a reader comes upon a subject he may recur to the first reference
and follow the subject, or turn at once to the Summary at the last reference.
ILLUSTRATION
(at Mark 1.1.)
t Gospel vs.1,
14.15; Mk
835 (Gen.
12.1-3, Rev.
| 14.6)
Here Gospel! is the subject; vs. 1, 14, 15 show where it is at that particular place;
Mk. 8. 35 is the next reference in the chain, and the references in parenthesis are
the first and the last.
THE PENTATEUCH.
THE five books ascribed to Moses have a peculiar place in the structure of the
Bible, and an order which is undeniably the order of the experience of the people
of God in all ages. Genesis is the book of origins—of the beginning of life, and
of ruin through sin. Its first word, ‘In the beginning God,” is in striking contrast
with the end, “In a coffin in Egypt.” Exodus is the book of redemption, the first
need of a ruined race. Leviticus is the book of worship and communion, the proper
exercise of the redeemed. Numbers speaks of the experiences of a pilgrim people,
the redeemed passing through a hostile scene to a promised inheritance. Deuter-
onomy, retrospective and prospective, is a book of instruction for the redeemed
about to enter that inheritanée.
That Babylonian and Assyrian monuments contain records bearing a grotesque
resemblance to the majestic account of the creation and of the Flood is true, as
. also that these antedate Moses. But this confirms rather than invalidates the
inspiration of the Mosaic account. Some tradition of creation and the Flood would
inevitably be handed down in the ancient cradle of the race. Such a tradition,
following the order of all tradition, would take on grotesque and mythological
features, and these abound in the Babylonian records. Of necessity, therefore, the
first task of inspiration would be to supplant the often absurd and childish tradi-
tion with a revelation of the true history, and such a history we find in words of
matchless grandeur, and in an order which, rightly understood, is absolutely
scientific. :
In the Pentateuch,? therefore, we have a true and logical introduction to the
entire Bible; and, in type, an epitome of the divine revelation.
a Cf. Mt. 8. 4; 19.8; Mik. 12. 26; Lk. 5. 14; 16. 29-31;
John 3. 14;.5. 45, 46; 7. 19.
The abbreviation cf. used throughout the Bible signifies compare,
THE FIRST
CALLED
BOOK OF MOSES
11] GENESIS. [14
GENESIS is the book of beginnings.
It records not only the beginning of the
heavens and the earth, and of plant, animal, and human life, but also of all human
institutions and relationships. Typically, it speaks of the new birth, the new crea-
tion, where all was chaos and ruin.
With Genesis begins also that progressive self-revelation of God which culminates
. in Christ. The three primary names of Deity, Elohim, Jehovah, and Adonai, and
the five most important of the compound names, occur in Genesis; and that in an
ordered progression which could not be changed without confusion.
The problem of sin as affecting man’s condition in the earth, and his relation to
God, and the divine solution of that problem are here in essence. Of the eight great
covenants which condition human life and the divine redemption, four, the Edenic,
Adamic, Noahic, and Abrahamic Covenants, are in this book; and these are the fun-
damental covenants to which the other four, the Mosaic, Palestinian, Davidic, and
New Covenants, are related chiefly as adding detail or development.
Genesis enters into the very structure of the New Testament, in which it is quoted
above sixty times in seventeen books.
In a profound sense, therefore, the roots of
all subsequent revelation are planted deep in Genesis, and whoever would truly
comprehend that revelation must begin here.
The inspiration of Genesis and its character as a divine revelation are authenti-
cated by the testimony of history, and by the testimony of Christ (Mt. 19. 4-6;
24.-37-39; Mk. 10. 4-9; Lk. 11. 49-51; 17. 26-29, 32; John 1. 5; 7. 21-23; 8. 44, 56).
Genesis is in five chief divisions: I. Creation (1. 1-2. 25). II. The Fall and Re-
demption (3.1-4.7). III. The Diverse Seeds, Cain and Seth, to the Flood (4. s—7. 24).
IV. The Flood to Babel (8. 1-11. 9).
Joseph (11. 10-50. 26).
V. From the cail of Abram to the death of
The events recorded in Genesis cover a period of 2,315 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER i.
The original creation.
the “beginning 14God 2created
the heaven and the earth.
Earth made waste and empty by z
judgment (Jer. 4. 23-26).
2 And the earth was 3without
c Holy Spirit.
en.6.3.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
d Job 26.13.
form, and void; and darkness was| Psa.104.30.
upon the face of the deep. And
‘the ¢Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.
The new beginning—the first
day: light diffused.
3 And God said, Let there be
4light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it
1 Elohim (sometimes E/ or Elah, English form ‘‘God,” the first of the three pri-
mary names of Deity, is a uni-plural noun formed from £/= strength, or the strong
one, and Alah, to swear, to bind oneself by an oath, so implying faithfulness. This
uni-plurality implied in the name is directly asserted in Gen. 1. 26 (plurality), 27
(unity); see also Gen. 3. 22. Thus the Trinity is latent in Elohim. As meaning
primarily the Strong One it is fitly used in the first chapter of Genesis. Used in the
O. T, about 2500 times. See also Gen. 2. 4, note; 2. 7; 14. 18, note; 15, 2, note;
17. 1, note; 21. 33, note; 1 Sam. 1.
3, note.
, 2 But three creative acts of God are recorded in this chapter: (1) the heavens and
the earth, v. 1; (2) animal life, v. 21; and (3) human life, vs. 26, 27. The first crea-
tive act refers to the dateless past, and gives scope for all the geologic ages.
3 Jer. 4. 23-26, Isa‘ 24. 1 and 45. 18, clearly indicate that the earth had undergone
acataclysmic change as the result of a divine judgment. The face of the earth bears
everywhere the marks of such a catastrophe.
There are not wanting intimations
which connect it with a previous testing and fall of angels. See Ezk. 28. 12-15 and
Isa. 14. 9-14, which certainly go beyond the kings of Tyre and Babylon, F
4 Neither here nor in verses 14-18 is an original creative act implied. A different
word is used. The sense is, made to appear; made visible. The sun and moon were
created “in the beginning.” The “light” of course came from the sun, but the
vapour diffused the light. Later the sun appeared in an unclouded sky.
3
15] GENESIS. [1 20
was good: and God divided the! B.c. 4004. | 12 Andtheearth brought forth grass,
light from the darkness. and herb yielding seed after his
5 And God called the light 1Day, kind, and the tree yielding fruit,
and the darkness he called Night. whose seed was in itself, after his
And the “evening and the morning kind: anid God saw that /t was good.
were the first day- _13 And the evening and the morn-
The second nen aieeat above,|, rit expanse pa pene: ie fos Perk an»
t . i.e.of €1o : Sy
G0 hnd oy Bek ree hererpele ap id NS and stars become visible. ”
“firmament in the midst. of the| pour above. |. 14 And God saiti, Let there belights
es cet gavide sheiates b jeeb Seah aa divide the day from the nists and
7 And God made the firmament, *llet them be for signs, and for sea-
‘and divided thaletars which were “feaven” sons, and for days, and years: _
under the firmament from the} fhe | 15 And let them be for lights in
waters which were above the fir-| 7.11; 8.2. the firmament of the heaven to give
,Mament:. and it was so. light upon the earth: and it was so.
8 And God called the *firmament|‘ Ps#-1365-9. | 16 And God ¢made two great
Heaven. And the evening and thelg The wora _ lights; the 4greater light to rule the
morning were the second day. coe ime eh a the lee to Be the
° 5 4 i night: he made the stars .
7m tl gee | el alc
9 And God said, Let the waters) function haan the caete coy a
ete the ams Th ee ee ries 18 And to rule-over the day and
gether unto one p ace, and let the iO . aivide th
dry Jand appear: and it was so. . “Foaven’® of Heht perce Ps) | aad God
10 And God called the dry land} the stars; hat it dod
Earth; and the gathering together $e Genk mt od ec gC gatid teehee
ra ve Werste ee he ee and) 1.23.43. ing were the Foe day:
11 eel God. uae Let thevearth The fifth day: thesecondcreative
3bring forth grass, the herb yielding act—animal lif e. (See Gen. 2. 19.)
seed, and the fruit tree yielding 20 And God said, Let the waters
fruit after his kind, whose seed isin bring forth abundantly the moving
itself, upon the earth: and it was so. creature that hath life, and fowl
1 The word “‘day” is used in Scripture in three ways: (1) that part of the solar
day of twenty-four hours which is light (Gen. 1. s, 14; John 9. 4; 11. 9); (2) sucha
day, set apart for some distinctive purpose, as, “day of atonement” (Lev. 23. 27);
“day of judgment” (Mt. 10. 15); (3) a period of time, long or short, during which
certain revealed purposes of God are to be accomplished, as “day of the Lorb.”
2 The use of “evening” and ‘‘morning’’ may be held to limit ‘‘day” to the solar day;
but the frequent parabolic use of natural phenomena may warrant the conclusion
Si each creative ‘day’ was a period of time marked off by a beginning and
ending.
3 It is by no means necessary to suppose that the life-germ of seeds perished in the
catastrophic judgment which overthrew the primitive order. With the restoration
of dry land and light the earth would “bring forth” as described. It was animal
life which perished, the traces of which remain as fossils, Relegate fossils to
the primitive creation, and no conflict of science with the Genesis cosmogony
remains.
4 The “greater light” is a type of Christ, the “Sun of righteousness” (Mal. 4. 2).
He will take this character at His second advent. Morally the world is now in the
state between Gen. 1. 3 and 1. 16 (Eph. 6. 12; Acts 26. 18; 1 Pet, 2.9), The sun is
not seen, but there is light. Christ is that light (John 1. 4, 5, 9), but “shineth in
darkness,”’ comprehended only by faith. As ‘Sun of righteousness” He will dispel
all darkness. Dispensationally the Church is in place as the “lesser light,” the moon,
reflecting tHe light of the unseen sun. The stars (Gen, 1. 16) are individual believers
who are “lights” (Phil. 2. 15, 16). See John 1. s.
(A type is a divinely purposed illustration of some truth, It may be: (1) a person
ae 5. 14); (2) an event (1 Cor. 10. 11); (3) a thing (Heb. 10. 20); (4) an institution
Heb. 9. 11); (S) a ceremonial (1 Cor. 5.7). Types occur most frequently in the Pen-
tateuch, but are found, more sparingly, elsewhere. The antitype, or fulfilment of
the type, is found, usually, in the New Testament.)
4
1 21]
GENESIS.
[1 28
a ll ee lee EL
that may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales,
and every living creature that mov-
eth, which the waters brought forth
abundantly, -after their kind, and
every winged fowl after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying,
Be fruitful, and multiply; and fill
the waters in the seas, and let fowl
multiply in the-earth.
_23 And the evening and the morn-
ing were the fifth day.
The sixth day: (1) the fecundity
of the earth after the creative
work of the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth
bring forth the living 2creature after
his kind, cattle, and creeping thing,
and beast of ‘the earth after his
kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the
B.C 4004.
a Gen.11.7.
b Kingdom
(O.T.).
cCfhMt.19."
4; Mk.10.6,
d The Eight
Covenants
(1, Edenic).
Gen.2.15-17.
(Gen.1.28;
Heb.8.10.)
earth after his kind, and cattle after
—
their kind,andevery thing that creep-
eth upon the earth after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
The sixth day: (2) the creation of
man (described Gen. 2. 7, 21-23).
26 And God said, Let *us make
an in our image, after our like-
ness: and let them have ’dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over
every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created
he him; ‘male and female created he
them.
The First 4Dispensation: Inno-
cency (Gen. 1. 28-3, 13). The
First, or Edenic Covenant: con-
ditioned the life of unfallen
man. (Add Gen. 2. 8-17.)
28 5And God blessed them, and
God 4said unto them, ®Be fruitful,
_ 1 The second clause, “every living creature,” as distinguished from fishes merely,
is taken up again in verse 24, showing that in the second creative act all animal
life is included.
2“Creature,” Heb. nephesh, trans. soul in 2.7 and usually. Initself nephesh, or
soul, implies self-conscious life, as distinguished from plants, which haveunconsciouslife.
In the sense of self-conscious life animals also have ‘‘soul.”’
Gen. 1. 26, 27, gives the general, Gen. 2. 7, 21-23, the particular,
The revealed facts are:
Man was created, not evolved. This is (a) expressly declared, and the
3 Man,
me of the creation of man.
1)
See verses 26, 27, note,
declaration is confirmed by Christ (Mt. 19. 4; Mk. 10. 6); (b) ‘‘an enormous gulf, a
divergence practically infinite’? (Huxley) between the lowest man and the highest
beast, confirms it; (c) the highest beast has no trace of God-consciousness—the
religious nature; (d) science and discovery have done nothing to bridge that “‘gulf.’’,
(2) T
found chiefly in man’s tri-unity, and in his moral nature. 3
“Spirit”? is that part of man which “‘knows’”’ (1 Cor.
and body” (1 Thes. 5. 23).
hat man was made in the “‘image and likeness” of God. This ‘image’ is
Man is “spirit and soul
_2.11), and which allies him to the spiritual creation and gives him God-consciousness.
“Soul” in itself implies self-conscious life, as distinguished from plants, which have
unconscious life.
In that sensé animals also have “soul” (Gen. 1. 24).
“soul” of man has a vaster content than {‘soul’’ as applied to beast life.
seat of his emotions, desires, affections (Psa. 42. 1-6).
ture usage, nearly synonymous with sfsoulsc z é
teristically, the soulual or psychical man, “‘soul’’ is often used as synonymous with
the individual, e. g. Gen. 12. 5.
But the
It is the
The “heart” is, in Scrip-
Because the natural man is, charac-
The body, separable from spirit and soul, and sus-
ceptible to death, is nevertheless an integral part of man, as the resurrection shows
(John 5. 28, 29; 1 Cor. 15. 47-50; Rev. 20. 11-13).
It is the seat of the senses (the
‘means by which the spirit and soul have world-consciousness) and of the fallen
Adamic nature (Rom. 7. 23, 24).
4 A dispensation is a period of time during which man is tested in respect of obe-
dience to some specific revelation of the will of God, Seven such dispensations are,
distinguished in Scripture.
“sequence of disobedience.
(1 Tim. 2. 14).
ended in the judgment _of the Expulsion (Gen. 3. 24).
See note 5. Phtel !
5 The First Dispensation: Innocency. Man was created in innocency, placed in a
“perfect environment, subjected to an absolutely simple test, and warned of the con-
The woman fell through pride; the man, deliberately
God restored His sinning creatures, but the dispensation of innocency
See, for the other dispen-
sations: Conscience (Gen. 3. 23); Human Government (Gen. 8. 20); Promise
(Gen. 12. 1); Law (Ex. 19.8); Grace (John 1. 17); Kingdom (Eph. 1. 10). '
6 The Edenic Covenant, the first of the eight great covenants of Scripture which
5
1 29] GENESIS. [24
CHAPTER 2. ae
The sabbath rest of God: type of
the believer’s rest in the fin--
and multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it: and have do-
minion over the fish of the sea, and i
over the fowl of the air, and over ished work of redemptiori
every ee pane that moveth (Heb. 3.-4).
Py te a a Cf.Heb.4.4. th h
29 And God said, Behold, I have CTs ee ak Pah ie eA
i 7 i b Sabbath.
given you every herb bearing seed, Be eras, lof therit.
which is upon the face of all the! Gu.23, ;
earth, and every “tree, an the| clei) 2 Andon the seventh dav God
wich a. ag ica’ Bee cSanctify, - |jand he, “rested on the.seventh day —
meat) 10 YOU Mt shall be for" holy O-1). |from all his work which hehadmade.
30 And to .every beast of ‘the! (Gen.2.3; 3 And God pes the ee
earth, and to every fowl of the air,| 7°h®-3-) Bey, ae oae pea fied “All his
and Boe Cly, aoe. that creeped d poy te 5 orks. which Ged created and made.
Anmames of). 5
life, 7 Fee ec oh cey eee en we Summary of the creation work
for meat: and it was so. “1; Mal.3.18 of Chapter 1
31 And God saw every thing that! 4 These are the generations of the
heavens and of the earth when they
were created, in the day that the
2dLorD God made the earth and
day. : the heavens,
condition life and salvation, and about which all Scripture crystallizes, has seven
elements. The man and woman in Eden were responsible:
(1) To replenish the earth with a new order—man; (2) to subdue the earth to
human uses; (3) to have dominion over the animal creation; (4) to eat herbs and
fruits;_(5) to till and keep the garden; (6) to abstain from eating of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil; (7) the penalty—death. See, for the other seven
covenants: Adamic (Gen. 3. 15); Noahic (Gen. 9. 1); Abrahamic (Gen. 15. 18);
a's ite 19. 25); Palestinian (Deut. 30. 3); Davidic (2 Sam. 7. 16); New
eb. 8. 8).
1In the O. T. the same Hebrew word (qodesh) is trans. sanctify, consecrate, dedi-
cate, and holy. It means, set apatt for the service of God. See refs. following
“Sanctify,” Gen. 2. 3. me
2Lorp (Heb. Jehovah).
(1) The primary -meaning of the name LorD (Jehovah) is ‘the self-existent
One.” Literally (as in Ex. 3. 14), “He that is who He is, therefore the eternal I
AM.” But Havah, from which Jehovah, or Yahwe, is formed, signifies also ‘‘to
become,” that is, to become known, thus pointing to a continuous and increasing
self-revelation. Combining these meanings of Havah, we arrive at the meaning
of the name Jehovah, He is “the self-existent One who reveals Himself.” The
name is, in itself, an advance upon the name “God” (EJ, Elah, Elohim), which sug-
gests certain attributes of Deity, as strength, etc., rather than His essential being.
(2) It is significant that the first appearance of the name Jehovah in Scripture
follows the creation of man. It was God (Elohim) who ‘said, “Let us make man
in our image” (Gen..1. 26); but when man, as in the second chapter of Genesis, is to
fill the scene and become dominant over creation, it is the LorD God (Jehovah
Elohim) who acts. This clearly indicates a special relation of Deity. in His Jehovah
character, to man, and all Scripture emphasizes this.
(3) Jehovah is distinctly the redemption name of Deity. When sin ener
and redemption became necessary, it was Jehovah Elohim who sought the sinnin
ones (Gen, 3. 9-13) and clothed them with “‘coats of skins” (Gen. 3. 21), a beautifi
type of a Tighteousness provided by the Lorp God through ’sacrifice (Rom. 3. 21, 22)
The first distinct revelation of Himself by His name Jehovah was in connectior
with the redemption of the covenant people out of Egypt (Ex. 3. 13-17).
As Redeemer, emphasis is laid upon those attributes of Jehovah which the si
and salvation of man bring into exercise. These are: (a) His holiness (Lev: 11. 44,
45; 19. 1, 2; 20. 26; Hab. 1. 12, 13): (6) His hatred and judgment of sin (Deut, 32-
35-42; Gen. 6. 5-7; Psa. 11. 4-6; 66. 18; Ex. 34. 6, ); (c) His love for and redemp-
tion of sinners, but always righteously (Gen. 3. 21; 8. 20, 21; Ex. 12. 12, 13: Lev.
16. 2, 3; Isa. 53. 5, 6, 10). Salvation by Jehovah apart from sacrifice is unknown to
Scripture.
6.
25] GENESIS. [2 17
5 And every plant of the field be-' B.c. 4004. | 10 And a river went out of Eden
fore it was inthe earth, and every) to water the garden; and from
herb of the field before it grew: for thence it was parted, and became
the Lorp God had not caused it to into four heads.
rain upon the earth, and there was 11 The name of the first fs Pison:
not a man to till the ground. ° la1 Cor.15.45; [that 18 it which compasseth the
6 But there went up a mist from} Mt.19.4; whole land of Havilah, where there
the earth, and watered the whole) M&10.6. is gold;
face of the ground. bThe Eight | 12 And the gold of that land is
The creative act of Gen. 1. 27 Ceae. ne St is bdellium and the
described. Gen3-14-. | 13° And the name of the second
7 And the Lorp God ¢formed| febaio} [river is Gihon: the same is it that
as oo the er of ae aie Bad Or, Adam. |cOmMpasseth the whole land of Ethi-
-breat into his nostrils the brea 2 * fopia.
of life; and man became a 4living/d Cf.Rom.5. 14 And the name of the third river
soul. pk re is i ates that “y # which goeth
hetats 1 ies towar e east of Assyria. And
The habitation of unfallen ¢ Death (spir- |the fourth river is Euphrates.
man, and the Edenic Cove-|* ii2n Mts. 15bAnd the Lore God tock the
nant... (Add Gen. 1./28-30.) rr Benes) ‘man, and put him into the garden
8 And the Lorp God planted al ~*~ ~~” ‘Jof Eden to dress it and to keep it.
garden eastward inBdens'and there|f Hiddekel= | 16 And the Lorp God Goat
he put theman whom hehad formed.) Spesotcem’ |manded the man, saying, Of every
9 And out of the ground made the! tree of the garden thou mayest
Lorp God to grow every tree that! freely eat:
is pleasant to the sight, and good 17 But of the tree of the knowledge
for food; the tree of life also in the of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
‘midst of the garden, and the tree of, of it: ¢for in the «day that thou eat-
knowledge of good and evil. est thereof thou shalt surely die.
(4) In His redemptive relation to man, Jehovah has seven compound names
which reveal Him as meeting every need of man from his lost state to the end.
These compound names are: (a) Jehovah-jireh, “the Lorp will provide’’ (Gen.
22. 13, 14), 1. e. will provide a sacrifice; (b) Jehovah-rapha, “the Lorp that heal-
eth”? (Ex. 15. 26). That this refers to physical healing the context shows, but the
deeper healing of soul malady is implied. (c) fehovah-nissi, “the LORD our ban-
ner’ (Ex. 17. 8-15). The name is interpreted by the context. The enemy was
_Amalek, a type of the flesh, and the conflict that day stands for the conflict of Gal.
5. 17—the war of the Spirit against the flesh. Victory was’wholly due to divine
help. (d) Jehovah-Shalom, “the Lorp our peace,’’ or “the LORD send_peace”’
(Jud. 6. 24). Almost the whole ministry of Jehovah finds expression and illustra-
tion in that chapter. Jehovah hates and judges sin (vs. Diy Jehovah loves and
saves sinners (vs. 7-18), but only through sacrifice (vs. 19-21) (see also Rom. 5. 1;
Eph. 2. 14; Col. 1. 20). (e) Jehovah-ra-ah, “the LoRD my shepherd” (Psa. 23.).
In Psa. 22. Jehovah makes peace by the blood of the cross; in Psa. 23. Jehovah
is shepherding His own who are in the world (John. 10. 7, note). (f) Jehovah-
‘tsidkenu, “the Lorp our righteousness” (Jer. 23. 6). This name of Jehovah
occurs in 4 prophecy concerning the future restoration and conversion of Israel.
Then Israel will hail Him as Jehovah-tsidkenu—“the Lorp our righteousness.”
(g) Jehovah-shammah, “the Lorp is present” (Ezk. 48.35). This name signifies
Jehovah’s abiding presence with His people (see Ex. 33. 14, 15; 1 Chr. 16. 27, 33;
sa. 16. 11; 97. 5; Mt. 28. 20; Heb. 13.5). , p :
(5) Lorp (Jehovah) is also the distinctive name of Deity as in covenant with
Israel (Ex. 19. 3; 20. 1, 2; Jer. 31. 31-34).
(6) Lorp God (Heb. Jehovah pote) is the first of the compound names
f Deity. Lorp God is used distinctively: (1) of the relation of Deity to man & as
Creator (Gen.' 2. 7-15); (b) as morally in authorit over man (Gen. 2. 16, 17); (c) as
eating and governing the earthly relationships of man (Gen. 2. 18-24; 3. 16-19,
22-24); and (d) as redeeming man (Gen. 3. 8-15, 21); (2) of the relation of Deity to
Israel (Gen. 24. 7; 28. 13; Ex. 3. 15, 18; 4. 5;°S. 1; 7. 6, etc.; Deut. 1. 11, 21; 4. 1; 6. 3;
12. 1, etc.; Josh. 7. 13, 19, 20; 10. 40, 42; Jud. 2. 12; 1 Sam. 2. 30; 1 Ki. 1, 48; 2 Ki. 9. 6;
10. 31; 1 Chr. 22. 19; 2 Chr. 1.9; Ezra 1. 3; Isa. 21.17). See other names of Deity,
Gen. 1. 1, note; 2. 4, note; 14. 18, note; 15. 2, note; 17. 1, note; 21. 33, note;
1 Sam. 1. 3, note. F
2 18] GENESIS. [3 10
18 And the LorpD God said, Jt is} B.c. 4004.
not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him an help
meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the
Lorp God formed every beast of
the field, and every fowl of the air;
and brought them unto Adam to
The temptation of Eve: (2) add-
ing to the Word of God.
2 And the woman said unto the
serpent, We may eat of the fruit of
the trees of the garden: i
3 But of the fruit of the tree which
1s a i se: ce pe poaghe oe
3 hath said, Ye shall not eat of it,
eeeapet ne woud) pte a neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
ing creature, that was the name The temptation of Eve: (3) the
thereof. first lie (John 8. 44).
20 And Adam gave names to all < ¢
cattle, and to the fowl of the air, 4 And the serpent said unto the
and to every beast of the — i but woman, Ye shall not surely die: __
for Adam there was not found an 3
ili The temptation of Eve: (4) the
Rete nest for him. appeal to pride (Isa. 14. 12-
The method of the creation Of |, Isha, “pen 14).
woman (Gen. 1. 27). cause she
21 And the Lorp God caused al out ie a an shin bebarineaet arin 2
deep pal to fall upon Adam, and eh) (Hos. shall be opened, and A shall be as
he slept: and he took one of his| -***””" gods, knowing good and evil.
ibs, d closed the flesh in-)5 cfMt.19. P
ioe prelate Beet eS 531 oris. The temptation of Eve: (5) the
22 And the rib, which the Lorp 16 Eph-o: fall (1 Tim. 2. 14).
God had taken from man, made he th
a woman, and brought her unto the|¢ Satan, vs. - 6 And when the woman saw that
: 1,2,4,13,14; |the tree was good for food, and that
man. | 1Chr.21.1. it was pleasant to the eyes, and a*
Eve, type of the church as bride| {Ge73-1; tree to be desired to make one wise,
of Christ (Eph. 5. 28-32). Rev.20.10.) | she took of the fruit thereof, and did
93 And Adam seid, 1 Tis us mow! sorte. (ecth hes cd bo oa
, n. vs. |with her; and he did eat.
flesh: she shall be called «Woman sti, |_2_And the eyes of them both were
because she was taken out of Jas.1.2.)° en naked; and they sewed fig
leaves together, and made them-
an.
24 >Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother, and shall Selves) aprons,
cleave unto his wife: and they shall The seeking God. His sabbath
be one flesh. rest broken; His new work be-
25 And they were both naked, the gun (John 5. 17; 9. 4; 14. 10).
man and his wife, and were not ; :
ashamed. 8 And they heard the voice of the
LorD God walking in the garden
CHAPTER 3. in the cool of the day: and Adam +
The temptation of Eve: (1) the uae ps ue ne ones front
implied doubt of the benev- Saree ere © Pthe camiones
tenédiok God. gs e trees of the garden.
o 9 And the LorpD God called unto
OW the 2‘serpent was more sub- Adam, and said unto him, Where
til than any beast of the field art thou?
which the Lorp God had made. 10 And he said, I heard thy voice
And he said unto the woman, Yea, in the garden, and I was afraid, be-
hath God 4said, Ye shall not eat of cause I was naked; and I hid my-
every tree of the garden? self.
1 Eve, type of the Church as bride of Christ (John 3. 28, 29; 2 Cor. 11. 2; Eph. 5.
25-32; Rev. 19. 7, 8).
2 The serpent, in his Edenic form, is not to be thought of as a writhing reptile.
That is the effect of the curse (Gen. 3.14). The creature which lent itself to Satan
may well have been the most beautiful as it was the most “subtle” of creatures less
than man, Traces of that beauty remain despite the curse. Every movement of
a serpent is graceful, and many species are beautifully coloured. In the serpent,
Satan first appeared ‘“‘as an angel of light”? (2 Cor. 11. 14).
on 8
3 11) GENESIS. [3 20
11 And he said, Who told thee that|_B.c. 4004. | 16 Unto the woman he said, I will
thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten! The Eight [ereatly multiply thy ¢sorrow and
a vaca ark eee pean asin Covenants. ne concep aoe: i _ sorrow eee
ee that thou shouldest not ea en.8.21. ring forth c en; an e-
12 And the man said, The woman] {293i} sire shall be to thy husband, and
whom thou gavest to be with me,|s Sacrifice he shall ¢rule over thee.
she gave me of the tree, and I did AprePR ot) 17 And unto Adam he said, Be-
“Ss And the Lorp God said unto (Ge n3-15; cous z bp ger apy na the
the woman, What is this that thou|¢ Christ (hist the eee of Menich I Conca
hast done? And the woman said,] Gen 123, |thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of
The serpent beguiled me, and I did} (Gen.3.15; |it: cursed is the ground for thy
eat. Othe oe sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it
The Second, or Adamic row with thy|all the days of thy life;
BASE conception. | 18 Thorns also and /thistles. shall
eCf.1 Cor.11. lit bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
14 1And the Lorp God “said unto) 3:44-2¢)EPb-/eat the herb of the field;
the serpent, Because thou hast done) 18;1Tim.2. | 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt
this, thou art cursed above all cat-| 11; Tit.2.5; |thou eat bread, till thou return unto
ve and above every beast of the); c¢Romg22. |the ground; for out of it wast thou
os Sh abgang ee oe £0,|¢ Pestirs rapes ie oe thou art, and unto
and dust s ou €a € days ysical). |dust s. ou return.
of thy life: Gen.5.5.
: : (Gen.3.19;
15. And I will put enmity between] Heb.9.27.) The faith of Adam:
thee and the woman, and between h Faith, Gena. aR Ne wis ,
thy seed and her seed; it shall) #2499537 20 And Adam ‘called his wife’s
bruise thy head, and thou shalt} ;i-e. jiving,or |name ‘Eve; because she was the
‘bruise chis heel. life-giver. {mother of all living.
1The Adamic Covenant conditions the life of fallen man—conditions which
must remain till, in the kingdom age, ‘‘the creation also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God” (Rom. 8. 21).
The elements of the Adamic Covenant are: : \
(1) The serpent, Satan’s tool, is cursed (v. 14), and becomes God’s illustration
~ in nature of the effects of sin—from the most beautiful and subtle of creatures to a
loathsome reptile! The deepest mystery of the atonement is intimated here.
Christ, ‘‘made sin for us,’”’ in bearing our judgment, is typified by the brazen ser-
pent (Num. 21. 5-9; John 3. 14, 15; 2 Cor. 5. 21). Brass speaks of judgment—in
the brazen: altar, of God’s judgment, and in the laver, of self-judgment.
(2) The first promise of a Redeemer (v. 15), Here begins the “highway of the
Seed,” Abel, Seth, Noah (Gen. 6. 8-10), Shem (Gen. 9. 26, 27), Abraham (Gen. 12.
1-4), Isaac (Gen. 17. eee Jacob (Gen. 28. 10-14), Judah (Gen. 49. 10), David
(2 oy 7. 5-17), Immanuel-Christ (Isa. 7. 9-14; Mt. 1. 1, 20-23; 1 John 3. 8; John
12. 31).
(3) The changed state of the woman (v.16). In three particulars: (a) Multi-
plied conception; (b) motherhood linked with sorrow; (c) the headship of the
man (cf. Gen. 1. 26, 27). The entrance of sin, which is disorder, makes necessary
Pend and it is vested in man (1 Tim. 2. 11-14; Eph. 5. 22-25; 1 Cor.
11. 7-9).
&) The earth cursed (v. 17) for man’s sake. It is better for fallen man to
battle with a reluctant earth than to live without toil.
5) The inevitable sorrow of life (v. 17).
( 6 SUE light occupation of Eden (Gen. 2. 15) changed to burdensome labour
vs. 18, 19). of
: (7) pees death (v.19; Rom. 5. 12-21). See ‘Death (spiritual)” (Gen. 2. 17;
Eph. 2.5, note). - : p
__ See for the other covenants: Edenic (Gen. 1. 28); Noahic (Gen. 9. 1); Abrahamic
(Gen, 15. 18); Mosaic (Ex. 19. 25); Palestinian (Deut. 30. 3); Davidic (2 Sam. 7. 16);
New (Heb. 8. 8). js ; i
2The chain of references which begins here includes the promises.and proph-
ecies concerning Christ which were fulfilled in His birth and works at His
first advent. See, for line of unfulfilled promises and prophecies: “Christ (second
advent)” (Deut. 30. 3; Acts 1. 9, note); “Kingdom” (Gen. 1. 26-28; Zech. 12. 8);
coats (N. T.)” (Lk. 1. 31; 1 Cor. 15. 28); ‘Day of the Lord” (Isa. 2. 10; Rev.
19, 11).
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3 21] GENESIS. {4 6
The response of fehovah Elohim|_B.c. 4003. CHAPTER 4,
Salida eh Sie The first sons of Adam and
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife Eve.
did the Lorp God make !coats_ of ND Adan Eee Boe Wate
skins, and ¢clothed them. A! and she conceived, and bare
The judgment of the Expul-|? Righteous oa aid Seid, 2 nave gOecoae
‘ 5 ness (ar-_ |man “from the LORD.
sion ends the First Dispensa-| ment) Job 2 And she again bare his. brother
tion. al; Rew (4Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
PHAN “he Lore God asia! Re | 19.8.) jprere-j Due Cain was a tiller of the
the L ; Be- ground.
acted agen deri sanps core P ore wt 3 And in process of time it came
: ; to pass, that Cain brought of the
lest he put forth his hand, and cs “Tehoven, _ |fruit of the ground an offering unto
also of the tree of life, and eat, an the Lorp.
live for ever: ; d Faith, Gen. | 4 And Abel, he also “brought of
330, Fes |the firstlings of his 5Alock and of the
The Second Dispensation: Con- 1138) \fat thereof. And the Lorp had re- ,
science (Gen. 3. 22-7. 23).
e Sacrifice
‘cal
23 2Therefore the Lorp God sent] G2?s 40. ing he had not respect. And Cain
him forth from the garden of Eden, Ye ecu was very wroth, and his counte-
to till the ground from whence he nance fell.
was taken. a
24 So he drove out the man; and
Cain exhorted even yet to bri
he placed at the east of the gar- ; ven yet to bring
in-off :
den of Eden 4Cherubims, and a SS ees
flaming sword which turned every |. 6 And the Lorb said unto Cain,
way, to keep the way of the tree of why art thou wroth? and why is
life. |thy countenance fallen?
1 Coats of skins: Type of “Christ, made unto us righteousness” —a divinely pro-
vided garment that the first sinners might be made fit for God’s presence. See
Righteousness, Sarment (Gen. 3. 21; Rev. 19, 8).
#The Second Dispensation: Conscience. By disobedience man came to a per-
sonal and experimental knowledge of good and evil—of good as obedience, of evil
as disobedience to the known will of God. Through that knowledge conscience
awoke. Expelled from Eden and placed under the second, or Adamic Covenant,
man was responsible to do all known good, to abstain from all known evil, and to
approach God through sacrifice. The result of this second testing of man is stated
in Gen. 6. 5, and the dispensation ended in the judgment of the Flood. Appar-
ently “the east of the garden” (v. 24), where were the cherubims and the flame,
remained the place of worship through ‘this second dispensation. See for the other
six dispensations: Innocence (Gen. 1. 28); Human Government (Gen. 8. 20);
Tiamise (Gen. 12. 1); Law (Ex. 19. 8); Grace (John 1, 17); Kingdom (Eph.
1. 10).
3 Cain (“acquisition”) is a type of the mere man of the earth. His religion was
destitute of any adequate sense of sin, or need of atonement. This religious type
is described in 2 Pet. 2. Seven things are said of him: (1) he worships in self-will;
2) is angry with God; (3) refuses to bring a sin-offering; (4) murders his brother;
5) lies to God; (6) becomes a vagabond; (7) is, nevertheless, the object of the divine
solicitude.
4 Abel (“‘exhalation,” or, “that which ascends”) is a type of the spiritual man.
His sacrifice, in which atoning blood was shed (Heb. 9. 22), was therefore at once
his confession of sin and the expression of his faith in the interposition of a sub-
stitute (Heb. 11. 4),
°Type of Christ, the Lamb of God, the most constant type of the suffering
Messiah—“the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1. 29).
A lamb fitly symbolizes the unresisting innocency and harmlessness of the Lord
Jesus (Isa. 53. 7; Lk. 23. 9; Mt. 26. 53, 54). This type is brought into prominence
by contrast with Cain’s bloodless offering of the fruit of his own works, and pro-
claims, in the very infancy of the race, the primal truth that “without shedding of
blood is no remission” (Heb. 9. 22; 11. 4).
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spect unto Abel and to his ‘offering: |
5 But unto Cain and to his offer- -
are oe.
vad GENESIS. ass
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou! s.c. 3375. |¢mark nm Cain, lest findi
not be accepted? and if thou doest|—|him should kill him.
not well, !sin lieth at the door. And iets Bs
unto thee shali be his desire, and The first civilization.
thou shalt rule over him. 16 And Cain went out from the
* presence of the LorD, and dwelt in
The first murder: history of the land of “Nod, on the east of
Cain (cf. Gen. 4. 23). Eden.
Hu : ® 17 And Cain knew his wife; and
__8 And Cain talked with Abel his/aMt. 23.35; /|she conceived, and bare Enoch: and
brother: and it came to pass, when| L*.11-51; /he 2builded a city, and called the
) they were in the field, that Cain Pare ie name of the city, after the name of
rosé up against Abel his brother, _ his son, Enoch.
and 4slew him. bie. for 18 And unto Enoch. was born
__9 And the Lorp said unto Cain, ae ro- |Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and
Where is Abel thy brother? And) Thelawof |Mehujael begat Methusael: and
he said, I know not: Am I my/| Gen. 96 et |Methusael begat Lamech.
oe sees Santen . SS iene 19 And esa ge took A him
t e said, at hast thou two wives: the name o e one
done? the voice of thy brother’s|¢ i< wander-|wag Adah, and the name of the
Blood “crieth unto me from the “* wa hes eeirenseagiee
_ ground. d Or, who 20 An ah bare Jabal: he was
11 And now art thou cursed from ne the father of such as dwell in tents,
_the earth, which hath opened her! Gaia had and of such as have cattle.
mouth to receive thy brother’s| slainanun- | 21 And his brother’s name was
blood from thy hand; se} vet (Jubal: he was the father of all such
ie shal nce henceforth sield unto] Tatelby |°22 "And Zillah; she also bare Tu
thee her strength; a fugitive and aj Jehovah; bal-cain, an instructer of every ar-
vagabond shalt thou be in the| PO~7U" |tificer in brass and iron: and the
mech, who sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
earth.
13 And Cain said unto the Lorp,| ad slsin in | 23 And Lamech_said* unto his
My punishment is greater than I erence. iwives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my
can bear. voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken
~ 14 Behold, thou hast driven me unto my speech: for I have slain a
out this day from the face of the man to my wounding, and a young
earth; and from thy face shall I be man to my hurt.
24 If Cain shall be avenged seven-
hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a
fold, truly Lamech seventy and
vagabond in the earth; and it shall
_come to pass, that every one that sevenfold.
ag Seta Se Shih The birth of Seth: the spiritual
-Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, seed renewed.
vengeance shall be taken on him 25 And Adam knew his wife
sevenfold. And the Lorpb ‘set a again; and she bare a son, and
10r, sin-offering. In Hebrew the same word is used for “sin,” and “‘sin-offer-
ing,” thus emphasizing in a remarkable way the complete identification of the
believer’s sin with his sin-offering (cf. John 3. 14 with 2 Cor. 5. 21), Here both
meanings are brought together. “‘Sin lieth at the door,”’ but.so also “a sin-offering
croucheth at the [tent] door.” It is “where sin abounded” that “grace did much
‘more abound”. (Rom. 5. 20). Abel’s offering implies a previous instruction (cf. Gen.
3. 21), for it was “‘by faith” (Heb. 11. 4), and faith is taking God at His word; so
that Cain’s unbloody offering was a refusal of the divine way. But Jehovah made
a last appeal to Cain (Gen. 4. 7) even yet to bring the required offering.
2The first civilization, that which perished in the judgment of the Flood, was
Cainitic in origin; character, and destiny. Every element of material civilization is
‘mentioned in verses 16-22, city and pastoral life, and the development of arts and
‘manufactures. Enoch, after whom the first city was named, means “teacher.”
The el termination of the names of Enoch’s son and grandson shows that for a time
the knowledge of Elohim was preserved, but this soon disappears (Rom. 1. 21-23).
Adah means “pleasure,” or ‘“adornment’’; Zillah, to “‘hide’’; Lamech, ‘‘conqueror,”
‘or “wild man.” (Cf. Rom. 1. 21-25. See Gen. 6.4.) The Cainitic civilization
may have been as splendid as that of Greece or Rome, but the divine judgment is
according to the moral state, not the material (Gen, 6. 5-7). _
: il
eo
4 26]
GENESIS.
[5 30
forty years, and begat sons and
called his name “Seth: For God,
said she, hath appointed me
another seed instead of Abel, whom
Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there
was born a son; and he called his
name %Enos: then began men to
‘call upon the name of the LorD.
CHAPTER 5.
4 ah is the book of the genera-
tions of !Adam. In the day
that God created man, 4in the like-
ness of God made he him;
2 eMale and female created he
them; and blessed them, and called
their name Adam, in the day when
they were created.
3 And Adam lived an hundred
and thirty years, and begat a son in
his..own.,likeness,,.after his image;
and called his name Seth:
4 And the days of Adam after he
had begotten Seth were eight hun-
dred years: and he begat sons and
daughters:
5 And all the days that Adam
lived were nine hundred and thirty
years: and he /died.
The family of Seth.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and
five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he begat
Enos eight hundred and seven
years, and begat sons and daugh-
ters:
8 And all the days of Seth were
nine hundred and twelve years: and
he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety years,
and begat Cainan:
10 And Enos lived after he begat
Cainan eight hundred and fifteen
years, and begat sons and daugh-
ters:
11 And all the days of Enos were
nine hundred and five years: and
he died.
12 And Cainan lived seventy
years, and begat Mahalaleel:
13 And Cainan lived after he be-
gat Mahalaleel eight hundred and
B.C. 4004.
aie. Sheth =
appointed
6i.e mortal
¢ Or, call
themselves
by the
name of
Jehovah,
Contra,
Gen.12.8;
26.25
d Gen.1.27.
e ME.10.6.
f Death
(physical).
Gen.6.17.
(Gen.3.19;
Heb.9.27.)
g Faith. vs.
22-24; Gen.
6.22. (Gen.3.
20; Heb.11.
39.)
h Miracles
daughters: . 4
14 And ali the days of Cainan
were nine hundred and ten years:
and he died. :
15 And Mahalaleel* lived sixty
and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And Mahalaleel lived after he
begat ‘Jared eight hundred and
thirty years, and begat sons and
daughters:
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel
were eight hundred ninety and five
years: and he died.
18 And Jared lived an hundred
sixty and two years, and he begat
Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he begat
Enoch eight hundred years, and be-
gat sons and daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were
nine hundred sixty and two years:
and he died.
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five
years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And 2Enoch éwalked with God
after he begat Methuselah three
hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were
three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked.with God:
and he was not;.for God /took
im.
25 And Methuselah lived an hun-
dred eighty and seven years, and
begat Lamech:
26 And Methuselah lived after he
* begat Lamech seven hundred eighty
and two years, and begat sons and
daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah
were nine hundred sixty and nine
years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred
eighty and two years, and begat a
son:
29 And he called his name Noah,
saying, This same shall comfort us
concerning our work and toil of our
hands, because of the ground which
the Lorp hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he be-
gat Noah five hundred ninety and
five years, and begat sons: and
daughters:
1 Adam, as the natural head of the race (Lk. 3. 38), is a contrasting type of
Christ, the Head of the new
creation.
See Rom. 5. 14; 1 Cor. 15. 21, 22, 45-47.
Enoch, ‘“‘translated that he should not see death” (Heb. 11. 5) before the judg-
ment of the Flood, is a type of those saints who are to be translated before the apoca-
lyptic judgments (1 Thes. 4. 14-17). Noah, left on the earth, but preserved through
the judgment of the Flood, is a type of the Jewish people, who will be kept through
the apocalyptic judgments (Jer. 30. 5-9; Rev. 12. 13-16) and brought as an earthly
people to the new heaven and new e
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arth (Isa. 65. 17-19; 66. 20-22; Rev. 21. 1).
5 31] GENESIS.
31 And all the days of Lamech| B.c. 2853.
were seven hundred seventy and
seven years: and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred
years old: and Noah begat Shem,
Ham. and Japheth.
CHAPTER 6.
The Flood (Gen. 6. 1-8. 19):
(1) The marriage of Cainites
with Sethites.
a Holy Spirit.
Ex.28.3. ©
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
AND it came to pass, when men
began to multiply on the face
of the earth, and daughters were|é Or, the
born unto them, eres
2 That the sons of God saw the! The Hebrew
daughters of men that they were| word signifies
fair; and they took them wives of Meath
all which they chose. it clesithe
(2) The warning of Jehovah. | EnPsesires.
3 And the Lorp said, My ¢spirit Fee” A
shall not always strive with man,|" Tore.”
for that he also is flesh: yet his days
shall be an hundred and twenty|¢ Righteous-
ness. Gen.7.
years. 1. (Gen.6.9;
(3) The antediluvian civilization| **??>?
(Lk. 17. 37). eile. upright.
4 There were giants in the earth} °% %7°°'®
in those days; and also after that,
when the !sons of God came in unto
the daughters of men, and they bare
children to them, the same be-
Came mighty men which were of
old, men of renown.
(4) The purpose of Jehovah in
judgment,
5 And Gop saw that the wicked-
~ ness of man was great in the earth,
[6 14
and that every ‘imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually.
6 And it ‘repented the Lorp that
he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the Lorp said, I will de-
stroy man whom I have created
from the face of the earth; both
man, and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air; for
7a ‘repenteth me that I have made
em.
(5) The purpose of Jehovah in
grace.
8 But Noah found grace in the
eyes of the LorD. -
9 These are the generations of
Noah: Noah was a 4just man and
eperfect in his generations, and
Noah “walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons,
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also-was corrupt be-
fore God, and the earth_was filled
with violence.
12 And God looked upon the
earth, and, behold, it was corrupt;
for all flesh had corrupted his way
upon the earth.
13. And God said unto Noah, The
end of all flesh is come before me;
for the earth is filled with violence
through them; and, behold, I will
destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher
wood; rooms shalt thou make in the
ark, and shalt pitch it within and
without with pitch. =
1Some hold that these “sons of God” were the “angels which kept not their
- first estate’’ (Jude 6).
angels. But this is an error (Isa. 43. 6).
It is asserted that the title is in the O. T. exclusively used of
Angels are spoken of in a sexless way.
No female angels are mentioned in Scripture, and we are expressly told that mar-
riage is unknown among angels (Mt. 22.30). The uniform Hebrew and Christian
interpretation has been that verse 2 marks the breaking down of the separation
between the godly line of Seth and the godless line of Cain, and so the failure of the
testimony to Jehovah committed to the line of Seth (Gen. 4. 26). For apostasy
there is noremedy but judgment (Isa. 1. 2-7, 24, 25; Heb. 6. 4-8; 10. 26-31). Noah,
“a preacher of righteousness,” is given 120 years, but he won no convert, and the
judgment predicted by his great-grandfather fell (Jude 14, 15; Gen. 7. 11).
2Noah and Enoch are the two antediluvians of whom it is said that they “‘walked
with God” (Gen. 5. 24; 6. 9). Enoch, “translated that he should not see death”
(Heb. 11. 5), becomes a type of the saints who will be “caught up” before the great
tribulation (1 Thes.<4. 14-17; Rev. 3. 10; Dan. 12. 1; Mt. 24. 21); Noah, preserved
through the Flood, is a type of the Israelitish people who will be preserved through
the tribulation (Jer. 30. 5-9). See “Tribulation” (Psa. 2. 5; Rev. 7. 14).
3 “Ark”: type of Christ as the refuge of His people from judgment (Heb. 11. 7).
In strictness of application this speaks of the preservation through the “great tribu-
lation” (Mt. 24. 21, 22) of the remnant of Israel who will turn to the Lord after the
Church (typified by Enoch, who was translated to heaven before the judgment of
the Flood) has been caught up to meet the Lord (Gen. 5, 22-24; 1 Thes. 4. 15-17;
Heb. 11. 5; Isa. 2. 10, 11; 26. 20, 21)... But the type has also a present reference to
13
6 15] GENESIS. [715
15 And this is the fashion which\_ B.c. 2448. |not clean by two, the male and his
thou shalt make it of: The length female. :
of the ark shall be three hundred 3 Of fowls also of the air by
‘cubits, the breadth of it fifty cu- sevens, the male and the female; to
bits, and the height of it thirty wees a alive upon the face of all
cubits. ; e earth. :
16 A window shalt thou make to 4 For yet seven days, and I will
the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou pause it a sot po eathee me om
finish it above; and the door of the lays and forty nights; and ev
ark shalt thou set in the side there- living substance that I have made
of; with lower, second, and third ‘she I destroy from off the face of
stories shalt thou make it. : e earth. e ;
“7 And, behold, I, even I, doj*Qpecubit= |S” And Noah did according unto
bring a flood of waters upon the) v.1o. all that the LoRD commanded him.
earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein 6 And Noah was six hundred
is the breath of life, from under|? Coie a years old when the flood of waters
heaven; and every thing that is in be 16.2205. was upon fee aptity te i =
i 3.19; Ss
a ahs Sth thee! will I establish Heb 27.) Lara ana ee Ae, ar his rR
my covenant; and thou shalt come|c Faith. Gen. wives with him, into the ark, be-
into the ark, thou, and thy sons, soo. eee [Cause of the waters of the flood.
and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives ee Sy 8 Of clean a amt ee —
ith thee. that are not clean, and of fowls,
“19 And of every living thing of|¢ Righteous- land of every thing that creepeth
all flesh, !two of every sort shalt| 728%: S<®- lupon the earth,
5.6. (Gen. 4
thou bring into the ark, to keep 63: Lit 35.) 9 There went in two and two unto
them alive with thee; they shall be creek Noah into the ark, the male and the
730 OF 4 ater their kind, and “BB, note, Noah” pit So
owls 5 : é
of cattle after their kind, of every|/Sce Gen.6.9, 10, And it came to pass after seven
creeping thing of the earth after his) 7°fe 2- days, that the waters of the flood
kind, two of every sort shall come gice. May. were upon the earth.
unto thee, to keep them alive. 11 In the six hundredth year of
21 And take thou unto thee of all)" Mt24.27 7; |Noah’s life, in the 8second month,
food that is eaten, and thou shalt] 1Thes.s'3.' \the seventeenth day of the month,
gather it to thee; and it shall be| 2 Pet.2.5; the “same day were all the foun-
for food for thee, and for them. 2 Pet-3.6. tains of the great deep ‘broken up,
22 Thus ‘did Noah; according to]; miracles {land the windows of heaven were
all that God commanded him, so| (.T.). Gen. opened.
did he. 34; Jone” | 12 And the rain was upon the
TO ee earth forty days and forty nights.
CHAPTER 7. RE a ine ppcfeame oay entered
£ ah, an 2 .
(6) The judgment of the Flood: Japhetee the -sadene, Noalr? ane
end oi testing under the Sec- Noah’s wife, and the three ‘wives
ona Dispensation. of his sons with them, into the
nee the LorD said unto Noah, ark;
~ Come thou and all thy house 14 They, and every beast after his
into the ark; for thee have I seen kind, and all the cattle after their
‘righteous before me in this gene- kind, and every creeping thing that
ration. creepeth upon the earth after his
2 Of every ‘clean beast thou shalt kind, and every fowl after his kind,
take to thee by sevens, the male and every bird of every sort.
his female: and of beasts that are 15 And they went in unto Noah
the position of the believer “in Christ” (Eph. 1.), etc. It should be noted that the
word translated ‘“‘pitch”’ in Gen. 6. 14 is the same word translated “atonement” in
Lev. 17.11, etc. It is atonement that keeps out the waters of judgment and makes
the believer’s position “in Christ” safe and blessed.
1Cf. Gen. 7. 2. In addition to two animals, etc., commanded (Gen. 6. 19) to
be preserved for future increase (“they shall be male and female’), the further
command was given more than 100 years later to take of clean beasts, i. e. beasts
acceptable for sacrifice, seven each. Exodus gives ten such beasts, or but seventy
in all. Modern ships carry hundreds of live beasts, with their food, besides scores
of human beings.
14
7 16)
into the ark, two and two of all] Be. 2349.
fete wherein is the breath of
‘ife
16 And they that went in, went in
male and female of all flesh, as God
had commanded him: and the
Lorp shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days
upon the earth; and the waters in-
creased, and bare up the ark, and it
was lift up above the earth.
18 And‘ the waters prevailed, and
were increased greatly upon the
earth; and the ark went upon the
face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed ex-
ceedingly upon the earth; and all
the high hills, that were under the
whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen ¢cubits upward did the
waters prevail; and the mountains
were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved
upon the earth, both of fowl, and of
cattle, and of beast, and of every
creeping thing that creepeth upon
the éarth, and every man:
22 All in whose nostrils was the
breath of life, of all that was in the
dry land, died.
23 And every living substance
was destroyed which was upon the
face of the ground, both man, and
cattle, and the creeping things, and
the fowl of the heaven; and they
were destroyed from the ’ earth:
and Woah only remained alive,
and they that were with him in the
ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon
the earth an hundred and fifty
days.
CHAPTER 8.
ND God remembered Noah,
and every living thing, and all
the cattle that was with him in the
ark: and God made a wind to pass
over the earth, and the waters as-
swaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep
and the windows of heaven were
‘stopped, and the rain from heaven
was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from
off the earth continually: and after
the end of the hundred and fifty
days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the “sev-
enth month, on the seventeenth day
of the month, upon the mountains
of 4Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased con-
tinually until the ‘tenth month: in
GENESIS.
[8 19
a One cukit—
18 in.
6 EES
ground,
“heavenly”
of Eph.2.
4-6 for the
Church, and
to the “new
heavens and
( Fs
17-19; 66.22;
Reyv.21.1).
ei.e. January.
Jf The raven
the tenth month, on the first day
of the month, were the tops of the
mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end
of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had
made:
7 And he sent forth a /raven,
which went forth to and fro, until
the waters were dried up from off
the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a /dove from
him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for
the sole of her foot, and she returned
. {unto him into the ark, for the
waters were on the face of the
whole earth: then he put forth his
hand, and took her, and pulled her
- jin unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven
days; and again he sent forth the
dove out of the ark,
11 And the dove came in to him in
the evening; and, lo, in her mouth
was an olive leaf pluckt off: so
Noah knew that the waters were
abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven
days; and sent forth the dove;
which returned not again unto him
any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six
hundredth and first year, in the
first month, the first day of the
eae the dove |month, the waters were dried up
thought to |from off the earth: and Noah re-
ugh’ :
stand for {moved the covering of the ark, and
eae believer’s |iooked, and, behold, the face of the
oO natures:
the “old ground was dry.
man” satis- 14 And in the “second month, on
fore i, |the seven and twentieth day of the
judgment; |tmonth, was the earth dried.
the “new 15 And God spake unto Noah,
many tang |saying
satistactiee | 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and
thingsof | |thy wife, and thy sons, and thy
pe aig sons’ wives with thee.
_17 Bring forth with thee every liv-
gi.e. April. ing thing that is with thee, of all
ite. May flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle,
15
and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth; that they
may breed abundantly in the earth,
and be fruitful, and multiply upon
the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his.
sons, and his wife, and his sons’
wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping
thing, and every fowl, and whatso-
ever creepeth upon the earth, after
their kinds, went forth out of the
lark,
8 20] GENESIS. [97
The Third Dispensation: Hu-
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
G ent (Gen. 8. 20- the earth.
iio) stg ge aan Noahic 2 And the fear of you and the
Covenant (to Gen. 9. 27). dread of you shall be upon every
20 And Noah builded an altar] beast of the earth, and upon every
i 1 t
unto the Lorp; and took of every pei as poctipirigt vse ot
clean beast, and of every clean fowl, : Gshies afidhe sea tintin vaurenee
and offered *burnt-offerings on the)¢ Rectan th oy deliv edhe y
(
altar. Gen.12.7,8. 3 Every moving thing that liveth
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet (Gen4.45 ; shall be meat-for yous even aacthe
savour; and the Lorp !%said in his have] weer ane
heart, I will not again curse thel, rye Eignt ie See
ground any more for man’s sake;) Covenants, 4 But flesh with the life thereof,
for the imagination of man’s heart] Gen.15.18. seh f
is evil from his youth; neither will) {S333 Rove ne the blood thereof, shall ye
I again smite any more every thing 5 And surely your blood of your
living, as I have done. ¢ Kingdom | * “figbe
Thi : (.T). Ex. [lives will I require; at the hand of
22 While the earth remaineth,| 37.49. every beast walla cequive sche aaaee
seedtime and harvest, and cold and| (Gen.1.26; i
heat, and summer and winter, and Zech.13.8.) mak en aS ee
day and night shall not cease. PneaifsGcunane
6 ‘Whoso sheddeth man’s blood,
by man shall his blood be shed: for
CHAPLER. 9. in the image of God made he
ARD God blessed Noah and his man. :
sons, and 2said unto them, Be} 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and
1The Third Dispensation: Human Government. Under Conscience, as in Inno-
cency, man utterly failed, and the judgment of the Flood marks the end_of the
second dispensation and the beginning of the third. The declaration of the Noahic
Covenant subjects humanity to a new test. Its distinctive feature is the institu-
tion, for the first time, of human government—the government of man by man.
The highest function of government is the judicial taking of life. All other govern-
mental powers are implied in that. It follows that the third dispensation is dis-
tinctively that of human government. Man is responsible to govern the world
for God. That responsibility rested upon the whole race, Jew and Gentile, until
the failure of Israel under the Palestinian Covenant (Deut. 28.-30. 1-10) brought
the judgment of the Captivities, when ‘‘the times of the Gentiles” (See Lk. 21. 24;
Rev. 16. 14) began, and the government of the world passed exclusively into Gen-
tile hands (Dan. 2. 36-45; Lk. 21. 24; Acts 15. 14-17). That both Israel and the
Gentiles have governed for self, not God, is sadly apparent. The judgment of the
confusion of tongues ended the racial testing; that of the captivities the Jewish;
while the Gentile testing will end in the smiting of the Image (Dan. 2.) and the
judgment of the nations (Mt. 25. 31-46). See, for the other six dispensations:
Innocence (Gen. 1. 28); Conscience (Gen. 3. 23); Promise (Gen. 12. 1); Law (Ex.
19. 8); Grace (John 1. 17); Kingdom (Eph. 1. 10).
2The Noahic Covenant. The elements are:
G (2) ane relation of man to the earth under-the Adamic Covenant is confirmed
en. 8. 21).
(2) The order of nature is confirmed (Gen. 8. 22).
(3) Human government is established (Gen. 9. 1-6).
“ ie Earth is secured against another universal judgment by water (Gen, 8. 21;
etd):
(5S) A prophetic declaration is made that from Ham will descend an inferior
and servile posterity (Gen. 9. 24, 25).
(6) A prophetic declaration is made that Shem will have a peculiar relation
to Jehovah (Gen. 9. 26, 27). All divine revelation is through Semitic men, and
Christ, after the flesh, descends from Shem.
(7) A prophetic declaration is made that from Japheth will descend the “‘en-
larged”’ races (Gen. 9, 27). Government, science, and art, speaking broadly, are
and have been Japhetic, so that history is the indisputable record of the exact ful-
filment of these declarations. See, for the other seven covenants: Edenic (Gen.
1. 28); Adamic (Gen. 3. 15); Abrahamic (Gen. 15, 18); Mosaic (Ex, 19, 25); Pales-
tinian (Deut. 30.3); Davidic (2 Sam. 7. 16); New (Heb, 8. 8).
16
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Noah: and of them was the whole
earth overspread.
> -
”
98] GENESIS. [10 2
_ multiply; bring forth abundantly in! B.C. 2348 Jes thetical: r
_ the earth, and multiply therein. Noah pacar ah of ena
8 And God spake unto Noah, and 20 And Noah b tod é
_ to his sons with him, ¢saying, andriad Bad Oho nue: Bust
| (2, And I, behold, 1 establish my hwo amma a Fis tan es
_ covenant with you, and with your j :
Boa after you: ove eae BS ie oh the wine, and
10 And with every living creature SER Eee eo ee
And ered within his tent.
that is with you, of the fowl, of the 22 And H h
cattle, and of every beast of the Bite AE SOREN OF Ge
Wath with ; naan, saw the nakedness of his
: you; from all that go out!a SeeGen.8.__ father d told hi
of ey ark, to every beast of the By note; eitneutine old Auaiewe. Dreltes
earth. -1, note, ti
i] Y ; 23 And Shem and Japheth took
11 And I will establish my cove-)s The bow i ii eta pirat
nant with you; neither shall all flesh not said to See ace: snd lai Ou bon DoLuEne
Re cut off anymore by thé waters! nave come shoulders, and went backward, and
ele into exist- {covered the nakedness of. their
of a flood; neither shall there any} ence at this |father: and their f: b
more be a flood to destroy the earth. eee Bee eects "and they ae per ee
‘ : AS Pho ,
eek crank which ieiaee terrae [fathere Bakeddess
between me and you and every liv- with the ees usion re. Aol Covenant:
ing creature that zs with you, for) character e prophetic declaration.
eta eee atons: A SY Cree sits. isc spc wee Si _ from his
: my bow in the cloud,| Typically, ’ new what his younger
a Bec it: Bball be fora thee ofa ee Eras ee “ee et mae me i
nant between me and the earth. the storm nd he said, ‘Cursed be Ca-
14 And it shall come to pass, when) clouds of naan; a servant of servants shall h
I bring a cloud over the earth, that judgment. _|be unto his brethren. Brora
oe err seen = the cloud:| hasbeen see fry Ee me ne be the
nd I will remember my cove-! thought t od of Shem; and C
nant, which 1s between me ana Foul speale a the |shall be his servant. Bode
and every living creature of all jose 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and
flesh; and the waters shall no move] never to he shall dwell in the tents of Shem:
PPecome a flood to destroy all flesh. Be srpeucy: and Canaan shall be his servant.
nd the bow shall be in the} visited The famil; Ne
ps and I si look upon se that pon the (Gen. 9. at Baie
may remember the everlasting) 3°°°(Gu) 28 And Noah lived af
eee ha site end, ieee, $10.14 Heb. three hundred SA Rte peas pa
, creature of all fles at 1s] ° 10.14-18). 29 And all the days of Noah
upon the earth. i ayes
Bes God titanate Noah, This) $0 OG 2, Ibe died ee Ste
ts the token of the covenant, which} suddiv. 5-7. ‘
ee ep tlshed between me and CHAPTER 10.
es at is upon the earth. OW these are the erati
18 And the sons of Noah, that N of the sons of Noah, Sheen,
went forth of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them
and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham were sons born after the flood.
is the father of Canaan. 2 The sons of Japheth; 1Gomer,
19 ‘Yhese are the three sons of and 2Magog, and ?Madai, and 4Ja-
van, and ©Tubal, and ®Meshech, and
7Tiras.
1 Progenitor of the ancient Cimerians and Cimbri, from whom are descended the
Celtic family.
’
3Progenitor of the ancient Medes. ;
4 Progenitor of those who peopled Greece, Syria, etc
5 Tubal’s descendants peopled the region south
It is probable that Tobolsk perpetuates the tribal
A branch of this race peopled Spain. _ fh
6Progenitor of a race mentioned in connection with Tubal, Magog, and other
Broadly speaking, Russia, excluding the conquests of Peter the
they spread north and south.
name.
northern nations.
2From Magog are descended the ancient Scythians, or Tartars, whose descend-
ants predominate in the modern Russia. See Ezk. 38. 2; 39. 6; Rev. 20. 8.
LCs
of the Black Sea, from whence
Great and his successors, is the modern land of Magog, Tubal, and Meshech,
7Progenitor of the Thracians.
17
10 3]
GENESIS.
[113
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashke-
naz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah,
and Tarshish, Kittim, and Do-
danim.
5 By these were the “isles of the
Gentiles divided in their lands;
every one after his tongue, after
their families, in their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush,
and Mizraim, and Phut, and Ca-
naan.
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba,
and Havilah, and Sabtah, and
Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the
sons of Raamah; Sheba, and
Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he
began to be a mighty one in the
earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before’
the Lorp: wherefore it is said,
Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter
before the LorD. .
10 And the beginning of his king-
dom was Babel, and Erech, and
Accad, and Caineh, in the land of|5 Or, he went
Shinar.
11 Out of that land ‘went forth
Asshur, and builded “Nineveh, and
the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 And Resen between ¢Nineveh
and Calah: the same is a great
city,
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim,
and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim,
(out of whom came Philistim,) and
Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan begat Sidon his
firstborn, and Heth,
16. And the Jebusite, and the
Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hivite, and the Ar-
kite, and the Sinite,
18 And the Arvadite, and the
Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and
atterward were the families of the
Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaan-
ites was from Sidon, as thou com-
est to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou
goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah,
and Admah, and Zebcim, even unto
Lasha. |
From these seven sons of Japheth are descended the
trans. “heathen”? 148 times in the A. V
B.C. 2347.
a Lit. coasts.
Settlement
would
naturally
follow the
coasts first.
out into
_ Assyria.
c Nah.1.1,
note,
2 Tsa.13.1,
note,
e Arphaxad.
v.24; Gen.
11.10.
|
|
20 These are the sons of Ham,
after their families, after their
tongues, in their countries, and in
their nations.
21 Unto Shem also, the father of
all the children of Eber, the brother
of Japheth the elder, even to him ~
were children born.
22 The children of Shem; Elam,
anc Asshur, and ‘Arphaxad, and
Lud, and Aram.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz,
and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begat Salah;
and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two
sons: the name of one was Peleg;
for in his days was the earth di-
vided; and his brother’s name was
Joktan. - 5
26 And Joktan begat Almodad,
and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth,
and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and
Dikiah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and
Sheba, :
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and.
Jobab: all these were the sons of
\Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from
Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar
a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem,
after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, after their
nations.
| 32 These are the families of the
sons of Noah, after their genera-
tions, in their nations: and by
these were the nations divided in
the earth after the flood.
CHAPTER 11.
The failure of man under the
Noahic Covenant.
ANP the whole earth was of Jone
language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they
journeyed from the east, that they
found a plain in the land of Shinar;
and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another,
oyim, or Gentile, nations,
The name implies nothing concerning
religion, meaning simply, non-Israelite, or “foreigner.”
1The history of Babel (“confusion”) strikingly parallels that of the professing
Church.
(1), Unity (Gen. 11. 1)—the Apostolic Church (Acts 4. 32, 33); (2) Am-
bition (Gen. 11. 4), using worldly, not spiritual, means (Gen. 11. 3), ending in a man-
made unity—the papacy; (3) the confusion of tongues (Gen. 11.'7)—Protestantism,
with its innumerable sects.
18
See Isa. 13. 1, note.
_ Go to, let us make brick, and burn
them throughly. And they had
brick for stone, and slime had they’
for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us
build us a city and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven; and
let us make us a name, lest we be
scattered abroad upon the face of
the whole earth.
The judgment of the confusion
| of tongues. Life continues
- under the Adamic and Noahic
Covenants.
5 And the Lorp came down to
_ see the city and the tower, which
the children of men builded.
6 And the Lorp said, Behold,
_ the people fs one, and they have all
_ one language; and this they begin
- to do: and now nothing will be re-
strained from them, which they
have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there
“confound their language, that they
may not understand one ancther’s|
speech.
8 So the LorpD scattered them
abroad from thence upon the face
of all the earth: and they left off to
build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it
_ealled “Babel; because the LorD
did there confound the language of
all the earth: and from thence did
the Lorp scatter them abroad upon
the face of all the earth.
GENESIS.
B.C. 2247.
a Miracles
(O.T.). vs.
bie. con-
fusion. See
Gen.11.1,
note; Isa.
13.1, note.
c Arphaxad.
vs.10-13; |
1 Chr.1.17.
(Gen.10,22;
Lk.3.36.)
[11 22
The ancestry of Abram.
10 These are the !generations of
Shem: Shem was an hundred years
old, and begat ‘Arphaxad two years
after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat
Arphaxad five hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and
thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he’
begat Salah four hundred and three)
years, and begat sons and daugh-
ters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years,
‘land begat Eber:
15 And Salah lived after he begat
Eber four hundred and three years,
and begat sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty
years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat
Peleg four hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daugh-
ters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years,
and begat Reu: :
19 And Peleg lived after he begat
Reu two hundred and nine years,
and begat sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty
years, and begat Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he begat
Serug two hundred and seven years,
and begat sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years,
and begat Nahor:
1Genesis 11. and 12. mark an important turning point in the divine dealing.
Heretofore the history has been that of the whole Adamic race.
There has been
neither Jew nor Gentile; all have been one in ‘‘the first man Adam.”’ Henceforth,
“in the Scripture record, humanity must be thought of as a vast stream from which
God, in the call of Abram and the creation of the nation of Israel, has but drawn
- off a slender rill, through which He may at last purify the great river itself.
Israel
was called to be a witness to the unity of God in the midst of universal idolatry
Deut. 6. 4; Isa. 43. 10-12); to illustrat
Deut. 33. 26-29); to receive and preserv'
e the blessedness of serving the true God
e the divine revelations (Rom. 3. 1, 2; Deut.
4, 5-8); and to produce the Messiah (Gen. 3. 15; 21. 3; 28. 10, 14; 49. 10; 2 Sam. 7. 16,
17; Isa. 4. 3, 4; Mt. 1. 1.)
The reader of scripture should hold firmly in mind: (1) that from Gen. 12. to
Mt. 12. 45 the Scriptures have primarily in view Israel, the little rill, not the great
Gentile river; though again and again the universality of the ultimate divine intent
breaks into view (e. g. Gen. 12. 3; Isa. 2. 2, 4; 5. 26; 9. 1, 2; 11. 10-12; 42. 1-6; 49. 6, 12;
52.15: 54.3; 55.5; 60.3, 5, 11-16; 61.6,9; 62.2; 66.12, 18,19; Jer. 16.19; Joel 3. 9,
10; Mal. 1. 11; Rom. %., 10., 11.; Gal. 3. 8-14); (2) that the human race, henceforth
called Gentile in distinction from Israel, goes on under the Adamic and Noahic
covenants; and that for the race (outside Israel) the dispensations of Con-
‘science and of Human
Government continue.
The moral history of the great
Gentile world is told in Rom. 1. 21-32, and its moral accountability in Rom. 2. 1-16.
Conscience never acquits: it either
to the Gentiles it is to them, as to Israe
3. 19, 20; 7. 9, 10; 2 Cor. 3. 7; Gal. 3
“accuses” or “excuses.”
1, ‘‘a ministration of death,’’ a “curse” (Rom.
A wholly new responsibility arises when
#10)"
Where the law is known
either Jew or Gentile knows the Gospel (John 3. 18, 19, 36; 15, 22-24; 16.9; 1. John
5. 9-12).
19
11 23] GENESIS. [127
23 And Serug lived after he begat] B.C. 2126. CHAPTER 12. :
Wahor two hundred years, and ’be- The Fourth Dispensation:
gat sons and daughters. _ Promise: from the call of
24 And Nahor lived nine and Abram to the giving of the
twenty years, and begat Terah: Jaw (Gen. 12. 1-Ex. 19. 8).
25 And Nahor lived after he begat The Fourth, or Abrahamic
Terah an-hundred and nineteen Covenant. (Add Gen. 13. 14-
years, and begat sons and daugh-|2 The t dolay.| 183 15. 1-21; 17. 4-8; 22. 15-24; 26.
ters. Seer : "| 1-5; 28. 10-15.) :
= eparation. é
ca gh nes i Naber wand dewtes Gen. OW '!the Lorp had said unt
Haran paar Abram, Get thee one of th
f ti Cor.6.14- country, and from thy kindred, an:
af Pecan hee Hee AbPRIn, in) * Vfrom ay oe dees unto a lan
1 . ‘ that I will shew thee:
Beet Gee Se aia Se ieee vs.| 2 2And I will make of thee a great
28 And Haran died before his| 2.3: Gen.13. |‘nation, and I will bless thee, and
father Terah in the land of his| {325, {ce |make thy name great; and thou
ivity, i ( shalt be a blessing:
pede brant ‘and Nahor! took as 3 And I will bless them that bless
them wives: the name of Abram’s|? Chrst (frst thee, and curse him that curseth
dvent). : Se
wife was Sarai; and the name of| Gen.i7.19. |thee: and in ¢thee shall all families
Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter oh aon of the earth be “blessed.
of Haran, the father of Milcah, and oe Abram in the land: worship,
the father of Iscah. e Gospel. communion, and promise.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had ws 7G
no child. 1213: " |. 4 So Abram departed, as the
Rev.14.6.) LORD had spoken unto him; and
Lot went with him: and Abram
Incomplete obedience: the |! F2ith. vs. |was seventy and five years old
Wasted years at Haran. iets, when he departed out of Haran.
; (Gen.3.20; 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife,
31 And *Terah took Abram his| Heb-11-39.) land Lot his brother’s son, and all
son and Lot the son of Haran his}, rpe their substance that they had gath-
son’s son, and Sarai his daughter; theopha- ered, and the souls that they had
in law, his son Abram’s wife; and) 2/es. gotten in Haran; and they fwent
they went forth with them from Ur oem: forth to go into the land of Canaan;
of the Chaldees, to go into the land} Rev.i.10.) and into the land of Canaan they
of Canaan; and they came unto! came.
Haran, and dwelt there. 6 And Abram passed through the
32 And the days of Terah were land unto the place of Sichem, unto
two hundred and five years: and the plaix of Moreh. And the Ca-
Terah died in Haran. naanite was then in the land.
7 And the Lorp éappeared unto
Abram, and said, Unto thy seed
1The Fourth Dispensation: Promise. For Abraham and his descendants it is
evident that the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 15. 18, note) made a great change.
They became distinctively the heirs of promise. That covenant is wholly gracious
and unconditional. The descendants of Abraham had but to abide in their own
land to inherit every blessing. In Egypt they lost their blessings, but not their
covenant. The Dispensation of Promise ended when Israel rashly accepted the
law (Ex. 19. 8). Grace had prepared a deliverer (Moses), provided a sacrifice for
the guilty, and by divine power brought them out of bondage (Ex. 19. 4); but at Sinai
they exchanged grace for law. The Dispensation of Promise extends from Gen. 12.
i to Ex, 19. 8, and was exclusively Israelitish. The dispensation must be distin-
guished from the covenant. The former is a mode of testing; the latter is everlast-
ing because unconditional. The law did not abrogate the Abrahamic Covenant
(Gal. 3. 15-18), but was an intermediate disciplinary dealing ‘‘till the Seed should
come to whom the promise was made” (Gal. 3. 19-29; 4. 1-7). Only the dis-
pensation, as a testing of Israel, ended at the giving of the law. See, for the other
six dispensations: Innocence (Gen. 1. 28); Conscience (Gen. 3. 23); Human
pencrniment (Gen. 8. 20); Law (Ex. 19. 8); Grace (John 11. 17); Kingdom (Eph.
a0)
*For analysis and summary of the Abrahamic Covenant, see Gen. 15. 18,
20
12 8] GENESIS. [13 9
_ will I give this land: and there] B.c. 1920. |and said, What is this that thou
_ builded he an ¢altar unto the Lorp, hast done unto me? why didst thou
who appeared unto him. not tell me that she was thy wife?
8 And he removed from thence 19 Why saidst thou, She is my
unto a mountain on the east of sister? so I might have taken her
1Beth-el, and pitched his tent, hav- to me to wife: now therefore behold
ing Beth-el on the west, and Hai on thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
the east; and there he builded an 20 And Pharaoh commanded Ais:
altar unto the LorbD, and called men concerning him: and they sent
upon the name of the Lorp. him away, and his wife, and all
9 And Abram journeyed, going on that he had. f
_ still toward the south.
_ Under trial Abram forsakes the CHAPTER 13.
place of blessing. Abram returns to the land and
10 And there was a *famine in the altar.
the land: 2and Abram went down ND Abram went up out of
into Egypt to sojourn there; for -Egypt, he, and his wife, and
the famine was grievous in the), SacriAce all that he had, and Lot with him,
land. (typical). |into the south.
11 And it came to pass, when he} vs.7,8; 2 And Abram was very rich in
" was come near to enter into Egypt, cattle, in silver, and in gold.
that he ‘said unto Sarai his wife, Pies) 3 And he went on his journeys
Behold now, I know that thou art from the south even to Beth-el,
ei atl ccectopasa| 25°1;.. loeens at cane browning, terres
, uth 1.1; ’
when the Egyptians shall see thee, contra. Psa. Beth-el and Hai;
that they shall say, This is his| 33-18-19 4 Unto the place of the altar,
wife: and they will kill me, but!<cr Gen. which he had made there at the
they will save thee alive. 20.1-18; first: and there Abram called on
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my| 2°11: the name of the Lorn.
sister: that it may be well with me'd Miracles
for thy sake; and my soul shall live} (O.T.). Gen. Abram’s separation from Lot.
_ because of thee. Bey te orn 5 And Lot also, which went-with
14 And it came to pass, that,| 21-70.) |Abram, had flocks, and herds, and
when Abram was come into Egypt, tents.
the Egyptians beheld the woman 6 And the land was not able to
that she was very fair. bear them, that they might dwell
15 The princes also of Pharaoh together: for their substance was
saw her, and commended her before great, so that they could not dwell)
Pharaoh: and the woman was taken together.
into Pharaoh’s house. 7 And there was a strife between
~ 16 And he entreated Abram well the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and
for her sake: and he had sheep, the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and
and oxen, and he asses, and men- the Canaanite and the Perizzite
servants, and maidservants, and dwelled then in the land.
she asses, and camels. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let
17 And the Lorp ¢plagued Pha- there be no strife, I pray thee, be-
-raoh and his house with great tween me and thee, and between
plagues because of Sarai Abaya my herdmen and thy herdmen; for
wife. we be brethren.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, 9 Is not the whole land before
1One of the sacred places of Canaan, meaning, house of God (Gen, 28. 1-
22: 35. 1-7, note. It is characteristic of all apostasy that Jeroboam chose this
sacred place in which to erect an idol (1 Ki. 12. 28, 32. Cf. 1 Ki, 13; 1-5); and of
divine judgment upon apostasy that God should decree the destruction of Bethel,
despite its sacred memories (1 Ki, 13. 1-5; 2 Ki. 23. 15-17; Amos 3. 14, 15). God
never hesitates to cast aside that which no longer serves His purpose (Rev. 2. 5;
3. 15). ai"? .
2 i na disciplinary testing of God’s people in the land. (Cf. Gen.
26. ee a 52 Sem} 24, 13; Psa. 105. 16.) The resort to Egypt (the
world) is typical of the tendency to substitute for lost spiritual power the fleshly
resources of the world, instead of seeking, through confession aid amendment, the
restoration of God’s presence and favour.
PA
13 10]
thee? “separate thyself, I pray thee,
from me: if thou wilt take the left
hand, then I will go to the right;
or if thou depart to the right hand,
then I will go to the left.
Lot’s first step in backsliding.
(See Gen. 13. 12; 19. 1, 33.)
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and
beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it was well watered every where,
before the Lorp destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah, even as the garden
of the LorD, like the land of Egypt,
as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the
plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed
east: and they separated themselves
the one from the other.
Lot’s second step in backsliding.
(See Gen. 13. 10; 19. 1, 33.)
12 Abram dwelled in the land of
Canaan,’ and Lot dwelled in the
cities of the plain, and pitched Ais
tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were|s Israel (cove-
wicked and sinners before the Lorp! nant), vs.15-
a Separation,
vs.7,
erin 17; Gen.15.
es gly. 48. (Gean2.
The Abrahamic Covenant: the ne Rom.11.
land given; natural posterity
promised (v,. 16). i
14 And the Lorp said unto
Abram, after that Lot was sep-
arated from him, Lift up now thine
eyes, and look from the place where
thou art northward, and southward,
and eastward, and westward:
15 For all the land which thou
seest, to thee will I give it, and to
thy ‘seed for ever.
16 AndI will make thy seed as the
dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth,
then shall thy seed alsobenumbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land
in the length of it and in the breadth
of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18 ‘Then Abram removed Ais
tent, and came and dwelt in ahs)
plain of Mamre, which is in He-
bron, and built there an altar untol
the Lorp.
c Farth, vs.14-
18; Gen.14
22,23. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.11.
39.)
d vores
‘pical).
Gen n7 813.
(Gen.4.4;
Heb.10.18.)
eIt is Abram
the sepa-
rated man
who has
CHAPTER 14.
Abram delivers Lot.
ANP it came to pass in thé days
of Amraphel king of Shinar,
Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlao.
mer king of Elam, and Tidal king
of nations;
2 That these made war with
Bera king of Sodom, and with
Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab
GENESIS.
B.C. 1918.
[14 16
‘king of Admah, and Shemeber king
of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela,
which is Zoar. }
3 All these were joined together in
the vale of Siddim, which is the salt
sea.
4 Twelve years they served Ched-
orlaomer, and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled.
7 And they returned, and came to
En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and
smote all the country of the Ama-
lekites, and also the Amorites, that
dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
8 And there went out the king of
Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah,
and the king of Admah, and the
king of Zeboiim, and the king of
Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they
joined battle with them in the vale
of Siddim:
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of
Elam, and with Tidal king of na-
tions, and Amraphel king of Shinar,
and Arioch king of Ellasar; four
kings with five.
10 And the vale of Siddim was
full of slimepits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell
there; and they that remained fled
to the mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of
Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram’s
brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed,
13 And there came one that had
escaped, and told Abram the He-
brew; for he dwelt in the plain of
Mamre the Amorite, brother of
Eshcol, and brother of Aner:
and these were confederate with
Abram.
D1@> ‘Ane ewhenAbrdin thease
his brother was taken captive, he
armed his trained servants, born in
his own house, three hundred and
encca! and pursued them unto
an.
| 15 And he divided himself against
them, he and his servants, by night,
and smote them, and pursued them
unto Hobah, which is on the left
hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the
14 17] GENESIS. [151
goods, and also brought again his} s.c. 1913. /unto Abram, Give me the persons,
brother Lon and his goods. and the and take the gocds to thyself. _
women also, and the people. 22 And Abram: 4said to the king
oe f of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand
1e revelation of God as El unto the Lorp, the most high God,
Elyon, “the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
possessor of heaven and 23 That I will not take from a
earth. 2 Meaning pared Even to shoslatchet: and
. ing of at I will not take any thing that
pL? ere Pe june os popes vent Rightecus- | thine, lest thou shouldest say, I
from the Eon cheer ae Chitose: se May “Sa age pviewse as hich th
; - ; 5 ave only at whic e€
Bee val ceaneeeh| erect. ene ee ateashe and oe ree
3 : s| Heb.7.2. on 0 e men which went wit!
hich is ing’ 3;
een Ly Rego of 5Sa-| ° ae. f) Hwodria Me ee ee 5
lem proveht forth bread and wine:| Genis.2.
A 1 (Gen.1.1;
Been ese oF the fmosty eras) CHAPTER 15.
19 And he blessed him, and said,|¢ Faith, vs. .
Blessed jbo Abram of the mont {226m |The Absahamic Covenant con:
ig , possessor of heaven and 3.70: Heb. | ised (v. 5) ;
earth: | -WAesONWiae! | p>
20 And blessed be the most high! | AF ER these things the word of
God, which hath delivered thine ere the LorD came unto Abram in
enemies into thy hand. And he ‘a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram:
gave him tithes of ail. . I am thy shield, and thy exceeding
21 And the king of Sodom said : __ great reward. ©
IMelchizedek, type of Christ the King-Priest. The type strictly applies to
the priestly work of Christ in resurrection, since Melchizedek presents onlv
the memorials of sacrifice, bread and wine. “After the order of Melchizedek”
(Heb. 6. 20) refers to the royal authority and unending duration of Christ’s high
priesthood (Heb. 7. 23, 24). The Aaronic priesthood was often interrupted by
~death. Christ is a priest after the order of Melchizedek, as King of righteousness,
King of peace (Isa. 11. 4-9; Heb. 7. 2), and in the endlessness of His priesthood;
but the Aaronic priesthood typifies His priestly work.
Bea once high,” or “most high God” (Heb. El Elyon). “Elyon’” means simply
est. :
: (1) The first revelation of this name (v. 18) indicates its distinctive meanings.
Abram, returning from his victory over the confederated kings (Gen. 14. 1-17), is
met by Melichizedek, King of Salem... the “priest of the most high God” (El
~Elyon), who blesses Abram in the name of El Elyon, “possessor of heaven and
earth.” This revelation produced a remarkable impression upon the patriarch.
Not only did he at once give Melchizedek “‘tithes of all” the spoil of the battle,
but when the King of Sodom offered other of that spoil to Abram, his answer was:
“T have lift up mine hand unto the Lorp [Jehovah], the most high God [E/ Elyon],
the possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take from a thread even to a
shoelatchet,” etc. (Gen. 14. 18-23). :
(a) The Lorp (Jehovah) is known to a Gentile king (Melchizedek) by the
name “most high God” (EI Elyon); (b) a Gentile is the priest of Ei Elyon and
(c) His distinctive character as most high God is “possessor of heaven and earth.”
Appropriately to this Gentile knowledge of God by His name “Most High,” we
read that.‘“‘the Most High divided to the nations [i.e. Gentiles] their inheritance,
when he separated the sons of Adam,” etc. (Deut. 32. 3). As “possessor of
heaven and earth,” it was the prerogative of the Most High to distribute the earth
among the nations according to whatever principle He chose.. That principle is
declared in Deut. 32. 8. To the same purport is the use of the name in Daniel,
the book of Gentile prophecy (Dan. 3. 26; 4. 17, 24, 25, 32, 34, 35; 5. 18, 21). :
(2) As “possessor of heaven and earth,” the most high God has and exercises
authority in both spheres: (a) the heavenly authority of Ei Elyon (e.g. Dan. 4.
35, 37; Isa. 14. 13, 14; Mt. 28. 18); (6) the earthly authority of E/ Elyon (e.g. Deut.
32. 8; Psa. 9. 2-5; 21. 7; 47. 2-4; 56. 2,3; 82. 6,8; 83. 16-18; 91. 9-12; 2 Sam. 22.
14, 15; Dan. 5. 18). See, for other names of Deity: Gen. 1. 1, note; 2. 4, note; 2.7;
15. 2, note; 17.1, note; 21. 33, note; 1 Sam. 1. 3, note.
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7
15 2]
GENESIS.
—
[15 18
2 4And Abram said, !*Lord 2Gop,
what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my
house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me
thou hast given no seed: and, lo,
one born in my house is mine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of the
LORD came unto him, saying, This
shall not be thine heir; but he that
shall come forth out of thine own
bowels shall be thine heir.
§ And he brought him forth
abroad, and said, Look now toward
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be
able to number them: and he said
unto him, ‘So shall thy ¢seed be.
6 And he “believed in the Lorn;
and he /counted it to him for éright-
eousness.
7 And he said unto him, I am the
Lorp that brought thee out of Ur
of the Chaldees, to give thee this
B.C. 1913.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
b Deity
(names of).
Gen.17.1,
(Gen.1.1;
Mal.3.18.)
c Rom.4.18,
d Israel (cove-
nant). vs.4,
5; Gen.17.15-
e Faith. Gen.
21.1-6.
(Gen.3.20;
Heb.11.39.)
f Rom.4.3; Gal.
3.6; Jas.2.23.
g Righteous-
ness. Prov.
land to inherit it. 21.15,21.
8 And he said, Lord Gop, where- einen
by shall I know that I shall inherit b M irae tes
Bg tA) IS en.
9 And he said unto him, Take me} _19.24,25,26.
an heifer of three years old, and a Sana he
she goat of three years old, and a i The Eight
ram of three years old, and a turtle-|’ Covenants.
dove, and a young pigeon. : Ex.19.25.
10 And he took unto him all furnaces
‘these, and divided them in the
midst, and laid each piece one
against another: but the birds di-
vided he not.
11 And when the fowls came down
*{upon the carcases, Abram drove
them away. 4
12 And when the sun was going
down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;
and, lo, an horror of great darkness
fell upon him.
13 And he said unto Abram,
Know of a surety that thy seed
shall be a stranger in a land that is
not their’s, and shall serve them;
. |and they shall afflict them four hun-
- |\dred years;
14 And also that nation, whom
they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with
great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy
fathers in peace; thou shalt be
buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation
they shall come hither again: for
the iniquity of the Amorites zs not
yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that,
when the sun went down, and it
was dark, behold a smoking fur-
nace, and a burning lamp that
’passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day the Lorp
made a ‘covenant with Abram, 3say-
1“Tord” (Heb. Adon, Adonai).
(1) The primary meaning of Adon, Adonai,
the Old Testament Scriptures both to Deity and to
is Master, and it is applied in
man. The latter instances are
distinguished in the English version by the omission of the capital. As applied to
man, the word is used of two relationships: master and husban
10, 12, “master,” may illustrate the former; Gen. 18. 12,
these relationships exist between Christ and the believe
2 Cor. 11. 2, 3, “husband”’).
(2) Two principles inhere in the relation of m
ter’s right to implicit obedience (John 13. 13; M
servant’s right to direction in service (Isa. 6. 8-11).
the divine names is illustrated in Ex. 4. 10-12.
competency, and “Moses said unto the Lorp [Jehovah], O my Lord
not eloquent,” etc.
thy mouth.” The same distinction
of Deity: Gen. 1. 1, note; 2. 4, note;
21, 33, note; 1 Sam. 1. 3, note.
2“Lord Gop” (Heb. Adonai Jehovah).
pound name, while gathering into one the speci
15. 2, note) will be found to empha
acter of Deity.
2, 8; Deut. 3. 24; 9. 26: Josh. 7.
1 Ki. 2. 26; Psa. 69. 6; 71. 5; Isa. 7.
note; 2.4, note; 2. 7; 14. 18, note;
Lge
3The Abrahamic Covenant as form
14-17; 15. 1-7; 17. 1-8) is in seven distin
(The following passages m
Since service is in question,
Jehovah as Lord. But now power is in question,
but Jehovah (LorD) who answers (referring to cre
unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? .
appears
size the A
ay
7; Jud. 6.
7). See,
15a;
ct parts:
24
d (Gen, 24. 9,
“lord,” the latter). Both
¢ (John 13: 13, “master”;
aster and servant: (3) the Mas-
t. 23. 10; Lk. 6. 46); (6) the
Clear distinction in the use of
Moses feels his weakness and in-
i [Adonai], I am
Moses (appropriately) addresses
and it is not the Lord (Adonai)
ation power)—‘‘and Jehovah said
. . Now therefore go, and I will be with
in Josh. 7. 8-11.
2. 73 14. 18, note; 15 2, note; 17 1, note,
See, for other names
When used distinctively, this com-
al meanings of each (Gen. 1.1, note;
donai rather than the Jehovah char-
suffice to illustrate this: Gen. 15.
22; 16. 28; 2 Sam. 7. 18-20, 28, 29;
for other names of Deity: Gen. 1. 1,
note; 17.1, note; 21, 33, note; 1 Sam.
ed (Gen. 12. 1-4) and confirmed (Gen. 13.
"
*
:
15 19]
GENESIS.
[16 11
ing, Unto thy seed have I given
this land, from the river of Egypt
unto the great river, the river Eu-
phrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Keniz-
zites, and the Kadmonites, i
20 And the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Ca-
naanites, and the Girgashites, and
the Jebusites.
CHAPTER 16.
The birth of Ishmael.
OW Sarai Abram’s wife bare
him no children: and she had
an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose
name was Hagar. ?
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Be-
- hold now, the LorD hath restrained
me from bearing: I pray thee, go in
unto my maid; it may be that I may
obtain children by her. And Abram
hearkefhed to the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took!
THagar her maid the Egyptian, after,
Abram had dwelt ten years in the
land of Canaan, and gave her to her
husband Abram to be his wife.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and
she conceived: and when she saw
that she had conceived, her mis-
tress was despised in her eyes.
B.c. 1913. | 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My
wrong be upon thee: I have given
my maid into thy bosom; and
when she saw that she had con-
ceived, I was despised in her eyes:
bee LorpD judge between me and
thee.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Be-
hold, thy maid zs in thy hand; do to
her as it pleaseth thee. And when
Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fied
from her face.
7 And the @angel of the Lorp
found her by a fountain of water in
the wilderness, by the fountain in
the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s
maid, whence camest thou? and
whither wilt thou go? And she
said, I flee from the face of my mis-
tress Sarai.
9 And the 4angel of the Lorp
said unto her, Return to thy mis-
ee and submit thyself under her
ands.
a Heb.1.4,
note.
bi.e. God shall
hear.
10 And the @angel of the Lorp &
\
said unto her, I will multiply thy ~
seed exceedingly, that it shall not
be numbered for multitude.
11 And the ¢angel of the Lorp »
said unto her, Behold, thou art with
child, and shalt bear a son, and ”
shalt call his name %Ishmael; be-
(1) “I will make of thee a great nation.” Fulfilled in a threefold way: (a) In
a natural posterity—‘‘as the dust of the earth”? (Gen. 13. 16; John 8. 37), viz. the
Hebrew people.
(b) In a spiritual posterity—“look now toward heaven .
- » SO
shall thy seed be’” (John.8. 39; Rom, 4. 16, 17; 9. 7, 8; Gal. 3. 6, 7, 29), viz. all men
of faith, whether Jew or Gentile.
18-20)
15, 17;
(c) Fulfilled also through Ishmael (Gen. 17,
(2) “I will bless thee.”? Fulfilled in two ways: (a) temporally (Gen. 13. 14,
15. 18; 24. 34, 35); (6) spiritually (Gen. 15.6; John 8.56).
3) ‘And make thy name great.’”? Abraham’s is one of the universal names.
“And thou shalt be a blessing” (Gal. 3. 13, 14).
5) “I will bless them that bless thee.” In fulfillment closely related to the
next clause.
(6) “And curse him that curseth thee.” Wonderfully fulfilled in the history
of the dispersion. It has invariably fared ill with the people who have persecuted
the Jew—well with those who have protected him. The future will still more re-
markably prove this Pagcrle eit nas 7; Isa. 14. 1, 2; Joel 3. 1-8; Mic. 5. 7-9;
ag. 2. 22; Zech. 14. 1-3; Mt. 25. 40, 45). mat
a (7) “In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” This is the great
evangelic promise fulfilled in Abraham’s Seed, Christ (Gal. 3. 16; John 8: 56-58).
It brings into greater definiteness the promise of the Adamic Covenant concerning
the Seed of the woman (Gen. 3. 15). : , I f
Note.—The gift of the land is modified by prophecies of three dispossessions
and restorations (Gen. 15. 13, 14, 16; Jer. 25. 11, 12; Deut. 28. 62-65; 30. 1-3). Two
dispossessions and restorations have been accomplished. Israel is now in the third
dispersion, from which she will be restored at the return of the Lord as King under
the Davidic Covenant (Deut. 30. 3; Jer. 23. 5-8; Ezk. 37. 21-25; Lk. 1. 30-33; Acts
15. 14-17). : ;
7 ome for the other seven covenants: Edenic (Gen. 1. 28); Adamic (Gen. 3.
15); Noahic (Gen. 9. 1); Mosaic (Ex. 19. 25); Palestinian (Deut. 30. 3); Davidic
‘(2 Sam. 7. 16); New (Heb. 8. 8)
1 Hagar is a type of the law “which gendereth to bondage” (Gal. 4. 24, 25).
25
cy
16 12]
GENESIS.
[17 10
cause the LorD hath heard thy af-
fiction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his
hand will. be against every man,
and every man’s hand against him;
and he shall dwell in the presence
of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the
Lorp that spake unto her, Thou
God seest me: for she said, Have I
also-here looked after him that seeth
me?
14 Wherefore the well was called
*Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it-is be-
tween Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son:
and Abram called his son’s name,
which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and
six years old, when Hagar bare Ish-
mael to Abram,
CHAPTER 17.
The revelation of God as El
Shaddai, Almighty God.
ANP when Abram was ninety
years old and nine, the Lorp
bappeared to Abram, and said unto
him, I am the !Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou ¢per-
fect.
2 And I will make my covenant
between me and thee, and will mul-
tiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and
God talked with him, saying,
ai.e. The weil
of him that
liveth and
seeth me.
Gen.24.62;
25.11.
b The the-
ophanies.
Gen.18.1.
(Gen.12.7;
Rev.1.9.)
c Deity
(names of).
Gen.21.33.
Gen. 1.1;
Mal.3.18.)
d Or, upright,
or sincere.
eOr, high
father.
f Or, father of
many na-
tions.
g Rom.4.17.
Abram becomes Abraham...
4 As for me, behold, my covenant
is with thee, and thou shalt be a
father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any
more be called «Abram, but thy
name shall be ‘Abraham; for a
&father of many nations have I.
made thee.
The Abrahamic Covenant con-—
firmed and made everlasting.
6 And I will make thee exceeding
fruitful, and I will make nations of ©
thee, and kings shall come out of |
thee.
7 And I will establish my cove:
nant between me and thee and thy |
seed after thee in their generations |
for an everlasting covenant, to be a
God unto thee, and to thy seed after :
thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to -
thy seed after thee, the land where- |
in thou art a stranger, all the land |
of Canaan, for an everlasting pas-
session; and I will be their God.
Circumcision established as the
sign of the Abrahamic Cove- |
nant.
9 And God said unto Abraham, ©
Thou shalt keep my covenant there-
fore, thou, and thy seed after thee
in their generations,
10 This 7s my covenant, which ye —
shall keep, between me and you and
i“ Almighty God” (Heb. El Shaddai.)
(1) The etymological signification of Almi
teresting and touching. God (£/) signifies the
thy seed after thee; Every man
ghty God (EI Shaddai) is both in-
“Strong One”
(Gen. 1.1, note). The
qualifying word Shaddai is formed from the Hebrew word “shad,” the breast,
invariably used in Scripture for a woman’s breast; e.g. Gen. 49. 253° Job 3. 128
Psa. 22. 9! Song VEE Ge bis: 1 By We
therefore means primarily
giver and Satisfier of His people.
dai” was translated “Almighty.”
signifies almightiness.
8; 8. 1, 8, 10; Isa. 28. 9; Ezk. 16, 7.
“the breasted.”
Nourisher, the Strength-giver, and so,
pours Himself into believing lives.
strengthened and nourished from the
satisfied, so E] Shaddazt is that name
y.”’ The primary name
l “All-sufficient”
meaning and the characteristic use of th
: (2) Almighty God (El Shaddai) not only
is nowhere better illustrated than in the -first occurrence of the name (Gen, 17.
1-8). To aman ninety-nine years of age, and “‘as good as dead”
[EI Shaddai] .
is the use of the hame in Gen. 28. 3, 4.
Almighty God (EI Shaddai) chastens His people.
For the moral connection of chastening with fruit-bearing, see John 15. 2; Heb.
Almighty is the characteristic name of God in Job,
that book. The hand of El Shaddai falls upon Job,
in judgment, but in purifying unto greater fruitful-
See, for other names of Deity: Gen. 1. i
2, note; 21. 33, note; 1 Sam. 1. 3, note.
said: “I am the Almighty God
ceedingly.” To the same purport
3) As Giver of fruitfulness,
12. 10; Ruth 1. 20. Hence,
occurring thirty-one times in
the best man of his time, not
ness (Job 5. 17-25).
2.73; 14. 18, note; 15,
26
Shaddai
” God is ‘‘Shaddai,’” because He is the
in a_ secondary sense, the Satisfier, who
As a fretful, unsatisfied babe is not only
mother’s breast, but also is quieted, rested,
of God which sets Him forth as the Strength-
It is on every account to be regretted that “Shad-
i El or Elohim sufficiently —
would far better express both the Hebrew
€ name in Scripture.
enriches, but makes fruitful. This
(Heb. 11. 12), He
I will... multiply thee ex-
+ note; 2. 4, note;
17 11).
GENESIS.
[18 9
child among you shall be circum-| B.C. 1898. |
cised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the
flesh of your foreskin; and it shall
be a “token of the covenant betwixt
me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old
shall be 4circumcised among you,
every man child in your genera-
tions, he that is born inthe house,
or bought with money of any
stranger, which 7s not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house,
and he that is bought with thy
money, must needs be circumcised:
and my covenant shall be in your
flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man
child whose flesh of his foreskin is
not circumcised, that soul shall be
cut off from his people; he hath
broken my covenant.
The promise of Isaac, in whom
the line of Christ runs.
i5 And God said unto Abraham,
As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt
not call her name Sarai, but “Sarah
shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and give
ee a son also of her: yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother
of tae ; kings of people shall be
ef.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his
face, and laughed, and said in his
heart, Shall a child be born unto
him that is an hundred years old?
and shall Sarah, that is ninety years
old, bear?
18 And Abraham 4said unto God,
O that Ishmael might live before
‘thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife
shall bear thee a son indeed; and
thou shalt call his name Isaac: and
I will establish my ‘covenant with
him for an everlasting covenant,
and with his fseed after him.
Ishmael to be a nation.
°20 And as for Ishmael,
heard thee: Behold, I have blessed
him, and will make him fruitful,)
and will multiply him exceedingly;
8twelve princes shall He beget, and
I will make him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I estab-
lish with Isaac, which Sarah shall
bear unto! thee at this set time in)
the: next year.
22 And he left off talking with)
him, and God went up from Abra-
ham.
|b Lk.2.21;
| 3; Col.2.11.
I have
a Rom.4,9-12,
Rom.2. 25- 29;
19; Gal.5.2,
ci.e. princess.
d Bible pray-
ers (O.T.).
Ger..18.23.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
e Israel (cove-
nant). vs.15-
21; Gen.22,
16-18. (Gen.
12.2,3; Rom.
11.26.)
f Christ (first
advent).
Gen.24.60.
(Gen.3.15;
Acts 1.9.)
g Gen.16.10;
25.12-16.
h The theoph-
anies. Gen.
26.2,24.
(Gen.12.7
Rev.1.9.)
i Cf.Gen.19.
1. For sig-
nificance of
Abraham's
tent, Heb.11.
9,1
23 And Abraham took Ishmael
his son, and all that were born in
his house, and all that were bought
with his money, every male among
the men of Abraham’s house; and
circumcised the flesh of their fore-
skin in the selfsame day, as God
had said unto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety
years old and nine, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his fore-
skin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thir-
teen years old, when he was circum:
cised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 In the selfsame day was Abra-
ham circumcised, and Ishmael his
son.
27 And all the men of his house,
born in the house, and bought with
money of the stranger, were circum-
cised with him.
CHAPTER 18.
Abraham, “‘the friend of God.’”
(Cf. John 3. 29; 15. 13-15.)
ND the Lorp “appeared unto
him in the plains of Mamre:
and he sat in the ‘tent door in the
heat of the day;
2 And he hft up his eyes and
looked, and, lo, three men stood by
him: and when he saw them, he
ran to meet them from the tent
door, and bowed himself toward the
ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I
have found favour in thy sight, pass
not away, I pray thee, from thy
servant:
4 Let alittle water, I pray you, be
fetched, and wash your feet, and
rest yourselves under the tree: ~
5 And I will fetch a morsel of
bread, and comfort ye your hearts;
after that ye shall pass on: for
therefore are ye come to your ser-
vant. And they said, So do, as
thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the
tent unto Sarah, and said, Make
ready quickly three measures of fine
meal, knead it, and make cakes
upon the hearth.
7 And Abraham ran unto the
herd, and fetcht:a calf tender and
good, and gave i# unto a young
man; and he hasted to dress. it.
8 And he took butter, and milk,
and the calf which he had dressed,
and set it before them; and he.
stood by them under the tree, and
they did eat. __
9 And they said unto him, Where
18 10) GENESIS. [1919
as Sarah thy wife? And he said,| B.C. 1898, | 24 Peradventure there be fifty
Behold, in the tent. righteous within the city: wilt thou
10 And he said, I will certainly
return unto thee according to the
time of life, and, lo, ¢Sarah thy
‘wife shall have a,son. And Sarah
theard it in the tent door, which was
‘behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were
old and well stricken in age; and
it ceased to be with Sarah after the
‘manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed with-
in herself, saying, After I am waxed
old shall I have pleasure, my lord
‘being old also?
13 And the LorD said unto Abra-
tham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
‘saying, Shall I of a surety bear a
child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the
Lorp? At the time appointed I
therein?
after this manner, to slay the right-
eous with the wicked: and that the
righteous should be as the wicked,
that be far from thee: Shall not the
Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And the Lorp said, If I find
in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place
for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and
said, Behold now, I have taken
which am but dust and ashes:
will return unto thee, according to And he said, If I find there forty
the time of life, and Sarah shall)? CfRom.9.9.. land five, I will not destroy it.
‘have a son. b Communion | 29 And he spake unto him yet
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I} (vs.1-8) and |again, and said, Peradventure there
laughed not; for she was afraid.| intercession (shall be forty found there. And he
rpiialey said, Nay; but thou didst| 8°‘? pi I will not do it for forty’s
‘laugh. c Bible pray- |sake,
16 And the men rose up from eee 30 And he said unto him, Oh let
‘thence, and looked toward Sodom:| (Gen15.2; |not the Lord be angry, and I will
sand Abraham went with them to] Hab.3.1-16.) |speak: Peradventure there shall
bring them on the way. ete thirty be found there. And he said,
nd the Lorp said, Shall I|" 99: I will not do st, if I find thirty
‘hide from Abraham that thing there.
which I do; pea er 31 And he said, Behold now, I
18 Seeing that Abraham shall] "°° have taken upon me to speak unto
surely become a great and mighty] Lot was a the Lord: Peradventure there shall
‘nation, and all the nations of the terres be twenty found there. And he
Sinatra ‘ik ie a i. ane ‘7 20) in a place pas t a not destroy it for twen-
ow him, that he will] devoted to y’s sake,
command his children and_ his} judgment. 32 And he said, Oh let not the
also destroy and not spare the place ©
for the fifty righteous that are —
25 ‘That be far from thee to do —
upon me to speak unto the Lord, —
:
‘household after him, and they shall| $f 4°t27- |Lord be angry, and I will speak yet
keep the way of the Lorp, to do but this once: Peradventure ten
Justice and judgment; that the shall be found there. And he said,
LorD may bring upon Abraham I will not destroy st for ten’s
‘that which he hath spoken of him. sake.
20 And the Lorp said, Because 33 And the Lorp went his way,
the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is as soon as he had left communing
great, and because their sin is very with Abraham: and Abraham re-
“grievous; turned unto his place.
21 I will go down now, and see
whether they have done altogether CHAPTER 19.
-according to the cry of it, which is The d. 5
come unto me; and if not, I will 6 destruction of Sodom. The
Neslour’ third step in Lot’s backslid-
22 And the men turned their faces ing: a great man in Sodom
‘from thence, and went toward (v. 1). (See Gen, 13. 10, 12;
‘Sodom: but Abraham stood yet be- 19. 33.)
fore the Lorp. ND there 4came two ¢angels to
Abraham the intercessor. . Sodom at even; and Lot /sat j
in the gate of Sodom: and Lot see-
23 And Abraham drew ®near, and ing them rose up to meet them;
vsaid, ‘Wilt thou also destroy the and he bowed himself with his face
righteous with'the wicked? toward the ground;
28
GENESIS. [19 27
2 And he said, Behold now, my
lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night,
and wash your feet, and ye shall
tise up early, and go on your ways.
And they said, Nay; but we will
abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them
greatly; and they turned in unto
him, and entered into his house;
and he made them a feast, and did
bake ¢unleavened bread, and they
did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the
men of the city, even the men of,
Sodom, compassed the house round,
both old and young, all the people
from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and
said unto him, Where are the men
which came in to thee this night?
bring them out unto us, that we
may know them.
6 And Lot went outat the door
unto them, and shut the door after
im,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren,
do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daugh-
ters which have not known man;
let me, I pray you, bring them out
unto you, and do ye to them as is
good in your eyes: only unto these
men do nothing; for therefore came
- they under the shadow of my
roof.
9 And they said, Stand back.
‘And they said again, This one
fellow came in to sojourn, and he
will needs be a judge: now will we
deal worse with thee, than with
them. And they pressed sore upon
_ the man, even Lot, and came near
to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their
hand, and pulled Lot into the house
to them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that
were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great: so
that they wearied themselves to
find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot,
Hast thou here any besides? son in
law, and thy sons, and thy daugh-
ters, and whatsoever thou hast in
the city, bring them out of this
place:
13 For we will destroy this place,
- because the cry of them is waxen
great before the face of the LoRD;
and the LorpD hath sent us to de-
stroy it.
14 And «Lot went out, and spake
unto his sons in law, which married!
B.C. 1898.
a Leaven. Ex,
12.8,15-20,
34,39. (Gen.
19.3; Mt.13,
33.)
6 The world’s
contempt for
a worldly be-
liever.
¢ Lot had ut-
terly lost his
testimony.
In gaining
influence
(Gen.19.1)
he had. lost
power, even
in his own
family.
d Heb.1.4,
note.
¢ Miracles
(O.T ), vs.24-
26; Gen.20.
17,18. (Gen.
5.24; Jon.2,
1-10.)
f Lk.17.32,
29
his daughters, and said, Up, get
you out of this place: for the Lorp
will destroy this city. But he
seemed as one that mocked unto
his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose,
then the angels hastened Lot, say-
ing, Arise, take thy wife, and thy
two daughters, which are here; lest
thou be consumed in the iniquity of
the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men
laid hold upon his hand, and upon
the hand of his wife, and upon the
hand of his two daughters; the
LorD being merciful unto him: and
they brought him forth, and set him
without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when
they had brought them forth
abroad, that he said, Escape for thy
life; look not behind thee, neither
stay thou in all the plain; escape
to the mountain, lest thou be con:
sumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh,
not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath
found grace in thy sight, and thou
hast magnified thy mercy, which
thou hast shewed unto me in saving
my life; and I cannot escape to the
mountain, lest some evil take me,
and I die:
20. Behold now, this city is near
to flee unto, and it zs a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not
a little one?) and my soul. shall
ive.
21 And he said unto him, See, I
have accepted thee concerning this
thing also, that I will not over-
throw this city, for the which thou
hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for
I cannot do any thing till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name
of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the
earth when Lot entered into
Zoar
24 Then the LorD ¢rained upon
Sodom and upon Gomorrah brim-
stone and fire from the LORD out of
heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities,
and all the plain, and all the inhab-
itants of the cities, and that which
grew upon the ground.
26 But his ‘wife looked back from
behind him, and she became a pillar
of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in
the morning to the place where he
stood before the Lorp:
19 28] GENESIS. [20 9
28 And he looked toward Sodom)! B.c. 1898. |same is the father of the Moabites
and Gomorrah, and toward all the unto this day.
land of the plain, and beheld, and, 38 And the younger, she also bare
lo, the smoke of the country went a son, and called his name Ben-
up as the smoke of a furnace. ammi: the same 1s the‘father of the
29 And it came to pass, ¢when children of Ammon unto this day.
God destroyed the cities of the
plain, that God remembered Abra- CHAPTER 20.
ham, and sent Lot out of the midst
,
of the overthrow, when he over- Abrahams lapse at Gerar
threw the cities in the which Lot Gece 2a: eg
dwelt. je Abraham journeyed from
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, thence toward the south coun-
and dwelt in the mountain, and his try, and dwelled between Kadesh
two daughters with him; for he and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
feared to dwell in Zoar: and he 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his
dwelt in a cave, he and his two wife, She is my sister: and Abime-
daughters. lech king of Gerar sent, and took
31 And the firstborn said unto the} - \Sarah,
younger, Our father is old, and | 3. But God came to Abimelech in
there is not a man in the earth to a dream by night, and said to him,
come in unto us’ after the manner) See v.36, Behold, thou art but a dead man,
of all the earth: note, for the woman which thou hast
32 Come, let us make our father); yo¢ “pitched |taken; for she is a man’s wife.
drink wine, and we will lie with] teward 4 But Abimelech had not come
him, that we may preserve seed of Aaa 12) [near her: and he said, Lord, wilt
our father, fanmvorlaly? thou slay also a righteous nation?
advantage; 5 Said he not unto me, She fs my
The last step in Lot’s backslid-| then became |sister? and she, even she herself
ing. (See Gen. 13. 10, 12; 19.1.) 2°S45™*" |said, He is my brother: in the integ-
Cf. Lk. 22. 31-62.) (Gen.19.1), _|rity of my heart and innocency of
= ye aus of |my hands have I done this.
33 And they made their father) tery accept. | 6 And God said unto him in a
drink wine that night: and the} ing the dream, Yea, I know that thou didst
firstborn went in, and lay with aera of this in the integrity of thy heart;
her father; and he perceived not| ome for I also withheld thee from sin-
when she lay down, nor when she: ning against me: therefore suffered
arose. I thee not to touch her.
34 And it came to pass on the 7 Wow therefore restore the man
morrow, that the firstborn said un- his wife; for he 1s a prophet, and he
to the younger, Behold, I lay yes- shall pray for thee, and thou shalt
ternight with my father: let us| live: and if thou restore her not,
make him drink wine this night! know thou that thou shalt surely
also; and go thou in, and lie with! die, thou, and all that are thine.
him, that we may preserve seed of| 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early
our father. ; in the morning, and called all his
35 And they made their father servants, and told all these things
drink wine that night also: and in their ears: and the men were sore
the younger arose, and lay with afraid. ‘
him; and he perceived not when 9° Then Abimelech called Abra-
she lay down, nor when she arose. ham, and said unto him, What hast
36 1Thus were both the daugh- thou done unto us? and what have
ters of Lot with child by their |I offended thee, that thou hast
father {brought on me and on my kingdom
37 And the firstborn bare a son, a great sin? thou hast done deeds
and called his name Moab: the unto me that ought not to be done.
1 Abraham and Lot are contrasted characters. Of the same stock (Gen. 11. 31),
subjected to the same environment, and both justified men (Gen. 15. 6; 2 Pet. 2.
7,8), the contrast in character and career is shown to be the result of their Tespective
choices at the crisis of their lives. Lot ‘chose him all the plain of Jordan” for pres-
ent advantage; Abraham “looked for a city which hath foundations” (Heb. 11. 10),
and (Gen. -13. 18) “came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre (fatness), which is in
Hebron” (communion), The men remain types of the worldly and ‘the spiritual
believer.
30
_ P
{ 20 10) GENESIS. [21 16
10 And Abimelech said unto, sc. 1898. | 5 And Abraham was an hundred
_ Abraham, What sawest thou, that
’ thou hast done this. thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I
thought, Surely the ¢fear of God zs
not in this place; and they will, slay
me for my wife’s sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sis-
ter; she #s the daughter of my
father, but not the daughter of
my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when
God caused me to wander from my
father’s house. that I said unto her,
_ This is thy kindness which thou
shalt shew unto me; at every place
whither we shall come, say of me,
years old, when his son Isaac was
born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made
me to laugh, so that all that hear
will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have
said unto Abraham, that Sarah
should have given children suck? for
I have born Aim a son in his old
age.
8 And the child grew, and was
weaned: and Abraham made a great
feast the same day that Isaac was
weaned.
The bondwoman and her son
He is my brother. cast out (Gai, 4. 21-31).
14 And Abimelech took sheep, Sashes )
and oxen, and menservants, and 9 And Sarah saw the son of Ha-
womenservants, and gave them deter as gar the Egyptian, which she had
unto Abraham, and restored him ‘ born unto Abraham, mocking.
Sarah his wife. b Miracles 10 Wherefore she said unto Abra-
_ 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, eee ham, ¢Cast out this bondwoman
my land is before thee: dwell-where| 3°°(Gen.5.24;,and her son: for the son of this
it pleaseth thee. ” Jon.2.1-10.) |bondwoman shall not be heir with
“nla hate nt ae eh ear wot Rie Wind wa very air
ousand pieces of silver: behold,) 1/14. (Gen. |ous in Abraham’s sight be
- hers a thee a ee. of ow ae $20; Heb. his seal : Sen one
unto all that are with thee, and with pA 12 And God said unto Abraham,
all other: thus she was reproved. |d Miracles Let i€'not be grievous in thy sight
17 So Abraham prayed unto God:| (0.T.). Ex. |because of the lad, and because of
and God healed Abimelech, and his) (@20%'7,. _|thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah
# aie eau a! and} Jon.2.1-10.) aoa said unto pete ee unto
they bare children. é er voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed
18 For the Lorp had fast closed/*$'3:18: 4; |be called.
up all the wombs of the house of| 7-10. 13 And also of the son of the
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abra- bondwoman will I make a nation,
_ ham’s wife. because he is thy seed.
CHAPTER 21.
The birth of Isaac.
ND the Lorp visited Sarah as
he had <said, and the Lorp did
unto Sarah as he had spoken.
2 For Sarah ¢conceived, and bare}
_ Abraham a son in his old age, at
the set time of which God had
spoken to him.
- 3 And Abraham called the name)
of his son that was born unto him, |
_whom Sarah bare to him, ?Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his
son Isaac being eight days old, as
God had commanded him.
—*
14 And Abraham rose up early in
the morning, and took bread, and
a bottle of water, and gave rf unto
Hagar, putting 1¢ on her shoulder,
and the child, and sent her away:
and she departed, and wandered in
the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15 And the water was spent in the
bottle, and she cast the child under
lone of the shrubs,
16 And she went, and sat her
down over against him a good way
off, as it were a bowshot: for she
said, Let me not see the death of
the child. And she sat over against
him, and lift up her voice, and
wept.
|
1 Sarah, type of grace, “the freewoman,” and of the ‘“‘Jerusalem which is above.”
See Gen. 17. 15-19; Gal. 4. 22-31.
2 Isaac is typical in a fourfold way: (1) of the Church as composed of the spiritual
children of Abraham (Gal
(Gen. 22. 1-10; Phil. 2. 5-8;
. 4. 93); (2) of Christ as the Son “obedient unto death”
(3) of Christ as the Bridegroom of a called-out bride
see Gen. 24; also “‘Church,” Mt. 16. 18 and refs.); (4) of the new nature of the
‘believer as “born after the Spirit” (Gal. 4.-29).
31
~ the lad; and the ¢angel of God
21 17)
17 And God heard the voice of
called to Hagar out of heaven, and
said unto her, What aileth thee, Ha-
gar? fear not; for God hath heard
the voice of the lad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold
him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and
she saw a well of water; and she
went, and filled the bottle with
water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad;
and he grew, and dwelt in the wil-
derness, and became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness)
of Paran: and his mother took him
a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Abraham at Beer-sheba.
22 And it came to pass at that
time, that Abimelech and Phichol
the chief captain of his host spake} *
unto Abraham, saying, God is with
thee in all that thou doest:
23 Now therefore swear unto me
here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me,,nor with my son,
nor with my son’s son: but accord-
ing to the kindness that I have done
unto thee, thou shalt do unto me,
and to the land wherein thou hast
sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, I wiil
swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abim-
elech because of a well of water,
which Abimelech’s servants had
violently taken away.
GENESIS.
B.C. 1892.
a Heb.1.4,
note,
b Deity
(names of).
Gen.35.11.
(Gen.1.1;
Mail.3.18.)
1“Everlasting God” (Heb. El Olam).
(1) The Hebrew Olam is used in Scripture:
(e.g. Lev. 5. 2, “hidden”; 2 Ki. 4. 27, “hid”:
time or age (Lev. 25. 32, “at any time’; Josh. 24. 2, “in old ¢ime’’).
Psarhowis
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not
who hath done this thing: neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet
heard I of it, but to day. :
27 And Abraham took sheep and
oxen, and gave them unto Abime-
lech; and both of them made a
covenant. :
28 And Abraham set seven ewe
lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto
Abraham, What mean these seven
ewe lambs which thou hast set by
themselves?
30 And he said, For these seven
ewe lambs shalt thou take of my
hand, that they may be a witness
unto me, that I havedigged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place
Beer-sheba; because there they
sware both of them.
32 Thus they made a covenant at
Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose
. {up, and Phichol the chief captain
of his host, and they returned inte
the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a
grove in Beer-sheba, and called
there on the name of the Lorp, the
beverlasting 1God.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the
Philistines’ land many days.
CHAPTER 22,
The offering of Isaac.
2 AN it came to pass after these
things, that God did ‘tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abra-
ham:and he said, Behold, herelam.
(a) of secret or hidden things
“hidest”); (b) an indefinite
Hence the
word is used to express the eternal duration of the being of God (Psa. 90. 2, “From
everlasting to everlasting’’), and is the Hebrew synonym of the Greek aion, age or
dispensation. See Gen. 1.
They are among the
“everlasting”
He is the God
successive ages or dispensations.
He is God over everlasting things.
2.4, note; 2.7; 14.18, note; 15. 2, note; 17, 1. note;
experience of Abraham was
surrender of something
(1) Country and kindred (Gen. 12.
2 The spiritual
which involved a
27, 28, note 4,
(2) The ideas therefore of things kept secret
‘bine in this word. Both ideas inhere in the doctrine of the dispensations or ages.
“mysteries” of God (Eph. 1. 9, 10;
God (EI Olam) is, therefore, that name of Deity in virtue of which
whose wisdom has divided all time and eternity into the mystery of
It is not merely that
See, for other names of Deity: Gen. 1. 1, note;
1.
These were:
10. 34-39; 2 Cor. 6. 14-18). (2) His
nephew, Lot; especially dear to Abraham by nature, as a possible heir and asa
fellow believer (2 Pet. 2. 7, 8;
byiGen: 15,123, Cf. 2.1
im.,'2. 20,
Ishmael (Gen. 17. 17, 18.
L Gen, 13,1418)!
separation from one who, though a believer,
21;
22. 1-19,
32
Cf. Heb. 11. 17, 18).
The completeness of Abraham’s
was a “‘vessel unto dishonour,”’ is shown
Acts 15. 36-40.
Cf. 1 Chr. 13. 1-14; 15.1, 2).
son Isaac, whom thou lovest” (Gen.
(3) His own plan about
(4) Isaac, “thy son, thine only
a
_ 2 And he said, Take now thy son,
thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of
Moriah; and offer him there for a
burnt-offering upon one of the
mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 4And Abraham rose up early in
the morning, and saddled his ass,
and tock two of his young men with
him, and Isaac his son, and clave
the wood for the burnt-offering, and
' rose up, and went unto the place of
' which God had told him.
.4 Then on the third day Abraham
lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
afar off,
5 And Abraham said unto his
young men, Abide ye here with the
ass; and I and the lad will go yon-
der and worship, and %come again
to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of
the burnt-offering, and laid rt upon
Isaac his son; and he\ took the fire
in his hand, and a knife; and they
went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham
his father, and said, My father: and
he said, Here am I, my son. And
he said, Behold the fire and the
wood: but where zs the lamb for a
burnt-offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son,
God will provide himself a lamb for
a “burnt-offering: so they went both
of them together.
9 And they came to the place
‘5
which God had told him of; and}
Abraham built an altar there, and
_ laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his son, and laid him on the
altar upon the wood.
_ 10 And Abraham stretched forth
his hand, and took the knife to.slay
his son.
11 And the ¢angel of the LorpD
called unto him out of heaven, and
‘said, Abraham, Abraham: and he
said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine
hand upon the lad, neither do thou
any thing unto him: for now I
know that thou ¢fearest God, see-
ing thou hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son from. me. é
13 And Abraham lifted up his
eyes, and looked, and behold be-
hind Aim a ram caught in a thicket
by his horns: and Abraham went
GENESIS.
B.C. 1872.
a Faith, vs.1-
14; Gen.50.
24,25. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.
11.39.)
b Resurrec-
aie s
4.32 35.
(Job 19.25;
1 Cor.15.52.)
c Sacrifice
(typical), vs-
8,13; Ex.12.
S212 7-
(Gen.4.4;
Heb.10.18.)
d Heb.1.4,
note.
e Psa.19,9,
note,
f Israel (cove-
nant), vs.16-
18; Gen.26.
1The typical lessons here are:
[232
and took the ram, and offered him
up for a burnt-offering in the stead.
of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name
of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is
said to this day, In the mount of
the Lorp it shall be seen,
The Abrahamic Covenant con-
firmed.
15 And the dangel of the LorpD)
called unto Abraham out of heaven”
the second time,
16 And fsaid, By myself have I
sworn, saith the LorD, for because
thou hast done this thing, and hast
not withheld thy son, thine only
son:
17 That in blessing*I will bless
thee, and in multiplying I will mul-
tiply thy seed as the stars of the
heaven, and as the sand which is
upon the sea shore; and thy seed
shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed; be-
cause thou hast obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his
young men, and they rose up and
went together to Beer-sheba; and
|Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
20 And it came to pass after these
things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she’ hath
also born children unto thy brother
Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his
brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and
m. |Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah:
these eight Milcah did bear to Na-
hor,.Abraham’s brother.
24 And his concubine, whose
name was Reumah, she bare also
Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash,
and Maachah.
CHAPTER 23.
The death and burial of Sarah.
SAND Sarah was an hundred and
seven and twenty years old.
these were the years of the life of
Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba;
the same is Hebron in the land of
Canaan: and Abraham came to
(1) Isaac, type of Christ “obedient unto death”
(Phil. 2. 5-8); (2) Abraham, type of the Father, who “‘spared not His own son, but
delivered Him up for us all”
(John 3. 16; Rom. 8. 32); (3) the ram,
type of substi-
tution—Christ offered as a burnt-offering in our stead (Heb. 10. 5-10); (4) cf
resurrection (Heb. 11, 17-19). See also Jas. 2. 21-23,
Boh ah
23 3] GENESIS. [241
mourn for Sarah, and to weep for} B.C. 1860. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in
er, ti Hone st apie Hoh ry Heap
3 And Abraham stood up from land, saying, But if thou wilt give ©
before his dead, and spake unto the it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give
sons of Heth, saying, thee prey ce the field i‘ beh ks ~
4 I amastranger and a sojourner me, an will bury my ;
with you: give me a possession of 14 And Ephron answered Abra-
a Jpuryingplace with you, that I ham, saying unto him,
may bury my dead out of my sight. 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the
5 And the children of Heth an- ee oe Sips pray 4shekels
, Saying unto him, of silver, what is that betwixt me _
Neer dale — load: thea art a and yee ele meee ees
mighty prince among us: in the raham hearkened unto
choice OF our sepulchres bury thy Ephron; and Abraham weighed to
dead; none of us shall withhold Ephron the silver, which he had
his sepulchre, but that named in the audience of the sons of
from thee his sep ; y
thou mayest bury thy dead. 4 Heth, ots Ben dsee sere pees
7 And Abraham stood up, an current money wi emer it.
bowed himself to the people of the 17 And the field of Ephron, which
land, even to the children of Heth. was in Machpelah, which was be-
8 And he communed with them,|) 4.. sexe: |fore eae ee oe fen bape
saying, If it be your mind that 1)° =959q., or |whic was therein, ani e trees
should ‘bury my dead out of my) 65 cents; also|that were in the field, that were in
sight; hear me, and intreat for me| vY-16- all a borders round about, were
to Ephron the son of Zohar, ieee made sure .
9 That tiie may give me the cave Tike as _18 Unto Abraham for g possession
of Machpelah, which he hath, which is oa af ce ee Mee
is in the end of his field; for as eth, before all that went in at the
itch money as it is worth he shall gate of his city. : eG
give it me for a possession of a a» aes “pang pumesetraerok =
buryingplace amongst you. ara € in the cave o: e
10 And Ephron dwelt among the field of Machpelah before Mamre:
children of Heth: and Ephron the the same is Hebron in the land of
Hittite answered Abraham in the Canaan,
audience of the children of Heth, 20 And the field, and the cave
even of all that went in at the gate that is therein, were made sure unto
of his city, saying, fe. penchant fos peneseeat one bury-
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the ingplace by the sons of Heth.
field give I thee, and the cave that
is ag it ey in ang CHAPTER 24.
presence of the sons of my people :
give I it thee: bury thy dead. A bride for Isaac.
12 And Abraham bowed down 2 J 2 Nee tirene Hi. was old, and well
himself bef6ére the people of the stricken in age: and the Lorp
land. had blessed Abraham in all things.
1Cf, Gen. 33. 19; 50. 133 Josh, 24. 32; Acts 7. 15, 16. A discrepancy in these
statements has been fancied. It disappears entirely before the natural supposition
that in the interval of about eighty years between the purchase by Abraham vf
the family sepulchre (Gen. 23. 4-20) and Jacob’s purchase (Gen. 33. 19), the de-
scendants of Hamor (or ‘“Emmor,” Acts 7. 15, 16) had resumed possession of the
field in which thé burial-cave was situated. Instead of asserting an ancient title
by inheritance, Jacob-repurchased the field. Heth was the commion ancestor.
* The entire chapter is highly typical: (1) Abraham, type of a certain king who
would make a marriage for his son (Mt. 22. 2; John 6. 44); (2) the unnamed ser-
vant, type of the Holy Spirit, who does not “speak of himself,” but takes of the
things of the Bridegroom with which to win the bride (John 16. 13, 14); (3) the
servant, type of the Spirit as enriching the bride with the Bridegroom’s gifts (Gal. 5.
22; 1 Cor. 12. 7-11); (4) the servant, type of the Spirit as bringing the bride to the
meeting with the Bridegroom (Acts 13. 4: 16. 6, 7; Rom, 8.11; 1 Thes. 4. 14-16);
(S) Rebekah, type of the Church, the ecclesia, the “‘called out” virgin bride of
Christ (Gen. 24. 16; 2 Cor, 11. 2; Eph. 5. 25-32); (6) Isaac, type of the Bride-
groom, “‘whom not having seen,” the bride loves through the testimony of the
unnamed Servant (1 Pet. 1.8); (7) Isaac, type of the Bridegroom who goes out to
meet and receive His bride (Gen. 24. 63; 1 Thes. 4. 14-16),
242],
GENESIS.
[24 29
2 And Abraham said unto his eld-
est servant of his house, that ruled
over all that he had, Put, I pray
thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by
the Lorp, the God of heaven, and
the God of the earth, that thou shalt
not take a wife unto my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among
whom I dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my
country, and to my kindred, and
- take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him,|
Peradventure the woman will not}
be willing to follow me unto this
and from the land of my kindred,
and which spake unto me, and tha
land: must I needs bring thy son
again unto the land from whence
thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him,
Beware thou that thou bring not
my son thither again.
7 TheLorp God of heaven, which
took me from my father’s house,
sware unto me, saying, Unto thy
B.C. 1857.
t|@ Heb.1.4
note,
seed will I give this land; he shall) Bible pray-
send his ¢angel before thee, and
thou shalt take a wife unto my son
from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be
willing to follow thee, then thou
shalt be clear from this my oath:
only bring not my son thither
again.
9 And the servant put his hand
under the thigh of Abraham his
master, and sware to him concern-
ing that matter.
10 And the servant took ten
camels of the camels of his master,
_and departed; for all the goods of
his master were in his hand: and
he arose, and went to Mesopota-
mia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to
kneel down without the city by a
’ well of water at the time of the
evening, even the time that women
go out to draw water.
12 And he bsaid, O LorD God of
my master Abraham, I pray thee,
send me good speed this day, and
shew kindness unto my master
Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand here by the
well of water; and the daughters
of the men of the city come out to
draw water:
14 And let it come to pass, that
the damsel to whom I shall say,
Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee,
that I may drink; and she shall
say, Drink, and I will give thy
ers (O.T.).
Gen.32.9.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
¢ Jud.6.17,37;
2 Ki.20.9;
Prov.16.33;
Acts 1.26.
Cf.Mt.12.39.
Signs are
given to
faith, not to
doubt.
d One shekel
=14 oz.
troy:
35
camels drink also: Jet the same be
she that thou hast appointed for
thy servant Isaac; and ‘thereby
shall I know that thou hast shewed
kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he
had done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born
to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife
of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with
her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16 And the damsel was very fair
to look upon, a virgin, neither had
any man known her: and she went
down to the well, and filled her
pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet
her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,
drink a little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord:
and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave
him drink.
19 And when she had done giving’
him drink, she said, I will draw
water for thy camels also, until
they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied
her pitcher into the trough, and
Iran again unto the well to draw
water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her
held his peace, to wit whether the
LorpD had made his journey pros-
perous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the
camels had done drinking, that the
man took a golden earring of half
a 4shekel weight, and two bracelets
for her hands of ten shekels weight
of gold;
23 And said, Whose daughter art
\thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there
room in thy father’s house for us to
lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am
the daughter of Bethuel the son
of Milcah, which she bare unto
Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him,
We have both straw and provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed down his
head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And he said, Blessed be the
Lorp God of my master Abraham,
who hath not left destitute my
master of his mercy and his truth:
I being in the way, the Lorp led
me to the house of my master’s
brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told.
them of her mother’s house these
things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother.
ow eV}
[24 55
24. 30] GENESIS.
and his name was Laban: andj _ B.C. 1857. .
Laban ran out unto the man, unto
the well.
30 And it came to pass, when he
saw the earring and bracelets upon
his sister’s hands, and when he
heard the words of Rebekah his
sister, saying, Thus spake the man
unto me; that he came unto the
man; and, behold, he stood by the
camels at the well. ‘
31 And he said, Come in, thou
blessed of the LORD; wherefore
standest thou without? for I have
prepared the house, and room for
the camels.
32 And the man came into the
house: and he ungirded his camels,
and gave straw and provender for
the camels, and water to wash his
feet, and the men’s feet that were
with him.
33 And there was set meat before
im to eat: but he said, I will not
eat, until I have tolc mine errand.
And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I am Abraham’s
servant.
35 And the Lorp hath blessed my
master greatly; and he is become
great: and he hath given him
flocks, and herds, and silver, and
gold, and menservants, and maid-
servants, and camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master’s wife
bare a son to my master when
she was old: and unto him hath he
given all that he hath.
37 And my master “made me
swear, saying, Thou shalt not take
a wife to my son of the daughters
of the Canaanites, in whose land I
dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my fa-
ther’s house, and to my kindred,
and take a wife unto my son.
39 And I said unto my master,
Peradventure the woman will not
follow me.
40 And he said unto me, The
Lorp, before whom I walk, will
send his ‘angel with thee, and pros-
per thy way; and thou shalt take
a wife for my son of my kindred,
and of my father’s house:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from
this my oath, when thou comest to
my kindred; and if they give not
thee one, thou shalt be clear from
my oath.
42 And I came this day unto the
well, and said, O (Lorp God of my
master Abraham, if now thou da
|\@vV.3.
61 Ki.8.23,
c Heb.1.4,
note.
ld v.12.
¢ 1 Sam.1.13,
prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of
36
water; and it shall come to pass,
that when the virgin cometh forth -
to draw water, and I say to her,
Give me, I pray thee, a little water
of thy pitcher to drink; :
44 And she say to me, Both drink
thou, and I will also draw for thy
camels: Jet the same be thie woman
whom the Lorp hath appointed
out for my master’s son.
45 And before I had done speak-
ing in mine ‘heart, behold, Rebekah
came forth with her pitcher on her
shoulder; and she went down unto
the well, and drew water: and I
said unto her, Let me drink, I pray
thee.
46 And she made haste, and let
down her pitcher from her shoul-
der, and said, Drink, and I will give
thy camels drink also: so I drank,
and she made the camels drink also.
47 And I asked her, and said,
Whose daughter art thou? And
she said, The daughter of Bethuel,
Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare
unto him: and I put the earring
upon her face, and the bracelets
upon her hands.
48 And I bowed down my head,
and worshipped the Lorp, and
blessed the LoRD God of my master
Abraham, which had led me in the
right way to take my master’s
brother’s daughter unto his son.
49 And now if ye will deal kindly
jand truly with my master, tell me:
and if not, tell me; that I may turn
to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel an-
swered and said, The thing pro-
ceedeth from the LorD: we cannot
speak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah js before
thee, take her, and go, and let her
be thy master’s son’s wife, as the
LorD hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when
Abraham’s servant heard their
words, he worshipped the LORD,
bowing himself to the earth.
_93 And the servant brought forth
Jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and. raiment, and gave them to Re-
bekah: he gave also to her brother
and to her mother precious things,
54 And they did eat and drink, he
and the men that were with him,
and tarried all night; and they rose
up in the morning, and he said,
Send me away unto my master,
55 And her brother and her
mother said, Let the damsel abide
with us a few days, at the least
ten; after that she shall go.
24 56] GENESIS. 4513
. 56 And he said: unto them, Hinder] _ B.c. 1857. | 2 And she bare him Zimran, and
es Uy Sea iad ae hath bane Ji ence ee Be Aen Midian,
¥ : me away tha | f
$ I may go to my master. 3 And Jolenat beet Sheba, and
; ia fad aed said, pee call Sey Dedan. And the sons of Dedan
damsel, and enquire at her mouth. were Asshurim, Letushi
58 And they called Rebekah, and eugai iastaNe ie Cee
_ said unto her, Wilt thou_go with 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah,
y3 this man? And she said, I will go.; and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abi-
Cand her’ mires, gad che chideemorieennch tan ee |
) 5 a e children of Keturah.
_ Abraham’s servant, and his men. . -
- “60 And they blessed Rebekah, and Isaac heir of all things(Heb. 1.2).
— said unto her, Thou art our sister,| 5 And Abraham gave all that he
_ bethou the mother of thousands of; had unto Isaac.
- millions, and let thy ¢seed possess| 6 But unto the sons of the concu-
m the GOR oy which hate them. het which epee ae Ape:
— 61 An ebekah arose, and he am gave gilts, and sen cy
- damsels, and they rode upon eet away from Isaac his son, while he
! eS and followed the man: and jyet abet eastward, unto the east
_ the servant took Rebekah, and COTE ae
’ went his way. : } The death of Abraham
: CAri
62 And Isaac came from the way oars 7 And these are the days of the
‘i of the well bLahai-roi; for he Bends Ms years of Abraham’s life which he
“ ee coun aye! ae, ioe peas an hundred threescore and
i =} een years.
_ tate in the field at the eventide: and di-e. “the — 8 Then Abraham gave up the
- he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and,| ye get 'ghost, and died in a good old age,
_ behold, the camels were coming. and seeth |an old man, and full of years; and
64 And Rebekah lifted up her| ee ee was gathered to his people.
eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she 14; 49-2" | 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael
: lighted off the camel. buried him in the cave of Machpe-
_ 65 For she had said unto the ser- lah, in the field of Ephron the son
. erent, Lhe Eat is ispeauat eet ; ‘ ri the Hittite, which is be-
m e fie o meet us? n ore Mamre;
fi the servant had said, It is my 10 The field which Abraham pur-
master: therefore she took a vail, chased of the sons of Heth: there
___ and covered herself. was Abraham buried, and Sarah
a Aad sgore —e ail ty told Isaac all his wife.
j ings that he had done. 11 And it came to pass after the
_ .67 And Isaac brought her into death of Abraham, that God blessed
" his mother Sarah’s tent, and took his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by
z hele < ee poems his wife; the well Lahai-roi.
an e loved her: and Isaac was
The generations of Ishmael.
Ae ne pees ae the generations
CHAPTER 25. ‘of Ishmael, raham’s son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s hand-
maid, bare unto Abraham:
comforted after his mother’s death.
Abraham weds Keturah,
ByREN again Abraham took a 13 And these are the names of the
wife, and her name was *Ke- sons of Ishmael, by their names,
turah. according to their generations: the
_ 1 This is the model servant: (1) he does not run unsent, vs. 2-9; (2) goes where
he is sent, vs. 4, 10; (3) does nothing else; (4) is prayerful and thankful, vs. 12-14,
26, 27; (5) is wise to win, vs. 17, 18, 21. Cf, John 4. 7; (6) speaks not of himself,
but of his master’s riches and Isaac’s heirship, vs. 22, 34-36; Acts 1. 8; (7) presents
the true issue, and requires clear decision, v. 49.
2 As Sarah stands for “the mother of us all,” i.e. of those who, by grace, are
one with the true Son of promise, of whom Isaac was the type (John 3. 6-8; Gal.
4. 26, 28, 29: Heb. 2. 11-13), and joint heirs of His wealth (Heb. 1. 2; Rom. 8. 16, 17),
so Keturah (wedded after the full blessing of Isaac) and her children by Abraham
may well stand for the fertility of Israel the natural seed, Jehovah’s wife (Hos. 2.
1-23) after the future national restoration under the Palestinian covenant (Deut. 30.
1-9, note). oy
25 14] GENESIS. [26 2
25 And the first came out red, all
ever like an hairy garment; and
they called his name /Esau.
26 And after that came his brother
out, and his hand took hold on
Esau’s heel; and his name was
called Jacob: and Isaac was three-
score years old when she bare them.
The sale of the birthright.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau
was a cunning hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man,
dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because
he did eat of Ais venison: but Re-
bekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and
Esau came from the field, and he
was faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed
me, I pray thee, with that same red
pottage; for I am faint: therefore
was his name called “Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this
day thy *birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am
at the point to die: and what profit
shall this birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me
this day; and he sware unto him: and
he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread
and pottage of lentiles: and he did
eat and drink, and rose up, and
went his way: thus Esau despised
his birthright,
CHAPTER 26.
The Abrahamic Covenant con-
firmed to Isaac.
ANe there was a ‘famine in the
land, beside the first famine
that was in the days of Abraham
And Isaac went unto Abimelech
king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the Lorp ¢appeared unto
him, and said, ¢Go not down into
Egypt; dwell in the land which I
shall tell thee of:
firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and
Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na-
phish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the sons of Ishmael,
and these are their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve
princes according to their nations.
17 And these are the years of the
life of Ishmael, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he
gave up the ghost and died; and
was gathered unto his people. |
18 And they dwelt from Havilah
unto Shur, that rs before Egypt,
as thou goest toward Assyria: and
he died in the presence of all his
brethren, Pee
The generations of Isaac. 12.
19 And these are the generations) bie. red.
of Isaac, Abraham’s soy: Abraham] . c.. Gen12.
begat Isaac: 10, note.
20 And Isaac was forty years old
when he took Rebekah to wife, the|? The theoph-
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of| 94: Gen35.6
Padan-aram, the sister to Laban} (Gen.12.7;
the Syrian. Rev. 1.10.)
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD) . cr.Gen.46.3,
for his wife, because she was bar-| note.
‘ren; and the LorpD was intreated
of him, and Rebekah his wife con-
ceived.
22 And the children struggled to-
gether within her; and she said, If
it be so, why am I thus? And she
went to enquire of the Lorp.
23 And the LorD said unto her,
Two nations are in thy womb, and
two manner of people shall be sepa-
rated from thy bowels; and the one
people shall be stronger than the
other people; and the ¢elder shall
serve the younger.
The birth of Esau and Jacob.
24 And when her days to be deliv-
ered were fulfilled, behold, there
were twins in her womb.
1 Esau stands for the mere man of the earth (Heb. 12. 16,17). In many respects
a nobler man, naturally, than Jacob, he was destitute of faith, and despised the
SEE A eek it was a spiritual thing, of value only- as there was faith to ap-
prehend it.
_* The “birthright” had three elements, (1) Until the establishment of the Aaronic
priesthood the head of the family exercised priestly rights, (2) The Abrahamic
family held the Edenic promise of the Satan- Bruiser (Gen. 3. 15)—Abel, Seth, Shem,
Abraham, Isaac, Esau. (3) Esau, as the firstborn, was in the direct line of the
Abrahamic promise of the Earth-Blesser (Gen. 12.3). For all that was revealed, in
Esau might have been fulfilled those two great Messianic promises: This birth-
right Esau sold for a momentary fleshly gratification. Jacob’s conception of the
birthright at that time was, doubtless, carnal and inadequate, but his desire for, it
evidenced true faith,
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26 3] F GENESIS. [26 26
3 4Sojourn in this land, and I will
be with thee, and will bless thee;
for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I
will give all these countries, and I
will perform the oath which I sware
15 For all the wells which his
father’s servants had digged in the
days of Abraham his father, the
Philistines had stopped them, and
filled them with earth,
16 And Abimelech said unto
Isaac, Go from us; for thou art
\ > much mightier than we,
will give unto thy seed all these L A, heh
countries; and in thy seed shall ali Sent grel 2 ieners
the nations of the earth be blessed; : 17 And Isaac departed thence,
5 Because that Abraham obeyed and pitched his tent in the valley of
my voice,.and kept my charge, my Gerar, and dwelt there.
commandments, my statutes, an 18 And Isaac digged again the
my laws. Feb rea waters yan eae had
igged in the days of Abraham his
The lapse of Isaac. (Cf. Gen. 20. father: for the Philistines. had
1-18. stopped them after the death of
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: Abraham: and he called their
7 And the men of the place asked: names after the names by which
him of his wife; and he said, She zs his father had called them.
my sister: for he feared to: say, She 19 And Isaac’s servants digged in
ismy wife; lest, said he, the men of} the valley, and found there a well
the placeshould killme for Rebekah;} of springing water.
because she was fair to look upon. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did
8 And it came to pass, when he strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying,
had been there a long time, that}e Israel (cove- |The water 1s our’s: and he called
Abimelech king of the Philistines} 222%)- vs-2- |the Iname of the well Esek; because
looked out at a window, and saw, gs oe? they strove with him.
and, behold, Isaac was sporting} 12.2,3; 21 And they digged another well,
with Rebekah his wife. Rom.11.26.) |and strove for that also: and he
9 And Abimelech called Isaac,|, called the name of it Sitnah,
and. said, Behold, of a surety she is} 22 And he removed from thence,
thy: wife: and how saidst thou, She}, and. digged another well; and for.
-is my sister? And Isaac said unto}, that they strove not: and he called
him, Because I said, Lest I die for} the name of it Rehoboth; and he
er, said, For now the Lorp hath made
10 And Abimelech said, What. is} room for us, and we shall be fruitful
this. thou hast done unto us? one}, in the land.
of the people might lightly have 23 And he went up from thence to
- lien with thy wife, and thou should-| Beer-sheba.
est have brought guiltiness upon us.} 24 And the Lorp appeared unto
11 And Abimelech charged a him the same night, and said, I am
- his people, saying, He that touch- the God of Abraham thy father:
eth this man or his wife shall surely fear not, for I am with thee, and
be put to death. will bless thee, and multiply thy
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land,| seed for my servant Abraham’s
and received in the same year an} sake, 7
hundredfold: and the Lorp blessed 25 And he builded an altar there,
him. and called upon the name of the
13 And the man waxed great, and Lorp, and pitched his tent there:
went forward, and grew until he and there Isaac’s servants digged a
became very great: well. 2 ;
14 For he had possession of 26 Then Abimelech went to him
flocks, and possession of herds, and from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of
great store of servants: and the his friends, and Phichol the chief
Philistines envied him. captain of his army.
1 The wells of Genesis have significant names, and are associated with significant
events: (1) Beer-lahai-roi, the well of him that liveth and seeth me (Gen. 16.
14; 24. 62; 25.11). (2) Beer-sheba, the well of the oath or covenant (Gen. 21.
25-33; 22. 19; 26. 23-25; 46. 1-5). (3) Esek, contention (Gen. 26. 20). (4) Sitnah,
hatred (Gen. 26. 21). Esek and Sitnah were Isaac’s own attempts at well-digging.
Afterward, he dwelt by the old wells of his father. (5) Rehoboth, enlargement
(Gen. 26. 22). a
3
26 27
27 And Isaac said unto them,
Wherefore come ye to me, seging
ye hate me, and have sent me away
from you?
28 And they said, We saw Cer-
tainly that the LORD was with thee:
and we said, Let there be now an
oath betwixt us, even betwixt us
and thee, and let us make a cove-
nant with thee; :
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt,
as we have not touched thee, and
as we have done unto thee nothing
but good, and have sent thee away
in peace: thou art now the blessed
of the Lorb.
30 And he made them a feast, and
they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in
the morning, and sware one to
another: and Isaac sent them away,
and they departed from him in
peace.
32 And it came to pass the same
day, that Isaac’s servants came,
and told him concerning the well
which they had digged, and said
unto him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah:
therefore the name of the city is
Beer-sheba unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old
when he took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and
Bashemath the daughter of Elon
the Hittite:
35 Which were a grief of mind
unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
CHAPTER 27
The stolen blessing.
7g it came to pass,that when
Isaac was old, and his eyes
were dim, so that he could not see,
he called Esau his eldest son, and
said unto him, My son: and he said
unto him, Behold, here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am
old, I know not the day of my
death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee,
thy weapons, thy quiver and thy
bow, and go out to the field, and
take me some venison;
4 And make me savoury meat,
such as I love, and bring it to me,
that I may eat; that my soul may
bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac
spake to Esau his son. And Esau
went to the field to hunt for veni-
son, and to bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob
her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy
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GENESIS.
[27 22
‘father speak unto Esau thy brother,
saying,
‘7 +Bring me venison, and make me
savoury meat, that I may eat, and
bless thee before the LorpD before
my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey
my voice according to that which I
command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch
me from thence two good kids of
the goats; and I will make them
savoury meat for thy father, such
as he loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring i¢ to thy
father, that he may eat, and that he
may bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his
mother, Behold, Esau my brother 7s
ahairy man, andIamasmooth man:
12 My father peradventure will
feel me, and I shall seem to him as
a deceiver; and I shall bring a
curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, ~
Upon me be thy curse, my son: ©
only obey my voice, and go fetch
me them.
14 And he went, ana fetched, and
brought them to his mother: and
his mother made savoury meat,
such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly rai-
ment of her eldest son Esau, which
were with her in the house, and put
them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the
kids of the goats upon his hands,
and upon the smooth of his neck:
17 And she gave the savoury
meat and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son
Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father,
and said, My father: and he said,
Here am I; who art thou, my
son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father,
I am Esau thy firstborn; I have
done according as thou badest me:
arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of
my venison, that thy soul may
bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son,
How is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my son? And he said,
Because the LorD thy God brought
it to me.
21 And Isaac said unto Jacob,
Come near, I pray thee, that I may
feel thee, my son, whether thou be
my very son Esau or not.
22 And Jacob went near unto
Isaac his father; and he felt him,
and said, The voice is Jacob’s
Er ieee ll
of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, be-
cause his hands were hairy, as his
brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed
im.
24 And he said, Art thou my very
son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to
me, and I will eat of my son’s
venison, that my soul may bless
thee. And he brought it near to
him, and he did eat: and he
brought him wine, and he drank.
The blessing of Jacob.
26 And his father Isaac said unto
him, Come near now, and kiss me,
my Son.
27 And he came near, and kissed
him: and he smelled the smell of
his raiment, and blessed him, and
said, See, the smell of my son is as
the smell of a field which the LorD
hath blessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the
dew of heaven, and the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and na-
tions bow down to thee: be lord
over thy brethren,
mother’s sons bow down to thee:
@cursed be every one that curseth)
thee, and blessed be he that bless-
eth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as
Isaac had made an end of blessing
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce
gone out from the presence of Isaac
his father, that Esau: his brother
came in from his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury
meat, and brought it unto his
father, and said unto his father,
Let my father arise, and eat of his
son’s venison, that thy soul may
bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto
him, Who art thou? And he said,
Iam thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very ex-
ceedingly, and said, Who? where,
is he that hath taken venison, and
brought it me, and I have eaten of |
all before thou camest, and have
blessed him? yea, and he shall be
blessed.
_ Esau’s unavailing remorse. (See
Heb. 12. 16, 17.)
34 And when Esau heard the
_ words of his father, he cried with a
great and exceeding bitter cry, and
said unto his father, Bless me, even
me also, O my father
and let thy}
GENESIS.
voice, but the hands are the hands
a Gen.12.3;
15.18, note
3,(5)..
|b trembled
with a great
trembling,
greatly.
| c i.e. sup-
planter.
!
|d Esau wept
because of a
| lost advan-
tage, but
“found no
way to
| change his
mind, though
he sought it
carefully
with tears’’
(Heb.12.17)
—so far may
regret or re-
morse be
from true
repentance,
e Gen.26.34,
35. Heth
was ances-
tor of the
Hittites.
41
127 46
35 And he said, Thy brother came
with subtilty, and hath taken away
thy blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly
named ‘Jacob? for he hath sup-
planted me these two times: he
took away my birthright; and, be-
hold, now he hath taken away my
blessing. And he said, Hast thou
not reserved a blessing for me?
37 And Isaac answered ana said
unto Esau, Behold, I have made
him thy lord, and all his brethren
have I given to him for servants;
and with corn and wine have I sus-
tained him: and what shall I do
now unto thee, my son?
38 And Esau said unto his father,
Hast thou but one blessing, my
father? bless me, even me also, O
my father. ¢And Esau lifted up
his voice, and wept,
39 And Isaac his father answered
and said unto him, Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the
earth, and of the dew of heaven
from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou
live, and shalt serve thy brother;
and it shall come to pass when thou
shalt have the dominion, that thou
shalt break his yoke from off thy
neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because
of the blessing wherewith his father
blessed him: and Esau said in his
heart, The days of mourning for
my father are at hand; then will I
slay my brother Jacob.
42 And these words of Esau her
elder son were told to Rebekah:
and she sent and called Jacob her
younger son, and said unto him,
Behold, thy brother Esau, as touch-
ing thee, doth comfort himself, pur-
posing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey
my voice; and arise, flee thou to
Laban my brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with him a few
days, until thy brother’s fury turn
away;
45 Until thy brother’s anger turn
away from thee, and he forget that
which thou hast done to him: then
I will send, and fetch thee from
thence: why should I be deprived
also of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I
am weary of my ‘life because of the
daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a
wife of the daughters of Heth, such
as these which are of the daughters
of the land, what good shall my life
do me?
28 1] GENESIS. [28 22
B.C. 1760. ant lay down in that place to
sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a
ladder set up ©n the earth, and the
top of it reached to heaven: and
behold the “angels of God ascending
and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LorD stood
above it, and-said, I am the Lorp
God of Abraham thy father, and
ithe God of Isaac: the dand whereon
thou liest, to thee will I give it, and
to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the
dust of the earth, and thou shalt
spread abroad to the west, and to
CHAPTER 28.
Jacob at Bethel: the Abrahamic
Covenant confirmed to him.
jake Isaac called Jacob, and
blessed him, and charged him,
and said unto him, Thou shalt not
take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan.
2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the
house of Bethuel thy mother’s fa-
ther; and take thee a wife from
thence of the daughters of Laban
thy mother’s brother.
3 And God Almighty bless thee,
and make thee fruitful, and multi- the east, and to the north, and to
ply thee, that thou mayest be a), ¢.,36.3;, |the south: and in thee and in thy
multitude of people; called Bashe-|@seed shall all the families of the
4 And give thee the blessing of| math. earth be blessed.
Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed), p44 15 And, behold, I am with ‘thee,
with thee; that thou mayest inherit| note. ”* and will keep thee in all places
the land wherein thou art a stran- whither thou goest, and will bring
ger, which God gave unto Abra-|<Jsrael (cove Ithee again into this land; for I will
ham. ;Gen.35. jnot leave thee, until I have done
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob:]} 9-12. (Gen. |that which I have spoken to thee
and he went to Padan-aram unto| 37:33; R™- lof.
Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian,| ~~ ~ 16 And Jacob awaked out of his
the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s|¢ ChArisr (frst sleep, and he said, Surely the Lorp
and Esau’s mother. advent) jis in this place; and I knew it
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had} (Gen3.15; |not.
blessed Jacob, and sent him away] Acts 1.9.) 17 And he was afraid, and said,
to Padan-aram, to take him a wife} , p.4.13.5 How dreadful is this place! this is
from thence; and that as he blessed Sent none other but the house of God,
him he gave him a charge, saying,| fie. the and this is the gate of heaven.
Thou shalt not take a wife of the mouse of 18 And Jacob rose up early in the
daughters of Canaan; Cf.Gen.35.7. |Morning, and took the stone that
7 And that Jacob obeyed his fa- he had put for his pillows, and set
ther and his mother, and was gone Gendt it up for a pillar, and poured oil
to Padan-aram; “~~ hapon the top of it.
8 And Esau seeing that the 19 And he called the name of that
daughters of Canaan pleased not place /Beth-el: but the name of that
Isaac his father; city was called Luz at the first.
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, say-
and took unto the wives which he ing, If God will be with me, and
had ¢Mahalath the daughter of Ish- will keep me in this way that I go,
mael Abraham’s son, the sister of and will give me bread to eat, and
Nebajoth, to be his wife. raiment to put on,
10 1And Jacob went out from 21 So that I come again to my
Beer-sheba, and went toward Ha- father’s house in peace; then shail
ren, f HH the LORD be my God:
11 And he lighted upon a certain 22 And this stone, which I have
place, and tarried there all night, set for a pillar, shall be God’s
because the sun was set; and he house: and of all that thou shalt
took of the stones of that place, give me I will surel. i
and put them for his pillows, &tenth unto thee. ys
1 Bethel becomes, because of Jacob’s vision there, one of the significant places of
Scripture. To the Christian it stands for a realization, however imperfect, of the
heavenly and spiritual contents of faith, answering to Paul’s prayer in Eph. 1. 17-23.
Dispensationally, the scene speaks of Israel the nation, cast out of the Land
of Promise because of evil-doing there, but holding the promise of restoration
and blessing (Gen. 28. 15; Deut. 30. 1-10, refs.). To “an Israelite indeed’? Christ
speaks of Jacob’s vision as to be fulfilled in the Son of man (cf. Gen, 28. 12;
John 1. 47-51).
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‘CHAPTER 29.
Jacob’s years at Haran
(to Gen. 31. 10), }
es Jacob went on his jour:
ney, and !came into the land:of
‘the people of the east. |
2 And he looked, and behold ia
well in the field, and,Jo, there were
three flocks of sheep lying by it}
for out of that well they watered the
flocks: and a great stone was upon
he well’s mouth. i !
-3 And thither were ali the flocks
gathered and they rolled the stone
from the well’s mouth, and watered
the sheep, and put the stone again
sapon the well’s:mouth in his place:
4 And Jacob said unto them, My’
‘brethren, whence be ye? And they
‘said, Of Haran are we.
-5 And he said unto them, Know
ye Laban the son of Nahor? And
they said, We know him.
-6 And he said unto them, Js he
swell? And they said, He is well:
‘and, behold, Rachel this daughter
cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high
«day, neither zs it time that the cat-
tle should be gathered together:
water ye the sheep, and go and
feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until
-all the flocks be gathered together,
and ?trlI they roll the stone from the
well’s mouth; then we water the
sheep. .
9 And while he yet spake with
“them, Rachel came with her father’s
sheep: for she kept them.
10 And it came to pass, when
Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of
‘Laban his mother’s brother, and
the sheep of Laban his mother’s
brother, that Jacob went near, and
tolled the stone from the well’s
mouth, and watered the flock of
Laban his mother’s brother. |
41 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and
difted up his voice, and wept. }
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he
was her father’s brother, and that
the was Rebekah’s son: and ‘she ran
and told her father
13 And it came to pass, when La-
GENESIS. {29 27
{ban heard the tidings of Jacob his
sister’s son, that he ran to meet him,
and embraced him, and kissed him,
and:brought him to his house. And
he told Laban all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, ‘Surely
thou .art my bone and my flesh.
And he abode with him the space
of amonth.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob,
Because thou art my brother,
shouldest thou therefore serve me
for nought? tell me, what shal/'thy
\jwages be?
16 And Laban had:-two:daughters:
the name of the elder was Leah, and
the name of the younger was
‘Rachel.
| 17 Leah was tender eyed; but
‘Rachel was beautiful and \well -fa-
‘|voured.
18 And Jacob-loved Rachel, and
said, I will serve thee seven years
for Rachel thy younger daughter
19 And Laban said, Jt is better
that I give her to thee, than that I
should give her to another man:
abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years
for Rachel; and they seemed unto
him but a few days, for the love he
had to hei.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban,
Give me my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22 And Laban gathered together
all the men of the place, and made
a feast.
23 And it came to pass in the
evening, that he took Leah his
daughter, and brought her to him;
and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his
daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for
an handmaid.
25 And it came to pass, that in the
morning, behold, it was Leah: and
jhe said to Laban, What is this thou
hast done unto me? did not I serve
with thee for Rachel? wherefore
then hast thou beguiled me? .
26 And Laban said, It must not
be so done in our country, to give
the younger before the firstborn.
97 Fulfil her week, and we will
‘give thee this also for the service
1 Jacob at Haran becomes a striking illustration, if not type, of the nation de-
scended from him in its present Jong dispersion.
Like Israel, he was: (1) Out of the
place of blessing (Gen. 26. 3); (2) without an altar (Hos. 3. 4, 5); (3) gained an
‘evil name (Gen. 31. 1; Rom. 2. 17-24); (4) but was under the covenant care of
Jehovah (Gen. 28. 13, 14; Rom. 11. 1, 25-30); (5) and was-ultimately brought back
(Gen. 31. 3; 35. 1-4; Ezk. 37. 21-23). i ; :
The personal lesson is obvious: while Jacob is not forsaken, he is permitted
to reap the shame and sorrow of his self-chosen way.
43
29 28]
which thou shalt serve with me yet
seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled
her week: and he gave him Rachel
his daughter to wife also. A
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his
daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be
her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Ra-
-chel, and he ¢loved also Rachel
more than Leah, and served with
him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LorD saw that
Leah was hated, he opened her
womb: but Rachel was barren.
32 And Leah conceived, and bare
ason, and she called his name ’Reu-
ben: for she said, Surely the LorD
hath looked upon my affliction;
now therefore my husband will love
me.
33 And she conceived again, and
bare a son; and said, Because the
Lorp hath heard that I was hated,
he hath therefore given me this son
also: and she called his name ‘Sim-
eon.
34 And she conceived again, and
bare a son; and said, Now this time
will my husband be joined unto me,
because I have born him three sons:
therefore was his name called ¢Levi.
35 And she conceived again, and
bare a son: and she said, Now will
I praise the LorpD: therefore she
called his name ‘Judah; and left
bearing.
CHAPTER 30.
AND when Rachel saw that she
bare Jacob no children, Rachel
envied her sister; and said unto
oie: Give me children, or else I
ie. '
2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled
against Rachel: and he said, Am I
in God’s stead, who hath withheld
from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said, Behold my maid
Bilhah, go in unto her; and she
shall bear upon my knees, that I
may also have children by her.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her
handmaid to wife: and Jacob went
in unto her.
5S And Bilhah conceived, and bare
Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God hath
judged me, and hath also heard my
voice, and hath given me a son:
therefore called she his name /Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel’s.maid con-
ceived again, and bare Jacob a sec-
ond son.
8 And Rachel said, With great
GENESIS.
B.C. 1753.
a v.20; cf.
Deut.21.15.
bi.e. see, a
son.
ci.e. hearing.
di.e. joined.
Num.18.2,4.
ei.e. praise.
fie. judging.
gi.c, wrest-
hag.
hi.e. a troop.
ti.e. happy.
jie. Aire.
Rie. dwelling.
lice. judg-
ment.
m i.e. adding.
[30 25
wrestlings have I wrestled with my
sister, and I have prevailed: and
she called his name sNaphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had
left bearing, she took Zilpah her
maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare
Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, A troop com-
eth: and she called his name /Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare
Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I,
for the daughters will call me
blessed: and she called his name
* Asher.
14 And Reuben went in the days
of wheat harvest, and found man-
drakes in the field, and brought
them unto his mother Leah. Then
Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I
pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
15 And she said unto her, Is it a
small matter that thou hast taken
my husband? and wouldest thou
take away my son’s mandrakes
also? And Rachel said, Therefore
he shall lie with thee to night for
thy son’s mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came out of the
field in the evening, and Leah went
out to meet him, and said, Thou
must come in unto me; for surely I
have hired thee with my son’s man-
drakes. And he lay with her that
night.
17 And God hearkened unto
Leah, and she conceived, and bare
Jacob the fifth son.
18 And Leah said, God hath given
me my hire, because I have given
my maiden to my husband: and she
called his name /Issachar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and
bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 And Leah said, God hath en-
dued me with a good dowry; now
will my husband dwell with me,
because I have born him six sons:
and she called his name *Zebulun.
21 And afterwards she bare a
daughter, and called her name
‘Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel,
and God hearkened to her, and
opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a
son; and said, God hath taken away
my reproach:
24 And she called his name ”Jo-
seph; and said, The Lor shall add
to me another son.
25 And it came to pass, when
Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob
said unto Laban, Send me away,
a
' GENESIS.
_ that I may go unto mine own place,
and to my country.
26 Give me my wives and my
children, for whom I have served
thee, and let me go: for thou know-
est my service which I have done
thee.
27 And Laban said unto him, I
pray thee, if I have found favour in
thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned
By. experience that the LorpD hath
blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said, Appoint me thy
wages, and I will give it.
29 And he said unto him, Thou
~knowest how I have served thee,
and how thy cattle was with me.
30 For it was little which thou
hadst before I came, and it is now
increased unto a multitude; and the
LorpD hath blessed thee since my
coming: and now when shall I pro-
vide for mine own house also?
31 And he said, What shall I give
‘thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt
not give me any thing: if thou wilt
do this thing for me, I will again
feed and keep thy flock.
32 I will pass through all thy flock
to Gay, removing from thence all
the speckled and spotted cattle, and
all the brown cattle among the
sheep, and the spotted and speckled
among the goats: and of such shall
“be my “hire.
33 So shall my righteousness an-
swer for me in time to come, when
it shall come for my hire before thy
face: every one that /s not speckled
and spotted among the goats, ard
brown among the sheep, that shall
be counted stolen with me.
_ 34 And Laban said, Behold, I
would it might be according to thy
word.
35 And he removed that day the
he goats that were ringstraked -and
spotted, and all the she goats that
were speckled and spotted, and
every one that had some white in
it, and all the brown among the
sheep, and gave them into the
hand of his sons.
36 And he set three days’ journey
betwixt himself and Jacob: and
Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 And Jacob took’ him rods of
green poplar, and of the hazel and
Chesnut tree; and pilled white
strakes in them, and made the
white appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he
had pilled before the flocks in the
gutters in the watering troughs
when the flocks came to drink, that
—
B.C. 1746.
a Gen.31.8.
6 Gen.31.9,12.
¢ v.30.
d Gen.28.15.
é vs.2,3.
fv.4l.
45
[31 10
they should conceive when they
came to drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before
the rods, and brought forth cattle
bringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate the
lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the ringstraked, and all the
brown in the flock of Laban; and
he put his own flocks by themselves,
and put them not unto Laban’s
cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whenso-
ever the stronger cattle did con-
ceive, that Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the cattle in the
gutters, that they might conceive
among the rods.
42 But when the cattle were fee-
ble, he put them not in: so the
feebler were Laban’s, and the
stronger Jacob’s.
43 And the “man increased ex-
ceedingly, and had much cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants,
and camels, and asses.
CHAPTER 31.
ND he heard the words of La-
ban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath
taken away all that was our fa-
ther’s; and of that which was our
father’s hath he gotten all this
glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the counte-
nance of Laban, and, behold, it was
not toward him as before.
3 And the LorD said unto Jacob,
Return unto the land of thy fathers,
and to thy kindred; and I will ¢be
with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Ra-
chel and Leah to the field unto his
flock,
5 And said unto them, I see your
father’s countenance, that it ss not
toward me as before; but the God
of my father ‘hath been with me.
6. And ye know that with all my
power I have ‘served your father.
7 And your father hath deceived
me, and changed my wages ten
times; but God suffered him not to
hurt me.
8 If he said thus, The speckled
shall be thy wages; then all the
cattle bare speckled: and if he said
thus, The ringstraked shall be thy
hire; then bare all the cattle ring-
straked.
9 Thus God hath taken away the
cattle of your father, and given
them to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time
31 11]
lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a
dream, and, behold, the rams which
leaped upon the cattle were ring-
straked, speckled, and grisled
Parenthesis: the call back to
Bethel (vs. 11-13).
11 And the “angel of God spake}
unto mein a dream, saying, Jacob:
And I said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lift up now thine
eyes, and see, all the rams which.
unto thee.
13, 1 am the 5God of Beth-el,
where thou anointedst the pillar,
and where thou vowedst a vow
unto me: now arise, get thee out
from this land, and ‘return unto the
land of thy kindred.
The flight of Jacob. |
14 And Rachel and Leah an-!
swered and said unto him, Js there
yet any portion or inheritance for
us in our father’s house?
15 Are we not counted of him
strangers? for he hath sold us, and
hath quite devoured also our
money.
16 For all the riches which God
hath taken from our father, that is
our’s, and our children’s: now then,
whatsoever God hath said unto
thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set
his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his.
cattle, and all his goods which he
had gotten, the cattle of his getting,
which he had gotten in Padan-
aram, for to go to Isaac his father
in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to shear his
sheep: and Rachel had stolen the
images that were her father’s.
20 And Jacob stole away un-
awares to Laban the Syrian, in
that he told him not that he fled.
21 So he fled with all that he had;
and he rose up, and passed over the
river, and set his face toward the
mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the
third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with
him, and pursued after him seven!
days’ journey; and they overtook
him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the
Syrian in a ¢dream by night, and
GENESIS.
that the cattle conceived, that I} B.c. 1739.
@ Heb.1.4,
note,
6 Gen.28.18
¢ v.3.
d Gen.20.3:
év.19;
[31 36
said unto him, Take heed that thou
‘speak not to Jacob either good or
ad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob.
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in
the mount: and Laban with his
brethren pitched in the mount of
Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob,
What hast thou done, that thou
hast stolen away unawares to me,
and carried away my daughters, asi
captives taken with the sword?
27 Wherefore didst thou flee away’
secretly, and steal away from me;
and didst not tell me, that I might
have sent thee away with mirth,
and with songs, with tabret, and
with harp?
28 And hast not suffered me to
kiss my sons and my daughters?
thou hast now done foolishly in so:
doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand
to do you hurt: but the God of your
father spake. unto me yesternight,
saying, Take thou heed that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or
ad,
30 And now, though thou would-
est needs be gone, because thou sore
longedst after thy father’s house,
yet wherefore hast thou ¢stolen my’
gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said
to Laban, Because I was afraid: for
I said, Peradventure thou wouldest:
take by force thy daughters from
me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest
thy gods, let him not live: before
our brethren discern thou what is
thine with me, and take it to thee.
For Jacob knew not that Rachel
had stolen them.
33 And Laban went into Jacob’s
tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into
the two maidservants’ tents; but he
found them not. Then went he
out of Leah’s tent, and entered into
Rachel’s tent.
_34 Now Rachel had taken the
images, and put them in the camel’s
furniture, and sat upon them. And
Laban searched all the tent, but
found them not.
_35 And she said to her father, Let
it not displease my lord that I can-
not rise up before thee; for tHe cus-
tom of women is upon me. And he
searched, but found not the images.
36 And Jacob was wroth, and
chode with Laban: and Jacob an-
swered and said to Laban, What is
my trespass? what is my sin, that
thou hast so hotly pursued after
sme?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all
my stuff, what hast thou found of
all thy household stuff? set it here
before my brethren and thy breth-
ten, that they may judge betwixt
us both.
38 This twenty years have I been
with thee; thy ewes and thy she
goats have not cast their young,
vand the rams of thy flock have I
not eaten.
39 That which was torn of beasts
d brought not unto thee; I bare the
“loss of it; of my hand didst thou
Tequire it, whether stolen by day,
or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the
drought consumed me, and the
frost by night; and my sleep de-
parted from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years
in thy house; I served thee fourteen
years for thy two daughters, and
Six years for thy cattle: and thou
hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father,
the God of Abraham, and the fear
of Isaac, had been with mé, surely
thou hadst sent me away now
empty. God hath seen mine afflic-
tion .and the labour of my hands,
and rebuked thee yesternight.
43 And Laban answered and said
nto Jacob, These daughters are
‘my daughters, and these children
‘are my children, and these cattle
are my cattle, and all that thou
seest is mine: and what can I dc
this day unto these my daughters,
or unto their children which they
thave born?
44 Now therefore come thou, let
us make a covenant, I and thou;
and let it be for a witness between
me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and
set it up for.a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his breth-
ten, Gather:stones; and they took
stones, and made an heap: and they
did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it ’Jegar-
sahadutha: but Jacob called it
Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap rs
a witness between me and thee this
day. Therefore was the name of it
called Galeed;
49 And dMizpah: for he said, The
Lorp watch between me and thee,
when we are absent one from
another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daugh-
GENESIS.
B.C. 1739.
a Ex,22.10.
b Chald. the
heap of wit-
ness,
c Heb. the
heap of wit-
ness,
di.e. beacon,
in the sense
of watch-
tower.
e Heb.1.4,
note,
fie. two
hosts, or
bands—the
visible band,
Jacob’and
his servants;
the invisible
band, God’s
angels. Cf.
2 Ki 6.13-17.
g i.e. Esau’s
country.
Gen.25.30.
See Gen.36,
1, note.
A?
| Jacob,
[32 8
ters, or if thou shalt take other
wives beside my daughters, no man
is with us; see, God is witness be-
twixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Be-
hold this heap, and behold this pil-
lar, which I have cast betwixt me
and thee;
52 This heap be witness, and this
|pillar be witness, that I will not
pass over this heap to thee, and
that thou shalt not pass over this
heap and this pillar unto me,. for
harm.
| 53 The God of Abraham, and the
\God of Nahor, the God of their fa-
ther, judge betwixt us. And Jacob
sware by the fear of his father
Isaac.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice
upon the mount, and called his
brethren to eat bread: and they did
eat bread, and tarried all night in
the mount.
55 And early in the morning
Laban rose up, and kissed his sons
and his daughters, and blessed
them: and Laban departed, and re-
turned unto his place.
CHAPTER 32.
Jacob (‘ ‘supplanter’ *) becomes
Israel (“a prince with God”).
gAiND Jacob went on his way, and
the “angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he
said, This zs God’s host: and he
called the name of that place /Ma-
hanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers be-
fore him.to Esau his brother unto
the land of Seir, the country of
&Edom.
4 And he commanded them, say-
ing, Thus shall ye speak unto my
lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith
thus, I have sojourned with Laban,
and stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses,
flocks, and menservants, and wo-
menservants: and I have sent to
tell my lord, that I may find grace
in thy sight.
6 And the messengers returned to
saying, We came to thy
brother Esau, and also he cometh
to meet thee, and four hundred
men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid
and distressed: and he divided the
people that was with him, and the
flocks, and herds, and the camels,
into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the
ee
32 9]
one company, and smite it, then the
other company which is left shall
escape.
9 ee @Jacob said, O God of my
father Abraham, and God of my fa-
ther Isaac, the LorpD which saidst
unto me, Return unto thy country,
and to thy kindred, and I will deal
well with thee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of
all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed unto thy
servant; for with my staff I passed
over this Jordan; and now I am
become two bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from
the hand of my brother, from the
hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest
he will come and smite me, and the
mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely
do thee good, and make thy seed as
the sand of the sea, which cannot
be numbered for multitude. *
13. And he lodged there that same
night; and took of that which came
to his hand a present for Esau his
brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and
twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams, ‘
15 Thirty milch camels with their
colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,
twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16 And he delivered them into
the hand of his servants, every.
drove by themselves; and said unto
his servants, Pass over before me,
and put a space betwixt drove and
drove.
17 And he commanded the fore-
most, saying, When Esau my
brother meeteth thee, and asketh
thee, saying, Whose art thou? and
whither goest thou? and whose are
these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be
thy servant Jacob’s; it 7s a present
sent unto my lord Esau: and, be-
hold, also he is behind us.
19 And so commanded he the
second, and the third, and all that
followed the droves, saying, On this
manner shall ye speak unto Esau,
when ye find him.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold,
thy servant Jacob is behind us.
For he said, I will appease him
GENESIS.
SSS ee
withthe present that goeth beforeme,
B.C. 1739.
a Bible pray-
ers (O.T.).
vs.9-11; Ex.
32.11.
15.2; Hab.3.
1-16.)
b Jacob’s cri-
sis. Cf.Josh.
5.13-15; Job
42.5,6; Isa.
6.1-8; Jer.1.
4-9; Ezek.1,
28; 2.1-7;
Dan.10.1-12;
Acts 9.1-6;
Rev.1.13-18.
ci.e. a prince
of (or with)
God.
di.e. the face
of God.
e Ex.24.11;
33.20; Deut.
Isa.6.5;
John 1.18.
(Gen,
(33.1
and afterward I will see his face;
peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over be-
fore him: and himself lodged that
night in the company. F
22 And he rose up that night, and
took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven
sons, and passed over the ford Jab-
ok.
23 And he took them, and sent
them over the brook, and sent over
that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; 2and
there wrestled a man with him until
the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he pre-
vailed not against him, he touched
the hollow of his thigh; and the hol-
low of Jacob’s thigh was out of
joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the
day breaketh. And he said, I will
not let thee go, except thou bless
me.
27 And he said unto him, What
is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall
be called no more 1Jacob, but <Is-
rael: for as a prince hast thou
power with God and with men, and
hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked Aim, and
said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy
name. And he said, Wherefore is
it that thou dost ask after my
name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of
the place ¢Peniel: for I have ¢seen
God face to face, and my life is
preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel
the sun rose upon him, and he
halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Is-
rael eat not of the sinew which
shrank, which is upon the hollow of
the thigh, unto this day: because he
touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh
in the sinew that shrank.
CHAPTER 33.
Jacob meets Esau,
AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and, behold, Esau
came, and with him four hundred
1 Both names are applied to the nation descended from Jacob. When used char-
acteristically “Jacob” is the name for the n
Jacob; “Israel” for the spiritual part of the
was sent to all the people, ‘Jacob,’
hended by the spiritual part of the people.
summary).
> but it
48
atural posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and
nation. See, e.g. Isa. 9.8. The “word” |
“lighted upon Israel,” i.e. was compre: |
See “Israel” (Gen. 12. 2,3; Rom, 11. 26,
men.
unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and
unto the two handmaids.
2 And he put the handmaids and
‘their children foremost, and Leah
and her children after, and Rachel
and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he passed over before them,
and bowed himself to the ground
seven times, until he came near to
his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and
embraced him, and fell on his neck,
and kissed him: and they wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and
saw the women and the children;;
and said, Who are those with thee?
Andhesaid, The children which God
hath graciously given thy servant.
6 Then the handmaidens came
near, they and their children, and
they bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children
came near, and bowed themselves:
and after came Joseph near and Ra-
chel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said, What meanest
thou by all this drove which I met?
And he said, These are to find
grace in the sight of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have enough,
my brother; keep that thou hast
unto thyself.
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray
thee, if now I have found grace in
thy sight, then receive my present
at my hand: for therefore I have
seen thy face, as though I had seen
the face of God, and thou wast
pleased with me.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing
that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with me, and
because I have enough. And he
urged Kim, and he took it.
12 And he said, Let us take our
journey, and let us go, and I will
go before thee.
13 And he said unto him, ¢My
lord knoweth that the children are
tender, and the flocks and herds
with young are with me: and if
men should overdrive them one
day, all the flock will die.
‘14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass
over before his servant: and I will
lead on softly, according as the cat-
tle that goeth before me and the
children be able to endure, until I
come unto my lord unto Seir.
15 And Esau said, Let me now
leave with thee some of the folk
that are with me. And he said,
What needeth it? let me find grace
in the sight of my lord.
|
And he divided the children} _
GENESIS.
a Not all at
once does
“Jacob”
cease to
dominate the
walk of “Is-
rael.” Cf.
Gen.35 1-10,
where the
walk be-
comes ac-
cording to
the new
name,
bie. booths
te}
branches).
c Called “Sy-
chem,” Acts
7.16.
di.e. God, the
God of Is-
rael. Jacob's
act of faith,
appropriat-
ing his new
name, but
also claim-
ing Elohim
in this new
sense as the
God through
whom alone
he could
walk accord-
ing to his
new name.
See Gen.14,
18-23, note,
for a similar
appropria-
tion by Abra-
ham.
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16 So Esau returned that day on
his way unto Seir.
17 And Jacob journeyed to Suc-
coth, and built him an house, and
imade booths for his cattle: there-
fore the name of the place is called
’Succoth.
Jacob’s worship in self-will.
18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a
city of Shechem, which is in the
land of Canaan, when he came from
Padan-aram; and pitched his tent
before the city.
19 And he bought a parcel of a
field, where he had spread his tent,
at the hand of the children of
Hamor, ‘Shechem’s father, for an
jhundred pieces of money.
20 And he erected there an altar,
and called it ¢El-elohe-Israel.
CHAPTER 34.
Jacob reaps the harvest of his
’ evil years (Gal. 6. 7, 8).
nee Dinah the daughter of
Leah, which she bare unto
Jacob, went out to see the daugh-
ters of the land.
2 And when Shechem the son of
‘'Hamor the Hivite, prince of the
country, saw her, he took her, and
lay with her, and defiled her.
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah
the daughter of Jacob, and he loved
the damsel, and spake kindly unto
\the damsel.
4 And Shechem spake unto his
father Hamor, saying, Get me this
damsel to wife.
5 And Jacob heard that he had
defiled Dinah his daughter: now
his sons were with his cattle in the
field: and Jacob held his peace un-
til they were come.
6 And Hamor the father of She-
chem went out unto Jacob to com-
mune with him.
7 And the sons of Jacob came out
of the field when they heard st: and
the men were grieved, and they
were very wroth, because he had
wrought folly in Israel in lying
with Jacob’s daughter; which thing
ought not to be done.
8 And Hamor communed with
them, saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daugh-
ter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 And make ye marriages with us.
and give your daughters unto us,
and take our daughters unto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with us:
and the land shall be before you;
34 11]
GENESIS
[35 6
So ee
dwell. and trade ye therein, and get
you possessions therein.
11 And Shechem said unto. her
father and unto her brethren, Let me
find grace in your eyes, and what
ye shall say unto me’I: will give.
12 Ask me never so much dowry
and. gift, and I will give according
as ye shall say unto me: but give
me the damsel to wife.
13: And the sons of Jacob an-
swered Shechem and Hamor his
father deceitfully, and: said, because
he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And they said unto them, We
cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised;
for that were a reproach unto-us:
15 But in this will we consent un-
to you: If ye will be as we be, that
every male of you be circumcised;
16 Then will we give our daugh-
ters unto you, and we will take your
daughters to us, and we will dwell
with you, and we will become one
people.
17 But if ye will not hearken unto
us, to be circumcised; then will we
take our daughter, and we will be
gone.
18 And their words: pleased Ha-
mor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
19 And the young man deferred
not to do the thing, because’ he had
delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he
was more honourable than all the
house of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his
son came unto the gate of their city,
and communed with the men of
their city, saying,
21 These men are peaceable with
us; therefore let them dwell in the
land, and trade therein; for the
land, behold, rt is large enough for
them; let us take their daughters
to us for wives, and let us give
them our daughters.
22 Only herein will the men con-
sent unto us for to dwell with us,
to be one people, if every male!
among us be circumcised, as they
are circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattle and
their substance and every beast of
their’s be our’s? only let us con-
sent unto them, and they will dwell
with us.
24 And unto Hamor and unto
Shechem his son hearkened all that
went out of the gate of his city;
and every male was circumcised,
all that went out of the gate of his
city.
25 And it came to pass on the
50
third: day, when they were sore,.
that. two of the sons of Jacob, Sim-:
_—
eon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren,
took each man his sword, and: came
upon the city boldly, and’ slew, all
the males.
26 And they slew-Hamor and’She.
chem his son with the edge’ of the
sword, and took Dinah out of She-
chem’s house, and went out
27 The sons of Jacob came upon
the slain, and spoiled the city, be.
cause they had defiled their sister
28 They took their sheep, and
their oxen, and their asses, and
that which. was in the city, and
that which was in the field,
29 And all their wealth, and all
their little ones, and their wives
took they captive, and spoiled even
all that was in the house,
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and
Levi, Ye have troubled me to make
me to stink among. the inhabitants-
of the land, among the Canaanites
and the Perizzites: and I being few
in number, they shall gather them-
selves together against me, and slay
me; and I shall be destroyed, I and
my house.
34 And they said, Should he deal
with our sister as with an harlot?
CHAPTER 35:
Jacob’s return to Bethel: com-
munzion and promise restored.
Am God said unto Jacob, Arise,
go up to Beth-el, and dwell
there: and make there an altar unto»
God, that appeared unto thee when
thou fleddest from the face of Esau
thy brother.
2 Then Jacob said unto his house: :
hold, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are
among you, and be clean. and
change your garments:
3 And let us arise, and go up to
Beth-el; and I will make there an:
altar unto God, who answered me
in the day of my distress, and was
with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob alk
the strange gods which were in
|their hand, and all their earrings.
which were in their ears; and Jacob
hid them under the oak which was
by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the
iterror of God was upon the cities
that were round about them, and
they did not pursue after the sons
of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is
357] GENESIS. 135 29
in the land of Canaan, that jis,| B.C. 1732. 17 And it came to pass, when she
Beth-el, he and all the people that was in hard labour, that the mid-
were with him. wife said unto her, Fear not: thou
7. And he built there an altar, and shalt have this son also.
_ called the place 1El-beth-el: because 18 And it came to pass, as her
there God appeared unto him, when soul was in departing, (for she died)
he fled from the face of his brother. jthat she called his name ¢Ben-oni;
8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse {but his father called him?Benjamin.
died, and she was buried beneath 19 And Rachel died, and was bur-
Beth-el under an oak: and the name ied in the way to Ephrath, which is
of it was called ¢Allon-bachuth. Beth-lehem.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her
again, when he came out of Padan- grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s
‘aram, and blessed him. f grave unto this day.
10 And God said unto him, Thy| _ 21 And Israel journeyed, and
mame is Jacob: thy name shall not spread his tent beyond the tower
be called any more Jacob, but Israel of Edar.
shall be thy name: and he called his|¢ feehe ey 22 And it came to pass, when
name Israel. : , PM8- |Tsrael dwelt in that land, that Reu-
11 And God said unto him, I am|? The theoph-|ben went and lay with Bilhah his ~
‘God Almighty: be fruitful and mul-/ anes. roe father’s concubine: and Israel heard
poly; 2 ete ac eo ome = 127; Rev.1. ne risus the sons of Jacob were
e of thee, i twelve:
shall come out of thy loins; ee ! 93 The sons of Leah; Reuben,
12 And the land which I gave)‘ (fares of). |Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and
Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will] Ex.3.13-15. |Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and
give it, and to thy seed after thee} (Gen.1.1, Zebulun:
will I give the land. Eee 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph,
13. And God went up from him in|die.son of {and Benjamin;
the place where he talked with him.} sorrow. 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
the place where he talked with him, 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s
even a pillar of stone: and he handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these
poured a 2drink-offering thereon, are the sons of Jacob, which were
born to him in Padan-aram.
Death of Isaac
and he poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of
_the place where God spake with
him, Beth-el. pee And J nie came uae Iban e
° ather unto Mamre, unto the city o:
Death of oe and birth of |Arbah, which is Hebron, where
el kevea stat ‘Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
16 And they journeyed from | 28 And the days of Isaac were an
Beth-el; and there was but a little hundred and fourscore years.
way to come to Ephrath: and 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost,
Rachel travailed. and she had hard and died, and was gathered unto
“labour. his people, being old and full of
lie. the God of Bethel. Cf. Gen. 28. 19, There it was the place as the
scene of the ladder-vision which impressed Jacob. He called the place “Bethel,”
i.e. the house of God. Now it is the God of the place, rather than the place, and
he calls it El-Bethel, i.e. “the God of the house of God.” Cf. Gen. 33. 20, ref.
2 The first mention of the drink-offering. It is not mentioned among the Levit-
ical offerings of Lev. 1.-7., though included in the instructions for sacrifice in the
land (Num. 15. 5-7). It was always ‘“‘poured out,’’ never drank, and may be con-
sidered a type of Christ in the sense of Psa. 22. 14; Isa. 53. 12 ; ,
3i.e. son of my right hand. Benjamin, ‘“‘son of sorrow” to his mother, but
“son of my right hand’? to his father, becomes thus a double type of Christ. As
Ben-oni He was the suffering One because of whom a sword pierced His mother’s
heart (Lk. 2. 35), as Benjamin, head of the warrior tribe (Gen. 49. 27), firmly
joined to Judah the kingly tribe (Gen. 49. 8-12, 1 Ki. 12. 21), he becomes a type
of the victorious One. It is noteworthy that Benjamin was especially honoured
among the Gentiles (Gen. 45. 22). j
So manifold are the distinctions of Chnst that many personal types of Him
are needed. Joseph is most complete, Benjamin standing only for Christ the sor-
towful One (Isa. 53. 3, 4) yet to have power on earth. Cf. Gen. 43. 34, note.
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36 1] GENESIS. (36 27
q i Esau and Jacob|_B.c. 1796._|Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah
i eae ae : the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife:
. and she Bere ee Jeush, and
HAP’ 3 Jaalam, and Korah.
bs ee 15 These were dukes of the sons of
The generations of Esau Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-
Edom). born son of Esau; duke Temans duke
the generations Omar, duke Zepho, e Kenaz,
N “ete is ‘doen 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam,
2 Esau took his wives of the and duke Amalek: these are the
daughters of Canaan; Adah the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the
daughter of Elon the Hittite, and land of Edom; these were the sons
Aholibamah the daughter of Anah of Adah.
the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 17 And these are the sons of
3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s Reuel Esaun’s son; duke Nahath,
daughter, sister of Nebajoth. duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eli- Mizzah: these are the dukes that
phaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; came of Reuel in the land of Edom;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, these are the sons of Bashemath
“and Jaalam, and Korah: these are Esau’s wife.
the sons of Esau, which were born! 18 And these are the sons of
unto him in the land of Canaan. | Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke
6 And Esau took his wives, and| Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah:
his sons, and his daughters, and all these were the dukes that came
the persons of his house, and his of Aholibamah the daughter of
cattle, and all his beasts, and all his/¢4 Bee SEES, Anah, Esau’s wife.
substance, which he had got in the) "°° 19 These are the sons of Esau,
land of Canaan; and went into the|® Lit. chiefs of|who 1s Edom, and these are their
country from the face of his brother) thousands. |dukes.
Jacob. |e Lit. Rock 20 These are the sons of Seir the
7 For their riches were more than| dweller. ‘Horite, who inhabited the land;
that they might dwell together: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and
and the land wherein they were Anah,
strangers could not bear them be- 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Di-
cause of their cattle. shan: these are the dukes of the
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Horites, the children of Seir in the
Esau is Edom. land of Edom.
9 And these are the generations 22 And the children of Lotan were
of Esau the father of the Edomites Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sis-
in mount Seir: ter was Timna.
10 These are the names of Esau’s 23 And the children of Shobal
sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the were these; Alvan, and Manahath,
wife of Esau, Reuel the son of and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
Bashemath the wife of Esau. 24 And these are the children of
11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this
Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, was that Anah that found the
and Kenaz. | mules in the wilderness, as he fed
12 And Timna was concubine to the asses of Zibeon his father..
Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare 25 And the children of Anah were
to Eliphaz “Amalek: these were the these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the
sons of Adah Esau’s wife. daughter of Anah.
13 And these are the sons of! | 26 And these are the children of
Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Sham- Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
mah, and Mizzah: these were the Ithran, and Cheran.
sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife. 27 The children of Ezer are these;
14 And these were the sons of Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
1Edom (called also “Seir,” Gen. 32. 3; 36. 8) is the name of the coun
lying south of the ancient kingdom of Judah, and extending from the Dead Beat
the Gulf of Akaba. It includes the ruins of Petra, and is bounded on thé north by
Moab. Peopled by descendants of Esau (Gen. 36. 1-19), Edota has a remark-
able prominence in the prophetic word as (together with Moab) the scene of the
final destruction of Gentile world-power in the day of the Lord. See ‘‘Armaged-
don” (Rev. 16. 14; Rev. 19. 21) and ‘Times of the Gentiles” (Lk. 21. 24; Rev.
16. 14). Cf. Psa. 137, 7: Oba. 8-16: Isa. 34. 1-8; 63. 1-6; Jer. 49. 14-22; Ezk. 25. 19-14,
52 |
36 28) GENESIS. — Pn) Paz
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah,
duke Pinon, |
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman,
duke Mibzar, ;
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram:
these be the dukes of Edom, accord-
ing to their habitations in the land
of their possession: he is Esau the
father of the Edomites.
CHAPTER 37.
The history of Jacob resumed.
Nhe Jacob dwelt in the land
wherein his father was a stran-
ger, in the land of Canaan.
Joseph, the beloved of his father.
2 These are the generations of Ja-
Pcieaste cob. *Joseph, being seventeen years
and Gen.40. |Old, was feeding the flock with his
5-23. brethren; and the lad was with the
CE. Gena? sons of Bilhah, and with the sons
41; John 15. |Of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and
18-20. ay cepa brought unto his father their
evil report.
c$ee Gen-#4- | 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more
5; Phil.2.10. |than all his children, because he
was the son of his old age: and he
made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that
their father loved him more than all
his brethren, they hated him, and
could not speak peaceably unto
B.C. 1780.
came of the Horites; duke Lotan,
duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke
nah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke
Dishan: these are the dukes that
came of Hori, among their dukes in
the land of Seir.
31 1And these are the kings that
teigned in the land of Edom, be-
fore there reigned any king over
the children of Israel.
32 And Bela the son of Beor
reigned in Edom: and the name of
his city was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela.died, and Jobab the
son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in
his stead.
34 And Jobab died, and Husham
of the land of Temani reigned in his
stead.
35 And Husham died, and Hadad
the son of Bedad, who smote Midian
in the field of Moab, reigned in his
stead: and the name of his city was
Avith.
36 And Hadad died, and Samlah
of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of
‘Rehoboth Ay the river reigned in
his stead.
38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan
the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead.
89 And Baal-hanan the son of
Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in
his stead: and the name of his city
was Pau; and his wife’s name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab.
40 And these are the names of the
dukes that came of Esau, accord-
‘ing to their families, after their
places, by their names; duke Tim-
nah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
im.
5 And 2Joseph dreamed a dream,
and he told it his brethren: and
they hated him yet the more.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I
pray you, this dream which I have
dreamed:
7 For, behold, we were binding
sheaves in the field, and, lo, my
sheaf arose, and also stood upright;
and, behold, your sheaves stood
round about, and made “obeisance
to my sheaf.
1Jt is characteristic of Scripture that the kings of Edom should be enumerated
before the kings of Israel. The principle is stated in 1 Cor. 15. 46. First things
are ‘natural,’ man’s best, and always fail; second things are “‘spiritual,’’ God’s
things, and succeed. Adam—Christ; Cain—Abel; Cain’s posterity—Seth’s posterity;
‘Saul—David; Israel—the true Church, etc. ‘ ;
2While it is nowhere asserted that Joseph was a type of Christ, the analogies
are too numerous to be accidental. They are: (1) both were especial objects of a
father’s love (Gen. 37. 3; Mt. 3. 17; John 3. 35; 5. 20); (2) both were hated by
their brethren (Gen. 37. 4; John 15. 25); (3) the superior claims of both were
rejected by their brethren (Gen. 37. 8; Mt. 21. 37-39; John 15. 24, 25); (4) the
brethren of both conspired against them to slay them (Gen..37. 18; Mt. 26. 3, 4);
(5) Joseph was, in intent and figure, slain by his brethren, as was Christ (Gen. 37.
24; Mt. 27. 35-37); (6) each became a blessing among the Gentiles, and gained a
Gentile bride (Gen. 41. 1-45; Acts 15. 14; Eph. 5. 25-32); (7) as Joseph reconciled
his brethren to himself, and afterward exalted them, so will it be with Christ and
His Jewish brethren (Gen. 45. 1-15; Deut. 30. 1-10; Hos. 2. 14-18; Rom. 11. 1, 15,
25, 26). Pe
37 8] GENESIS. ; [87 x
21 And Reuben udeed it, and he ©
‘delivered him out of their hands;
and said, Let us not kill him.
22 And Reuben said unto them, —
Shed no blood, but cast him into
this pit that zs in the wilderness,
and lay no hand upon him; that —
he might rid him out of their hands,
to deliver him to his father
again.
23. And it came to pass, when Jo-
seph ph po se rs etre
that they /stript Joseph out of his.
eee gen eng the slevenineass coat, his coat of many colours that
10 And he told it to his father, lots inca ae took him! ‘andieuee
and to his brethren: and his father MA Ke
rebuked him, and said unto him, pin ee Le ovis aoe ito
What ig ie Cream be ete ie at zat d they ahenue Otte) ke
dreamed? a and thy mother : a
and thy brethren indeed come to bread: and they lifted up their
bow down ourselves to thee to the eyes and looked, and, behold, a
Joseph hated wind rejected by| B.C. 1729.
his brethren.
8 And his brethren said to him,
Shalt thou indeed reign over us?)
yet the more for his dreams, and}
for his words. !
9 And he dreamed yet another
dream, and told it his brethren,
and said, Behold, I have dreamed
a dream more; and, behold, the sun
garth? Seer = eo oe from
’ F unites ee ilead wit eir camels bearing
rt And his brethren envied him; spicery and balm and myrrh, going
ut his father observed the saying. tos en i dowu to Exyot
1Z And his brethren went to feed a John 19.15. 26 etn Judah said faa his breth- :
their father’s flock in Shechem. b Mt.27.17,18; ren, What profit is if if we slay
13 ‘And Israel said unto Joseph,| Acts 7.9. hie EA sg? ae conceal his blogaal
Do not thy brethren feed the flock 7 S :
Z : is- | 27 Come, and let us sell him to
in Shechem? come, and I will send|¢ Jsrae! (Ais oa: ;
thee unto them. And he said tol 1338:¢en. |the Ishmeelites, and let not our
} : .,,/hand be upon him; for he is our
46.1-6. (Gen. ; .
Ri alee aie Rin Gacy cee 12.2;3; Rom. brother and our flesh. And his ~
thee, see whether it be well with) 777°? brethren were content.
d@ 1 Sam.17.17, ;
flocks; and. bring me w oceans 18; Li.20. Joseph, drawn up from the pit,
So he 4sent him out of the vale of oie: ea goes to the Gentiles.
Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
eMt.21.38; 28 Then there passed by Midian-
pan And a certain Peeps 26.3,4. ites merchantmen; and they drew
the field: and the man asked him,|fMt.27.28. and lifted up Joseph out of the pit,
saying, What seekest thou? and &sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites.
16 And he said, I seek my breth-|?™*?”° for twenty pieces of silver: and
ren: tell me, I pray thee, where they brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned unto the
pit; and, behold, Joseph was not
in the pit; and he rent his clothes
they feed their flocks.
17 And the man said, They are
departed hence: for I heard them
say, Let to D 30 And he returned unto his
ent after are eer oe brethren, and said, The child is not;
found them in Dothan. and I, whither shall I Zo?
18 And when they saw him afart 31 And they took Joseph’s coat,
off, even before he came near unto! mre ere a ue of A eee and
them, they ¢c ippe: e coat in the bloo
to slay h te onspired against him) 32 And they sent the coat of
19 And they said one to another,! many colours, and they brought it
Behold, this dreamer cometh. to their father; and said, This have
we found: know now whether it be
Joseph cast into the place of } thy son’s coat or no.
death. 33. And he knew it, and said, It fs
my son’s coat; an evil beast hath
20 Come now therefore, and let us! devoured him; Joseph is without
slay him, and cast him into some, doubt rent in pieces.
pit, and we will say, Some evil) 34 And Jacob rent his clothes,
beast hath devoured him: and we! and put sackcloth upon his loins,
shall see what will become of his} and mourned for his son many’
dreams, days.
GENESIS.
B.C. 1729.
35 And all his sons and all his
daughters rose up to comfort him;
but he refused to be comforted; and
he said, For I will go down into
the ¢grave unto my son mourning.
Thus his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him
into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer
ef Pharaoh’s, and captain of the
guard.
CHAPTER 38
_ Parenthesis: the shame of
Judah.
A ND it came to pass at that time,
: that Judah went down from
his brethren, and turned in to a
certain Adullamite, whosé name
was Hirah,
2 And Judah saw there a daugh-
ter of a certain Canaanite, whose
name was Shuah; and he took her,
and went in unto her.
3 And she conceived, and bare a
- son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived again, and
bare a son; and she called his name
Onan.
5 And she yet again conceived,
and bare a son; and called his
name Shelah: and he was at Che-
zib, when she bare him.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er
his firstborn, whose name was Ta-
amar.
7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was
wicked in the sight of the “Lorp;
and the LorpD slew him.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go;
in unto thy brother’s wife, and
marry her, and raise up seed to thy
a Heb. sheol.
See Hab.2.5,
note,
b1 Chr.2.3
¢ Lit. was evil
in the eyes
of the Lord.
d Lit. become
acontempt.
should not be his; and it came to|
pass, when he went in unto his)
brother’s wife, that he spilled.7t.on
the ground, lest that he should give
seed to his brother ‘
10 And the thing which he did
displeased the LoRD: wherefore
the slew him also. f
11 Then said Judah to Tamar his
daughter in law, Remain a widow
at thy father’s house, till Shelah
my son be grown: for he said, Lest
peradventure he die also, as his
brethren did. And Tamar went
and-dwelt in her father’s house.
12 And in process of time the
daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife
died; and Judah was comforted,
and went up unto his sheepshearers
to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah
the Adullamite, =
(38 25
13 And it was told Tamar, saying,
Behold thy father in law goeth up
to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14 And she put her widow’s gar-
iments off from her, and covered her
with a vail, and wrapped herself,
and sat in an open place, which is
by the way to Timnath; for she
saw that Shelah was grown, and
she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he
thought her to be an harlot; be-
cause she had covered her face.
16 And he turned unto her by the
way, and said, Go to, I pray thee,
let me come in unto thee; (for he
knew not that she was his daughter
in law.) And she said, What wilt
thou give me, that thou mayest
come in unto me?
17 And he said, I will send thee a
kid from the flock. And she said,
Wilt thou give me a pledge, till
thou send it?
18 And he said, What pledge shall
I give thee? And she said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy
staff that zs in thine hand. And
he gave it her, and came in unto
her, and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away,
and laid by her vail from her, and
put on the garments of her widow-
hood.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the
hand of his friend the Adullamite,
to receive his pledge from the wo-
man’s hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that
place, saying, Where is the harlot,
that was openly by the way side?
And they said, There was no harlot
in this place.
22 And he returned to Judah, and
said, I cannot find her; and also
the men of the place said, that
there was no harlot in this place.
23 And Judah said, Let her take
it to her, lest we ¢be shamed: be-
hold, I sent this kid, and thou hast
not found her.
24 And it came to pass about
three months after, that it was told
Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter
in law hath played the harlot; and
also, behold, she is with child by
whoredom. And Judah said, Bring
her forth, and let her be burnt.
25 When she was brought forth,
she sent to her father in law, say
ing, By the man, whose these are,
am I with child: and she said,
Discern, I pray thee, whose are
these, the signet, and bracelets, and
staff,
38 26]
26 And Judah acknowledged
them, and said, She hath been more
righteous than I; because that I
gave her not to Shelah my son.
And he knew her again no more.
27 And it came to pass in the
time of her travail, that, behold,
twins were in her womb.
28 And it came to pass, when she
travailed, that the one put out Ais
hand: and the midwife took and
bound upon his hand a scarlet
thread, saying, This came out first.
29 And it came to pass, as he drew
back his hand, that, behold, his
brother came out: and she said,
How hast thou broken forth? this
breach be upon thee: therefore his
name was called Pharez.
30 And afterward came out his
brother, that had the scarlet thread
upon his hand: and his name was
called Zarah.
CHAPTER 39.
Joseph tested by adversity.
(AND Joseph was brought down
to Egypt; and Potiphar, an
officer of Pharaoh, captain of the
guard, an Egyptian, “bought him
of the hands of the Ishmeelites,
GENESIS.
B.C. 1727.
a Psa. 105.17.
b Gen.18.26;
30.27; 2 Sam.
6.1i.
which had brought him down! ¢ Lev.20.10.
thither.
2 And the Lorp was with Joseph,
and he was a prosperous man; and
he was in the house of his master
the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the
LORD was with him, and that the
LORD made all that he did to pros-
per in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his
sight, and he served him: and he
made him overseer over his house,
and all that he had he put into his
hand.
5 And it came to pass from the
time that he had made him over-
seer in his house, and over all that
he had, that the Lorp ‘blessed the
Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake;
and the blessing of the LorD was
- upon all that he had in the house,
and in the field,
6 And he left all that he had in
Joseph’s hand; and he knew not
ought he had, save the bread which
he did eat. And Joseph was a
goodly person, and well favoured.
7. And it came to pass after these
things, that his master’s wife cast
her eyes upon Joseph; and she
said, Lie with me,
d Psa.51.4.
e Dan.1.9;
Acts 7.9,10.
56
8 But he refused, and said unto
his master’s wife, Behold, my mas-
ter wotteth not what zs with me in
the house, and he hath committed
all that he hath to my hand; ;
9 There is none greater in this
house than I; neither hath he kept
back any thing from me but thee,
because thou art his wife: how
then can I do this great ‘wicked-
ness, and sin ¢against God?
10 And it came to pass, as she
spake to Joseph day by day, that
he hearkened not unto her, to lie
by her, or to be with her. :
11 And it came to pass about this
time, that Joseph went into the
house to do his business; and there
was none of the men of the house
there within. ;
12 And she caught him by his gar-
ment, saying, Lie with me: and he
left his garment in her hand, and
fled, and got him out.
13 And it came to pass, when she
saw that he had left his garment in
her hand, and was fled forth,
14 That she called unto the men
of her house, and spake unto them,
saying, See, he hath brought in an
Hebrew unto us to mock us; he
came in unto me to lie with me,
and I cried with a loud voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he
heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with
me, and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment
by her, until his lord came home.
17 And she spake unto him ac-
cording to these words, saying, The
Hebrew servant, which thou hast
brought unto us, came in unto me
to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted
up my voice and cried, that he left
his garment with me, and fled
out.
19 And it came to pass, when his
master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him, saying,
After this manner did thy. servant
to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20 And Joseph’s master took him,
and put him into the prison, a place
where the king’s prisoners were
bound: and he was there in the
prison.
21 But the Lorp was with
Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and
gave him ¢favour in the sight of the
keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison
committed to Joseph’s hand all the
prisoners that were in the prison;
Oi ae a aaa eof
39 23] f
and whatsoever they did there, he
was the doer of it.
23 The keeper of the prison looked
not to any thing that was under his
hand; because the LoRD was with
him, and that which he did, the
LoRD made it to prosper.
GENESIS.
CHAPTER 40.
ND it came to pass after these
things, that the butler of the
king of Egypt and Ais baker had
offended their lord the king of
Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against
two of his officers, against the chief
of the butlers, and against the chief
of the bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the
house of the captain of the guard,
into the prison, the place where
Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard
charged Joseph with them, and he
served them: and they continued a
season in ward.
5 And they dreamed a dream both
of them, each man his dream, in
one night, each man according to
the interpretation of his dream, the
butler and the baker of the king of
Egypt, which were bound in the
prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them
in the morning, and looked upon
them, and, behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers
that were with him in the ward of
his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore
look ye so sadly to day?-
8 And they said unto him, We
have dreamed a dream, and there
is no interpreter of it. And Joseph
_said unto them, Do not Yinterpreta-
tions belong to God? tell me them,
I pray you. 2
9 And the chief butler told his
dream to Joseph, and said to him,
In my dream, behold, a vine was
before me;
10 And in the vine were three
branches: and it was as though it
budded, and her blossoms shot
forth; and the clusters thereof
brought forth ripe grapes: _
11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my
hand: and I took the grapes, and
pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup,
and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s
hand. f
12 And Joseph said unto him,
This is the ‘interpretation of it:
The three branches are three days:
13 Yet within three days. shall
a Gen.39.20,
23.
b Dan.2.20-22.
¢ Dan.2 36.
d 2 Ki.25.27;
Jer.52.31.
e Neh.2.1.
57
B.C. 1729.
[41 3
Pharaoh lift up thine “head, and
restore thee unto thy place: and
thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup
into his hand, after the former
manner when thou wast his butler.
14 But think on me when it shall
be well with thee, and shew kind-
ness, I pray thee, unto me, and
make mention of me unto Pharaoh,
and bring me out of this house:
15 For indeed I was stolen away
out of the land of the Hebrews:
and here also have I done nothing
that they should put me into the
dungeon.
16 When the chief baker saw that
the interpretation was good, he
said unto Joseph, I also was in my
dream, and, behold, J had three
white baskets on my head:
17 And in the uppermost basket
there was of all manner of bake-
meats for Pharaoh; and the birds
did eat them out of the basket upon
my head.
18 And Joseph answered and
said, This zs the interpretation
thereof: The three baskets are
three days:
19 Yet within three days shall
Pharaoh lift up thy head from off
thee, and shall hang thee on a tree;
and the birds shall eat thy flesh
from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third
day, which was Pharaoh’s birth-
day, that he made a feast unto all
his servants: and he lifted up the
head of the chief butler and of the
chief baker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief but-
ler unto his butlership again; and
he gave the “cup into Pharaoh’s
hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker:
as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler re-
member Joseph, but forgat him,
CHAPTER 41.
The dream of Pharaoh.
AN? it came to pass at the end
of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by
the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out
of the river seven well favoured
kine and fatfleshed; and they fed
in a meadow.
3 Ard, behold, seven other kine
came up after them out of the river,
ill favoured and leanfleshed; and
stood by the other kine upon the
brink of the river.
41 4]
GENESIS.
:
(41 33
~
4 And the ill favoured and lean-
fleshed kine‘ did eat up the seven!
So}
|
well favoured and fat kine.
Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the
second time: and, behold, seven
ears of corn came up upon one
stalk, rank and good. ,
6 And, behold, seven thin ears!
and blasted with the east wind)
sprung up after them. |
7 And the seven thin ears de-!
voured the seven rank and full ears.
And Pharaoh. awoke, and), behold,
it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morn-|
‘ing that his ¢spirit was troubled;
and he sent and called for all the!
magicians of Egypt, and all the
wise men thereof: and Pharaoh’
told them his dream; but there was}
none that could interpret them unto|
Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler
unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remem-
ber my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his| _
servants, and put me in ward in
the captain of the guard’s house,
both me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in
one night, I and he: we dreamed
each man according to the interpre-|
tation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a
young man, an Hebrew, servant to
the captain of the guard; and we
told him, and he interpreted to us
our dreams; to each man according
to his dream he did interpret.
13. And it came to pass, as he in-
terpreted to us, so it was; me he
restored unto mine office, and him’
he hanged.
Joseph’s exaltation in Egypt.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called
Joseph, and they brought him
hastily Sout of the dungeon: and he
shaved himself, and changed his
faiment, and came in unto Pha-
rach.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
I have dreamed a dream, and there
is none that can interpret it: and I
have heard say of thee, that thou!
canst understand a dream to inter-|
pret it. |
16 And J oseph answered Pharaoh,
saying, If is not in me: God shall
give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
In my dream, behold, I stood upon
the bank of the river: ‘
BC 1715. __
a Dan.4.5,19;
7.28; 8.27.
|b 1 Sam.2.8.
¢ Dan.2.29,45.
$8
18. And, behold, there came up
lout. of the river seven kine, fat-
fleshed and welll favoured; and they
‘fed in a meadow: :
| 19 And, behold, sevem other kine
icame up after them, poor and very
ill favoured and leanfleshed, such
las I never saw in all the land of
Egypt for badness: i
| 20 And the lean and the ill fa-
voured kine did eat up the first
iseven fat kine:
| 2% And when they had eaten them:
up, it could not be known that they
had eaten them; but they were sall
22 And I saw in my dream, and,
behold, seven ears came upi in one
istalk, full and good: :
| 23 And, behold, seven ears, with-
ered, thin, and blasted with the
east wind, sprung up after them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the
‘seven good ears: and I told this
unto the magicians; but there was
mone that could declare it to me.
| 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh,
The dream of Pharaoh is one: God
hath shewed Pharaoh what he is
about to do.
| 26 The seven good kine are seven
years; and the seven good ears are
seven years: the dream is one.
27 And the seven thin and ill
favoured kine that came up after
them are seven years; and the
seven empty ears blasted with the
least wind shall be seven years of
famine.
| 28 This 7s the thing which I have
spoken unto Pharaoh: What God
is about to do he sheweth unto
Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven
years of great plenty throughout all
ithe land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after
ithem seven years of famine; and
all the plenty shall be forgotten in
the land of Egypt; and the famine
shall consume the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be
known in the land by reason of
that famine following: for it shalt
be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was
doubled unto Pharaoh twice; i# is
because the thing is established by
God, and God will shortly bring it
ito pass.
33 Now therefore Yet Pharaoh
look out a man discreet and wise,
and set him over the land of
Egypt. i
41 34] GENESIS.
[421
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let] Bec. 1715.
him appoint officers over the Iand,|~———C—s~CS~S
and take up the fifth part of the
land of Egypt in the seven pien-
teous years.
35 And let them gather ail the
food of those good years that come,
and lay up corn under the hand of
Pharaoh, and Jet them keep food in
the cities.
36 And that food shall be for store
to the land against the seven years
of famine, which shall be in the
land of Egypt; that the land perish
not through the famine.
37 And' the thing was good in the
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes
of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his
servants, Can we find such a one
as this js, a man in whom the
Spirit of God is?
39. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed
thee all this, there is none so dis-
creet and wise as thou. art:
40° Thou shalt be ¢over my house,
and according unto thy word shall
all my people be ruled: only im the
throne wili I be greater than thou.
41 And’ Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
See, I have set thee over all the
land of Egypt.
42 . And Pharaoh took off his ring
from his hand, and put it upon Jo-
seph’s hand, and arrayed him in
vestures of fine linen, and put a
gold chain about his neck; s
43 And he made him to ride in
the second. chariot which he. had;
and they cried before him, Bow
the knee: and he made him ruler
over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
I am Pharaoh, and without thee
shall no man lift up his hand or
foot in all the land of Egypt.
Joseph, rejected by his brethren,
receives a Gentile bride.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s
name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he
gave him to wife 4Asenath the
daughter of Poti-pherah priest of
On. And Joseph went out over all
the land’ of Egypt. .
46 And Joseph was thirty years
old when he stood before Pharaoh
king of Egypt. And Joseph went
out from the presence of Pharaoh,
a Isa.11.10;
Rev.11.15;
15.24.
b Coptic, re-
vealer of
secret
things:
ci.e. forget-
ting:
d i.e. fruitful.
1 Asenath, the Gentile bride
type of the Church, called out
the time of His rejection by His brethren,
Gen. 37. 2, note. ™
and went throughout all the land
of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous
years the earth brought forth by
handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the
food of the seven years, which were
in the land of Egypt, and laid up
the food in the cities: the food of
the field, which was round about
every city, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as
the sand of the sea, very much,
until he left numbering; for 1t was
without number
50 And unto Joseph were born
two sons before the years of famine
came, which Asenath the daughter
of Poti-pherah priest of On bare
unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of
the firstborn ‘<Manasseh: For God,
said he, hath made me forget all
my toil, and all my father’s house.
52 And the name of the second
called he ¢Ephraim: For God hath
caused me to be fruitful in the land
of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plente-
ousness, that was in the land) of
Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth
began to come, according as Joseph
had said: and the dearth was in
all lands; but in all the land of
Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt
was famished, the people cried to
Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh
said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto
Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all
the face of the earth: And Joseph
opened all the storehouses, and sold
unto the Egyptians; and the fam-
ine waxed sore in the land of
Egypt.
57 And all countries came into
\Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;
because that the famine was so
jsore in all lands.
CHAPTER 42.
Joseph, rejected by his brethren,
preserves them (cf. Ezk, 11. 16).
RNC when Jacob saw that there
was corn in Egypt, Jacob said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one
upon another?
espoused by Joseph the rejected one (John 19. 15),
from the Gentiles to be the bride of Christ during
Israel (Acts 15. 14; Eph. 5. 31,32). See
'9 And Joseph remembered the
_ life of Pharaoh
2 And he said, Behold, I have|_
heard that there is corn in Egypt:
get you down thither, and buy for
us from thence; that we may live,
and not die.
3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went
down to buy corn in Egypt. _
4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother,
Jacob sent not with his brethren;
for he said, Lest peradventure mis-
chief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to
buy corn among those that came:
for the “famine was in the land of
Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor
over the land, and he it was that
sold to all the people of the land:
and Joseph’s brethren came, and
bbowed down themselves before him
with their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren,
and he knew them, but made him-
self “strange unto them, and spake
Toughly unto them; and he said
unto them, Whence come ye? And
they said, From the land of Canaan
to buy food.
& And Joseph knew his brethren,
but they knew not him. a Gen.12.10,
note.
dreams which he dreamed of them, |® Cf-Gen.37.8.
and said unto them, Ye are spies;). crGena4s.
to see the nakedness of the land ye] 1-2; Mt.23.
are come. 37-39.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, d Psa.19.9,
my lord, but to buy food are thy] note.
servants come.
11 We are all one man’s sons; we
are true men, thy servants are no
spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay,
but to see the nakedness of the i
land ye are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants
are twelve brethren, the sons of one
man in the land of Canaan; and,
behold, the youngest is this day
with our father, and one fs not.
14 And Joseph said unto them,
That is it that I spake unto you,
saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By
the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go
forth hence, except your youngest
brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and Jet him
fetch your brother, and ye shall be
kept in prison, that your words
may be proved, whether there be
any truth in you: or else by the
: surely ye are
spies.
17 And he put them all together
into ward three days.
GENESIS.
B.C. 1707.
[42 33
18 And Joseph said unto them the
third day, This do, and live; for I
¢fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of
your brethren be bound in the house
of your prison: go ye, carry corn
for the famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest
brother unto me; so shail your
words be verified, and ye shall not
die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another,
We are verily guilty concerning
our brother, in that we saw the
anguish of his soul, when he be-
sought us, and we would not hear;
therefore is this distress come
upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them,
saying, Spake I not unto you, say-
ing, Do not sin against the child;
and ye would not hear? therefore,
behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph
understood them, for he spake
unto them by an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself about
from them, and wept; and returned
to them again, and communed with
them, and took from them Simeon,
and bound hirn before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to
fill their sacks with corn, and to
restore every man’s money into his
sack, and to give them provision
for the way: and thus did he unto
them.
26 And they laded their asses
with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his
sack to give his ass provender in
the inn, he espied his money; for,
behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
28 And he said unto his brethren,
My: money is restored; and, lo, it is
even in my sack: and their heart
failed them, and they were afraid,
saying one to another, What is
this that God hath done unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob
their father unto the land of Ca-
naan, and told him all that befell
unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of
the land, spake roughly to us, and
took us for spies of the country.
31 And we said unto him, We are
true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons
of our father; one is not, and the
youngest rs this day with our father
in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the
country, said unto us, Hereby shall
i know that ye are true men; leave
“ih ¥ rs | bodied - ° a v Se aaa lit Pee Y
GENESIS. [43 20
tainly know that he would say,
Bring your brother down?
8 And Judah said unto Israel his
father, Send the lad with me, and
we will arise and go; that we may
live, and not die, both we, and
thou, and also our little ones.
9 I will be ¢surety for him; of my
hand shalt thou require him: if I
bring him not unto thee, and set
him before thee, then let me bear
the blame for ever:
10 For except we had lingered,
surely now we had returned this
second time.
11 And their father Israel said
unto them, If 7t must be so now, do
this; take of the best fruits in the
land in your vessels, and carry
down the man a present, a little
ebalm, and a little honey, spices,
and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
‘one of your brethren here with me,
and take food for the famine of
your households, and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest
brother unto me: then shall I know
that ye are no spies, but that ye
are true men: so will I deliver you
your brother, and ye shall traffick
in the land.
35 And it came to pass as they
emptied their sacks, that, behold,
every man’s bundle of money was!
in his sack: and when both they
and their father saw the bundles of
money, they were afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said
unto them, Me have ye bereaved of
my children: Joseph is not, and
Simeon is not, and ye will take
Benjamin away: all these things
are against me. }
37 And Reuben spake unto his)
father, saying, Slay my two sons, 12 And take double money in
if I bring him not to thee: deliver your hand; and the money that
him into my hand, and I will bring was brought fagain in the mouth
him to thee again. of your sacks, carry sf again in
38 And he said, My son shall not], prep. sheor, [your hand; peradventure it was an
go down with you; for his brother] See Hab.2.5, |oversight:
B.C. 1707.
is dead, and he is left alone: if mis-| note. 13 Take also your brother, and
chief befall him by the way in the], .. Gena. ‘[atise, go again unto the man:
which ye go, then shall ye bring] 10, note. 14 And God Almighty give you
down my gray hairs with sorrow mercy before the man, that he may
to the ¢grave. ¢ Gen.44.23. |cend away your other brother, and
dGen.44.32. |Benjamin. IfI be bereaved of my
CHAPTER 43. Rcotz een children, I am bereaved.
15 And the men took that present,
t, N D the “famine was sore in the] ¢ Gen.42.25. eae be meee sl ee money i
and. their hand, an enjamin; an
ee ore tre |... [pd sibel beleeelgasend Gee. ae
had brought out of Egypt, their 16 And when Joseph saw Ben-
father said unto them, Go again, jamin with them, he said to the
buy us a little food. ruler of ne pee ae ane font
3 And Judah spake unto him, say- home, and slay, and make ready;
ng, The man did solemnly protest for these men shall dine with me
unto us, saying, Ye shall not ‘see at noon. 2
my face, except your brother be} 17 And the man did as Joseph
with you. ‘ bade; oe ae oo brought the
4 If thou wilt send our brother men into Joseph’s house.
with us, we will go down and buy 18 And the men were 4£afraid,
thee food: because they were brought into
5 But if thou a can eke him, ded a cone and Eade said,
we will not go down: for the man ecause O e money that was
said unto us, Ye shall not see my returned in our sacks at the first
face, except your brother be with time a we brought in; that ne
you. may seek occasion against us, an
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt fall upon us, and take us for bond-
ye so ill with me, as to tell the man men, and our asses.
whether ye had yet a brother? 19 And they came near to the
7 And they said, The man asked steward of Joseph’s house, and
us straitly of our state, and of our they communed with him at the
kindred, saying, Is your father yet door of the house, b
alive? have ye another brother? 20 And said, O sir, we came in-
and we told him according to the deed down at the first time to buy
tenor of these words: could we cer- food:
; 61
u,
i)
43 21] GENESIS. [448
B.c. 1707. |and for the Egyptians, which did
eat with him, by themselves: be-
cause the Egyptians might not eat
bread with the Hebrews; for that
is an abomination unto the Egyp-
tians. :
| 33 And they sat before him, the
firstborn according to his birth-
jtight, and the youngest according
to his youth: and the men mar-
ivelled one at another. ‘
34 And he took and sent messes
unto them from before him: ‘but
Benjamin’s mess was five times so
much as any of their’s, And they
drank, and were merry with him.
21 And it came to pass, when we
came to the inn, that we opened
our sacks, and, behold, every man’s
money was in the mouth of his
sack, our money in full weight: and
we have brought it again in our
hand.
food: we cannot tell who put our
money in our sacks.
23 And he said, Peace be to you,
fear not: your God, and the God
of your father, hath given you
treasure in your sacks: I had your
money. And he brought Simeon
out unto them.
24 And the man brought the men
into Joseph’s house, and gave them
water, and they washed their feet;
and he gave their asses provender.
25 And they made ready the pres-
ent against Joseph came at noon:
for they heard that they should eat
bread there.
26 And when Joseph came home,
they brought him the present which
was in their hand into the house,
and bowed themselves to him to
the earth.
CHAPTER 44.
AND he commanded the steward
of his house, saying, Fill the
men’s sacks with food, as much as
they can carry, and put every man’s
Money in his sack’s mouth.
| 2 And put my cup, the silver cup,
|in the sack’s mouth of the youngest,
and his corn money. And he did
according to the word that Joseph
had spoken.
3 As soon as the morning was
light, the men were sent away, they
and their asses.
4 And when they were gone out
of the city, and not yet far off,
Joseph said unto his steward, Up,
follow after the men; and when
thou dost overtake them, say unto
them, Wherefore have ye rewarded.
evil for good?
5, Zs not this 7¢ in which my lord
drinketh, and whereby indeed he
divineth? ye have done evil in so
doing.
28 And they answered, Thy ser-
vant our father ys in good health,
he is yet alive. And they bowed
down their heads, and made
obeisance.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and
saw his brother Benjamin, his
his bowels did yearn upon his
brother; and he sought where to
weep; and he entered into Ais
chamber, and wept there.
31 And he washed his face, and
went out, and refrained himself,
and said, Set on bread.
32 And they set on for him by
himself, and for them by themselves,
fore saith my lord these words?
1Cf. Gen. 35. 18, note. It is important to observe that Benjamin now becomes
prominent. Joseph is peculiarly the type of Christ in His first advent, rejection,
death, resurrection, and present exaltation among the Gentiles, but unrecognized
of Israel. As the greater Benjamin, “Son of sorrow,” but also “Son of my right
hand,” He is to be revealed in power in the Kingdom (see Gen. 1. 26-28: Zech, 12. 8,
note. It is then, and not till then, that Israel is to be restored and converted (see
Deut, 30. 1-9, note). Typically Gen. 45. 1, 2 anticipates the revelation pro-
Phetically described, Ezk. 20. 33-36; Hos. 2. 14-23, at which time the Benjamin
type of Christ will be fulfilled.
&2
44.9] GENESIS. [45 3
9 With whomsoever of thy ser-| B.C. 1707. 24 And it came to pass when we
vants it be found, both let him die, came up unto thy servant my
and we also will be my lord’s father, we told him the words of my
bondmen. lord.
10 And he said, Now also let it be 25 And our father said, Go again,
according unto your words: he with and buy us a little food.
whom it is found shall be my ser- 26 And we said, We cannot go
vant; and ye shall be blameless. down: if our youngest brother be
11 Then they speedily took down with us, then will we go down: for
. every man his sack to the ground, we may not see the man’s face, ex-
and opened every man his sack. cept our youngest brother be with
?2 And hesearched, and began at
the eldest, and left at the youngest:
and the cup was found’ in Benja-
min’s sack. »
13. Then they rent their clothes,
and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city.
us.
27 And thy servant my father
said unto us, Ye know that my wife
bare me “two sons:
28 And the one went out from me,
.land I said, «Surely he is torn in
pieces; and I saw him not since:
14 And Judah and his brethren 29. And if ye take this also from
* came to Joseph’s house; for he was me, and mischief befall him, ye
yet there: and they fell ¢before him shall bring down my gray hairs
on the ground. with sorrow to the Jgrave:
15 And Joseph said unto them, 30 Now therefore when I come to
What deed is this that ye havel, q.4377 thy servant my father, and the lad
done? wot ye not that such a man <r be not with us; seeing that his life
as I can certainly divine? bGen.46.19. jis bound up in the lad’s life;
16 And Judah said, What shall) . Q...373. 31 It shall come to pass, when he
we say unto my lord?’ what shall} 424. 7" seeth that the lad is not with us,
we speak? or how shall we clear that he will die: and thy servants
ourselves? God hath found out the|? $°93%23;,_ |shall bring down the gray hairs of
iniquity of sea pan aan end aeaeat lisa hey our father with sorrow
we are my lord’s servants, both] ¢ Gem.37.33. to the Jgrave.
Bees es ese ity whos Ml sect shoot. lioertae lad watovrmy faeher, SayANw,
Ul . ab.2.5, 1e 1 » Ag,
17 And he said, God forbid that I) note. If I bring him not unto thee, then
should do so: but the man in.whose|, 1 sana; |p shall bear the blame to my father
my servant; and’ as for you, get ny 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let
you up in peace unto your father. |" #%2-14-23. |thy servant abide instead of the lad
a a path er Sit a itedtorrifed. Lede Oe se cay pore let the
m, and‘ said, my lord, let thy] . ad go up wi s brethren.
servant, I pray thee, speak a word]? ners 34 For how shall I go up to my
in my lord’s ears, and let not thine father, and the lad be not with me?
anger burn against thy servant: lest peradventure I see the evil that
for thou art even as Pharaoh. shall come on my father.
19 My lord asked his servants,
saying, Have ye a father, or ai CHAPTER 45.
oo nad we said unto my lord, We’ Joseph r eveaispasen fo his
have a father, an old man, and a brethren. F
child of his old age, a little one; pee Joseph could not refrain
and his brother is dead, and he himself before all them_that
balone is left of his mother, and his stood by him; and he cried, Cause
¢father loveth him. every man to go out from me. And
21 And thow saidst unto thy ser- there stood no man with him,
vants, Bring him. down unto me, hwhile Joseph made himself known
that I may set mine eyes upon him. unto his brethren.
22 And we said unto my. lord, 2 And he wept aloud: and’ the
The lad cannot Jeave his father: Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh
for if he should leave his father,| heard. : ;
his father would die. 3 And Joseph said unto his breth-
23 And thou saidst unto thy ser- ren, I am Joseph; doth my father
vants, Except your youngest bro- yet live? And his brethren could
ther come down with you, ye shall not answer him; for they were
see my face no more. © “troubled at his presence.
45 4}
4 And Joseph said unto his breth-
ten, Come near to me, I pray you.
And they came near. And he said,
T am Joseph your brother, whom
*ye sold into Egypt. ;
5 Now therefore be not grieved,
‘nor angry with yourselves, that ye
sold me hither: for God did send
me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years hath the
famine been in the land: and yet
there are five years, in the which
there shall neither be earing nor
harvest.
7 And God °sent me before you to
‘preserve you a posterity in the
earth, and to save your lives by a
great deliverance.
8 So now it was not you that
sent me hither, but God: and he
hath made me a father to Pha-
raoh, and lord of all his house,
and a ruler throughout all the land
of Egypt.
9 Haste ye, and go up to miy fa-
ther, and say unto him, Thus saith
thy son Joseph, God hath made me
lord of all Egypt: come down unto
me, tarry not:
10 And thou shalt dwell in the
land of ¢Goshen, and thou shalt be
near unto me, thou, and thy chil-
dren, and thy children’s children,
and thy flocks, and thy herds, and
_ all that thou hast:
11 And there will I nourish thee;
for yet there are five years of fam-
ine; lest thou, and thy household,
and ali that thou hast, come to
poverty.
12 And, behold, your eyes see,
and the eyes of my brother Benja-
min, that it is my mouth that
speaketh unto you.
13 And ye shall tell my father of
all my glory in Egypt, and of all
that ye have seen; and ye shall
haste and “bring down my father
hither.
14 And he fell upon his brother
Benjarnin’s neck, and wept: and
Benjamin wept upon his neck.
15 Moreover he kissed all his
brethren, and wept upon them:
and after that his brethren talked
with him,
Joseph’s brethren blessed and
sent to Jacob.
16 And the fame thereof was
heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying,
Joseph’s brethren are come: and it
pleased Pharaoh, well, and his ser-
vants,
GENESIS.
B.C. 1707.
a Gen.37.28.
b Gen.50.20;
Acts 2.23.
¢ Heb. to
make you
a remnant,
See Isa.1.9;
Rom.11.5,
note.
d Gen.47.6;
Ex.9.26.
e Acts 7.14
f Gen.47.6;
Deut.32.14.
g Israel (his-
tory), vs.
1-6; Ex.3.
15-17. (Gen.
12.2,3; Rom.
11.26.)
h Gen.21.33;
26.32,33,
[46 aq
17 And Pharaoh said unto _Jo-
seph, Say unto thy brethren, This
do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get
you unto the land of Canaan;
18 And take your father and your
households, and come unto me: and
I will give you the good of the land
of Egypt, and ye shall feat the fat
of the land. ;
19 Now thou art commanded, this .
do ye; take you wagons out of the
land of Egypt for your little ones,
and for your wives, and bring your
father, and come.
20 Also regard not your stuff; for
the good of all the land of Egypt js
your’s. :
21 And the children of Israel did
so: and Joseph gave them wagons,
according to the commandment of
Pharaoh, and gave them provision
for the way.
22 To all of them he gave each
man changes of raiment; but to
Benjamin he gave three hundred
Pieces of silver, and five changes
of raiment.
23 And to his father he sent after
this manner; ten asses laden with
the good things of Egypt, and ten
she asses laden with corn and bread
and meat for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brethren away,
and they departed: and he said
unto them, See that ye fall not cut
by the way.
25 And they went up out of
Egypt, and came into the land of
Canaan unto Jacob their father,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph
1s yet alive, and he is governor over
all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s
heart fainted, for he believed them
not.
27 And they told him all the
words of Joseph, which he had said
unto them: and when he saw the
wagons which Joseph had sent to
carry him, the spirit of Jacob their
father revived: ’
28 And Israel said, Jt is enough:
Joseph my son is yet alive: I wil}
go and see him before I die,
CHAPTER 46.
Jacob journeys to Egypt.
AND sIsrael tock his journey with
all that he had, and came to
WBeer-sheba, and offered sacrifices
unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in
the visions of the night, and said,
saceb, Jacob. And he said, Hers:
am I,
46 3] GENESIS. [46 28
_3 And he said, 11 am God, the} B.c. 1705. [all the souls of his sons ‘and his
God of thy father: fear not to go|” ————<CS~*sé‘ antghtterrs were thirty and three.
down into Egypt; for I will ¢there 16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion,
make of thee a great nation: and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri,
4 I will go down with thee into and Arodi, and Areli.
Egypt; and I will also surely >bring 17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah,
thee up again: and Joseph shall and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, -
put his hand upon thine eyes. and Serah their sister: and the sons
5 And Jacob rose up from Beer- of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
sheba: and the sons of Israel car- 18 These are the sons of Zilpah,
tied Jacob their father, and their whom Laban gave to Leah his
little ones, and their wives, in the daughter, and these she bare unto
wagons which Pharaoh had sent to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
carry him. : 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s
6 And they took their cattle, and wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
their goods, which they had gotten 20 And unto Joseph in the land
in the land of Canaan, and came of Egypt were born Manasseh and
into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed Ephraim, which Asenath the daugh-
with him: ter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare
7 Hissons, and his sons’ sons with unto him.
him, his daughters, and his sons’ 41 And the sons of Benjamin were
daughters, and all his seed brought}, gx 12.37; Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,
he with him into Egypt. Deut.26.5. {Gera, and Naaman, - Ehi, and
8 And these are the names of the), 20 15 46, Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and
children of Israel, which came into] ’ 59 13,25; tx, |Ard.
Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben,} 3.8. 22 These are the sons of Rachel,
Jacob’s firstborn. which were born to Jacob: all the
9 And the sons of Reuben; Ha- souls were fourteen.
noch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and 23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim,
Carmi, 24 And the sons of Naphtali;
10 And the sons of Simeon; Je- Jahzeel, arid Guni, and Jezer, and
muel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Shillem.
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the) 25 These are the sons of Bilhah,
son of a Canzanitish woman. which Laban gave unto Rachel his
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, daughter, and she bare these unto
Kohath, and Merari. Jacob: all the souls were seven.
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and 26 All the 2souls that came with
Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, Jacob into Egypt, which came out
and Zarah: but Er and Onan died of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’
in the land of Canaan. And the wives, all the souls were threescore
sons of Pharez were Hezron and and six;
Hamul. 27 And the sons of Joseph, which
13. And the sons of Issachar; Tola, were born him in Egypt, were two
and Phuvah, and Job, and Shim- souls: all the souls of the house of
ron. ; Jacob, which came into Egypt,
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Se- were threescore and ten.
red, and Elon, and Jahleel. 28 And he sent Judah before him
15 These be the sons of Leah, unto Joseph, to direct his face unto
which she bare unto Jacob in Pa- Goshen; and they came into the
dan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: land of Goshen.
1[t is important to distinguish between the directive and the permissive will of
God. In the first sense the place for the covenant family was Canaan (Gen. 26.
1-5). Gen. 46. 3 is a touching instance of the permissive will of God. Jacob’s
family, broken, and in part already in Egypt, the tenderness of Jehovah would not
forbid the aged patriarch to follow. God will take up His people and, so far as
possible, bless them, even when they are out of His best. In Israel’s choice of a king
(1 Sam. 8. 7-9); in the turning back from Kadesh (Deut. 1. 19-22); in the sending
of the spies; in the case of Balaam— illustrations of this principle are seen. It is
needless to say that God’s permissive wili never extends to things morally wrong.
The highest blessing is ever found in obedience to His directive will. b
2Cf. vy. 27. A discrepancy has been irnagined. The “‘souls that came with Jacob”
were 66. The “souls of the house of Jacob” (v. 27, i.e. the entire Jacobean family)
were 70, viz. the 66 which came with Jacob, Joseph and his two sons, already in
Egypt=69; Jacob himself = 70.‘ See Acts 7. 14, note.
65
46 29]
GENESIS.
29 And Joseph made ready his
chariot, and went up to meet Israel
his father, to Goshen, and presented
himself unto him; and he fell on
his neck, and wept on his neck a
good while. :
30 And Israel said unto Joseph,
Now 4let me die, since I have seen
thy face, because thou art yet alive.
31 And Joseph said unto his
brethren, and unto his father’s
house, I will go up, and shew Pha-
raoh, and say unto him, My breth-
ren, and my father’s house, which
were in the land of Canaan, are
come unto me;
32 And the men are shepherds,
for their trade hath been to feed
cattle; and they have brought their
flocks, and their herds, and all that
they have. \
33 And it shall come to pass, when
Pharaoh shail call you, and shall
say, What is your occupation?
34 That ye shall say, Thy ser-
vants’ trade hath been about cattle
from our youth even until now,
both we, and also our fathers: that
ye may dwell in the land of Goshen;
for every shepherd is an abomina.
tion unto the Egyptians.
CHAPTER 47,
Jacob and his descendants
exalted. .
{THEN Joseph came and told
Pharaoh, and said, My father
and my brethren, and their flocks,
and their herds, and all that they.
have, are come out of the land of|
Canaan; and, behold, they are in
the land of Goshen.
2 And he took some of his breth-
ren, even five men, and presented
them unto Pharaoh,
3 And Pharaoh said unto his
brethren, What is your occupation?
And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy
Servants are shepherds, both we,
and also our fathers.
4 They said moreover unto Pha-
taoh, For to sojourn in the land are
we come; for thy servants have no
pasture for their flocks ; for the
famine is sore in the land of Ca-
naan: now therefore, we pray thee,
let thy servants dwell in the land
of Goshen.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Jo-
seph, saying, Thy father and thy
brethren are come unto thee:
6 The land of Egypt is before
thee; in the best of the land make
thy father and brethren to dwell;
B.C. 1706.
a Lk.2.29,30.
6 LK.12.42-44.
¢ Heb.7.7.
dG
CNS
11.10; 25.7,8.
66
in the land of Goshen let them
dwell: and if thou knowest any
men of activity among them, then
make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob
his father, and set him ‘before Pha-
raoh: and Jacob ‘blessed Pharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob,
How old art thou?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh,
The days of the years of my pil-
grimage are an hundred and thirty
years: few and evil have the days
of the years of my life been, and
hhavemnot attained unto ‘the days of
the years of the life of my fathers
in the days of their pilgrimage.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father
and his brethren, and gave them_a
possession in the land of Egypt, im
the best of the land, in the land of
Rameses, as Pharaoh had -com-
manded.
12 And Joseph nourished his fa-
ther, and his brethren, and all his
father’s household, with bread, ac-
cording to their families.
13 And there was no bread in all
the land; for the famine was very
sore, so that the land of Egypt and
all the land of Canaan fainted by
reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the
money that was found in the land of
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
for the corn which they bought:
and Joseph brought the money into
Pharaoh’s house.
15. And when money failed in the
land of Egypt, and in the land of
Canaan, all the Egyptians came
unto joseph, and said, Give us
bread: for why should we die in thy
ptesence? for the money faileth.
16 And Joseph said, Give your
cattle; and I will give you for your
‘cattle, if money fail.
17 And they brought their cattle
lunto Joseph: and Joseph gave them
bread in exchange for horses, and
for the flocks, and for the cattle of
the herds, and for the asses: and
he fed them with bread for all their
cattle for that year.
18 When that year was ended,
ithey came unto him the second
year, and said unto him, We will
mot hide it from my lord, how that
jour money is spent; my lord also
hath our herds of cattle: there is
not ought left in the sight of my
lord, but our bodies, and our
lands:
that we may live, and not die, that
the land be not desolate.
20 And Joseph “bought all the
land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the
Egyptians sold every man his field,
because the famine: prevailed over
them: so the land became Pha-
taoh’s.
21 And as for the people, he re-}
moved them to cities from one end|
of the borders of Egypt even to the}
other end thereof.
22 Only the land of the priests
bought he not; for the priests had a
portion assigned them of Pha-|
raoh, and did eat their portion
which Pharaoh gave them: where-|
fore they sold not their lands.
23 Then Joseph said unto the
people, Behold, I have bought you
this day and your land for Pharaoh:|a Rev.5.5-10;
lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall} 11-15-
sow the land. :
24 And: it shall come to pass in
the increase, that ye shall give the
fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four
parts shall be your own, for seed of} c Or, days of
the field, and for your food, and for
them of your households, and for
food for your little ones.
25 And they said, Thou hast
saved our lives: let us find grace in
the sight of my lord, and we will be
Pharaoh’s servants.
26 And Joseph made it a law over
the land of Egypt unto this day,
that Pharaoh should have the fifth
part; except the land of the priests
‘only, which became not Pharaoh’s.
The last days of Jacob.
97 And Israel dwelt in the land of
Egypt, in the country of Goshen;
and they had possessions therein,
and grew, and émultiplied exceed-
ingly,
28 And Jatob lived in the land
of Egypt seventeen years: so the
twhole age of Jacob was an hun-
dred forty and seven years.
29. And the ¢time drew nigh that
Israel must die: and he called his
son, Joseph, and said unto him, If;
now I have found grace im. thy
sight, ‘put, I pray thee, thy hand
under my thigh, and deal kindly
and truly with me; bury me not, I
pray thee, in Egypt:
30 But I will ‘lie with my fathers,
and thou shalt carry me out of
7-123 12.37;
Heb.11.12.
his Life.
d Job 14.14;
John 7:8;
19.11
e Gen.24.3.4.
f Gen.50.5-13;
Heb.11.21.
67
GENESIS.
B.C. 1702.
‘And. he: sware unto him.
irael bowed himself upon the bed’s
head.
CHAPTER 48.
the years of
[48 12
Egypt, and bury me in their bury-
ingplace. And he said, I will do as
thow hast said.
31 And he said, Swear unto mez
And Is-
nasseh and Ephraim.
2: And one told Jacob, and said),
Behold, thy son Joseph cometh
unto thee: and Israel strengthened:
himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph,
God Almighty appeared unto me
at Luz in the land of Canaan, and
blessed me,
4 And said unto me, Behold, I
will make thee fruitful, and multi-
ply thee, and I will make of thee a
multitude of people; and will give
this land to thy seed after thee for
an everlasting possession.
5 And now thy two sons,, Eph-~
raim and Manasseh, which were:
born unto thee in the land of Egypt
before I came unto thee into Egypt,
are mine; as Reuben and Simeon,
they shall be mine.
6 And thy issue, which thou be-
gettest after them, shall be thine,
and shall be called after the name of
their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came:
from Padan, Rachel died by me in
the land of Canaan in the way,
when yet there was but a little way
to come unto Ephrath: and I buried
her there in the way of Ephrath;
the same is Beth-lehem.
8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons,
and said, Who are these?
9 And Joseph said unto his father,
They are my sons, whom God hath
given me in this place. And he
said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto
me, and I will bless them.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were
dim for age, so that he could, not
see. And he brought them near
unto him; and he kissed them, and
embraced them. e
11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I
had not thought to see thy face:
and, lo, God hath shewed me also
thy seed.
12 And Joseph brought them out
from between his knees, and he
bowed. himself with his face to the
earth,
yt
48 13]
13 And Joseph took them both,
Ephraim in his right hand toward
[Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in
his left hand toward Israel’s right
hand, and brought them near unto
‘him.
14 And Israel stretched out his
right hand, and laid it upon Ephra-
im’s head, who was the younger,
and his left hand upon Manasseh’s
head, guiding his hands wittingly;
for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and
said, God, before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the
God which fed me all my life long
unto this day, |
16 The ¢Angel which redeemed
me from all evil, bless the lads;
and let my name be named on
them, and the name of my fathers
Abraham and Isaac; and let them
grow into a multitude in the midst
of the earth. - ;
| 17 And when Joseph saw that his
father laid his right hand upon the
head of Ephraim, it displeased him:
and he held up his father’s hand,
to remove it from Ephraim’s head p water.
unto Manasseh’s head. (Kineman
18 And Joseph said unto his fa-|, type). Isa.
ther, Not so, my father: for this is} 59-20, note.
the firstborn; put thy right hand ¢ Vs.8,10; Rev.
upon his head. 5.5.
19 And his father refused, and
said, I know it, my son, I know it:|° S784
he also shall become a people, and| 2 Sam.7.16.
he also shall be great: but truly Se
his younger brother shall be greater ay
than he, and his seed shall become) v.15.
a multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day,
saying, In thee shall Israel bless,
saying, God make thee as Ephraim
and as Manasseh: and he set
Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And Israel said unto Joseph,
Behold, I die: but God shall be with
you, and bring you again unto the
land of your fathers.
22 Moreover I have given to thee
one portion above thy brethren,
which I took out of the hand of the
Amorite with my sword and with
my bow.
CHAPTER 49.
Jacob’s dying blessing: pro-
phetic of the tribes of Israel.
AX? Jacob called unto his sons,
and said, Gather yourselves
together, that I may tell you that
piich shall befall you in the last
ays. .
a Heb.1.4,
note.
@ Christ (first
GENESIS.
| (a0:s8
2 Gather yourselves together, and
hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken
unto Israel your father.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn,
my might, and the beginning of my
strength, the excellency of dignity,
and the excellency of power:
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt
not excel; because thou wentest
up to thy father’s bed; then de-
filedst thou it: he went up to my
couch,
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren;
instruments of cruelty are in their
habitations. K
6 O my soul, come not thou into
their secret; unto their assembly,
mine honour, be not thou united:
for in their anger they slew a man,
and in their selfwill they dizged
down a wall.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it
was fierce; and their wrath, for it
was cruel: I will divide them in
Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 ‘Judah, thou art he whom thy
brethren shall praise: thy hand
shall be in the neck of thine ene-
mies; thy father’s children shall
bow down before thee. -
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from
the prey, my son, thou art gone
up: he stooped down, he couched
as a lion, and as an old lion; who
shall rouse him up?
10 The sceptre shall not depart
from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until ¢Shiloh
come; and unto him shall the gath-
ering of the people be.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine,
and his ass’s colt unto the choice
vine; he washed his garments in
wine, and his clothes in the blood '
of grapes:
12 His eyes shall be red with
wine, and his teeth white with
milk.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the
haven of the sea; and he shall be
for an haven of ships; and his bor-
der shall be unto Zidon.
14 ¢Issachar is a strong ass couch-
ing down between two burdens:
15 And he saw that rest was
good, and the land that it was
pleasant; and bowed his shoulder
to bear, and became a servant unto
tribute.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as
one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the
way, an adder in the path, that
biteth the horse heels, so that his
rider shall fall backward.
GENESIS.
18 I_have waited for thy salva-)_ B.C. 1689.
tion, O Lorp. 5 a 6 ee
19 ¢Gad, a troop shall overcome
him: but he shall overcome at the
for a possession of a burying-
place.
31 There they buried Abraham
and Sarah his wife; there they
last. 3 buried ¢Isaac and Rebekah his wife;
20 Out of ’Asher his bread shall! . and there I buried Leah.
be fat, and he shall yield royal 32 The purchase of the field and
dainties. of the cave that is therein was from
the children of Heth.
33 And when Jacob had made an
end of commanding his sons, he
gathered up his feet into the bed,
and yielded up the ghost, and was
| gathered unto his people. °
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose:
he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough,
even a fruitful bough by a well;
whose branches run over the
wall: .
23 The archers have __ sorely
grieved him, and.shot at him, and
hated him: ;
24 But his bow abode in strength,
and the arms of his hands were
made strong by the hands of the
mighty God of Jacob; (from thence
is the shepherd, the stone of Is- and kissed him.
rael:) 2 And Joseph commanded his ser-
25 Even by the God of thy father.) , g.4.39.11 vants the physicians to ‘embalm
who shall help thee; and by the “his father: and the physicians em-
Almighty, who shall bless thee with| > Josh.19.24,26.|balmed Israel.
CHAPTER 50.
The burial of Jacob.
WD <Joseph fell upon his fa-
ther’s face, and wept upon him,
blessings of heaven above, blessings) - g...03.4 3 And forty days were fulfilled for
of the deep that lieth under, bless-| note. ” him; for so are fulfilled the days of
ings of the breasts, and of the) those which are embalmed: and the
seas Pree lich eiaits @ Gen.35.29) fore: imo for him three-
(2 essings of thy father| ¢ Gen.46.4. score and ten days.
have prevailed above the blessings 4 And when the days of his
of my progenitors unto the utmost} ¥-?6 mourning were past, Joseph spake
bound of the everlasting hills: they] g Num.20.29; |unto the house of Pharaoh, saying,
shall be on the head of Joseph, and! Deut.34.8. If now I have found grace in your
on the crown of the head of him eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears
that was separate from his breth- of Pharaoh, saying,
Ten. 5 My father made me swear, say-
27 Benjamin shall ravin as a ing, Lo, I die: in my grave which I
wolf: in the morning he shall de- have digged for me in the land of
vour the prey, and at night he shall Canaan, there shalt thou bury me.
divide the spoil. Now therefore let me go up, I pray
- 98 All these are the twelve tribes thee, and bury my father, and I
of Israel: and this is it that their will come again.
father spake unto them, and 'blessed 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and
them; every one according to his bury thy father, according as he
blessing he blessed them. made thee swear.
29 And he charged them, and 7° And Joseph went up to bury
said unto them, I am to be gathered his father: and with him went up
unto my people: bury me with my all the servants of Pharaoh, the
fathers in the cave that is, in the elders of his house, and all the
field of Ephron the Hittite, elders of the land of Egypt,
30 In the cave that is in the field 8 And all the house of Joseph,
of ‘Machpelah, which is_ before and his brethren, and his father’s
Mamre, in the land of Canaan, house: only their little ones, and
‘which Abraham bought with their flocks, and their herds, they
the field of Ephron the Hittite left in the land of Goshen.
lJacob’s life, ending in serenity and blessing, testifies to the power of God
to transform character. His spiritual progress has six notable phases: (1) the
first exercise of faith, as shown in the purchase of the birthright (Gen. 25. 28-
34; 27. 10-22); (2) the vision at Bethel (Gen. 28. 10-19); (3) walking in the flesh
(Gen. 29. 1-31. 55); (4) the transforming experience (Gen. 32. 24-31); (5) the
es) to Bethel: idols put away (Gen. 35. 1-7); (6) the walk of faith (Gen. 37. 1-
9. 33),
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50 9}
9 And there went up with him! _B.c. 1689.
both chariots and horsemen: and it
was a very great company,
10, And they came to the thresh-
ing-floor of Atad, which is beyond
Jordan, and there they mourned
with a great and very sore lamen-
tation: and he made a mourning
for his father seven days:
11 And when the inhabitants of
the land, the Canaanites, saw the
mourning in the floor of Atad, they
said, This is a grievous mourning
to the: Egyptians: wherefore the
name of it was called Abel-mizraim,
which is beyond Jordan.
12 And his sons did unto him
according as he commanded them:
13 For his sons carried him into
the land of Canaan, and “buried
him in the cave of the field of
Machpelah, which Abraham bought
a Gen.23.4,
note.
bi.e. to their
hearts.
¢ Faith. vs.24,
25; Ex.1.17.
with the field for a possession of a eis
buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite,
before Mamre. a
14 And Joseph returned into| J0sh-2437:,
Egypt, he, and his brethren, and| Heb.11.22.
all that went up with him to bury|- =a
his father, after he had buried his] $°3.17,8,.
father. 35.18; Deut.
The fear of Joseph’s brethren. paroe ne
15 And when Joseph’s brethren
saw that their father was dead, they
said, Joseph will peradventure
hate us, and will certainly requite
bn all the evil’ which we did unto
im,
16 And they sent a messenger
unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did
command before he died, saying,
17 So shall ye say unto Joseph,
Forgive, I pray thee now, the tres-
pass of thy brethren, and their sin;
for they did unto. thee evil: and
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GENESIS.
(50.26
now, we pray thee, forgive the tres-
pass of the servants of the God of
thy father. And Joseph wept when
they spake unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and
fell down before his face; and they
said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them,
Fear not: for am I in the place of
God?
20 But as for you, ye thought evil
against me; but God meant it
unto good, to bring to pass, as it
is this day, to save much people
alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I
will nourish you, and your little
ones. And he comforted them, and
spake kindly unto them.
The last days and death of
Joseph.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt,
he, and his father’s house: and Jo-
seph lived an hundred and ten
i6; | years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s
children of the third generation:
the children also of Machir the son
of Manasseh were brought up upon
Joseph’s knees.
24 And Joseph ‘said unto his
brethren, I die: and God will surely
visit you, and bring you out of
this land unto the land which he
sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob.
25 And Joseph took an doath of
the children of Israel, saying, God
will surely visit you, and ye shall
carry up my bones from hence.
26 So Joseph died, being an hun-
dred and ten years old: and they
embalmed him, and he was put in
!a coffin in Egypt.
THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES
CALLED
EXODUS.
Exobus, “going out,” records the redemption out of Egyptian bondage of the de-
scendants of Abraham, and sets forth, in type, all redemption. It is therefore
peculiarly the book of redemption. But as all redemption is unto a relationship
with God of which worship, fellowship, and service are expressions, so Exodus, in
the giving of the law and the provisions of sacrifice and priesthood, becomes not
only the book of redemption, but also, in type, of:the conditions upon which all re-
lationships with God exist.
Broadly, the book. teaches. that redemption is essential to any relationship with
a holy God; and that even a redeemed people cannot have fellowship with Him
unless constantly cleansed. from defilement.
In Exodus, God, hitherto connected with the Israelitish people only through His
covenant with Abraham, brings them to Himself nationally through redemption,
puts them under the Mosaic Covenant, and dwells, among them in the cloud of
glory. Galatians explains the relation of the law to the Abrahamic Covenant. In
the Commandments God taught Israel His just demands. Experience under the
Commandments convicted: Israel of sin; and the provision of priesthood and sacri-
fice (filled with precious types of Christ) gave a guilty peoplea way of forgiveness,
cleansing, restoration to fellowship, and worship.
ry [118
Exodus falls into three chief divisions: I. Israel in Egypt (1.-15.).
III. Israel at Sinai (19.-40.).
Red Sea to Sinai (16.-18.).
II, From the
The events recorded in Exodus cover a period of 216 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1.
Israel in Egypt.
TOW these are the names of the
children of Israel, which came)
into Egypt; every man and’ his
household came with Jacob.
2 Reuben,Simeon,Levi,andJudah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benja-
min,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher.
5 And all the souls that came out
of the loins of Jacob were seventy.
souls: for Joseph. was in Egypt|
already, ’
6 And Joseph died, and all his ae fea
brethren, and ail that generation. j
The Egyptian bondage
7 And the children of Israel were
fruitful, and increased abundantly,
and multiplied, and waxed exceed-
ing mighty; and the land was filled
with them. ;
8 Now there arose up a new king
over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9 And he said unto his people,
Behold, the people of the children
of Israel are more and mightier
than we:
10 Come on, let us deal wiscly
with them; lest they multiply, and
it come to. pass, that, when there
falleth out any war, they join also
unto our enemies, and fight against! .
6 Faith. Ex.
2.1-3. (Gen.
3.20; Heb
11.39.)
71
B.C. 1706.
Af and so get them up out of the
land.
11 Therefore they did set over
them taskmasters to afflict them
with their burdens. And they built
for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom
and Raamses.
12 But the more they afflicted
them, the more they multiplied and’
grew. And they were grieved be-
cause of the children of Israel.
13 And the Egyptians made the
children of Israel to serve with
rigour:
14 And they made their lives bit-
ter with hard bondage, in morter.
and in brick, and in all manner of
service in the field: all their ser-
vice, wherein they made them
serve, was with rigour.
15 And the king of Egypt spake
to the Hebrew midwives, of which
the name of the one was Shiphrah,
and the name of the other Puah:
16 And he said, When ye do the
office of a midwife to the Hebrew
women, and see them upon the
stools; if it be.a son, then ye shall
kill him: but if it be a daughter,
then she shall live.
17 But the midwives *feared God,
and did not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved’ the
men children alive.
18 And the king of Egypt called
for the midwives, and said unto
119]
. them, Why have ye done this thing,
and have saved the men children
alive?
19 And the midwives said unto
Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew wo-
men are not as the Egyptian
women; for they are lively, and
are delivered ere the midwives
come in unto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well
with the midwives: and the peo-
ple multiplied, and waxed very
mighty.
21 And it came to pass, because
the midwives feared God, that he
made them houses.
22 And Pharaoh -charged all his
people, saying, Every son that is
born ye shall cast into the river,
AN every daughter ye shall save
alive.
CHAPTER 2.
The preparation of the deliverer
(Ex. 2. 1-4. 28). The birth of
‘ Moses.
EXODUS. [2 a
7 Then said his sister to Pha-
raoh’s daughter, Shail I go and call
to thee a nurse of the Hebrew
women, that she may nurse the
child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to
her, Go. And the maid went and
called the child’s mother.
Q And Pharaoh’s daughter said
unto her, Take this_child away, and
nurse it for me, and I will give thee
thy wages. And the woman took ©
the child, and nursed it.
10 And the child grew, and she
brought him unto Pharaoh’s daugh-
ter, and he became her son. And
she called his name ‘Moses: and
she said, “Because I drew him out
of the water.
Moses identifies himself with
Israel.
1i And it came to pass in those
days, when Moses was grown, that
he went out unto his brethren, and
looked on their burdens: and he
spied an Egyptian smiting an He-
28; Heb.11.
23.
ND there went a man of the brew, one of his brethren.
house of Levi, and took to 12 And he looked this way and
wife a daughter of Levi. cHeb.Mo- {that way, and when he saw that
2 And the woman conceived, and| °°: there was no man, he slew the
bare a 'son: and when she saw him|¢dHeb. ma- |Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
that he was a goodly child, ¢she| shah, to 13: And when he went out the
thid him three months. draw out. —_ {second day, behold, two men of the
3 And when she could not longer
hide him, she took for him an ark
of bulrushes, and daubed it with
slime and with pitch, and put the
child therein; and she laid i¢ in the
flags by the river’s brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to
wit what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh
came down to wash herself at the
Tiver; and her maidens walked along
by the river’s side; and when she
saw the ark among the flags, she
sent her maid to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it,
she saw the child: and, behold, the
babe wept. And she had compas-
sion on him, and said, This is one
of the Hebrews’ children.
Hebrews strove together: and he
said to him that did the wrong,
Wherefore smitest thou thy fei-
low? ;
14 And he said, Who made thee
a prince and a judge over us? in-
tendest thou to kill me, as thou
killedst the Egyptian? And Moses
feared, and said, Surely this thing
is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this
thing, he sought to slay Moses.
But Moses fled from the face of
Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of
Midian: and he sat down by a
well,
16 Now the priest of Midian had
seven daughters: and they came
and drew water, and filled the
1 Moses, type of Christ the Deliverer (Isa. 61. 1; Lk. 4. 18; 2 Cor. 1. 10; 1 Thes.
1,10): (1) A divinely chosen deliverer (Ex. 3. 7-10; Acts 7. 25; John 3. 16), (2) Re-
jected by Israel he turns to the Gentiles (Ex. 2. 11-15; Acts 7. 25; 18. 5, 6; 28.
17-28). (3) During his rejéction he gains a Gentile bride (Ex, 2. 16-243 Mt. 12)
14-21; 2 Cor. 11. 2; Eph. 5. 30-32).
(4) Afterward he again appears as Israel’s
deliverer, and is accepted (Ex. 4. 29-31; Rom. 11. 24-26; Acts 15. 14-17). (5) Officially,
Moses typifies Christ as Prophet (Acts 3. 22, 23), Advocate (Ex. 32. 31-35; 1 John
2. 1, 2), Intercessor (Ex. 17. 1-6; Heb. 7. 25), and Leader, or King (Deut. 33. 4, 5;
Tsa. 55. 4; Heb. 2. 10);
with Christ. Moses was fait
over His own house (Heb, 3. 5, 6).
while, in relation to the house of God, he is in contrast
hful as a servant over another’s house; Christ as a Son
troughs to water their father’s
ock.
17 And the shepherds came and
drove them away: but Moses stood
up and helped them, and watered
their flock.
18 And when they came to ¢Reuel
their father, he said, How is 1t that
ye are come so soon to day?
19 And they said, An Egyptian
delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds, and also drew water
enough for us, and watered the
flock.
20 And he said unto his daugh-
ters, And where is he? why is it
that ye have left the man? call
him, that he may eat bread.
Moses, rejected by his brethren,
takes a Gentile bride. (Cf.
Acts 18. 5, 6; Eph. 5. 30-32.)
21 And Moses was content toja Called Ra-
dwell with the man: and he gave eel: Num.
Moses Zipporah his daughter. ba
22 And she bare Aim a son, and|b Kingdom
he called his name Gershom: for he
said, I have been a stranger in a
strange land.
23 And it came to pass in process
of time, that the king of Egypt died:
and the children of Israel sighed by
reason of the bondage, and they|? ee
cried, and their cry came up unto} Acts 7.32:
God by reason of the bondage.
24 And God heard their groaning,
and God remembeied his covenant
with Abrahain, with Isaac, and with| (Gen.1.1;
Jacob. Mal.3.18.)
25 And God locked upon the chil-) ¢ rsraef (his-
10; Ex.19.9.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.i2.8.)
c Heb.14,
note,
e Deity
Ex.34.6,7.
dren of Israel, aud God had respect tory). veds-
unto them. 13) (Gen.12.
‘ 2,3; Rom.11,
CHAPTER 3. 26.)
“The call of Moses: the burning
bush.
Now Moses kept the flock of
Jethro his father in law, the
priest of Midian: and he ied the
flock to the backside of the desert,
and came to thé mountain of God,
even to Horeb.
. 2 And the ‘angel of the LORD ap-
* peared unto him in a flame of fire
out of the midst of a bush: and he
looked, and, behold, the bush
burned with fire, and the bush was
not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn}.
aside, and see this great sight, why
the bush is not burnt,
4 And when the Lorp saw that
he turned aside to see, God called
unto him out of the midst of the
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B.C. 1531.
(O.T.), vs.1-
(names of).
[3 15
|
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And
he said, Here am I. |
5 And he said, Draw not nigh
hither: put off thy shoes from off
thy feet, for the place whereon thou
standest rs holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the God
of thy father, ¢the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. And Moses hid his face: for
he was afraid to look upon God.
“97 And the Lorp said, I have’
surely seen the affliction of my peo-
ple which are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry by reason of their
taskmasters; for I know their sor-,
rows;
8 And I am come down to deliver
them out of the hand of the Egyp-
tians, and to bring them up out of,
that land unte a good land and a
large, unto a land flowing with milk
and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, anc
the Amorites, and the Perizzites,'
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry
of the children of Israel is come,
unto me: and I have also seen the
tians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and f
will send thee unto Pharaoh, that
thou meyest bring forth my people
ee wherewith .the Egyp-
\the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto God, Who
am J, that = should go unto Phae
raoh, and that T should bring forth
the children of {srae) out of Egypt?
be with thee; and this
pe with th thee, that fF nave sent
thee: When thou hast brought
forth the people out of wgypt, ye
shall serve God upon this mountain.
The revelation of fhe name
Jehovah.
13 And Moses said unto God, Be-
hold, when I come unto the chil-
dren of Israel, and shall say unto
them, The God of your fathers hath
sent me unto you; and they shall
ne
Ba fe el Seat oa P
say to me, What is his name? what, )
shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, | >
M THAT
us $ha
dren of Israei, 1 AM hath sent me \—
NLS
unto you.
The commission of Moses.
15 And God said moreover unto
Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of ‘Israel, The Lorp God,
AM: and he said,” A\ al
ou say unto the chil-| 7)
3 16] EXODUS. [ore
of your fathers, the God of Abra-|_B.c. 1491. | 2 And the Lorp said unto him,
ham, the God of Isaac, and the God What is that in thine "hand? And
of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: the said, A “rod. ‘
this 1s my name for ever, and this is 3 And he said, Cast it on the
my memorial unto all generations. ground. And he cast it on the
16 Go, and gather the elders of ground, and it ¢became a serpent;
Israel together, and say unto them, and Moses fled from before it.
The Lorp God of your fathers, the 4 And the LorD said unto Moses,
God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Put forth thine hand, and take it
Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I ‘by the tail. And he put forth his
have surely visited you, and seen hand, and caught it, and it became
that which is done to you in Egypt: a rod in his hand:
17 And I have said, I will bring 5 That they may believe that the
you up out of the affliction of Egypt LorpD God of their fathers, the God
unto the land of the Canaanites, of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
and the Hittites, and the Amorites, the God of Jacob, hath appeared
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,|,1 ask. unto thee.
and the Jebusites, unto a land flow- 6 And the Lorp said furthermore
ing with milk and honey. 5 The useof junto him, !Put now thine hand into
18 And they shall hearken to thy bec op thy bosom, And he put his hand
voice: and thou shalt come, thou] 1ki.17.~ ’ |into his bosom: and when he took
and the elders of Israel, unto the 516 doh jit out, behold, his hand was leprous
king of ot dines d ve. het a 12531 —«(|aS Snow.
unto him, € RD God o eo ; 7 And he said, Put thine hand
Hebrews hath met with us: and|¢Sien ofthe into thy bosom again. And he put
now let us go, we beseech thee, eon his hand into his bosom again; and
three aed journey into the wilder- 2.9; Rev.2: plucked it out of his bosom, and,
pee Nake : : ‘
eae et rete sacrifice to the Mos ce Shep: apes turned again as his
19 And I am sure that the king of the tool of '| 8 And it shall come to pass, if
Egypt will not let you go, no, not| his calling. jthey will not believe thee, neither
by a mighty hand. Fest down, itihearken to the voice of the first
20 And I will stretch out my| serpent; _ |sign, that they will believe the
hand, and smite Egypt with all my} taken upin lyoice of the latter sign.
wonders which I will do in the midst] fh, it be” | 9 And it shall come to pass, if
thereof: and after that he will let] Soa or Goa” they will not believe also these two
you go. [ f ; een Cf. signs, neither hearken unto thy
21 And I will give this people| a voice, that thou shalt take of the
favour in the sight of the Egyp- water of the river, and pour it upon
tians: and it shall come to pass,)¢ Miracies _ |the dry Jand: and the water which
that, when ye go, ye shall | not go Snes nae thou takest out of the river shall
empty: 10-12 (Gen. |/become blood upon the dry Jand.
22 But every woman shall ¢bor-} ‘5.24; Jon.2. ’ is .
tow of her neighbour, and of her| 12-10) Moses’ two objections: (2) his
that sojourneth in her house, jewels lack of eloquence.
of silver, and jewels of gold, and rai-
ment; and ye shall put them upon
your sons, and upon your daughters;
and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
CHAPTER 4.
Moses’ two objections: (1) the
unbelief of the people.
AND Moses answered and said,
«4 But, behold, they will not be-
lieve me, nor hearken unto my
voice: for they will say, The LoRpD
hath not appeared unto thee.
our capacity taken up for God; (2) the hand that holds the rod of God’
must be a cleansed hand swayed by a new heart (Isa. 52. 11). of God’s power
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p Ui EXODUS. [5 1-
13 And he said, O my Lord, send,|_B.c. 1491._|raoh, Thus saith the Lorp, Israel
I pray thee, by the hand of him aS My son, even my firstborn:
whom thou wilt send. 23 And I say unto thee, Let my
ae : son go, that he may serve me: and
Aaron jomed with Moses. if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I
i4<And the anger of the LORD iwill slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
was kindled against Moses, and he 24 And it came to pass by the
said, Js not ¢Aaron !the Levite thy way in the inn, that the LorD met
brother? I know that he can speak him, and sought to Skill him.
well. And-also, behold, he cometh 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp
forth to meet thee: and when he stone, and cut off the foreskin of
seeth ; : : her son, and cast rt at his feet, and
heart. gee ieee: berwlad. as Bis oat poene gk a bloody husband art
15 And thou shalt s ou to me.
him, and put words in aes ake 26 Sohe let him go: then she said,
and I will be with thy mouth, and A bloody husband thou art, be-
with his mouth, and will teach you! cause of the circumcision.
what ye shall do. 27 And the LorD said to Aaron,
16 And he shall be thy spokesman Go into the wilderness to meet
unto the people: and he shall be, Moses. And he went, and met him
even he ASRS Seahee tictead of 0 CfEx.32-21- Jin the mount of God, and kissed him.
a mouth, and thou shalt be to him|? /nsetation 28 And Moses told Aaron all the
instead of God. se words of the Lorp who had ‘sent
47 And thou shalt take this tod in| (x41, him, and all'the ‘signs ‘which ‘he had
thine hand, wherewith thou shalt| Rev-2?4%) commanded him.
desis. ee tee, ben aso! ¢ C£Ex.5.1. Deieranee anngunieed to the
to Jethro his father in law, and said|¢ CfE*4 ke I es
unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, i reese And Moses and Aaron went
and return unto my brethren which| and Aaron and gathered together all the elders
are in Egypt, and see whether they shrank from of the children of Israel:
be yet alive. And Jethro said to Selucnae 30 And Aaron spake all the words
Moses, Go in peace. ieee which the LorD had spoken unto
the firstborn. |Moses, and did the signs in the
The return of Moses to Egypt. sight of the people.
; 31 And the people believed: and
_19 And the LorD said unto Moses when they heard that the LORD
in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: had visited the children of Israel,
for all the men are dead which and that he had looked upon their
sought thy life. ely? affliction, then they bowed their
20 And Moses took his wife and heads and worshipped.
his sons, and set them upon an ass,
and he returned to the land of CHAPTER 5.
4 athe “gh vitae took the rod of The contest with Pharaoh: the
91 And the Lord ssc saito Wio- first demand; the increased
ses, When thou goest to return into burdens.
Egypt, see that thou do all those ND afterward Moses and Aaron
wonders before Pharaoh, which I went in, and told Pharaoh,
have put in thine hand: but I will Thus saith the LorD God of Israel,
2harden his heart, that he shall not éLet my people go, that they may
let the people go. hold a feast unto me in the wilder-
22 And thou shalt ‘say unto Pha- ness.
1 Cf, Ex. 28. 1, note. j
2Cf. Ex. 8. 15, 32; 9.34. In the face of the righteous demand of Jehovah and
of the tremendous attestations by miracle that He was indeed God, and that Moses
and Aaron were His representatives, Pharaoh “hardened his heart.” Instrumen-
tally God hardened Pharaoh’s heart_by forcing him to an issue against which he
hardened his own heart in refusal. Light rejected, rightful obedience refused, in-
evitably hardens conscience and heart. See Rom. 9, 17-24.
3iCf. Gen. 17. 14. The context ue 25) interprets v. 24. Moses was forgetful
of the very foundation sign of Israel’s covenant relation to Jehovah. On the eve
of delivering Israel he was thus reminded that without circumcision an Israelite
was cut off from the covenant. See Josh. 5. 3-9.
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5 2]
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the
Lorp, that I should obey his voice
to let Israel go? I know not the
fall upon us with pestilence, or
with the sword. i
4 And the king of Egypt said un-
to them, Wherefore do ye, Moses
and Aaron, let the people from their
works? get you unto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the
people of the land now are many,
and ye make them rest from their
burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the
same day the taskmasters of the
people, and their officers, saying,
Ye shall no more give the peo-
ple straw to make brick, as hereto-
fore: let them go and gather straw
for themselves.
8 And the tale of the bricks,
which they did make heretofore, vel , cr nge.a9
shall lay upon them; ye shall not] 3840. By
diminish ought thereof: for they| death and
be idle; therefore they cry, saying,} Tramacction
Let us go and sacrifice to our God.} have his peo-
9 Let there more work be laid| ple sepa-
upon the men, that they may labour evoerba
therein; and let them not regard] wood (Rom.
vain-words. §.1-11; Gal.
10 And the taskmasters of the] °;14,19; Heb.
people went out, and their officers, kak
and they spake to the people, say-
ing, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not
give you straw.
11 Go ye, get you straw where ye
can find it: yet not ought of your
work shall be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered
abroad throughout all the land of,
Egypt to gather stubble instead of|
straw.
13 And the taskmasters hasted
them, saying, Fulfil your works,
your daily tasks, as when there
was straw. : ; 1
14_ And the officers of the children
of Israel, which Pharaoh’s task-
masters had set over -them, were
beaten, and demanded, Wherefore
have ye not fulfilled your task in
making brick both yesterday and
to day, as heretofore?
15 Then the officers of the chil-
dren of Israel came and cried unto
Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest
thou thus with thy servants?
16 There is no straw given unto
thy servants, and they say to us,
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EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
Make brick: and, behold, fhy ser-
vants are beaten; but the fault is
in thine own people. t
17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye
lare idle: therefore ye say, Let us go
and do sacrifice to the LORD.
18 Go therefore now, and work:
for there shall no straw be given
you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of
bricks. F
19 And the officers of the children
of Israel did see that they were in
evil case, after it was said, Ye shall
not minish ought from your bricks
of your daily task.
20 And they met Moses and Aa-
ron, who stood in the way, as they
came forth from Pharaoh:
21 And they said unto them, The
Lorp look upon you, and judge;
because ye have made our savour to
be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh,
and in the eyes of his servants, to
put a sword in their hand to slay
us.
22 And Moses returned unto the
Lorp, and said, Lord, wherefore
hast thou so evil entreated this
people? why is it that thou hast
sent me?
23 For since I carne to Pharaoh to
speak in thy name, he hath done
evil to this people; neither hast
thou delivered thy people at all.
iy
CHAPTER 6.
The answer of Jehovah to
Moses’ first prayer.
‘THEN the LorD said unto Mo-
ses, Now shalt thou see what I
will do to Pharaoh: for with a
strong hand shall he let them go,
and with a strong hand shall he
drive them out of his land.
2 And God spake unto Moses, and
[said unto him, I am the Lorp:
3 And I appeared unto Abraham,
{unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the
\name of God Almighty, but by my
name JEHOVAH was I not known
to them.
4 And I have also established my
covenant with them, to givethem
the land of Canaan, the land of @
their pilesjmage, wherein they were
iStranger f
| 5° And .I have also heard the
iSroaning of the children of Israel,
whom the Egyptians keep in bond-
age; and I have remembered my
covenant,
6 Wherefore say unto the children
of Israel, I am the Lorp, and I will
bring you out from under the bur-
dens of the Egyptians. and I will
rid you out of their bondage, and I
will ‘redeem you with a stretched
out arm, and with great judg-
ments: ’
7 And I will take you to me fora
people, and I will be to you a God:
and ye shall know that I am the
LorpD your God, which bringeth
you out from under the burdens of
the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you in unto the
land, concerning the which I did
¢swear to give it to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give
it you for an heritage: I am the
LorbD.
9 And Moses spake so unto the
children of Israel: but they heark-
ened not unto Moses for anguish of
spirit, and for cruel bondage.
10 And the Lorp spake unto
Moses, saying,
11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt, that he let the chil-
dren of Israel go out of his land.
12 And Moses spake before the
LorD, saying, Behold, the children
of Israel have not hearkened unto
me: how then shall Pharaoh hear
me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
13 And the Lorp spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, and gave
them a ¢charge unto the children of
Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt, to bring the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt.
The families of Israel.
14 These be the heads of their
fathers’ houses: The sons of Reu-
ben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch,
and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi:
these be the families of Reuben.
15 And the sons of Simeon; Je-
muel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the
son of a Canaanitish woman: these
are the families of Simeon.
16 And these are the names of the
sons of Levi according to their gen-
erations; Gershon, and Kohath, and
Merari: and the years of the life of
Levi were an hundred thirty and
seven years,
17 The sons of Gershon; Libni,
ae Shimi, according to their fam-
ies
18 And the sons of Kohath; Am-
ram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel: and the years of the life of
Kohath were an hundred thirty
and three years. J
19 And the sons of Merari; Ma-
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
a Separation.
(Gen.12.1; 2
Cor.6.14-17.)
b Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
¢ v.4; Gen.
15.18; 26.3;
35.12.
d Num.27.19,
23; Deut.31.
14.
¢ Ex.5.1; 7.4.
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iis
hali and Mushi: these are the
families of Levi according to their
generations.
20 And Amram took him Joche-
bed his father’s sister to wife; and
she bare him Aaron and Moses: and
the years of the life of Amram were
an hundred and thirty and seven
years.
21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah,
and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mi-
shael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And Aaron took him Elisheba,
daughter of Amminadab, sister of
Naashon, to wife; and she bare
him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Korah; Assir,
and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these
are the families of the Korhites.
25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took
him one of the daughters of Putiel
to wife; and she bare him Phinehas:
these are the heads of the fathers
of the Levites according to their
families.
26 These are that Aaron and
Moses, to whom the Lorp said,
eBring out the children of Israel
from the land of Egypt according to
their armies.
27 These are they which spake to
Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring
out the children of Israel from
Egypt: these are that Moses and
Aaron.
The renewed commission.
28 And it came to pass on the day
when the LorD spake unto Moses
in the land of Egypt,
29 That the Lorp spake unto
Moses, saying, I am the LORD:
speak thou unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt all that I say unto thee.
30 And Moses said before the
Lorp, Behold, I am of uncircum-
cised lips, and how shall Pharaoh
hearken unto me?
CHAPTER 7.
Ne the LorD said unto Moses,
See, I have made thee a god
to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother
shall be thy prophet.
2 Thou shalt speak all that I com-
mand thee: and Aaron thy brother
shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he
send the children of Israel out of
his land.
3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s
heart, and multiply my signs anu
my’ wonders in the land of Egypt.
ol
unto you, that I may lay my hand
upon Egypt, and bring forth mine
armies, and my people the children
of Israel, out of the land of Egypt
by great judgments.
3 And the Egyptians shall know
that I am the Lorp, 4¢when I
stretch forth mine hand upon
Egypt, and bring out the children
of Israel fromeamong them.
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the
LorDcommanded them, so did they.
7 And Moses was fourscore years
old, and Aaron fourscore and three
years old, when they spake unto
Pharaoh.
~ 8 And the Lorp spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto
you, saying, Shew a miracle for you:
then thou shalt say unto Aaron,
Take thy rod, and cast it before
Pharaoh, and it shall become a
serpent.
|The contest with Pharaoh: the
fecond demand; the first mir-
- acle.
10 And Moses and Aaron went in
unto Pharaoh, and they did so as
the Lorpd had commanded: and
Aaron cast down his rod before
Pharach, and before his servants,
and it ‘became a serpent.
1f Then Pharaoh also called the
wise men and the sorcerers: now
the magicians of Egypt, they also
did in ‘like manner with their en-
chantments.
12 For they cast down every man
his rod, and they became serpents:
but Aaron’s 'rod swallowed up their
rods,
13 And he hardened Pharaoh’s
heart, that he hearkened not unto
them; as the Lorp had said.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
third demand.
/
14 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he
refuseth to let the people go.
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the
morning; lo, he goeth out unto the
water; and thou shalt stand by the
river’s brink against he come: and
the rod which was turned to a
EXODUS.
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken| sic. 1491.
a A prophetic
sign also.
The nations
shall know
Jehovah
when He re-
stores and
blesses Is-
rael in the
kingdom
(Isa.2.1-3;
11,10-12; 14.
T; 60.4,5;
Ezk.37.28).
6 Miracles
(O.T.). vss
10-12,20-25;
Ex.8.5-14.
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
¢ Cf. 2 Tim.3.
8. See Ex.
8.18. Nei-
ther Satan
nor his tools
can create
hfe. Rev.13
15 will be a
“lying won-
der”’ (2 Thes.
2.9).
d vs. 11,24.
e Ex,3.19.
1 Cf. Ex. 4. 2, note. As Moses’ rod was the rod of
(Deut. 33. 4, 5), so Aaron’s was the rod
' the serpents, symbols of Satan, who had the power
of life,
[7%
serpent shalt thou take in thine
hand
16 And thou shalt say unto him,
The Lorp God of the Hebrews hath
sent me unto thee, saying, Let my
people go, that they may serve me
in the wilderness: and, behold, hith-
erto thou wouldest not hear.
17 Thus saith the Lorn, In this
thou shalt know that I am the
Lorn: behold, I will smite with the
rod that is in mine hand upon
the waters which are in the river,
and they shall be turned to blood.
18 And the fish that is in the river
shall die, and the river shall stink;
and the Egyptians shall lothe to
drink of the water of the river.
19 And the Lorp spake unto
Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy
tod, and stretch out thine hand
upon the waters of Egypt, upon
their streams, upon their rivers, and
upon their ponds, and upon all their
pools of water, that they may be-
come blood; and that there may be
blood throughout all the land of
Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and
in vessels of stone.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
second miracle; the first judg-
ment.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so,
as the LorD commanded; and he
lifted up the rod, and smote the
waters that were in the river, in
the sight of Pharaoh, and in the
sight of his servants: and all the
waters that were in the river were
turned to blood.
21 And the fish that was in the
river died; and the river stank, and
the Egyptians could not drink of
the water of the river; and there
was blood throughout all the land
of Egypt.
22 And the magicians of Egypt
did ¢so with their enchantments:
and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,
neither did he hearken unto them;
fas the LorD had said.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went
into his house, neither did he set
his heart to this also.
24 And all the Egyptians digged
round about the river for water to
drink; for they could not drink of
the water of the river.
power, the rod of the King
the rod of the Priest. As here
of death (Rev. 12. 9; Heb. 2. 14),
are swallowed up, so in resurrection death will be “swallowed up in victory” (1 Cor,
15.54). See Num. 17. 8.
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25 And seven days were fulfilled,
after that the Lorp had smitten
the river.
CHAPTER 8.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
fourth demand.
ND the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say
unto him, Thus saith the Lorp, Let
my people go, that they may serve
me.
2 And if thou refuse to let ee
go, behold, I will smite all thy bor-
ders with frogs:
3 And the river shall bring forth
frogs abundantly, which shall go up
and come into thine house, and into
thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed,
and into the house of thy servants,
and upon thy people, and into thine
ovens, and into thy kneading-
troughs:
4 And the frogs shall come up
both on thee, and upon thy people,|
and upon all thy servants.
5 And the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth|¢ Miracles
thine hand with thy rod over the} (O.T.)._vs.5-
streams, over the rivers, and over| }4:15-18.20-
the ponds, and cause frogs to come| (Gen.5.24;
up upon the land of Egypt.
Jon.2.1-10.)
The contest with Pharaoh: the|?Ex.7.11.
third muracle; the second)ckx.7.13.
judgment. ¢ Cf.Ex.7.11,
@ And Aaron stretched: out his), p.05,
hand over the waters of Egypt;
@and the frogs came up, and cov-
ered the land of Egypt. ;
7 And the magicians did ¥so with
their-enchantments, and brought up
frogs upon the land of Egypt.
~ 8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses
and Aaron, and said, Intreat the
Lorp, that he may take away the
frogs from me, and from my peo-
ple; and I will let the people go, that
they may do sacrifice unto the
Lorp.
9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh,
‘Glory over me: when shall I intreat
for thee, and for thy servants, and
for thy people, to destroy the frogs
from thee and thy thouses, that
they may remain in the river only?
10 And he said, To morrow. And
he said, Be it according to thy
word: that thou mayest know that
there is none like unto the LORD
‘our God.
11 And the frogs shall depart from
‘thee; and from thy houses, and from
thy servants, and from thy people;'
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EXODUS.
Ula
they shall remain in the river
only.
The fourth miracle.
12 And Moses and Aaron went out
from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto
the Lorp because of the frogs which
he had brought against Pharaoh.
13 And the Lorn did according to
the word of Moses; and the frogs
died out of the houses, out of the
villages, and out of the fields.
14 And they gathered them to-
gether upon heaps: and the Jand
stank.
| 15 But when Pharaoh saw that
there was respite, he ‘hardened his
heart, and hearkened not unto
them; as the Lorp had said.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
fifth ania: the third judg-
ment.
| 16 And the Lorn said unto Mo-
ses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out
thy rod, and smite the dust of the
land, that it may ‘become lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so; for Aaron
stretched out his hand with his rod,
and smote the dust of the earth, and
it became lice in man, and in beast;
all the dust of the land became lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And the magicians did so with
their enchantments to bring forth
lice, but they ¢could not: so there
were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then the magicians said unto
‘Pharaoh, This is the finger of God:
and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,
and he hearkened not unto. them;
las the LorD had said.
\The contest with Pharaoh: the
fifth demand.
20 And the LorD said unto Ma-
ses, Rise up early in the morning
and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he
«cometh forth to the water; and say
unto him, Thus saith the Lorp,
Let my people go, that they may
serve me. i
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my
ipeople go, behold, I will send
iswarms of flies upon thee, and upon
thy servants, and upon thy people;
and into thy houses: and the houses
of the Egyptians shall be full of
swarms.of flies, and also the ground
whereon they are.
22 And I will sever in that day
the ‘land of Goshen, in which my
people dwell, that no swarms of
flies shall be there; to the end thou
823]
mayest know that I am the Lorp
in the midst of the earth.
23 And I will put a ¢division be-
tween my people and thy people:
to morrow shall this sign be.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
sixth miracle; the fourth
judgment.
24 And the LorpD did so; and
there came a grievous swarm of
flies into the house of Pharaoh, and
into his servants’ houses, and into
all the land of Egypt: the land was
corrupted by reason of the swarm
of flies.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
first compromise refused.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses
and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,
sacrifice to your God 1in the land.
26 And Moses Ysaid, It is not
meet so to do; for we shail sacrifice
the abomination of the Egyptians
to the LorpD our God: lo, shall we
sacrifice the abomination of the
Egyptians before their eyes, and
will they not stone us?
27 Wewill go three days’ journey
into the wilderness, and sacrifice to
the Lorp our God, as he shall com-
mand us.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
second compromise refused.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let
you go, that ye may sacrifice to the
Lorp your God in the wilderness;
only ye shall not go ‘very far away:
intreat for me,
‘29 And Moses said, Behold, I go
out from thee, and I will intreat the
LorD that the swarms of fies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his ser-
vants, and from his people, to mor-
row: but let not Pharaoh deal de-
ceitfully any more in not letting the
people go to sacrifice to the Lorp.
The seventh miracle.
30 And Moses went out from Pha-
taoh, and intreated the Lorp.
31 And the Lorn did according
to the word of Moses; and he re-
moved the swarms of flies from Pha-
taoh, from his servants, and from
his people; there remained not one.
32 And Pharaoh hardened his
heart at this time also, neither
would he let the people go.
1 The compromises
day.
stay in Egypt.”’
the world’
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
CHAPTER 9.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
sixth demand; the eighth
muracle; the fifth judgment.
HEN the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and
tell him, Thus saith the Lorp God
of the Hebrews, Let my people go,
that they may serve me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them
go, and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold, the hand of the LorD
is upon thy cattle which zs in the
field, upon the horses, upon the
asses, upon the camels, upon the
a Heb. pe- oxen, and upon the sheep: there
Cee shall be a very grievous ¢murrain.
tion,” Psa. 4 And the Lorp shall sever be-
ares: 130.7. [tween the cattle of Israel and the
Gab is” |cattle of Egypt: and there shall
nothing die of all that is the chil-
b Separation. |dren’s of Israel.
Roi: 5 And the LorD appointed a set
24-26. (Gen, |time, saying, To morrow the LORD
pore a shall do this thing in the land.
-6 And the Lorn did that thing on
the morrow, and all the cattle of
Egypt died: but of the cattle of the
children of Israel died not one.
¢ The second
compromise
is a modifi-
cation
merely of 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold,
ae eels es there was not one of the cattle of
peaien the Israelites dead. And the heart
worldly s of Pharaoh was hardened, and he
am.
did not let the people go.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
dintisacios ninth miracle; the sixth judg-
on vs. ment.
22-26; Ex.10.| 8 And the Lorp said unto Moses
12-19. (Gen. |and unto Aaron, Take to you hand-
fuls of ashes of the furnace, and let
Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven
5.24; Jon.2.
1-10.)
e Deut, 28.27; in the sight of Pharaoh,
ried. 9 And it shall become small dust
in all the land of Egypt, and shall
be a boil breaking forth with blains
upon mah, and upon beast, through-
out all the land of Egypt.
10 And they took ashes of the fur-
nace, and stood before Pharaoh;
and Moses sprinkled it up toward
heaven; and it became a boil break-
ing forth with blains upon man,
and upon beast.
11 And the magicians could not
stand before Moses because of the
‘boils; for the boil was upon the
magicians, and upon all the Egyp-
\tians.
proposed by Pharaoh are those urged upon Christians to-
The first says in effect: ‘“Be a Christian if you will, but not a ‘narrow’ one—
Invariably it ends in world-conformity, world-pleasing,
Ss money for God (Psa. 50. 9-17). Cf. 2 Cor. 6
and seeking
- 14-18; Gal. 1. 4,
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9:12] EXODUS. [10 1
12 And the Lorp hardened the] B.c. 1491. |the Lorp rained hail upon the land
heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened of Egypt.
not unto them; as the Lorp had 24 So there was hail, and fire
spoken unto Moses. mingled with the hail, very griev-
. js ous, such as there was none like it
The OO ULNA heed ga the in all the land of Egypt since it
became a nation.
13 And the LorD said unto Mo- 25 And the hail smote throughout
ses, Rise up early in the morning, all the land of Egypt all that was
and stand before Pharaoh, and say
in the field, both man and beast;
unto him, Thus saith the Lorp and the hail smote every herb of
God of the Hebrews, Let my people the field, and brake every tree of
go, that they may serve me. the field.
14 For I will at this time send all 26 Only in the land of Goshen,
my plagues upon thine heart, and bwhere the children of Israel were,
upon thy servants, and upon thy was there no hail.
people; that thou mayest know that 27 And Pharaoh sent, and called
there is none like me in all the for Moses and Aaron, and said unto
earth. them, I have sinned this time: the
15 For now I will stretch out my LORD is righteous, and I and my
hand, that I may smite thee and people are wicked.
thy people with pestilence; and 28 Intreat the Lorp (for it is
thou shalt be cut off from the earth. enough) that there be no more
16 And in very deed for “this mighty thunderings and hail; and I
cause have I raised thee up, for to
will let you go, and ye shall stay
shew in thee my power; and that
no longer.
my name may be declared through- 29 And Moses said unto him, As
out all the earth.
soon as I am gone out of the city, I
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself
will spread abroad my hands unto
against my people, that thou wilt the LoRD; and the thunder shall
not let them go?
cease, neither shall there be any
18 Behold, to morrow about this/, pom.9.16,17; |More hail; that thou mayest know
time I will cause it to rain a very| 2 Cor.2.16; “|how that the earth zs the Lorp’s,
grievous hail, such as hath not been) ¢f-1Pet.2.8. | 30 But as for thee and thy ser-
in Egypt since the foundation there-}, crgxg.23, |vants, I know that ye will not yet
of even until now. fear the LORD God.
19 Send therefore now, and 31 And the flax and the barley
gather thy cattle, and all that thou was smitten: for the barley was in
hast in the field; for upon every the-ear, and the flax was bolled.
man and beast which shall be found 32 But the wheat and the rie were
in the field, and shall not be brought not smitten: for they were not
home, the hail shall come down grown up.
upon them, and they shall die. 33 And Moses went out of the city
20 He that feared the word of the from Pharaoh, and spread abroad
LorD among the servants of Pha- his hands unto the Lorp: and the
raoh made his servants and his cat- thunders and hail ceased, and the
tle flee into the houses: rain was not poured upon the
21 And he that regarded not the earth.
word of the LorD left his servants 34 And when Pharaoh saw that
and his cattle in the field. ae rain and the Phy Re the Rie
‘ i ers were cease e sinned ye
The contest with Pharaoh: the more, and hardened his heart, he
tenth miracle; the seventh
4 and his servants.
yadesnent, 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was
22 And the Lorn said unto Mo- hardened, neither would he let the
ses, Stretch forth thine hand toward children of Israel go; as the LorpD
heaven, that ee may be hail in had spoken by Moses.
all the land of Egypt, upon man, é
and upon beast, and upon every CHAPTER 10.
eet ene: throughout the The contest with Pharaoh: the
23 And Moses stretched forth his eighth demand.
tod toward heaven: and the LorD ND the Lorp said unto Moses,
sent thunder and hail, and the fire Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have
tan along upon the ground; and hardened his heart, and the heart
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10. 2]
of his servants, that I might shew| Bic: 1497.
these my signs before him: _
2 And that thou mayest tellin the
ears of thy son, and of thy son’s'
son, what things I have wrought in
Egypt, and my signs which I have’
done among them; that ye may
know how that I am the Lorpb.
3 And Moses and Aaron came in
unto Pharaoh, and said_unto him,
Thus saith the Lorp God of the,
Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse:
to humble thyself before me? let my’
people go, that they may serve me.
4 Else, if thou refuse to let my
people go, behold, to morrow will I
bring the “locusts into thy coast:
5. And they shall cover the face of
EXODUS.
land of Egypt for the locusts, that
they may aome up upon the land of
Egypt, and eat every herb of the
land, even all that the hail hath left.
13. And Moses stretched forth his
rod over the land of Egypt, and the
\LorD brought an east wind upon
a Prov.30.27;
Rev.9.2,3.
the earth, that one cannot be able|) Separation.
to see the earth: and they shall eat
the residue of that which is escaped,
which remaineth unto you from the
hail, and shall eat every tree which
groweth for you out of the field:
6 And they shall fill thy houses,
and the houses of all thy servants.
and. the houses of all the Egyptians;
which neither thy fathers, nor thy
fathers’ fathers have seen, since the
day that they were upon the earth
unto this. day. And he turned him-
self, and went out from Pharaoh.
7 And Pharaoh’s servants said
unto him, How jong shall this man
be a snare unto us? let the men go,
that they may serve the Lorn their
God: knowest thou not yet that
Egypt is destroyed?
The contest with Pharaoh: the
third compromise refused.
8 And Moses and Aaron were
brought again unto Pharaoh: and
he said unto them, °Go, serve the
LORD your God: but who are they
that shall go?
9 And Moses said, We will go
with our young and with our old,
with our sons and with our daugh-
ters, with our flocks and with our
herds will we go; for we must hold
a feast unto the Lorp.
10 And he said unto them, Let
the LorD be so with you, as I will
let you go, and your little ones:
look to it; for evil is before you.
11 Not so: go now ‘ye that are
men, and serve the Lorn; for that
ye did desire. And they were
driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
eleventh miracle; the eighth
judgment,
12 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, Stretch out thine hand over the
vs.8-11,24-
26; Ex.11.7.
(Gen.12.1;
2 Cor.6.14-
17.)
¢ The third
compromise
proposed by
Pharaoh is,
perhaps, as
applied to
believers,
the subtlest
and most
the land all that day, and all that
night; and when it was morning,
the east. wind brought the 4locusts..
14 And the locusts went up over
all the land of Egypt, and rested in
all the coasts of Egypt: very griev-
ous were they; before them there
were no such locusts as they, neither
after them shall be such.
15 For they covered the face of
the whole earth, so that the land
was darkened; and they did eat
every herb of the land, and all the
fruit of the trees which the hail had’
left: and there remained not any
green thing in the trees, or in the
herbs of the field, through all the
land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called for Mo-
ses and Aaron in haste; and he said,
I have sinned against the LorpD
your God, and against you.
17 Now therefore forgive, I pray
successful of |thee, my sin only this once, and
them all.
The most:
godly: par-
ents desire:
worldly pros-
perity and
position for
their children
(Mt.20.20,
21).
d Miracles
} (O.T.). vs.
12-19,21-23;
Ex.12.29,30.
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
e Cf.Ex.8.23.
f i.e. “Leave
your prop-
erty in the
world.” Cf.
intreat the LorD your God, that he
may take away from me this death
only.
18 And he went out from Pha-
raoh, and intreated the Lorpb.
19° And the Lorp turned a mighty
strong west wind, which took away:
the locusts, and cast them into the
Red sea; there remained not one
locust in all the coasts of Egypt:
20 But the Lorp hardened Pha-
raoh’s heart, so that he would not
let the children of Israel go.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
twelfth miracle; the ninth
judgment.
21 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
Mt.16.25-27; |Ses, Stretch out thine hand toward
Lk.18.18-25.
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heaven, that there may be darkness
over the land of Egypt, even dark:
ness which may be felt.
22 And Moses stretched forth his
hand toward heaven; and there was
a thick darkness in all the land of
Egypt three days:
23 They saw notone another, riei=
ther rose any from his place for
three days: “but all the children of
Israel had light in their dwellings.
Fhe contest with Pharaoh: the
fourth compromise refused,
24 And Pharaoh called unto Mo-
ses, and Jsaid, Go ye, serve the
10 25]
Lorp; only let your flocks and your
herds be stayed: let your little ones
also go with you.
25 And Moses said, Thou must
give us also sacrifices and burnt-
offerings, that we may sacrifice unto
the LorD our God.
26 Our cattle also shall go with
us; there shall not an hoof be left
behind; for thereof must we take to
serve the LORD our God; and we
know not with what we must serve
the Lorb, until we come thither.
27 But the LorD hardened Pha-
rtaoh’s heart, and he would not let
them go.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
king abandoned to judgment.
28 And Pharaoh said unto him,
Get thee from. me. take heed to
thyself, see my face no more; for
in that day thou seest my face thou
shalt die.
29 And Moses said, Thou hast
spoken well, I will see thy face
again no more.
CHAPTER 11.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
judgment upon the firstborn
foretold.
ND the LorbD said unto Moses,
Yet will I bring one plague
more upon Pharaoh, and upon
Egypt; afterwards he will let you
go hence; when he shall let you go,
he shall surely thrust you out hence
altogether.
2 Speak now in the ears of the
people, and let every man “borrow
of his neighbour, and every woman
of her neighbour, jewels of silver,
and jewels of gold.
3 And the LorD gave the people
favour in the sight of the Egyp-
tians. Moreover the man Moses
was very great in the land of Egypt,
in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants,
and in the sight of the people.
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the
Lorp, About midnight will I go
out into the midst of Egypt:
5 And all the firstborn in the land
df Egypt shall die, from the first-
born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon
his throne, even unto the firstborn
of the maidservant that 7s behind
the mill; and all the firstborn of
beasts.
6 And there shall be a great cry
throughout all the land of Egypt,
such as there was none like it, nor
shall be like it any more.
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
[12 8
7 But against any of the ichildren
of Israel ‘shall not a dog move his
tongue, against man or beast: that
ye may know how that the Lorp
doth put a $difference between the
Egyptians and Israel.
8 And all these thy servants shall
come down unto me, and bow down
themselves unto me, saying, Get
thee out, and all the people that fol-
low thee: and after that I will go
out. And he went out from Pha-
raoh in a great anger.
9 And the Lorp said unto Moses,
(Pharaoh shall not hearken unto
you; that my wonders may be
multiplied in the land of Egypt.
10 And Moses and .Aaron did all
'these wonders before Pharaoh: and
the Lorp hardened Pharaoh’s
heart, so that he would not let the
1a Lit. ask.
b Separation.
Ex.19.4.
(Gen.12.1;
2 Cor.6.14-
17.)
¢ Israel (his-
tory). vs.1-
13; Ex.13.
17-22. (Gen.
12.2.3, Rom.
11.26.)
di.e. April.
e Sacrifice
(typical).
vs.3-11,27;
Ex.17.15.
(Gen.4.4;
Heb.10.18.)
jf Leaven. vs.
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children of Israel go out of his land.
CHAPTER 12.
The contest with Pharaoh: Par-
enthesis—the Passover
yaegee the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses and Aaron in the land of
Egypt, ‘saying,
2 This month shall be unto you
the beginning of months: it shal/
be the “first month of the year to
you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congrega-
tion of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this month they shall take
to them every man a ‘lamb, accord-
ing to the house of their fathers, a
lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too
little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take
it according to the number of the
souls; every man according to his
eating shall make your count for
the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without
blemish, a male of the first year:
ye shall take zt out from the sheep,
or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until
the fourteenth day of the ‘same
month: and the whole assembly of
the congregation of Israel shall kill
it in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood,
and strike 1t on the two side posts
and on the upper door post of the
houses, wherein they shall eat it,
8 And they shall eat the fiesh in
that night, roast with fire, and Jun-
leavened bread; and with bitter
herbs they shall eat it.
129] | EXODUS. [12 26
17 And yeshall observe the feast
of unleavened bread; for in: this
|selfsame day have I brought your
armies out of the land of Egypt:
therefore shall ye observe this day
in your generations by an ordinance
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at
all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the
purtenance thereof. y a:
10 And ye shall let nothing of it
remain until the morning; and that
__ BC. 1491.
which remaineth of it until the for ever.
morning ye shall burn with fire. 18 In the first month, on the
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with fourteenth day of the month at
your loins girded, your shoes on even, ye shall eat unleavened bread,
your feet, and your staff in your until the one and twentieth day of
hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: the month at even.
it is the LorpD’s !passover. 19 Seven days shall there be no
2 3 GOS leaven found in your houses: for
Redemption (typical): (1) by whosoever eateth that which is
blood. leavened, even that soul shail be
12 For I will pass through the cut off from the congregation of
Israel, whether he be a stranger, or
born in the land.
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened;
in all your habitations shail ye eat
unleavened bread. F
21 Then Moses called for all the
elders of Israel, and said unto them,
land of Egypt this night, and will
smite all the firstborn in the land
of Egypt, both man and beast; and
against all the gods of Egypt I will
execute judgment: I am the Lorp.
13 And the blood shall be to you|, gx13.6,
for a token upon the houses where
cording to your families, and kill
i te'are: and when I e the blood, I|*Heb-11.28. Draw out and take you a lamb ac-
a Nooeed Oe you, “and ee cHeb.12.24._ |the passover
Shall not be upon you to destroy
i d2Sam.24. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of
you, when I smite the land of Egypt.|¢ 7} Sop, hyssop, and dip ft in the blood that
, ; : 24 is inthe bason, and strike the lin-
Sy Bee eee ae tel and the two side posts with the
blood that fs in the bason; and none
14 And this day shall be unto you of you shall go out at the door of
for a memorial; and ye shall keep} his house until the morning.
it a feast to the Lorp throughout 23 For the LorD will pass through
your generations; ye shall keep it a to smite the Egyptians; and when
feast by an ordinance for ever. . he seeth the ‘blood upon the lintel,
15 Seven days shall ye eat un- and on the two side posts, the
leavened bread; even the first day Lorp will pass over the door,
ye shall put away leaven out of and will not 4suffer the destroyer
your houses: for whosoever eateth to come in unto your houses to
leavened bread from the first day smite you.
until the seventh day, that soul 24 And ye shall observe this thing
shall be cut off from Israel. for an ordinance to thee and to thy
16 And in the first day there sons for ever.
Shall be an holy convocation, and] . 25 And it shall come to pass, when
in.the-seventh day there shall be an ye be come to the land which the
holy convocation to you; no manner LORD will give you, according as he
of work shall be done in them, save hath promised, that ye shall keep
that which every man must eat, this service.
that only may be done of ‘you. 26 And it shall come to pass, when
1 The Passover, type of Christ our Redeemer (Ex. 12. 1-28: John 1, 2931 Corns.
6, 7; 1 Pet. 1. 18, 19): (1) The lamb must be without blemish, and to test this it was
kept up four days (Ex. 12.5, 6). So our Lord’s public life, under hostile scrutiny,
was the testing which proved His holiness (Lk. 11. 53, 54; John 8. 46; 18. 38).
(2)-The Lamb thus tested must be slain (Ex. 12. 6; John 12. 24; Heb. 9, 22). (3) The
blood must be applied (Ex. 12.7). This answers to appropriation by personal faith,
and refutes universalism (John 3.36). (4) The blood thus applied of itself, without
anything in addition, constituted a perfect protection from judgment (Ex. 12. 13;
i John 1.7; Heb. 10,10, 14). (5) The feast typified Christ the bread of life, answer-
ing to the memorial supper (Mt. 26. 26-28; 1 Cor. 11. 23-26). To observe the
feast was a duty and privilege, but not a condition of safety. As a matter of fact,
the bread was not eaten by the Israelites on the night in which, nevertheless, they
were preserved from the judgment upon the firstborn (Ex. 12. 34-39).
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mal 2 127}
your children shall say unto you,
What mean ye by this service?
27 That ye shall say, It is the sac-
rifice of the LoRD’s passover, who
passed over the houses of the chil-
dren of Israel in Egypt, when he
smote the Egyptians, and delivered
our houses. And the people bowed
the head and worshipped.
28 And tHe children of Israel went
away, and ¢did as the LorD had
commanded Moses and Aaron, so
did they.
The contest with Pharaoh: the
tenth judgment; death of the
firstborn.
29 And it came to pass, that at|
midnight the LorpD smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, from
the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat
on his throne unto the firstborn of
the captive that was in the dun-
geon; and all the firstborn of cat-
tle.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the
night, he, and all his servants, and
all the Egyptians; and there was a
great cry in Egypt; for there was
not a house where there was not
one dead.
31 And he called for Moses and
Aaron by night, and said, Rise up,
and get you forth from among my
people, both ye and the children of
Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as
ye have said.
32 Also take your flocks and your
herds, as ye have said, and be gone;
and bless me also.
33 And the Egyptians were ur-
gent upon the people, that they
might send them out of the land in
haste; for they said, We be all dead
men.
34 And the people took their
dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up
in their clothes upon their shoul-
ders,
35 And the children of Israel did
according to the word of Moses;
and they “borrowed of the Egyp-
tians jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold, and raiment:
36 And the LorD gave the people
favour in the sight of the Egyp-
tians, so that they ¢lent unto them
such things as they required.
And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Redemption: (2) by power; the
first stage of the journey.
37 And the children of Israel jour-
neyed from Rameses to Succoth,
EXODUS.
BO. 1491,
(Gen.3.20;
Heb.11.39.)
b Miracles
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
c Lit. asked.
d Lit. gave.
e Lhis -mixed
multitude,
standing for
unconverted
church-
members,
was a source
of weakness
and division,
then as now
11.4-6).
There had
been a mani-
festation of
divine power,
and men
were drawn
to it without
change of
heart. Cf.
Lk.14.25-27.
pee John 19,
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(12 51
about six hundred thousand on foot
that were men, beside children.
38 And a émixed multitude went
up also with them; and flocks, and
herds, even very much cattle.
39 And they baked unleavened
cakes of the dough which they
brought forth out of Egypt, for it
was not leavened: because they
were thrust out of Egypt, and
could not tarry, neither had they
ptepared for themselves any vict-
ual.
40 Now the sojourning of the
children of Israel, who dwelt in
Egypt, was four hundred and thirty
years.
41 And it came to pass at the end
of the four hundred and thirty
years, even the selfsame day it
came to pass, that all the hosts of
the LorD went out from the land
of Egypt.
42 It is a night to be much ob-
served unto the Lorp for bringing
them out from the land of Egypt:
this zs that night of the LorRD to
be observed of all the children of
Israel in their generations, :
43 And the LorD said unto Mo-
ses and Aaron, This 1s the ordinance
of the passover: There shall no
stranger eat thereof:
44 But every man’s servant that
is bought for money, when thou
hast circumcised him, then shall he
eat thereof.
45 A foreigner and an hired ser-
vant shall not eat thereof.
46 In one house shall it be eaten;
thou shalt not carry forth ought of
the flesh abroad out of the house;
neither shall ye break a /bone
thereof.
47 All the congregation of Israel
shall keep it.
48 And when a stranger shall so-
journ with thee, and will keep the
passover to the Lorp, let all his
males be circumcised, and then let
him come near and keep it; and he
shall be as one that is born in the
land: for no uncircumcised person
shall eat thereof.
49 Oné law shall be to him that
is homeborn, and unto the stranger
that sojourneth among you.
50 Thus did all the children of
Israel; as the LoRD commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51 And it came to pass the
selfsame day, that the Lorp
did bring the children of Israel
out of the land of Egypt by their
armies.
13 1] EXODUS.
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CHAPTER 13. B.C. 1491.
Parenthetical: The firstborn set
apart for Jehovah.
Pe the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 Sanctify unto me all the first-
born, whatsoever openeth the womb
among the children of Israel, both
of man and of beast: it rs mine.
3 And Moses said unto the peo-
ple, Remember this day, in which
ye came out from Egypt, out of the
house of bondage; for by strength:
of hand the Lorp brought you out
from this place: “there shall no’
leavened bread be eaten.
4 This day came ye out in the!
month SAbib.
5 And it shall be when the Lorp
shall bring thee into the land of
the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Hivites,| reaven. vs.
and the Jebusites, which he sware| 3,6,7; Ex.23.
unto thy fathers to give thee, a land Pic
flowing with milk and honey, that] 33)’
thou shalt keep this service in this} _ ;
month. bie. April,
6 Seven days thou shalt eat un-}-criK2.23.
leavened bread, and in the seventh
day shall be a feast to the Lor. |¢ Thesedeme-
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten lings made a
seven days; and there shall no} memorial
leavened bread bé seen with thee, oem ea Teseel
neither shall there be leaven seen Sin
with thee in all thy quarters.
8 And thou shalt shew thy son in| ¢ Sem at Mis
that day, saying, This rs done be-| 7%
cause of that which the Lorp did| f Israel (his-
unto me when I came forth out of porns a vs-L7-
Egypt. 1o.a1 (Gee.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto| 12.2,3; Rom.
thee upon thine hand, and for a] 14.26.)
memorial between thine eyes, that
the LorpD’s law may be in thy
mouth: for with a strong hand hath
the LorpD brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this
ordinance in his season from year
| to year.
{ 11 And it shall be when the Lorp
shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites;asheswareuntotheeand
to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
12_ That thou shalt set apart unto
the LORD all that openeth the ma-
trix, and every firstling that cometh
of a beast which thou hast; the}
males shall be the Lorp's.
13 And every ¢firstling of an ass
thou shalt redeem with a lamb;
and if thou wilt not redeem it, then
thou shalt break his neck: and all
the firstborn of man among thy
children shalt thou redeem.
14 And it shall be when thy son
asketh thee in time to come, saying,
What is this? that thou shalt say
unto him, By strength of hand the
LorD brought us out from Egypt,
from the house of bondage.
15 And it came to pass, when
Pharaoh would hardly let us go,
that the LorD slew all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, both the first-
born of man, and the firstborn of
beast: therefore I sacrifice to the
Lorp all that openeth the matrix,
being males; but all the firstborn of
my. children I redeem.
16 And it shall be for a token
upon thine hand, and for frontlets
between thine eyes: for by strength
of hand the Lorp brought us forth
out of Egypt.
17 And it came to pass, when
Pharaoh had let the people go, that
God led them not through the way
of the land of the Philistines, al-
though that was near; for God said,
Lest peradventure the people ¢re-
pent when they see war, and they
return to Egypt:
18 But God led the people about,
through the way of the wilderness
of the Red sea: and the children of
Israel went up harnessed out of the
land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the bones of
Joseph with him: for he had straitly
sworn the children of Israel, saying,
God will surely visit you; and ye:
shall carry up my bones away hence
with you.
Redemption: (2) by power; the
second stage of the journey.°
20 And they took their journey
from Succoth, and encamped in
Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Redemption: (2) by power; the
divine presence and guidance.
21 And the Lorp went before
them by day in a pillar of a cloud,
to lead them the way; and by night
in a pillar of fire, to give them light; _
to go by day and night:
22 He took not away the pillar of
the cloud by day, nor the pillar of
fire by night, from before the
tpeople,
CHAPTER 14,
Redemption: (2) by power; the
third stage of the Journey,
AND the LorpD spake unto Mo-
- ses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
that they turn and encamp before
¢Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and
the sea, over against Baal-zephon:
before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the
children of Israel, They are en-
tangled in the land, the wilderness
hath shut them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s
heart, that he shall follow after
them; and I will be honoured upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his host;
that the Egyptians may know that
Iam the Lorp. And they did so.
5 And it was told the king of
Egypt that the people fled: and the
heart of Pharaoh and of his servants
was turned against the people, and
they said, Why have we done this,
that we have let Israel go from
serving us?
6 And he made ready his chariot,
and took his people with him:
7 And he took six hundred chosen
chariots, and all the chariots of
Egypt, and captains over every one
of them.
8 And the Lorp hardened the
heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and he pursued after the children of
Israel: and the children of Israel
went out with an high hand.
9 But the Egyptians pursued af-
ter them, all the horses and char-
iots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen,
and his army, and overtook them
encamping by ‘the sea, beside Pi-
hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh,
the children of Israel lifted up their
eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians
marched after them; and they were
sore afraid: and the children of
Israel cried out unto the LorD.
_4d1 And they said unto Moses, Be-
cause there were no graves in
Egypt, hast thou taken us away to
die in the wilderness? wherefore
hast thou dealt thus with us, to
carry us forth.out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we
did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let
us alone, that we may serve the!
Egyptians? For it had been better)
for us to serve the Egyptians, than)
that we should die in the wilderness.
Redemption: (2) by power; Je-
hovah’s victory over pursuing
Egypt.
413 And Moses said unto the peo-
ple, Fear ye not, stand still, and
see the salvation of the Lorp,
which he will shew to you to day:
for the Egyptians whom ye have
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
@ Num.33.7.
6 2 Chr.20.17;
Psa.46.10,11;
Tsa.30.15;
Rom.4.5;
1 Pet.2.24.
c Heb.1.4,
note,
d Israel (his-
é Isa.52.12;
58.8.
f Miracles
(O.T.). vs.
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
g Faith. vs.21,
87
— they go forward:
seen to day, ye shall see them again
no more for ever,
14 The Lorn shall fight for you,
and ye shall hold your peace.
| 15 “And the Lorb said unto Mo-
ses, Wherefore criest thou unto me?
speak unto the children of Israel,
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and
tretch out thine hand over the
sea, and divide it: and the children
of Israel shali go on dry ground
through the midst of the sea.
17 And I, behold, I will harden
ithe hearts of the Egyptians, and
they shall follow them: and I will
get me honour upon Pharaoh, and
upon all his host, upon his chariots,
and upon his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know
that I am the Lorp, when I have
‘gotten me honour upon Pharaoh,
upon his chariots, and upon his
horsemen.
19 And the ‘angel of God, which
went before the camp of Israel, re-
moved and went “behind them; and
the pillar of the cloud went from be-
fore their face, and stood behind
them:
20 And it came between the camp
“jof the Egyptians and the camp
of Israel; and it was a cloud and
darkness to them, but it gave
light by night to these: so that
the one came not near the other all
the night.
21 And Moses stretched out his
hand over the sea; and the Lorp
fcaused the sea to go back by a
strong east wind all that night, and
made the sea dry Jand, and the
waters were divided.
22 And the children of Israel
éwent into the midst of the sea
upon the dry ground: and the
waters were a wall unto them on
their right hand, and on their left
23 And the Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them to the midst
of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s
horses, his chariots, and his horse-
men.
24 And it came to pass, that in
the morning watch the Lorp
looked unto the host of the Egyp-
tians through the pillar of fire and
of the cloud, and troubled the host
of the Egyptians,
25 And took off their chariot
wheels, that they drave them heav-
ily: so that the Egyptians said,
Let us flee from the face of Israel;
for the Lorp fighteth for them
against the Egyptians.
i hs Oe bl ae ae
14 26]
26 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, Stretch out thine hand over the
sea, that the waters may come
again upon the Egyptians, upon
their chariots, and upon their horse-
men.
27 And Moses stretched forth his
hand over the sea, and the sea re-
turned to his strength when the
morning appeared; and the Egyp-
tians fled against it; and the Lorp
overthrew the Egyptians in the
midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and
covered the chariots, and the horse-
men, and all the host of Pharaoh
that came into the séa after them;
there remained not so much as one
of them.
Redemption: (2) by power; the
fourth stage of the journey.
29 But the children of Israel
walked upon dry Jand in the midst
of the sea; and the waters were a
wall unto them on their right hand,
and on their left..
30 !Thus the Lorp saved Israel
that day out of the hand of the}? Heb: éaa!,
Redemp.
a Psa.19.9,
note,
Egyptians; and {israel saw the] (Kinsman
Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. eee vee
-4U, note,
31 And Israel saw that great work
which the Lorp did upon the Egyp-
tians: and the people “feared the
Lorn, and believed the Lorp, and
his servant Moses.
CHAPTER 15,
Redemption: complete (1) by
blood; (2) by power. The
song of the redeemed.
HEN sang Moses and the chil-
dren of Israel this song unto
the Lorp, and spake, saying, I will
sing unto -the Lorp, for he. hath
triumphed gloriously: the horse and
his rider hath he thrown into the
ea.
2 The Lorp is my strength and
song, and he is become my. salva-
tion: he is my God, and I will pre-
pare him an habitation; my father’s
God, and I will exalt him.
3 -The Lorp is a man of war: the
LorD is his name.
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
[15 7
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host
hath he cast into the sea: his chosen _
captains also are drowned in the
Red sea.
5 The depths have covered them:
they sank into the bottom as a
stone. ,
6 Thy right hand, O LorD, is be-
come glorious in power: thy right
hand, O Lorp, hath dashed in
pieces the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of thine
excellency thou +hhast overthrown
them that rose up against thee:
thou sentest forth thy wratk,
which consumed them as stubble.
8 And with the blast of thy nos-
trils the waters were gathered to-
gether, the floods stood upright as
an heap, and the depths were con-
gealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue,
I will overtake, I will divide the
spoil; my lust shall be satisfied
upon them; I will draw my sword,
my hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy
wind, the sea covered them: they
sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who jis like unto thee, O
LORD, among the gods? who 1s like
thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in
praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right
hand, the earth swallowed them.
13. Thou in thy mercy hast led
forth the people which thou hast
oredeemed: thou hast guided them
in thy strength unto thy holy habi-
tation.
14 The people shall hear, and be
afraid: sorrow shall take hold on
the inhabitants of Palestina.
15 Then’ the dukes of Edom shall
be amazed; the mighty men of
Moab, trembling shall take hold
{upon them; all the inhabitants of
Canaan shall melt away.
16 Fear and dread shall fall upon
them; by the greatness of thine
arm they shall be as still as a stone;
till thy people pass over, O Lorp,
till the people pass over, which
thou hast purchased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and
plant them in the mountain of thine
1 Redemption: (Exodus type) Summary, Exodus is the book of redemption, and
teaches: (1) redemption is wholly of God (Ex. 3. 7, 8; John 3. 16); (2) redemption
is through
(Ex. 12. 13,
Rom. 8. 2.
a person (Ex. 2. 2, note; John 3. 16, 17); (3) redemption is by blood
23, 27; 1 Pet. 1. 18); (4) rédemption is by power (Ex. 6. 6; 13. 14;
See Isa. 59, 20, note; Rom. 3. 24, note).
The blood of Christ redeems the believer from the guilt and penalty of sin
(1 Pet. 1. 18)
Op 25h. 2.2)
: 88
as the power of the Spirit delivers from the dominion of sin (Rom.
_ 15 18] EXODUS. [16 8
inheritance, in the place, O Lorp,
which thou hast made for thee to
dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord,
which thy hands have established.
18 The LorpD shall reign for ever
and ever. !
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went
in with his chariots and with his
horsemen into the sea, and the
Lorp brought again the waters of
the sea upon them; but the children
of Israel went on dry Jand in the
midst of the sea.
20 ¢And Miriam the prophetess,
the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel
in her hand; and all the women
went out after her with timbrels
and with dances.
B.C. 1491. Redemption: (3) experience;
; rest after trial.
27 And they came to/Elim, where
were twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees: and
they encamped there by the waters.
CHAPTER 16.
Redemption: (3) experience;
seventh stage of the journey;
hunger. :
ND they took their journey
from Elim, and all the congre-
gation of the children of Israel came
unto the wilderness of Sin, which is
between Elim and Sinai, on the fif-
21 And Miriam answered them, teenth day of the second month
*Sing ye to the Lorp, for he hath after their departing out of the land
triumphed gloriously; the horse and|,2sam65, |of Egypt.
his rider hath he thrown into the sea. Pog 1n2: erga uae ponercent ion of
=: . , [ovel the children of Israel murmured
Redemption: (3) experience; ‘against Moses and Aaron in the
; ; Gen.16.7.
fitth stage of the journey. ¢ Gen cr pets aig
22 So Mases brought Israel from|¢i-¢- bitter. 3 And the children of Israel said
Dee tesidciacse tot iStariend| MeeNT: ‘lated by the tend ofthe Lown inehe
5 1 .T.). V8.
they went three days in the wilder-| 23-25;Ez. land of Egypt, when we sat by the
ness, and found no water. reaeg ye see acCpet point: we si eat
Date p .| Jon.2.1-10.) ead to the full; for ye have
Redemption: (3) experience; ) brought *us forth into this wilder-
sixth stage of the journey—| fic. trees. ness, to kill this whole assembly
how bitter becomes sweet. poetry with hunger
23 And when they came to Ma-| After trial 4 Then said the Lorp unto Mo-
ithe Gas oe oe te See [es ee a et et
, wul, jess- ,
pie ageeretare the name of it was = ft go ae and = a (aaa eee
calle arah. 2 every day, that I may prove them,
24 nie the people murmured! ¢ i.e. May. whether they will walk in my law,
against Moses, saying, What shall or no,
we drink? : 5 And it shall come to pass, that
pe gar he ened ante mee pow on “as ch -— re shall pconsig
and the LorpD shewed him a tree, at which they bring in; and i
pebick when he nad cast into ee et - jibe as much as they
waters, e waters were made |gather daily.
ésweet: there he made for them a | 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto
all the children of Israel, At even,
then ye shall know that the Lorp
hath brought you out from the land
of Egypt: _
7 And in the morning, then ye
shali see the glory of the Lorp; for
{that he heareth your murmurings
against the LorD: and what are
we, that ye murmur against us?
8 And Moses said, This shall be,
when the LorD shail give you in
the evening flesh to eat, and in the
statute and an ordinance, and there
he proved them, Pe
26 And said, If thou wilt dili-
gently hearken to the voice of the
Lorp thy God, and wilt do that
which is right in his sight, and wilt
give ear to his commandments, and
keep all his statutes, I will put none
of these diseases upon thee, which I
have brought upon the Egyptians:
ios I am the LorD that healeth
thee.
1 These bitter waters were in the very path of the Lord’s leading, and stand for
the trials of God’s people, which are educatory and not punitive. The ‘“‘tree” is
the cross (Gal. 3. 13), which became sweet to Christ as the expression of the Father’s
will (John 18. 11)._When our Marahs are so taken we cast the “‘tree” into the
waters (Rom. 5. 3, 4).
89
EXODUS
B.C. 1491.
HEIR
MkE.6.3.
6 Ex.16.25,
note,
'| ¢ Miracles
d Cf.John 6.
33 with John
6.41,42,52.
Christ gives
himself un-
reservedly,
but we have
no more of
Him than
faith ap-
propriates,;
v.18. Cf.v.2,
Josh, with
v.3.. V.2
is our title;
v.3, the law
of posses-
sion.
e One omer =
6.70 pints;
also vs.18,
22,32,33,36.
f As we are
not nour-
ished by the
memory of
food, so nei-
ther can
spirituality
be sustained
on past ap<
propriations
of Christ
16 9]
morning bread to the full; for that
the LorD heareth your murmurings
which ye murmur against him: and’
what are we? your murmurings are’
not against us, but against the
Lorp.
§ And Moses spake unto Aaron)
Say unto all the congregation of]
the children of Israel, Come near;
before the Lorb: for he hath heard
your murmurings.
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron
spake unto the whole congregation| ;
of the children of Israel, that they]? +S?
looked toward the wilderness, and,
behold, the glory of the Lorp ap-
peared in the cloud.
11 And the Lorpb spake unto Mo-
ses, Saying, a
12. I have heard the murmurings,
of the children of Israel: speak unto
them, saying, At even ye shall eat
flesh, and in the morning ye shall
be filled with bread; and ye shall
know that I am the Lorp your
God. ~
13 And it came to pass, that at
even the quails came up, and
covered the camp: and in the
morning the dew lay round about
the host.
The manna: typeof Christ the
giver and sustainer of life
(John 6. 30-63),
14 And when the dew that lay
was. gone up, behold, upon the face
of the wilderness there lay a ¢small
round thing, as small as the hoar
frost on the ground.
15 And when the children of
Israel saw it, they said one to an-
other, It is *manna: for they
wist not what it was. And Mo-
ses said unto them, This ss the
bread which the Lorp hath <given
you to eat.
16 This zs the thing which the
Lorp hath commanded, Gather of
it every man according to his eat-
ing, an ‘omer for every man, ac-|® Pata *
cording to the number of your| 208-11.
persons; take ye every man for! (Gen.2.3;
them which are in his tents. Mela)
17 And the children of Israel did
“ and gathered, some more, some
ess.
18 And when they did mete it
with an omer, he that gathered
much had nothing over, and he
that gathered little had no lack;
they gathered every man according
to his eating.
19 And Moses: said, Let no. man
leave of it till the morning,
[16 32,
20 Notwithstanding they heark-
ened not unto Moses; but some of
them /left of it until the morning,
and it bred worms, and stank: and
Moses was wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it every
morning, every man according to
his eating: and when the sun waxed
hot, it melted.
22 And it came to pass, that on
the sixth day they gathered twice
as much bread, two omers for one
man: and all the rulers of the con-
gregation came and told Moses..
The Sabbath given to Israel; type
of frase kingdom (Heb. 4.
8, 9).
23 And he said unto them, This
is that which the Lorp hath said,
‘/To morrow is the rest of the holy
sabbath unto the Lorb: bake that
which ye will bake to day, and
seethe that ye will seethe: and that
which remaineth over lay up for
you to be kept: until the morning. .
24 And they laid it up till the
morning, as Moses bade: and it did
not stink, neither was there any
worm therein,
25 And Moses said, Eat that to
day; for to day is a &sabbath unto
the LorD> to day ye shall not find
it in the field.
2h Six days ye shall gather it; but
on the seventh day, which is the
sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, that
there went out some of the people
on the seventh day for to. gather,
and they found none.
28 And the Lorp said unto. Mo-
ses, How long refuse ye to keep my
commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that the Lorp hath
given you the sabbath, therefore he
giveth you on the sixth day the
bread of twe days; abide ye every
man in his place, let no man go out
of his place on the seventh day;
‘| 30 So the people rested on the
seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called
the name thereof Manna: and it
was like coriander seed, white: and
the taste of it was like wafers made
lwith honey.
32 And Moses said, This is the
thing which the Lorp command:
eth, Fill an omer of it to be kept
for your generations; that they may
see the bread wherewith I have fed
you in the wilderness, when I
brought you forth from the land of
Egypt.
'*
cee
¥ 16 33]
EXODUS.
33 And Moses said unto Aaron,
1179
Bc. 491. |Wh i is tha thou Jhast
Take a pot, and put an omer full of br: are a He Seu hie
manna therein, and lay it up before se ae in Oe st ees ete tere
4 2 ; , us and our children and our cattle
the Lorp, to be kept for your gen- with thirst?
erations. Mos ; Foure
34 As the Lorp commanded Mo- oetheavniantany Stontec em
“Se a ao = i up before the this people? they be almost ready
35 ;And the children of Israel did)? 1 bv- 3 pts. Beye rit s ;
eat Imanna forty years, until they] 5 rT. : ep tions experience,
came to a land inhabited; they| tion’ vs27;| Water from the rock; type of
did eat manna, until they came) Nem1422. Christ, the are of the Spirit
ae nae borders: of the land of| jas.1.2.)” sO ta Re 2 2 '
. : ; e LorD said unto Moses,
36 Now an omer ss the tenth part Pe Go on before the people, and take
of an ¢ephah. ee: itr eeuibe ea ee as died Israel;
17-6; an y rod, wherewi ou smot-
CHAPTER 17. | te eg est the river, take in thine hand,
E hiss i id Cf. Num.20. | i
Beith cies 8) t Patias peaalse 8; Psat05. i Behold, I will stand before thee
thirst iio | caeicy (emapen the pede Hae ate
. ‘or.10.4,6. {thou s smite the rock, an
ND all the congregation of the pee there shall come ¢water out of it,
children of Israel journeyed T.). vs. |that the people may drink. And
from the wilderness of Sin, after| 5-7;Lev.10. |Moses did so in the sight of the
their journeys, according to the precea lelders of Israel.
ae ee apie (ety ie Toe hak: 7 oy he esled the dea of the
pitched in Rephidim: an ere ace assah, d Meri y -
was no water for the people to|/Deut.6.16. Las of the chiding of the dian
drink, ., ... leGen36.12; Of Israel, and because they tempted
2 st aathangte oe ei did chide Num_24:205 the Lorp, saving. Is the Lorp
with Mcses, and said, Give us water eut.25.17; /among us, or not
that we may drink. And Moses] ?S8m™-15-2. om TN :
said unto them, Why chide ye with Redemp ae (3) pis pa ti the
me? wherefore do ye “tempt the alate oot ith maiek,
Lorp? : 8 &@Then came 3Amalek, and
3 And the people thirsted there fought with Israel in Rephidim.
for water; _and the people mur- ' 9 And Moses said unto Joshua,
mured against Moses, and said, Choose us out men, and go out,
1 Manna, type of Christ as “the bread of life,’”’ come down from heaven to die
“for the life of the world”. (John 6. 35, 48-51). A ‘“‘small” thing (Ex. 16. 14),
having but the taste of “fresh oil’? (Num. 11. 8), or “wafers with honey” (Ex. 16.
31), it typifies Christ in humiliation as presented in Matthew, Mark, and Luke;
“having no form nor comeliness; . . . no beauty that we should desire him” (Isa.
53. a But as such He must be received by faith if we would be saved (John 6.
53-58). To meditate upon Christ as He went about among men, doing not His
own will but the will of the Father (John 6. 38-40), is to feed on the manna. This
is, of necessity, the spiritual food of young believers, and answers to “milk” (1 Cor.
3. 1, 2). But Christ in glory, and the believer’s present and eternal association
with Him there, answers to ‘‘the old corn of the land” (Josh. 5.11), the “‘meat”’ of
Heb. 5. 13, 14, or Christ as presented in the Epistles of Paul. Cf. 2 Cor. 5. 16.
2 The rock, type of life through the Spirit by grace: (1) Christ the Rock (1 Cor.
10.4). (2) The people utterly unworthy (Ex. 17. 2; Eph. 2. 1-6). (3) Characteris-
tics of life through grace: (a) free (John 4. 10; Rom. 6, 23; Eph. 2.8); (6b) abundant
(Rom. 5.20; Psa. 105. 41; John 3. 16); (c) near (Rom. 10. s);"(d) the people had only
to take (Isa. 55.1). The smitten-rock aspect of the death of Christ looks toward
the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as a result of accomplished redemption, rather
than toward our sui/t. It is the affirmative side of John 3. 16. “Not perish’
speaks of atoning blood; ‘‘but have” speaks of life bestowed.
3Amalek, grandson of Esau (Gen. 36. 12), who was “born after the flesh”
(Gal. 4.’ 22-29) and progenitor of the Amalekites, Isracl’s persistent enemy, is a
type of the flesh in the believer (Gal. 4. 29). But the conflict with Amalek in
chapter 17 sets forth the resources of the man under law, rather than those of the
believer under grace. The man under law could fight and pray (vs. 9-12). Under
94
17 10) EXODUS. Beige c\: a
i : he encamped at the
fight with Amalek: to morrow J|_B.c. 1491. _|ness, where ;
will stand on the top of the hill mount of God: ee te
with the rod of God in mine hand. 6 And he said unto ses, y
10 So Jochua did as Moses had father in law Jethro am come unto
said to him, and fought with Ama- thee, and thy wife, and her two
lek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur sons with her. a ;
went up to the top of the hill. 7 And Moses went out to mee
11 And it came to pass, “when his father in law, and did obeisance,
Moses held up his hand, that Israel and kissed him; and they asked
prevailed: and when he let down each other of their welfare; and —
his hand, Amalek prevailed. they came into the tent. 4 ,
12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; 8 And Mosestold hisfather in
and they took a stone, and put it law all that the LorD had done
under him, and he sat thereon; unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians
and Aaron and Hur &stayed up his for Israel’s sake, and ali the travail
hands, th e on the one side, and that had come upon them by the
the i hesonithe other side; and his Hee and how the LoRD delivered
La til the going em. ta
pee ae ey pre nah 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the
13. And Joshua discomfited Ama- goodness which the LorD had done
lek and his people with the edge of to Israel, whom he had delivered
the sword. out of the hand of the Egyptians.
14 And the LorD said unto Mo-|¢ Heb.7.25. 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be-
ses, aie this for a mpemeial in ? b Deut.33.27: ee see Spaegetty b dctvece a
‘book, and rehearse 1f in the ears Of| Isa.40.28-31. |out o e hand o e Egyp i
Joshua: for I will utterly put out ¥ ._., jand out of the hand of Pharaoh,
the remembrance of Amalek from Sere cae tie) aw pene toe pours from
under heaven. (Bx.4.15; under the hand of the Egyptians.
15 And Moses built an @altar, and| Rev.22.19.) 11 Now I know that the LorD is
called the name of it Jehovah-nissi: aiGabe ee greater than all gods: for in the
oe For he said, Bepause the LORD (typical), pie whee p's dealt proudly
ath sworn that the LORD wi v-1.3-17. e was above them.
have war with Amalek from gen- ies 12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in
eration to generation. “""" jlaw, took a burnt-offering and sac-
ei.e. a stran- lrifices for God: and Aaron came,
CHAPTER 18. Ser and all the elders of Israel, to eat
i 5 i 3 : 3
Redemption: (3) experience; fie, God is |bread with Moses’ father in law be
r fore God.
Jeaning on the arm of flesh. 13 And it came to pass on the
WVBEN Jethro, the priest of morrow, that Moses sat to judge the
Midian, Moses’ father in law, people: and the people stood by
heard of all that God had done for .|Moses from the morning unto the
Moses, and for Israel his people, evening.
and that the Lorp had brought! 14 And when Moses’ father in law
Israel out of Egypt; saw all that he did to the people, he
2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in said, What is this thing that thou
law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, doest to the people? why sittest
after he had sent her back, thou thyself alone, and all the
3 And her two sons; of which the people stand by thee from morning
name of the one was ‘Gershom; unto even?
for he said, I have been an alien in
a strange land:
4 And the name of the other was
fEliezer; for the God of my father,
said he, was mine help, and deliv-
ered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in
law, came with his sons and _ his
wife unto Moses into the wilder-
15. And Moses said unto his father
in law, Because the people come
unto me to enquire of God:
16 When they have a matter, they
come unto me; and I judge between
one and another, and I do make
them know the statutes of God,
and his laws.
17 And Moses’ father in law said
grace the Holy Spirit gains the victory over the flesh in the believer’s behalf (Rom.
8. 2-4; Gal. 5. 16, 17); but this victory is only as the believer walks in the Spirit.
Acting in independency or disobedience, Amalek gains an easy victory (Num. 14.
42-45). Like Saul we are prone to spare the flesh (1 Sam. 15. 8, 9), forgetting Rom.
7.18. See “Flesh,” John 1. 13; Jude 23. :
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unto him, The thing that thou doest
is not good.
18 Thou wilt surely wear away,
both thou, and this people that js
with thee: for this thing is too
heavy for thee, thou art not able
to perform it thyself alone
19 Hearken now unto my-voice, !I
will give thee counsel, and God shall
be with thee Be thou for the peo-
ple to God-ward, that thou mayest
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
a Psa.19.9,
[19 5
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens.
26 And they judged the people at
all seasons: the hard causes they
brought unto Moses, but every
small matter they judged them
selves.
27 And Moses let his father in
law depart; and he went his way
into his own land.
bring the causes unto God: are CHAPTER 19,
20 And thou shalt teach them or- Red tions) ;
dinances and laws, and shalt shew Ye oe ar ey fé gee 2)
them the way wherein they must] ~" jee RES He aed SOUTER
walk,and the work that theymust do. | ci-e. June. Brac lacth gas
21 Moreover thou shalt provide éIetaol eae: N the ‘third ‘month, when the
out of all the people able men, such|" tory). ys.1-g;|4 children of ¢Israel_were gone
as *fear God, men of truth, hating} Ex-201-17. '|forth out of the land of Egypt, the
covetousness; and place such over bara oe a65 same day came they into the wii-
them, to be rulers of thousands, ~~" |derness of «Sinai.
and rulers of maraieleiss rulers of gS Ses - 2 For they were departed from
fifties, and rulers of tens: oses). Ex. |Rephidim, and were come to the
22 And let them judge the people] [$17'Gai°3" |desert of Sinai, and had pitched in
at all seasons: and it shall be, that} 1-29.) the wilderness; and there Israel
eee ee patichs sop siapuns fCLEx312. fcamped before the mount.
hey shall judge: > shall it be|¢ Separation. | Reemipt ae 12) nee iat as
easier for thyself, and they shall] E3316. é given up for law.
bear the burden with thee. 2 Cor.6.14- | 3 And Moses went up unto God,
23 If thou shalt do this thing, and) 17.) and the Lorp called unto him out
God command thee so, then thou of the mountain, saying, Thus
shalt be able to endure, and all this
people shall also go to their place in
peace.
24 So Moses hearkened to the
woice of his father in law, and did
all that he had said.
25 And Moses chose able men out
of all Israel, and made them heads
over the people, rulers of thousands,
1Cf. Num. 11. 14-17.
substituting His own order.
shalt thou say to the house of Jacob,
and tell the children of Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did unto
the Egyptians, and how I bare you
on eagles’ wings, and brought you
unto myself.
5 Now therefore, 4if ye will obey
my voice indeed, and keep my cove-
nant, then ye shall be a peculiar
Jehovah entirely ignored this worldly-wise organization,
2 At Sinai Israel learned the lessons: (1) of the holiness of Jehovah through the
“Commandments; (2) of their own sinfulness and weakness through failure; (3) and
of the goodness of Jehovah through the provision of priesthood and sacrifice. The
Christian learns through the experience of Rom. 7. 7-24 what Israel learned at
Sinai. This division of Exodus should be read in the light of Rom. 3. 19-26; 7.
7-24; Gal. 4. 1-3. Gal. 3 6-25 explains the relation of the law to the Abrahamic
Covenant: (1) the law cannot disannul that covenant; (2) it was “‘added” to con-
vict of sin; (3) it was a child-leader unto Christ; (4) it was but a preparatory dis-
cipline “‘till the Seed should come.” r
3 It is exceedingly important to observe: (1) that Jehovah reminded the people
that hitherto they had been the objects of His free grace; (2) that the law is not
proposed as a means of life, but as a means by which Israel might become “‘a pecul-
iar treasure” and a “kingdom of priests’; (3) that the law was not imposed until
it had been proposed and voluntarily accepted. The principle is stated in Gal.
9; 1-4.
4Cf. 1 Pet. 2.9; Rev. 1. 6; 5. 10. What, under law, was condition, is under
grace, freely given to every believer. The “if” of v. 5 is the essence of law as a
method of divine dealing, and the fundamental reason why ‘‘the law made nothing
perfect” (Rom. 8. 3; Heb. 7. 18, 19). The Abrahamic (Gen. 15. 18, note) and New
(Heb. 8. 8-12, note) covenants minister salvation and assurance because they
impose but one condition, faith,
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19 6] "\ Exopus: <> [19 24
treasure unto me above all people:| 3B.c. i491. | 14 And Moses went down from —
for all the earth is mine: the mount unto the people, and ~
6 And ye shall be unto me a king- sanctified the people; and they |
dom of priests, and an holy nation. washed their clothes.
These are the “words which thou 15 And he said unto the people,
shalt speak unto the children of Be ready against the third day:
Israel. come not at your wives. ;
7 And Moses came and called for 16 And it came to pass on the
the elders of the people, and laid third day in the morning, that there
before their faces all these words were thunders and lightnings, and
which the LorD commanded him. a thick cloud upon the mount, and
- D I the voice of the trumpet exceeding
The Fifth Dispensation, Law loud: so that all the people that
(extends to the Cross). (From was in the camp trembled.
Ex. 19. s to Mt. 27. 35.) 17 oo aroee brought forth cree
8 And all the people answered to- a ees owt of the cansp taneet ie
gether, and said, All that the LorD Rionis mend ACen res ae
hath spoken we will !do, And Mo- wer ree ¥: ad “nas alt
ses returned the words of the peo- ' Tmount Sinai was O-
gether on a smoke, because the
_., |Lorp descended upon it in fire:
Redemption: (3) experience. To|*weiize,” |2nd the smoke thereof ascended as
a people under law, God is “in| 20.1. ‘Ex4, |the smoke of a furnace, and the
a thick cloud,” and unap-| }3)Rev-22- whole mount quaked greatly.
proachable (vs. 9-23). ) 19 And when the voice of the
: b Kingdom |trumpet sounded long, and waxed
9 And the Lorp said unto Moses,| (0-T.). Ex. |louder and louder, Moses spake,
Lo, I come unto thee in a thick] 2412,‘Ge™ |and God answered him by a voice.
cloud, that the people may hear| 128) ° | 20 And the Lorp came down
when I speak with thee, and be- , upon mount Sinai, on the top of the
lieve thee for ever. And Moses Coal) mount: and the LorpD called Moses
told_the words of the people unto} Ex.28.i3.. |wp to the top of the mount; and
ple unto the Lorpb.
the Lorpb. (Gen.2.3; Moses went. up.
10 And the Lorp said unto Mo-| 2¢ch-8-3.) 21 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, Go unto the people, and sanc- ses, Go down, charge the people,
tify them to day and to morrow, lest they break through unto the
and let them wash their clothes, LorpD to gaze, and many of them
11 And be ready against the third perish.
day: for the third day the Lorp 22 And let the priests also, which
will come down in the sight of all eome near to the LORD, sanctify
the people upon mount Sinai. themselves, lest the LorD break
12 And thou shalt set bounds un- forth upon them.
to the people round about, saying, 23 And Moses said unto the
Take heed to yourselves, that ye LorpD, The people cannot come up
go not up into the mount, or touch to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst
the border of it: whosoever touch: us, saying, Set bounds about the
eth the mount shall be surely put to} - mount, and ‘sanctify it.
death: 24 And the LorD said unto him,
13 There shall not an hand touch Away, get thee down, and thou
it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shalt come up, thou, and Aaron
shot through; whether it be beast with thee: but let not the priests.
or man, it shall not live: when the} and the people break through to
trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up unto the Lorpb, lest he
come up to the mount. break forth upon them. |
1 The Fifth Dispensation: Law. This dispensation extends from Sinai to Cal-
vary—from the Exodus to the Cross. The history of Israel in the wilderness and
Hy the land is one long record of the violation of the law. The testing of the nation
Vy ni ended in the judgment of the Captivities, but the dispensation itself ended
ake e ies (1) Man’s state at the beginning (Ex. 19. 1-4). (2) His responsi-
ility (Ex. 19. 5, 6; Rom. 10.5). (3) His failure (2 Ki. 17. 7-17, 19: Acts 2. 22, 23).
(4) The judgment (2 Ki, 17. 1-6, 20; 25. 1-11; Lk. 21. 20-24).
See, for the other six dispensAtions: Innocence (Gen. 1. 28); Conscience ‘Gen.
3. 23); Human G . . !
a7) sKingdom (Soha no (Gen. 8. 20); Promise (Gen. 12. 1); Grace (John
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25 So Moses went down unto the
people, and 4spake unto them.
6 And shewing mercy unto thou-
eee sana of them that love me, and
u eep my commandments.
CHAPTER 20. Govenants. | 7 ‘Thou shalt not take the name of
Redemption: (3) experience; selt| Gewis [the Lon, thy God in vain; for the
known through the revelation|, 7 aw ‘ :
of God’s haly law (Rom. 7. 7- eco vs. pr ee nes taistesabbuah dey A)
24). :
The Law: (1) the Command-| }%&,&=19- keep it holy.
ments; the Fifth, or Mosaic,| 129.) ie ctieweet bs thou labour, and
B.C. 1491.
Covenant. c Inspiration
Fx243.4, | 10 But the seventh day is the
ND God ?spake all these ‘words, 7812) (ex. sabbath of the LorD thy God: in it
dsaying, ; eae thou shalt not do any work, thou,
2 Iam the Lorp thy God, which ase ) __Inor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
have brought thee out of the land of ae (ais- |manservant, nor thy maidseryant,
Egypt, out of the house of bondage.| 1-17; #z.40. |nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
3 Thou shalt have no other gods Aci as is within thy gates: f F
Sal me; Romii2z6) |, 11 For in six days the Lorp made
4 Thou 2shalt not make unto thee], sappath. vs.,neaven and earth, the sea, and all
any graven image, or any likeness| 8-11; x.31. |that in them is, and rested the
of any thing that is in heaven cane ee seventh day: wherefore the LorD
above, or that is in the earth be-| 4°" blessed the sabbath day, and hal-
neath, or that is in the water under} ¢yq¢45.4; 19, [lowed it.
e earth. 19; Mi.7.10. | 12 fHonour thy father and thy
5 Thou shalt not bow down thy-|¢mt.s.21; 19. |mother: that thy days may be long
self to them, nor serve them: for I| 18; L«-18.20; |upon the land which the Lorp thy
the Lorp thy God am a jealous|, M@*1919 {God giveth thee.
God, visiting the iniquity of the|*Mt52%._ | 13 ¢Thou shalt not kill.
fathers upon the children unto the) Lic.is.20;' 14 “Thou shalt not commit adul-
third and fourth generation of| Rom13.9;_ |tery.
them that hate me; (heat. 15 Thou shalt not steal.
1 The Mosaic Covenant, (1) given to Israel (2) in three divisions, each essential
to the others, and together forming the Mosaic. Covenant, viz.: the Commandments,
expressing the righteous will of God (Ex. 20. 1-26);the *Sjudgments,” governing the
“social life of Israel ae ‘21, 1-24. 11); and the “ordinances,” governing the reli-
gious life of Israel (Ex. 24. 12-31. 18). These three elements form “the law,”
as that phrase is generically used in the New Testament (e.g. Mt. 5.17, 18). The
Commandments and the ordinances formed one religious system, The Command-
ments were a “ministry of condemnation” and of “death” (2 Cor. 3. 7-9); the
ordinances gave, in the high priest, a representative of the people with Jehovah;
and in the sacrifices a “cover” (see ‘‘Atonement,” Lev. 16. 6, note) for their sins
in anticipation of the Cross (Heb. 5. 1-3; 9. 6-9; Rom. 3. 25, 26). The Christian
4 not under the conditional Mosaic Covenant of works, the law, but under the
unconditional New Covenant of grace (Rom. 3. 21-27; 6._14, 15; Gal. 2. 16; 3.-
tape 16-18, 24-26; 4. 21-31; Heb, 10. 11-17). See New Covenant (Heb. 8. 8,
note).
See, for the other seven covenants: Edenic (Gen. 1. 28); Adamic (Gen. 3. 15);
Noahic (Gen. 9. 1); Abrahamic (Gen. 15. 18); Palestinian (Deut. 30. 3); Davidic
(2 Sam. 7. 16); New (Heb. 8. 8). ;
2 There is a threefold giving of the law. First, orally, in Ex. 20. 1-17. This was
pure law, with no provision of priesthood and sacrifice for failure, and was_accom-
panied by the “judgments” (Ex. 21. 1-23. 13) relating to the relations of Hebrew
with Hebrew; to which were added (Ex. 23. 14-19) directions for keeping three
annual feasts, and (Ex. 23. 20-33) instructions for the conquest of Canaan. These
words Moses communicated to the people (Ex. 24. 3-8). Immediately, in the
persons of their elders, they were admitted to the fellowship of God (Ex. 24. 9-11).
Second, Moses was then called up to receive the tables of stone (Ex. 24, 12-18).
The story then divides. Moses, in the mount, receives the gracious instructions
concerning the tabernacle, priesthood, and sacrifice (Ex. 25.-31.). Meantime
(Ex. 32.), the people, led by Aaron, break the first commandment. Moses, re-
turning, breaks the tables “written with the finger of God” (Ex. 31. 18; 32. 16-19).
Third, the second tables were made by Moses, and the law again written by the
hand of Jehovah (Ex. 34. 1, 28, 29; Deut. 10. 4).
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EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
20 16]
16 Thou shalt not bear false wit-
ness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not 4covet thy
neighbour’s house, thou shalt not
covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his
manservant, rior his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing
that is thy neighbour’s.
18 And all the people saw the
thunderings, and the lightnings,
and the noise of the trumpet, and
the mountain smoking: and when
the people saw it, they removed,
and stood 4afar off.
19 And they said unto Moses,
Speak thou with us, and we will
hear: but let not God speak with
us, lest we die.
20 And Moses said unto the peo-
ple, Fear not: for God is come to
prove you, and that his ‘fear may
be before your faces, that ye sin
not.
21 And the people stood afar off,
a Cf.Rom.7.7,
6 For contrast
between law
and grace
-and Moses drew near unto the thick] cf-Eph.2.13;
darkness where God was. Heal. with
22 And the LorD said unto Moses,| “*°'10:19-22-
Thus thou shalt say unto the chil-|c Psa.19.9,
dren of Israel, Ye have seen that I| note.
have talked with you from heaven.
23 Ye shall not make with me
gods of silver, neither shall ye make
unto you gods of gold.
24 An altar of earth thou shalt
make unto me, and shalt sacrifice
thereon thy burnt-offerings, and
thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and
thine oxen: in all places where I
record my name I will come unto
thee, and I will bless thee. hk Num.35.11.
25 And if thou wilt make me an|.. _.
altar of stone, thou shalt not build]? 2 ¥1-2:29-
it of hewn stone: for if ¢thou lift Jj Deut.24.7.
up thy tool upon it, thou hast pol-
d Josh.8.30,31;
Rom.4.4-8;
Eph.2.8-10.
e Deut.15.12-
18; Jer.34.8-
11,
f Psa.40.6;
Heb.10.5.
g Gen.9.6.
luted it. k PARLE
26 Neither shalt thou go up by] mik.7.10.
steps unto mine altar, that thy na-
kedness be not discovered thereon.
CHAPTER 21.
The Law: (2) the “judgments” ;
master and servant.
NOW. these are the judgments
which thou shalt set before
them.
2 If thou buy an «Hebrew servant,
six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for
nothing. ‘
3 If he came in by himself, he
shall go out by himself: if he were
married, then his wife shall go out
‘with him.
4 If his master have given him a
wife, and she have born him sons
or daughters; the wife and her chil-
dren shall be her master’s, and he
shall go out by himself.
5 And if the servant shall plainly
say, I love my master, my wife, and
my children; I will not go out free:
6 Then his master shall bring him
unto the judges; he shall also bring
him to the door, or unto the door
post; and his master shall bore his
Jear through with an aul; and he
shall serve him for ever.
7 And if a man sell his daughter
to be a maidservant, she shall not
go out as the menservants do.
8 If she please not her master,
‘who hath betrothed her to himself,
then shall he let her be redeemed:
to sell her unto a strange nation he
shall have no power, seeing he hath
dealt deceitfully with her.
9 And if he have betrothed het
unto his son, he shall deal with her
after the manner of daughters.
10 If he take him another wife;
her food, her raiment, and her duty
of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 And if he do not these three
unto her, then shall she go out free
without money.
The Law: (2) the “judgments”;
injuries to the person.
12 He that smiteth a man, so that
he die, shall be surely put to ¢death.
13 And if a man lie not in wait,
but God deliver him into his hand;
then I will appoint thee “a place
whither he shall flee.
14 But if aman come presumptu-
ously upon his neighbour, to slay
him with guile; thou shalt ‘take
him from mine altar, that he may
ie.
15 And he that smiteth his father,
or his mother, shall be surely put
to death.
16 And he that Jstealeth a man,
and selleth him, or if he be found
in his hand, he shall surely be put
to death.
17 And he that “curseth his fa-
ther, or his mother, shall surely be
put to death.
18 And if men strive together,
and one smite another with a stone,
or with Ais fist, and he die not, but
keepeth his bed:
19 If he rise again, and walk
abroad upon his staff, then shall he
that smote. him be quit: only he
shall pay for the loss of his time,
and shall cause Aim to be thor-
oughly healed.
20 And if a man smite his servant,
or his maid, with a rod, and he die
under his hand; he shall be surely
punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he con-
tinue a day or two, he shall not be
punished: for he is his money.
22 If men strive, and hurt a wo-
man with child, so that her fruit
depart from her, and yet no mis-
chief follow: he shall be surely pun-
ished, according as the woman’s
husband will lay upon him; and he
shall pay as the judges determine.
23 And if any mischief follow,
then thou shalt give life for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning. wound
for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 And if a man smite the eye of
his servant, or the eye of his maid,
that it perish; he shall let him go
free for his eye’s sake.
27 And if he smite out his man-
servant’s tooth, or his maidser-
vant’s tooth; he shall let him go
free for his tooth’s sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a
woman, that they die: then the ox
shall be surely stoned, and his flesh
shall not be eaten; but the owner of
the ox shall be quit.
29 But if the ox were wont to
push with his horn in time past,
and it hath been testified to his
owner, and he hath not kept him
in, but that he hath killed a man
or a woman; the ox shall be stoned,
and his owner also shali be put to
death.
30 If there be laid on him a sum
of money, then he shall give for the
tansom of his life whatsoever is laid
upon him.
31 Whether he have gored a son,
or have gored a daughter, accord-
ing to this judgment shall it be done
unto him.
32 If the ox shall push a manser-
vant or a maidservant; he shall
give unto their master thirty 'shek-
els of silver, and the ox shall be
stoned. :
33 And if a man shall open a pit,
or if a man shall dig a pit, and not
cover it, and an ox or an ass fall
therein;
34 The owner of the pit shall
make it good, and give money unto
the owner of them; and the dead
beast shall be his.
35 And if one man’s ox hurt an-
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
a Lev.24.20;
Deut.19.21;
cf. Mt.5.38-
44; 1 Pet.2.
19-21. The
provision in
Exodus is
Jaw, and
righteous;
the N.T.
passages,
&race, and
merciful.
6 One shekel
= 2s. 9d., or
65 cents.
c 2 Sam.12.6.
[22 10
other’s, that he die; then they shall
sell the live ox, and divide the
aanen of it; and the dead ox also
they shall divide:
36 Or if it be known that the ox
hath used to push in time past, and
his owner hath not kept him in; he
shall surely pay ox for ox; anda the
dead shall be his own.
CHAPTER 22.
The Law: (2) the “judgments”;
rights of property.
F a man shall steal an ox, or a
sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall restore five oxen for an ox,
and four ‘sheep for a sheep.
2 If a thief be found breaking up,
and be smitten that he die, there
shall no blood be shed for him.
3 If the sun be risen upon him,
there shall be blood shed for him;
for he should make full restitution;
if he have nothing, then he shall be
sold for his theft.
4 Ifthe theft be certainly found in
his hand alive, whether it be ox, or
ass, or sheep; he shall restore
double.
5 If a man shall cause a field or
vineyard to be eaten, and shall put
in his beast, and shall feed in
another man’s field; of the best of
his own field, and of the best of his
own vineyard, shall he make resti-
tution.
6 If fire break out, and catch in
thorns, so that the stacks of corn,
or the standing corn, or the field, be
consumed therewith; he that kin-
dled the fire shall surely make res-
titution.
7 If a man shall deliver unto his
neighbour money or stuff to keep,
and it be stolen out of the man’s
house; if the thief be found, let him
pay double.
8 If the thief be not found, then
the master of the house shall be
brought unto the judges, to see
whether he have put his hand unto
his neighbour’s goods.
9 For all manner of trespass,
whether it be for ox, for ass, for
sheep, for raiment, or for any man-
ner of lost thing, which another
challengeth to be his, the cause of
both parties shall come before the
judges; and whom the judges shall
condemn, he shall pay double unto
his neighbour.
10 Ifaman deliver unto his neigh-
bour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep,
or any beast, to keep; and it die, or
22 11]
be hurt, or driven away, no man
seeing it:
11 Then shall an oath of the
LorD be between them both, that
he hath not put his hand unto his
neighbour’s goods; and the owner
of it shall accept thereof, and he
shall not make it good. 3
12 And ifit be stolen from him, he
shall make restitution unto the
owner thereof.
13. If it be torn in pieces, then let
him bring it for witness, and he
shall not make good that which was
torn.
14 And if a man borrow ought of
his neighbour, and it be hurt, or
die, the owner thereof being not
with it, he shall surely make it
good.
15 But if the owner thereof be
with it, he shall not make it good:
if it be an hired thing, it came for
his hire.
The Law: (2) the “judgments”;
crimes against humanity.
16 And if a man entice a maid
that is not betrothed, and lie with
her, he shall surely endow her to
be his wife.
17 If her father utterly refuse to
give her unte him, he shall pay
money according to the dowry of
virgins.
18 Thou shalt not suffer a ¢witch
to live.
19 Whosoever lieth with a beast
shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any
bgod, save unto the LorD only, he
shall be utterly destroyed,
21 Thou shalt neither ‘vex a
stranger, nor oppress him: for ye
were strangers in the land of
Egypt.
22 Ye shall not ¢afflict any wid-
ow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any
wise, and they cry at all unto me,
I will surely hear their cry;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot,
nd I will kill you with the sword;
and your wives shall be widows, and
your children fatherless.
25 If thou lend money to any of
my people that is poor by thee,
thou shalt not be to him as an
usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon
usury.
26 If thou at all take thy neigh-
Dour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt
deliver it unto him by that the sun
goeth down:
EXODUS.
a Deut.18.10,
LICE
1 Sam.28.
3-10.
b Deut.13.
6-16.
c Ex.23.9; ~
Mal.3.5.
d Deut.24.
e Ex.34.6,7.
f Acts 23.5.
g Ex.13.12,15.
h v.6; Lev.19.
15.
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27 For that.zs his covering only,
it zs his raiment for his skin: where-_
in shall he sleep? and it shall come
to pass, when he crieth unto me,
that I will hear; for I am @gracious.
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods,
nor curse the Jruler of thy people. —
29: Thou shalt not delay to offer
the first of thy ripe fruits, and of
thy liquors: &the firstborn of thy
sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with
thine oxen, and with thy sheep:
seven days it shall be with his
dam; on the eighth day thou shalt
give it me.
31 And ye shall be holy.men unto
fme: neither shall ye eat any flesh
that is torn of beasts in the field;
ye shall cast it to the dogs.
CHAPTER 23.
4 eee shalt not raise a false
report: put ‘not thine hand
with the wicked to be an un-
righteous witness.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multi-
tude to do evil; neither shalt thou
speak in a cause to decline after
many to wrest judgment:
3 Neither shalt thou countenance
a ‘poor man in his cause.
4 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox
or his ass going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it back to him again.
5 If thou see the ass of him that
hateth thee lying under his burden,
and wouldest forbear to help him,
thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judg-
ment of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false mat-
ter; and the innocent and righteous
slay thou not: for I will not justify
the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for
the gift blindeth the wise, and per-.
verteth the words of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a
stranger: for ye know the heart of
a stranger, seeing ye were strangers
in the land of Egypt.
The Law: (2) the “judgments”;
the land and the Sabbath. |
10 And six years thou shalt sow.
\thy land, and shalt gather in the
‘fruits thereof: |
11 But the seventh year thou
shalt let it rest and lie still; that the
poor of thy people may eat: and
what they leave the beasts of the.
‘field shall eat. In like manner thou ©
23 12]
shalt deal with thy vineyard, and
with thy oliveyard.
12 Six days thou shalt do thy
work, and on the seventh day thou
shalt rest: that thine ox and thine)
ass may rest, and the son of thy
handmaid, and the stranger, may
be refreshed.
13 And in all things that I have}
said unto you be circumspect: and|
make no mention of the name of
other gods, neither let it be heard
out of thy mouth.
The three national feasts: un-
leavened bread; firstfruits; in-
gathering.
14 ¢Three times thou shalt keep
a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of
bunleavened bread: (thou shalt eat
unleavened bread seven days, as I
commanded thee, in the time ap-
pointed of the month ‘Abib; for in
it thou camest out from Egypt: and
none shall appear before me empty:)
16 And the feast of harvest, the
firstfruits of thy labours, which
thou hast'sowm in the field: and the
feast of ingathering, which isin the
end of the year, when thou hast
ee in thy labours out of the
eld.
17 Three times in the year all thy
males shall appear before the Lord
Gop.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood
of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice
remain until the morning.
19 The first of the firstfruits of
thy land thou shalt bring into the
house of the Lorp thy God. Thou
shalt not seethe a kid in his
inother’s milk.
Instructions and promises con-
cerning the conquest of the land.
20 Behold, I send an ¢Angel be-
fore thee, to keep thee in the way,
and to bring thee into the place
which I have prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his
voice, provoke him not; for he will
not pardon your transgressions: for
my name is in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey
his voice, and do all that I speak;
then I will be an enemy unto thine
enemies, and an adversary unto
thine adversaries.
23 For mine Angel shall go before
thee, and bring thee in unto the
Amorites, and the Hittites, and the}
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the
°
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
[24.3
Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I
will cut them off,
24 Thou shalt not bow down to
their gods, nor serve them, nor do
after their works: but thou shalt
lutterly overthrow them, and quite
break down their images.
a Cf. Lev.23.
4-44. Exodus
forthe wil-
derness; Le-
viticus for
the land.
b Leaven. vs.
15,18; Ex.
29.2,23.
(Gen.19.3;
Mt.13.33.)
ci.e. April.
d Heb.1.4,
note.
e Inspiration.
vs.3,4,7,8,
12; Ex.32.16.
(Bx.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
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25 And ye shall serve the Lorp
your God, and he shall bless thy
bread, and thy water; and I will
take sickness away from the midst
of thee.
26 There shall nothing cast their
young, nor be barren, in thy land:
the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27 I will send my fear before thee,
and will destroy all the people to
whom thou shalt come, and I will
make all thine enemies turn their
backs unto thee.
28 And I will send hornets before
thee, which shall drive out the Hi-
vite, the Canaanite, and the Hit-
tite, from before thee.
29 I will not drive them out from
before thee in one year; lest the
land become desolate, and the beast
of the field multiply against thee.
30 By little and little I will drive
them out from before thee, until
thou be increased, and inherit the
land.
31 And I will set thy bounds from
the Red sea even unto the sea of
the Philistines, and from the desert
unto the river; for I will deliver the
inhabitants of the land into your
hand; and thou shalt drive them
out before thee.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant
with them, nor with their gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy
land, lest they make thee sin against
me: for if thou serve their gods, it
will surely be a snare unto thee.
CHAPTER 24.
The order of worship pending
the building of the tabernacle.
ND he said unto Moses, Come
up unto the Lorp, thou, and
Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and
seventy of the elders of Israel: and
worship ye afar off.
2 And Moses alone shall come
near the LorpD: but they shall not
come nigh; neither shall the people
go up with him,
The people accept the covenant:
the worship of the people.
3 And Moses came and told the
people all the «words of the Lorp,
and all the judgments: and all the
ȴ
EXODUS.
24 4]
eople answered with one voice,
Sad acid, All the words which the
Lorp hath said will we do.
4 And Moses wrote all the words
of the Lorp, and rose up early in
the morning, and ¢builded an altar
under the hill, and twelve pillars,
according to the twelve tribes of
Israel. .
*5 And he sent young men of the
a Cf.Ex.33.
children of Israel, which offered nee
burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-| for worship
offerings of oxen unto the LORD. was tempo-
tarily called
6 And Moses took half of the
blood, and put it in basons; and es
half of the blood he sprinkled on
the altar. ‘ b Heb.9.20.
7 And he took the book of the} ¢symbot of
covenant, and read in the audience} communion.
of the people: and they said, All| ¢fLe-22-
that the Lorp hath said will we do,| blood.
and be obedient. _sprinkled
8 And Moses took the blood, and] ‘people (see
sprinkled it on the people, and said,| Who had not
Behold the “blood of the covenant,| yet broken
which the Lorp hath made with| the law could
you concerning all these words. mune with
od. Never
The worship of Moses, the aps
priests, and the elders. peated. Cf,
Ex.24.9-11
9 Then went up Moses, and Aa- pag OG
ron, Nadab, and Abihu, and sev-| 68. But cf,
enty of the elders of Israel: -under grace,
10 And they saw the God of Is- Eph? 165
tael: and there was under his feet] 99°’
as it were a paved work of a sap-|
phire stone, and as it were the body|@ fingdom :
of heaven in his clearness. weeeatiecn
11 And upon the nobles of the! 1.26; Zech
children of Israel he laid not his} 12-8-)
hand: also they saw God, and did] ¢see 2 Cor.
feat and drink ' 8.1, note.
12 And the LorpD said unto Mo-
ses, Come up to me into the mount,
and be there: and I will give thee
tables of stone, and a law, and com-
mandments which I have written;
that ¢thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his
Minister Joshua: and Moses went
up into the mount of God.
f i.e. acacia.
14 And he said unto the elders, —
Tarry ye here for us, until we come —
again unto you: and,:behold, Aaron
and Hur are with you: if any man
have any matters to do, let him
come unto them.
15 And Moses went up into the >
mount, and a cloud covered the
mount.
16 And the glory of the Lorp
abode upon mount Sinai, and the
cloud covered it six days: and the
seventh day he called unto Moses
out of the midst of the cloud. .
17 And the sight of the glory of
the LorpD was like devouring fire
on the top of the mount in the eyes
of the children of Israel. 5
18 And Moses went into the midst
of the cloud, and gat him up into
the mount: and Moses was in the
mount forty days and forty nights.
CHAPTER 25.
Moses in the mount. The tab-
ernacle: (1) the materials.
ND !the Lorpb spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, that they bring me an offer-
ing: of every man that giveth it
ewillingly with his heart ye shall
take my offering.
3 And this is the offering which
ye shall take of them; gold, and
silver, and brass,
4 And blue, and purple, and scar-
let, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and
badgers’ skins, and fshittim wood,
6 Oil for the light, spices for
anointing oil, and for sweet in-
cense,
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be
set in the eéphod, and in the breast-
plate.
8 And let them make me a sanc-
tuary; that I may dwell among
them.
9 According to all that I shew
1 The general authority for the types of Exodus is found: (1) as to the persons
and events, in 1 Cor. 10. 1-11; (2)
as to the tabernacle, in Heb. 9. 1-24.
Having
the assurance that in the tabernacle everything is typical, the details must of neces-
sity be received as such. Two warnings are necessary: (1) Nothing may be dog-
matically asserted to
(2) all types not so
of analogy, or spiritual congruity,
be a type without explicit New Testament authority; and
authenticated must be recognized as having the authority
merely. The typical meanings of the ma-
terials and colours of the tabernacle are believed to be as follows: Gold, Deity
in manifestation—divine glory: silver,
note); brass, symbol of judgment, as in
of brass (Num. 21. 6-9); blue,
Sacrifice.
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redemption (Ex.
i the brazen altar and in the serpent
heavenly in nature or origin; purple, royalty; scarlet,
30. 12-16; 38. 27,
Sothys atealIhs Bele SO i acne ard A NOG PRL TED ie ys ah ARG
e510} EXODUS. [25 28
_ thee, after the pattern of the Itab-| B.c. 1491. |seat shall ye make the cherubims
ernacle, and the pattern of all the on the two ends thereof.
instruments thereof, even so. shall 20 And thecherubims shall stretch
ye make it. forth their wings on high, covering
The tabernacle. (2) the ark. agate an apie siti sabrts and
eir faces shall look one to an-
10, And they shall ¢make an ark)" xhe most _Jother; toward the mercy seat shall
of shittim wood: two ‘cubits and) type of the faces of the cherubims be.
pot ee Be ae Sem peter beep 21 abe thou shalt put the mercy
‘ eity; woo » ‘3
Phereof.canel a eubinand a: half the e iva mood ren fee half! ane oe ae
“eng isha ar ; Bee it that I shall give thee. j
11 And thou shalt overlay it with} 19 33> josh, | 22 And there I will meet with
pure gold, within and without shalt oer ett thee, and I will commune with thee
thou overlay it, and shalt make up- Jud.20.27; |from above the mercy seat, from
on it a crown of gold round about.} 4 774475 between the two cherubims which
12 And thou shalt cast four rings 1 ;6.1-21, |are upon the ark of the testimony,
of gold for it, and put them in the] 7}) aa \of all things which I will give thee
four corners thereof; and two rings} 35 24.59:’ |in commandment unto the children
shall be in the one side of it, and} 1 Kis.1-21; |of Israel
: : ‘ 2 pees
fu ringsin the other sie oft. | (RSG! The tabernacle: (3) the fable of
dshittim wood, and overlay them} 2 Chr.35.3: shewbread (Lev. 24. 5-9).
with gold. a ae 23 Thou shalt also make a table
14 And thou shalt put the staves! pos or of shittim wood: two cubits shall
into the rings by the sides of the] Neh. Where |be the length thereof, and a cubit
ark, that the ark may be borne with a it? Rev the breadth thereof, and a cubit
them. é OE and a half the height thereof.
15 The staves shall be in the rings} ie. acacia. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with
of the ark: they shall not be taken pure gold, and make thereto a
from it. MD ¢ One cubit = _jcrown of gold round about.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark) see also vs. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a
the testimony which I shall give) 17.23: border of an hand breadth round
ee. dSee“Pro. |about, and thou shalt make a
17 And thou shalt make a ¢mercy| pitiation.” | golden crown to the border thereof
seat of pure gold two cubits and a; Rom.3.2s, /round about.
half shall be the length thereof, and) 7°°* | 26 And thou shalt make for it four
acubit anda half the breadth thereof. | ¢ Ezk.1.5, rings of gold, and put the rings in
18 And thou shalt make two] ote: 1 Ki /the four corners that are on the
echerubims of gold, of beaten work) 57: B83 {four feet thereof,
shalt thou make them, in the two} 4.5.’ 27 Over against the border shall
ends of the mercy seat. the rings be for places of the staves
19 And make one cherub on the to bear the table.
one end, and the other cherub on! 28 And thou shalt make the
the other end: even of the mercy! |staves of 5shittim wood, and over-
i The tabernacle, speaking comprehensively, is explained in the N. T. as typical
in three ways: (1) of the Church as a habitation of God through the Spirit (Ex.
25.8; Eph 2. 19-22); (2) of the believer (2 Cor 6. 16); (3) asa figure of things in
the heavens (Heb. 9 23, 24) In detail, all speaks of Christ: (1) The ark, in its
materials, acacia-wood (see Ex. 26. 15, note) and gold, is a type of the humanity
and deity of Christ. (2) In its contents, a type of Christ, as: (a) having God’s law
in His heart (Ex. 25. 16); (b) the wilderness food (or portion) of His people (Ex.
16. 38} ; (c) Himself the resurrection, of which Aaron’s rod is the symbol (Num,
17. 10). (3) In its use the ark, especially the mercy-seat, was a type of God’s
throne. That it was, to the sinning Israelite, a throne of grace and not of judgment
was due to the mercy-seat formed of gold and sprinkled with the blood of atonement,
which vindicated the law, and the divine holiness guarded by the cherubim (Gen,
3. 24; Ezk. 1.5, note) See Propitiation, Rom. 3, 25, note.
2’All begins with the ark, which, in the completed tabernacle, was placed in the
holy of holies, because, in revelation, God begins from Himself, working outward
toward man; as, in approach, the worshipper begins from himself, moving toward
God in the holy of holies. The same order is followed in the Levitical offerings
(Lev. 1.-5.). In approach man begins at the brazen altar, type of the Cross, where,
in the fire of judgment, atonement is made.
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25 297 EXODUS.
lay them with gold, that the table
may be borne with them.
_ 29 And thou shalt make the
dishes thereof, and spoons thereof,
and covers thereof, and bowls
thereof, to cover withal: of pure
he make it, with all these ves-
els. ;
“40 And look that thou make —
them after their ‘pattern, which
was shewed thee in the mount.
gold shalt thou make them. CHAPTER 26.
30 And thou shalt set upon the], e6iso, or |The tabernacle: (5) the curtains
table Ishewbread before me alway. | $29,085. af tines.
The tabernacle: (4) the golden |; crHeb.8.5. OREOVER thou shalt make
candlestick. 4d Fine linen the tabernacle with: ten -cur-
31 And thou shalt make a ¢can-| typifies per- |tains of fine twined linen, and
dlestick of pure gold: of beaten| sonalright- |ebine, and purple, and scarlet: with
' work shall the candlestick be made:| (eyog), |/cherubims of cunning work shalt
his shaft, and his branches, his| The fine thou make them. ;
bowls, his knops, and his flowers, ita tee 2 The length of one curtain shall
ou. aches shall come sgleas lie of a: paso toma ee be
out of the sides of it; three branches Ps cubits: and every one of the cur:
of the candlestick out of the one|° G72, tains shall have one measure.
side, and three branches of the can-! heavenly 3 The five curtains shall be
dlestick out of the other side: origin; pur- |coupled together one to another;
33 Three bowls made like unto} 2/6: #istoy- |and other five curtains shall be
c al
almonds, with a knop and a flower David's son; '|coupled one to another.
in one branch; and three bowls| scariet,His | 4 And thou shalt make loops of
made like almonds in the other] S@"fce- blue upon the edge of the one cur-
branch, with a knop and a flower:| f See Ezk.1.5, |tain from the selvedge in the coup-
so in the six branches that come| ete. ling; and likewise shalt thou make
out of the candlestick. gOne cubit= |i the uttermost edge of another
34 And in the candlestick shall|"1 ft. 5.48 in; |curtain, in the coupling of the
be four bowls made like unto al-| also vs.8,13,’ |second.
monds, with their knops and their| 1° 5 Fifty loops.shalt thou make in
flowers. hCfLev.i6. |the one curtain, and fifty loops
35 And there shall be a knop BA The |shalt thou make in the edge of the
under two branches of the same, scene tebe (Curtain that is in the coupling of the _
and a knop under two branches of) to the result |second; that the loops may take
the same, and a knop under two| ofthe ordi- |hold one of another.
branches of the same, according to) fans ot*he | 6 And thou shalt make fifty
the six branches that proceed out} “covering? |taches of gold, and couple the cur-
of the candlestick. (Lev.16.5, |tains' together with the taches:
we knops and their branches} 70*¢), thus /and it shall be one tabernacle.
ae Ree toe oe be Christ in |The tabernacle: (6) the curtains
37 And thou shait make the seven} (cfGen.3- of goats’ hair.
, 21, ; at
lamps thereof: and they shall light] 7Hif'eOvene | 7 And thou shalt make curtains
the lamps thereof, that they may] is intensified |of ‘goats’ hair to be a covering
"38. And the tongs thereof, andithe| Site sim (TRO ine, tabernacle: eleven eure
’ skins, v.14. : %
snuffdishes thereof, shall be of 8 The length of one curtain shall
pure golds be thirty cubits, and the breadth
39 Of a “talent of pure gold shall of one curtain four cubits: and the
5 Showbread, type of Christ, the Bread of God, nourisher of the Christian’s life
as a believer-priest (1 Pet. 2. 9; Rev. l. 6). In John 6. 33-ss our Lord has more
in mind the manna, that food which “came down” ; but all typical meanings of
bread” are there gathered into His words. The manna is the life-giving Christ:
the showbread, the life-sustaining Christ. The showbread typifies Christ as the
corn of wheat”? (John 12. 24) ground in the mill of suffering (John 12. 27) and
brought into the fire of judgment (John 12. 31-33). We, as priests, by faith feed
upon Hirn as having undergone that in our stead and for our sakes. It is medita-
tion upon Christ, as in Heb. 12. 2, 3.
2 Candlestick, type of Christ our Light, shining in the fullness of the power of the
sevenfold Spirit (Isa. 11. 2; Heb. 1. 9: Rev. 1. 4). Natural light was excluded from
the tabernacle. Cf. 1 Cor. 2. 14,15. See Gen. 1. 16, note, and John 1. 4,
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eleven curtains shall be all of one
measure.
9 And thou shalt couple five cur-
tains by themselves, and six cur-
tains by ‘themselves, and shalt
double the sixth curtain in the
forefront of the tabernacle.
10 And thou shalt make fifty
loops on the edge of the one curtain
that fs outmost in the coupling,
and fifty loops in the edge of the
curtain which coupleth the second.
11 And thou shalt make fifty
taches of brass, and put the taches
into the loops, and couple the tent
together, that it may be one.
12 And the remnant that remain-
hang over the backside of the
tabernacle.
13 And a cubit on the one side,
anda cubit on the other side of that
which remaineth in the length of
the curtains of the tent, it shall
hang over the sides of the taber-
nacle on this side and on that side,
to cover it.
The tabernacle: (7) the covering
of rams’ skins.
14 And thou shalt make a cover-
ing for the tent of rams’ skins dyed
red, and a covering above of bad-
gers’ skins.
The tabernacle: (8) the boards
and sockets.
15 And thou shalt make !boards
for the tabernacle of 'shittim wood
standing up.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length
of a board, and a cubit and a half
shall be the breadth of one board.|
“17 Two tenons shall there be in|
one board, set in order one against
another: thus shalt thou make for
all the boards of the tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make the
a See v.7, ref.
bi.e. acacia.
c Rom.8.9;
1 Cor.6.19.
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
boards for the tabernacle, twenty
boards on the south side southward.
19 And thou shalt make forty
2sockets of silver under the twenty
boards; two sockets under one
board for his two tenons, and two
sockets under another board for his
two tenons.
20 And for the second side of the
tabernacle on the north side there
shall be twenty boards:
21 And their forty sockets of sil-
ver; two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another
board.
22 And for the sides of the taber-
nacle westward thou shalt make six
boards.
23 And two boards shalt thou
make for the corners of the taber-
nacle in the two sides.
24 And they shall be coupled to-
gether beneath, and they shall be
coupled together above the head of
it unto one ring: thus shall it be for
them both; they shall be for the
two corners.
25 And they shall be eight boards,
and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one
board, and two sockets under an:
other board.
The tabernacle: (9) the outside
bars.
26 And thou shalt make bars of
bshittim wood; five for the boards
of the one side of the tabernacle,
97 And five’bars for the ‘boards of
the other side of the tabernacle, and
five bars for the boards of the side
of the tabernacle, for the two sides
westward.
The tabernacle: (10) the bar in
the midst.
28 And the ‘middle bar in the
midst of the boards shall reach
from end to end.
1 The typical meaning of the boards is clear as to Christ. Acacia wood, a desert
growth, is a fitting symbol of Christ in His humanity as “a root out of dry ground”
(Isa. 53. 2).
divine glory.
less clear. The connection may be
4, 13.
liever. So viewed the type is beautiful.
the silver of redemption (Gal. 1. 4;
The covering, gold, typifies Deity in manifestation, speaks of His
As applied to the individual believer the meaning of the boards is
found in John 17. 21, 22, 23; Eph. 1. 4,6; 1 John
Only as seen “in Him” could the boards be taken as representing the be-
In the world, and yet separated from it by
Ex. 30. 11-16; 38. 25-27), as the boards of the
tabernacle were separated from the earth by the sockets of silver, and united by the
“middle bar” (v. 28), representing
both the one life (Gal. 2. 20) and one Spirit
(Eph. 4. 3), “all che building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple
in the Lord”? (Eph. 2. 21).
2 Silver symbolizes redemption (Ex. 25. 1, note;
38. 27, note). All the taber-
nacle rests upon silver except the hangings of the gate, the way of access (Ex. 27.
17, note);
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26 29}
of gold,
29 And thou shalt overlay the
boards with gold, and make their
rings of gold for places for the
bars: and thou shalt overlay the
bars with gold.
30 And thou shalt rear up the!
tabernacle according to the thee ia
thereof which was shewed thee in
“EXODUS.
The tabernacle: (11) the overlay) __B.c. 1491.
and their hooks shall be of gold:
and thou shalt cast five sockets of
‘brass for them.
CHAPTER 27.
The tabernacle: (14) the brazen
altar.
| A ND thou shalt make an 2altar
of ¢shittim ‘wood, five ¢cubits
long, and five cubits broad; the al-
_ The tabernacle: (13) the outer
the mount.
|aie. acacia. {tar shall be foursquare: and the
The tabernacle: (12) the inner |p See ae een thereof shall be three
vail. bY note. > 5
: ; 2 And thou shalt make the horns
31 And thou shalt make a !vail of : :
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and Gee aa of it upon the four corners thereof
; : : i f me: and
fine twined linen’ df cunning work:} manity), ce sake Pe ei ee
: : : des completely |thou shalt overlay , :
with cherubims shall it be made: c
5 inclosed in 3 And thou shalt make his pans to
rae crake DADS AE UPON! | pease, must receive his ashes, and his shovels
four pillars of ¢shittim wood overlaid] have become RS » 2 ’
ith gold: their hooks sha/l be of| completely |and his basons, and his fleshhooks,
eold nua the roar sockets of silver.| hatred by and his firepans: all the vessels
sacrificial —_| thereof thou shalt make of brass.
33 And thou shalt hang up the} fires. Cf. { 4 dmdothott ‘shaltanake dortte
vailunder the taches, that thou may-| Heb.10.5-7, 3
est bring in thither within the vail]; one cupie= State of network of brass; and upon
the ark of the testimony: and the] 1 f-5.48 in.; |the net shalt thou make four Brasee
vail shall divide unto you between| also vs.9,12-’ |fings in the four corners thereof.
the holy place and the most holy. | 1618 5 And thou shalt put it under the
F : compass of the altar beneath, that
34 And thou shalt put the merey]e cf.Num.21.
seat upon the ark of the testimony] 9: Jchn 3.14 |the net may be even to the midst of
in the most holy place. with’ John 12./the altar.
31-33; thus | 6 And thou shalt make staves for
35 And thou shalt set the table] fxing'the the tltar/ staves Gk, hive: Lebel
without the vail, and the candle-| symbolic 3
3 pple meaning of jand overlay them with brass.
gUck Qver against the table on the 7 And the staves shall be put into
ide of the tabernacle toward the| DMs °,¢%
2 ties rae gecone Be 2 festation in |the rings, and the staves shall be
vine mani-
‘le prices te ae put the'tavle judgment. jupon the two sides of the altar, to
E bear it.
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou
make it: as it was shewed thee in
vail
36 And thou shalt make an hanging
for the door of the tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen, wrought with needlework.
37 And thou shalt make for the
hanging five pillars of 4snittim
wood, and overlay them with gold,
ithe mount, so shall they make it.
ee tabernacle: (15) the court
9 And thou shalt make the court
of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings
for the court of 4fine twined linen
1The inner veil, type of Christ’s human body (Mt. 26. 26; 27. 50; Heb. 10 20)
This veil, barring entrance into the holiest, was the most expressive symbol of the
truth that “‘by the deeds of the Jaw shall no flesh be justified” (Rom 3 20; Heb.
9.8) Rent by an unseen hand when Christ died (Mt. 27 51), thus giving in-
stant access to God to all who come by faith in Him, it was the end of all legality,
the way to God was open
It is deeply significant that the priests must have patched
together again the veil that God had rent, for the temple services went on yet for
nearly forty years.
or sinner back under law.
‘ (Cf Gal. 1. 6
is ‘‘another gospel,”’ and under anathema.
That patched veil is Galatianism—the attempt to put saint
-9.) Anything but “the grace of Christ”
2 Brazen altar, type of the Cross upon which Christ, our whole burnt-offering,
offered Himself without spot to God (Heb. 9. 14).
3 Cf. Ex. 25. 10.
The altar of burnt-offerin
seat. The atonement more than saves us—it ¢
4 The fine linen commonly typifies
and in the hangings of the court stand
g is double the height of the mercy-
glorifies God (John 17, 4).
personal righteousness (Ex. 26 1, ref d),
s for that measure of righteousness which
God demands of any who would, in his own righteousness, approach, Christ, fig-
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EXODUS. : ‘eye
a an hundred cubits long for one
side:
10 And the twenty pillars thereof
and their twenty sockets shali be
of brass; the hooks of the pillars
and their fillets shall be of silver.
11 And likewise for the north side
in length there shall be hangings
of an hundred cubits long, and his
twenty pillars and their twenty
sockets of brass; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets of silver.
12 And for the breadth of the
court on the west side shall be
hangings of fifty cubits: their pil-
lars ten, and their sockets ten.
13 And the breadth of the court! ¢ Num.21.9,
on the east side eastward shall be| note.
fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of one side of the
gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 Andon the other side shall be!
hangings fifteen cubits: their pils|
lars three, and their sockets three.
The tabernacle: (16) the hang-
ing for the gate of the court.
with needlework: and their pillars
shall be four, and their sockets
four.
17 All the 2pillars round about the
court shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks shall be of silver, and
their sockets of brass.
18 The length of the court shall
be an hundred cubits, and the
breadth fifty every where, and the
height five cubits of fine twined
linen, and their sockets of brass.
19 All the vessels of the taber-
nacle in all the service thereof, and
all the pins thereof, and all the pins
of the court, shall be of “brass.
The tabernacle: (17) the oil for
the light.
20 And thou shalt command the
children of Israel, that they bring
thee pure 3oil olive beaten for the
light, to cause the lamp to burn
always.
21 In the tabernacle of the con-
gregation without the vail, which is
before the testimony, Aaron and
his sons shall order it from evening
B.C. 1491.
16 And for the 1gate of the court to morning before the Lorb: it
shall be an hanging of twenty cu- shall be a statute for ever unto
bits, of blue, and purple, and scar- their generations on the behalf of
let, and fine twined linen, wrought the children of Israel.
uratively speaking, put up the hangings of the court in Lk. 10. 25-28. The only
way of approach was the “gate” (v. 16, John 10.9). The hangings of the court bar
out equally the self-righteous man and the open sinner, for the height was above
eight feet (Ex. 27. 18).
1 In the hangings of the court (v. 9, ref.), representing that practical righteous-
ness which God demands in the law, and which, therefore, bars out all men (Rom.
3. 19, 20; 10. 3-5), no colours are inwrought. But the “gate” is Christ (John 10. 9),
and so the colours reappear as in the veil (Ex. 26. 31). "
2 The fillets and hooks upholding the linen hangings are of silver (Ex. 38. 27,
note), for it is in virtue of His redemptive work that Christ is our way of access,
and not by virtue of His righteous Jife (symbolized by the fine linen); but the pil-
Jars of the court rest upon brass sockets, not silver as in the case of the boards
(Ex. 26. 19, note), and brass symbolizes divine righteousness in judgment (Num.
21. 9, note). Redemption not only displays God’s mercy, but vindicates His right-
eousness in showing that mercy (Rom. 3. 21-26).
3 Oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Cf. John 3. 34, with Heb. 1.9). In Christ
the oil-fed Light ever burns, the Light of the world (John 8. 12). But here we
have not the world, but the sanctuary. It is a question, not of testimony in and to
the world, but of our communion and worship as believer-priests in the holiest
(Heb. 10. 19, 20). In the Tabernacle there were two compartments, two lights: the
holy place with the candlestick (Ex. 25. 31, note); the holy of holies with the
shekinah, or manifested glory of God. These two places are now one (Mt. 27.
50, 51; Heb. 9. 6-8; 10. 19-21), but it is important to see that there are still two
lights: Christ, the Light of life (John 8. 12), through the Spirit giving light upon
the holy things of God, the showbread and altar of incense; and also the shekinah,
now on the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4.6). Into this twofold light we, as believer-
priests, are brought (1 Pet. 2.9). We ‘“‘walk in the light,’ not merely which He
gives, but in which He lives (1 John 1. 7). But what of the command to “bring
pure oil’? (Ex. 27. 20)? Because our access, apprehension, communion, and _trans-
formation are by the Spirit (Eph. 2. 18; 1 Cor. 2. 14, 15; 2 Cor. 13. 14; Phil. 2. 1;
2 Cor. 3.18). Our title to His presence is the blood (Eph. 2. 13), but only as filled
‘with the Spirit (Eph. 5. 18) do we really walk in the light.
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EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
28 1)
CHAPTER 28.
The priesthood: (1) the high
priest and the priests; types
“of Christ and “believers of the
Church age.
A. ND take thou unto thee 1Aaron
thy brother, and his sons with
him, from ’among the children of
Israel, that he may minister unto
me in the priest’s office, even Aa-
ron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and
Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
2 And thou shalt make “holy gar-
ments for Aaron thy brother for|a See 1 Pet.2.
glory and for beauty. 9; Rev.1.6.
3 And thou shalt speak unto all), sanctity,
that are wise hearted, whom Ihave} holy (0.T.).
filled with the ‘spirit of wisdom, ete aes
that they may make Aaron’s gat-| (Gen23:
ments to “consecrate him, that he Zech.8.3.)
Scot unto me in the priest’s ¢ Holy Spirit.
. Ex.31.3.
n (Gen.1.2;
The priesthood: (2) the gar- Mal.2.15.)
ments of the high priest. Ae
x.29.5,
4 and these aes the ¢garments| note.
which they shall make; a breast- .
plate, and an ephod, and a robe,|* G0/@, Deity
and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a| tion; blue,
girdle: and they shall make holy Deaventys
garments for Aaron thy brother,| Rye:
and his sons, that he may minister] scarlet,
unto me in the priest’s office, sacrifice;
fine linen,
The materials. | Lgaheac,
» And they shall ¢take gold, and ness ere
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and| 77°
fine linen. f The place of
It ;
The ephod. 1sa.9.6; Lk.
15.4,5.
6 And they shall make the «ephod
of gold, of blue, and of purple, of|¢ One span =
scarlet, and fine twined linen, with, 8737 ches.
cunning work,
7 It shall have the two shoulder
pieces thereof joined at the two
edges thereof; and so it shall be
joined together.
& And the curious girdle of the
ephod, which is upon it, shall be of
the same, according to the work
thereof; even of gold, of blue, and
nurele, and scarlet, and fine twined
nen.
9 And thou shalt take two onyx}
1 Type of Christ, ous High Priest.
[28 al
stones, and grave on them the
names of the children of Israel:
10 Six of their names on one
stone, and the other six names of
the rest on the other stone, accord-
ing to their birth.
11 With the work of an engraver
in stone, like the engravings of ‘a
signet, shalt thou engrave the two
stones with the names of the chil-
dren of Israel: thou shalt make
them to be set in ouches of gold.
12 And thou shalt put the two
stones upon the Shoulders of the
ephod for stones of memorial unto
the children of Israel: and Aaron
shall bear their names before the
Lorp upon his two/shoulders for a
memorial.
13. And thow shalt make ouches o.
gold; $
14 And two chains of pure gold at
the ends; of wreathen work shalt
thou make them, and fasten the
wreathen chains to the ouches.
The breastplate.
15 And thou shalt make the
breastplate of judgment with cun-
ning work; after the work of the
ephod thou shalt make it; of ¢gold,
of blue, and of purple, and of scar-
let, and of fine twined linen, shalt
thou make it.
16 Foursquare it shall be being
doubled; a “span shall be the
length thereof, and a span shall be
the breadth thereof,
17 And thou shalt set in it settings
of stones, even four rows of stones:
the first row shall be a sardius, a
topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall
be the first row.
18 And the second row shall be an
emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19 And the third row a ligure, an
agate, and an amethyst.
20 And the fourth row a beryl,
and an onyx,and a jasper: they shall
be set in gold in their inclosings.
21 And the stones shall be with
the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names,
like the engravings of a signet:
every one with his name shall they
be according to the twelve tribes.
Christ is a priest after the order of Melchize-
dek, but He executes his priestly office after the pattern of Aaron. Heb. 7. gives
the order;
2 Heb,
Often trans. “sanctify.”
fundamental idea of a holy
something set apart for Go
Heb. 9., the pattern. See Gen. 14. 18-20, note.
godesh =“‘set apart’? for God. Trans. “Holy? iy)
See summary, Zech. 8. 3, note.
“consecrate,’”’ v. 3.
if godesh had been uniformly trans. “set apart.”
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75
. This is always the
, consecrated, separated, or sanctified person or thing—
. Infinite confusion would have been spared the reader
a
28 22]
22 And thou shalt make upon the
breastplate chains at the ends of
wreathen work of pure goid.
23. And thou shalt make upon the
breastplate two rings of gold, and
shalt put the two rings on the two
ends of the breastplate:
24 And thou shalt put the two
wreathen chains of gold in the two
rings which are-on the ends of the
breastplate.
25 And the other two ends of the
two wreathen chains thou shalt
fasten in the two: ouches, and put
them on the shoulder pieces of the
ephod. before it.
26 And thou shalt make two.rings
of gold, and thou shalt put them!
upon the two ends of the breast-
plate in the border thereof, which
is in the side of the ephod inward.
27 And two other rings of gold
thou. shalt make, and shalt put
them on the two sides of the ephod
underneath, toward the forepart
thereof, over against the other
coupling thereof, above the curious
girdle of the ephod.
28 And they shall bind the breast-
plate by the rings thereof unto the
rings of the ephod with a lace of
blue, that it may be above the
curious girdie of the ephod, and
that the breastplate be not loosed
from the ephod.
29 And Aaron shall bear the
fMames of the children of Israel in
the breastplate of judgment upon
his “heart, when he goeth in unto
the holy place, for a memorial
before the Lorp continually.
The
Urim and Thummuim.
30 And thou sha't put in_the
breastplate of judgment the }Urim
and the Thummim; and they shall
be upon Aaron’s heart, when he
goeth in before the Lorp: and
Aaron shall bear the judgment of
the children of Israel upon his
heart before the LorpD continually.
The robe of the Ephod.
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
a The-place:
of affection.
Cf.v.12,ret.
b See Ex.29.5,
note.
ci.e. be re-
sponsible for
every neg-
lect or
offence re-
specting
“the holy
things,” etc.
31 And thou shalt make the brobe
of the ephod all of blue.
1Urim and Thummim,
be simply a collective name for
of the twelve: stones is to manifest
antitype of the Aaronic high priest. c
“the Urim and Thummim
were connecte
to: be conclusive that
breastplate. In use the U and T
with the ascertainment of the divine
33. 8; 1 Sam. 28. 6; Ezra 2. 63).
meaning “lights and perfections.”
for the stones of the breastplate, 1 ‘
“tights and perfections” of Him who is the
Per contra, Lev. 8. 8.
the
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[28 40
32 And there shall be an hole in
the top of it, in the midst thereof:
it shall have a binding of woven
work round about the hole of it, as
it were the hole of an habergeon,
that it be not rent.
_33_ And beneath upon the hem of
it thou shalt make pomegranates
of blue, and of purple, and of scar-
let, round about the hem thereof; >
and bells of gold between them
round about:
34 A golden bell and a pomegran-
ate, a golden bell’ and a pome-
granate, upon the hem of the robe’
round about.
35 And it shall be upon Aaron to
minister: and his sound shall be
heard when he goeth in unto the
holy place before the Lorp, and
when he cometh out, that he die
not.
The “holy crown”
(Ex. 29. 6).
36 And thou shalt make a plate
of pure gold, and grave upon it,
like the engravings of a_ signet,
HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
37 And thou shalt put it on a blue
lace, that it may be upon the mitre;
upon the forefront of the mitre it
shall be.
38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s
forehead, that Aaron may ‘bear the
iniquity of the holy things, which
the children of Israei shall hallow
in all their holy gifts; and it shall
be always upon his forehead, that
they may be accepted before the
LORD.
The ordinary garments of high
priest and priests, over which
the garments for glory and
beauty were put on.
39 And thou shalt embroider the
coat of fine linen, and thou shalt
make the mitre of fine linen, and
thou shalt make the girdle of
needlework. |
40 And for Aaron’s sons thou
shalt make coats, and thou shalt
make for them girdles, and bonnets
shalt thou make for them, for glory
and for beauty.
Some make these to
so that the total effect
This would seem
” are additional to the stones of the
d, in some way not clearly expressed,
will in particular cases (Num, 27. 21; Deut.
Frhy
7
‘the altar to minister in the holy
4 j P “4 ag tid ‘i f 4 : { og
28 41] EXODUS. [29 6
thou shalt put them upon] _B.c. 1491._|priest’s office: ¢Take one young
a Aen broth d_ hi ’bullock, and two ‘rams without
aron t rother, an 1s sons ock, :
with fms, and shalt anoint them,|, crryep.7, | blemish,
and consecrate them, and sanctify} 26-28. _2 And ‘unleavened bread, and
them, that they may minister unto feet as deakes unleavened tempered with
me in the priest’s office. note.” |oil, and wafers unleavened anointed
42 And thou shalt make them with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou
linen breeches to cover their naked-|¢ Leaven. vs. |make them. Q
ness; from the loins even unto the ee 3 And thou shalt put them into
thighs they shall reach: 19.3; Mt.13. |one basket, and bring them in the
43. And they shall be upon Aaron,} 33-) basket, with the bullock and the
and upon his sons, when they come} gee Ex.25, {two rams. J
in unto the tabernacle of the congre-} 30, Sota: 4 And ?Aaron and his sons thou
gation, or when they come near unto eee shalt bring unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and
place; that they bear not iniquity,| Distinguish |shalt ‘wash them with water.
and die: it shall be a statute for| the washing
ever unto him and his seed after him.| fom the use The order for the high priest.
Ex.30.18-21. | 5 And thou shalt take the 3gar-
CHAPTER 29. Lay ere ments, end put jupon oeeeat
A r i coat, and the robe of the ephod,
The priesthood: (3) the conse- (Tit.3.5); the land the ephod, and the breastplate,
cration of the priests; the} javer, daily and gird him with the curious girdle
oterings. GJohni.o) |of the ephod:
AD this 7s the thing that thou] See both, 6 And thou shalt put the mitre
shalt !do unto them to hallow| John 13.10. |upon his head, and put the holy
them, to minister unto me in the crown upon the mitre.
1 The priest type of consecration. (Cf. the temple type, 1 Ki. 8. 1-11; 2 Chr. 5.
4-14). The order in Leviticus (8. 1-9. 24) differs from the order here. In Leviticus
the filling the hands precedes the sprinkling. P
2 Aaron shares in the washing (i.e. symbol of Tegeneration, Tit. 3.5; John 3.
5-6): (1) as needing it, being in this in contrast with Christ (Heb. 7.. 26-28); (2)
to typify Christ’s action, who received the baptism of John, not as needing it, but
as thus identifying Himself with sinners, and as fulfilling the Aaronic type. As in
- Aaron’s case, His anointing followed the washing (Ex, 29. 4, 7; Mt. 3. 14-16).
The high priest’s garments were put on in reverse order of the instructions for
making them:
(1) The “coat”? (Ex. 28. 39), the oriental long garment worn next the person,
made of fine linen (Ex. 27. 9, ref.).
(2) The “robe of the ephod” (Ex. 28. 31-35), a long seamless garment of
blue linen with an opening for the head, worn over the “coat.” Pomegranates,
symbol of fruitfulness, were embroidered on the skirt of the robe in blue, purple,
and scarlet, alternated with golden bells, symbol of testimony, which gave a sound
as the high priest went in and out of the sanctuary. The robe was secured by an
embroidered girdle.
i (3) The ephod (Ex. 28. 5-12) was next put on. A short garment made of
linen, embroidered with gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, it consisted of two pieces, front
and back, united by two shoulder-pieces and by a band about the bottom. Two
Onyx stones, set in gold and fastened upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, were
engraved with the names of the twelve tribes: “and Aaron shall bear their names
before Jehovah upon his two shoulders (the place of strength) for a memorial.” Cf.
TSAO 6s. Lic 1514 a
_.: (4) The breastplate was a square pouch (Ex. 28. 16) of linen to contain the
Urim and Thummim (Ex. 28. 30, note). To the linen pouch was attached the
the names of the twelve tribes engraved thereon, on each stone a tribal name. The
breastplate with the jewel work, was attached at the upper corners to the shoulder-
pieces of the ephod by golden chains. Golden rings were sewn on ephod and breast-
plate, and the latter was further secured to the ephod by laces of blue through
by the high:priést when judging the causes of the people (Ex. 28. 30, note, tefs.).
(5) A mitre (or “turban”’) of fine linen was made (Ex. 28.37) to cover the
Bee bearing upon the front a gold plate engraved, “Holiness to’the LORD” (v.
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“the breastplate of judgment” because worn -
Yoga As d6 UT iia a “
a 7) EXODUS. [29 28:
7 Then shalt thou take the
anointing oil, and pour it upon his
head, and anoint him.
The order for the priests.
8 And thou shalt bring his sons,
and put coats upon them.
9 And thou shalt “gird them with
girdles, Aaron and his sons, and
put the bonnets on them: and the 21 And thou shalt take of the
priest’s office shall be their’s for a blood that zs upon the altar, and of
perpetual statute: and thou shalt the anointing oil, and sprinkle it
consecrate Aaron and his sons. upon Aaron, and upon his gar-
ments, and upon his sons, and upon
the garments of his sons with him:
20 Then shalt thou kill the ram,
and take of his blood,and put it
upon the tip of the right ear of
Aaron, and upon the tip of the right
ear of his sons, and upon the thumb
of their right hand, and upon the
great toe of their right foot, and
sprinkle the blood upon the altar
round about.
B.C. 1491.
The order for the sacrifices.
10 And thou shalt cause a bullock and he shall be hallowed, and his
to be brought before the tabernacle garments, and his sons, and his
of the congregation: and Aaron and sons’ garments with him.
his sons shall ‘put their hands upon 22 Also thou shalt take of the
the head of the bullock. ram the fat and the rump, and the
11 And thou shalt kill the bullock fat that covereth the inwards, and
before the Lorp, by the door of the the caul above the liver, and the two
tabernacle of the congregation. kidneys, and the fat that zs upon
12 And thou shalt take of the them, and the right shoulder; for it
blood of the bullock, and put it)/¢Symbolof zs a ram of consecration:
upon the horns of the altar with thy| sqyice; Le | 23 And one loaf of bread, and one
finger, and pour all the blood be- john gar cake of oiled bread, and one wafer
side the bottom of the altar. Rev.1.13.. lout of the basket of the unleavened
13 And thou shalt take all the fat), ;.,.14 bread that is before the LORD: |
that covereth the inwards, and the] note.’ 24 And thou shalt put all in the
caul that is above the liver, and the ehands of Aaron, and in the hands
two kidneys, and the fat that is up-|°l¢”-1-8 ‘e/ |of his sons; and shalt wave them
on them, and burn them upon the|dtev.4.11,12, |for a wave-offering before the
altar. ref. LorbD.
14 But the flesh of the bullock,! 5 41 the 25 And thou shalt receive them of
and his skin, and his dung, shalt| hands. their hands, and burn them upon
thou burn with fire ¢without the the altar for a burnt-offering, for a
camp: it is a sin-offering. Isweet savour before the LORD: it is
15 Thou shalt also take one ram; lan offering made by fire unto the
and Aaron and his sons shall put LORD.
ocr hands upon the head of the The priesthood: (4) the food of
16 And thou shalt slay the ram, the priests. (See also vs. 29
b 33; Lev. 2. 6; 6. 14-18, 24-295
and thou shalt take his blood, and re
: 4 7. 6-11, 34.)
sprinkle it round about upon the
altar. 26 And thou shalt take the breast
17. And thou shalt cut the ram in of the ram of Aaron’s consecration,
pieces, and wash the inwards of and wave it for a wave-offering
him, and his legs, and put them before the Lorp: and it shall be
unto his pieces, and unto his head. thy part. ;
18 And thou shalt burn the whole , 27 And thou shalt sanctify the
ram upon the altar: it 7s a burnt- breast of the wave-offering, and the
offering unto the LoRD: it is a shoulder of the heave-offering,
sweet savour, an offering made by which is waved, and which is
fire unto the LorD. heaved up, of the ram of the conse-
19 And thou shalt take the other cration, even of that which is for
ram; and Aaron and his sons shall Aaron, and of that which is for his
their hands upon the head of sons:
‘eg ne < 28 And it shall be Aaron’s and
(6) To these were added linen breeches, ‘from the loins even to the thighs”
(Ex. 28. 42).
The “coat” and linen. breeches were made for the priests, also, and were the
ordinary garments of high priest and priests as distinguished from the other gar-
ments, which were “for glory and beauty.”
109
29 29) EXODUS. _ , [301
his sons’ by a statute for ever from|_B.c. 1491. | The continual burnt-offering. —
Se Ay oho mereek in S onl 38 Pee ies phad which baou shal
eave-o 5 ? ei
heanegiecing from the children of oe eee estes ae Guorteiualivd
Israel of the sacrifice of their peace- 1 305Hihe anedamio.thaushalal ocd
“Sopa edadh their heave-offering in the morning; and the other lamb
unto the 4 see
29 And the holy garments | of vireo eee a tenth
Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, dralot Housamingledaniththelsoneale
_ to be anointed oe and to be Dees ofjasis han tek beaten oil; and
ee, eee at the fourth part of an hin of wine
30 And that son that is priest in for tongiinledeiecings
iis ystead shall put ery ey relies | 41 And the other lamb thou shalt
Gays, when ‘he cometh Gnto ‘the offer at even, and shalt do thereto.
Sa 2 ordinary ico a eG according to the ¢meat-offering of
the morning, and according to the
31 And thou shalt take the ram of Say 2
the consecration, and seethe his drink-offering thereof, for a sweet
flesh in the holy place. savour, an offering made by fire
32 And Aaron and his sons shall Re Red behdl mmatindal
eat the flesh of the ram, and the|¢ v.33, note. burnt-offering throughout your gen-
bread that is in the basket by the}, Sas erations at the door of the taber-
Sorte copra ate Se ges ety brat nacle of the congregation before the
33 And they shall eat those things] =%-30-30.37. Lorp: where I will meet you, to
4 (Gen.2.3; speak there unto thee.
wherewith the latonement Was] Zech.8.3.) 43 And there I will meet with the
made, to consecrate and to sanctify
One hin= hildren of Israel, and the taberna-
them: but a stranger shall not eat|¢Onehin= |C oh :
thereof, because they are holy. are co Sepa will ee ie seta
34 And if ought of the flesh of the
consecrations, or of the bread, re-|? Lit. meal. wre = bet pe Neda ae
main unto the morning, then thoul e ie, acacia tar: I will sanctify also bo
shalt burn the remainder with fire: : sy pepe een porgrgei
it Shall not be eaten, because it is 45 And I will dwell ‘among the
fe) y. . . re .
ye And Br analy thou do uae Poets a Teracl; and will ‘be their
aron, and to his sons, according i :
to all things which I have com- Be uc “pth te te pad ee Vir.
manded thee: seven days shalt thou brought them forth out of the land
borkartiesnachaié offer every day of Egypt, that I may dwell preee
a bullock for te he Bee e for them: I am the Lorp their God.
atonement: and thou shalt cleanse
the altar, when thou hee: an CHAPTER 30.
atonement for it, and thou shalt The tabernacle: (18) the altar
anoint it, to sanctify it. “ yer he,
37 Seven days thou shalt make an pee se; the great worship
"atonement for the altar, and bsanc- So
tify it; and it shall be an altar most ND thou shalt make an altar ta
holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar burn “incense upon: of ¢shittim
shall be holy. wood shalt thou make it,
1 Heb. kaphar, “to cover.” The English word “atonement” (at-one-ment) is not
a translation of the Heb. Kaphar, but a translator’s interpretation. According
to Scripture the legal sacrifice “covered” the offerer’s sin and secured the divine for-
&iveness; according to the translators it made God and the sinner at-one. But the
O.T. sacrifices did not at-one the sinner and God. “It is not possible that the blood
of bulls and goats should take away sins” (Heb. 10. 4). The Israclite’s offering
implied confession of sin and of its due desert, death; and God “‘covered”’ (“passed
over,” Rom. 3. 25) his sin, in anticipation of Christ’s sacrifice, which did, finally,
“put away” the sins “done aforetime in the forbearance of God” (Rom, 3. 25;
Heb. 9.15). See Rom. 3. 25, note. The word “atonement” does not occur in the
N.T.; Rom. 5. 11, meaning reconciliation, and so rendered in the R.V. See “Sac-
Tifice,” Gen. 4. 4, and refs. See note on atonement, Lev. 16.
Altar of incense, type of Christ our intercessor (John 17. 1-26; Heb. 7. 25),
110
i
302] EXODUS. [30 21
2 A “cubit shall be the length) B.c. 1491. 12 When thou takest the sum of
thereof, and a cubit the breadth the children of Israel after their
thereof; foursquare shall it be: and number, then shall they give every
two cubits shail be the height man a ransom for his soul unto the
thereof: the horns thereof shall be LORD, when thou numberest them,
of the same. ; that there be no plague among
3 And thou shalt overlay it with them, when thou numberest them.
pure gold, the top thereof, and the 13 ¢This they shall give, every one
sides thereof round about, and the that passeth among them that are
horns thereof; and thou shalt make numbered, half a /shekel after the
unto it a crown of gold round about. shekel. of the sanctuary: (a shekel
4 And two golden rings shalt thou is twenty #gerahs:) an half shekel
make to it under the crown of it, by shall be the offering of the LoRD. ©
the two corners thereof, upon the 14 Every one that passeth among
two sides of it shalt thou make it; them that are numbered, from
and they shall be for places for the twenty years old and above, shall
staves to bear it withal. AGYAGe = give an offering unto the Lorpb.
5 And thou shalt make the staves|" 7 &. 5.48 in. | 15. The rich shall not give more,
of Sshittim wood, and overlay them| _ : and the poor shall not give less
with gold. bie. acacia. |than half a/shekel, when they give
6 And thou shalt put it before the] -rit. meaz |an offering unto the LORD, to make
vail that is by the ark of the testi- an ¢atonement for your souls.
mony, before the mercy seat that|? See E*.29.33,/ 16 And thou shalt take the
is over the testimony, where I will| "°* . |¢atonement money of the children
meet with thee. e ChEx.38. of Israel, and shalt appoint it for
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon le se ad the service of the tabernacle of the
sweet incense every morning: when| comes a congregation; that it may be a me-
he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn| type ofre- /morial unto the children of Israel
incense upon it. demption before the LorpD, to make an
8 And sg pet eh a the ant ¢datonement for your souls.
* h i .
lamps ateven, esha rm Reel ome _|Who may. avorship? (2) the
the Lorp throughout your genera-| é 2227" * em Bt L ee apes be hsee
tions.
9 Ye shall offer no !strange in- 2 Oe gerah= | 17 And the LorpD spake unto
cense thereon, nor burnt-sacrifice, “4 grains: |Moses, saying,
nor ‘meat-offering; neither shall ye|A Jobn 13.8. 18 Thou shalt also make a 2laver
‘pour drink-offering thereon. of brass, and his foot also of brass,
10 And Aaron shall make an to wash withal: and thou shalt
déatonement upon the horns of it put it between the tabernacle of
once in a year with. the blood of the congregation and the altar, and
the sin-offering of atonements: once thou shalt put water therein.
in the year shall he make 2atone- 19 For Aaron and his sons shall
ment upon it throughout your gen- hwash their hands and their feet
erations: it is most holy unto the thereat: é
“Lorb. 20 When they go into the taber-
+ 9 nacle of the congregation, they shall
Who may worship? (1) the re- wash with water, that they die not;
deemed. (Psa. 107. 1, 2; Ex. 15. or when they come near to. the
1-21). altar to minister, to burn offering
11 And’the LorD spake unto Mo- made by fire unto the LoRD:
ses, saying, 21 So they shall wash their hands
through whom our own prayers and praises ascend to God (Heb. 13. 15; Rev. 8.
3, 4), and of the believer-priest’s sacrifice of praise and worship (Heb. 13. 15).
1 Cf. Lev. 10. 1-3. Two prohibitions are given concerning worship: (1) No
“strange” incense is to be offered. This speaks of. simulated or purely formal
worship. (2) No “strange” fire was permitted. This refers to the excitation of
“‘celigious” feelings by merely sensuous means, and to the substitution for devo-
4jon to Christ of any other devotion, as to religious causes, or sects. Gf..1 Corsi:
41-13: Col. 2. 8, 16-19. See Ex. 30. 38, note. s
2 Laver, type of Christ cleansing us from defilement, and from “every spot or
wrinkle or any such thing’ (John 13. 2-10; Eph. 5. 25-27). It is significant that
the priests could not enter the holy place after serving at the brazen altar till hands
and feet were cleansed. ‘ii
.
rae)
I
‘ , Fe 4 ,
30 22} EXODUS. (31 6
and their feet, that they die not:| B.c. 1491. /of it upon a stranger, shall even be
and it shall be a statute for ever to cut off from his people. ;
them, even to him and to his seed
throughout their generations. Worship; the incense, type of
prayer and praise. It is for
Who may worship? (3) the-an- the Lord, v. 37; spiritual, not
ointed (John 4. 23; Eph. 2. 18; sensuous, v. 38.
5. 18, 19). 3 34 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
22. Moreover the LoRD spake un- ses, Take unto thee sweet spices,
to Moses, saying, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum;
23 Take thou also unto thee prin- these sweet spices with pure
cipal spices, of pure myrrh five 2frankincense: of each shall there
hundred ¢shekels, and of sweet be a like weight:
cinnamon half so much, even two 35 And thou shalt make it a per-
hundred and fifty shekels, and of fume, a confection after the art of
sweet calamus two hundred and the apothecary, tempered together,
fifty shekels, ; pure and holy:
24 And of cassia five hundred 36 And thou shalt beat some of it
shekels, after the shekel of the very small, and put of it before the
sanctuary, and of oil olive an testimony in the tabernacle of the
- ohin: congregation, where I will meet
25 And thou shalt make it an oil}a One shekel {with thee: it shall be unto you
of holy ointment, an ointment com- a As ar most holy.
pound after the art of the apothe-| , * | 37 And as for the perfume which
cary: it shall be an holy anointing|® One hin = thou shalt make, ye shall not make
oil. ° ANE © to yourselves according to the com-
26 And thou shalt anoint the! 7 x position thereof: it shall be unto
tabernacle of the congregation] ¢ Sanctify, thee holy for the Lorp.
therewith, and the ark of the tes-| 2°” ©.T). | 38 Whosoever shall make like
timony, ‘ ee unto that, to 3smell thereto, shall
27 And the table and all his} (Gen.2.3; even be cut off from his people.
vessels, and the candlestick and his} 7¢ch-8-3.) ‘
vessels, and the altar of incense, d Holy Spirit. CHAPTER 31.
28 And the altar of burnt-offering| Ex.35.31.
with all his vessels, and the laver (Gen. 1.35 The tabernacle: (19) the
and his foot. BLBs1S2) workmen.
29 And thou shalt sanctify them, ND the LorpD spake unto Mo-
that they may be most holy: what: A ses, saying, e
peevee toucheth them shall be 2 See, I have called by name
oly. Bezaleel th f Uri
30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron Au of Hera ee of pn aiee aks
and his-sons, and ‘consecrate them, 3 And I have filled him with the
et ey, ers minister unto me in dspirit of God, in wisdom, and in
e priest’s office. i : i
31 And thou shalt speak unto the a ra e ae cee
children of Israel, saying, This shall 4 To devise cunning works, to
be an holy anointing loil unto me work in gold, and in silver, and in
Bus hout your generations. brass,
pon man’s flesh shall it not 5 And in cutti f
‘be poured, neither shall ye make them, ase ie Hee Ss albert
any other like it, after the compo- work in all manner of workman-
ania it: it 7s holy, and it shall ship.
e holy unto you. 6 And I, behold,I have given with
Ae Pppoeyes compoundeth any him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach,
ike 1t, Or whosoever putteth any of the tribe of Dan: and in the
; equionng oil, type of the Holy Spirit for service (Acts 1. 8).
cas Farsincense is not to be confounded with incense (to which it was to be added),
as it 1s oiten used apart from incense. We are told what composed the incense—
never in Scripture what the frankincense was. All speaks of Christ—the sweet
spices of those perfections which we ma a h i i
TONER Sanaa, y apprehend, the frankincense of that which
3 What is condemned here i i i
! is making worship a mere pleasure to the natural man
whether sensuous, as in beautiful music to
I s ; please the ear, or eloquence, me
give delight to the natural mind. Cf. John 4, 23,. 24. SHEERS SHEP
112
317) | EXODUS. [32 16
hearts of all that are wise hearted I
have put wisdom, that they may
make all that I have commanded
thee;
7 The tabernacle of the congrega-
tion, and the ark of the testimony,
and the mercy seat that is there-
upon, and all the furniture of the
tabernacle,
8 And the table and his furniture,
and the pure candlestick with all his
furniture, and the altar of incense,
9 And the altar of burnt-offering
with all his furniture, and the laver
and ‘his foot,
10 And the cloths of service, and
the holy garments for Aaron the
priest, and the garments of his sons,
8 minister in the priest’s RaEe 4
1 And the anointing oil, an :
sweet incense for the holy place: and bring them unto me.
d 3 And all the people brake off the
according to all that I have com-/o eae YS-| golden earrings which were in their
manded thee shall they do. f 35.035 ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
The Sabbath a sign between Gore 4 And he received them at their
Jehovah and Israel. res hand, and fashioned it with a grav-
: b See Ex.20.4, jing tool, after he had made it a
tables of testimony, btables of stone,
cwritten with the finger of God.
CHAPTER 32.
Parenthetical: the broken law.
Ae when the people saw that
Moses delayed to come down
out of the mount, the people gath-
ered themselves together unto Aa-
ron, and said unto him, Up, ¢make
us gods, which shall go before us;
for as for this Moses, the man that
brought us up out of the land of
Egypt, we wot not what is become
of him.
2 And Aaron said unto them,
Break off the golden earrings, which
are in the ears of your wives, of
your sons, and of your daughters,
B.C. 1491.
ee eee Lorn spake unto Mo-| note. gules ss one ee — These
2 ? ‘ thy gods, srael,which brought
13 Speak thou also unto the chil-|¢ 22” _©f Ss
ee ere ae foe Pera ery
*sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a €*19%,) |built an altar before it; and Aaron
sign between me and you through- made proclamation, and said, To
out your generations; that ye may/d Acts 7.40. | morrow is a feast to the LorD.
ee use Ee ik the LORD that) a scot. 6 And they rose up early on the
4 ‘ Vechall keep the sabbath there!| 2°7- morrow, and offered burnt-offerings,
i : agg
PPE eeepc ata Ee asian, [oor brought peace oferings: and
one that defileth it shall surely be ¢Ctv.il. to drink, and rose up to play.
put to death: for whosoever doeth
any work therein, that soul shall The condemnation of Jehovah.
be cut off from among his people. 7 fAnd the LorD said unto Moses,
15 Six days may work be done; Go, get thee down; for &thy people,
but in the seventh is the sabbath which thou broughtest out of the
of rest, holy to the LoRD: whoso- land of Egypt, have corrupted
ever doeth any work in the sabbath themselves: / ;
“day, he shall surely be put to death. 8 They have turned aside quickly
16 Wherefore the children of Israel out of the way which I commanded
shall keep the sabbath, to observe them: they have made them a mol-
the sabbath throughout their gene- ten calf, and have worshipped it,
rations, for a perpetual covenant. and have sacrificed thereunto, and
17 It zs a sign between me and said, These be thy gods, O Israel,
the children of Israel for ever: for which have brought. thee up out of
in six days the LorD made heaven the land of Egypt. |
and earth, and on the seventh day 9 And the LorD said unto Moses,
he rested, and was refreshed. I have seen this people, and, be-_
18 And he gave unto Moses, when hold, it is a stiffnecked people:
he had made an end of communing 10 Now therefore !et me alone,
with him upon mount Sinai, two that my wrath may wax hot against
1 This whole scene affords a striking contrast between law and grace. Cf. Moses’
intercession with Christ’s (John 17.). Israel_was a nation, under probation (Ex.
19. 5, 6); believers under grace are a family, awaiting glory (John 20. 17; Rom.
5.1,2). For them there is “an advocate with the Father,” whose propitiatory sac-
rifice never loses efficacy (1 John 2.1,2). Moses pleads a covenant (Ex. 32. 13);
Christ points to a sacrifice (John 17. 4). Aa
32 11]
them, and that I may consume
them: and I will make of thee a
great nation.
The advocacy of Moses
(1 John 2.1).
11 And Moses besought the LorD
his God, and “said, LORD, why doth
thy wrath wax hot against thy
people, which thou hast brought
forth out of the land of Egypt with
great power, and with a mighty
hand?
12 ‘Wherefore should the Egyp-
tians speak, and say, For mischief
did he bring them out, to slay them
in the mountains, and to consume}
them from the face of the earth?!
Turn from thy fierce wrath, and 4bre-
pent of this evil against thy people.
13 RememberAbraham,Isaac,and
Israel, thy servants, to whom thou
swarest by thine own self, and
saidst unto them, I will multiply
your seed as the stars of heaven,
and all this land that I have spoken
of will I give unto your seed, and
they shall inherit it for ever.
14 And the Lorp ’repented of the
evil which he thought to do unto
his people.
Disciplinary judgment.
15 And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the two
tables of the testimony were in his
hand: the tables were written on
both their sides; on the one side
and on the other were they written.
16. And the ‘tables were the work
of God, and the ¢writing was the
writing of God, graven upon the
tables.
17 And when Joshua heard the
noise of the people as they shouted,
he said unto Moses, There is a
noise of war in the camp.
18 And he said, I¢ is not the voice
of them that shout for mastery,
neither is it the voice of them that
cry for being overcome: but the
noise of thern that sing do I hear.
19 And it came to pass, as soon as
he came nigh unto the camp, that
he saw the calf, and the dancing:
and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and
he cast the tables out of his hands,
and brake them beneath the mount.
20 And he took the calf which
they had made, and burnt i¢ in the
fire, and ground it to powder, and
strawed it upon the water, and
mene the children of Israel drink
of it.
21 And Moses said unto Aaron,
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
@ Bible pray-
ers (O.T.).
Ex.33.12.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab,3.1-16.)
6 Zech.8.14,
note.
c See Ex.20.4,
note.
d Inspiration.
e See Ex.29.33,
note,
114
(32 8
What did this people unto thee,
that thou hast brought so great a
sin upon them?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the
anger of my lord wax hot: thou
knowest the people, that they are
set on mischief. :
23 For they said unto me, Make
us gods, which shall go before us:
for as for this Moses, the man that
brought us up out of the land of
Egypt, we wot not what is become
of him.
24 And I said unto them, Whoso-
ever hath any gold, let them break
it off. So they gave st me: then I
cast it into the fire, and there came
out this calf.
25 And when Moses saw that the
people were naked; (for Aaron had
made them naked unto their shame
among their enemies:)
26 Then Moses stood in the gate
of the camp, and said, Who js on
the Lorp’s side? Jet him come unto
me. And all the sons of Levi gath-
ered themselves together unto him.
27 And he said unto them, Thus
saith the LorpD God of Israel, Put
every man his sword by his side,
and go in.and out from gate to gate
throughout the camp, and slay
every man his brother, and every
man his companion, and every man
his neighbour.
28 And the children of Levi did
according to the word of Moses:
and there fell of the people that day
about three thousand men.
The missed blessing.
29 For Moses had said,Consecrate
yourselves to day to the Lorp, even
every man upon his son, and upon
his brother; that he may bestow
upon you a blessing this day.
The confession and intercession
of Moses.
30 And it came to pass on the
morrow, that Moses said unto the
people, Ye have sinned a great sin:
and now I will go up unto the
LorpD;*peradventure I shall make
an ‘atonement for your sin.
31 And Moses returned unto the
Lorp, and said, Oh, this people
have sinned a great sin, and have
made them gods of gold.
32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive
their sin—; and if not, blot me, I
pray thee, out of thy book which
thou hast written.
33 And the Lorp said unto Moses,
32.34]
Whosoever hath sinned against me,
him will I blot out of my book.
34 Therefore now go, lead the
people unto the place of which I
have spoken unto thee: behold,
mine ¢Angel shall go before thee:
nevertheless in the day when I visit
I will visit their sin upon them.
35 And the Lorp plagued the
people, because they made the calf,
which Aaron made.
CHAPTER 33.
The journey to be resumed.
ND the LorD said unto Moses,
Depart, and go up hence, thou
and the people which thou hast
brought up out of the land of Egypt,
unto the land which I sware unto
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2 And I will'send an ¢angel before
thee;. and I will drive out the Ca-
naanite, the Amorite, and the
Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hi-
vite, and the Jebusite:
3 Unto a land flowing with milk
and honey: for I will not go up in
the midst of thee; for thou art a
stiffnecked people: lest I consume
thee in the way. -
4 And when the people heard
these evil tidings, they mourned:
and no man did put on him his
ornaments.
5 For the Lorp had said unto
‘Moses, Say unto the children of
Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people:
T will come up into the midst of
thee in a moment, and consume
thee: therefore now put off thy
ornaments from thee, that I may
know what to do unto thee.
6 And the children of Israel
stripped themselves of their orna-
ments by the mount Horeb.
The “‘tent of meeting” outside
the camp.
7 And Moses took the “tabernacle,
and pitched it without the camp,
afar off from thecamp,and called
it the Tabernacle of the congre-
gation. And it came to pass, that
every one which sought the LorD
went out unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, which was without
the camp.
8 And it came to pass, when Mo-
ses went out unto the tabernacle,
that all the people rose up, and
stood every man at his tent door,
and looked after Moses, until he
was gone into the tabernacle.
EXODUS.
[33 20
9 And it came te pass, as Moses
entered into the tabernacle, the
cloudy pillar descended, and stood
at the door of the tabernacle, and
the Lorp talked with Moses...
10 And all the people saw the
cloudy’ pillar stand at the taber-
nacle door: and all the people rose
up and worshipped, every man in
his tent door.
11 And the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses face to face, as a man speaketh
unto his friend. And he turned
again into the camp: but his servant
Joshua, the son of Nun, a young
ad departed not out of the taber-
nacle.
Moses’ prayer; Jehovah’s answer.
12 And Moses ‘said unto the
B.C. 1491.
ra LorpD, See, thou sayest unto me,
5 eee Bring up this people: and thou hast
The eter [not let me know whom thou wilt
nacle” isnot |send with me. Yet thow hast said,
pe Se RCE I know thee by name, and thou hast
thataftes |also found grace in my sight.
ward made 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if
by com- Tt have found grace in thy sight,
mandment _|shew me now thy way, that I may
not yet know thee, that I may find grace in
made. thy sight: and consider that this
nation is thy people.
¢ Bible pray- | 14 And he said, My presence shall
ers (O.T.). z : é
Num.6. go with thee, and I will give thee
22-201 Agen rest.
31-16.) 15 And he said unto him, If thy
presence go not with me, carry us
d Separation. not up hence.
Gani 16 For wherein shall it be known
2 Cor.6. here that I and thy people have
14-17.) found grace in thy sight? fs it not
eie.Ex.34. |in that thou goest with us? so shali
6,7. we be eee ae thy people,
from all the people that are upon
F Ree aS the face of the earth.
g Cf.John 1. 17 And the LorD said unto Moses,
18, note.. |] will do this thing also that thou
jhast spoken: for thou hast found
grace in my sight, and I know thee
by name.
Moses seeks a new vision for the
new task.
18 And he said, I beseech thee,
shew me thy glory.
19 And he said, I will make all my
egoodness pass before thee, and I
will proclaim the name of the LORD
before thee; and ‘will be gracious
to whom I will be gracious, and
will shew mercy on whom I will
shew mercy.
20 And he said, Thou canst not
see my face: for there shall no man
see me, and live.
115
21 And the LorD said, Behold,
there is a place by me, and thou
shalt stand upon a rock:
22 And it shall come to pass,
while my glory passeth by, that I
will put thee in a 4clift of the rock,
and will cover thee with miy Shand
while I pass by: !
23 And I will take away mine
hand, and thou shalt see my back
parts: but my face shall not be
seen.
CHAPTER 34.
The second tables of the law.
fay the LorD said unto Moses,|
“Hew thee two tables of stone
like unto the first: and I will write!
upon these tables the ¢words that}
were in the first tables, which thou
brakest.
2 And be ready in the morning,
and come up in the morning unto
mount Sinai, and present thyself
there to me in the top of the mount.
3 And no man shall come up with
thee, neither let any man be seen
throughout all the mount; neither
let the flocks nor herds feed before
that mount.
4 And he hewed two tables of
stone like unto the first; and Moses
rose up early in the morning, and
went up unto mount Sinai, as the
LorD had commanded him, and
took in his hand the two tables of |
stone.
The new vision.(Cf.Ex. 33. 18-23.)
5 And the Lorn descended in the
cloud, and stood with him there,
and proclaimed the name of the
Lorp.
6 And the Lorn passed by before
him, and proclaimed, «The Lorp,
The Lorp God, merciful and gra-
cious, longsuffering, and abundant
in goodness and truth,
7 Keeping mercy for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression
and sin, and that will by no means
clear the guilty; visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the
children, and upon the children’s
children, unto the third and to the
fourth generation.
8 And _Moses made haste, and
bowed his head toward the earth,
and worshipped.
9 And he said, If now I have
found grace in thy sight, O Lord,
let my Lord, I pray thee, go among
us; for it is a stiffnecked people;
and pardon our iniquity and our
EXODUS.
a Song 2.14.
’Cf.John 10.
28,29.
c See Ex.20.4,
note.
d Inspira-
tion. vs.1,
e Deity
(names of).
1 Sam.i.3.
(Gen.1.1;
Mal.3.18.)
f Josh.23.12;
Psa.106.34-
38; 2 Cor.6.
14; 2 Tim.2.
20,21; Jas.
4.4.
g See Deut.
16.21,
h Leaven. vs.
18,25; Lev.
2.4,5,11.
(Gen.19.3;
Mt.13.33.)
tice. April.
j Law (of
Moses). vs.
18-28; Lev.1.
116
B.C. 1491,
sin, and take us for thine inheri- —
tance.
The renewed commission.
10 And he said, Behold, I make
a covenant: before all thy people I
will do marvels, such as have not ©
been done in all the earth, nor in
any nation: and all the people
among which thou art shall see the
work of the Lorp: for it 1s a ter
rible thing that I will do with
thee.
11 Observe thou that which I
command thee this day: behold, I
drive out before thee the Amorite,
and the Canaanite, and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite, and the Hivite,
and the Jebusite.
12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou
make a fcovenant with the inhabi-
tants of the land whither thou
goest, lest it be for a snare in the
midst of thee:
13 But ye shall destroy their al-
tars, break their images, and cut
down their Sgroves:
14 For thou shalt worship no
other god: for the LorpD, whose
name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
15 Lest thou make a covenant
with the inhabitants of the land,
and they go a whoring after their
gods, and do sacrifice unto their
gods, and one call thee, and thou
eat of his sacrifice;
16 And thou take of their daugh-
ters unto thy sons, and their
daughters go a whoring after their
gods, and make thy sons go a
whoring after their gods.
17 Thou shalt make thee no
molten gods.
Thefeastsandthesabbaths again
enjoined, (Cf. Lev: 23. 4~44.)
18 The feast of ‘unleavened bread
shalt thou keep. Seven days thou
{shalt eat unleavened bread, as I
commanded thee, in the time of the
month ‘Abib: for in the month Abib
thou camest out from /Egypt. ‘
19 All that opéneth the matrix ig
mine; and every firstling among thy
cattle, whether ox or sheep, that
is male.
20 But the firstling of an ass thou
shalt redeem with a lamb: and if
thou redeem Aim not, then shalt
thou break his neck. All the first-
born of thy sons thou shalt redeem.
And none shall.appear before me
empty.
21 Six days thou shalt work, but
on the seventh day thou shalt rest:
34 22) EXODUS. [35 15
35 And the children of Israel saw
the face of Moses, that the skin of
Moses’ face shone: and Moses put
the vail upon his face again, until
he went in to speak with him.
CHAPTER 35.
The Sabbath in Israel.
At D Moses gatheréd all the con-
gregation of the children of
in earing time and in harvest thou] _B.c. 1491.
shalt rest.
22 And thou shalt observe the
feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of
wheat harvest, and the feast of in-
gathering at the year’s end.
23 Thrice in the year shall all
your menchildren appear before
the Lord Gop, the God of Israel.
24 For I will cast out the nations
before thee, and enlarge thy bor-
ders: neither shall any man desire Israel together, and said unto them,
thy land, when thou shalt go up to These are the ‘words which the
appear before the Lorp thy God LorpD hath commanded, that ye
thrice in the year. should do them.
25 Thou shalt not offer the blood 2 Six days shall work be done, but
of my sacrifice with leaven; neither on the seventh day there shall be
shall the sacrifice of the feast of the to you an holy day, a ¢sabbath of
passover be left unto the morning. rest to. the LorD: whosoever doeth
26 The first of the firstfruits of work therein shall be put to death.
thy land thou shalt bring unto the 3 Ye shall kindle no fire through-
house of the Lorp thy God. | Thou), ... Jud.16 out your habitations upon the sab-
“Sa not ars a kid in his} 99° °° |bath day.
mother’s milk. af :
27 And the Lorp said unto Mo-|? Cf? Cor.s. The See emer ss instructs
ses, Write thou these words: for x peop e.
after the tenor of these words I have|c Inspiration.| 4 And Moses spake unto all the
made a covenant with thee and wees. congregation of the children of Is-
with Israel. Rev.22.19.) |rael, saying, This is the thing
28 And he was there with the which the Lorp commanded, say-
d Sabbath. vs. ing
Lorp forty days and forty nights;|* 94772 749
he did neither eat bread, nor drink] 3'39. (Gen. | 5 "Take ye from among you an
water. And he wrote upon the] 2.3; Mt.12. joffering unto the LoRD: whosoever
tables the words of the covenant,| 1:) is of a ¢willing heart, let him bring
the ten commandments. evs.21,22,26, jit, an offering of the LorD; gold,
29 And it came to pass, when 233 Hn26 and silver, and brass,
Moses came down from mount} 36:1 Chr. ° ;
Sinai with the two tables of testi-| penne Phe ee se: he oe:
mony in Moses’ hand, when he] 2 Cor.8.10-
came down from the mount, that rl 2Cor.9. | 6 And blue, and purple, and scar
Moses wist not that the skin of his} ~~ let, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
face shone while he talked with/f i.e. acacia. 7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and
i badgers’ skins, and fshittim wood,
im.
30 And when Aaron and all the|*=%>°% | 8 And oil for the light, and spices
children of Israel saw ort Ee for anointing oil, and for the sweet
“hold, the skin of his face shone; an incense,
they were afraid cone nigh Nay Fe pane oe pce and batty ee
31 And Moses called unto them; e set for the ephod, and for the
and Aaron and all the rulers of the breastplate. ‘
congregation returned mn, him: 10 and every Lh ee sey ates
and Moses talked with them. you shall come, and make all that
32 And afterward all the children the Lorp hath commanded; ‘
of Israel came nigh: and he gave 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his
them in commandment all that the covering, his taches, and his boards,
Lorp had spoken with him in his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
mount Sinai. 12 The ark, and the staves there-
33 And till Moses had done of, with the mercy seat, and the
speaking with them, he put a °vail vail of the covering, —
on his face. 12 The table, and his staves, and
34 But when Moses went in be- all _ a cant pe Be rice
fore the Lorp to speak with him, he 14 e candlestic so for the
took the vail off, until he cone, out. Beats pile th pu in his
And he came out, and spake unto amps, Wl e oil for thi: lig
the children of Israel that which he 15 And the incense altar, and his
was commanded. staves, and the anointing oil, and
117
the sweet incense, and the hanging
for the door at the entering in of
the tabernacle, : .
16 The altar of burnt-offering,with
his brasen grate, his staves, and
all his vessels, the laver and his
foot, ;
17 The hangings of the court, his
pillars, and their sockets, and the
hanging for the door of the court,
18 The pins of the tabernacle, and
the pins of the court, and their
cords, :
19 The cloths of service, to do
service in the holy place, the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and
the garments of his sons, to minister
in the priest’s office.
20 And all the congregation of the
children of Israel departed from the
presence of Moses.
21 Andtheycame, every one whose
heart stirred him up, and every one
whom his spirit made willing, and
they brought the Lorp’s offering
to the work of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for all his service,
and for the holy garments.
22 And they came, both men and
women, as many as were willing
hearted, and brought bracelets, and
earrings, and rings, and tablets, ali
jewels of gold: and every man that c Ex.28.3;
offered offered an offering of gold| 31.6: 35.10,
unto the Lorp: 33)
23 And every man, with whom
was found blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’| 917+
hair, and red skins of rams, and
badgers’ skins, brought them,
24 Every one that did offer an
offering of silver and brass brought
the Lorp’s offering: and every
man, with whom was found ¢shittim
wood for any work of the service,
brought /¢.
25 And all the women that were
wise hearted did spin with their
hands, and brought that which they
had spun, both of blue, and of pur-
ple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
26 And all the women whose heart
stirred them up in wisdom spun
gnats’ hair.
27. And the rulers brought onyx
stones, and stones to be set, for the
ephod, and for the breastplate;
28 And spice, and oil for the light,
and for the anointing oil, and for
the sweet incense.
29 The children of Israel brought
a willing offering unto the Lorp,
every man and woman, whose heart
made them willing to bring for all
manner of work, which the Lorp
ai.e. acacia.
b Holy Spirit.
(Gen,1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
ei.e. free will.
2 Cor.8.1, ,
note.
118
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
had commanded ‘to be made by the
hand of Moses. .
Bezaleel and Aholiab to devise
and teach. (Cf. Ex. 31. 1-11.)
30 And Moses said unto the chil-
dren of Israel, See, the LorD hath
called by name Bezaleel the son of
Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of
Judah; P
31 And he hath filled him with the
bspirit of God, in wisdom, in under-
standing, and in knowledge, and in
‘all manner of workmanship; :
32 And to devise curious works, to
‘work in gold, and in silver, and in
‘brass,
33 And in the cutting of stones, to
set them, and in carving of wood,
to make any manner of cunning
work.
34 And he hath put in his heart
that he may teach, both he, and
Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of
the tribe of Dan.
35 Them hath he filled with wis-
dom of heart, to work all manner of
work, of the engraver, and of the
cunning workman, and of the em-
broiderer, in blue, andin purple, in
scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the
weaver, even of them that do any
work, and of those that devise cun-
ning work. :
CHAPTER 36.
More than enough: the work
begun.
"THEN wrought Bezaleel and
Aholiab, and every ‘wise
hearted man, in whom the Lorp
put wisdom and understanding to
know how to work all manner of
work for the service of the sanctu-
ary, according to all that the Lorp
Ihad commanded.
2 And Moses called Bezaleel and
Aholiab, and every wise hearted
man, in whose heart the LorpD had
put wisdom, even, every one whose
¢heart stirred him up to come unto
the work to doit: ~
3 And they received of Moses all
the offering, which the children of
Israel had brought for the work of
the service of the sanctuary, to
makeit withal. And they brought
yet unto him ¢free offerings every
morming. -_
4 And all the wise men, that
wrought all the work of the sanc-
tuary, came every man from his
work which they made;
3S And they spake unto Moses,
saying, The people bring much more
than enough for the service of the
work, which the LoRD commanded
to make.
6 And Moses gave commandment,
and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, Let
neither man nor woman make any
more work for the offering of the
sanctuary. So the people were re-
strained from bringing.
7 For the stuff they had was suffi-
cient for all the work to make it,
and too much.
The linen curtains (Ex. 26. 1-6).
8 And every wise hearted :
among them that wrought the work
of the tabernacle made ten curtains
of fine twined linen, and blue, and
purple, and scarlet: with cherubims
Of cunning work made he them.
9 The length of one curtain was
twenty and eight cubits, and the
Breadth of one curtain four cubits:
fhe curtains were all of one size.
10 And he coupled the five cur-
tains one unto another: and the
other five curtains he coupled one
unto another.
11 And he made loops of blue on
the edge of one curtain from the
selvedge in the coupling: likewise
he made in the uttermost side of
another curtain, in the coupling of
the second.
12 %¥Fifty loops made he in one
curtain, and fifty loops made he in
the edge of the curtain which was
in the coupling of the second: the
loops held one curtain to another.
13 And he made fifty taches of
gold, and coupled the curtains one
unto another with the taches: so
it became one tabernacle.
The curtains of goats’ hair.
(Cf. Ex. 26. 7.)
14 And he made curtains of goats’
hair for the tent over the taberna-
cle: eleven curtains he made them.
15 The length of one curtain was
thirty cubits, and four cubits was
the breadth of one curtain: the
eleven curtains were of one size.
16 And he coupled five curtains
Dy themselves, and six curtains by
themselves.
17 And he made fifty loops upon
the uttermost edge of the curtain
jn the coupling, and fifty loops made
he upon the edge of the curtain
which coupleth the second.
18 And he made fifty taches of
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
a One cubit =
1 ft. 5.48 in.;
also vs.15,21.
6 Ex.26.5.
c Ex.26.14.
di.e. acacia.
e Ex.26.26.
119
[36 33
brass to couple the tent together,
that it might be one.
The covering of rams’ skins.
Cf. Ex. 26. 14.)
19 And he made a “covering for
the tent of rams’ skins dyed red,
land a covering of badgers’ skins
above that.
The boards and sockets.
(Cf. Ex. 26. 15.)
20 And he made boards for the
tabernacle of ¢shittim wood, stand-
ing up.
21 The length of a board was ten
cubits, and the breadth of a board
one cubit and a half.
22 One board had two tenons,
equally distant one from another:
thus did he make for all the boards
of the tabernacle.
23 And he made boards for the
tabernacle; twenty boards for the
south side southward:
The sockets of silver.
Cf. Ex. 26. 19.)
24 And forty sockets of silver he
made under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for his
two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for his two tenons.
25 And for the other side of the
tabernacle, which is toward the
north corner, he made twenty
boards, :
26 And their forty sockets of sil-
ver; two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another
board.
27 And for the sides of the taber-
nacle westward he made six boards.
28 And two boards made he for
the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
29 And they were coupled be-
neath, and coupled together at the
head thereof, to one ring: thus he did
to both of them in both the corners.
30 And there were eight boards;
and their sockets were sixteen
sockets of silver, under every board
two sockets.
The bars. (Cf. Ex. 26. 26.)
31 And he made bars of ¢shittim
wood; five for the boards of the one
side of the tabernagle,
32 And five ‘bars for the boards
of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the
tabernacle for the sides westward.
33 And he made the middle bar to
shoot through the boards from the
one end to the other.
The gold overlay. (Cf. Ex. 26. 29.)
34 And he overlaid the boards
with gold, and made their rings of
gold to be places for the bars, and
overlaid the bars with gold.
The inner vail. (Cf. Ex. 26. 31.)
35 And he made a 4vail of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine
' twined linen: with cherubims made
he it of cunning work.
36 And he made thereunto four
pillars of Sshittim wood, and over-
laid them with gold: their hooks
were of gold; and he cast for them
four sockets of silver.
(Cf. Ex. 26. 36.)
37 And he made an changing for
the tabernacle door of blue, and
purple, and-scarlet, and fine twined
linen, of needlework;
38 And the five ‘pillars of it with
their hooks: and he overlaid their
chapiters and their fillets with gold:
a their five sockets were of
Tass,
The outer vail.
CHAPTER 37.
The ark. (Cf. Ex. 25. 10.)
AND ¢Bezaleel made the ark of
bshittim wood: two cubits and
a half was the length of it, and a
cubit and a half the breadth of it,
and a cubit and a half the-height
of it:
2 And he overlaid it with pure
gold within and without, and made
a crown of gold to it round about.
3 And he cast for it four rings of
gold, to be set by the four corners
of it; even two rings upon the one
side of it, and two rings upon the
other side of it.
4 And he made staves of ®shittim
wood, and overlaid them with gold.
5 And he put the staves into the
tings by the sides of the ark, to
bear the ark.
The mercy seat. (Cf. Ex. 25. 17.)
6 And he made the mercy seat of
pure gold: two cubits and a half
was the length thereof, and one
cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
7. And he made two fcherubims of
gold, beaten out of one piece made
he them, on the two ends of the
mercy seat;
8 One cherub on the end on this
side, and another cherub on the
other end on that side: out of the
mercy seat made he the cherubims
on the two ends thereof,
EXODUS.
"B.C. 1491.
a Ex.26.31;
30.6; Heb.
10.20.
b i.e. acacia.
c Ex.26.36.
d Ex 25.10;
40.3,21;
e One cubit =
1 ft. 5.48 in.;
also vs.6,10,
25.
f1 Ki.6,23;
Ezk.1.5,
note.
g Ex:25.20.
h Ex.25.23;
35.13; 40.4,
22.
t Ex.25.31;
40.24,25;
Heb.9.2.
120
with their wings over the gmercy
9 And the cherubims spread out
|therr wings on high, and covered
seat, with their faces one to an-
other; even to the mercy seatward
were the faces of the cherubims.
The table of shewhread.
fo CE X02 5093.9)
10 And he made the “table of
bshittim wood: two cubits was the
length thereof, and a cubit the
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a
half the height thereof:
11 And he overlaid it with pure
gold, and made thereunto a crown
of gold round about.
12 Also he made théreunto a bor-
der of an handbreadth round about;
and made a crown of gold for the
border thereof round about.
13. And he cast for it four rings of
gold, and put the rings upon the
four corners that were in the four
feet thereof.
14 Over against the border were
the rings, the places for the staves
to bear the table.
15 And he made the staves of
bshittim wood, and overlaid them
with gold, to bear the table.
16 And he made the vessels which
were upon the table, his dishes, and
his spoons, and his bowls, and his
covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
The golden candlestick.
(Cf. Ex. 25. 31.)
17 And he made the candlestick
of pure gold: of beaten work made
he the ‘candlestick; his shaft, and
his branch, his bowls, his knops,
and his flowers, were of the same:
18 And six branches going out of
the sides thereof; three branches of
the candlestick out of the one side
thereof, and three branches of the
candlestick out of the other side
thereof:
19 Three bowls made after the
fashion of almonds in one branch, a
knop and a flower; and three bowls
made like almonds in another
branch, a knop and a flower: so
throughout the six branches going
out of the candlestick.
20 And in the candlestick were
four bowls made like almonds, his
knops, and his flowers:
21 And a knop under two branches
of the same, and a knop under two
branches of the same, and a knop
under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches going
out of it.
37 22] - - EXODUS. ie [38 18
22 Their knops and their branches| B.C. 1491. 6 And he made the staves of
were of the same: all of it was one bshittim wood, and overlaid them
beaten work of pure gold. with brass.
23 And he made his seven lamps, 7 And he put the staves into the
and his snuffers, and his snuff- rings on the sides of the altar, to
dishes, of pure gold. bear it withal; he made the altar
24 Ofa 4talent of pure gold made hollow with boards.
he nee ta all the vessels thereof. The laver of brass. (Cf. Ex. 30. 18.)
The incense altar. (Cf. Ex. 30.1.) 8 And he made the laver of brass,
25 A > : and the foot of it of brass, of the
RE oe eer fookingelasses of the women ae
was a cubit, and the breadth of it a sembling, which assembled at the
abit: it oie ucendiae and two door of the tabernacle of the con-
cubits was the height of it; the stegation:
ors eine yrs oe the sane, The court. (Cf. Ex. 27. 9.)
nd he overlaid it with pure x
gold, both the top of it, and the 9.) Andebe Wad sabes De
sides thereof round about, and the eae eRe: Sas fomnea
Eee 3 in
horns of it: also he made unto it a linen, an hundred cubits:
crown of gold round about. Scene
A 10 Their pillars were twenty, and
27 And he made two rings of gold their brasen sockets twenty; the
es ee ORE SOUR Ee ta hooks SF he pillars and their fillets
: ? were of silver.
Bee er at Dee a cauy fant 11 And for the north side the
98 And he made the staves of hangings: were’ an hundred cu.
Becta etal. catid "overlaid them bits, their pillars were twenty, and
Aue al d ? their sockets of brass twenty; the
ecid. ba oy ans bool of the pillars and their fillets
er . ee of silver.
Tne 30 asa) oil. bie. acacia. | 12 And for the west side were
Pee: hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars
29 And he made the ‘holy an-| ~~ ~~" ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks
ointing oil, and the pure incense of|¢One cubit= jof the pillars and their fillets of
sweet spices, according to the work| 1,% 5.48 in; |silver. ;
of the apothecary. 15,18. 13 And for the east side eastward
fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of the one side
of the gate were fifteen cubits;
their pillars three, and their sockets
three.
15 And for the other side of the
court gate, on this hand and that
hand, were hangings of fifteen cu-
bits; their pillars three, and their
sockets three. r
16 All the hangings of the court
round about were of fine twined
linen.
17 And the sockets for the pillars
were of brass; the hooks ef the
pillars and their fillets of silver;
and the overlaying of their chapi-
ters of silver; and all the pillars of
the court were filleted with silver.
The gate of the court.
(Cf. Ex. 27. 16.)
1g And the hanging for the gate
of the court was needlework, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen: and twenty cu-
bits was the length, and the height
in the breadth was five cubits,
CHAPTER 38.
The altar of burnt-offering.
(Cf. Ex. 27. 1.)
ND ‘he made the altar of burnt-
; offering of 4shittim wood:
five ¢cubits was the length thereof,
and five cubits the breadth thereof;
it was foursquare; and three cubits
the height thereof.
2 And he made the horns thereof
on the four corners of it; the horns
thereof were of the same: and he
overlaid it with brass.
3 And he made all the vessels of
the altar, the pots, and the shovels,
cand the basons, and the fleshhooks,
and the firepans: all the vessels
thereof made he of brass.
4 And he made for the altar a
brasen grate of network under the
compass thereof beneath unto the
midst of it.
5 And he cast four rings for the
four ends of the grate of brass, to
be places for the staves.
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38 19]
EXODUS.
[39 11
answerable to the hangings of the
court. é
19 And their pillars were four,
and their sockets of brass four;
their hooks of silver, and the over-
laying of. their chapiters and their
fillets of silver.
20 And all the pins of the taber-|
nacle, and of the court round about,
were of brass.
21 This is the sum of the beac]
nacle, even of the tabernacle of tes-!
fimony, as it was counted, accord-!
\ ing to the commandment of Moses,
for the service of the Levites, by the
hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the
priest. :
22 And Bezaleel, the son of Uri,)
the son of Hur, of ‘the tribe of|
Judah, made all that the Lorp
commanded Moses.
23 And with him was Aholiab,
son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of
Dan, an engraver, and a cunning!
workman, and an embroiderer in
blue, and in purple, and in scarlet,
and fine linen.
24 All'the gold that-was occupied)
for the work in all the work of the}
holy -place, even the -gold of ‘the
offering, was twenty and nine “tal.
ents, and seven hundred and thirty
¢shekels, after the shekel of the|
sanctuary.
25 And the silver of them that
were numbered of the congregation
was an hundred “talents, and a
thousand seven hundred and three-
score and fifteen shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary:
26 A 4bekah for every man, that
is, half a shekel, after the shekel of
the sanctuary, for every one that
went to be numbered, from twenty
years old and upward, for six hun-
dred thousand and three thousand
aay five hundred and fifty men.
27 And of the hundred talents of
'silver were cast. the esockets of the
sanctuary, and the sockets of
the vail; an hundred sockets of
the hundred talents, a talent for a
socket.
28 And of the thousand seven
hundred seventy and five shekels
he made hooks for the pillars, and
overlaid their chapiters, and filleted
them.
29 And the brass of the offering
was seventy talents, and two thou-
sand and four hundred shekels.
B.C. 1491.
a One talent =
£6150, or
$29,085.
6 One shekel =
2s. 9d., or
65 cents; also
v.29.
¢ One silver
v.27.
d One bekah =
1s.4.4d., or
35 cents.
e Ex.26.19,
note,
fEx.25.4;
35.23.
g Ex.31.10;
35.19.
h Ex.28.6;
Lev.8.7.
# Ex.28.9,12.
j Ex.28.29;
Josh.4.7.
k One span =
8.737 inches.
30 And therewith he made the
‘sockets toithe door of the tabernacle —
of the congregation,.and the brasen
altar, and the brasen -grate for it,
‘and all the vessels of the altar,
31 And the sockets of ithe court
round about, and the sockets of
the court gate, and all the pins of
the tabernacle, and all the pins of
the court round about.
CHAPTER 39,
The holy garments for Aaron.
(Cf. Ex. 31.10.)
ND of the fblue, and purple,
and scarlet, they made écloths
of service, to do service in the holy
place, and made the holy garments —
for Aaron; as the LoRD commanded
Moses.
2 And he made the 4ephod of
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen.
3 And they did beat the gold into
thin plates, and cut it into wires,
‘to work it in the blue, and in the
purple, and in the scarlet, and in
the fine linen, with cunning work.
4 They made shoulderpieces for
it, to.couple it together: by the two
edges was it coupled together.
5 And the curious girdle of his
ephod, that was upon it, was-of the
same, according to the work there-
of; of gold, blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen; as
the LorD commanded Moses.
6 And they wrought-onyx stones
inclosed in ouches of gold, graven,
as signets are ‘graven, with ‘the
names of the children of Israel.
7 And he put them on the shoul-
ders of the ephod, that they
should be stones for a jmemorial
to the children of Israel; as the
LorD commanded Moses.
8 And he made the breastplate of
cunning work, like the work of the
ephod; of gold, blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 It was foursquare; they made
the breastplate double: a *span was
the length thereof, and a span the
breadth thereof, being doubled.
10 And they set in it four rows of
stones: the first row was a sardius,
a topaz, and a carbuncle: this wes
the first row.
11 And the second row, an eme-
tald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
1Silver thus receives its symbolic meaning—redemption. ‘The sockets were
made of the redemption money of the children of Israel.
Num. 3. 44-51.
122
Cf. Ex. 26. 19; 30. 13-15;
39 12] i EXODUS. [39 42
12 And the third row, a ligure, an| B.c. 1401. |about the hem of the robe to minis-
agate, and an amethyst. ter in; as the LorD commanded
13 And the fourth row, a beryl,.an Moses.
onyx, and a jasper: they were in- 27 And they made “coats of fine
closed in ouches of gold in their linen of woven work for Aaron,
inclosings. and for his sons,
14 And the stones were according 28 And a 4mitre of fine linen, and
to the names of the children of goodly bonnets of fine linen, and
Israel, “twelve, according to their linen breeches of fine twined linen,
names, Jike the engravings of a 29 And a fgirdle of fine twined
signet, every one with his name, linen, and blue, and purple, and
according to the twelve tribes. scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD
15 And they made upon the commanded Moses.
breastplate chains at the ends, of 30 And they made the plate of
wreathen work of pure gold. the holy crown of pure gold, and
16 And they made two ouches.of| wrote upon it.a writing, like to the
gold, and two gold rings; and put engravings of a signet, *HOLI-
the two rings in the two ends of NESS TO THE LORD.
the breastplate. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of
17 And they put the two wreath- blue, to fasten it on high upon the
en chains of gold in the two rings mitre; as the LORD commanded
on the ends of the breastplate. Moses.
18 And the two ends of the two 32 Thus was all the work of the
wreathen chains they fastened in tabernacle of the tent of the congre-
the two ouches, and put them on gation finished: and the children of
the shoulderpieces of the ephod, be- Israel did according to all that the
fore it. Lorp commanded Moses, so did
19 And they made two rings of|¢ Rev.21,12. ey.
gold, and put them on the two ends 33 And they brought the taber-
of the breastplate, upon the border 6 Ex.28.33. nacle unto Moses, the tent, and alt
of it, which was on the side of the|,#x.28:30,40. |his furniture, his taches, his boards,
ephod inward. his bars, and his pillars, and his
20 And they made two other)? =*-28-439. |sockets, :
See Kage ee ae on ee ¢ Ex.28.42. dy reise a eae of te
two sides of the ep underneath, skins dyed red, an e covering
toward the forepart of ee ore f Ex.28.39. badgers’ skins, and the vail of the
against the other coupling thereof,| » Zech.14.20. |COVETINg, ;
above the curious girdle of the i 35 The ark of the testimony, and
ephod. h Ex.25.23-30. lthe staves thereof, and the mercy
21 And they did bind the breast- seat,
eget aie mites ne ee of mies copy ekg mo s be vessels
the e with a lace of blue, that ereof, an e ‘shewbread,
it might be above the curious girdle 37 The pure candlestick, with the
of the ephod, and that the breast- lamps thereof, even with the lamps
plate might not ‘be loosed from the to be set in order, and all the ves-
ephod; as the LorD commanded sels thereof, and the oil for light,
Moses. | 38 And the golden altar, and the
22 And he made the robe of the anointing oil, and the sweet intense,
ephod of woven work, all of blue. pad the hanging for the tabernacle
93 And there was an hole in the oor, :
midst of the robe, as the hole of an 39 The brasen altar, and his grate
habergeon, with a band round lof brass, his staves, and ail his ves-
about the hole, that it should not ‘sels, the laver and his foot,
tend. 40 The hangings of the court, ‘his
94 And they made upon the hems pillars, and his sockets, and the
of the robe pomegranates of ‘blue, ‘hanging for the court gate, his
‘and purp let, and twined ‘cords, and his pins, and all the-ves-
laa (tacts sels of the service of the tabernacle,
95 And they made bells of pure \for the tent of the congregation,
gold, and put the bells between the | 41 The cloths of.service to do ser-
pomegranates upon the hem.of the |vice in the holy, piace, and the holy
Tobe, round about ‘between the garments for Aaron the priest, and
pomegranates; his sons garments, ‘to minister in
26 A bell and a pomegranate, a ‘the priest’s office.
bell and a pomegranate, round 42 According to all that the LORD
123
39 43]
commanded Moses, so the children
of Israel made all the work. :
43 And Moses did look upon all
the work, and, behold, they had
done it as the Lorp had com-
manded, even so had they done it:
and Moses blessed them.
CHAPTER 40.
The tabernacle set up.
ND the Lorp 4spake unto Mo-
7 & ses, Ssaying,
2 On the first day of the first
month shalt thou set up the taber-
nacle of the tent of the congregation.
3 And thou shalt put therein the
ark of the testimony, and cover the
ark with the vail.
4 And thou shalt bring in the
table, and set in order the things
that are to be set in order upon it;
and thou shalt bring in the candle-
stick, and light the lamps thereof.
5 And thou shalt set the altar of
gold for the incense before the ark
of — eee eae put arhe Dene
ing of the door to the tabernacle. "
6 And thou shalt set the altar of 8 CLES 22.
the burnt-offering before the door! ® Israel (his-
of the tabernacle of the tent of the| £0*¥)- vs-1-
congregation.
1-34. (Gen
7 And thou shalt set the laver be-| 12.2,3; Rom
tween the tent of the congregation| 11-26.)
and the altar, and shalt put water] cic. April.
therein. a
8 And thou shalt set up the court|¢ Lit. meal.
round about, and hang up the hang-
ing at the court gate.
_9 And thou shalt take the anoint-
ing oil, and anoint the tabernacle,
and all that is therein, and shalt
hallow it, and all the vessels there-
of: and it shall be holy.
10 And thou shalt anoint the altar
of the burnt-offering, and all his
vessels, and sanctify the altar: and
it shall be an altar most holy.
11 And thou shalt anoint the
laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron
and his sons unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and
wash them with water. :
13 And thou shalt put upon Aa-
ron the holy garments, and anoint
m, and sanctify him; that he may
minister unto me in the priest’s
office. i
14 And thou shalt bring his sons,
and clothe them with coats:
15 And thou shalt anoint them, as
thou didst anoint their father, that
they may minister unto me in the
124
EXODUS.
B.C. 1491.
priest’s office: for their anointing
shall surely be an_ everlasting
priesthood throughout their genera-
tions.
16 Thus did Moses: according to
all that the LORD commanded him,
so did he. .
17 And it came to pass in the
bfrst month in the second year, on
the first day of the month, that the
tabernacle was reared up.
18 And Moses reared up the tab-
ernacle, and fastened his sockets,
and set up the boards thereof, and
put in the bars thereof, and reared
up his pillars.
19 And he spread abroad the tent
over the tabernacle, and put the
covering of the tent above upon it;
as the LoRD commanded Moses.
20 And he took and put the testi-
mony into the ark, and set the
staves on the ark, and put the
mercy seat above upon the ark:
21 And he brought the ark into
the tabernacle, and set up the vail
of the covering, and covered the ark
of the testimony; as the LorD com-
manded Moses.
22 And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon the
side of the tabernacle northward,
without the vail.
23 And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LorpD; as the
LorpD had commanded Moses.
24 And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation, over
against the table, on the side of the
tabernacle southward.
25 And he lighted the lamps be-
fore the LorD; as the LorD com-
manded Moses.
26 And he put the golden altar in
the tent of the congregation before
the vail:
27 And he burnt sweet incense
thereon; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
28 And he set up the hanging at
the door of the tabernacle.
29 And he put the altar of burnt-
offering by the door of the taberna-
cle of the tent of the congregation,
and offered upon it the burnt-
offering and the ¢meat-offering; as
the LoRD commanded Moses.
30 And he set the laver between
the tent of the congregation and
the altar, and put water there, to
wash withal.
31 And Moses and Aaron and his
sons washed their hands and their
feet thereat:
32 When they went into the tent
- |
40 33]
EXODUS.
P88 ie ee |
‘)
[40 38
of the congregation, and when they! B.c.1490. |gation, because the cloud abode
came near unto the altar, they thereon, and the glory of the LorD
washed; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
33 And he reared up the court
round about the tabernacle and the
altar, and set up the hanging of
the court gate. So Moses @finished
a Heb.3.2,3.
6 C£. 1 Ki.8.
10,11.
,
c Lev.16.2;
the work. Aer ae
34 5Then a “cloud covered the} 2 Chr.5.13
tent of the congregation, and the Sian oer
Iglory of the Lorn filled the taber-|* p78 14.
nacle. Isa.4.5.
35 And Moses was not able to
enter into the tent of the congre-
1 Cf. Eph. 2. 22.
Med the tabernacle.
36 And when the cloud was taken
up from over the tabernacle, the
children of Israel went onward in
all their journeys:
37 But if the cloud were not taken
up, then they journeyed not till the
day that it was taken up.
38 For the 4cloud of the Lorp
was upon the tabernacle by day,
and fire was on it by night, in the
sight of all the house of Israel,
throughout all their journeys.
What the shekinah glory was to tabernacle and temple, that
the Spirit is to the “holy temple,’ the Church, and to the temple which is the be-
liever’s body (1 Cor. 6. 19).
THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES ae
CALLED
bel LEVITICUS. is
Leviticus stands in the same relation to Exodus, that the Epistles do to the Gospels,
Exodus is the record of redemption, and lays the foundation of the cleansing, wor-
ship, and service of a redeemed people. Leviticus gives the detail of the walk,
worship, and service of that people. In Exodus God speaks out of the mount to
which approach was forbidden; in Leviticus He speaks out of the tabernacle in
which He dwells in the midst of His people, to tell them that which befits His holi-
ness in their approach to, and communion with, Himself.
The key-word of Leviticus is holiness; occurring 87 times. Key-verse, 19. 2.
Leviticus is in nine chief divisions: I. The Offerings, 1.-6. 7. Il. The Law of
the Offerings, 6, 8-7. 38. III. Consecration, 8. 1-9. 24. IV. A Warning Example,
10. 1-20. V. A Holy God must have a Cleansed People, 11-15. VI. Atonement,
16., 17. VII. The Relationships of God’s People, 18-22. VIII. The Feasts of
Jehovah, 23. IX. Instructions and Warnings, 24-27.
—
CHAPTER 1. B.C. 1490. ot me cette: even of the herd, and
sans of the flock. _
The bunnt-oferinde Chane atte etan (ot | 3. If his offering be a !burnt-sac-
ing Himself without spot to Moses). Pe rifice of the herd, let him offer a
A s male without blemish: he shall offer
paar canes. erm sirwisie > Cs tis. aE it of his own voluntary will at the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
ND the Lorn called unto ¢Mo-|® an e. ececn poe the s2OEP 4
ses, and spake unto him out of| 347;Lev.2.| 4 Andhes put his 2hand upon
the tabernacle of the congregation,| 1-16, (Gen. |the head of the burnt-offering; and
Eayine, a ake 38 aS Heb.10. |i¢ shall be accepted for him to make
peak unto the children of Is- ; “atonement for him.
rael, and say unto them, If any man] See Ex.29.33,/ 5 And he shall kill the bullock
of you bring an offering unto the| 70¢e- \before the Lorp: and the priests,
LorD, ye shall bring your offering Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood,
1 The burnt-offering (1) typifies Christ offering Himself without spot to God in
delight to do His Father’s will even in death. (2) Itis atoning because the believer
has not had this delight in the will of God; and (3) substitutionary (v. 4) because
Christ did it in the sinner’s stead. But the thought of penalty is not prominent
(Heb. 9. 11-14; 10. 5-7; Psa. 40. 6-8; Phil. 2. 8). The emphatic words (Lev. 1. 3-5)
are “‘burnt-sacrifice,”’ “voluntary,” “it shall be accepted for him,’ and “atone-
ment.”’
The creatures acceptable for sacrifice are five:
(1) The bullock, or ox, typifies Christ as the patient and enduring Servant
(1 Cor. 9. 9, 10; Heb. 12. 2, 3), “obedient unto death” (Isa. 52. 13-15; Phil. 2. 5-8).
His offering in this character is substitutionary, for this we have not been.
(2) The sheep, or lamb, typifies Christ in unresisting self-surrender to the
death of.the cross (Isa. 53. 7; Acts 8. 32-35).
(3) The goat typifies the sinner (Mt. 25. 33) and, when used sacrificially,
Christ, as “numbered with the transgressors” (Isa.-53. 12; Lk. 23. 33), and ‘‘made
sin,” and “‘a curse” (Gal. 3. 13; 2 Cor. 5. 21), as the sinner’s substitute.
(4, 5) The turtle-dove or pigeon. Naturally a symbol of mourning innocency
(Isa. 38. 14; 59. 11; Mt. 23. 37; Heb. 7. 26), is associated with poverty in Lev. 5. n
and speaks of Him who for our sakes became poor (Lk. 9. 58), and whose pathway
of poverty which began with laying aside “the form of God,” ended in the sacrifice
through which we became rich (2 Cor. 8:9; Phil. 2. 6-8). The sacrifice of the poor
Man becomes the poor man’s sacrifice (Lk, 2. 24). ;
_ These grades of typical sacrifice test the measure of our apprehension of the
varied aspects of Christ’s one sacrifice on the cross. The mature believer should
see Christ crucified in all these aspects.
2 The laying on of the offerer’s hand signified acceptance and identification
126) ;
4
‘Sy
1 6) LEVITICUS. » (20°
and sprinkle the blood round about} 3B.c.1490. [upon the altar: it is a burnt-sacri-
per the altar that is by the door} fice, an offering made by fire, of.a
4 * e tabernacle of the congrega- supchesve uate: the ee ‘
; if the burnt-sacrifice for
. And vai Se flay se burnt- his offering to the LorD be of fowls,
= ee a cu ea ie pieces. then he shall bring his offering of
es oe “ee ne e priest turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
- ae ire upon the a ew and lay 15 And the priest shall bring it
Pe he eee ann mons ponds and beces eee e
i . 4 ead, and burn it.on the altar; an
shail lay the parts, the head, and the blood thereof shall be wrung
the fat, in order upon ithe wood out at the side-of the altar:
that is on the lfire which is upon 16 And he shall pluck away his
oe ree i 4 Dac tree Propo his feathers, and cast it
shall ‘he ees 2 aoa the p teae whi ie eae Bane ae eee shes
priest shall burn all on the altar, ito} quickly— 17 And he shall cleave it with the
be a saad pats ab) offering a wanes bactemie dae shall noe divide
made by fire, of a “sweet “savour : it asunder: and the priest shall burn
unto the Lor. ‘ bSavour of it upon the altar, upon the wood
10 And if his offering be of the vetasies that is upon the fire: it is a burnt-
flocks,namely,ofthesheep,orofthe; °°” sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of
goats, for a burnt-sacrifice; he shall) - Lit. meal. |a sweet savour unto the LORD.
bring it a male without blemish.
11 And he shall kill it on the side
- the ne por ward priors the CHAPTER 2.
ORD: and the priests, Aaron’s isis
sons, shall sprinkle his blood round RerBabeand plo ate Q)
about upon the altar. |, ; His human perfections tested
12 And he shall cut it into his by suffering. See Law of this
pieces, with his head and his fat: offering, Lev. 6. 14-23
and the priest shall lay them in 2 ‘
order on the wood that is on the Ae when any will offer a “meat-
fire which is upon the altar: offering unto: the LorRD, this
13. But he shall wash ‘the inwards offering shall be of 8fine flour; and
and the legs with water: and the he shall pour oil upon it, and put
priest shall bring it all, and burn zt jfrankincense thereon:
of himself with his offering. In type it answered to the believer’s faith accepting
and identifying himself with Christ (Rom. 4. 5; 6. 3-11). The believer is justified by
faith, and his faith is reckoned for righteousness, because his faith identifies him
with Christ, who died as his sin-offering (2 Cor. 5. 21; 1 Pet. 2. 24).
1 Fire. Essentially a symbol of God’s holiness. As such it expresses God in
three ways: (1) In judgment upon that which His holiness utterly condemns (e.g.
Gen. 19. 24; Mk. 9. 43-48; Rev. 20. 15); (2) in the manifestation of Himself, and
of that which He approves (e.g. Ex. 3. 2; 1 Pet. 1. 7; Ex. 13. 21); and (3) in purifica-
tion (e.g. 1 Cor. 3. 12-14; Mal. 3. 2, 3). So, in Leviticus, the fire which only mani-
fests the sweet savour of the burnt-, meal-, and peace-offerings, wholly consumes
the sin-offering. ;
2‘The sweet savour offerings are so called because they typify Christ in His own
perfections, and in His affectionate devotion to the Father’s will. The non-sweet
savour offerings typify Christ as bearing the whole demerit of the sinner. Both
are substitutional. In our place Christ, in the burnt-offering, makes good our lack
of devotedness, and, in the sin-°and trespass-offerings, suffers because of our dis-
obedience.
3 The meal-offering. ‘The fine four speaks of the evenness and balance of the
character of Christ; of that perfection in which no quality was in excess, none lack-
ing; the fire, of His testing by suffering, €ven unto death; frankincense, the
fragrance of His life Godward (see Ex. 30. 34); absence of Jeaven, His character
as “the Truth” (see Ex. 12, 8, refs.); absence of honey ;—His was not that mere
natural sweetness which may exist quite apart from grace; oil mingled, Christ
as born of the Spirit (Mt. 1. 18-23); oil upon, Christ as baptized with the Spirit
John 1. 32; 6. 27); the oven, the unseen sufferings of Christ-—His inner agonies
(Heb. 2. 18; Mt. 27. 45,46); the pan, His more evident sufferings (e.g. Mt. 27. 27-31);
salt, the pungency of the truth of God—that which arrests the action of leaven.
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2 2] _ LEVITICUS. i |
2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s| B.C. 1490. |fruits, ye shall offer them unto the
riests: and he shall take Lorpb: but they shall not be burnt
erect This handful of the flour on the altar for a sweet savour.
thereof, and of the oil thereof, with 13 And every oblation of thy
all the frankincense thereof; and bmeat-offering shalt thou season
the priest shall burn the memorial with 3salt; neither shalt thou suffer
of it upon the altar, to be an 4offer- the salt of the covenant of thy God
ing made by fire, of a sweet savour to be lacking from thy ’meat-offer-
unto the LoRD: ing: with all thine offerings thou
3 And the remnant of the ’meat- shalt offer salt. :
offering shall be Aaron’s and his 14 And if thou offer a Smeat-
sons’: it 1s a thing most holy of the offering of thy firstfruits unto the
offerings of the LoRD made by fire. LorD, thou shalt offer for the
4 And if thou bring an oblation ’meat-offering of thy firstfruits
of a ’meat-offering baken in the green ears of corn dried by the fire,
oven, it shall be ‘unleavened cakes even corn beaten out of full ears.
of fine flour mingled with oil, or un- “fi 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it,
leavened wafers sooeted with oil. * eppiead. vs. and poor thereon: it is
5. And if thy oblation be a "meat-| 1-16;Lev.3. |a °meat-offering.
offering baken in a pan, it shall be| }-¥7.'Gs"-4-| 16 And the priest shall burn the
of fine flour unleavened, mingled! 12, ee. oe per ae ee peates
with oil. ; corn thereof, and part of the
6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and)>Lit: meal thereof, with all the frankincense
pour oil thereon: it is a meat-|,; reaven. vs. |thereof: zt is an offering made by
offering. 4,5,11; Lev. |fire unto the Lorb.
7 And if thy oblation be a ’meat- Ph Ree,
offering baken in the fryingpan, it) 33))’ CHAPTER 3.
shall be made of fine flour with oil. A
8 And thou shalt bring the ’meat-|? S2crifice The sweet savour offerings: (3)
offering that is made of these things rieierae the peace-offering: Christ our
unto the Lorb: and when it is pre-| 3-35. (Gen. peace (Eph. 2. 14-18). See Law
sented unto the priest. he shall) {44° | OF this offering, Lev. 7. 11-21.
bring it unto the altar. eas i :
9 And the priest shall take from] Lev.1.4; 16. AN? if his oblation be a ¢sacri-
the meat-offering a memorial] 21; Isa.53.6. fice of 4peace-offering, if he of-
thereof, and shall burn st upon the fer it of the herd; whether it be a
altar: it is an offering made by fire, male or female, he shall offer it
of a sweet savour unto the Lorp. without blemish before the LorD.
10 And that which is left of the 2. And he shall ¢lay his hand upon
bmeat-offering shall be Aaron’s and the head of his offering, and kill it
his sons’: zt is a thing most holy of at the door of the tabernacle of the
the offerings of the Lorp made by congregation: and Aaron’s sons the
fire. priests shall sprinkle the blood upon
11 No ‘meat-offering, which ye the altar round about.
shall bring unto the Lorp, shall be 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice
made with Neaven: for ye shall of the peace-offering an offering
burn no leaven, nor any 2honey, in made by fire unto the LorD; the fat
any offering of the LoRD made by that covereth the inwards, and all
fire. the fat that 7s upon the inwards,
12 As for the oblation of the first- 4 And the two kidneys, and the
1 For meanings of leaven see Mt. 13. 33. Also Lev. 7. 13, note.
* Honey is mere natural sweetness and could not symbolize the divine gracious:
ness of the Lord Jesus. ;
3 Cf. Num. 18. 19; Mk. 9. 49, 50; Col. 4. 6.
4 The peace-offering. The whole work of Christ in Telation to the believer’s
peace is here in type. He made peace, Col. 1. 20: proclaimed peace, Eph. 2. 17;
and is our peace, Eph. 2. 14. In Christ God and the sinner meet in peace; God is
propitiated, the sinner reconciled—both alike satisfied with what Christ has done.
But all this at the cost of blood and fire. The details speak of fellowship. This
brings in prominently the thought of fellowship with God through Christ. Hence
the peace-offering is set forth as affording food for the priests (Lev. 7. 31-34). Ob-
serve that it is the breast (affections) and shoulders (strength) upon which we as
priests (1 Pet. 2. 9) feed in fellowship with the Father. This it is which makes the
peace-offering especially a thank-offering (Lev. 7. 11, 12),
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3.5] LEVITICUS. : [4 8
fat that 7s on them, which is by the] B.c. 1490. |liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
flanks, and the Scaulabovetheliver,|~ ——__—=s«{take: away. ie
with the kidneys, it shall he take 16 And the priest shall burn them
away. : . upon the altar: it is the food of the
5 And Aaron’s sons shall burn it offering made by fire for a sweet
on the altar upon the burnt-sacri- savour: all the fat is the LorD’s.
fice, which is upon the wood that is 17 It shall be a perpetual statute
on the fire: zt zs an offering made for your generations throughout all
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the your dwellings, that yeeat neither
Lorp. > fat nor blood.
6 And if his offering for a sacrifice
of peace-offering unto the LorpD be CHAPTER 4.
of the flock; male or female, he shall T .
Bete 4 without blemish, he non-sweet savour offerings:
7 If he offer a lamb for his offer- (1) the sin-offering; Christ
ing, then shall he ‘offer it before atoning for the guilt of sin
See (Heb. 13. 11, 12). See Law of
8 And he shall lay his hand upon this offering, Lev. 6. 25-30.
the head of his offering, and kill it ‘ANP the LorD spake unto Mo-
before the tabernacle of the congre- ses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, saying, If a soul shall sin
gation: and Aaron’s sons shall
through ignorance against any of
sprinkle the blood thereof round
about upon the altar.
9 And he shall offer of the sacri- sy Hs "n° \the commandments of the Lorp
fice of the peace-offering an offering concerning things which ought
made by fire unto the Lorp; thej’? Chr-35-14. Inot to be done, and shall do against
fat thereof, and the whole rump, it|¢ 1 Ki.s.62. any of them:
shall he take off hard by the back- 3 If the priest that is anointed do
bone: and the fat that covereth the ?¥-+ sin according to the sin of the peo-
inwards, and all the fat'that is upon] - Num.28.2.__|ple; then let him /bring for his sin,
the inwards, f which he hath sinned, a young bul-
10 And the two kidneys, and thel/ eS ys,{lock without blemish unto the
fat that is upon them, which is by| 335: revs. |LORD for a !sin-offering.
the flanks, and the ¢caul above the} 1-19. (Gen.4. | 4 And he shall bring the bullock
liver, with the kidneys, it shall he} 4; #¢>-10- [unto the door of the tabernacle of
take away. od the congregation before the LORD;
11 And the priest shall burn it and shall lay his hand upon the
upon the altar: it is the ‘food of bullock’s head, and kill the bullock
the offering made by fire unto the before the LorD.
Lorp. 5 And the priest that is anointed
12 And if his offering be a goat, shall take of the bullock’s blood,
then he shall offer it before the and bring it to the tabernacle of
Lorp. the congregation: 7
13 And he shall lay his hand upon 6 And the priest shall dip his fin-
the head of it, and kill it before the ger in the blood, and sprinkle of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and blood seven times before the Lorb,
the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the before the vail of the sanctuary.
blood thereof upon the altar round 4 7 And the priest shall put some
about. of the blood upon the horns of the
14 And he shall offer thereof his altar of sweet incense before the
offering, even an offering made by LORD, which is in the tabernacle of
fire unto the LorpD; the fat that the congregation; and shall pour all
covereth the inwards, and all the the blood of the bullock at the bot-
fat that 7s upon the inwards, tom of the altar of the burnt-offer-
15 And the two kidneys, and the ing, which is at the door of the
fat that 7s upon them, which is by tabernacle of the congregation,
the flanks, and the caul above the 8 And he shall take off from it all
1 The sin-offering, though still Christ, is Christ seen laden with the believer’s
sin, absolutely in the sinner’s place and stead, and not, as in the sweet savour offer-
ings, in His own perfections. It is Christ’s death as viewed in Isa, 53.; Psa. 22.3
Mt. 26. 28; 1 Pet. 2. 24; 3. 18. But note (Lev. 6. 24-30) how the essential holiness
of Him who was “made sin for us” (2 Cor. 5. 21) is guarded. The sin-offerings are
expiatory, substitutional, efficacious (Lev. 4. 12, 29, 35); and have in view the
‘vindication of the law through substitutional sacrifice,
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4 9] LEVITICUS. [4 25
the fat of the bullock for the sin-| B.C. 1490. 17 And the priest shall dip his
offering; the fat that covereth the ; finger in some of the blood, and
inwards, and all the fat that 7s upon ‘sprinkle it seven. times before the
the inwards, \LORD, even before the vail.
9 And the two kidneys, and the | 18 And he shail put some of the
fat that 1s upon them, which is by biood. upon the horns of the altar
the flanks, and the caul: above the which is before the Lorpb, that is in
liver, with the kidneys, it shall he the tabernacle of the congregation,
take away, and shall pour out. all the blood at
10 As it was taken off from the the bottom of the altar of the burnt-
bullock of the sacrifice of peace- offering, which ts at the door of
offerings: and the priest shall burn the tabernacle of the congrega-
them upon the altar of the burnt- tion.
offering. | 19 And he shall take all his fat
11 And the skin of the bullock, from him, and burn i# upon the
and all his flesh, with his head, and as
with his legs, and his inwards, and 20 And he shall do with the bul-
his dung, \lock as he did with the bullock for
12 Even the whole bullock shall a sin-offering, so shall he do with
he carry forth !without the camp this: and the priest shall make an
urito a clean place, where the ashes} és fatonement for them, and it shall
are poured out, and burn. him on)? $s E*29 | be forgiven. them.
the wood with fire: where the; ” 21 And he shall carry forth the
ashes are poured out shall’ he be)? Forgive- bullock without the camp, and’ burn
burnt. 20,2631,35; |Him as he burned the first bullock:
13. And if the whole congregation! Lev.s.10,13, |it is a sin-offering for the congre-
of Israel sin through ignorance, and| 16,18. (Lev. | gation.
the thing be hid from the eyes of| 3293)" 22 When a ruler hath sinned, and
the assembly, and they have done done somewhat through ignorance
edie wee es of the ages any ast! Seyi
commandments of the LORD: con- of the LorD his God concerning
mae ee ee should not snes besa should not be done,
e done, and are guilty; and is' guilty;
14 When the sin, which they have 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath
sinned against it, is known, then the sinned, come to his knowledge; he
congregation shall offer a young shall bring his offering, a kid of the
bullock for the sin, and bring him goats, a male without blemish:
before the tabernacle of the con- 24 And he shall lay his hand upon
Ore and ‘the elders of th re oS auce the yell the b Sar
ni e elders of the congre- e place where they e burnt-
gation shall lay their hands upon offering before the Lorp: it is a
the head of the bullock before the sin-offering.
nore. gad, fhe aa shall be an aoe ue priest ee take - the
illed before the Lorn. 0) e sin-offering wit! is
16 And the priest that is anointed finger, and’ put it upon the horns of
shall bring of the bullock’s blood the altar of burnt-offering, and shall
fo the tabernacle of the congrega-| pour out his bloed at the bottom of
ion: |
the altar of burnt-offering.
1Cf. Ex. 29. 14; Lev. 16, 27; Num. 19. 3: Heb. 13. 10-13. The last passage is the
interpretative one. The “camp” was Judaism—a religion: of forms and ceremonies,
“Jesus, also, that He might sanctify [separate, or set apart for God] the people
with for ‘through’] His own blood, suffered without the gate” [temple gate, city
gate, i.e. Judaism civil and religious]; Heb. 13. 12. But how does this sanctify,
or set apart, a people? “Let us go forth therefore unto: Him without the camp
[Judaism then, Judaized Christianity now—anything religious which denies Him
as our sin-offering] bearing His reproach”? (Heb. 13. 13). The sin-offering, “burned
without the camp,” typifies this aspect. of the death of Christ. The cross becomes |
a new altar, in a new place, where, without the smallest’ merit in themselves, the
redeemed gather to offer, as believer-priests,, spiritual sacrifices (Heb. 13: 15; T Pet.
2.5). The bodies of the sin-offering beasts were not burned without’ the camp, as.
some have fancied, because “saturated with sin,” and unfit for a holy camp: Rather, |
an unholy camp. was an unfit place for a holy sin-offering. The dead body of our
Lord was not “saturated with sin,” though in it our sins had been borne (1 Pet.
2. 24). |
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26 And he shall burn all his fat
upon the altar, as the fat of the
sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the
priest shall make an “atonement for
him as concerning his sih, and it
shall be forgiven him. .
27 And if any one of the common
people-sin through ignorance, while
he doeth somewhat against any
of the commandments of the LORD
concerning things which ought
mot to be done, and be guilty;
28 Or if his sin, which he hath
sinned, come to his knowledge:
then he shall bring his offering, a
kid of the goats, a female without
blemish, for his sin which he hath
sinned, :
29 And he shall lay his hand upon
the head of the sin-offering, and
slay the sin-offering in the place of
the burnt-offering.
30 And the priest shail take of
the blood thereof with his finger,
and put if upon the horns of the!
altar of burnt-offering, and shall
pour out all the blood thereof at
the bottom of the altar.
31. And he shall take away all the
fat thereof, .as the fat is taken away
from off the sacrifice of peace-offer-
ings; and the priest shall burn it
upon the altar for a sweet savour
unto the LorpD; and the priest shall
make an ¢atonement for him, and
it shall be forgiven him.
’ 32 And-if he bring a lamb fora
sin-offering, he shall bring it a fe-
male without blemish.
33 And he shall lay his hand
upon the head of the sin-offering,
and slay it for a sin-offering in the
place where they kill the burnt-
offering.
~ 34 And the priest shall take of the
blood of the sin-offering with his/
finger, and put it upon the horns of
the altar of burnt-offering, and)
shall pour out all the blood thereof
at the bottom of the altar:
35 And he shall take away all the
fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb
is taken away from the sacrifice of
the peace-offerings; and the priest
shall burn them upon the -altar,)
according to the offerings made
by fire unto the orp: and the
priest shall make an ¢atonement
for his sin that ‘the hath .com-
ae and ‘it shall be forgiven
m.
-1The trespass-offerings have in
guilt—which is the sin-offering aspect.
being is here meant. Psa,
LEVITICUS.
B.C. 1490.
aSee Ex.29.
33, note.
b Sacrifice
(typical).
vs.1-19;
Lev-.6,.1-7.
(Gen.4.4;
Heb.10.18.)
¢ Num.5.7;
Josh.7.19.
d Lev:12.8;
14.21.
[oe
CHAPTER 5.
The non-sweet savour offerings:
(2) the trespass - offerings;
Christ atoning for the injury
of sin. See Law of this offer-
ing, Ley. 7. 1-7.
AD if a soul sin, and hear the
voice of swearing, and is a
witness, whether he hath seen or
known of it; if he do not utter it,
then he shall bear his iniquity.
2 Or if a soul touch any unclean
thing, whether it be a carcase of
an unclean beast, or a carcase of
unclean cattle, or the carcase of un-
clean creeping things, and if it be
hidden from him; he also shall be
unclean, and guilty.
3 Or if he touch the uncleanness
of man, whatsoever uncleanness it
be that a man shall be defiled
withal, and it be hid from him;
when he knoweth of it, then he
shall be guilty.
4 .Or if a soul swear, pronouncing
with Ais lips ‘to do evil, or to do
‘good, whatsoever it be that a man
shall pronounce ‘with an oath, and
it ‘be ‘hid from ‘him; when he know-
eth of it, then he shall be guilty in
one of these.
5 And it shall be, when ‘he shall
be guilty in one of these things,
that he shall “confess that he hath
sinned in that thing:
6 And he shall bring his Itres-
pass-offering unto the LorD for his
sin which he hath sinned, a female
from the flock, a lamb or.a kid of
the goats, for a sin-offering; and
the priest shall make an 4atone-
ment for him concerning his sin.
7 And ifthe be 2not able to bring a
lamb, then he shall bring for his
trespass, which he hath committed,
two turtledoves, or two young pi-
geons, unto the LorpD; one for a
sin-offering, and the other for a
Lburnt-offering,
8 And he shall bring them unto
the priest, who shall offer that
which is for the sin-offering first,
and wring off his head from ‘his neck,
but shall not divide rt asunder:
9 And the shall sprinkle of the
blood of the sin-offering upon the
side of ‘the altar; and the rest of
the blood shall be wrung out at the
bottom of ‘the altar: it 4s a sin-
loffering.
view rather the ingury which sin does than its
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What is due to God’s rights in-every human
51. 418 a perfect expression of this.
LEVITICUS.
10 And he shall offer the second] _B.c. 1490.
for a burnt-offering, according to ce
the manner: and the priest shall
make an ¢atonement for him for his
sin which he hath sinned, and it
shall be &forgiven him. nat
11 But if he be not able to bring
two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, then he that sinned shall
bring for his offering the tenth part
of an ‘ephah of fine flour for a sin-
offering; he shall put no oil upon
it, neither shall he put any frankin-
cense thereon: for it rs a sin-
offering.
12 Then shall he bring it to the
priest, and the priest shall take his
handful of it, even a memorial
thereof, and burn it on the altar,
according to the offerings made by
fire unto the LORD: it ss a sin-
offering.
13 And the priest shall makelcSee Ex.29.
an “atonement for him as touch-| 33, note.
ing his sin that he hath sinned b Farsive-
in one of these, and it shall be] ness. vs.10,
forgiven him: and the remnant| 13,16,18;
shall be the priest’s, as a ¢meat- Peer
offering. : Mt.26.28.)
14 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, c¢ One ephah
15 If a soul commit a trespass,
and sin through ignorance, in the
holy things of the Lorp; then he
shall bring for his trespass unto the
LorD a ram without blemish out of
the flocks, with thy estimation by
‘shekels of silver, after the shekel
of the sanctuary, for a trespass-
offering.
16 And he shall make amends for
the harm that he hath done in the
holy thing, and shall add the fifth
part thereto, and give it unto the
priest: and the priest shall make an
“atonement for him with the ram
of the trespass-offering, and it shall
be forgiven him,
17 And if a soul sin, and commit
any of these things which are for-
bidden to be done by the command-
ments of the Lorp; though he wist
it not, yet is he guilty, and shall
bear his iniquity.
18 And he shall bring a ram with-
out blemish out of the flock with
thy estimation, for a trespass-offer-
ing, unto the priest: and the priest
shall make an ¢atonement for him
concerning his ignorance wherein
he erred and wist it not, and it shall
be forgiven him,
19 It is .a_ trespass-offering: he
hath certainly trespassed against
the Lorp.
d Lit. meal.
e One shekel
= 2s. 9d. or
6S cents.
f Sacrifice
1-7; Lev.i6.
g Forgive-
ness. Lev.
19.22. (Lev.
4.20; Mt.
26.28.)
132
= 1 bu. 3 pts.
(typical). vs.
CHAPTER 6.
The trespass-offering and resti-
tution. See Law of this offer-
ing, Lev. 7. 1-7.
Ae the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 If a soul sin, and commit a
trespass against the Lorpb, and lie
unto his neighbour in that which
was delivered him to keep, or in
fellowship, or in a thing taken away
by violence, or hath deceived his
neighbour;
3 Or have found that which was
lost, and lieth concerning it, and
sweareth falsely; in any of all these
that a man doeth, sinning therein:
4 Then it shall be, because he
hath sinned, and is guilty, that he
shall restore that which he took vio-
lently away, or the thing which he
hath deceitfully gotten, or that
which was delivered him to keep,
or the lost thing which he found,
5 Or all that about which he hath
sworn falsely; he shall even restore
it in the principal, and shall add the
fifth part more thereto, and give it
unto him to whom it appertaineth,
in the day of his trespass-offering.
6 And he shall bring his trespass-
offering unto the LorD, a ram with-
out blemish out of the flock, with
thy estimation, for a trespass-offer-
ing, unto the priest:
7 And the priest shall make an
fatonement for him before the
LorpD: and it shall be &forgiven
“him for any thing of all that he
hath done in trespassing therein.
The law of the offerings: (1) the
burnt-offering (Lev. 1. 1-17).
8 And the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
9 Command Aaron and his sons,
saying, This is the law of the burnt-
offering: It zs the burnt-offering,
because of the burning upon the
altar all night unto the morning,
and the fire of the altar shall be
burning in it.
10 And the priest shall put on
his linen garment, and his linen
breeches shall he put upon his flesh,
and take up the ashes which the
fire hath consumed with the burnt-
offering on the altar, and he shall
put them beside the altar.
11 And he shall put off his gar-
ments, and put on other garments,
and carry forth the ashes without
the camp unto a clean place.
LEVITICUS.
75
12 And the fire upon the altar
shall be burning in it; it shall not
be put out: and the priest shall
burn wood on it every morning,
and lay the burnt-offering in order
upon it; and he shall burn thereon
the fat of the peace-offerings.
13 The !fire shall ever be burning
upon the altar; it shall never go out.
The law of the offerings: (2) the
meat-offering (Lev. 2. 1-16).
14 And this is the law of the
émeat-offering: the sons of Aaron
shall offer it before the LORD, be-
fore the altar.
15 And he shall take of it his
handful, of the flour of the ¢meat-
offering, and of the oil thereof, and
all the frankincense which is upon
the “meat-offering, and shall burn
it upon the altar for a sweet sa-
vour, even the memorial of it, unto
the Lorb.
16 And the remainder thereof
shall Aaron and his sons eat: with
bunleavened bread shall it be eaten
in the holy place; in the court of
the tabernacle of the congregation
they shall eat it.
17 It shall not be baken with
leaven. I have givenit unto them
for their portion of my offerings
made by fire; it zs most holy, as is
the sin-offering, and as the trespass-
offering.
18 All the males among the chil-
dren of Aaron shall eat of it. It
shall be a statute for ever in your
generations concerning the offerings
of the LoRD made by fire: every one
that toucheth them shall be holy.
(The priests’ meat-offering.)
19 And the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
20 This is the offering of: Aaron
and of his sons, which they shall
offer unto the Lorp in the day
when he is anointed; the tenth part
of an ‘ephah of fine flour for a @meat-
offering perpetual, half of it in the
morning, and half thereof at night.
21 Ina pan it shall be made with
oil; and when it is baken, thou
shalt bring it in: and the baken
pieces of the 4meat-offering shalt
thou offer for a sweet savour unto
the Lorp.
22 And the priest of his sons that
is anointed in his stead shall offer
B.C. 1490.
a Lit. meal.
b Leaven. vs.
c One ephah
=1bu.3
pts.
d Heb. kaphar,
to cover.
See Dan.9,
24, note;
Ex.29.33;
note,
it: rt 1s a statute for ever unto the
Lorp; it shall be wholly burnt.
23 For every ¢meat-offering for
the priest shall be wholly burnt: it
shall not be eaten.
The law of the offerings: (3) the
sin-offering (Lev. 4. 1-35).
24 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
25 Speak unto Aaron and to his
sons, saying, This is the law of
the sin-offering: In the place where
the burnt-offering is killed shall the
sin-offering be killed before the
LorD: it is most holy.
26 The priest that offereth it for
sin shall eat it: in the holy place
shall it be eaten, in the court of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
27 Whatsoever shall touch the
flesh thereof shall be holy: and
when there is sprinkled of the blood
thereof upon any garment, thou
shalt wash that whereon it was
sprinkled in the holy place.
28 But the earthen vessel wherein
‘a, |it is sodden shall be broken: and if
it be sodden in a brasen pot, it
shall be both scoured, and rinsed in
water.
29 Allthe males among the priests
shall eat thereof: it 7s most holy.
30 And no sin-offering, whereof
any of the blood is brought into the
tabernacle of the congregation to
¢reconcile withal in the holy place,
shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in
the fire.
CHAPTER 7.
The law of the offerings: (4) the
oun meer (Lev. 5. 1 to
Osa) :
Ske this is the law of the
trespass-offering: itis mostholy.
2 Inthe place where they kill the
burnt-offering shall they kill the
trespass-offering: and the blood
thereof shall he sprinkle round
about upon the altar.
3 And he shall offer of it. all the
fat thereof; the rump, and the fat
that covereth the inwards,
4 And the two kidneys, and the
fat that 7s on them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul that 1s above
the liver, with the kidneys, it shall
he take away:
5 And the priest shall burn them
upon the altar for an offering made
1See Lev. 1. 8, note. Here the fire expresses also the undying devotedness of
Christ.
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LEVITICUS.
15 And the flesh of the sacrifice o
his peace-offerings for thanksgiving
shall be eaten the same day that it
is offered; he shall not leave any of
it until the morning. y
16 But if the sacrifice of his offer-
ing be a vow, or a voluntary offer=
ing, it shall be eaten the same day
that he offereth his. sacrifice: and
on the morrow also the remainder
of it shall be eaten:
17 But the remainder of the flesh
of the sacrifice on the third day
Pig had ane Ghee ee f th
18 if any of the flesh of the
is baken in the oven, and all that is acrifice of his peace-offerings be
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the|,seezx.29, jeaten at all on the third day, it
pan, shall be the priest’s that offer-| 33, note. shall not be acneeheds neither shaw
Ce “had every meat-offering, min-|° bits mea! ee ere — per
gled with oil, and dry, shall all the|cLeaven. vs. and the soul that eateth of it shall
sons of Aaron have, one as much! 12,13; Lev.8. |bear his iniquity.
7 6]
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pass-offering. i
6 Every male among the priests
shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten
in the holy place: it rs most holy.
7 As the sin-offering zs, so 1s the
trespass-offering: there is one law
for them: the priest that maketh
*atonement therewith shall have zt.
8 And the priest that offereth any
man’s burnt-offering, even the
priest shall have to himself the
skin of the burnt-offering which he
hath offered. 3
9 And all the ‘meat-offering that
as another. “Re See 19 And the flesh that toucheth
The law of the offerings: (5) the 33.) any unclean thing shall not be
; eaten; it shall be burnt with fire:
peace-offering (Lev. 3. 1-17). an ee and as for the flesh, all that be
11 And this zs the law of the clean shall eat thereof.
sacrifice of lpeace-offerings, which] ¢Lev-15.3. 20 But the soul that eateth of the
he shall offer unto the Lorb. fLev.11.24,28. |flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offer-
12 Ifhe offer it for a thanksgiving, ings, that pertain unto the ‘LORD,
then he shall offer with the sacrifice having his uncleanness upon him,
of thanksgiving cunleavened cakes even that soul shall be cut off from
mingled with oil, and unleavened his people.
wafers anointed with oil, and cakes 21 Moreover the /soul that. shail
mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. touch any unclean thing, as the
13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer uncleanness of man, or any unclean
for his offering 2eavened bread beast; or any abominable unclean
with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of thing, and eat of the flesh of the
his peace-offerings. sacrifice of peace-offerings, which
14 And of it he shall offer one out}, pertain unto the Lorp, even that
of the whole oblation for an heave- soul shall be cut off from his people:
offering unto the LorD, and it} 22 And the Lorb spake unto Mo-
shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth| ses, saying,
the blood of the peace-offerings. 23 Speak unto the children of Is-
1Tn the “law of the offerings,” the peace-offering is taken out of its place as third
of the sweet savour offerings, and placed alone, and after all the non-sweet savour
offerings. The explanation is as simple as the fact is beautiful. In revealing the
offerings Jehovah works from Himself out to the sinner (see Ex. 25. 10, note).
he whole burnt-offering comes first as meeting what is due to the divine affections,
and the trespass-offering last as meeting the simplest aspect of sin—its injurious-
ness. .But the sinner begins of necessity with that which lies nearest to a newly
awakened conscience—a sense, namely, that because of sin he is at enmity with
God. His first need, therefore, is peace with God. And that is precisely the Gospel
order. Christ’s first message is, “Peace”? (John 20.19), afterward He shows them
His hands and His side. It is the order of 2 Cor. 5. 18-21: first “the word of recon-
ciliation,” verse 19, then the trespass- and sin-offering, verse 21. Experience thus
reverses the order of revelation.
he use of leaven here is significant. Peace with God is something which the
believer shares with God. Christ is our peace-offering (Eph. 2.13). Any thanks-
giving for peace must, first of all, present Him. In verse 12 we have this, in type,
and so leaven is excluded. In verse 13 it is the offerer who gives thanks for Ais
Participation in the peace, and so leaven fitly signifies, that though having peace
with God through the work of another, there is still evilin him. This is illustrated
in Amos 4. 5, where the evil in Israel is before God.
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F
tael, saying, Ye shall eatno manner! B.c. 1490. |Israel, in the day that “he anointed
of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
24 And the fat of the beast that
dieth of itself, and the fat of that
which is torn with beasts, may be
used in any other use: but ye shall
in no wise eat of it.
25 For whosoever eateth the fat
of the beast, of which men offer an
offering made by fire unto the
Lorp, even the soul that eateth it
shall be cut off from his people. |
26 Moreover ye shall eat no man-
ner. of blood, whether it be of fowl
or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
27 Whatsoever soul it be that
eateth any manner of blood, even
that soul shall be ¢cut off from his
people. {
28 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
29 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, saying, He that offereth the
sacrifice of his peace-offerings unto
the LorpD shall bring his oblation
unto the LorD of the sacrifice of}
his peace-offerings.
30 His own hands shall bring the
offerings of the LORD made by fire,
the fat with the breast, it shall he
bring, that the breast may be
waved for a owave-offering before
the LORD.
31 And the priest shall burn the
fat upon the altar: but the breast
shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
32 And the right shoulder shall
ye give unto the “priest for an
heave-offering of the sacrifices of
your peace-offerings.
33 He among the sons of Aaron,
that offereth the blood of the peace-
offerings, and the fat, shall have
the right shoulder for his part.
34 For the wave-breast and the
heave-shoulder have I taken of the
children of Israel from off the sac-
rifices of their peace-offerings, and
jhave given them unto Aaron the
priest and unto his sons by a
statute for ever from among the
children of Israel.
35 This fs the portion of the an-
ointing of Aaron, and of the anoint-
ing of his sons, out of the offerings
of the LorD made by fire, in the
day when he presented them to
minister unto the LorD in the
priest’s office;
36 Which the LorpD commanded
to be given them of the children of
1 The priests did not consecrate themselves,
stance Moses, acting for Jehovah.
sense of Rom. 12. 1.
a v.20.
b Lev.8.27;
9.21; Ex.29.
24,27.
c Num.6.20.
d Lev.8.12,30;
Ex.40.13,15.
e Lev.6.9,14,
25.
f Lit. meal.
g Leaven. vs.
2,26; Lev.
10.12.
19.3; Mt.13.
33.)
h See Ex.28,
30, note,
‘perfection.’
(Gen,
them, by a statute for ever through-
out their generations.
37 This is the ‘law of the burnt-
offering, of the ‘meat-offering, and
of the sin-offering, and of the tres-
pass-offering, and of the consecra-
tions, and of the sacrifice of the
peace-offerings;
38 Which the LoRD commanded
Moses in mount Sinai, in the day
(that he commanded the children of
‘Israel to offer their oblations unto
the Lorp, in the wilderness of
Sinai.
CHAPTER 8.
Consecration of the priests.
A®D the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 Take 1Aaron and his sons with
him, and the garments, and the
anointing oil; and a bullock for the
sin-offering, and two rams, and a
basket of ¢unleavened bread;
3 And gather thou all the congre-
gation together unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
4 And Moses did as the LorpD
commanded him; and the assembly
was gathered together unto the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
geregation.
5 And Moses said unto the con-
lgregation, This is ‘the thing which
the LoRD commanded to'be done.
Consecration: (1) cleansing
(Eph. 5. 25-27; John 13. 3-10).
6 And Moses brought Aaron and
his sons, and washed them with
water.
Consecration: (2) the high
priest ciothed,
7 And he put upon him the coat,
and girded him with the girdle, and
clothed him with the robe, and put
the ephod upon him, and he girded
him with the curious girdle of the
ephod, and bound it unto him
therewith.
8 And he put the breastplate upon
him: also he put in the breastplate
the *Urim and the Thummim.
9 And he put the mitre upon his
head: also upon the mitre, even
upon his forefront, did he put the
golden plate, the holy crown; as the
LorD commanded Moses.
all was done by another, in this in-
The priests simply presented their bodies in the
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LEVITICUS.
Consecration: (3) the high
priest’s anointing.
10 And Moses took the anointing
oil, and anointed the tabernacle
and all that was therein, and sanc-
tified them.
11 And he sprinkled thereof upon
the altar seven times, and anointed
the altar and all his vessels, both
the laver and his foot, to sanc-
tify them. >
12 And he !poured of the anoint-
ing oil upon Aaron’s head, and
anointed him, to sanctify him.
Consecration: (4) the priests
clothed,
13 And Moses brought Aaron’s
sons, and put coats upon them, and
girded them with girdles, and put
bonnets upon them; as the Lorp
commanded Moses.
Consecration: (5) the offerings.
14 And he brought the bullock for
the sin-offering: and Aaron and his
sons laid their hands upon the head
of the bullock for the sin-offering.
15 And he slew it; and Moses
took the blood, and put i# upon the
horns of the altar round about with
his finger, and purified the altar,
and poured the blood at the bottom
of the altar, and ¢sanctified it, to
make ?reconciliation upon it.’
16 And he took all the fat that
B.C. 1490.
was upon the inwards, and the caul
above the liver, and the two kid-
neys, and their fat, and Moses
burned sf upon the altar.
17 But the bullock, and his hide,
his flesh, and his dung, he burnt
with fire without the camp; as the
LORD commanded Moses.
18 And he brought the ram for
the burnt-offering: and Aaron and
his sons laid their hands upon the
head of the ram.
19 And he killed i#; and Moses
sprinkled the blood upon the altar
round about.
20 And he cut the ram into pieces;
and Moses burnt the head, and the
pieces, and the fat,
21 And he washed the inwards
and the legs in water; and Moses
is Two important distinctions are made in the case
firming his typical relation to Christ the anti-
a Sanctify,
holy (O.T.).
Lev.27.14-
22. (Gen.2.
3; Zech.8.3.)
b Heb. kaphar,
to cover.
See Dan.9,
24, note,
¢ Ex.29.19,31.
d Lev.14.14,
e Heb.9.22,23.
f Ex.29.22.
g Ex.29.26.
the sacrifices are slain, while in the case of the
cedes the anointing.
6c
anointing oil poured.
God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him”
Hy:
[8 3
burnt the whole ram upon the altar:
it was a burnt-sacrifice for a sweet
savour, and an offering made by
fire unto the LorpD; as the LorD
commanded Moses.
22 And he brought the ‘other
ram, the ram of consecration: and
Aaron and his sons laid their hands
upon the head of the ram.
Consecration: (6) the blood
applied.
23 And he slew it; and Moses
took of the ¢blood of it, and put it
upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear,
and upon the thumb of his right
hand, and upon the great toe of his
right foot.
24 And he brought Aaron’s sons,
and Moses put of the “blood upon
the tip of their right ear, and upon
the thumbs of their right hands,
and upon the great toes of their
right feet: and Moses sprinkled the
blood upon the altar round about.
25 And he ftook the fat, and the
rump, and all the fat that was upon
the inwards, and the caul above the
liver, and the two kidneys, and their
fat, and the right shoulder:
26 And out of the basket of un-
leavened bread, that was before the
LorD, he took one unleavened
cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and
one wafer, and put them on the fat,
and upon the right shoulder:
Consecration:(7)the hands filled.
27 And he put all upon Aaron’s
hands, and upon his sons’ hands,
and waved them for a wave-offer-
ing before the Lorp.
28 And Moses took them from off
their hands, and burnt them on the
altar upon the burnt-offering: they
were consecrations for a sweet sa-
vour: it is an offering made by fire
unto the Lorpb.
29 And Moses took the £breast,
and waved it for a wave-offering
before the Lorb: for of the ram of
consecration it was Moses’ part: as
the LorRD commanded Moses,
Consecration: (8) the anointing
of the priests.
30 And Moses took of the anoint-
of the high priest, thus con-
type: (1) Aaron is anointed before
i : priests
le L Christ the sinless One required
the anointing oil, symbol of the Holy Spirit; (2) upon
the application of blood pre-
no preparation for receiving
the high priest only was the
(John 3. 34).
“Thy God hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows” (Heb.
1. 9).
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ing oil, and of the blood which was
upon the altar, and sprinkled it
upon Aaron, and upon his gar-
ments, and upon his sons, and upon
his sons’ garments with him; and
sanctified Aaron, and his garments,
and his sons, and his sons’ gar-
ments with him.
Consecration: (9) the food of the
priests. (Ex. 29. 26, and refs.)
31 And Moses said unto Aaron
and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation: and there eat it with the
bread that zs in the basket of con-
secrations, as I commanded, saying,
Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
32 And that which remaineth of
the flesh and of the bread shall ye
burn with fire.
Consecration: (10) the priests
separated unto God.
33 And ye shall not go out of the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation in seven days, until the
days of your consecration be at an
end: for seven days shall he conse-
crate you.
34 As he hath done this day, so
the Lorp hath commanded to do,
to make an “atonement for you.
35 Therefore shall ye abide at the
door of the tabernacle of. the con-
gregation day and night seven
days, and keep the charge of the
Lorp, that ye die not: for so I am
commanded.
36 So Aaron and his sons did all
things which the LoRD commanded
by the hand of Moses.
CHAPTER 9.
_The priests begin their ministry.
ND it came to pass on the eighth
day, that Moses called Aaron
and his sons, and the elders of Is-
rael;
2 And he said unto Aaron, Take
thee a young calf for a sin-offering,
and a ram for a burnt-offering,
without blemish, and offer them
before the LORD.
3 And unto the children of Israel
thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye
a kid of the goats for a sin-offering;
and a calf and a lamb, both of the
first year, without blemish, for a
burnt-offering;
4 Also a bullock and a ram for
peace-offerings, to sacrifice before
the Lorp; and a meat-offering
mingled with oil: for to day the
Lorp will appear unto you.
LEVITICUS.
a See Ex.29.
33, note.
b Lit. meal.
¢ Heb.9.22,23.
d Isa.53.10;
Heb.2.17;
SES
e Lit. meal.
f Ex.29,38.
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gaia Kile a leg ied WN Gy
B.C. 1490. 5 And they brought that which
Moses commanded before the tab-
ernacle of the congregation: and all
the congregation drew near and
stood before the LORD.
6 And Moses said, This zs the
thing which the LoRD commanded
that ye should do: and the glory of.
the LorpD shall appear unto you.
7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go
unto the altar, and offer thy sin-
offering, and thy burnt-offering,
and make an Zatonement for thy-
self, and for the people: and offer
the offering of the people, and make
an 4atonement for them; as the
LorD commanded.
8 Aaron therefore went unto the
altar, and slew the calf of the sin-
offering, which was for himself.
9 And the sons of Aaron brought
the “blood unto him:-and he dipped
his finger in the blood, and put it
upon the horns of the altar, and
poured out the blood at the bottom
of the altar:
10 But the fat, and the kidneys,
and the caul above the liver of the
sin-offering, he burnt upon the
altar; as the LorD commanded
Moses.
11 And the flesh and the hide he
burnt with fire without the camp.
12 And he slew the burnt-offer-
ing; and Aaron’s sons presented un-
to him the blood, which he sprinkled
round about upon the altar.
13 And they presented the burnt-
offering unto him, with the pieces
thereof, and the head: and he burnt
them upon the altar.
14 And he did wash the inwards
and the legs, and burnt them upon
the burnt-offering on the altar.
15 And he brought the people’s
offering, and took the goat, which
was the sin-offering for the people,
and slew it, and offered it for sin
as the first.
16 And he brought the burnt-
offering, and offered it according to
the manner.
17 And he brought the ¢meat-
offering, and took an handful there-
of,and burnt it uponthe altar, beside
the /burnt-sacrifice of the morning.
18 He slew also the bullock and
the ram for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, which was for the people:
and Aaron’s sons presented unto
him the blood, which he sprinkled
upon the altar round about,
19 And the fat of the bullock and
of the ram, the rump, and. that
which covereth the inwards, and
9 20]:
a
the kidneys, and the caul above the}
liver:
20 And they put the fat upon the
breasts, and he burnt the fat upon
the altar: ;
21 And the breasts and the right
shoulder Aaron waved for a wave-
offering before the LORD; as Moses
commanded:
22 And Aeron lifted up his hand
toward the people, and blessed
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@ Miracles
O.T.). vs.
them, and came down from offering ta: Num.
of the sin-offering, and the burnt- Hen eae
offering, and peace-offerings. 0 e |
23. And Moses and Aaron went
into the tabernacle of the congrega-|° Se
tion, and came out, and blessed the| 3218, 26:
people: and the glory of the Lorp| 2 Sam.24.1,
appeared ‘unto ali the people. 15.
24 And there came a fire out from
before the LorpD, and consumed
upon the altar the burnt-offering
c Lit. meal.
and the fat: which when all the| Guiost”
people saw, they shouted, and fell] Mt.13.33.)
on their faces: eNum.18.10.
CHAPTER 10.
The strange fire of Nadab and
Abthu.
ae Nadab and Abihu, the sons] wa-dab,
of Aaron, took either of them| ‘liberal’
his censer, and put fire therein, and Baier
put incense thereon, and offered| ‘God is
strange fire before the Lorp,| father.’
which he commanded them not.
2 And there went out fire from
the LogD, and devoured them, and
they ¢died before the Lorp. |
3 Then Moses. said unto Aaron,|)
This is if that the Lorp spake,|)
saying, I will be sanctified in them
that come nigh me, and before all Mish-a-el,
the people I will be glorified. And] one with
Aaron. held his peace. God.
4 And Moses called) Mishael and El-za-phan,
Elzaphan, the sons. of Uzziel the| ‘God pro-
uncle of Aaron, and said unto them,]| ‘ects.
Come near, carry your brethren], Uz-zi-el,
from. before the sanctuary out of! ‘power of
the camp. | God.’
5. So they: went near, and. carried’ El-e-a-zar,
them intheir coats out.of the camp;} ‘God has
as Moses-had said. | helped.’
6 And Moses. said unto. Aaron,| 7:4-.-mar
and unto Eleazar and unto Itha-| ‘isieoft ”
mar, his sons, Uncover not your| Palms.’
1 Strange fire. Fire “from before the Lord”
offering the fire which the care of the priests
138
LEVITICUS.
heads, neither rend your clothes;
upon all the people: but let your
brethren, the whole house of Israel,
hath kindled:
7 And ye: shall: not go out from
the door of the tabernacle of the
you. And they did according. to
the word of Moses.
8 And. the LorpD spake unto. Aa-
ron,, saying,
9 Do not drink. wine nor strong
ink, thou, nor thy sons with thee,
when. ye go into the tabernacle of
the. congregation, lest ye die: it
out your generations: :
10 And that ye may put difference
tween unclean and clean;
children of Israel all the statutes
which the Lorp hath spoken unto
them by the hand of Moses.
12 And Moses spake unto Aaron,
and unto Eleazar and unto Itha-
mar, his: sons that were left, Take
of the offerings of the Lorp made
beside the altar: for it 7s most holy:
13. And ye shall eat it in:the eholy
place, because it is thy’ due, and
thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of
[10 16
|
lest’ ye die, and lest “wrath come |
bewail the burning which the Lorp |
)
congregation, lest ye die: for the
anointing oil of the LorD ss upon
shall be a statute for ever through- —
between holy and unholy, and’ be-__
11 And that ye may teach the >
the ‘meat-offering that remaineth
by fire, and eat it without 4leaven |
the LorpD made by fire: forsoI am —
commanded.
14 And: the wave-breast and
heave-shoulder shall ye eat in a
clean place; thou, and thy sons,
and thy daughters with thee: for
they be thy due, and thy sons’ due,
wAich are given out of the sacrifices
of peace-offerings of the children of
Israel.
IS The heave-shoulder and. the
wave-breast, shall. they bring with
the offerings made by fire of the
fat, to wave it for a wave-offering
before the LorpD; and it shall be
thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by
|a statute for ever; as the Lorp
hath. commanded.
16: And. Moses: diligently sought
the goat of the sin-offering,, and,
10 17)
behold, it was burnt: and he was
angry with Eleazar and Ithamar,
the sons of Aaron which were left
alive, saying,
17 Wherefore have ye not eaten
the sin-offering in the holy place,
seeing it is most holy, and God
hath given it you to bear the ini-
quity of the congregation, to make
atonement for them before the
LORD?
18 Behold, the blood of it was not
brought in within the “holy place:
ye should indeed have eaten it in
the holy place, as I comimanded.
19 And Aaron said unto Moses,
Behold, this day have they offered
their sin-offering and their burnt-
offering’ before the LorD; and such
things have befallen me: and if I
had eaten the’ sin-offering to: day,
should it have been ‘accepted in the
sight of the LorD?’
20 And’ when Moses heard that,
he was content.
CHAPTER 11.
A holy God—a holy people:
(1) their food.
ND the Lord spake unto Mo-
ses and to Aaron, saying unto
them,
2 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, saying, 1These are the beasts
which ye shall eat among all the
beasts that are-on the earth.
3° Whatsoever parteth the hoof,|
and is‘ clovenfooted, and’ cheweth
the cud, among the beasts, that
shall ye eat.
4 Nevertheless these shall ye: not
eat of them that chew the’ cud, or
“of them that divide the hoof: as
the camel, because he cheweth the
cud, but divideth not the hoof; he
is unclean unto you.
5 And the coney, because he
cheweth the cud, but divideth not
the hoof; he zs unclean unto you.
6 And'the2hare; because he chew-
eth the cud, but divideth not the
hoof; he is unclean. unto you.
1 The dietary regulations of the covenant people
LEVITICUS.
B.C..1490,
a See Ex.29.
33, note.
6 Lev.6.26.
¢ ¥sa.1.11,15;
Jer.6.20;
[t1 22
7 And the swine, though he divide
the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet
he cheweth not the cud; he is un-
clean to you.
8 Of their flesh: shall ye not eat,
and their carcase shall! ye not
touch; they are unclean to you.
9 These shall ye eat of all. that
are in the waters: whatsoever hath
fins and! scales in the waters, in the
seas, and: in the rivers, them shall
ye eat.
10 And ail that have not fins and
scales in the seas, and in the rivers,
of all that move in the waters, and
of any living thing which zs in the
waters, they shail be an abomina-
tion unto you:
11 They shall be even an abomi-
nation unto you; ye shall not eat of
their flesh, but ye shall have their
carcases in abomination.
12) Whatsoever hath no fins nor
scales in the waters, that shall be
an abomination unto you.
13\ And these are they which ye’
shall have in abomination among
the fowls; they shall’ not be eaten,
they are an abomination: the eagle,
and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
14 And the vulture, and the kite
after his kind;
15 Every raven after his kind;
16 And the owl, and the night
hawk, and the cuckow, and the
hawk after his kind,
17 And the little owl, and the cor-
morant, and the great owl,
18 And the swan, and the pelican,
and the gier eagle,
19 And the stork, the hefon after
her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat.
20 All fowls that creep, going
upon a// four, shall be an abomina-
tion unto you.
21 Yet these may ye eat of every
flying creeping thing that goeth
upon ail four, which have legs
above their feet, to leap withal
upon the earth;
22 Even these of them ye may
eat; the locust after his kind, and
the bald locust after his. kind, and
must be regarded primarily as
sanitary. Israel, it must be remembered, was a nation living on the earth under
a theocratic: government.
thé social as well as with the religious life of that people.
Of necessity the divine legislation. concerned itself with
To force upon every word
of that legislation a typical meaning is’to strain. 1 Cor. 10. 1-11 and Heb.. S. 23, 24
beyond all reasonable interpretation.
2 Heb. arnebeth, an unidentified
is said: to, characteristics not possessed by the’ hare.
animal, but certainly not a.hare, possessing as if
The supposed error in the text
is due entirely to the translators’ assumption that the English hare and the ancient
“arnebeth” were identical.
13¢
11 23)
LEVITICUS.
the beetle after his kind, and the
grasshopper after his kind. i
23 But all other flying creeping
things, which have four feet, shall
be an abomination unto you.
24 And for these ye shall be un-
clean: whosoever @toucheth the car-
case of them shall be unclean until
the even.
25 And whosoever beareth ought
of the carcase of them shall wash
his clothes, and be unclean until
the even.
26 The carcases of every beast
' which divideth the hoof, and is not
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud,
are unclean unto you: every one
that toucheth them shall be un-;
clean.
27 And whatsoever goeth upon
his paws, among all manner of
beasts that go on all four, those
are unclean unto you: whoso touch-
eth their carcase shall be unclean
until the even.
28 And he that beareth the car-
case of them shall ‘wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even: they
are unclean unto you.
29 These also shall be unclean
unto you among the creeping things
that creep upon the earth; the wea-
sel, and the mouse, and the tortoise
after his kind,
30 And the ferret, and the chame-
leon, and the lizard, and the snail,
and the mole.
31 These are unclean to you
among alt that creep: whosoever
doth ¢touch them, when they be
dead, shall be unclean until the
even.
32 And upon whatsoever any of
them, when they are dead, doth fall,
it shall be unclean; whether 7# be
any vessel of wood, or raiment, or
skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel st
be, wherein any work is done, it]
must be put into water, and it shall]
be unclean until the even; so it}
shall be cleansed.
33 And every earthen vessel,
whereinto any of them falleth,
whatsoever is in it shall be un.
clean; and ye shall ¢break it.
34 Of all meat which may be
eaten, that on which such water
cometh shall be unclean: and all
drink that may be drunk in every
such vessel shall be unclean.
35 And every thing whereupon
any part of their carcase falleth
shall be unclean; whether it be
oven, or ranges for pots, they shall
be broken down: for they are un-
B.C. 1490.
av.8; Lev.
17.15,16;
1 Cor.15.33.
6 Num.19.10,
22; 31.24;
Zech.13.1;
Heb.9.10;
10.22.
€ vs.24,25.
d v.8; Hag.
else
e Psa.2.9;
Jer.48.38.
f1 Pet.1.16,
140
clean, and shall be unclean unto
you.
36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit,
wherein there is plenty of water,
shall be clean: but that which touch-
eth their carcase shall be unclean.
37 And if any part of their car-
case fall upon any sowing seed which
is to be sown, it shali be clean.
38 But if any water be put upon
the seed, and any part of their car-
case fall thereon, it shall be un-
clean unto you.
39 And if any beast, of which ye
may eat, die; he that toucheth the
carcase thereof shall be unclean un-
til the even.
40 And he that eateth of the car-
case of it shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even: he
also that beareth the carcase of it
shall wash his clothes, and be un-
clean until the even.
41 And every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth shall be an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the
belly, and whatsoever goethupon all
four, or whatsoever hath more feet
among all creeping things that creep
upon the earth, them ye shall not
eat; for they are an abomination.
43 Ye shall not make yourselves
abominable with any creeping thing
that creepeth, neither shall ye make
yourselves unclean with them, that
ye should be defiled thereby.
44 For I am the Lorp your God:
ye shall therefore sanctify your-
selves, and ye shall be holy; for I
am fholy: neither shall ye defile
yourselves with any manner of
creeping thing that creepeth upon
the earth.
4S For I am the Lorn that bring-
eth you up out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: ye shall therefore
be holy, for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beasts,
and of the fowl, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters,
and of every creature that creepeth
upon the earth:
47 To make a difference between
the unclean and the clean, and be-
tween the beast that may be eaten
and the beast that may not be eaten.
CHAPTER 12.
A holy God—a _ holy people:
(2) the law of motherhood
(Psa. 51. 5; John 3.6),
AND the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
an DIY
2a
- 2 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, saying, If a woman have con-
_ ceived seed, and born a man child:
then she shall be unclean seven
days; according to the days of the
separation for her infirmity shall she
be unclean.
3 And in the eighth day the flesh
of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 And she shall then continue in
the blood of her purifying three and
thirty days; she shall touch no hal-
lowed thing, nor come into the
sanctuary, until the days of her
purifying be fulfilled.
5 But if she bear a maid child,
then she shall be unclean two weeks,
as in her separation: and she shall
continue in the blood of her puri-
fying threescore and six days.
6 And when the days of her puri-
fying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a ¢lamb
of the first year for a burnt-offering,
and a young pigeon, or a turtledove,
for a sin-offering, unto the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
unto the priest:
7 Who shall offer it before the
Lorp, and make an 2atonement for
her; and she shall be cleansed from
the issue of her blood. This is the
law for her that hath born a male
or a female.
8 And if she be not ‘able to bring
a lamb, then she shall ¢bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons; the
one for the burnt-offering, and the
other for a sin-offering: and the
priest shall make an 2atonement for
her, and she shall be clean.
CHAPTER 13.
‘A holy God—a holy people:
(3) leprosy—Type of sin as in
Rom. 6. 12-14; 1 John 1. 8.
PANDY the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses and Aaron, saying,
2 When a man shall have in the
skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or
bright spot, and it be in the skin of
his flesh like the plague of Jleprosy;
then he shall be brought unto Aa-
ron the priest, or unto one of his
sons the priests:
LEVITICUS.
a John 1.29;
1 Pet.1.18,
19.
b See Ex.29,
33, note.
c Lev.5.7.
|d Lk.2.22-24.
e Deut.17.8,9;
24.8; Mal.
2.7; Lk.17.
14.
f Psa.19.12;
John 13.8,10.
g Num.12.10,
D2.2 Ks,55,
27; 2 Chr.26.
9
B.C. 1490.
[13 12
3 And the 2priest shall look on the
plague in the skin of the flesh: and
when the hair in the plague is
turned white, and the plague in
sight be deeper than the skin of his
flesh, it 7s a plague of leprosy: and
the priest shall look on him, and
pronounce him unclean.
4 If the bright spot be white in ©
the skin of his flesh, and in sight
be not deeper than the skin, and
the hair thereof be not turned
white; then the priest shall shut
up him that hath the plague
seven days:
5 And the priest shall look on him:
the seventh day: and, behold, if the
plague in his sight be at a stay, and
the plague spread not in the skin;
then the priest shall shut him up
seven days more:
6 And the priest shall look on
him again the seventh day: and,
behold, if the plague be somewhat
dark, and the plague spread not
in the skin, the priest shall pro-
nounce him clean: it fs but a scab:
and he shall fwash his clothes, and
be clean.
7 But if the scab spread much
abroad in the skin, after that he
hath been seen of the priest for his
cleansing, he shall be seen of the
priest again:
8 And if the priest,see that, be-
hold, the scab spreadeth in the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him
unclean: it 1s a leprosy.
9 When the plague of leprosy is
in a man, then he shall be brought
unto the priest;
10 And the priest shall see him:
and, behold, if the rising be white
in the skin, and it have turned the
hair white, and there be quick raw
flesh in the rising;
11 It is an old leprosy in the skin
of his flesh, and the priest shall pro-
nounce him unclean, and shall not
shut him up: for he is unclean.
12 And if a leprosy break out
abroad in the skin, and the leprosy
cover all the skin of him that hath
the plague from his head even to
his foot, wheresoever the priest
looketh;
1 Leprosy speaks of sin as (1) in the blood; (2) becoming overt in loathsome ways;
(3) incurable by human means.
“sin,” demanding self-judgment (1
and cleansing (1 John 1. 9).
Corliss
The anti-type as applied to the people of God is
); and ‘‘sins,” demanding confession
2 Some have found in the regulations of this chapter concerning an inquest by the
te provisions for the exercise of discipline in the
usness and cruelty have come in thereby. The
explicit instructions of the N.T. are the alone and sufficient rule of discipline.
priests of a case of leprosy, elabora
local church. No little self-righteo
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13 13]
LEVITICUS.
3 2
13 Then the priest -shall consider:
and, behold, if the Jeprosy have
covered all his flesh, he shall pro-
mounce him clean that hath the
plague: it is all turned white: he
as clean.
14 But when raw flesh appeareth
in him, he shall be unclean.
45 And the priest shall see the
raw flesh, and pronounce him to be
vanclean: for the raw flesh is un-
clean: it as a leprosy. c
16 Or if the raw fiesh turn again,
and be changed unto white, he shall
come unto the priest;
17 And the priest shall see him:
and, ‘behold, if the plague be turned
into white; then the priest shall
pronounce him clean that hath
the plague: he is clean. :
18 The flesh also, in which, even
in the skin thereof, was a boil, and
is healed, :
19 And in the place of the boil)
there be a white rising, or a bright)
spot, white, and somewhat reddish,
and it be shewed to the priest;
20 And if, when the -priest seeth
it, behold, it be in sight lower
than the skin, and the hair there-
of be turned white; the priest
shall pronounce him unclean: it is
a plague of leprosy broken out of
the boil.
21 But if the priest look on it,
and, behold, there be no white
hairs therein, and if it be:not lower
than the skin, but be somewhat
dark; then the priest shall shut him
up seven days:
22 And if it spread much abroad
in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it js a|
plague. ;
23 But if the bright spot stay in
his place, and spread not, it is a
burning boil; and the priest shall
pronounce him clean.
24 Or if there be any flesh, in the]
skin whereof there fs a hot ¢burn-
ing, and the quick fesh that burn-
eth have a white bright spot,
somewhat reddish, or white:
_25 Then the priest shall look upon
it: and, behold, if the ‘hair in the
bright spot be turned white, and it
be in sight deeper than the skin Sab
1s a leprosy broken out of the burn-
ing: wherefore the priest shall pro-
nounce him unclean: it is the plague
of leprosy.
26 But if the priest look on it,
and, behold, there be no white hair
in the bright spot, and it be no
lower than the other skin, but be
a Tsa.3.24,
6 1 Ki,8.38;
2 Chr.6.29;
Usa.1.5.
c ¥s.4,6.
a.N377,27.
142
him ‘the seventh day:
somewhat dark; then the priest
shall shut him up-seven days:
27 And the priest-shall look upon
and if it be
unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
28 And if the bright spot stay in
his place, and spread not in the
skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is
a rising of the burning, and the
priest shall pronounce him clean:
for it is an inflammation of the
burning.
29 If a man or woman ‘have a
bplague upon the head or the beard;
30 Then the priest shall see the
plague: and, behold, if it be in sight
deeper than the skin; and there be
in it a yellow thin hair; then the
priest shall pronounce him unclean:
it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon
the head or beard.
31 And if the priest look on the
plague of the scall, and, ‘behold, it
be not in sight deeper than the
skin, and that there Zs no black
hair in it; then the priest shall shut
up him that hath the plague of
the scall “seven-days:
32 And in the seventh day ‘the
priest shall look on the plague: and,
behold, if the scall-spread not, and
there be in it no yellow. hair, and
the scall be not in-sight deeper than
the skin;
33 He shall be shaven, but the
scall shall he not shave; and the
priest shall shut up Aim that hath
the scall seven days more:
34 And in the seventh day the
priest shall look on the scall: and,
behold, if the scall be not spread in
the skin, nor e in sight deeper
than the skin; then the priest shall
|pronounce him clean: and he shall
wash his clothes, and be clean.
|, 35. But if the scail ¢spread much
in the skin after his cleansing;
36 Then the priest shall look on
him: and, behold, if the scall be
spread in the skin, the priest shall
not seek for yellow hair; ‘he is un-
clean.
37 But if the scall be in his sight
at a stay, and that there is black
hair grown up therein; the scall is
‘|healed, he is clean: and the priest
shall pronounce him clean.
_38 Ifa man also ora woman have
in the skin of their flesh bright
spots, even white bright spots;
39 Then the priest shall look:
and, behold, if*the bright spots in
the skin of their flesh be darkish
oh. .
13 40)
white; it is a freckled spot that
groweth in the skin; he is clean.
40 And the man whose hair is
fallen off his head, he is bald; yet
is he clean.
41 And he that hath his hair failen
off from the part of his head to-
ward his face, he is forehead bald:
yet is he clean.
42 And if there be in the bald
head, or bald forehead, a white
reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung
up: in his bald head, or his bald
forehead.
_43° Then the priest shall look upon||
it: and, behold, 1# the rising of th
sore be white reddish in his bald
head, or in his bald forehead, as the
leprosy appeareth in the skin of the!
flesh;
44 He is a leprous man, he is un-
clean: the priest shall pronounce
him utterly unclean; his plague’ is
in his “head.
45 And the leper in whom the
plague 7s, his clothes shall be ‘rent,
and his head “bare, and he shail put
a covering. upon his upper lip, and
shall cry, 7Unclean, unclean.
46 All the days wherein the
plague shail be in him he shail be
defiled; he fs unclean: he shail dwell|¢
éalone; without the camp shaii his
habitation be.
47 The. garment also that the/¢
plague of leprosy is in, whether it
be a woollen garment, or a linen.gar-
ment;
48 Whether it be in the warp, or
woof; of linen, or of woolien; whether
i skin, or in any thing made of]
ina
skin; ey
49 And’ if the plague be greenish]!
or reddish in the garment, or in the
skin, either in the warp, or in the
woof, or in any thing of skin; it is]|
a plague of leprosy, and shall be
shewed unto the priest:
50 And the priest shall look upon
the plague, and shut up if that)|
hath the plague seven days:
51, And heshail look on the plague
on the seventh day: if the plague
be spread in the garment, either in
the warp, or in: the woof, or in a
skin, or in any work that is made
of skin; the plague is a fretting
leprosy;.it is unclean. _
52 He shail. therefore burn that
garment, whether warp or woof, in.
a
|5
c
l As a type of Gospel salvation th
4..4, 5); (2):the priest seeks the leper,
out shedding of blood is no remission
your faith is vain” (1 Cor, 15. 17).
LEVITICUS.
B.C. 1490.
,
[14 4
woollen or in linen, or any thing of
skin, wherein the plague is: for it
fs a fretting leprosy; it shall be
burnt in the fire.
53 And if the priest shall look,
and, behold, the plague be not
spread in the garment, either in the
warp, or in the woot, or in any thing
of skin;
54 Then the priest shall command
that they wash the thing wherein
the plague is, and he shall shut it
up seven days more:
55 And the priest shall look on
the plague, after that it is washed:
and, behold, if the plague have not
ichanged his colour, and the plague
be not spread; it ts unclean; thou
shalt burn it in the fire; it ss fret
inward, whether it be bare within
or without.
56 And if the priest look, and, be-
hold, the plague be somewhat dark
ise after the washing of it; then he
2 Sam.13.19; |shall rend it out of the garment, or
Tes toe, out of the skin, or out of the warp,
Jer.36.24; or out of the woof:
Joel 2.13. 57 And if it appear still in the gar-
iinet 6s ment, either in the warp, or in the
g1io. |woof, or in any thing of skin; it is
a spreading plague: thou shalt
burn that wherein the plague is
with: fire.
58 And the garment, either warp,
or woof, or whatsoever thing. of
skin: it be, which thou shalt wash,
if the plague be departed from
them, then it shall be washed the
second time, and’ shall be clean.
| 59 This is. the law of. the plague
of leprosy in a garment of woollen
or linen, cither in the warp, or woof,
or any thing of skins, to pronounce
it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
CHAPTER 14.
lA holy God—a holy people: (4)
the law of the leper’s cleansing.
ANP the Lorn spake unto Mo-
ses, Saying,
2° This shall be the law of the leper
‘in the day of his cleansing: He
shall be brought unto the priest:
3 And the priest shall go !forth
out of the camp; and the priest shali
look, and, behold, 1f the plague of
leprosy be healed in the leper;
4 Then shall the priest command
Job 42.6;°
Psa.51.3,53
3sa.6.5;°64.6;
2 Chr.26.21;
Psa:38.11.
e-points are: (1): The leper does nothing (Rom.
not the leper the priest (Lk. 19. 10); (3) “‘with-
’ (Heb, 9:.22); (4) “and if Christ be not raised,
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LEVITICUS.
of the blood of the trespass-offering, —
and the priest shall put rt upon the
tip of the right ear of him that is to
be cleansed, and upon the thumb of
to take for him that is to be
cleansed two !birds alive and clean,
@and cedar wood, and scarlet, and
hyssop:
B.C. 1490.
And the priest shall command his right hand, and upon the great
eet one of the birds be killed in toe of his right foot:
an earthen “vessel over running 15 And the priest shall take some
water: of the log of oil, and pour it into
6 As for the living bird, he shall the palm of his own left hand: _
take it, and the cedar wood, and the 16 And the priest shall dip his
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall right finger in the oil that is in his
dip them and the living bird in the left hand, and shall sprinkle of the
blood of the bird that was killed oil with his finger seven times be-
over the running water: fore the LorpD: ;
7 And he shall sprinkle upon him 17 And of the rest of the oil that
that is to be cleansed from the is in his hand shall the priest put
leprosy seven times, and shall pro- upon the tip of the right ear of him
mnounce him clean, and shall let the that is to be cleansed, and upon
_ living bird loose into the open field. the thumb of his right hand, and
8 And he that is to be cleansed upon the great toe of his right foot,
shall wash his clothes, and shave upon the blood of the trespass-
off all his hair, and wash himself in offering: :
water, that he may be clean: and Rap eataa 6s 18 And the remnant of the oil that
after that he shall come into the Heb.9.19.’ |48 in the priest’s hand he shall pour
camp, and shall tarry abroad out| __ upon the head of him that is to be
of his tent seven days. bLit. meal. | cleansed: and the priest shall make
9 But it shall be on the seventh] one log= an Satonement for him.before the
day, that he shall shave all his hair| .96 pts: also |LORD.
off his head and his beard and his Riga Sa 19 And the priest shall offer the
eyebrows, even all his hair he shall] ?4- 8sin-offering, and make an /Satone-
shave off: and he shall wash his d Lev.5.18; ment for him that is to be cleansed
clothes, also he shall wash his flesh| 6.6. from his uncleanness; and afterward
in water, and he shall be clean. e Isa.53.10. he shall kill the burnt-offering:
10 And on the eighth day he shall 20 And the priest shall offer the
take two he lambs without blemish, | f See Ex.29. burnt-offering and the Smeat-offer-
and one ewe lamb of the first year} 33 note. ing upon the altar: and the priest
without blemish, and three tenth g2Cor.5.21. (shall make an fatonement for him,
deals of fine flour for a >meat- and he shall be clean.
offering, mingled with oil, and one 21 And if he be poor, and cannot
log of oil. ‘ get so much; then he shall take one
11 And the priest that maketh lamb for a trespass-offering to be
him clean shall present the man waved, to make an fatonement for
that is to be made clean, and those him, and one tenth deal of fine flour
things, before the Lorp, at the mingled with oil for a ’meat-offer-
door of the tabernacle of the con- ing, and a log of oil;
gregation: ‘ 22 And two turtledoves, or two
12 And the ¢priest shall take one young pigeons, such as he is able to
he lamb, and offer him for a ¢tres- get; and the one shall be a sin-
pass-offering, and the log of oil, and offering, and the other a burnt-
wave them for a wave-offering be- offering.
fore the Lorb: . 23 And he shall bring them on the
13 And he shall slay the lamb in eighth day for his cleansing unto
the place where he shall kill the the priest, unto the door of the
sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, tabernacle of the congregation, be-
in the holy place: for as the sin- fore the Lorp.
offering is the priest’s, so is the 24 And the priest shall take the
trespass-offering: it is most holy: lamb of the trespass-offering, and
14 And the priest shall take some the log of oil, and the priest shall
1 The bird slain, and the live bird, dipped in blood and released, present the two
aspects of salvation in Rom, 4, 25 ; “delivered for our offences, and raised again for
our ae
€ earthen vessel typifies the humanity of Christ, as the running water typifies
the Holy Spirit as the ‘Spirit of life” (Rom. 8. 2): “put to death ie theaene
quickened by the Spirit” (1 Pet. 3, bier seg page ht
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fea
25 And he shall kill the lamb of
the trespass-offering, and the priest
shall take some of the blood of the
trespass-offering, and put it upon
the tip of the right ear of him that
is to be cleansed, and upon the
thumb of his right hand, and upon
the great toe of his right foot:
26 And the priest shall pour of the
oil into the palm of his own left
hand:
27 And the priest shall sprinkle
with his right finger some of the oil
that is in his left hand seven times
before the LoRD:
28 And the priest shall put of the
oil that is in his hand upon the tip
of the right ear of him that is to be
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
tight hand, and upon the great toe
of his right foot, upon the place of
the blood of the trespass-offering:
29 And the rest of the oil that zs
in the priest’s hand he shall put
upon the head of him that is to be
cleansed, to make an “atonement
for him before the LorpD.
30 And he shall offer the one of
the turtledoves, or of the young
pigeons, such as he can get;
31 Even such as he is able to get,
the one for a sin-offering, and the
other for a burnt-offering, with the
bmeat-offering: and the priest shall
make an “atonement for him that is
to be cleansed before the LorpD.
32 This is the law of Aim in
whom is the plague of leprosy,
whose hand is not “able to get that
which pertaineth to his cleansing.
33 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses and unto Aaron, saying,
_. 34 When ye be come into the land
of Canaan, which I give to ¢you for
a possession, and I put the plague
of leprosy in a house of the land of!
your possession;
35 And he that owneth the house
shall come and tell the priest, say-
ing, It seemeth to me there is as it
were a plague in the house:
36 Then the priest shall command
that they “empty the house, before
the priest go into it to see the
plague, and all that zs in the house
be not made unclean: and after-
ward the priest shall go in to see
the house:
37 And he shall look on the plague,
and, behold, if the plague be in the
walls of the house with hollow
strakes, greenish or reddish, which
in sight are lower than the wall;
LEVITICUS.
wave them for a wave-offering be-| B.C. 1490. | 38 Then the priest shall go out of
fore the LorD: the house to the door of the house,
a See Ex.29.
33, note.
b Lit. meal,
c Psa.72.12,14.
d Gen,12.7;
13.17; 17.8;
Deut.32.49.
e Or, prepare.
f Lev.13.51;
Zech.5.4.
g1 Ki.9.6,9;
2 Ki.10.27;
18.4; Jer.
52.13.
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and shut up the house seven days:
39 And the priest shall come again
the seventh day, and shall look:
jand, behold, rf the plague be spread
in the walls of the house;
40 Then the priest shall command
that they take away the stones in
which the plague is, and they shall
cast them into an unclean place
without the city:
41 And he shall cause the house to
be scraped within round about, and
they shall pour out the dust that
they scrape off without the city into
an unclean place:
42 And they shall take other
stones, and put them in the place
of those stones; and he shall take
other morter, and shall plaister the
house.
43 And if the plague come again,
and break out in the house, after
that he hath taken away the stones,
and after he hath scraped the house,
and after it is plaistered;
44 Then the priest shall come and
look, and, behold, if the plague be
spread in the house, Jit is a fretting
leprosy in the house: it 7s unclean.
45 And he shall &break down the
house, the stones of it, and the tim-
ber thereof, and all the morter of
the house; and he shall carry them
forth out of the city into an unclean
place.
46 Moreover he that goeth into
the house all the while that it is
shut up shall be unclean until the
even.
47 And he that lieth in the house
shall wash his clothes; and he that
eateth in the house shall wash his
clothes.
48 And if the priest shall come in,
and look upon it, and, behold, the
plague hath not spread in the house,
after the house was plaistered: then
the priest shall pronounce the house
clean, because the plague is healed.
49 And he shall take to cleanse
the house two birds, and cedar
wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
50 And he shall kill the one of the
birds in an earthen vessel over
running water:
51 And he shall take the cedar
wood, and the hyssop, and the scar-
let, and the living bird, and dip
them in the blood of the slain bird,
and in the running water, and
sprinkle the house seven times:
52 And he shall cleanse the house
with the blood of the bird, and with
14 53] .
LEVITICUS.
[15 |
the running water, and with the
diving bird, and with the cedar
‘wood, and with the hhyssop, and
with the scarlet:
53 But he shall let go the living
bird out of the city into ‘the open
fields, and make an 4atonement for
the house: and it shall be clean.
54 This is the law for all manner
of “plague of leprosy, and scall,
55 And for the leprosy of a gar-
ment, and of a house,
56 And for a rising, and for a
scab, and for a bright spot:
57 To teach when 7t is unclean,
and when it is clean: this is the law
of leprosy.
CHAPTER 15.
A holy God—a holy people: (5)
the imperative of cleansing
(John 13. 3-10; Eph. 5. 25-27;
1 John 1.9).
ae the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses and to Aaron, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Is-
tael, and say unto them, When any
man. hath a running ‘issue out of
his flesh, because of his issue he
is unclean.
3 And this shall be his unclean-
ness in his issue: whether his flesh
run with his issue, or his flesh be
stopped from his issue, it fs his
uncleanness.
4 Every bed, whereon he lieth
that hath the issue, is unclean: and
every thing, whereon he sitteth,
shall be unclean.
5 And whosoever toucheth his bed
shall wash his 4clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean
until the even.
6 And he that sitteth on any
thing whereon he sat that hath the
issue shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the even.
7 And he that toucheth the flesh
of him that hath the issue shall
wash his clothes, and bathe ‘him-
self in water, and be unclean until
the even.
B And if he that hath the issue
Spit upon him that is clean; then ‘he
shall wash his clothes, and ‘bathe
himself in water, and be unclean
until the even.
9 And what saddle soever he
rideth upon that hath the ‘issue
shall be unclean.
10 And whosoever toucheth any
thing that was under him shall be!
unclean until the even: and he that
B.C. 1490.
a See. Ex.29.
33, note.
6 Lev.13.30.
c Lev.22.4;
Num:5.2;
d Lev.22.4;
g Lev.14.22,31,
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1
beareth any of those things shall —
wash his clothes, and bathe ‘Aim-
self in water, and be unclean until
the even.
11 And whomsoever ‘he toucheth
‘that hath the issue, and hath not
rinsed his hands in water, he ‘shall
wash his clothes, and bathe him-
self in water, and be unclean until
the even.
12 And the évessel of earth, that
he toucheth which hath ‘the issue,
shall be broken: and every vessel
of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 And when he that hath an
issue is cleansed of his issue; then he
shall number to ‘himself seven days
for his cleansing, and wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in run-
ning water, and shall be clean.
14 And on the eighth day he shall
take to him étwo turtledoves, or two
young pigeons, and come before the
LorD unto the door of the taber-
nacle of the congregation, and give
them unto the priest:
15 And the-priest’shall offer them,
the one for a sin-offering, and the
other for a burnt-offering; and the
priest shall make an “atonement
for him before ‘the Lorp for ‘his
issue.
16 And if any:man’s seed of copu-
lation go out from ‘him, then ‘he
shall wash all his flesh in water, and
be unclean until the even.
17 And every garment, and every
skin, whereon is the seed of copula-
tion, shall be washed with -water,
and be unclean until-the even.
18 The woman also with -whom
man shall lie with seed of copuila-
tion, they shall both bathe them-
selves in water, and be unclean
until the even.
19 And if a woman have an issue,
and her issue in her flesh ‘be blood,
she shall be put apart seven days:
and whosoever toucheth her shall
be unclean until the even.
20 And every thing that she lieth
upon in her separation shall ‘be un-
clean: every thing also that she
sitteth upon shall be unclean.
21 And whosoever toucheth ‘her
bed shall wash ‘his clothes, and
bathe Aimself in water, and be
unclean until the even.
22 And whosoever toucheth any
thing that she sat upon shall wash
his clothes, and bathe Aimself in
water, and be unclean until the
even.
23 And if it be on ‘her bed, or on
any thing whereon she sitteth, when
as 24]
LEVITICUS.
[16 5
he toucheth it, he shall be unclean} B.c.1490. |uncleanness, when they defile my
until the even.
24 And if any man lie with her at
all, and her flowers be upon him, he
shall be unclean seven days; and all
the bed whereon he lieth shall be
unclean.
25 And if a woman have an issue
of her blood many days out of the
time of her separation, or if it run
beyond the time of her separation;
all the days of the issue of her un-
cleanness shall be as the days of
her separation: she shali be un-
clean.
26 Every bed whereon she lieth
all the days of her issue shall be
unto her as the bed of her separa-
tion: and whatsoever she sitteth
upon shall be unclean, as the un-
cleanness of her separation.
27 And whosoever toucheth those
things shall be unclean, and shall
wash his clothes, and bathe him-
self in water, and be unclean until
the even.
28 But if she be cleansed of her
issue, then she shall number to her-
self seven days, and after that she
shall be clean.
29 And on the eighth day she
shall take unto her two turtles, or
two young pigeons, and bring them
unto the priest, to the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
30 And the priest shall offer the
one for a sin-offering, and the other
for a burnt-offering; and the priest
shall make an ¢atonement for her
before the LorD for the issue of her
uncleanness.
31 Thus shall ye separate the chil-
dren of Israel from their unclean-
ness; that they die not in their
a See Ex.29.
33, note.
Num.3.1-10.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
cLev.10.1,2.
d Ex.30.10;
Heb.4.16;
9.7,8; 10.19.
e Sacrifice
(typical). vs.
tabernacle that 1s among them.
32 This is the law of him that
hath an issue, and of him whose
seed goeth from him, and is defiled
therewith;
33 And of her that is sick of her
flowers, and of him that hath an
issue, of the man, and of the
woman, and of him that lieth with
her that is unclean.
CHAPTER 16.
The day of atonement: Christ
as High Priest and sacrifice
(Heb. 9. 1-14).
Ax the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses after the death of the ‘two
sons of Aaron, when they offered
before the LorpD, and died;
2 And the LorD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that
he come not at all “times into the
holy place within the vail before the
mercy seat, which zs upon the ark;
that he die not:for I will appear
in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
3 Thus shall Aaron come into the
holy place: with a young bullock
for a sin-offering, and a ram for a
burnt-offering.
4 He shall put on the holy linen
coat, and he shall have the linen
breeches upon his flesh, and shall
be girded with a linen girdle, and
with the linen mitre shall he be
attired: these are holy garments;
therefore shall he wash his flesh in
water, and so put them on.
5 And he shall take of the congre-
gation of the children of Israel two
kids of the !goats for a ¢sin-offering,
and one ram for a burnt-offering.
1 The two goats.
Christ (Heb. 7. 26,27). The typical
is done
high priest. ‘Typically (1) ail
The offering of the high priest for himself has no anti-type in
interest centres upon the two goats and the
by the high priest (Heb. 1. 3, “by Himself’),
the people only bring the sacrifice (Mt. 26. 47; 27. 24, 2s). (2) The goat slain (Jeho-
vah’s lot) is that aspect of Christ’s death which vindicates the holiness and righteous-
ness of God as'expressed in the law
goat typifies that aspect of Christ’s work which
(Heb. 9: 26; Rom. 8. 33, 34). (4) The high priest
“is own. blood” for us (Heb.
and ‘mercy seat,’ which else must have
the priests of the New Covenant, there is
(Mt. 27. 51; Heb, 10. 19, F
tue of His blood, where He is,
entering “heaven itself” with
makes that to be a “throne. of grace,”
(5) For us,
been a throne of judgment. :
what Israel never had, a rent veil
ship, and blessing, we enter, in. vir
(Heb. 4. 14-16; 10. 19-22).
The atonement of Christ, as interprete
necessary. elements: (1) It is substitutionary—
in death. (2) The law is not
execution of the sentence of the law. (3
is expressed in every animal sacrifice—it mu
of the atoning work of Christ is typified (a
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) The s:
st b
) in the promises, ‘St shall be forgiven
(Rom, 3. 24-26), and is expratory. (3) The living ,
puts away our sins from before God
entering the holiest, typifies Christ
9. 11, 12). His blood
So that, for wor-
20).
into the holiest
di by the O.T. sacrificial types, has these
the offering tales the offerer’s place
evaded but honored—every sacrificial death was an
inlessness of Him who bore our sins
e without blemish. (4) The effect
6 And Aaron shall offer his but-
lock of the sin-offering, which is for
himself, and make an !¢atonement
for himself, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats,
and present them before the Lorp
at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon
the two goats; one lot for the Lorp,
and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat
‘upon which the Lorp’s lot fell, and
offer him for a sin-offering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot
fell to be the scapegoat, shall be
presented alive before the LORD, to
make an ’atonement with him, and|a See Ex.29.
to let him go for a scapégoat into] 35 note.
the wilderness. b Isa.53.5,6;
11 And Aaron shall bring the bul-| Heb.7.27;
lock of the sin-offering, which is for! 9-23.24.
himself, and shall make an ¢atone- c Heb. kaphar
ment for himself, and for his house,} = covering.
and shall kill the bullock of the sin- oes
offering which is for himself:
12 And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off the
altar before the Lorp, and his
hands full of sweet incense beaten
small, and bring ft within the vail:
13 And he shall put the incense
upon the fire before the Lorp, that
the cloud of the incense may cover
the mercy seat that is upon the
testimony, that he die not:
14 And he shall take of the blood
of the bullock, and sprinkle 7 with
his finger upon the mercy seat east-
ward; and before the mercy seat
shall he sprinkle of the blood with
his finger seven times.
LEVITICUS.
B.C. 1490.
; a
15 Then shall he kill the goat of
the sin-offering, that is for the peo-
ple, and bring his blood within the
vail, and do with that blood as he
did with the blood of the bullock,
and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat,
and before the mercy seat:
16 And he shall make an ¢atone-
ment for the holy place, because of -
the uncleanness of the children of
Israel, and because of their trans-
gressions in all their sins: and so
shall he do for the tabernacle of
the congregation, that remaineth
among them in the midst of their
uncleanness.
17 And there shall be no man in
the tabernacle of the congregation
when he goeth in to make an
Jatonement in the holy place, until
he come out, and have made an
atonement for himself, and for his
household, and for all the congre-
gation of Israel.
18 And he shall go 2out unto the
altar that is before the Lorp, and
make an atonement for it; and
shall take of the blood of the bul-
lock, and of the blood of the goat,
and put it upon the horns of the
altar round about.
19 And he shall sprinkle of the
blood upon it with his finger seven
times, and cleanse it, and hallow it
from the uncleanness of the chil-
dren of Israel.
20 And when he hath made an
end of ‘reconciling the holy place,
and the tabernacle of the congrega-
tion, and the altar, he shall bring
the live goat:
21 And Aaron shall lay both his
him”; and (5) in the peace-offering, the expression of fellowship—the highest priv-
ilege of the saint.
See Ex. 29. 33, note.
Atonement.
The biblical use and meaning of the word must be sharply dis-
tinguished from its use in theology. In theology it is a term which covers the whole
sacrificial and redemptive work of Christ.
In the O.T. atonement is the English
word used to translate the Hebrew words which mean “‘cover,”’ “coverings,” or ‘‘to
cover.” Atonement (at-one-ment) is,
therefore, not a translation of the Hebrew,
but a purely theologic concept. The Levitical offerings “covered” the sins of Israel
until, and in anticipation of the Cross,
sins.
sacrifices), which God “passed over” (Rom. 3.
righteousness was never vindicated until, in th
a propitiation,”’ See ‘Propitiation,”
were the confession of his desert
they were the “shadows”?
but did not “take away”
These were the “sins done aforetime” (“‘covered”’ meantime by the Levitical
25)—for which “‘passing over”? God’s
e Cross, Jesus Christ was ‘‘set forth
rO} F Rom. 3. 25, note.
Levitical sacrifices which made “at-one-ment.”
to go on with a guilty people because they typified the Cross,
of death, and the expression
(Heb. 10. 4) those
It was the Cross, not the
The O.T. sacrifices enabled God
To the offerer they
of his faith; to God
(Heb. 10. 1) of which Christ was the reality.
2 Dispensationally, for Israel, this is yet future; the High: Priest is still in the holi-
est. When H
(Rom, 11. 23-27; Zech. 12,
dispensation as priests (1
19-22).
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€ comes out to His ancient people they will be converted and restored
10, 12; 13. 1; Rev. 1. 7),
Pet. 2, 9) enter into the holiest where He is (Heb, 10.
Meantime, believers of this
erat."
16 22]
hands upon the head of the live
goat, and confess over him all the
iniquities of the children of Israel.
and all their transgressions in all
their sins, putting them upon the
head. of the goat, and shall send
him away by the hand of a fit man
into the wilderness:
22 And the goat shall bear upon
him all their iniquities unto a land
not inhabited: and he shall let go
the goat in the wilderness.
23 And Aaron shall come into the
tabernacle of the congregation, and
shall put off the linen garments,
which he put on when he went into
the holy place, and shall leave them
there:
24 And he shall wash his flesh
with water in the holy place, an
put on his garments, and come
forth, and offer his burnt-offering,
and the burnt-offering of the peo-
ple, and make an “atonement for
himself, and for the people.
25 And the fat of the sin-offering
shall he burn upon the altar.
26 And he that let go the goat
for the scapegoat shall wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in water,
and afterward come into the camp.
27 And the bullock for the sin-
offering, and the goat for the sin-
offering, whose blood was brought
in to make “atonement in the holy
place, shall one carry forth with-
out the camp; and they shall burn
in the fire their skins, aud their
flesh, and their dung.
28 And he that burneth them
shall wash his clothes, and bathe
his flesh in water, and afterward he
shall come into the camp.
29 And this shall be a statute for
ever unto you: that in the ‘seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict your souls,
and do no work at all, whether it
be one of your own country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you:
30 For on that day shall the
priest make an ¢atonement for you,
to cleanse you, that ye may beclean
from all your sins before the LORD.
31 It shall be a sabbath of rest
unto you, and ye shall afflict your
souls, by a statute for ever.
32 And the priest, whom he shall
anoint, and whom he shall conse-
crate to minister in the priest’s
office in his father’s stead, shall
make the 2atonement, and shall put
on the linen clothes, even the holy
garments:
B.C. 1490.
Mal
hvé.
LEVITICUS.
a See Ex.29.
33, note.
b Lev.1.8, ref.
ci.e. October.
|d Law (of
Moses). Lev.
e Psa.87.2;
BS be
Heb.13.10.
f Ex.29.13.
g Hairy one.
Deut.32.17;
2 Chr.11.15.
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33 And he shall make an atone-
ment for the holy sanctuary, and -
he shall make an 4atonement for
the tabernacle of the congregation,
and for the altar, and he shall make
an 2atonement for the priests, and
for all the people of the congrega-
tion.
34 And this shall be an everlast-
ing statute unto you, to make an
“atonement for the children of Is-
rael for all their sins once a year.
And he did as the LorD com-
manded ¢Moses. ,
CHAPTER 17,
But one place of sacrifice.
Axe the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his
sons, and unto all the children of
Israel, and say unto them; This 1s
the thing which the Lorp hath
commanded, saying,
3 What man soever there be of
the house of Israel, that killeth an
ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp,
or that killeth it out of the camp,
4 And bringeth it not unto the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, to offer an offering unto
the LorpD before the tabernacle of
the Lorpb; blood shall be imputed
unto that man; he hath shed blood;
and that man shall be cut off from
among his people:
5 To the “end that the children of
Israel may bring their sacrifices,
which they offer in the open field,
even that they may bring them
unto the LORD, unto the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation,
unto the priest, and offer them for
peace-offerings unto the Lorp.
6 And the priest shall sprinkle the
blood upon the altar of the LorD
at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and /burn the fat. for
a sweet savour unto the LORD.
7 And they shall no more offer
their sacrifices unto Sdevils, after
whom they have gone a whoring.
This shall be a statute for ever unto
them throughout their generations.
8 And thou shalt say unto them,
Whatsoever man there be of the
house of Israel, or of the strangers
which sojourn among you, that of-
fereth a burnt-offering or sacrifice,
9 And “bringeth it not unto the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, to offer it unto. the LORD;
even that man shall be cut off from
among his people.
17 10] LEVITICUS. [18 o
ior ity of 2 Speak unto the children of Is-
“tl Benen cniood a bag hide rael, and an hes them, I am the
: LORD your k
DBRS Be Pe ee [3 Aster te doings of the land of
strangers that sojourn among you, aay - Z pip ar ced en Tienes oe
that eateth any manner of blood; ne 1 a of Consanihatather brite
1 will even set my face against that bes “shall e not do; neither shall
soul that eateth blood, and will cut Nene aike i dee ‘tte
itor coca ae & "Ye shall do Judements, and
blood: and I have given it to you reaps ae ees ery Go d
upon the laltar to make an Zatone- therein: hall, GhierGicee® Reco Aaa
rt fi ur souls: for it is the 5 Ye shal UE Sint SAS Dae
Oeod ae 4 t keth an @atonement statutes, and my judgments: which
forthe ae Sap ifa ma a6 he shall live in ‘them:
s c 342 I am the Lorn.
aio Toor ld nto theo oh aie wales
eat blood, neither shall any ag peeehet Whose nuke Fae? athe
that sojourneth among you ea hers ;
blood. 7 The nakedness of thy father, or —
Re awe ois ere Be aSeeEx.29, |the nakedness of thy mother, shalt
strangers that sojourn among you,| 33, note. thou not uncover: she jis set
which hunteth and catcheth any b Sacrifice eran shalt not uncover her
+) e .
tae Paes Peels ee eget oe.
frcteot and cover it with dust. Bropkete |wife shalt jthou not uncover: it is
14 For it is the life of all flesh;| (Gena4; [thy father’s Pope sci a ee
the blood of it is for the life thereof:| eb-10-18.) | 9 The ape eee h thy pee aga x
therefore I said unto the children of|¢Romao.s; [daughter of thy fat nes a ek ©
Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no} Gal.3.12. of thy mother, whether she be one
manner of flesh: for ‘the life of all at home, or’born abroad, even their
flesh is the blood thereof: who- nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
soever eateth it shall be cut off. | pe ae he nak ae of by. fran
15 Andevery soul that eateth that | pater co eeene} *h v oie hae
which died of itse/f,.or that which jGaughter, even their vat ame ie
was torn with }beasts, whether it |thou shalt not eet gath iit tale
be one-of your own country, or a | ones ke He aieteh fathers
stranger, jhe shall both wash his like? ep OG, Peay ° ie MA AP at
clothes; and bathe himself in water, wite's daughter, ‘bego oe fo) ce
and be unclean until the even: then |father, she 7s thy sister, thou shalt
shall he be clean not uncover her nakedness.
16 But if he wash them not, nor 12 Thou shalt not uncover the
bathe his flesh; then he shall bear nakedness of thy father’s Puna
his iniquity. she is thy father’s near kins-
“13 “Thou shal h
. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the
: 1 CHAPTER ae tatttenh nakedness of thy mother’s sister;
The fence re op re oe for she is thy mother’s near ‘kins-
: woman.
ANP the LorpD spake unto Mo- 14 Thou shalt not uncover the
ses, Saying, nakedness of thy father’s brother,
1 (1) The value of the “life” is the measure of the value of the “‘blood.”’ ‘This
gives the blood of Christ its inconceivable value. When it was shed the sinless
God-man gave His life. “It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats could
take away sins” (Heb. 10. 4). (2) It is not the blood in the veins of the sacrifice, but
the blood upon the altar which is efficacious. The Scripture knows nothing .of
salvation by the imitation or influence of Christ’s life, but only by that life yielded
up on the cross.
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1815
thou shalt not approach to his wife:
she is thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy daughter in law:
she is thy son’s wife; thou’ shalt
not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it
is thy brother’s nakedness.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of a woman and her
daughter, neither shalt thou take
her son’s daughter, or her daugh-
ter’s daughter, to. uncover her
nakedness; for they are her near
Iimswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife
to her sister, to vex her, to uncover
her nakedness, beside the other in
her life time.
19 Also thou shalt not approach
unto a woman to uncover her
nakedness, as “long as she is put
apart for her uncleanness.
20 *Moreover thou shalt not lie
carnally with thy neighbour’s wife,
to defile thyself with her.
21 And thou shalt not let any of
thy seed pass through the fire to
4Molech, neither shalt thou profane
the name of thy God: I am the
Lorp.
22 Thou shalt not lie with ‘man-
kind, as with womankind: it is
abomination.
93 Neither shalt thou lie with any
“beast to defile thyself therewith:
neither shail any woman stand
LEVITICUS.
[19 14
B.C. 1490. | 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine
a Ezk.18.6.
b Prov.6.25,
33.
c 2 Ki.16.3.
d Called
Moloch,
Acts 7.43.
e Kom,1.27.
f Ex.20.12.
g Ex.16.233
20.8.
h Sabbath.
vs.3,30; Lev.
23.3. (Gen,
2.3; Mt.12,
1.)
before a beast to lie down thereto?) ; py 99.4,
it is confusion.
24 Defile not ye yourselves in any) J Mt.5.33:
of these things: for in all these the], p,. 19.9
nations are defiled which I cast out| note.’
before you:
~ 95 And the land is defiled: there-
fore I do visit the iniquity thereof
upon it, and the land itself vomiteth])
out her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keep my},
statutes and my judgments, and
shali not commit any of these
abominations; neither any of your
own nation, nor any stranger that
sojourneth among you: ‘
27 (For all these abominations
have the men of the land done,
which were before you, and the
land is defiled;)
28 That the land spue not you out
also; when ye defile it, as it spued out
the nations that were before you.
29 For whosoever shall commit
any of these:abominations, even the
souls that commit them shall be
cut off from among their people.
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ordinance, that ye commit not any
one of these abominable customs,
\which were committed before you,
jand that ye defile not yourselves
itherein: I am the LorpD your God,
CHAPTER 19.
The relationships and walk of
God’s earthly people, continued.
ND the LorpD spake unto Mo-
|4% ses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and say
unto them, Ye shail be holy: for I
the LorD your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his
fmother, and his father, and &keep
ca mies I am the LorbD your
od.
4 Turn ye not unto ‘idols, nor
make to yourselves molten gods: I
am the LorD your God.
5 And _ if ye offer a sacrifice of
peace-offerings unto the Lorpb, ye
shall offer it at your own will.
6 It shall be eaten the same day
ye offer it, and on the morrow: and
if ought remain until the third day,
it shall be burnt in the fire.
7 And if it be eaten at all on the
third day, it is abominable; it shall
not be accepted.
8 Therefore every one that eateth
it shall bear his iniquity, because he
hath profaned the hallowed thing of
the LoRD: and that soul shall be
icut off from among his people.
9 And when ye reap the harvest
of your land, thou shalt not wholly
reap the corners of thy field, neither
shalt thou gather the gleanings of
thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy
vineyard, neither shalt thou gather
every grape of thy vineyard; thou
shalt leave them for the poor and
stranger: I am the LORD your God.
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal
falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my
name falsely, neither shalt thou
profane the name of thy God: I am
the Lorpb.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy
neighbour, neither rob Aim: the
wages of him that is hired shall
not abide with thee all night until
the morning.
14 Thou shait not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumblingblock before
the blind, but shalt “fear thy God:
I am the Lorpb,
asa talebearer among thy people:
’ Lorp for his sin which he hath
. the Lorp.
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LEVITICUS.
ny maa y
a leet - 1
{20 5
15 Yeshall do no unrighteousness} B.C. 1490. |in your flesh for the dead, nor print —
in judgment: thou shalt not respect
the person of the poor, nor honour
the person of the mighty: but in
righteousness shalt thou judge thy
neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down
neither shalt thou stand against
the blood of thy neighbour: I am
17 Thoushalt not hate thy brother
in thine heart: thou shalt in any
wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not
suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor
bear any grudge against the chil-
dren of thy people, but thou shalt
2love thy neighbour as thyself: I
am the Lorp.
19 Ye shall keep my statutes.
Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender
with a diverse kind: thou shalt not
sow thy field with mingled seed:
neither shall a garment mingled of
linen and woollen come upon thee.
20 And whosoever lieth carnally
with a woman, that is a bondmaid,
betrothed to an husband, and not
at all redeemed, nor freedom given
her; she shall be scourged; they
shall not be put to death, because
she was not free.
21 And he shall bring his trespass-
offering unto the Lorp, unto the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, even aram for a trespass-
offering.
22 And the priest shall make an|
batonement for him with the ram
of the trespass-offering before the
done: and the sin which he hath
done shall be ‘forgiven him.
23 And when ye shall come into
the land, and shall have planted
all manner of trees for food, then
ye shall count the fruit thereof as
uncircumcised: three years shall it
be as uncircumcised unto you; it
shall not be eaten of,
24 But in the fourth year all the
fruit thereof shall be holy to praise
the LorD withal.
25 And in the fifth year shall ye
eat of the fruit thereof, that it may
yield unto you the increase thereof:
I am the Lorp your God.
26 Ye shall not eat any thing
with the blood: neither shali ye use
enchantment, nor observe times.
27 Ye shall not round the corners
of your heads, neither shalt thou
mar the corners of thy beard.
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings
a
b See Ex.29.
33, note,
c Forgiveness,
Num.15.25,
26,28. (Lev.
4.20; Mt.26.
28.)
d Psa.19.9,
note.
e One ephah =
1 bu. 3 pts.
f One hin =
about 6 qts.
g Deut.17
2-5.
152
any marks upon you: I am the
LORD.
29 Do not prostitute thy daugh-
ter, to cause her to be a whore; lest
the land fall to whoredom, and the
land become full of wickedness.
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths,
and reverence my sanctuary: I am
the Lorpb.
31 Regard not them that have
familiar spirits, neither seek after
wizards, to be defiled by them: I
am the LorpbD your God.
32 Thou shalt rise up before the
hoary head, and honour the face of |
the old man, and 4fear thy God: I
am the LoRD.
33 And if a stranger sojourn with
thee in your land, ye shall not vex
im.
34 But the stranger that dwelleth
with you shall be unto you as one
born among you, and thou shalt
love him as thyself; for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt: I
am the LorpD your God.
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness
in judgment, in meteyard, in weight,
or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights, a
just “ephah, and a just Shin, shall
ye have: I am the LorD your God,
which brought you out of the land
of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all
my statutes, and all my judgments,
and do them: I am the Lorpb.
CHAPTER 20.
The relationships and walk of
God’s earthly people, continued.
iAP the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 Again, thou shalt say to the
children of Israel, Whosoever he be
of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn in Israel,
that giveth any of his seed unto
Molech; he shall surely be put to
death: the people of the land shall
stone him with stones.
3 And I will set my face against
that man, and will cut him off from
among his people; because he hath
given of his seed unto Molech, to
defile my sanctuary, and to profane
my holy name.
4 And if the people of the land do
any ways hide their, eyes from the
man, when he giveth of his seed
unto Molech, and ¢kill him not:
5 Then I will set my face against
{
that man, and against his ¢family,
and will cut him off, and all that go
a whoring after him, to commit
whoredom with Mbolech, from
among their people.
6 °And the soul that turneth after
such as have familiar spirits, and
after wizards, to go a whoring after
them, I will even set my face
against that soul, and will cut him
off from among his people.
7 ‘Sanctify yourselves therefore,
and be ye holy: for I am the LorD
your God.
8 And ye shall keep my statutes,
and do them: 4I am the LorD
which sanctify you.
9 For ‘every one that curseth his
father or his mother shall be surely
put to death: he hath cursed his
father or his mother; his ‘blood
shall be upon him.
10 And the man that committeth
adultery with another man’s wife,
even he that committeth adultery
with his neighbour’s wife, the
adulterer and the adulteress shall
surely be put to death.
11 And the man that lieth with
his father’s wife hath uncovered
his father’s nakedness: both of
them shall surely be put to death;
their blood shal/J be upon them.
12 And if a man lhe with his
daughter in law, both of them shall
surely be put to death: they have
wrought confusion; their blood
shall be upon them.
13 Ifa man also lie with mankind,
as he lieth with a woman, both of
them have committed an abomina-
tion: they shall surely be put to
death; their blood shall be upon
them.
“14 And if a man take a wife and
her mother, it is wickedness: they
shall be burnt with fire, both he and
they; that there be no wickedness
among you.
15 And if a man lie with a beast,
he shall surely be put to death: and
ye shall slay the beast.
16 And if a woman approach unto
any beast, and lie down thereto,
thou shalt kill the woman, and the
beast: they shall surely be put to
death; their blood shall be upon
them.
17 And if a man shall take his
sister, his father’s daughter, or his
mother’s daughter, and see her
nakedness, and she see his naked-
ness; it is a wicked thing; and they
shall be cut off in the sight of their
‘people: he hath uncovered his
LEVITICUS.
a Ex.20.5,
6 Lev.19.31.
c Heb.12.14.
d Ex.31.13;
Deut.14.2;
Ezk.37.28.
e Ex. 21.17;
Prov.20.20.
f vs.11,13.
g Separation.
vs.24-26;
Num.6.1-8.
(Gen.12.1;
2 Cor.6.
14-17.)
h 1 Sam.28.9.
153
B.C. 1490.
aed
sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his
iniquity.
18 And if a man shall lie with a
woman having her sickness, and
shall uncover her nakedness; he
hath discovered her fountain, and
she hath uncovered the fountain of
her blood: and both of them shall
be cut off from among their people.
19 And thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy mother’s sister,
Jnor of thy father’s sister: for he un-
covereth his near kin: they shall
bear their iniquity.
20 And if a man shall lie with his
uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his
uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear
their sin; they shall die childless.
21 And if a man shall take his
brother’s wife, it zs an unclean
thing: he hath uncovered his
brother’s nakedness; they shall be
childless.
22 Ye shall therefore keep all my
statutes, and all my judgments, and
do them: that the land, whither I
bring you to dwell therein, spue you
not out.
23 And ye shall not walk in the
manners of the nation, which I cast
out before you: for they committed
all these things, and therefore I
abhorred them.
24 But I have said unto you, Ye
shall inherit their land, and I will
give it unto you to possess it, a land
that floweth with milk and honey:
I am the LorpD your God, which
have éseparated you from other
people.
25 Ye shall therefore put differ-
ence between clean beasts and un-
clean, and between unclean fowls
and clean: and ye shall not make
your souls abominable by beast, or
by fowl, or by any manner of living
thing that creepeth on the ground,
which I have separated from you
as unclean.
26 And ye shall be holy unto me:
for I the LoRD am holy, and have
severed you from other people, that
ye should be mine.
27 A man also or woman that
hath a familiar “spirit, or that is a
wizard, shall surely be put to death:
they shall stone them with stones:
their blood shall be upon them.
CHAPTER 21
The relationships and walk of
the priests.
Ae the LorpD said unto Moses,
Speak unto the priests the
21 2]
LEVITICUS.
[22 é
+
sons of Aaron, and say unto them,
There shall none be defiled for the
dead among his people:
2 But for his kin, thatis:‘near unto
him, that is, for his mother, and for
his father, and for his son, and for
his daughter, and for his brother.
3 And for his sister a virgin, that
is nigh unto him, which hath had
no husband; for her may he be de-
filed. ;
4 Bat he shall not defile himself,
being a chief man among his peo-
ple, to profane himself.
5 They shall not make baldness
upon their head, neither shall they
shave off the corner of their beard,
nor make any cuttings in their
flesh. ‘
6 They shali be 5holy unto their
B.C. 1490.
a Ezk.44.25,
God, and not profane the name of
their God: for the offerings of the
LorD made by fire, and the bread
of their God, they do offer: “there-
fore they shall be holy. '
7 They shall not take a wife that
is a whore, or profane; neither shall
they take a woman put away from
her husband: for he is holy unto
his God.
8 1Thou shalt ¢sanctify him there-
fore; for he offereth the bread of
thy God: he shall be ¢holy unto
thee: for I the Lorb, which ¢sanc-
tify you, am “holy.
9 And the daughter of any priest,
if she profane herself by playing the
whore, she profaneth her father:
she shall be burnt with fire.
10 And he that is the high priest
among his brethren, upon whose
head the anointing oil was poured,
and that is consecrated to put on
the garments, shall not uncover
his head, nor rend his clothes;
11 Neither shall he go fin to any
dead body, nor defile himself for his
father, or for his mother;
12 Neither shall he go out of the
Sanctuary, nor profane the sanctu-
ary of his God; for the scrown of
the anointing oil of his God is upon
him: I am the Lorp.
13 And he shall take a *wife in her
virginity.
14 Awidow, ora divorced woman,
or profane, or an harlot, these shal!
he not take: but he shall take a
virgin of his own people to wife.
15 Neither shall he ‘profane his
seed among his people: for I ‘the
LorD do sanctify him.
61 Pet.2.9.
¢ Isa.52.11.
d Heb. qo-
desh, Gen.2.
3, note.
e Lev:10:6,7.
f Num:19.14.
g Lev89512;
Ex.29.6,7.
hv.7.
i Gen.18.19.
j Lev.22.23,
k Num.6.3.
1 Lev.18.21.
m Lev.16.19;
25.10.
n Lev.7.20.
o Lev.15.2,
The physical disqualifications
of a priest.
16 And the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, :
17 Speak unto Aaron, saying,
Whosoever he be of thy seed in
their generations that ‘hath any
blemish, let him not approach to
offer the bread of his God.
18 For whatsoever man he be
that hath a blemish, he shall not ap-
proach: a blind man, or a lame, or .
he that hath a flat nose, or any
thing Jsuperfluous,
19 Ora man that is brokenfooted,
or brokenhanded,
20 -Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or
that hath a blemish in his eye, or
be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his
stones broken;
21 No man that hath a blemish of
the seed of Aaron the priest shall
come nigh to offer the offerings of
the LORD made by fire: he hath a
blemish; he shall not come nigh to’
offer the bread of his God.
22 He shall eat the bread of his
God, both of the most holy, and of
the holy.
23 Only he shall not go in unto
the vail, nor come nigh unto the
altar, because he hath a blemish;
that he profane not my sanctuaries:
for I the Lorp do sanctify them.
24 And Moses'told it unto Aaron,
and to his sons, and unto all the
children of Israel.
CHAPTER 22.
The separation of the priests
Heb. 7. 26).
Abe the LorD spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his
sons, that they ‘separate them-
selves from the holy things of the
children of Israel, and ‘that they
profane not my holy name in those
things which they hallow unto
me: I am the Lorp.
3 Say unto them, Whosoever he
be of all your seed among your
generations, that goeth unto the
holy things, which the children of
Israel hallow unto the LorD, “hav-
ing his uncleanness upon him, that
soul shall be cut off from my
presence: I am the Lorn.
4 What man soever of the seed of
Aaron is a leper, or “hath a Tunning.
issue; he shall not eat of the holy
1 Verse 8 illustrates
service of God,
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the O.T. holiness or sanctification—a person set apart for the.
We
22 5]
LEVITICUS.
[22°32
bwhoso toucheth any thing that is
unclean by the dead, or a man
whose seed goeth from him;
5 Or whosoever toucheth any
creeping thing, whereby he may be
made unclean, or a man of whom
he may take uncleanness, whatso-
ever uncleanness he hath;
6 The soul which hath touched
any such ‘shall be unclean until
even, and shall not eat of the holy
thimgs, unless he ‘wash his flesh
with water.
7 And when the sun is down, he
shall be clean, and shall afterward
eat of the holy things; “because it
is his food.
8 That which dieth of itself, or is
torn with beasts, he shall not eat)
to defile himself therewith: I am
the LorpD.
9 They shall therefore keep mine
ordinance, ‘lest they bear sin for it,
and die therefore, if they profane it:
I the Lorp do sanctify them.
10 There shall no stranger-eat of
the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or an hired servant, shall
not eat of the holy thing:
11 Butif the priest buy any soul
with his money, he shall eat of it,
and he that is born in his ‘house:
they shall eat of his meat.
12 If the priest’s daughter also be
married unto a stranger, she may
not eat of an offering of the holy
things, until he be clean: re B.C. 1490.
things.
13 But if the priest’s daughter be
a widow, or divorced, have no
child, and is freturned unto her
father’s house, as in her youth,
she shall eat of her father’s. meat:
but there shall no stranger eat
thereof.
14 And if a man eat of the holy
thing unwittingly, then he shall put
the fifth part thereof unto it, and
shall give it unto the priest with
the holy thing.
15 And they shall not profane the
8holy things of the children of
Israel, which they offer unto the
LorRD;.
16 Or suffer them to bear the
iniquity of trespass, when they eat
their holy things: for I the LORD
do sanctify them.
Sacrifices must be physically
perfect—ty pe of the moral per-
fections of Christ (Heb. 9. 14).
17 And theLorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, ;
‘18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his
a Lev.15.13.
6 Num.19.11.
¢ Heb,.10.22.
d Lev.21.22;
Num.18.11,
13.
¢ Ex.28.43.
f Gen.38.11.
g Num.18.32.
h Num. 16.
40..
t Lev.19.37;
Num.15.40;
Deut.4,40.
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sons, and unto all the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Whatso-
ever he be of the house of Israel, or
of the strangers im Israel, that will
offer his oblation for all his vows,
and for all his freewill-offerings,
which they will offer unto the
Lorp for a burnt-offering;
19 Yeshall offer at your own will
a male without blemish, of the
beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats
20 But whatsoever hath a blem-
ish, that shall ye not offer: for it
shall not be acceptable for you.
21 And whosoever offereth a sacri-
fice of peace-offerings unto the LORD
to.accomplish his vow, or a freewill-
offering in beeves or sheep, it shall
be perfect to be accepted; there
shall be no. blemish therein.
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or
having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed,
ye shall not offer these unto the
LorpD, nor make an offering by fire
of them upon the altar unto the
Lorp.
23 Either a bullock or a lamb that
hath any thing superfluous or lack-
ing in hig parts, that mayest thou
offer for a freewill-offering; but for
a vow it shall not be accepted.
74 Ye shall not offer unto the
LorD ‘that which is bruised, or
crushed, or broken, or cut; neither
shall ye make any offering thereof
in your land.
25 Neither from a “stranger’s
hand shall ye offer the bread of your
God of any of these; because their
corruption is in them, and blem-
ishes be in them: they shall not be
accepted for you.
26 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
27. When a bullock, or a sheep, or
a goat, is brought forth, then it
shall be seven days under the dam;
and from the eighth day and thence-
forth it shall be accepted for an
offering made by fire unto the
LorD.
28 And whether it be cow or
ewe, ye shall not kill it and her
young both. in one day.
29 And when ye will offer a sac-
rifice of thanksgiving unto the
Lorp, offer rt at your own will.
30 On the same day it shall be
eaten up; ye shall leave none of it
until the morrow: I arm the LorpD.
31 ‘Therefore shalt ye keep my
commandments, and do them: I am
the LorD.
32 Neither shall ye profane my
holy name; but I will be hallowed
22) 33] LEVITICUS. ne f28 ”
among the children of Israel: I am] _3.c.1490._|The feasts of Jehovah: (3) First:
the LorD which byes ee rye fruits; ee risen (1 pomtees
33. That brought you out of the 9 And the LorpD spake unto Mo-
land of Egypt, to be your God: I ses, saying, ;
am the Lorb. 10 Speak unto the children of Is-
CHAPTER 23 rael, and say unto them, When ye
he: th b be come into the land which I give
The feasts of Jehovah: the sab- unto you, and shall reap the har-
bath and the feasts. vest thereof, then ye shall bring a
ee the LORD spake unto Moses, sheaf of ee of your har-
saying, vest unto the priest:
2 Speak unto the children of Is- 11 And he shall wave the sheaf
rael, aa te ae Wace before patent to peice: fom
ing the !feasts o € LORD, which) ‘ou: on the morrow after the sab-
Shall proclaim to be holy convo- ete the priest shall wave it.
cations, even these are my feasts. 12 And ye shall offer that day
3 Six days shall work be done: when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb
but ene Maier 1s the ee ; Re Bea of the Preah for
or rest, an holy convocation; ye a burnt-offering unto the LorpD.
shall do no work therein: it is the)a Sabbath. 13 And the ¢meat-offering thereof
sabbath of the Lorp in all your, Mum453?- |shall be two tenth deals of fine
dwellings. 3; Mt.12.1.) |flour mingled with oil, an offering
The feasts of Jehovah: (1) the
Passover; Christ our Redeemer
made by fire unto the Lorp for a
bie. April. sweet savour: and the drink-offer-
(1 Cor, 5.75 1 Pet. I: 19). c Leaven. vs. me anes ee Be of wine, the
4 These are the feasts of the! $727,%um- [fourth part of an chin. |
Lorp, even holy convocations, Gone 14 And ye shall eat neither bread,
i hail jai i ir| Mt.13.33.) jnor parched corn, not green ears,
pe ve shallsproclaiaa ga Sb) until the selfsame day that ye have
5 In the fourteenth day of the brought an offering unto your God:
bfirst month at even is the LORD’s|¢ One hin = it shall be a statute for ever
d Lit. méal.
2passover about 6 ats. throughout your generations in all
pence ur dwellings.
The feasts 6f Jehovah: (2) un- Pe
leavened bread. Memorial The feasts of Jehovah: (4) the
feast (1 Cor. 11. 23-26; 5. 6-8; wave-loaves; the church at
2 Cor. 7. 1; Gal. 5. 7-9), Pentecost, fifty days after the
6 Andon the fifteenth day of the resurrection of Christ (1 Cor.
same month is the feast of “unleav- 10. 16, 17; 12. 12, 13, 20).
ened ®bread unto the Lorpb: seven 15 And ye shall count unto you
days ye must eat unleavened bread. from the morrow after the sabbath,
7. In the first day ye shall have an from the day that ye brought the
holy convocation: ye shall do no sheaf of the wave-offering: seven
servile work therein. sabbaths shall be complete:
8 But ye shall offer an offering 16 Even unto the morrow after
made by fire unto the LoRD seven the seventh sabbath shall ye num-
days: in the seventh day is an holy ber “fifty days; and ye shall offer a
convocation: ye shall do no servile new ¢meat-offering unto the LorD.
work therein. 17 Ye shall bring out of your hab-
_1 The feasts of Jehovah. As given to Israel, these were simply seven great re-
ligious festivals which were to be observed every year. The first three verses of
Lev. 23. do not relate to the feasts, but separate the sabbath from the feasts.
_ ? The Passover, vs. 4,5. This feast is memorial and brings into view redemp-
tion, upon which all blessing rests. Typically, it stands for “Christ our passover,
sacrificed for us’? (1 Cor. 5. 7).
3 The feast of Unleavened Bread, vs. 6-8. This feast speaks of communion with
Christ, the unleavened wave-loaf, in the full blessing of His redemption, and of a
holy walk. The divine order here is beautiful; first, redemption, then a holy walk.
See 1 Cor. 5. 6-8; 2 Cor. 7. 1; Gal. 5. 7-9.
# The feast of Firstfruits, vs. 10-14. This feast is typical of resurrection—first,
fd cae then of “them that are Christ’s at His coming” (1 Cor, 15. 23; i Thes,
. 13-18),
5 The feast of Pentecost, vs. 15-22. The anti-type is the descent of the Holy
Spirit to form the church. For this reason leaven is present, because there is evil
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_ LEVITICUS. | eS 128 30,
itations two lwave-loaves of two| B.c.1490. |The feasts of Jehovah: (5) Trum-
tenth deals: they shall be of fine pets; prophetic of the future
flour; they shali be baken with regathering of Israel (Isa. 18.
leaven; they are the firstfruits unto 33.7527. 123133 58. "14143Joel 24
the er 15-32).
2 nd ye shall offer with the :
ec “ar lambs ii blemish tie aA. ibe QF ia SORE Pate
° € frst year, and one young 24 Speak unto the children of Is-
peliock, end eg eric they shall rael, saying, In the ‘seventh PicHthe
ae tig a. sane Rye: the in the first day of the month, shall
Reg then dri Laff imeat-orering, ye have a sabbath, a memorial of
their arink-olterings, even an blowing of 2trumpets, an holy con-
offering made by fire, of sweet vocation.
savour unto the Lorp. 25 Ye shall do no servile work
19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid|a Lit. meal. | therein: but ye shall offer an offer-
of th bsin-offerin ; k
Be ee ei eee df cscs. fine made by fee tt the Lo
sacrifice of peace-offerings. cie. October; |Z he feasts of Jehovah: (6) the
20 And the priest shall wave them| #lso vs.27, day of Atonement (Heb. 9. 1-16).
with the bread of the firstfruits for| *4°%41- 26 And the LorD spake unto
a wave-offering before the LORD,|dSee Ex.29. |Moses, saying,
with the two lambs: they shall be| 35, note. 27 Also on the tenth day of this
holy to the Lorp for the priest. | 4.4. 92.12; _ |Seventh month there shall be a day
21 And ye shall proclaim on the} Jer31.9; of 3datonement: it shall be an holy
selfsame day, that it may be an holy| Ezk.7.16. convocation unto you; and ye shall
convocation unto you: ye shall dono afflict your souls, and offer an offer-
servile work therein: it shall be ing made by fire unto the Lorp.
a statute for ever in all your dwell- 28 And ye shall do no work in
ings throughout your generations. that same day: for it is a day of
22 And when ye reap the harvest datonement, to make an ¢atonement
of your land, thou shalt not make for you before the LORD your God.
clean riddance of the corners of thy 29 For whatsoever soul 1t be that
field when thou reapest, neither shall not be ‘afflicted in that same
shalt thou gather any gleaning of day, he shall be cut off from among
thy harvest: thou shalt leave them his people.
unto the poor, and to the stranger: 30 And whatsoever soul it be that
I am the LorbD your God. doeth any work in that same day,
in the church (Mt. 13. 33; Acts 5. 1, 10; 15. 1). Observe, it is now loaves; not a
sheaf of separate growths loosely bound together, but a real union of particles mak-
ing one homogeneous body. The descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost united
the separate disciples into one organism (1 Cor. 10. 16, 17; 12. 12, 13, 20).
1 The wave-loaves were offered fifty days after the wave-sheaf. This is precisely
the period between the resurrection of Christ and the formation of the church at
Pentecost by the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2. 1-4; 1 Cor. 12. 12, 13). See
“Church” (Mt. 16. 18; Heb. 12. 22, 23). With the wave-sheaf no leaven was offered,
for there was no evil in Christ; but the wave-loaves, typifying the church, are ‘‘baken
with leaven,” for in the church there is still evil.
2 The feast of Trumpets, vs. 23-25. This feastis a prophetical type and refers to
the future regathering of long-dispersed Israel. A long interval elapses between
Pentecost and Trumpets, answering to the long period occupied in the pentecostal
work of the Holy Spirit in the present dispensation. Study carefully Isa. 18. 3;
27. 13 (with contexts); 58. (entire chapter), and Joel 2. 1 to 3. 21 in connection with
the “trumpets,” and it will be seen that these trumpets, always symbols of testimony,
are connected with the regathering and repentance of Israel after the church, or
pentecostal, period is ended. This feast 1s immediately followed by the day
of atonement.
3 The day of Atonement, vs. 26-32. The day is the same described in Lev. 16.,
but here the stress is laid upon the sorrow and repentance of Israel. In other
words, the prophetical feature is made prominent, and that looks forward to the
repentance of Israel after her regathering under the Palestinian Covenant, Deut.
30. 1-10, preparatory to the second advent of Messiah and the establishment of
the kingdom. See the connection between the “trumpet” in Joel 2, 1 and the
mourning which follows in verses 11-15, Also Zech, 12. 10-13 in connection with
the atonement of Zech. 13. 1. Historically the “fountain”? of Zech. 13. 1 was
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Mes
Me
23 31]
the: same soul will I “destroy from) B.C. 1490.
among his people.
31 Yeshall do no manner of work:
it shall be a. statute for ever
throughout your generations in ail
your dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath
of rest, and ye shall afflict your
souls: in the ninth day of the month
at even, from even unto even, shall
ye celebrate your sabbath.
The feasts of Jehovah: (7) Taber-
nacles (Ezra 3. 4; Zech. 14. 16-
19; Rev. 21.3).
33 And the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, Saying, ‘
34 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, saying, The fifteenth day of
this seventh month shall be the
>feast of tabernacles for seven days
a Lev.20.3,6.
6 Ex.23.16;
unto the LorD. eon
35 On the first day shall be an| 16-19.
holy convocation: ye shall do no} Heb.11.9.
servile work therein. :
36 Seven days ye shall offer an foxes =
offering made by fire unto the
LorpD: on the eighth day shall be an
holy convocation unto you; and ye
shall offer an offering made by fire
unto the LorD:; it rs a solemn as-
sembly; and ye ‘shall do no servile
work therein.
37 These are the feasts of the
LORD, which ye shall proclaim to
be holy convocations, to offer an
offering made by fire unto the
Lorp, a burnt-offering, and a¢meat-
offering, .a sacrifice, and drink-offer-
ings, every thing upon his day:
38 Beside the sabbaths of the
Lorp, and beside your gifts, and
beside all your vows, and beside all
your freewill-offerings, which ye
give unto the Lorp.
39 Also in the fifteenth day of the
seventh month, when ye have gath-
ered in the fruit of the land, ye
shall keep a feast unto the Lorp
seven days: on the first day shal]
be a sabbath, and on the eighth
day shali be a sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you on the
first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and the
boughs of thick trees, and willows
@ Lit. meal.
e Heb.11.13,
16.
f Neh.8.
14-18.
g Ex.13.14.
hk Ex.27.20.
# Ex.31.8;
Zech.4.2,11.
j Ex.25.30.
LEVITICUS.
[24 9
*
of the brook; and ye shall rejoice be-
fore the LORD your God seven days. —
41 And ye shall keep it a feast
unto the LorD seven days in the -
2 2
|
year. It shall be a statute for ever
in your generations: ye shall cele-
brate it in the seventh month. |
42 Ye shall ¢«dwell in ‘booths
seven days; fall that are Israelites
born shall dwell in booths:
43 That your égenerations may
know that I made the children of
Israel to dwell in booths, when I
brought them out of the land of
Egypt: I am the LorpD your God.
44 And Moses declared unto the
children of Israel the feasts of the
Lorb.
CHAPTER 24.
The oil for the light in the holy
place (Ex. 25. 6.)
At the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 *Command the children of Is-
raei, that they bring unto thee pure
oil olive beaten for the light, to
cause the lamps to burn continually,
3 Without the vail of the testi-
mony, in the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, shall Aaron order it from
the evening unto the morning be-
fore the LorD continually: it shail
be a statute for ever in your gen-
erations.
4 He shall order the lamps upon
the pure ‘candlestick before the
Lorp continually.
The shewbread (Ex. 25. 23-30).
5S And thou shalt take fine flour,
and bake Jtwelve cakes thereof: two
tenth deals shall be in one cake.
6 And thou shalt set them in two
TOWS, SIX On a row upon the pure
table before the Lorp.
7 And thou shalt put pure frank-
incense upon each row, that it may
be on the bread for a memorial,
even an. offering made by fire unto
the Lorp.
8 Every sabbath he shall set it in
order before the Lorp continually,
being taken from the children of
Israel by an everlasting covenant.
9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his
opened at the crucifixion, but rejected by the
turies.
to Israel.
1 The feast of Tabernacles, vs. 34-44, is
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1 Jews of that and the succeeding cen-
After the regathering of Israel the fountain will be efficaciously “opened”
Py
24 10) LEVITICUS. [25 13
LL AEEEEP Ip SERED SE PSRESEEVEPSEPPEN i
sons’; and they shall eat it,in the) 3:c. 1490. HAP
hoiy place: for it 7s most ay unto. = : a=
him of the offerings of the LorpD The law of the land: (1) the
made by fire by a perpetual statute. sabbatic year.
The penalty of blasph ND the Lorp spake unto Mo-
Crohn = a 10. 31). ga A ses in mount Sinai, saying,
Deetanti ah : : ; hes 2 Speak unto the children of Is-
aes cha nee an = itis: rael, and say unto them, When ye
be an se father on oe SYp- come into the land which I give you.
recs pnd tiie son. of the Ee lec aa
: - unto ‘
raelitish woman and a man of Is- | 3) Six eee shalt sow thy
Bee races ieeciitich saemsais Ree een cy eh che ML Fis:
4 5
son blasphemed the name of the fnuitishencot; pianagantnets 09S
alee i qe cursed. And they 4 But in the seventh year shall be
pout im unto Moses: (and his a sabbath of ‘rest unto the land, a
mother’s name was Shelomith, the sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt
oe of Dibri, of the tribe of neither oo thy field, nor prune thy
= vineyard.
= And: they put him in ward, 5 8That which groweth of its own
that the mind of the LorpD might accord of thy harvest thou shalt
be shewed them. not reap, neither gather the grapes
a ee be LorRD spake unto Mo- of ynins mers pr it is a
5 , year of rest unto t '
14 Bring forth him that hath 6 And the sabbath “of the land
cursed without the camp; and let}¢ Ex.18.26. shall be meat for you; for thee, and
all that heard him lay their chands SS were: for thy servant, and for thy maid,
upon his head, and let all the con- 27.5. Jand for thy hired servant, and for
pee ony in as, ¢ Deut.13.9. ae stranger that sojourneth with
: ou shalt speak unto the ee, :
children of Israel, saying, Whosoever d Ex.20.7. 7 And for thy cattle, and for the
ee a cae int ie een ben eNum.35.31. woe that aie in ee shall all
e tha E
ee Se tee cats, (ee ee
be put to death, and all the con-|¢ 2 Ki.19.29. Sap t ‘ubsle (2) the
gregation shall certainly stone him:} . Bfee ds Chacl IF:
as well the stranger, as he that is hie. October.| § And thou shalt number seven
born in the land, when he blas-|;SeeEx.29. |sabbaths of years unto thee, seven
phemeth the name of the LORD,| 33, note. times seven years; and the space
shail be put to death. of the seven sabbaths of years shall
17 And he that ¢killeth any man be unto thee forty and nine years.
pelt een opus soidenta: Nee 9 ‘bho shetty ou cause the aa
. An e a e a beas pet of the jubile to sound on the
shall make it good; beast for beast. tenth day of the ‘seventh month, in
p19 _And if a man cause a blemish the day of ‘atonement shall ye make
in permanente es Be hath done, the pre pce sound throughout all
so shall it be done to him; your land.
20 Breach for breach, eye for-eye, 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth
tooth for tooth: as he hath caused year, and proclaim liberty through-
a blemish in a man, so shall it be out al/ the Jand unto all the inhabi-
done to him again. tants thereof: it shall be a jubile
21 And he that killeth a beast, he unto you; and ye shall return every
shall restore it: and he that killeth) man unto his possession, and ye
age pe Sbalive put to death. m spall return every man unto his
es ave one manner amily.
law, as well for the stranger, as for 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year
one of your own country: for I am be unto you: ye shall not sow, nei-
the Lorp your God. ther reap that which groweth of it-
oi ene quer sete fo estar | Tagg: ae nor ba pe rapes in
en of Israel, that they sho it of thy vine undressed,
bring forth him that had cursed out 12 For it zs the jubile; it shall be
of the camp, and stone him with
stones. And the children of Israel
did as the LorD commanded Moses.
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holy unto you: ye shall eat the in-
crease thereof out of the field.
13 In the year of this jubile ye
25 14]
shall return every man unto his] B.C. 1491.
possession.
14 Andif thou sell ought unto thy
neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
neighbour’s hand, ye shall not op-
press one another:
‘15 According to the number of
years after the jubile thou shalt
buy of thy neighbour, and acco-d-
ing unto the number of years of the
fruits he shall sell unto thee:
16 According to the multitude of
years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the few-
ness of years thou shalt diminish
the price of it: for according to the
number of the years of the fruits
doth he sell unto thee.
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress
one another; but thou shalt ¢fear
thy God: for I am the Lorp your
God.
18 Wherefore ye shall do my stat-
utes, and keep my judgments, and
do them; and ye shall dwell in the
land in safety.
19 And the land shall yield her
fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and
dwell therein in safety. .
20 And if ye shall say, What shall
we eat the seventh year? behold,
we shall not sow, nor gather in our
increase:
21 Then I will Scommand my
blessing upon you in the sixth year,
and it shall bring forth fruit for
three years.
22 And ye shall sow the eighth
year, and eat yet of old fruit until
the ninth year; until her fruits
come in ye shall eat of the old
store.
23 The land shall not be sold for
ever: for the land is ‘mine; for ve
are 4strangers and sojourners with
me.
24 And in all the land of your
possession ye shall grant a redemp-
tion for the land.
The law of the land: (3) the re-
demption of the inheritance.
25 If thy brother be waxen poor,
and hath sold away some of his
possession, “and if any of his kin
come to ‘redeem it, then shall he
redeem that which his brother sold.
26 And if the man have none to
redeem it, and himself be able to
redeem it;
27 Then let him count the years
of the sale thereof, and restore the
overplus unto the man to whom he
sold it; that he may return unto his
Possession,
LEVITICUS.
ey |
a Psa.19.9,
note,
b Deut.28.8.
¢ 2 Chr.7.20.
d Psa.39.12;
Heb,11.13,
16,
e Num.5.8;
Job 19.255
Jer.32.7,8.
f Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
g Psa.19.9,
note,
160
28 But if he be not able to restore
it to him, then that which is sold’
shall remain in the hand of him
that hath bought it until the year
of jubile: and in the jubile it shall
go out, and he shall return unto
his possession. ;
29 And if a man sell a dwelling
house in a walled city, then he may
redeem it within a whole year after
it is sold; within a full year may he
redeem it.
| 30 And if it be not ‘redeemed
within the space of a full year, then
the house that js in the walled city
shall be established for ever to him
that bought it throughout his gen-
erations: it shall not go out in the
jubile.
31 But the houses of the villages.
which have no wall round about
them shall be counted as the fields
of the country: they may be re-
deemed, and they shall go out in
the jubile.
32 Notwithstanding the cities of
the Levites, and the houses of the
cities of their possession, may the
Levites redeem at any time. ;
33 And if a man purchase of the
Levites, then the house that was
sold, and the city of his possession,
shall go out in the year of jubile:
for the houses of the cities of the
Levites are their possession among
the children of Israel.
34 But the field of the suburbs of
their cities may not be sold; for it
is their perpetual possession.
The law of the land: (4) the poor
brother.
35 And if thy brother be waxen
poor, and fallen in decay with thee;
then thou shalt relieve him: yea,
though he be a stranger, or a so-
journer; that he may live with thee,
36 Take thou no usury of him, or
increase: but &fear thy God: that
thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy
money upon usury, nor lend him
thy victuals for increase.
38 I am the Lord your God,
which brought you forth out of the
land of Egypt, to give you the land
of Canaan, and to be your God.
39 And if thy brother that dwell-
eth by thee be waxen poor, and be
sold unto thee; thou shalt not com-
pel him to serve as a bondservant:
40 But as an hired servant, and
as a sojourner, he shall be with
thee, and shall serve thee unto the .
year of jubile:
,
41 And then shall he depart from
thee, both he and his children with
him, and shall return unto his own
family, and unto the possession of
his fathers shall he return.
42 For they are my servants,
which I brought forth out of the
land of Egypt: they shall not be
sold as bondmen.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him
with rigour; but shalt ¢fear thy God.
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy
bondmaids, which thou shalt have,
shall be of the “heathen that are
round about you; of them shall ye
buy bondmen and bondmaids.
45 Moreover of the children of the
strangers that do sojourn among
you, of them shall ye buy, and of
their families that are with you,
which they begat in your land: and
they shall be your possession.
46 And ye shall take them as an
inheritance for your children after
you, to inherit them for a posses-
sion; they shall be your bondmen
for ever: but over your brethren
the children of Israel, ye shall not
rule one over another with rigour.
The law of the land: (5) the re-
demption of the poor brother
—Christ our Kinsman - Re-
deemer.
47 And if a sojourner or stranger
wax rich by thee, and thy brother
that dwelleth by him wax poor,
and sell himself unto the stranger or
sojourner by thee, or to the stock of
the stranger’s family:
48 After that he is sold he may
be ‘redeemed again; one of his
brethren may ¢redeem him;
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s
son, may ‘redeem him, or any that
is nigh of }kin unto him of his fam-
ily may redeem him; or if he be
able, he may redeem himself.
50 And he shall ¢réckon with him
that bought him from the year that
he was sold to him unto the year of
jubile: and the price of his sale shall
be according unto the number of
years, according to the time of an
hired servant shall it be with him.
51 If there be yet many years be-
hind, according unto them he shall
give again the price of his redemp-
LEVITICUS.
B.C. 1491.
a Psa.19.9,
note.
b Lit. nations.
c Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
d Gal.4.4,5.
e Imputation.
Lev.27.18.
(Lev.25.50;
Jas.2.23.)
f Law (of Mo-
ses). Lev.
27.1-34.(Ex.
19.1; Gal.3.
1-29.)
g Psa.4.8.
h 2 Ki.17,25.
t Deut.32.30;
Jud.7.7,12;
1 Sam.14.14,
(26 8
tion out of the money that he was
bought for.
52 And if there remain but few
years unto the year of jubile, then
he shall count with him, and accord-
ing unto his years shall he give him
again the price of his redemption.
53 And as a yearly hired servant
shall he be with him: and the
other shall not rule with rigour
over him in thy sight.
54 And if he be not ‘redeemed in
these years, then he shall go out in
the year of jubile, both he, and his
children with him.
55 For unto me the children of
Israel are servants; they are my
servants whom I brought forth out
of the land of Egypt: I am the
LorpD your God.
2CHAPTER 26.
The law of the land: (6) condi-
tions of blessing; warnings of
chastisement,
Dye shall make you no idols nor
graven image, neither rear you
up a standing image, neither shall
ye set up any image of stone in
your land, to bow down unto it:
for I am the LorD your God.
2 Yeshall ‘keep my sabbaths, and
reverence my sanctuary: I am the
LORD.
Conditions of blessing.
3 If ye walk in my statutes, and
keep my commandments, and do
them;
4 Then I will give you rain in due
season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field
shall yield their fruit.
5 And your threshing shall reach
unto the vintage, and the vintage
shall reach unto the sowing time:
and ye shall eat your bread to the
full, and dwell in your land safely.
6 And Iwill give peace in the land,
and ye shall lie down, and none
shall make you afraid: and I will rid
evil "beasts out of the land, neither
shall the sword go through your
land.
7 And ye shall chase your ene-
mies, and they shall fall before you
by the sword.
8 And ‘five of you shall chase an
1 The Kinsman-Rédeemer.
tion—“‘to free by paying,” and the Redeemer—“‘the one who pays.” :
perfectly illustrates this beautiful type
Ruth and Boaz (Ruth 2. 1; 3. 10-18
of Christ. See ‘‘Redemption,” Isa.
3 4. 1-10)
59. 20, note.
The word goel is used to indicate both the redemp-
The case of
2 Chapter 26. should be read in connection with Deut. 28., 29., 30., the Pales:
tinian Covenant.
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20 9Y
LEVITICUS.
[26 2 |
7
hundred, and an hundred of you
shall put ten thousand to flight:
and your enemies shall fall before
you by the sword.
9 For I will have respect unto
you, and make you fruitful, and
multiply you, and establish my
covenant with you.
10 And ye shall eat old store, and
bring forth the old because of the
new.
11 And I will set my tabernacle
among you: and my soul shall not
abhor you.
12 And I will walk among you,
and will be your ®God, and ye shall
‘be my people.
13 I am the LorD your God,
which brought you forth out of the
Jand of Egypt, that ye should not
be their bondmen; and I have
broken the bands of your yoke, and
made you go upright.
Warnin§gs of chastisement.
14 But if ye will not hearken unto
me, and will not do all these com-
mmandments;
15 And if ye shall despise. my
statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do
all my commandments, but that ye
‘break my covenant:
The first chastisement.
16 I also will do this unto you; I
will even appoint over you terror,
consumption, and the burning ague,
that shall consume the eyes, and
cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall
sow your seed in vain, for your
enemies shall eat it.
17 And I will set my face against
you, and ye shall be ‘slain before
your enemies: they that hate you
shall reign over you; and ye shall
flee when none pursueth you.
The second chastisement
18 And if ye will not yet for all
, this hearken unto me, then I will
| punish you seven times more for
' your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of
your power; and I will make your
dheaven as iron, and your earth as
brass:
20 And your strength shall ‘be
spent in vain: for your land shall
not yield her increase, neither shall
the trees of the land yield their
fruits.
The third chastisement.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto
me, and will not hearken unto me; I
B.C. 1491.
a 2 Ki.13.23.
6 2 Cor.6.16.
¢1Sam.4.10;
31.4.
d@1 Ki17.1.
e 2 Ki.17.25;
Ezk.14.21.
#Num.16.49;
2 Sam. 24.15.
g Hag.1.6.
h 2 Ki.6.28
29.
i2 Ki.23.8,
20.
j 2 Ki.25.4,
10.
k 2 Chr.36.19.
7 Psa.44.11.
m Lit. nations.
162
will bring seven times more plagues
upon you according to your sins.
22 I will also send ¢wild beasts
among you, which shall rob you of,
your children, and destroy your cat-
tle, and make you few in number;
om your Aigh ways shall be deso-
ate.
The fourth chastisement.
23 And if ye will not be-reformed
by me by these things, but will
walk contrary unto me;
24 Then will I also walk contrary
unto you, and will punish you yet
seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring a sword upon
you, that shall avenge the quarrel
of my covenant: and when ye are
gathered together within your cit-
ies, I will send the ‘pestilence among
you; and ye shall be delivered into
the hand of the enemy.
26 And when I have broken the
staff of your bread, ten women shall
bake your bread in one oven, and
they shall deliver you your bread
again by weight: and ye shall eat,
and not be &satisfied.
The fifth chastisement.
27 And if ye will not for all this
hearken unto me, but walk contrary
unto me;
28 Then I will walk contrary unto
you also in fury; and I, even I, will
chastise you seven times. for your
sins.
29 And ye shall “eat the flesh of
your sons, and the flesh of your
daughters shall ye eat.
30 And I will ‘destroy your ‘high
places, and cut down your images,
and cast your carcases upon the
carcases of your idols, and my soul
shall abhor you.
31 And I will make your Jcities
waste, and bring your %sanctuaries
unto desolation, and I will not smell
the savour of your sweet odours.
The dispersion predicted.
(Cf. Deut. 28. 58-67.)
32 And I will bring the land into
desolation:.and your enemies which
dwell therein shall be astonished at
at.
33 And I will ‘scatter you.among
the “heathen, and will draw out a
sword after you: and your land
shall be desolate, and your cities
waste. ;
34 Then shall the land enjoy her
jsabbaths, as long as it lieth deso-
Jate, and ye be in your enemies’
“eh
26 35]
LEVITICUS.
[27 1
land; even then shall the land rest,| Bc. 1491. 45 But I will for their sakes re-
and enjoy her sabbaths.
35: As long as it lieth desolate it
shall rest; because it did not rest
in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt
upon it.
36 And upon them that are left
alive of you I will send a faintness
into their hearts in the lands of
their enemies; and the sound of a
shaken leaf shall chase them; and
they shall flee, as fleeing from a
sword; and they shall fall when
none pursueth.
37 And they shall fall: ome upon
another, as it were before'a sword,
when none pursueth: and ye shall
have no power to stand before your
enemies.
38 And ye shall perish among the
“heathen, and the land of your
enemies shall eat you up.
39 And they. that are left of you
shall pine away in their iniquity in
your enemies’ lands; and also in
the iniquities of their fathers: shall
they: pine away: with them.
The Abrahamic Covenant re-
mains, despite the disobedi-
ence and dispersion.
40 If they shall °confess. their in-
iquity, and the iniquity of their
fathers, with their trespass: which
they trespassed against me, and
that also they have walked con-
trary unto me;
41 And that I also have walked
contrary unto them, and have
brought them into the land of their
enemies; if then their uncircumcised
hearts be chumbled, and they then
daccept of the punishment of their
iniquity:
42 Then will I remember my cov-
enant with Jacob, and also my cove-
nant with Isaac, and also my
covenant with Abraham will I re-
member; and I will remember the
land.
43 The land also shall be left of
them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths,
while she lieth desolate without
them: and they shall accept of the
punishment of their iniquity: be-
cause, even because they despised
my judgments, and because their
soul abhorred my statutes.
44 And yet for all that, when they
be in the land of their enemies, I
will not cast them away, neither
will I abhor them, to destroy them
utterly, and to break my covenant
with them: for I am the LorD
their God. \
a Lit. nations.
61 Ki.8.33;
Neh.9.2;
1 John 1.9.
¢ 2:Chr.12.6,
7,12; I Pet.
5.5,6.
d Psa.39.95
51.3,4; Dan:
9.7.
e Psa.106:45.
f Law (of Mo-
ses). vs.1-
g One shekel =
23. 9d., or
65 cents; also
vs.4,5,6,7,16,
25.
163,
member the covenant of their an-
cestors, whom I brought forth out
of the land of Egypt in the: sight
of the “heathen, that I might be
their God: I am the Lorp:
46 These are the statutes and)
judgments and laws, which, the
LorpD made between him and’ the:
children of Israel in mount Sinai by
the hand of Moses.
CHAPTER 27.
Concerning vowed (dedicated)
persons and things:
AN the LorD spake unto IMo-
ses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, and say unto them, When a
man shall make a singular vow, the
persons shail be for the Lorp by
thy estimation.
3 And thy estimation shall be of’
the male from twenty years eld
even unto sixty years. old, even thy
estimation shall be fifty sshekels or
silver, after the shekel of the sanc-
tuary.
4 And if it be a female, then thy
estimation shall be thirty shekels. |
5 And if it be from five years old
even unto twenty years old, then
thy estimation shall be of the male
twenty shekels, and for the female
ten shekels.
6 And if it be from a month old
even unto five years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male five
shekels of silver, and for the female
thy estimation shall be three shck-
els of silver.
7 And if it be from sixty years old
and above; if it be a male, then thy
estimation shall be fifteen shekels,
and for the female ten shekels.
8 But if he be poorer than thy
estimation, then he shall present
himself before the priest, and the
priest shall value him; according to
his ability that vowed shall the
priest value him.
9 And if it be a beast, whereof
men bring an offering unto the
Lorn, all that any man giveth of
such unto the LorD shall be holy.
10 Heshall not alter it, nor change
it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a
good: and if he shall at all change
beast for beast, then it and the ex-
change thereof shall be holy.
11 And if it be any unclean beast,
of which they do not offer a sacri-
fice unto the Lorp, then he shall
present the beast before the priest:
12 And the priest shall value it,
whether it be good or bad: as thou
valuest it, who art the priest, so
shall it be. .
13 But if he will at all ¢redeem it,
then he shall add a fifth part
thereof unto thy estimation.
14 And when a man shall sanc-
tify his house to be holy unto the
Lorp, then the priest shall estimate
it, whether it be good or bad: as
the priest shall estimate it, so shall
it stand. ¥
15 And if he that sanctified it will
Stedeem his house, then he shall
add the fifth part of the money of
thy estimation unto it, and it shall
be his.
16 And if a man shall sanctify un-
to the LoRD some part of a field of
his possession, then thy estimation
shall be according to the seed there-
of: an ‘homer of barley seed shall
be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
17 If he sanctify his field from the
year of jubile, according to thy
estimation it shall stand.
18 But if he sanctify his field after
the jubile, then the priest shall
freckon unto him the money ac-
cording to the years that remain,
even unto the year of the jubile,
and it shall be abated from thy
estimation.
19 And if he that sanctified the
field will in any wise ¢redeem it,|
then he shall add the fifth part of
the money of thy estimation unto
it, and it shall be assured to him.
20 And if he will not ¢redeem the
field, or if he have sold the field to
another man, it shall not be re-
deemed any more.
21 But the field, when it goeth out
in the jubile, shall be holy unto
the LorD, as a field devoted; the
possession thereof shall be the
priest’s.
22 And if a man sanctify unto
the Lorp a field which he hath
bought, which is not of the fields of
his possession;
23 Then the priest shall reckon
unto him the worth of thy estima-
tion, even unto the year of the
jubile: and he shall give thine es-
timation in that day, as a holy
thing unto the Lorp.
24 In the year of the jubile the
LEVITICUS,
B.C. 1491.
a Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note
b Sanctify,
holy (O.T.)
vs.14-22;
Josh.5.15.
(Gen.2.3;
Zech.8.3.)
c About 86
gals.
d Imputation,
vs.18.23;
1 Sam.22.15,
(Lev.25.50;
Jas.2.23.)
e One gerah =
11.2 grains,
or 3 1-4 cts.
f Gen.28.22;
Num.18.21,
24.
g 2 Cor.8.1,
note.
h Jer.33.13;
Ezk.20.37;
Mic.7.14,
1 v.10.
7 Mail.4.4.
k Ex.19.2,3,
25; Heb.12.
8,25
164
[27 Py
field-shall return unto him of whom
it was bought, even to him to whom
the possession of the land did
belong. :
25 And all thy estimations shall
be according to the shekel of the
sanctuary: twenty ¢gerahs shall be
the shekel.
The three things which are the
Lord’s absolutely: (1) the first-
ling of the beasts.
26 Only the firstling of the beasts,
which should be the Lorp’s first=
ling, no man shall sanctify it;
whether it be ox, or sheep: it is
the LoRD’s.
27 And if it be of an unclean
beast, then he shall “redeem it ac-
cording to thine estimaticn, and
shall add a fifth part of it thereto:
or if it be not redeemed, then it shail
be sold according to thy estimation.
(2) Any dedicated thing.
28 Notwithstanding no devoted
thing, that a man shall devote
unto the LorD of all that he hath,
both of man and beast, and of the
field of his possession, shall be sold
or “redeemed: every devoted thing
is most holy unto the LorD.
29 None devoted, which shall be
devoted of men, shall be redeemed;
but shall surely be put to death.
(3) All the tithe of land, tree,
and beast.
30 And fall the stithe of the land,
whether of the seed of the land, or
of the fruit of the tree, zs the
Lorp’s: it is holy unto the Lorp.
31 And if a man will at all 2re-
deem ought of his tithes, he shall
add thereto the fifth part thereof.
32 And concerning the tithe of the
herd, or of the flock, even of what-
soever 'passeth under the rod, the
tenth sHall be holy unto the Lorp.
33 He shall not search whether it
be good or bad, neither shall he
change it: and if he change it at
all, then both it and the tchange
thereof shall be holy: it shall not
be “redeemed.
34 JThese are the command-
ments, which the LorD commanded
Moses for the children of Israel in
mount *Sinai,
THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES
a NUMBERS. she
THE book derives its name from the fact that it records the enumeration of Israel.
Historically, Numbers takes up the story where Exodus left it, and is the book of
the wilderness wanderings of the redeemed people consequent upon their failure to
enter the land at Kadesh-barnea.
Typically, it is the book of service and walk, and thus completes, with the pre-
ceding books, a beautiful moral order: Genesis, the book of the creation and fall;
Exodus, of redemption; Leviticus, of worship and fellowship; and Numbers, of that
which should follow—service and walk.
It is important to see that nothing was left to self-will. Every servant was num-
bered, knew his place in the family, and had his own definitely assigned service.
The N.T. parallel is 1 Cor. 12. is
The second typical lesson is that, tested by wilderness circumstances, Israel
utterly failed.
Numbers is in five chief divisions: I. The Order of the Host, 1.1-10.10. IZ. From
Sinai to Kadesh-barnea, 10. 11-12. 16. III. Israel at Kadesh-barnea, 13. 1-19. 22.
IV. The Wilderness Wanderings, 20. 1-33. 49. V. Closing Instructions, 33. 50-36. 13.
The events recorded in Numbers cover a period of 39 years (Ussher).
; CHAPTER 1 B.C. 1490. Poteau i Gi id son es rt
The order of the host: (1) Moses] Se a Dealer. sseh; Gamaliel the
he ee :
Seen to number t ct Benjamin; Abidan the son
. ; of Gideoni.
ND the Lorpb spake unto Mo- 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of
A ses in the wilderness of ¢Sinai, Ammishaddai.
in the tabernacle of the congrega- 13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of
tion, on the first day of the °second Ocran.
month, in the second year after they 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of
were come out of the land of Egypt, Peas Os " :
saying, a Num.10.12; 15 aphtali; Ahira the son o
2 ‘Take ve the ee ie all ae oe reser anne ” p
gregation of the children of Israel, ce ae 16 ese were the renowned o:
after their families, by the house of |b i.e. May; the congregation, princes of the
their fathers, with the Pal git Cle EONGRE a oe nes eo eheads of
their names, every male by their! . yum.26. thousands in Israel.
polls; 2,63; Ex.30, | 17 And Moses and Aaron took
23 age twenty yee old “ee ea 12; 2am. |these men which are expressed by
ward, all that are able to go forth) 91'9’ ‘ |their names:
to war in Israel: thou and Aaron ’ 18 And they assembled all the
shall number them by their arm-|/?Num.7-%, . icongregation together on the first
ies. fl 29; jer.9.23. |day of the second month, and they
4 ety with you there shall hi 3 24. [pear rea! er ale “ie se
man of every tribe; every one hea amilies, by the house of their
oi og cans of ee. oT “23; Jers: reed: pote oat Mare pulbes e
n ese are the names of the! Mic.3.1,9; e names, from y years oO
men. that shall stand with you: of| 5-2- and upward, by their polls.
the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son| + yo, 19 #As the LorD commanded Mo-
of Shedeur. : es pee so he nurpbsica them in the
6 Of Simeon; Shelumie e son! wilderness of Sinai.
of Zurishaddai. 20 And the children of Reuben,
7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Israel’s eldest son, by their genera-
Amminadab. tions, after their families, by the
8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son house of their fathers, according to
of Zuar. the number of the narnes, by their
9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of polls, every male from twenty years
Helon. old and upward, all that were able
10 Of the children of Joseph: of to go forth to war;
” 163
a
1 21]
NUMBERS.
a “
21 Those that were numbered of | B.C. 1490.
them, even of the tribe of Reuben,
were forty and six thousand and
five hundred. ;
22 Of the children of Simeon, by
their generations, after their fam-
ilies, by the house of their fathers,
those that were numbered of them,
according to the number of the
names, by their polls, every male
from twenty years old and wpward,
all that were able to go forth to
war;
23 Those that were numbered of
ithem, even of the tribe of Simeon,
were fifty and nine thousand and
three hundred.
24 Of the children of Gad, by their
generations, after their families, by
the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
‘twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
25 Those that were numbered of
them, even of ‘the tribe of Gad,
were forty and five thousand ‘six
hundred and fifty. !
26 Of the children of Judah, by
their generations, after their fam-
ilies, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of ‘the
mames, from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to ‘go
forth to war;
27 Those that were numbered of
‘them, even of the ‘tribe of Judah,
were threescore and fourteen ‘thou-
‘sand and six hundred.
28 Of the children of Issachar, by
their generations, after their fam-
ilies, by ‘the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
29 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Issachar,
were fifty and four thousand and
four hundred.
30 Of the children of Zebulun,
by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able ‘to
go forth to war:
.31 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Zebulun,
were fifty and seven thousand and
four hundred.
32 Of the children of Joseph,
namely, of the children of Eph-
Taim, by their generations, after
their families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number. of
166
lthe names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
33 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Ephraim,
were forty thousand and five hun-
dred.
34 Of the children of Manasseh,
by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were ‘able
to go forth to war;
35 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Manas-
seh, were thirty and two thousand
and two hundred. ‘
36 ‘Of the children of Benjamin,
by their generations, after ‘their
families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the mumber
of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able
to go forth to war;
37 Those that were numbered -of
them, even of the tribe of Benja-
min, were thirty and five thousand
and four hundred.
38 Of the children of Dan, by
their generations, after their fam-
ilies, by ‘the house of their fathers,
according ‘to tthe number of the
names, from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to -go
forth ‘to war;
39 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Dan,
were threescore and two thousand
and seven hundred.
40 Of the children of Asher, by
their generations, after their fam-
ilies, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
41 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Asher,
were forty and one thousand and
five hundred.
42 Of the children of Naphtali,
throughout their generations, after
their families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
43 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Naphtali,
were fifty and three thousand and
four hundred.
44 These are those that were
numbered, which Moses and Aaron
numbered, and the princes of Israel,
ke
ee ‘
1 45]
NUMBERS.
(2 17
being twelve men: each one was
for the house of his fathers.
45 So were all those that were
numbered of the children of Israel,
by the house of their fathers, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war in
Israel;
46 Even all ¢they that were num-
bered were six hundred. thousand
and three thousand and five hun-
dred and fifty.
47 >But the Levites after the tribe
of their fathers were not numbered
among them.
48 For the Lorpb had spoken unto
Moses, saying,
49 Only thou shalt not number
the tribe of Levi, neither take the
sum of them among the children of
Israel:
50 But thou shalt appoint the
Levites over the tabernacle of testi-
mony, and over all the vessels there-
of, and over all things that belong
to it: they shall bear the tabernacle,
B.C. 1490.
a Num.2.32;
14.22-38; 26.
63-65; Ex.
12.37; 38.26;
Deut.10:22;
Heb.11.12.
Cf£.Rev.7.
4-9.
and all the vessels thereof; and they
shall minister unto it, and shall en-
camp round about the tabernacle.
51 And when the tabernacle set-
teth forward, the “Levites shall take
it down: and when the tabernacle is
to be pitched, the Levites. shall set
it up: and the stranger that cometh
nigh shall be put to death.
52 And the children of Israel shall
pitch their tents, “every man. by his
own camp, and every man by his
own standard, throughout their
hosts.
53 But the Levites shall pitch
round about the tabernacle of testi-
mony, that there be no wrath upon
the congregation of the children of
Israel: and the Levites shall keep
the charge of the tabernacle of tes-
timony.
54 And the children of Israel did
according to all that the LORD.com-
manded. Moses, so did they.
CHAPTER 2.
The order of the host: (2) ar-
rangement of the camp.
ma ND the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 eEvery man of the children of
Israel shall pitch by his own stand-
ard, with the ensign of their father’s
house: /far off about the tabernacle
of the congregation shall they pitch.
b Num.2.33;
3.15; Ex.38.
21; 1 Chr.6.
1-448; 21.6.
c Num.10.17-
2h.
\@ Num.2.2;
24.2.
e Num.1.52;
Psa.16.6.
f Josh.3.4.
Num.1.7;
10.14; 1 Chr.
2:10.
h Num.10.14.
4 Num.10.18.
j Num.10.17,
21.
3 And on the east side toward the;
rising of the sun shall they of the
standard of the camp of J udah pitch’
“ak
167
throughout their armies: and 8Nah-
shon the son of Amminadab shall
be Nog thee of the children of Ju-
ah.
4 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were
threescore and fourteen thousand
and six hundred.
5. And those that do pitch next
unto him shall be the tribe of Issa-
char: and Nethaneel the son of
Zuar shall be captain of the chil-
dren of Issachar.
6 And his host, and. those that
were numbered thereof, were fifty
and four thousand and four hun-
dred.
7. Then the tribe of Zebulun: and
Eliab the son of Helon shall be cap-
tain of the children of Zebulun.
8 And his host, and those that
were numbered thereof, were fifty
and seven thousand and four hun-
dred.
9 All that were numbered in the
camp of Judah were an hundred
thousand and fourscore thousand
and six thousand and four hundred,
throughout their armies. These
shall “first set forth.
10 On the south side shall be the
standard of the camp of Reuben
according to their armies: and the
captain of the children of Reuben
shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
11 And his host, and those that
were numbered thereof, were forty
and six thousand and five hun-
dred.
12 And those which pitch by him
shall be the tribe of Simeon: and
the captain of the children of Sim-
eon shall be Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
13 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were fifty
and nine thousand and three hun-
dred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the
captain of the sons of Gad shall be
Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
15 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were forty
and five thousand and six hundred
and fifty.
16 All that were numbered in the
camp of Reuben were an hundred
thousand and fifty and one thou-
sand and four hundred and fifty,
throughout their armies. And they
shall set forth in the ‘second rank,
17 jThen the tabernacle of the
congregation shall set forward with
the camp of the Levites in the midst
of the camp: as they encamp, so
in his place by their standards.
18 On the west side shall be the
standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their armies: and the)
captain of the sons of Ephraim
shall be Elishama the son of Am-
mihud.
‘19 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were forty
thousand and five hundred. p
20 And by him shall be the tribe
of Manasseh: and the captain of the
children of Manasseh shall be Ga-
maliel the son of Pedahzur.
21 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were thirty
and two thousand and two hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin:
and the captain of the sons of Ben-
jamin shall be Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
23 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were
thirty and five thousand and four
hundred.
24 All that were numbered of the
camp of Ephraim were an hundréd
thousand and eight thousand and
an hundred, throughout their ar-
mies. And they shall go forward
in the ¢third rank.
25 The standard of the camp of
Dan shali be on the north side by
their armies: and the captain of the
children of Dan shall be Ahiezer
the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were
threescore and two thousand and
seven hundred.
27 And those that encamp by him
shall be the tribe of Asher: and the
captain of the children of Asher
shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
28 And his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were forty
and one thousand and five hundred.
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali:
and the captain of the children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of
Enan.
30 And’ his host, and those that
were numbered of them, were fifty
Boe, three thousand and four hun-
red.
31 All they that were numbered|
in the camp of Dan were an hun-
dred thousand and fifty and seven
thousand and six hundred. They
von go hindmost with their stan-
ards.
32 These are those which were
numbered of the children of Israel
by the house of their fathers: ball
shall they set forward, every man
NOMBERS.
oa Num.10.22,
6 Num.1.46,
47, 11.21;
Ex.38.26.
c Num,24,2,
5,6.
d Israel (his-
tory). vs.1-
10; Deut.1.
6-8,19-40.
(Gen.12.2,
3; Rom.11.
26.)
e Num.26.61;
Lev.10.1,2;
1 Chr.24.2.
fNum.8.6;
18.2; Ex.32.
27,28; Deut.
8,
g Num.8,19;
168
B.C. 1490.
those that were numbered of the
camps throughout their hosts were
six hundred thousand and three
thousand and five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were not num-
bered among the children of Israel;
as the Lorp commanded Moses. —
34 And the children of Israel did
according to all that the LORD com-
manded Moses: ‘so they pitched by
their standards, and so they set
forward, every one after their fam-
ilies, according to the house of their
fathers. 4
CHAPTER 3.
The order of the host: (3) the
priests. ;
4 eas also are. the generations
of Aaron and Moses in the day
that the LorD spake with Moses in
mount 4Sinai. ’
2 And these are the namés of the
sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ©
3 These are the names of the sons
of Aaron, the priests which were
anointed, whom he consecrated ta
minister in the priest’s office.
4 And Nadab and ¢Abihu died
before the LorpD, when they offered
strange fire before the LORD, in the
wilderness of Sinai, and they had
no children: and Eleazar and Itha-
mar ministered in the priest’s office
in the sight of Aaron their father.
The order of the host: (4) the
tribe of Levi. :
5 And the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, :
6 JBring the tribe of Levi near,
and present them before Aaron the
past, that they may minister unto
im.
7 And they shall keep his charge,
and the charge of the whole congre-
gation before the tabernacle of the
congregation, to do.the service of
the tabernacle,
8 And they shall keep all the in-
struments of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the
children of Israel, to do the service
of the tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt égive the Levites
unto Aaron and to his sons: they
are wholly given unto him out of
the children of Israel.
10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron
and his sons, and they shali wait
on their priest’s office: and the
stranger that cometh nigh shall be
put to death, §
a,
311]
11 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
12 And J, behold, I have taken
the Levites from among the chil-
‘dren of Israel instead of all the
firstborn that openeth the matrix
among the children of Israel: there-
fore the Levites shall be mine;
13 Because all the firstborn are
mine; for on the day that I smote
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
T hallowed unto me all the firstborn
in Israel, both man and beast: mine
shall they be: I am the Lorpb.
The order of the host: (5) the
families of Levi.
_ 14 And-the Lor spake unto Mo-
ses in the wilderness of Sinai, say-,
ing, |
15 Number the children of Levi
after the house of their fathers, by)
their families: every male from a
month old and upward shalt thou
number them.
16 And Moses numbered them ac-
cording to the word of the Lorp, as|¢ Num4.24,
he was commanded. 2:
17 And these were the sons of|) =x.25.9.
Levi by their names; Gershon, and
Kohath, and Merari. LRRD EE
18 And these are the names of the|d 1 Chr.26.23.
sons of Gershon by their families;
Libni, and Shimei. «Meera:
19 And the sons of Kohath by|fNum.1.53.
g Num.4.31,
32,
their families; Amram, and Izehar,
Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari by
their families; Mahli, and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites
according to the house of their
fathers.
21 Of Gershon was the family of
the Libnités, and the family of the
Shimites: these are the families of
the Gershonites.
22 Those that were numbered of
them, according to the number of
all the males, from a month old and
upward, even those that were num-
‘ered of them were seven thousand
and five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershonites
shall. pitch behind the tabernacle
westward. :
94° And the chief of the house of
the father of the Gershonites shall
be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
The order of the host: (6) the
charges of the sons of Levi.
25 And the charge of the sons of
tGershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation shall be the taber-
nacle, and the tent, the covermg
169
NUMBERS.
[3 38° |
thereof, and the hanging for the
door of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, {
26 And the hangings of the court,
and the curtain for the door of the
court, which is by the tabernacle,
and by the altar round about, and
the ‘cords of it for all the service
thereof.
27 And of ¢Kohath was the fam-
ily of the Amramites, and the fam-
ily of the Izeharites, and the family
of the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uzzielites: these are the fam-
ilies of the Kohathites.
28 Inthe number of ali the males,
from a month old and upward, were
eight thousand and six hundred,
keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the “sons of
Kohath shall pitch on the side of
the tabernacle southward.
30 And the chief of the house of
the father of the families of the
Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the
son of Uzziel.
31 And their charge shall be the
ark, and the table, and the candle-
stick, and the altars, and the ves-
sels of the sanctuary wherewith
they minister, and the hanging, and
all the service thereof.
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron
the priest shall be chief over the
chief of the Levites, and have the
oversight of them that keep the
charge of the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the family of
the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mushites: these are the families of
Merari.
34 And those that were numbered
of them, according to the number of
all the males, from a month old and
upward, were six thousand and two
hundred.
35 And the chief of the house of
the father of the families of Merari
was Zuriel the son of Abihail:
tthese shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle northward.
36 And under the écustody and
charge of the sons of Merari shali
be the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars thereof, and the pillars
thereof, and the sockets thereof,
and all the vessels thereof, and all
that serveth thereto,
37 And the pillars of the court
round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords. i
38 But those that encamp before
the tabernacle toward the east, even
before the tabernacle of the con-
\gregation eastward, shall be Moses,
3 39]
and Aaron and his sons, *keeping| B.C. 1490.
the charge of the sanctuary for the
charge of the children of Israel; and
the stranger that cometh nigh shall
be put to death.
39 All that were numbered of the
Levites, which Moses and Aaron
numbered at the commandment of
the Lorp, throughout their fam-
dlies, all the males from a month
old and upward, were twenty and
two thousand.
The order of the host:(7)the first-
born redeemed (Ex.38. 27, note).
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites
instead of their cattle; and the Le-|*
vites shall be mine: I am the
Lorp.
46 And for those that are to be
tedeemed of the two hundred and
threescore and thirteen of the first-
born of the children of Israel, which|*
are more than the Levites;
47 Thou shalt even take five
‘shekels apiece by the poll, after
the shekel of the sanctuary shalt
thou take them: (the shekel is
twenty /fgerahs:)
48 And thou shalt give the money,
wherewith the odd number of them
is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and
to his sons.
49 And Moses took the redemp-
tion money of them that were over
and above them that were redeemed
by the Levites:
50 Of the firstborn of the children
of Israel took he the money; a thou-
sand three hundred and threescore
NUMBERS.
40 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, “Number all the firstborn of the
males of the children of Israel from
a month old and upward, and take], ys'7,8.
the number of their names.
41 ¢And thou shalt take the Le-| Num.26.62.
vites for me (I am the LorD) in-|-y45.
stead of all the firstborn among the
children of Israel; and the cattle of|¢ ¥8-12,45-
the Levites instead of all the first-| ¢ One shekel =
lings among the cattle of the chil-| 2s. 9d... or
dren of Israel. Seenehe
42 And Moses numbered, as the] “””’
-LORD commanded him, all the first-| f One gerah =
born among the children of Israel. aus et
43 And all the firstborn males by r
the number of names, from a month| ¢ Ex.38.27,
old and upward, of those that were} 7°¢e-
’ numbered of them, were twenty and], Ex.26.31;
two thousand two hundred and] 1sa.25.7;
threescore and thirteen. pee
44 And the Lorb spake unto Mo- ‘
ses, saying, i Ex.25.10,
45 Take the Levites instead of all] 16-
. the firstborn among the children of j1 Ki8.7,8.
Ex.25.30,
note.
TEx.25.
31-38.
m Ex.30.1-5.
Ex.25.9;
1 Chr.9.29.
170
[4 g
and five shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary:
51 And Moses gave the money of
them that were redeemed unto Aa-
ron and to his sons, according to the
word of the Lorp, as the Lorp
commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 4.
The order of the host: (8) service
of the Kohathites.
AD the LorD spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying, ,
2 Take the sum of the sons of
Kohath from among the sons of
Levi, after their families, by the
house of their fathers,
3 From thirty years old and up-
ward even until fifty years old, all
that enter into the host, to do the
work in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
4 This shall be the service of the
sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of
the congregation, about the most
holy things:
5 And when the camp setteth for-
ward, Aaron shall come, and his
sons, and they shall take down the
covering ‘vail, and cover the iark
of testimony with it:
6 And shall put thereon the cover-
ing of badgers’ skins, and shall
spread over it a cloth wholly of blue,
and shall put in the Jstaves thereof.
7 And upon the table of *shew-
bread they shall spread a cloth of
blue, and put thereon the dishes,
and the spoons, and the bowls, and
covers to cover withal: and ‘the
continual bread shall be thereon:
8 And they shall spread upon
them a cloth of scarlet, and cover
the same with a covering of badgers’
skins, and shall put in the staves
\thereof.
9 And they shall take a cloth of
blue, and cover the /candlestick of
the light, and his lamps, and his
tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all
the oil vessels thereof, wherewith
they minister unto it:
10 And they shall put it and all
the vessels thereof within a cover-
ing of badgers’ skins, and shall put
it upon a bar.
11 And upon the golden altar
they shall spread a cloth of blue,
and cover it with a covering of bad-
gers’ skins, and shall put to the
staves thereof:
12 And they shall take all the “in-
struments of ministry, wherewith
they minister in the sanctuary, and
we
4 13]
NUMBERS.
[4 34
put them in a cloth of blue, and
cover them with a covering of
badgers’ skins, and shall put them
on a bar:
13 And they shall take away the
ashes from the altar, and spread a
purple cloth thereon:
14 And they shall put upon it all
the vessels thereof, wherewith they
minister about it, even the censers,
the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and
the basons, all the vessels of the
altar; and they shall spread upon
it a covering of badgers’ skins, and
put to the staves of it.
15 And when Aaron and his sons
thave made an end of covering the
sanctuary, and all the vessels of the
sanctuary, as the camp is to set
forward: after that, the sons of
4Kohath shall come to bear it: but
they shall not touch any holy thing,
lest they die. These things are the
burden of the sons of Kohath in the
tabernacle of the congregation.
The order of the host: (9) the
office of Eleazar.
16 And to the office of Eleazar
the son of Aaron the priest per-
taineth the oil for the light, and
the “sweet incense, and the daily
dmeat-offering, and the ‘anointing
oil, and the oversight of all the tab-
ernacle, and of all that therein fs, in
the sanctuary, and in the vessels
thereof.
17 And the Lorp spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the
families of the Kohathites from
among the Levites:
19 But thus do unto them, that
they may live, and not die, when
they approach unto the most Sholy
things: Aaron and hissons shall go
in, and appoint them every one to
his service and to his burden:
a Num.7.9;
31.9; Josh.
15.2,15.
6 Ex.25.6;
Lev.24.2.
¢ Ex.30.34.
d Lit. meal.
e Ex.30.23-
25.
fv.
g Num,3.25,
26.
hk Ex.26.14.
t v.33.
jv3.
k Num.3.36,
37.
1Ex.26.15.
m Ex.25.9.
n v.28,
20 But they shall not go in to see
when the holy things are covered,
lest they die.
The order of the host: (10) the
service of the Gershonites.
21 And the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
92 Take also the sum of the sons
of Gershon, throughout the houses
of their fathers, by their families;
23 From thirty years old and up-
ward until fifty years old shalt
thou number them; all that enter in
to perform the service, to do the
work in the tabernacle of the con-
gregation.
171
B.C. 1490.
10.21; Deut.
4.10; 2 Sam.
6.13; 1 Chr.
24 This is the service of the fami-
lies of the Gershonites, to serve,
jand for burdens:
| 25 sAnd they shall bear the cur-
tains of the tabernacle, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, his
covering, and the covering of the
*badgers’ skins that is above upon
it, and the hanging for the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation,
26 And the hangings of the court,
and the hanging for the door of the
gate of the court, which is by the
tabernacle and by the altar round
about, and their cords, and all the
instruments of their service, and
all that is made for them: so shall
they serve.
27 At the appointment of Aaron
and his sons shall be all the service
of the sons of the Gershonites, in all
their burdens, and in all their ser-
vice: and ye shall appoint unto
them in charge all their burdens.
28 This is the service of the fami-
lies of the sons of Gershon in the
tabernacle of the congregation: and
their charge shal] be under the
hand of ‘Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest.
The order of the host: (11) the
service of the Merarites.
29 As for the sons of Merari, thou
shalt number them after their fami-
lies, by the house of their fathers;
30 From ‘thirty years old and up-
ward even unto fifty years old shalt
thou number them, every one that
entereth into the service, to do the
work of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation.
31 And “this 7s the charge of their
burden, according to all their ser-
vice in the tabernacle of the con-
gregation; the boards of the taber-
nacle, and the bars thereof, and
the pillars thereof, and sockets
thereof,
32 And the pillars of the court
round about, and their sockets, and
ltheir pins, and their cords, with all
‘their “instruments, and with all
their service: and by name ye shall
reckon the instruments of the
charge of their burden.
33 This is the service of the fami-
lies of the sons of Merari, according
to all their service, in the tabernacle
of the “congregation, under the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest.
34 And Moses and Aaron and the
chief of the congregation numbered
Ithe sons of the Kohathites after
iar
Ay
4 35]
:
their families, and after the house of| B.C. 1490.
their fathers,
35 From “thirty years old and up-
ward even unto fifty years old,
every one that entereth into the
service, for the work in the taber-
nacle of the congregation:
36 And those that were numbered
of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty.
‘37 These were they that, were
numbered of the families of the
Kohathites, all that might do ser-
vice in the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, which Moses and Aaron
did number according to the com-
mandment of the LorD by the hand
of Moses. ie
38 And those that were numbered
of the sons of Gershon, throughout
their families, and by. the house of
their fathers,
39 From thirty years old and up-
ward even unto fifty years old,
every one that entereth into the
service, for the work in the taber-
nacle of the congregation,
40 Eventhose thatwere numbered
of them, throughout their families,
by the house of their fathers, were|
two thousand and six hundred and
thirty.
41 These are they that were
numbered of the families of the sons
of Gershon, of all that might do
service in the tabernacle of: the
congregation, whom Moses and
Aaron did number according to the
commandment of the Lorpb.
42 And those that were numbered
of the families of the sons of Merari,
throughout their families, by the
house of their fathers. ;
43 From thirty years old and up-
ward even unto fifty years old,
every one that entereth into the
service, for the work in the taber-
nacle of the congregation,
44 Even those that were numbered
of them after their families, were
three thousand and two hundred.
45 These be those that were num-
bered of the families of the sons of
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered according to the word of
the “Lorp by the hand of Moses.
46 All those that were numbered
of the Levites, whom Moses and
Aaron and the chief of Israel num-
bered, after their families, and after
the house’ of their fathers,
47 4rom thirty years old and up-
ward even unto fifty years old,
every one that came to do the ser-
vice of the ministry, and the service:
NUMBERS.
a v.47.
b v.22.
¢ v.29.
d vs.3,23,30;
Sethi
é vs.15,24,31.
f Lev.15.2.
g 2 Ki.7.3;
2 Chr.26.21,
h Lev.6.2.
¢ Psa.32.5;
1 John 1.9,
j Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
k See Ex.29,
33, note,
172
of the burden in the tabernacle of
the congregation, \
48 Even those that were num-
bered of them, were eight thousand
and five hundred and fourscore.
49 According to the command-
ment of the LorD they were num-
bered by the hand of Moses, every
one according to his “service, and
according to his burden: thus were
they numbered of him, as the Lorp
commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 5.
The order of the host: (12) defile-
ment of the camp.
vs Greg the LorD spake unto Moses,
sayin:
2 Command the children of Israel,
that they put out of the camp every
leper, and every one that hath an
fissue, and whosoever is defiled by
the dead:
3 Both male and female shall ye
put out, without the camp shall ye
put them; that they defile not their
camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
4 And the children of Israel did
so, and put them out without the
camp: as the Lorp spake unto
Moses, so did the children of Israel.
5 And the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
6 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, ‘When a man or woman shall
commit any sin that men commit,,
to do a trespass against the LorbD,
and that person be guilty;
7 Then they shall ‘confess their
sin which they have done: and he
shall recompense his trespass with
the principal thereof, and add unto
it the fifth part thereof, and give it
unto Aim against whom he hath
trespassed.
8 Butifthe man have noJkinsman
to recompense the trespass unto, let
the trespass be recompensed unto
the Lorp, evento the priest: beside
the ram of the ‘atonement, whereby
an atonement shall be made for
imi.
9 And every offering of all the
holy things of the children of Israel,
which they bring unto the priest,
shall be his.
10 And every man’s hallowed
things shall be his: whatsoever
any man giveth the priest, it shall
be his.
11 And the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
12 Speak unto the children of Is-
frael, and say unto them, If any
7
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man’s wife go aside, and commit a
trespass against him,
13 And a man lie with her car-
nally, and it be hid from the eyes
of her husband, and be kept close,
and she be defiled, and there be no
witness against her, neither she be
taken with the manner;
14 And the spirit of jealousy come
upon him, and he be jealous of his
wife, and she be defiled: or if the
spirit of jealousy come upon him,
and he be jealous of his wife, and
she be not defiled:
15 Then shall the man bring his
wife unto the priest, and he shall
bring her “offering for her, the tenth
part of an Sephah of barley meal;
he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put
frankincense thereon; for it is an!
offering of jealousy, an offering of
memorial, ‘bringing iniquity to re-
membrance.
16 And the priest shall bring her
near, and set her before the LORD:
17 And the priest shall take holy
water in an earthen vessel; and of
the dust that is in the floor of the
tabernacle the priest shall take, and
put zt into the water:
18 And the priest shall set the
woman before the 4LorpD, and un-
cover the woman’s head, and put the
offering of memorial in her hands,
which is the jealousy offering: and
the priest shall have in his hand the}
ebitter water that causeth the curse:
19 And the priest shal! charge her
by an oath, and say unto the
woman, If no man have lain with;
thee, and if thou hast not gone}
aside to uncleanness with another
instead of thy husband, be thou free
from this bitter water that causeth
the curse:
90 But if thou hast gone aside to
another instead of thy husband,
and if thou be defiled, and some
man have lain with thee beside
thine husband:
21 Then the priest shali /charge
the woman with an oath of cursing,
and the priest shall say unto the
woman, The LorD make thee a
curse and an oath among thy peo-
ple, when the Lorpb doth make thy
thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
22 And this water that causeth
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1490.
a Lev.5.11.
b One ephah
=1bu
3 pts.
¢1 Ki.17.18;
Ezk.29.16;
Heb.10.3.
d Heb.13.4.
€ vs.17,22,24,
Ff Josh.6.26;
g Lev.8.27.
h Lev.2.2,9.
i Deut.28.37;
Isa.65.15;
Jer.24.95
29.18,22; 42.
18.
j Separation.
k Jud.13.5;
Heb.7.26,.
the curse shall go into thy bowels,
[6 2
to make thy belly to swell, and thy
thigh to rot: And.the woman shall
say, Amen, amen.
23 And the priest shall write these
curses in a book, and he shall blot
them out with the bitter water:
24 And he shall cause the woman
to drink the bitter water that
causeth the curse: and the water
that causeth the curse shall enter
into her, and become bitter.
25 Then the priest shall take the,
jealousy offering out of the woman’s
hand, and shall wave the offering
before the Lorpb, and offer it upon
the altar:
26 And the priest shall take an
handful of the offering, “even the
memorial thereof, and burn 7t upon
the altar, and afterward shall cause
the woman to drink the water. .
27 And when he hath made her
to drink the water, then it shall
come to pass, that, if she be defiled,
and have done trespass against her
husband, that the water that
causeth the curse shall enter into
jher, and become bitter, and her.
lbelly shali swell, and her thigh
shail rot: and the woman shall be’a
licurse among her people.
28 And if the woman be not
defiled, but be clean; then she shall
be free, and shall conceive seed.
29 This is the law of jealousies,
when a wife goeth aside to
another instead of her husband,
and is defiled;
30 Or when the spirit of jealousy
cometh upon him, and he be jealous
over his wife, and shall set the wo-
|man before the LorD, and the priest
shall execute upon her all this law.
31 Then shall the man be guiltless
‘from iniquity, and this woman shall
bear her iniquity.
CHAPTER 6.
The order of the hos: (13) the
Nazarites.
Ark the LorD spake unto Moe
ses, Isaying, .
2 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, and say unto them, When
either man or woman shall Jsepa-
rate themselves to vow a vow of
a 2kNazarite, to separate them-
selves unto the LORD;
1 There is a beautiful moral order in chapters 6.-7.; separation, 6. 1-12; wor-
ship, 6. 13-21; blessing, 6. 22-27; service,
2 The Nazarite (more accurately Nazirite,
7. 1-89.
one separated) was a person of either
See Heb. 13. 12-16.
sex separated wholiy unto the Lorp. Abstention from wine, the symbol of mere
natural joy (Psa. 104, 15), was the expression of
173
a devotedness which found all its
6 3] NUMBERS. [6 P|
3. He:shall separate himself from) — B:c. 1490: 14 And he shall offer his offering
wine: and: strong. drink, and shall) . unto the LorD, one-he lamb of the?
drink no vinegar of wine, or vine- first year without. blemish for a
gar of strong drink, neither shall burnt-offering, and one ewe lamb of,
he drink ‘any liquor of grapes, nor the first year without blemish for a:
eat moist grapes, or dried. sin-offéring, and one ram without
4 All the days of his separation blemish for peace-offerings,
shall he eat nothing that is made 15 And a basket of cunleavened:
of the vine tree, from the kernels bread, cakes of fine flour mingled
even to the husk. with oil, and wafers of unleavened.
5 All the days of the vow of his bread anointed with: oil, and their
separation there shall no razor come ¢dmeat-offering, and ther drink:
upon his head: until the days be offerings.
16 And the priest shall bring
fulfilled, in the which he separateth
Aimself unto the LorD, he shall be them before the LorD; and shall
“offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-
holy, and shall let the locks of the
hair of his head grow. offering:
6 All the days that he separateth!, rey 5.7. 17 And he shall offer the ram for
iimself unto the Lorp he shali a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto:
bSee Ex.29. |the LorRD, with the basket of un-.
come: at no dead body.
leavened bread: the priest shall offer
7 He shalk not make himself un-
clean for his father, or for his|cLeaven.vs. lalso his émeat-offering, and his
mother, for his brother, or for his} 15,17,19; drink-offering.
sister, when they die: because the eae 18 And the Nazarite shall shave
fe sation of his God is upon his} Mt.13.33). |the head of his’ separation at the
3 All the days of his separation|? Lit- meal. es — ae a
Be as seat unto the rms $ : e Lev.4.30. i of ses i oe is ae
nd if any man die very sud- on, and put st in the fire which
denly by him, and) he hath defiled|/!S™-2.15. |. under the sacrifice of the peace--
Reichel shove ee er en am ae e295, ita And onde
€ shall shave his head in the day} 28. the priest shall take 4
of his cleansing, on the seventh day bp ERGOT. Fsodden: shoulder of the ram, and:
shall he shave it. one unleavened cake out of the
10 And on the eighth day he shall! i Bibie-pray- basket, and one unleavened wafer,
Ae peg Sisdes) oy ve vouris et rg beaters put them upon the hands.
eons, to the priest, e door of| Num.i0'35, |o e Nazarite, after the hair of
the tabernacle of the congrega-| 36 (Gen. | |his separation is shaven:
Sent, Saige weld Renter 30 pe rami pe And the ot act Wore them:
s er the or a wave- 7
one for a sin-offering, and the other pets rea Sy be ee
for a burnt-offering, and make: an with the wave-breast and heave--
’atonement for him, for that he shoulder: and Aafter that the Naz-
sinned by the dead, and shall hal:| arite may drink wine.
low his head that same day. 21 This 7s the law of the Nazarite:
12 And he shall consecrate unto who hath vowed, and of his offer-
via Beeb: ee aie of es cceene ing unto the Lorp for his separa-.
F , ail bring a lamb of the tion, beside that that his hand.
et ga pore trespass-offering: shall get: according to the vow.
ae ie Sh t ee before shall which he vowed, so he must do;
a » because his separation was after ee, lew of his separation.
; — the LorD spake unto Mo--
13 And this zs the law of the ses, saying, é -
Nazarite, when the days of his 23 S
ie, peak unto Aaron and ;
separation are fulfilled: he shall be| his. sons, saying, #On. this re
brought unto the door of the taber-| shali biess the children of Israel
nacle of the congregation: saying unto them, ‘
joy in the Lorp (cf. Psa. 87. 7; 97. 12; Hab. 3. 18; Phil. 3. 1, 3; 4. 4, 10), Th :
hair, naturally a reproach to man (1 Cor. 11. 14), was at once the RAN sign a.
Nazarite’s separation, and of his willingness. to bear reproach for Jehovah’s sake.
174
6 24]
NUMBERS.
[7 25
24 The Lorp bless thee, and keep| B.C. 1490.
thee:
25 The Lorp make his ¢face shine
upon thee, and be gracious unto
ee:
26 The Lorp “lift up his counte-
Mance upon thee, and give thee
“peace. ;
27 And they shall put my name
upon the children of Israel; and I
will bless them.
CHAPTER 7.
The order of the host: (14) the
gifts of the princes.
AND it came to pass on the day
that Moses had fully set up the
tabernacle, and had ¢anointed it,
and sanctified it, and all the instru-
ments thereof, both the altar and
all the vessels thereof, and had an-
ointed them, and sanctified them;
2 That the “princes of Israel,
heads of the house of their fathers,
who were the princes of the tribes,
and were over them that were
numbered, offered:
3 And !they brought their offer-
ing before the LorpD, six covered
wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon
for two of the princes, and for each
sone an ox:.and they brought them
‘before the tabernacle.
4 And the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
5 Take it-of them, that they may
be to do ‘the service of the taber-
macle of the congregation; and thou
shalt give them unto the Levites,
a Psa.31.16;
80.3,7,19;
Dan.9.17.
6 Fsa.89.15.
c Isa.26.3,12.
d Lev.8.10,11.
e Num.14.
f Num.4.24,
28.
g Num.4.4,
15.
h One shekel=
2s. 9d., or
65 cts.; also
vs.19,25,31,
37,43,49,55,
61,67,73,79,
85,86.
# Lit. meal.
j Ex.30.34.
k Lev.1.2;3.
LLev.4.23.
‘to every man according to his
“service.
6 And Moses took the wagons and
the oxen, and gave them unto the
Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he
gave unto the sons of /Gershon,
according to their service:
8 And four wagons and eight oxen
he gave unto the sons of Merari,
according unto their service, under
the hand of Ithamar the son of
Aaron the priest.
9 But unto the sons.of Kohath he
gave none: because the &service of
the sanctuary belonging unto them
was that they should bear upon
their shoulders.
10 And the princes offered for
dedicating of the altar in the day
that it was anointed, even the
m Lev.3.1.
nv.13.
princes offered their offering before
the altar.
11 And the LorD said unto Mo-
ses, They shall offer their offering,
each prince on his day, for the dedi-
cating of the altar.
12 And he that offered his offering
the first day was Nahshon the son
‘lof Amminadab, of the tribe of
Judah:
13 And his offering was one silver
charger, the weight thereof was an
hundred and thirty “shekels, one
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both
jof them were full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a ‘meat-offer-
ing:
14 One spoon of ten shekels of
gold, full of Jincense:
i5 One young ‘bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering:
16 One kid of the goats for a /sin-
offering:
17 And for a sacrifice of ™peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
ihe goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Nah-
shon the son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethaneel
the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
did offer:
19 He “offered for his offering one
silver charger, the weight whereof
was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour min-
|gled with oil for a ‘meat-offering:
20 One spoon of gold of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
21 One young bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering:
22 One kid of the goats fora sin-
offering:
23 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Neth-
aneel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab the
son of Helon, prince of the children
of Zebulun, did offer:
25 His offering was one silver
charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine fiour mingled with
oil for a ‘meat-offering:
_ 1Jt is beautiful to observe that, though the offerings of the princes were identical,
‘each is separately recorded by the pen of inspiration. Cf. Mk. 12. 41~4.
175
eas
NUMBERS.
i 7 26]
26 One golden spoon of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
27 One young bullock, one. ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering: .
28 One kid of the goats for a sin-
offering: . :
29 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
‘he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Eliab
the son of Helon. :
30 On the fourth day ¢Elizur the
son of Shedeur, prince of the chil-
dren of Reuben, did offer:
31 His offering was one silver
charger of the weight of an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full
of fine flour mingled with oil for a
bmeat-offering:
32 One golden spoon of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
33 One young bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering:
34 One kid of the goats for a sin-
offering:
35 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Elizur
the son of Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai, prince of the
children of Simeon, did offer:
37 His ‘offering was one silver
charger, the weight whereof was
an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shek-
els, after the shekel of the sanc-
tuary; both of them full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meat-
‘offering:
38 One golden spoon of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
39 One young bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering:
40 One kid of the goats for a sin-
offering:
41 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day ¢Bliasaph the
son of *Deuel, prince of the children
of Gad, offered:
43 His foffering was one silver
charger of the weight of an hundred
and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; both of them full of
B.C. 1490.
a Num.i.5;
2.10.
b Lit. meal.
¢ v.13.
d Num.1.14;
2.14.
e Called
Reuel; Num.
2.14.
lf v.13.
gv.13.
h Num.1.10;
2.20.
t v.13.
176
7a
fine flour mingled with oil for a
bmeat-offering:
44 One golden spoon of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
45 One young bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering:
46 One kid of the goats for a sin-
offering:
47 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day Elishama_
the son of Ammihud, prince of the
children of Ephraim, offered:
49 His offering was one silver
charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one sil-
ver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both
of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a ’meat-offering:
50 One golden spoon of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
51 One young bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering: ,
52 One kid of the goats for a sin-
offering:
53 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams,’ five
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day “offered
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
prince of the children of Manasseh:
55 His ‘offering was one silver
charger of the weight of an hun-
dred and thirty shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a °meat-offering:
56 One golden spoon of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
57 One young bullock, one ram,
cone lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering:
;
| 58 One kid of the goats for a sins
offering:
99 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five |
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of |
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day Abidan the |
son of Gideoni, prince of the chil- |
dren of Benjamin, offered: > |
61 His offering was one silver|
charger, the weight whereof was
an hundred and thirty shekels, one
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
i
wos. whi ie ! *
7 2) NUMBERS. [8 2
the shekel of the sanctuary; both! B.c. 1490.
of them full of fine flour mingled|~ —S—_
with oil for a ¢meat-offering:
62 One golden spoon of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
-63 One young bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering:
64 One kid of the goats for a sin-
offering:
65 And for a sacrifice of peace-
Offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Abi-
dan the son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai, prince of the
children of Dan, offered:
67 His offering was one silver
charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one sil-
ver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both
of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a ¢meat-offering:
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both
of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a ¢meat-offering:
80 One golden spoon of ten shek-
els, full of incense:
81 One young bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-ofiering: :
82 One kid of the goats for a sin
offering: 3
83 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Ahira
the son of Enan.
84 This was the dedication of the
altar, in the day when it’ was
anointed, by the princes of Israel:
Jtwelve chargers of silver, twelve sil-
ver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
85 Each charger of silver we1gh-
ing an hundred and thirty shekels,
each bowl seventy: all the silver
vessels weighed two thousand and
68 One golden spoon of ten shek- four hundred shekels, after the
els, full of incense: , shekel of the sanctuary:
69 One young bullock, one ram,|? Lit: meal. 86 The golden spoons were
one lamb of the first year, for al) Num.i.a3; |twelve, full of incense, weighing
burnt-offering: 207. ten shekels apiece, after the shekel
a One kid of the goats for a sin-| | 13 of the pence ae and of the
offering: Eats, spoons was an hundred and twenty
71 And for a sacrifice of peace-|dv.1. shekels.
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five Vien 128? 87 All the oxen for the burnt-
he pee five bey ob Ee fee Ex.33.9,11. piering i hakpiekics ck remy Nr:
year: this was e offering o rams twelve, the lambs o rs
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, |/=*25-22- | year twelve, with their ¢meat-offer-
Ge On a vents day ape eBx25.37; ing: — es ine of the goats for
e son of Ocran, prince o e 25. sin-offering twelve.
children of sates offered: ' Se see the se ed the sacri-
73 His ‘offering was one silver ce of the peace-offerings were
charger, the Ore psber was twenty ae four bullocks, fe ven
an hundred and thirty shekels, one sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after of the first year sixty. ’ This was
the shekel of vss ee neat ne dedication of be altar, after
of them full of fine flour mingle that it was ¢anointed.
with oil for a ¢meat-offering: 89 And when Moses was gone in-
74 One golden spoon of ten shek- to the tabernacle of the congrega-
els, full of incense: , tion to ‘speak with him, then he
75 One young bullock, one ram, heard the voice of one speaking
one lamb of the first year, for a unto him from off the Jmercy seat
burnt-offering: that was upon the ark of testimony,
76 One kid of the goats for a sin- poe the ay cherubims:
offering: and he spake unto him.
77 And for a sacrifice of peace-
offerings, two ee ee ie CHAPTER 8.
mesoets, “hvertambe vor the. its? The order of the host: (15) the
Pasiel ee ae ake ata of Jamps and the candlestick.
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the AND the LorD spake unto Mo-
son of Enan, prince of the children ses, saying,
f Naphtali, offered: ; 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto
id i eri ilver him, When thou lightest the lamps
one silve A 1 nps,
Fite shave aia Hereol was} the seven lamps shall give light
an hundred and thirty shekels, one over against the candlestick,
177
8 3]
NUMBERS.
‘oe
[93
3 And Aaron did so; he: lighted
the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LorD» com-
manded Moses.
4 And this work of the 4eandle-
stick was of beaten gold, unto the
shaft thereof, unto the flowers
thereof, was beaten work: accord-
ing unto the “pattern which the
Lorp had shewed Moses, so he
made the candlestick.
The order of the host:
(16) cleansing the Levites.
5 And the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
6 Take the Levites from among)
the children of Israel, and ‘cleanse
them.
7 And thus shalt thow do unto
them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle:
dwater of purifying upom them, and
let them shave all their flesh, and
Yet them wash their clothes, and so:
make themselves clean.
8 Then let them take a: young
bullock with his ¢meat-offering,
even fine: flour mingled with oil,
and another young bullock shalt
thou take: for a sin-offering.
9 And thou shalt bring: the Le-
vites before the tabernacle of: the
congregation: and thou shalt gather’
the whole assembly of the children
of Israel together:
10 And thou shalt bring the Le-
vites before the Lorp: and the
children of Israel shall put their
hands upon the Levites:
11 And Aaron shall foffer the Le-
vites before the Lorp for an offer-
ing of the children of Israel, that
they may execute the service of the
Lorp.
12 And the Levites shall lay their
hands upon the heads of the bul-
locks: and thou shalt offer the one
for a sin-offering, and the other for
a burnt-offering, unto the Lorp, to
make an £atonement for the Levites.
13. And thou shalt set the Levites
before Aaron, and before his sons,
and offer them for an offering unto
the Lorp.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the
Levites from among the children of
Israel:. and the Levites shall be
mine.
15 And after that shall the Le-
vites go in to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and
thou shalt cleanse them, and offer
them for an offering.
16 For they are wholly given unto
me from among the children of Is-
a Ex.25.31.
b Ex.25.40.
c 2 Cor.7.1.
d Num.19.9,
17; Psa.51.
2,7; Heb.9,
13,14.
¢ Lit. meal.
f vs.11-22;
cf.Rom.15.
16.
g See Ex,29.
33, note.
178
rael; instead: of such as: open. every
womb, even instead of the first-
born of all the childrem of Israel,
have I taken them unto me:
17 For all the firstborn of the:chil-
dren of Israel. are mine, both man
and beast: on the day that I smote
every firstborn in the:land of Egypt
I sanctified them for myself.
18 And I have taken the: Levites
for all the firstborn of the children
of Israel.
19 And I have given the Levites
as a gift to Aaron and to his sons”
from among. the children of Israel,
to do the service of the children of
Israel in the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, and to make an éatone=
ment for the children of Israel: that
there be no plague among the chil-
dren of Israel, when the childrem of
Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all
the congregation of the children off
Israel, did to the Levites according
unto all that the LorD commanded
Moses concerning the Levites, so
did the children of Israel unto them.
21 And the Levites were purified;
and they washed their clothes; and
Aaron offered them as an: offering
before the LoRD; and Aaron made
an Satonement for them to: cleanse
them. :
22 And after that went the Le-
vites in to do their service in the
tabernacle of the congregation be-
fore Aaron, and before his sons: as
the Lorp had commanded Moses:
concerning the Levites, so-did they
unto them.
23. And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
24 This is it that belongeth unto
the Levites: from twenty and five
years old and upward they shall go.
in to wait upon the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
25 And from the age of fifty years.
they shall cease waiting upon the
service thereof, and shall serve no
more:
26 But shall minister with their
brethren in the tabernacle of the
congregation, to keep the charge,
and shall.do no service. Thus shalt
thou do unto the Levites touching
their charge.
CHAPTER 9,
The order of the host: (17) the
Passover.
D Ng the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses in the wilderness of Sinai,
4
9 2)
in the “first month of the second
year after they were come out of the
dJand of Egypt, saying,
2 Let the children of Israel also
keep the passover at his appointed
season.
3 In the fourteenth day of this
month, at even, ye shall keep it in
this appointed season: according to
all the rites of it, and according to
all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye
keep it.
4 And Moses spake unto the chil-
dren of Israel, that they should
-keep the passover.
5 And they kept the passover on
the fourteenth day of the first
month at even in the wilderness of
Sinai: according to all that the
LLorpD commanded Moses, so did
‘the children of Israel.
6 And there were certain men,
who were defiled by the dead body
-of a man, that they could not keep
the passover on that day: and they
«came before Moses and before Aa-
‘ron on that day:
7 And those men said unto him,
We are defiled by the dead body
of a man: wherefore are we kept
back, that we may not offer an
offering of the LorpD in his ap-
pointed season among the children
of Israel?
8 And Moses said unto them,
Stand still, and I will hear what
the Lorp will command concerning!
syou.
9 And the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael; saying, If any man of you or
of your posterity shall be unclean
by reason of a dead body, or be in
a journey afar off, yet he shall keep
the passover unto the LORD.
11 The fourteenth day of the “sec-
-ond month at even they shall keep
it, and eat it with “unleavened
‘bread and bitter herbs.
12 They shall leave none of it
unto the morning, nor break any
-ebone of it: according to all the ordi-
mances of the passover they shall
keep it.
13 But the man that js clean, and
is not in a journey, and forbeareth
to keep the passover, even the same
fsoul shall be cut off from among
his people: because he brought not
the offering of the LorD in his ap-
pointed season, that man shall bear
his sin.
14 And if a stranger shall sojourn
among you, and will keep the pass-
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1490.
ai.e. April;
also v.5.
6 Ex.12.3;
Deut.16.1;
2 Chr.30.3-
15; Lk.22.7;
1 Cor.5.7,8.
cie. May.
d Leaven.
Num.28.17.
(Gen,19.3;
Mt.13.33.)
e Fulfilled,
John 19.36.
f Heb.10.29;
12.25
g Isa.56.6,7.
h1sa.4.5.
1 Num.10.11,
33,34; Ex.33.
14,15; Ex.
40.36,38.
j Num.1.53;
3.8; Zech.
SJ
k Ex.40.36,37.
179
[9 23
over unto the LORD; according to
the ordinance of the passover, and
according to the manner thereof, so
shall he do: ye shall have one ordi-
nance, both for the stranger, and
aioe that was born in the
and.
The order of the host: (18) the
guiding cloud.
15 And on the day that the taber-
nacle was reared up the cloud
heovered the tabernacle, namely,
the tent of the testimony: and at
even there was upon the tabernacle
as it were the appearance of fire,
until the morning.
16 So it was alway: the cloud
covered it by day, and the appear-
ance of fire by night.
17 And when the ‘cloud was taken
up from the tabernacle, then after
that the children of Israel jour-
neyed: and in the place where the
cloud abode, there the children of
Israel pitched their tents.
18 At the commandment of the
LorpD the children of Israel jour-
jneyed, and at the commandment of
the Lorpb they pitched: as long as
the cloud abode upon the tabernacle
they rested in their tents.
19 And when the cloud tarried
long upon the tabernacle many
days, then the children of Israel
kept the Jcharge of the LORD, and
journeyed not.
20 And so it was, when the cloud
jwas a few days upon the taber-
nacle; according to the command-
ment of the LORD they abode
in their tents, and according to the
commandment of the LorD they
|journeyed.
21 And so it was, when the cloud
abode from even unto the morning,
and that the cloud was taken up in
the morning, then they journeyed:
whether it was by day or by night
that the cloud was taken up, they
journeyed.
22 Or whether it were two days,
or a month, or a year, that the cloud
tarried upon the tabernacle, remain-
ing thereon, the children of Israel
kabode in their tents, and journeyed
not: but when it was taken up, they
journeyed.
23 At the commandment of the
Lorp they rested in the tents, and
at the commandment of the LORD
they journeyed: they kept the
charge of the Lorp, at the com-
mandment of the LorD by the hand
of Moses.
10 1]
silver assembly-trumpets.
aD the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, ;
2 Make thee two trumpets of sil-
ver; of a whole piece shalt thou
make them: that thou mayest use
them for the calling of the assembly,
and for the journeying of the camps.
3 And when they shall blow with}
them, all the assembly shall assem-
ble themselves to thee at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
4 And if they blow but with one!
trumpet, then the princes, which
are *heads of the thousands of Is-
oe shali gather themselves unto
thee.
5 When ye blow an alarm, then! Num.1.16;
the camps that lie on the east parts} =x-.18.21.
shall go forward. b Joel 2.1.
6 When ye blow an alarm the
second time, then the camps that] ¢ Num.2.10.
lie on the “south side shall take d Num.31.6:
their journey: they shall blow an -
1 Chr.15.24;
alarm for their journeys. 2 Chr.13.12,
7 But when the congregation is to}, num.29.1:
be gathered together, ye shall blow,| Lev.23.24:
but ye shall not sound an alarm. 2 Chr.5.12;
8 And the sons of Aaron, the! P4813:
i c 89.15;
@priests, shall blow with the trum- rE a
pets; and they shall be to you for
an ordinance for ever throughout /=*-28-29-
aN eo
nd if ye go to warin your
land against the enemy that op-|/ Called
presseth you, then ye shall blow an
alarm with the trumpets; and yel.
shall be remembered before the aE
LORD your God, and ye shall be) *’*”*
saved from your enemies.
10 ‘Also in the day of your glad-
ness, and in your solemn days, and
in the beginnings of your months,
ye shall blow with the trumpets)
over your burnt-offerings, and over!
the sacrifices of your peace-offer-,
ings; that they may be to you for|
a/memorial before your God: I am
the Lorp your God. |
From Sinai to Kadesh-barnea:
(1) the first march; the hait,
in Paran. |
11 And it came to pass 6n the!
twentieth day of the &second|
month, in the second year, that the
cloud was taken up from off the.
tabernacle of the testimony. \
12 And the children of Israel took
their journeys out of the wilderness}
of Sinai; and the cloud rested in!
the wilderness of Paran, t
gi.e. May,
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CHAPTER 10. | B.C. 1490. 13 And aug ca took oe joum
3 ney according to the commandment
The order of the host: (19) the of the Lorp by the hand of Moses,
Reuel, Ex.2.
18.
14 In the first place went the
standard of the camp of the chil-
jdren of Judah according to their
larmies: and over his host was
Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
15 And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Issachar was
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
16 And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Zebulun was
Eliab the son of Helon.
17 And the tabernacle was taken
down; and the sons of Gershon and
the sons of Merari set forward,
bearing the tabernacle.
18 And the standard of the camp
of Reuben set forward according to
their armies: and over his host was
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
19 And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Simeon was She-
lumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
20 And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Gad was Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
21 And the Kohathites set for-
ward, bearing the sanctuary: and
the other did set up the tabernacle
against they came.
22 And the standard of the camp
of the children of Ephraim set for-
ward according to their armies: and
over his host was Elishama the son
of Ammihud.
23 And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Manasseh was,
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
24 And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Benjamin was
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
25 And the standard of the camp
of the children of Dan set forward,
which was the rereward of all the
camps throughout their hosts: and
over his host was Ahiezer the son
of Ammishaddai.
26 And over the hast of the tribe
of the children of Asher was Pagiel
the son of Ocran,
27 And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali wag
Ahira the son of Enan,
28 Thus were the journeyings of
the children of Israel according to
their armies, when they set for-
ward.
29 And Moses said unto Hobab,
the son of *Raguel the ‘Midianite,
Moses’ father in law, We are jour-
neying unto the place of which the
Lorp said, I will give it you: come.
thoa with us, and we will do thee
q
i |
good concerning Israel.
30 And he said unto him, I will
not go; but I will depart to mine
own land, and to my kindred.
31 And he said, Leave us not, I
pray thee; forasmuch as thou know-
est how we are to encamp in the
wilderness, and ¢thou mayest be to
us instead of eyes.
32 And it shall be, if thou go with
us, yea, it shall be, that what good-
ness the LORD shall do unto us, the
same will we do unto thee.
33 And they departed from the
mount of the Lorp three days’
journey: and the ark of the cove-
nant of the LORD went before them
in the three days’ journey, to
search out a resting place for them.
34 And the cloud of the Lorp
was upon them by day, when they
went out of the camp.
35 And it came to pass, when the
ark set forward, that Moses said,
Rise up, LORD, and let thine ene-
mies be scattered; and let them that
hate thee flee before thee. |
36 And when it rested, he °said,
Return, O LorD, unto the many
thousands of Israel.
CHAPTER 11.
From Sinai to Kadesh-barnea:)
(2) the fire of the Lord at,
_ Faberah.
BND when the people com-
plained, it displeased the
orp: and the Lorp heard it;
and his anger was kindled; and the}
fire of the LorD burnt among them,
and ‘consumed them that were in
the uttermost parts of the camp.
.2 And the people cried unto Mo-
ses; and when Moses prayed unto
the LorD, the fire was quenched.
3 And he called the name of the
place ¢Taberah: because the fire of
the LoRD burnt among them.
Frorn Sinai to Kadesh-barnea:
(3) the flesh-pots of Egypt.
4 And «the mixt multitude that
was among them fell a lusting: and|
the children of Israel also wept
again, and said, Who shall give us
flesh to eat? 3
5 We remember the fish, which
we did eat in Egypt freely; the cu-
cumbers, and the melons, and the
leeks, and the onions, and the gar-
lick:
6 But now our soul is dried away:
there is nothing at all, beside this
fmanna, before our eyes.
a But see Ex.
13.21,22.
What need
had Moses of
Hobab’s
eyes? Cf.
Jer.17.5.
b Bible pray-
ers (O.T.).
Num.11.11-
15. (Gen.15,
2; Hab.3.1-
16.)
c Miracles
(O.T.). vs.1-
3; Num.16.
31-35. (Gen.
5.24; Jon.2.
1-10.)
d A burning.
e Cf.Ex.12.
38, note. Un-
converted
church mem-
bers, unable
to desire or
understand
Christ as the
Bread of God
(Ex.16.35,
note), will
clamour for
things pleas-
ing to the
flesh in the
work and
way of the
church:
sumptuous
buildings,
ornate ritual,
an easy doc-
trine. Alas!
they lead
away the
unspiritual
believers
also,
f Ex.16.35,
note.
g Bible pray-
ers (O.T.).va.
11-15; Num.
12.13. (Gen.
15.2; Hab.3.
1-16.)
h Holy Spirit.
vs.17,25,26,
29; Num.24.
2. (Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
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SE eee ee
good: for the LorD hath spoken] B.C. 1490. 7 And the manna was as corian-
[11 18
der seed, and the colour thereof as
the colour of bdellium.
8 And the people went about,
and gathered it, and ground if in
mills, or beat yt in a mortar, and
baked it in pans, and made cakes
of it: and the taste of it was as the
taste of fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell upon the
camp in the night, the manna fell
upon it.
From Sinai to Kadesh-barnea:
(4) the complaint of Moses.
10 Then Moses heard the people
weep throughout their families,
every man in the door of his tent:
and the anger of the LORD was
kindled greatly; Moses also was
displeased.
11 And Moses said unto the
Lorp, Wherefore hast thou afflicted
thy servant? and wherefore have I
not found favour in thy sight, that
thou layest the burden of all this
people upon me?
12 Have I conceived all this peo-
ple? have I begotten them, that .
thou shouldest say unto me, Carry
ithem in thy bosom, as a nursing
father beareth the sucking child,
unto the land which thou swarest
unto their fathers?
13 Whence should I have flesh to
give unto all this people? for they
weep unto me, saying, Give us
flesh, that we may eat.
14 I am not able to bear all this
people alone, because it is too
theavy for me.
15 And if thou deal thus with me,
kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if
I have found favour in thy sight;
and let me not see my wretchedness.
From Sinai to ey ia
the seventy elders. (Cf. Ex. 18.19,
16 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, Gather unto me seventy men of
the elders of Israel, whom thou
knowest to be the elders of the peo-
ple, and officers over them; and
bring them unto the tabernacle of
the congregation, that they may
stand there with thee.
17 And I will come down and talk
with thee there: and I will take of
the “spirit which zs upon thee, and
will put zt upon them; and they
shall bear the burden of the people
with thee, that thou bear if not
thyself alone. z
i 18 And say thou unto the people,
\Sanctify yourselves against to mor-
row, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye
11 19] NUMBERS. [12
have wept in the ears of aapanee E B.C. 1490. Kap peachts varie: SECs soniaal Pe
ing, Who: shail give us flesh to; e ; ‘
Bate for it was well with us Hy hare men, See and said, My
Egypt: fore the Lord wi or oses, forbid them. __ ;
give ect gin ye shall eat. 29 And Moses said: unto him, En-
19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor : viest thou for my sake? would God
two days, nor five days, neither ten that el Hes Taint peorle wee
days, nor twenty days; prophets, and that the LORD wo
20 i But even a whole month; until put his 4spirit upon them! ;
it come out at your nostrils, and it 30 And Moses gat him into the.
be loathsome unto you: because! camp, he and the elders of Israel.
that ye have despised the Lorp, From Sinai to Kadesh-barnea?
} which isiamong you, and have wept (7) the quails and the plague.
before i Paes Why came we! nat ae Frat iudl
forth out of Egypt: n ere went forth a win
21 And Moses said, The people, from the Lorb, and brought quails.
among whom I am, are six hundred ._,,. |from thesea, and let them fall by’
‘thousand footmen; and thou hast/2 peer eg the camp, as it were a day’s journey
‘said, I will give them flesh, that} G@x4is: _ jon this side, and as.it were a day’s)
they may eat a whole month. Rey.22.19.), |journey on the other side, round.
22 Shall the flocks and the Rests b Holy Spirit. pecnt wa ag and 8 i wen twa
be San oe tiem, £ eee Og v3.17.25, pico Sh. “upon the face o: e.
or shal the fish o e sea be} 26,29; Num. jearth. ‘
gathered together for them, to suf- eRe 32. And the people stood up all
fice them? ; 153 that day, and all that night, and all.
23. And the LorD said unto Moses, the. next day, and they gathered the;
Is the Lorp’s hand waxed short?|¢ ex ne quails: he that gathered least gath-
thou shalt see now whether my) > ™- lered ten ¢homers: and they spread.
word shall come to pass unto thee|d One homer= |them all abroad for themselves
or not. about 86 gals./round about the camp.
24 And Moses went.out, and told), num.3317. |.33 And while the flesh was yet
the people the ¢words of the Lorp, between their teeth, ere it was
and gathered the seventy men of|f Ee. homens of |chewed, the wrath of the LorD was
the elders of the people, and set! 3353. kindled against the people, and the
them round about the tabernacle. LorD smote the people with a very
25 And the LorpD came down in ajg Fay stags > |Sreat plague.
cloud, and spake unto him, and! 5;35°°** | 34 And he called the name of that
took of the 4spirit that was upon ; place Kibroth-hattaavah: because
thim, and gave it unto the seventy|' CfSong 1.5. |there they buried the people that
elders: and it came to pass, that.) ; ceik.933- lusted.
when the spirit rested upon them,? 36. 35 And the people ‘journeyed
they prophesied, and did not cease. from /Kibroth-hattaavah unto Haz-
From Sinai to Kadesh-barnea: eroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
(6) Eldad and ede prophesy., CHAPTER 12.
a! ee Ze oe ee oi From Sinai to Kadesh-barnea:
one was Eldad, and the name of the oie slam ice Si of Miriam
other Medad: and the °spirit rested ron,
upon them; and they were of them Ae &Miriam and Aaron spake
'that were written, but went not out against Moses because of the
unto the tabernacle: and they 4AEthiopian woman whom he had
prophesied in the camp. married: for he had married an
27 And there ran a young man, Ethiopian woman.
and told Moses, and said, Eldad and 2 And they said, Hath the LorpD
Medad do prophesy in the camp. indeed spoken ‘only by Moses? hath
! There was no more power than before—only more machinery. Moses had
murmured (v. 11) because of the burden that God had laid upon him. God, in dis-
tributing the burden, shows that Moses’ power had, all along, been in proportion
to his burden, |
_ 2 The correct rendering is, “about two cubits above the face of the earth,” that is,
within reach of the people that they might slay them for food. The statement is
not that the quails were piled up from the face of the earth two cubits deep. The
level of their fight was two cubits above the earth. |
% 182 |
q
ad
aU
i
2 3}
NUMBERS. [13 20
‘he not spoken also by us? And the! Bc. 1490. CHAPTER 13.
‘Lorp heard it.
3 (Now the man Moses was very
“meek, above all the men which
were upon the face of the earth.)
4 And the Lorp spake suddenly
‘unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and
sunto Miriam, Come out ye three
unto the tabernacle of the congre-
gation. And they three came out.
5 And the LorpD came down in
the pillar of the cloud, and stood
in the door of the tabernacle, and
‘called Aaron and Miriam: and they
both came forth.
© And he said, Hear now my
words: If there be a "prophet among!
you, I the Lorp will make myself
iknown unto him in a vision,|
‘and will speak unto’ him in a
At Kadesh-barnea: (1) the spies
sent in.
Fo Need the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 ‘Send thou men, that they may
search the land of Canaan, which I
gave unto the children of Israel: of
levery tribe of thelr fathers shall ye
send a man, every one a ruler
among them.
3 And Moses by the command-
ment of the LorD sent them from
the wilderness of Paran: all those
men were heads of the children of
Israel.
4 And these were their names: of
the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the
son of Zaccur.
dream. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat
7 My servant Moses is not so, be rey Pere gbe son of Hori.
‘who is faithful in all mine Rouse: 2.23;2Cor. | 6 s oe me of Judah, Caleb the
8 With him will I speak mouth to| 10.1. json of Jephunneh.
mouth, even ein igh iaed. net = »CfNum.11 7 ie ae gabe of Issachar, Igal the
-dark speeches; and the similitude of| 9s. “\son of Joseph. )
the LorD shall he behold: where- | 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea
fore then were ye not 4afraid|/¢#e>316. the son of Nun. Og i
‘to Sepak against my servant Mo-|g Psa.105.15. 2% Of its ote of Benjamin, Palti
“ses ; e son of Raphu.
9 And the anger of the LORD was eee os 10 Of.the tribe of Zebulun, Gad-
kindled against them; and he de-| 19, “* |diel the son of Sodi.
parted. pes 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, name-
lt Ad the cloud departed from|/BAN. [Wy ofthe tbe of Manasse, Gada
Miriam became ‘eprous, white as| 14.13-i9.. | 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel
snow: and Aaron looked upon Mir- gaan the son of Gemaiiy: Ait hg
jam, and, behold, she was lep- He Of ee Pane x“ sher, Sethur
a g Lev.13.4. the son 0 ichael. i: 4
“TL And Aaron said unto Moses,| 46 Heb-12.9. ty Of fhe maine of Naphtali, Nahbi
Alas, lord, I beseech thee, lay]; aag, |the son of Vophsi.
Be iaaon us, wherein we 4 Miotsend | 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the
ee Se ate at
42 Let her not be as one dead, of| jie. Saviour, men which Moses sent to spy out
whom the flesh is half consumed} °% Petverer. ithe land. And Moses called Oshea
when he cometh out of his mother’s
womb.
13 And Moses cried unto the
Lorp, saying, Heal her now, O
God, I ‘beseech thee.
14 And the LorpD said unto Mo-
ses, If her father had but spit in her
face, should she not be ashamed
seven days? let her be @shut out
from the camp seven days, and
after that let her be received in
again.
15 And Miriam was -shut out
from the camp seven days: and the
people journeyed not till Miriam
was brought in again.
16 And afterward the people re-
moved from Hazeroth, and “pitched
in the wilderness of Paran.
the son of Nun J/Jehoshua.
17 And Moses sent them to spy
out the land of Canaan, and said
junto them, Get you up this way
southward, and go up into the
mountain:
18 And see the land, what it zs,
and the people that dwelleth there-
in, whether they be strong or weak,
few or many;
19 And what the land is that they
dwell in, whether it be good or bad;
and what cities they be that they
dwell in, whether in tents, or in
strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether
it be fat or lean, whether there be
wood therein, or not. And be ye of
good courage, and bring of the fruit
4
13 21]
of theland. Now the time was the
time of the firstripe grapes.
21 So they went up, and searched
the land from the wilderness of
Zin unto Rehob, as men come to
Hamath.
22 And they ascended by the
south, and came unto Hebron;
where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Tal-
mai, the children of ¢Anak, were.
(Now Hebron was built seven years
before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And they came unto the brook
of 4Eshcol, and cut down from
thence a branch with one cluster of
grapes, and they bare it between
two upon a staff; and they brought
of the pomegranates, and of the} |
figs. bi.e. cluster.
24 The place was called the brook], , 3.
Eshcol, because of the cluster of
grapes which the children of Israel|/¢ Num.20.1,
cut down from thence. eae
B.C. 1490. _
a Josh.11.21;
15.13,14.
36; Deut.1.
_25 And they returned from search-| 19; Josh.14.6.
ing of the land after forty days. snes
At Kadesh-barnea: (2) the Pee
report of the spies. ‘1,2.
26 And they went and came to],,33.
Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the
congregation of the children of Is-|/ Josh.11.21,
rael, unto the ‘wilderness of Paran,
to 4Kadesh; and brought back word] ; Ex.16.2;
unto them, and unto all the congre-| 17.3; Num.
gation, and shewed them the fruit] 3641: Psa
of the land. ri
27 And they told him, and said,|jDeut.9.7;
We came unto the land whither] 7233 1Sam-
thou sentest us, and surely it pec
floweth with milk and honey; and] Gen.48.21;
this is the fruit of it. Ex.33.16;
20.1,
28 Nevertheless the fpeople be eerie
strong that dwell in the land, andj Josh.1.5; .
the cities are walled, and very| J¥9¢3225
great: and moreover we saw the] Bsa.46.7-11;
children of sAnak there, Zech.8.23.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the 1 v.23: Deut.
land of the south; and the Hittites,
and the Jebusites, and the Amorites,
dweil in the mountains: and the
Canaanites dwell by the sea, and
by the coast of Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the people
before Moses, and said, Let us go
up at once, and possess it; for we
are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with
him said, We be not able to go up
against the people; for they are
stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an evil
Teport of the land which they had
searched unto the children of Israel,
saying, The land, through which we
have gone to scarch it, is a land
-7,8,22;
Heb.3.8,16.
184
NUMBERS.
that eateth up the inhabitan
thereof; and all the people that we
saw in it are men of a great
stature. i
33 And there we saw the giants,
the sons of “Anak, which come of
the giants: and we were in our own
sight as grasshoppers, and so we
were in their sight.
CHAPTER 14.
At Kadesh-harnea: (3) the un-
belief of Israel (1 Cor. 10. 1-53
Heb. 3. 7-19).
sos _all the congregation lifted
up their voice,.and cried; and
the people wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel
‘murmured against Moses and
against Aaron: and the whole con-
gregation said unto them, Would
God that we had died in the land
of Egypt! or would God we had
died in this wilderness!
3 And wherefore hath the LorD
brought us unto this land, to fall by
the sword, that our wives and our
children should be a prey? were it
not better for us to return into
Egypt?
4 And they said one to another,
Let us make a captain, and let us
return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on
their faces before all the assembly
of the congregation of the childten
of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun,
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
which were of them that searched
the land, rent their clothes:
7 And they spake unto all the
company of the children of Israel,
saying, The land, which we passed
through to search it, zs an exceed-
ing good land. ’
8 If the Lorp delight in us, then
he will bring us into this land, and
give it us;.a land which floweth
with milk and honey.
9 Only Jrebel not ye against the
LorpD, neither fear ye the people of
the land; for they are bread for us:
their defence is departed from them,
kand the LorD is with us: fear them
not.
10 But all the congregation bade
stone them with stones. And the
glory of the LorD appeared in the
tabernacle of the congregation be-
fore all the children of Israel. |
11 And the Lorn said unto Moses,
How long will this people ‘provoke
me? and how long will it be ere
|
14 12]
which I have shewed: among them?
12 I will smite them with the
pestilence, and disinherit them, and
will ¢make of thee a greater nation
and mightier than they.
13 4And MosessaiduntotheLorD,
“Then the Egyptians shall hear it,
(for thou broughtest up this people
in thy might from among them;)
14 And they will tell 1¢ to the in-
habitants of this land: for they
have heard that thou LorD art
among this people, that thou LoRD
art seen face to face, and that thy
cloud standeth over them, and that
thou goest before them, by daytime
in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pil-
lar of fire by night.
15 Now if thou shalt kill a// this
people as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of thee
will speak, saying,
16 Because the LORD was not
ble to bring this people into the
and which he sware unto them,
erefore he hath slain them in the
ilderness.
17 And now, I beseech thee, let
the power of my Lord be‘great, ac-
cording as thou hast spoken, saying,
18 The Lorp 7s longsuffering, and
f great mercy, forgiving iniquity
nd transgression, and by no means
learing the guilty, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the
hildren unto the third and fourth
generation.
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the
iniquity of this people according
unto the greatness of thy mercy,
and as thou hast forgiven this peo-
ple, from Egypt even until now.
20 And the Lorp said, I have
pardoned according to thy word:
21 But as truly as I live, all the
earth shall be @filled with the glory
of the LORD.
22 Because all those men which
have seen my glory, and my mira-
cles, which I did in Egypt and in
the wilderness, and have ‘tempted
me now these ten times, and have
not hearkened to my voice;
93 Surely they shall not see the
land which I sware unto their
fathers, neither shall any of them
that provoked me see it:
NUMBERS.
they believe me, for all the signs| B.C. 1490.
a Cf.Ex.32.10.
6 Bible
Prayers
(O.T.), Num.
27.15. (Gen,
15.2; Hab.
3.1-16.)-
c Ex.32.12;
Deut.9.26,
275,32.27.
d Psa.72.19;
Isa.66.18,19;
Hab.2.14;
Mt.6.10.
e Tempta-
tion, Deut.
6.16. (Gen.
3.1; Jas.1.2.)
f v.38; Num.
26.65; 32.12;
Deut.1.36-
38; Josh.14.
6-15.
[14 36
24 But my servant Caleb, because
he had another spirit with him, and
hath followed me fully, him will I
bring into the land whereinto he
went; and his seed shall possess it.
25 (Now the Amalekites and the
Canaanites dwelt in the valley.)
To morrow turn you, and get you
into the wilderness by the way of
the Red sea.
26 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses and unto Aaron, saying, :
27 How long shall I bear with
this evil congregation, which mur--
mur against me? I have heard the[
murmurings of the children of
Israel, which they murmur against
me.
28 Say unto them, As truly as I
live, saith the Lorpb, as ye have
spoken in mine ears, so will I do to
you:
29 Your carcases shall fall in this
wilderness; and all that were num-
bered of you, according to your
whole number, from twenty years
old and upward, which have mur-
mured against me,
30 Doubtless ye shall not come
into the land, concerning which I
sware to make you dwell therein,
fsave Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 But your little ones, which ye
said should be a prey, them will I
bring in, and they shall know the
land which ye have despised.
32 But as for’you, your carcases,
they shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall wan-
der in the wilderness forty years,
and bear your whoredoms, until
your carcases be wasted in the
wilderness.
34 After the number of the days
in which ye searched the land, even
forty days, each day for a year,
shall ye bear your iniquities, even
forty years, and ye shall know my
breach of promise.
35 I the Lorp have said, I will
surely do it unto all this evil con-
gregation, that are gathered to-
gether against me: in this wilder-
ness they shall be consumed, and
there they shall die. i
36 And the men, which Moses
sent to search the land,-who re-
SEG Se Se EE I eS ee Ne a eee
1 Kadesh-barnea is, by the unbelief of Israel there, and the divine comment on
that unbelief (Num. 14. 22-38; Deut. 1. 19-40; 1 Cor. 10. 1-5; Heb. 3. 12-19), invested
The people had faith to sprinkle the blood of
atonement (Ex. 12.28) and to come out of Egypt (the world), but had ‘not faith to
with immense spiritual significance.
enter their Canaan rest.
Therefore, though redeemed, they were. a forty years’
grief to Jehovah. The spiritual application is made in Heb. 6. 3-11, note,
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14 37]
turned, and made all the congrega-
tion to murmur against him, by
bringing up a slander upon the
land, : n
37 Even those men that did bring,
up the evil report upon the land,
died by the plague before the
Lorp.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun,
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
which were of the men that went
to search the land, lived str//.
39 And Moses told these sayings
-unto all the children of Israel: and}
‘the people mourned greatly.
40 And they rose up early in the}
Morning, and gat them up into the
top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we}
be here, and will go up unto the
place which the LorD hath prom-
ised: for we have sinned.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore
now do ye transgress the command-
ment of the LoRD? but it shall not
prosper.
42 Gonot up, for the Lorp rs not
among you; that ye be not smitten
a Cf. Josh.7.
1-8.
b Lit. meal.
¢ One hin =
before your enemies. oo =
43. For the Amalekites and the 79,10, 9,
Canaanites. are there before you,
and ye shall fall by the sword: be-
cause ye are turned away from the
Lorp, therefore the LorpD will not}
be with you.
44 But they ¢presumed to go up}
unto the hill top: nevertheless the
ark of the covenant of the Lorp,
and Moses, departed not out of the
camp.
45 Then the Amalekites came
down, and the Canaanites which
dwelt in that hill, and smote them,
and discomfited them, even. unto
Hormah.
CHAPTER 15.
The years of !wandering: (1) the}
end anticipated.
ND the Lorp spake untoMoses,
saying, ;
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[15 13
2 Speak unto the children of Is-.
rael, and say unto them, When ye
be come into the land of your habi-
tations; which I give unto you,
3. .And: will make an offering by
fire unto the LorD, a burnt-offering,.
or a sacrifice in performing a vow,
or in a freewill-offering, or in. your
solemn feasts, to make a sweet sa-
vour unto the Lorp, of the herd or
of the flock: 1
4 Then shall he that offereth his
offering unto the LorpD bring a
bmeat-offering of a tenth deal of
flour mingled with the fourth part
of an chin of oil.
5 And the fourth part of an hin of
wine for a drink-offering shalt thou
prepare with the burnt-offering or
sacrifice, for one lamb.
6 Or for aram, thou shalt prepare:
for a ’meat-offering two tenth deals
of flour mingled with the third part
of an hin of oil.
7 And for a drink-offering thou
shalt offer the third part of an hin
of wine, for a sweet savour unto:
the Lorpb.
8 And when thou preparest a bul-
lock for a burnt-offering, or for a
sacrifice in performing a vow, or
peace-offerings unto the Lorp:
9 Then shall he bring with a
bullock a ’meat-offering of three
tenth deals of flour mingled with
half an hin of oil.
10 And thou shalt bring for a
drink-offering half an hin of wine,
for an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the Lorp.
11 Thus shall it be done for one
bullock, or for one ram, or for a
lamb, or a kid.
12. According to the number that
ye shall prepare, so shall. ye do to
every one according to their num-
er.
13 All that are born of the country,
shall do these things after this
manner, in offering an offering
1 The wilderness was part of the necessary discipline of the redeemed people,
but not the years of wandering. The latter were due wholly to the unbelief of the
people at Kadesh-barnea.
experience.
freshment by the way;
perience of Rom. 7. 7-24.
The Red Sea, Marah, Elim, Sinai, were God’s ways, in
development and discipline, and have, of necessity,
their counterpart in Christian
: The Red Sea speaks of the cross as that which—death to Christ but
life for us—separates us from Egypt, the world (Gal. 6. 14); Marah of God’
to turn untoward things into blessing; Elim of God’s power to give rest
Sinai of God’s holiness
So far the path: was:
S power
and re-
and our deep inherent evil, the ex-
and. is.of God. But from Kadesh-
barnea to Jordan all save the grace of God toward an unbelieving people, is for
warning, not imitation
therefore should, enter by. faith (Heb. 3.-4.).
2Tt is remarkable that just when the people are turning in unbelief from the
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) (1 Cor. 10. 1-11; Heb: 3. 17-19).
God, of which the Sabbath and Canaan were types,
>). There is a present rest of
into which believers may, and.
land,,
15 14) NUMBERS. ; [15 37
made by fire, of a sweet savour!
‘unto the Lorp.
14 And if a stranger sojourn with
you, or whosoever be among you in)
your generations, and will offer an)
offering made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD; as ye do,|
so he shail do.
15 One ordinance shall be both
for you of the congregation, and
also for the stranger that sojourn-;
eth with you, an ordinance for ever
im your generations: as ye are, so
shall the stranger be before the
Lorp.
16 One law and one manner shall
be for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you.
17 And the LorD spake unto
Moses, saying,
‘18 Speak unto the children of Is-
tael, and say unto them, When ye
come into the land whither I bring
you
ing before the LorD, for their igno-
rance:
26 And it shall be forgiven all the
congregation of the children of
Israel, and the stranger that so-
journeth among them; seeing all
the people were in ignorance.
_27 And if any soul sin through
ignorance, then he shall bring a
she goat of the first year for a sin-
offering.
28 And the priest shall make an
éatonement for the soul that sin-
neth ignorantly, when he sinneth
by ignorance before the LoRD, to
make an ’atonement for him; and
it shall be forgiven him.
29 Ye shall have one law for him
that sinneth through ignorance,
both for him that is born among
the children, of Israel, and for the
stranger that sojourneth among
them.
30 But the soul that doeth ought
presumptuously, whether he be
born in the land, or a stranger,
the same reproacheth the Lorp;
and that soul shall be cut off from
among his people.
31 Because he hath despised the
word of the Lorp, and hath broken
his commandment, that soul shall
utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall
be upon him,
What the law really is (Rom. 3. 19;
7. 7-11; 2 Cor. 3. 7, 9; Gal. 3. 10).
32 And while the children of Is-
19 Then it shall be, that, when yel, rit. meal
eat of the bread of the land, ye shall ; :
offer up an heave-offering unto the| & See Ex.29.
Lorp. 33, note.
20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the} c Forgive-
first of your dough for an heave-| 7ess. vs.25,
offering: as ye do the heave-offering] 352%" ree
of the threshingfloor, so shall ye] 4.20: mt. ~
heave it. 26.28.)
21 Of the first of your dough yel y sappath
shall give unto the LorpD an heave-} vs.32-36;
offering in your generations. Neh.9.13,14.
22 And if ye have erred, and not errr
observed all these commandments,
which the LorpD hath spoken unto
Moses,
23 Even all that the LorpD hath
commanded you by the hand of
Moses, from the day that the LorRD
commanded Moses, and hencefor-!
ward among your generations;
24 Then it shall be, if ought be
committed by ignorance without
the knowledge of the congregation,
that all the congregation shall offer
one young bullock for a burnt-
offering, for a sweet_savour unto}
the LORD, with his ¢meat-offering, |
and his drink-offering, according to}
the manner, and one kid of the!
goats for a sin-offering.
25 And the priest shall make an
‘atonement for all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and it shall
be ‘forgiven them; for it zs igno-
rance: and they shall bring their
Offering, a sacrifice made by fire}
unto the Lorp, and their sin-offer-|
rael were in the wilderness, they
found a man that gathered sticks
upon the ¢sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gath-
ering sticks brought him unto Mo-
ses and Aaron, and unto all the con-
gregation.
34 And they put him in ward,
cause it was not declared what
should be done to him.
35 And the LorpD said unto Mo-
ses, The man shall be surely put to
death: all the congregation shall
stone him with stones without the
camp.
36 And all the congregation
brought him without the camp, and
stoned him with stones, and he died;
as the LoRD commanded Moses.
The ribband of blue, the heaven-
ly color—reminder .of a sep-
arated walk.
37 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
God gives directions for conduct when they shall have entered it. See Rom, 11, 29;
Phil. 1,6,
ow
iit 2 Rae tl
15 38] NUMBERS. [16 17
38 Speak unto the children of Ts-| B.C. 1490. leven Aira whom he hath chosen
fael, and bid them that they make
them fringes in the borders of their
garments throughout their genera-
tions, and that they put upon the
fringe of the borders a ribband of
ue:
39 And it shall be unto you for a
fringe, that ye may look upon it,
and remember all the command-
ments of the LorpD, and do them;
and that ye seek not after your own
heart and your own eyes, after
which ye use to go a whoring:
40 That ye may remember, and
do all my commandments, and be
holy unto your God.
41 I am the LorpD your God,
which brought you out of the land
of Egypt, to be your God: I am the
Lorp your God.
CHAPTER i6.
The years of vances Bee ian men
‘gainsaying o orah” {vs.|4Ex.6.21;
8-10; Jude 11). Jude 11,
Now *Korah, the son of Izhar,
the son of Kohath, the son of|¢ ae ae
Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the] B38 i's,
sons of Eliab, and On, the son of
Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
men:
2 And they rose up before Moses,
with certain of the children of Is-
rael, two hundred and fifty princes
of the assembly, famous in the con-
gregation, men of renown:
3 And they gathered themseives
together against Moses and against
Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take
too much upon you, seeing all the
congregation are holy, every one of
them, and the Lorp jis among!
them: wherefore then lift ye up|
yourselves above the congregation
of the Lorp?
4 And when Moses heard it, he
fell upon his face:
5 And he spake unto Korah and
unto all his company, gaying, Even
to morrow the Lorp will shew who
are his, ’and who is holy; and will
cause Him to come near unte him;|
Priests’
62 Tim.2.19,
will he cause to come near unto him.
6 This do; Take you censers,
Korah, and all his company;
7 And put fire therein, and put
incense in them before the LorpD to
morrow: and it shall be that the
man whom the LorD doth choose,
he shali be holy: ye take too much
upon you, ye sons of Levi.
8 And Moses said unto Kerah,
Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levit
9 Seemeth it but a small thing
unto you, that the God of Israel
hath separated you from the con-
gregation cf Israel, to bring you
near to himself to “do the service of
the tabernacle of the Lor», and to
stand before the congregation to
minister unto them?
10 And he hath brought thee near
to him, and all thy brethren the
sons of Levi with thee: and 2seek ye
the priesthood also?
11 For which cause both thou
and all thy company are gathered
together against the Lorp: and
what is Aaron, that ye murmur
against him?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan
jand Abiram, the sons of Eliab:
which said, We will not come up:
13 Is it a small thing that thou
hast brought us up out of a land
that floweth with milk and honey,
to kill us in the wilderness, except
thou make thyself altogether a
prince over us?
14 Moreover thou hast not
brought us into a jand that foweth
with milk and honey, or given us
inheritance of fields and vineyards:
wilt thou put out the eyes of these
men? we will not come up.
1S And Moses was very wroth,
and said unto the Lorp, Respect
not thou their offering: I have not
taken one ass from them, neither
have I hurt one of them.
16 And Moses said unto Korah,
the thou and all thy company before
the Lorp, thou, and they, and
\Aaron, to morrow:
| 17 And take every man his censer,
and put incense in them, and bring
1 The ribband of blue. Blue, the heavenly colour, used upon the borders of the
garments signified that the servants of God were to be heavenly in obedi-
ence and character and separate from earthly ambitions and desires,
2 The “gainsaying of Korah” was intrusion into the priest’s office (“no man
taketh this honour unto himself,” Heb, 5. 4).
order without the divine authority (5. 10). Th
(Rev. 2. 6, 15), the division of an equal brothe
“laity”; a vastly different thing from the due
12. 4-31; Eph, 4. 8, 11, 12), or of elders and deac
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It was an attempt to create a priestly
e modern analogue is Nicolaitanism
thood (Mt. 23, 8) into “clergy” and
recognition of ministry-gifts '(1 Cor.
ons (1 Tim. 3. 1-13; Tit, 1. 5-9),
ye before the LorRD every man his
censer, two hundred and fifty cen-
sers; thou also, and Aaron, each of
you his censer.
18 And they took every man his
censer, and put fire in them, and!
laid incense thereon, and stood in
the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation with Moses and
aron.
19 And Korah gathered all the
congregation against them unto the
door of the tabernacle of the con-)
gregation: and the glory of the
Lorp appeared unto all the con-
gregation.
20 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses and unto Aaron, saying,
21 °Separate yourselves from
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among this congregation, that I
may consume theminamoment. |
22 And they fell upon their faces,
and said, O God, the God of the
spirits of all flesh, shali one man
sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all
the congregation?
23 And the LoRD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
24 Speak unto the congregation,
saying, Get you up from about the
tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and went
unto Dathan and Abiram; and the
elders of Israel followed him.
26 And he spake unto the congre-
gation, saying, Depart, I pray you,
from the tents of these wicked men,
and touch nothing of their’s, lest
ye be consumed in all their sins.
27 Sothey gat up from the taber-
nacle of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram, on every side: and Dathan
and Abiram came out, and stood in
the door of their tents, and their
wives, and their sons, and their
little children.
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye
shall know that the LorD hath sent
‘me to do all these works; for J have
not done them of mine own
mind.
29 If these men die the common
death of all men, or if they be
visited after the visitation of all
men; then the LorD hath not sent
me.
30 But if the LorD make a new!
thing, and the earth open her
mouth, and swallow them up, with’
all that appertain unto them, and
they go down quick into the °pit;
then ye shall understand that
a Separation.
vs.20-26;
Deut.22.10.
(Gen.12.1;
2 Cor.6.14-
17.)
b Heb. sheol.
c Miracles
d Lev.27.28.
eCf.1 Sam.
13.9; Heb.
5.4; Jude 11.
these men have provoked the
LorD.
189
B.C. 1471.
31 And it came to pass, as he had
made an end of speaking all these
words, that the ground “clave asun-
\der that was under them:
| 32 And the earth opened her
mouth, and swallowed them up, and
their houses, and all the men that
appertained unto Korah, and aii
their goods.
33 They, and all that apper-
tained to them, went down alive
into the pit, and the earth closed
upon them: and they perished from
among the congregation.
34 And all Israel that were round
about them fled at the cry of them:
for they said, Lest the earth swallow
us up also.
35 And there came out a fire from
the Lorp, and consumed the two
hundred and fifty men that offered
incense.
36 And the Lorp spake unto
Moses, sayirig,
37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest, that he take up
the censers out of the burning, and
scatter thou the fire yonder; for
they are ¢hallowed.
38 The censers of these sinners
against their own souls, let them
make them broad plates for a
covering of the altar: for they
* loffered them before the Lorp,
therefore they are hallowed: and
they shall be a sign unto the
children of Israel.”
39 And Eleazar the priest took
the brasen censers, wherewith they
that were burnt had offered; and
they were made broad plates fora
covering of the altar:
40 To be a memorial unto the
children of Israel, ‘that no stranger,
which is not of the seed of Aaron,
come near to offer incense before
the Lorp; that he be not as Korah,
and as his company: as the LorD
said to him by the hand of
Moses. a
41 But on the morrow all the con-
gregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and
against Aaron, saying, Ye have
killed the people of the LorpD.
42 And it came to pass, when the
congregation was gathered against
Moses and against Aaron, that they
looked toward the tabernacle of the
congregation: and, behold, the
cloud covered it, and the glory of
the LORD appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron came
before the tabernacle of the con-
gregation.
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44 And the LorpD spake unto] B.C. 1471.
Moses, saying, f
45 Get you up froin among this
congregation, that I may consume
them as in a moment. And they
fell upon their faces.
46 And Moses said unto Aaron,
Take a censer, and put fire therein
from off the altar, and put on in-
cense, and go quickly unto the con-
gregation, and make an 4atone-
ment for them: for there is wrath
gone out from the Lorp; the
plague is begun.
47 And Aaron took as Moses com-
manded, and ran into the midst of
the congregation; and, behold, the
plague was begun among the peo-
ple: and he put on incense, and
made an “atonement for the people.
48 And he stood between the/é v.35.
dead and the living; and the plague
a Yee Ex.29,
33, note.
c Ex.25:22;
was stayed. ; 29.42,43;
49 Now they that died in the] 30.36.
plague were fourteen thousand and|4 jum46s.
seven hundred, %beside them that
died about the matter of Korah. et ea
50 And Aaron returned unto Mo- Cae
Ses unto the door of the tabernacle| 7-11. (Gen.
of the congregation: and the plague a5 Jon.2.
was stayed. i
E Seas
9.4.
CHAPTER 17.
The years of wandering: (3)
Aaron’s rod that budded.
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, |
saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Is-
tael, and take of every one of them
a rod according to the house of
their fathers, of all their princes ac-
cording to the house of their
fathers twelve rods: write thou
every man’s name upon his rod.
3 And thou shalt write Aaron’s
name upon the rod of Levi: for one!
tod shall be for the head of the
house of their fathers.
4 And thou shalt lay them up in
the tabernacle of the congregation
before the testimony, ‘where I will
meet with you.
5 And it shall come to pass, that
the man’s rod, whom I shall dchoose,
shall blossom: and I will make to
cease from me the murmurings of
g i.e. be re-
sponsible for
every neglect
or offence
relating to.
Cf£Ex.28.38.
h Num.1.47,
ref,
Priest.
Himself will confirm it (v. 5).
the children of Israel, whereby
they murmur against you. ;
6 And Moses spake unto the chil-
dren of Israel,- and every one of
their princes gave him a rod apiece,
for each prince one, according to
jtheir fathers’ houses, even twelve
rods: and the rod of Aaron was
among their rods.
| 7 And Moses laid up the rods be-
fore the LoRD in the tabernacle of
witness.
8 And it came to pass, that on the
morrow Moses went into the taber-
nacle of witness; and, behold, the
\'rod of Aaron for the house of Levi
was ‘budded, and brought forth
buds, and bloomed blossoms, and
yielded almonds.
9 And Moses brought out all the
rods from before the LorD unto ali
the children of Israel: and they
looked, and took every man his rod.
10 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before
|the testimony, to be ‘kept for a
token against the rebels; and thou
shait quite take away their mur-
|murings from me, that they die not.
11 And Moses did so: as the
LORD commanded him, so did he.
| 12 And the children of Israel
(spake unto Moses, saying, Behold,
|we die, we perish, we all perish.
13 Whosoever cometh any thing
near unto the tabernacle of the
Lorp shall die: shall we be con-
sumed with dying? F
CHAPTER 18,
|The years of wandering: (4)
| Aaron and the Levites con-
firmed in their privileges and
responsibilities.
AND the Lorp said unto Aaron,
Thou and thy sons and thy
father’s house with thee shall &bear
the iniquity of the sanctuary: and
thou and thy sons with thee shall
bear the iniquity of your priesthood,
2 And thy brethren also of the
tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy
father, bring thou with thee, that
they may be joined unto thee, and
minister unto thee: but thou and
thy sons with thee shall minister
before the tabernacle of witness.
1 Aaron’s rod that budded: Type of Christ in resurrection, owned of God as High
Aaron’s priesthood had been questioned in the rebellion of Korah, so God
Each of the tribe-heads brought a perfectly dead rod;
God put iife into Aaron’s only. So all the authors of religions have died, Christ
among them, but only Christ was raised from
priest (Heb. 4. 14; 5. 4-10).
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the dead, and exalted to be a high
a
3 And they shall keep thy charge.
and the charge of all the tabernacle:)
only they shall not come nigh the!
vessels of the sanctuary and the|
altar, that neither they, nor ye also,
e. i
4 And they shall be joined unto}
thee, and keep the charge of the}
tabernacle of the congregation, for|
all the service of the tabernacle:|
and a stranger shall not come nigh
unto you.
5 And ye shall keep the charge of
the sanctuary, and the charge of
the altar: that there be no wrath)
any more upon the children of|
Israel. j
6 And I, behold, I have taken| _.
your brethren the Levites from)? it: mea
among the children of Israel: to you) 5 Ex.13.2-13;
they are given as a gift for the} 34-20; Lk.2.
Lorp, to do the service of the) 272+
tabernacle of the congregation. c One shekel
7 Therefore thou and thy sons] = 2s. 9d.,
with thee shall keep your priest’s| °
office for every thing of the altar,|d One gerah
and within the vail; and ye shall) = 11.2
serve: I have given your priest’s) Sy"*.¢°
office unto you as a service of
gift: and the stranger that cometh] ¢ Ex.29.26-28;
nigh shall be put to death. Lev-731-34-
8 And the Lorp spake unto) /tLev.2.13;
Aaron, Behold, I also have given| 2 Chr.i3.5;
thee the charge of mine heave-offer-| M¥-9-49,505
ings of all the hallowed things of the nie
Children of Israel; unto thee have I} g Deut.10.8,9;
given them by reason of the anoint-) 32-22: 1...
ing, and to thy sons, by an ordi-| Josh.i3.14: ”
nance for ever. 14.3; 18.7
9 This shall be thine of the most], ... 16.5.
holy things, reserved from the fire:|" Eek 44.5.
every oblation of their’s, every
@meat-offering of their’s, and every | * ¥°-24,26;
3 2 Lev.27.30,32;
-sin-offering of their’s, and every tres-| Neh.10.37;
pass-offering of.their’s, which they 12.44; a
al.3.6-10;
shall render unto me, shall be most) A553 9,
holy for thee and for thy sons. | eet
10 In the most holy place shalt
thou eat it; every male shall eat it:
it shall be holy unto thee.
i1 And this is thine; the heave-!
offering of their gift, with all the;
wave-offerings of the children of|
Israel: I have given them unto thee,|
and to thy sons and to thy daugh-|
ters with thee, by a statute for ever:)
every one that is clean in thy house)
shall eat of it. é |
12 All the best of the oil, and all
the best of the wine, and of the;
wheat, the firstfruits of them which’!
they shall offer unto the were:
them have I given thee. eiotee
13 And whatsoever is first ripe 1n)
the land, which they shall bring!
191
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1471.
[18 24
unto the Lorp, shall be thine;
every one that is clean in thine
house shall eat of it.
14 Every thing devoted in Israel
shall be thine.
15 Every thing that openeth the
matrix in all flesh, which they bring
unto the Lorp, whether it be of
men or beasts, shall be thine: never-
theless the “firstborn of man shalt
thou surely redeem, and the firstling
of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
16 And those that are to be re-
deemed from a month old shalt thou
redeem, according to thine estima-
tion, for the money of five ‘shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary,
which is twenty ¢@gerahs.
17 But the firstling of a cow, or
the firstling of a sheep, or the first-
ling of a goat, thou shalt not re-
deem; they are holy: thou shalt
sprinkle their blood upon the altar,
and shalt burn their fat for an of-
fering made by fire, for a sweet
savour unto the LoRD.
18 And the flesh of them shall be
thine, ‘as the wave-breast and as
the right shoulder are thine,
19 All the heave-offerings of the
holy things, which the children of
Israel. offer unto the LorD, have I
given thee, and thy sons and thy
daughters with thee, by a statute
for ever: it is a covenant of Jsalt
for ever before the LORD unto thee
and to thy seed with thee.
20 And the Lorp spake unto
Aaron, Thou shalt have 4no inheri-
tance in théir land, neither shalt
thou have any part among them: /I
am thy part and thine inheritance
among the children of Israel.
21 And, behold, I have given the
ichildren of Levi all the ‘tenth in
Israel for an inheritance, for their
service which they serve, even the
service of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation.
22 Neither must the children of
Israel henceforth come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest
they bear sin, and die.
23 But the Levites shall do the
service of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, and they shall bear their
iniquity: it shall be a statute for
ever throughout your generations,
that among the children of Israel
they have no inheritance.
24 But the tithes of the children
of Israel, which they offer as an
heave-offering unto the Lorp, I
have given to the Levites to inherit:
therefore I have said unto them,
Jit ile ae 4 . od 8 Sp Ly) ae we A PAE fia tae! ee
18 25] NUMBERS. [19 1
Among the children of Israel they} _ B.C. 1471. 2 This is the ordinance of the law
shall have no inheritance. which the Lorp hath commanded,
25 And the LorD spake unto Mo- saying, Speak unto the children cf
ses, saying, Israel, that they bring thee a fred
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, heifer without spot, wherein is no
and say unto them, When ye take blemish, and ‘upon which never
of the children of Israel the tithes came yoke: :
which I have given you from them 3 And ye shall give her unto Ele-
for your inheritance, then ye shall azar the priest, that he may bring
offer up an heave-offering of it forthe her forth ‘without the camp, and
LORD, even atenth part of thetithe. one shall slay her before his face:
27 And this your heave-offering 4 And Eleazar the priest shall
shall be reckoned unto you, as take of her blood with his finger,
though it were the corn of the and 4sprinkle of her blood directly
threshingfloor, and as the fulness before the tabernacle of the con-
of the winepress. gregation seven times:
28 Thus ye also shall offer an 5 And one shall burn the heifer in
heave-offering unto the LorD of all|?? Cor-12- [his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
your tithes, which ye receive of the] Deut.213; |and her blood, with her dung, shall
children of Israel; and ye shall give| 1Sam.6.7. {he burn: f
thereof the Lorp’s heave-offering| -y.y.4.12,.21; | © And the priest shall take ‘cedar
to Aaron the priest. 16.27: Heb. |wood, and fhyssop, and scarlet, and
29 Out of all your gifts ye shall} 13.11. cast 1t into the midst of the burning
offer every heave-offering of the Ayes of the heifer.
LorD, of all the best thereof, even| 16.14-19. 7 Then the priest shall wash his
the hallowed part thereof out of it. clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto|¢%<v¥-144,549-\in water, and afterward he shall
them, When ye have heaved the} sxEx.12.22. come into the camp, and the priest
best thereof from it, then it shall be shall be unclean until the even.
counted unto the Levites as the in-|% He-9-13- 8 And he that burneth her shall
crease of the threshingfloor, and as}, vs.13,20,21; |wash his clothes in water, and
the increase of the winepress. Num.31.23. |bathe his flesh in water, and shall
31 And ye shall eat it in every be unclean until the even. -
place, ye and your households: for 9 And a man that is clean shail
it 7s your reward for your service in gather up the ashes of the heifer,
the tabernacle of the congregation. and lay them up without the camp
32 And ye shali bear no sin by in a clean place, and it shall be kept
reason of it, when ye have heaved for the congregation of the children
from it the best of it: neither shall of Israel for a “water of separation:
ye pollute the holy things of the it is a purification for sin.
children of Israel, lest ye die. 10 And he that gathereth the
ashes of the heifer shall wash his
CHAPTER 19. clothes, and be unclean until the
at even: and it shall be unto the chil-
The years of wandering: (5) the dren of Israel, and unto the stranger
ordinance of the red heifer. that sojourneth among them, for a
AND the LORD spake unto Moses statute for ever.
and unto Aaron, saying, 11 He that toucheth the dead
1 The red heifer: Type of thesacrifice of Christ as the ground of the cleansing of
the believer from the defilement contracted in his pilgrim walk through this world,
and illustration of the method of his cleansing. The order is: (1) The slaying
of the sacrifice; (2) the sevenfold sprinkling of the blood, typical public testimony
before the eyes of all of the complete and never-to-be-repeated putting away of all
the believer’s sins as before God (Heb. 9. 12-14; 10. 10-12); (3) the reduction of
the sacrifice to ashes which are preserved and become a memorial of the sacrifice;
(4) the cleansing from defilement (sin has two aspects—gui/¢ and uncleanness)
by sprinkling with the ashes mingled with water. Water is a type of both the Spirit
and the Word (John 7. 37-39; Eph. 5. 26). The operation typified is this: the Holy
Spirit uses the Word to convict the believer of some evil allowed in his life to the
hindering of his joy, growth, and service. Thus convicted, he remembers that
the guzlt of his sin has been met by the sacrifice of Christ (1 John 1. 7). Instead,
_ therefore, of despairing, the convicted believer judges and confesses the defiling
wae as unworthy a saint, and is forgiven and cleansed (John 13. 3-10; 1 John 1,
192
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‘ hi ae aie V4
19 12] — ‘i NUMBERS.
[208
body of any man shall be unclean| B.c. 1471. |sprinkleth the water of separation
seven days. i 4 . ~~ |shall wash his clothes; and he that
oe a ier eee =e ewer) with ee te water - separation
it on the third day, and on the sev- shail be unclean until even.
enth day he shall be clean: but if 22 And whatsoever the unclean
he purify not himself the third day, person toucheth shall be unclean;
as soy seventh day he shall not and oe soul ie toucheth ¢. shall
e clean. be unclean until even.
13. Whosoever toucheth the dead
body of any man that is dead, and CHAPTER 20.
purifieth not himself, defileth the 2 mea
tabernacle of the Lorp; and that Be mengeoR:
soul shall be cut off from Israel: :
because the water of separation HEN came the children of Is-
was not sprinkled upon him, he shall 4 raci, even the whole congrega-
be unclean; his uncleanness is yet cone into an oe of ey ie
upon him. ‘first month: and the people abode
14 This rs the law, when a man in Kadesh; and ¢Miriam died there,
dieth in a tent: all that come into and was buried there.
the tent, and all that is in the tent, 2 wht hy
shall be penclean sixel days aLit. purges |The years of wandering:
ee himself (7) thirst in the old place of
15 And every open vessel, which) ¢orm sin. thirst (Ex. 17, 1, 2)
hath no covering bound upon it, is Paes j A Age pad tats
unclean. v.2, nd there was no water for the
16 And whosoever toucheth one Cee RB congregation: and they gathered
that is slain with a sword in the! note. erp lac eee fagainst Moses
open fields, or a dead body, or a| . ’ and against Aaron.
bone of a man, or a grave, shall be|°** April. 3 And the people ‘chode with Mo-
unclean seven days. dBx.15.20; |ses, and spake, saying, Would God
17 And ®for an unclean person| Num.26.59. |that we had died when our breth-
rie haere cia Namsor9: "dad why. have: pelbraeghenap
urnt heifer of p a) 425 é ;
and running water shall be put é the congregation of the Lorp into
thereto in a vessel: fExi72:, |this wilderness, that we and our
18 And a clean person shall take cattle should die there? ;
hyssop, and dip it in the water, and|¢ v-8, note. 5 And wherefore have ye made us
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon], yi4m17.10; |to come up out of Egypt, to bring
all the vessels, and upon the pef-| see v.9. us in unto this evil place? it is no
sons that were there, and upon him place of seed, or of figs, or of vines,
that touched a bone, or one slain, or or of oe pa ee res neither is there
one dead, or a grave: any &water to 4
19 And the clean person shall 6 And Moses and Aaron went
sprinkle upon the unclean on the from the presence of the assembly
third day, ‘and on the seventh day: unto the door of the tabernacle of
and on the seventh day he shall the congregation, and they fell upon
purify himself, and wash his pean oo faces: a ee ee of the
and bathe himself in water, an ORD appeared unto them.
shall be clean at even. Water from the rock, and
20 But the man that shall be un- gens U
clean, and shall not purify himself, Moses, sin.
that soul shail be cut off a 7 And the LorD spake unto Mo:
among the congregation, because he ses, Saying,
hath defiled the sanctuary of the 8 Take the “rod, and gather thou
Lorp: the water of separation hath the assembly together, thou, and
not been sprinkled upon him; he is Aaron thy brother, and Ispeak ye
unclean. unto the rock before their eyes;
21 And it shall be a perpetual and it shall give forth his water,
statute unto them, that he that and thou shait bring forth to them
1 See Ex. 17. 5, and refs. The rock (Christ, 1 Cor. 10. 4) once smitten, needs
not to be smitten (crucified) again. Moses’ act exalted himself (v. 10),.and implied
(in type) that the one sacrifice was ineffectual, thus denying the eternal efficacy
of the blood (Heb. 9. 25, 26; 10. 3, 11, 12). The abundant water (grace reaching the
need of the people, despite the error of their leader) tells of refreshing and power
through the Spirit. —
a0
i 2) 2 a y ; es ee iid”
20 9] NUMBERS. (21 :
B.C. 1453. jof thy water, then I-will pay for it:
I will only, without doing any
thing else, go through on my feet.
20 And he said, Thou shalt not
go through. And Edom came out
against him with much people, and
with a strong hand.
21 Thus fEdom refused to give
Israel passage through his border:
wherefore Israel turned away from
water out of the “rock: so thou shalt
give the congregation and their
beasts drink.
9 And Moses took the rod from
before the LORD, as he commanded
him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gath-
ered the congregation together be-
fore the rock, and he said unto
them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we
fetch you water out of this rock? him.
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, 22 And the children of Israel,
and with his rod he smote the rock even the whole congregation, jour-
twice: and the 4water came out neyed from Kadesh, and came unto
peoney, pad athe con eneeales mount Hor.
ank, and their beasts also. The death of Aaron.
12 And the LorD spake unto Mo- |
ses and Aaron, Because ye believed | 23 Ang as LorD spake Ee ae
me not, to sanctify me in the eyes|¢Neh.9.15; _ |SES ani aron. im moumt, EO. BM
of the children of Israel, therefore ora ra ey Of at, ne On aree
aie Lat ee ee ASAE 24 sAaron shall be gathered unto
hewn ee es his rae toh BS Pet not entez
hic t Py soca -T.)- vs. linto the land whic ave given
13 This is the water of “Meribah; a1. Wen, (Unto the children of Israel, "because
because the children of Israel strove! 21.8.9. ( :
with the Lorp, and he was sancti-| 5:24:Jon- ye rebelled against my word at the
Beds 5 2.1-10.) water of Meribah. t
oh nes ; cieletzi¥e. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his
(8) fae ‘2 ve oa derin 55 (Ex,17.7.) son, a bring them up unto
-forgiven sin o. , jmount Hor:
Edom (Gen, 25. 30), j¢ Jud-11.16,17. | 96 And strip Aaron of his gar-
Aw And. e Heb.1.4, ments, and put them upon Eleazar
from oe He tipi rec acpi note. his son: and Aaron shall be gathered
Edom, Thus saith thy brother Is-|fPsa-137.7; unto his people, and shall die
rael, T +1; Ezk.25.12, there.
that Araki a the travail 13; Oba. 27 And Moses did as the Lorp
15 How our fathers went down commanded: and they went up into
into Egypt, and we have dwelt in|£Devt3?.50. emcees in the sight of all the
Egypt a long time; and the a on. ;
tians vexed us, and our ates pi gesa. | 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of
16 And when we cried unto the! . his garments, and put them upon
Lorn, he heard our voice, and sent Poo jadaa Eleazar his son; and Aaron died
an ‘angel, and hath brought us| 30. there in the top of the mount: and
forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we [hosts and Eleazar came down from
ate Ke se 4 city in the utter- 39 wee op oe all the congrega
mo : : .
17, on a aa i thee te: thee! tion saw that Aaron was dead, they
through thy country: we will not See has Aaron. thirty days,
pass through the fel ds or thteugh even e house of Israel.
€ vineyards, neither will we drink
of the water of the wells: we will/ ‘ peg ak
go by the king’s high way, we will The march of Israes:
not turn to the right hand nor to (1) victory.
the left, until we have passed thy AND when king Arad the Ca-
borders. ; ! naanite, which dwelt in the
18 And Edom said unto him, south, heard tell that Israel came by
Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I the way of the spies; then he fought
a: out against thee with the against Israel, and took some of
them prisoners
19 And the children of Israel said 2 And Israel vowed
unto him, We will go by the high the Lorp, and said, if ‘thos will
way: and if I and my cattle drink jindeed deliver this people into my
1The death of Aaron marks the end of the wanderz.
Marches or halts, but does not wander (see Num. is) eee Ee pee we |
194
hand, then I will utterly destroy
their cities.
3 And the Lorn hearkened to the
voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they utterly de-
stroyed them and their cities: and).
he called the name of the place
¢Hormah.
4 And they journeyed from mount
Hor by the way of the Red sea, to
compass the land of Edom: and the
soul of the people was much dis-
couraged because of the way.
The march of Israel: (2) the ser-
pent of brass (Gen. 3. 1, note;
John 3. 14, 15; 2 Cor. 5. 20).
5 And the people ’spake against
God, and against Moses, “Where-
fore have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness? for
there is no bread, neither is there|¢ Cf.Num.11.
‘any water; ¢and our soul loatheth} *
this light bread. ;
6 And the Lorn /sent fiery ser-
pents among the people, and they
bit the people; and much people of
Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to
Moses, and said, We have sinned,
for we have spoken against the
Lorb, and against thee; pray unto
the Lorp, that he take away the
’ serpents from us. And Moses) 14-17.
prayed for the people. E
8 And the LorD said unto Moses,
&Make thee a fiery serpent, and set
jt upon a pole: and it shall come to
pass, that every one that is bitten,
when-he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a !serpent of
hbrass, and put it upon a pole, and
it came to pass, that if a serpent
_ had bitten any man, when he be-)
held the serpent of brass, he ‘lived.
10 And the children of Israel set
forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11 And they journeyed from
Oboth, and pitched at /Ije-abarim,
in the wilderness which 1s before
Moab, toward. the sunrising.
12 From thence they removed,
and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From thence they removed,
and pitched on the other side of
ai.e. utter
destruc-
tion.
6 Psa.78.19.
¢ CLEx.16.3;
17.3.
e Cf.John 6.
48-52,60-64.
f 1 Cor.10.9;
Deut.8.15.
h 2 Ki.18.4.
i Miracles
jie. ruins of
Abarim.
ki.e. the hill.
li.e. wilder-
ness.
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1452.
g John 3.14,15.
[21 24
Arnon, which is in the wilderness
that cometh out of the coasts of the
Amorites: for Arnon is the border
of Moab, between Moab and the
Amorites.
14 Wherefore it is said in the book
of the wars of the Lorp, What he
did in the Red sea, and in the
brooks of Arnon,
15 And at the stream of the
brooks that goeth down to the
dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the
border of Moab.
16 And from thence they went to
Beer: that zs the well whereof the
LorD spake unto Moses, Gather
the people together, and I will give
them water.
17 ?Then Israel sang this song,
Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18 The princes digged the well,
the nobles of the people digged it,
by the direction of the lawgiver,
with their staves. And from the wil-
derness they went to Mattanah:
19 And from Mattanah to Nahal-
iel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 And from Bamoth in the val-
ley, that is in the country of Moab,
to the top of *Pisgah, which looketh
toward /Jeshimon.
The march of Israel: (3) two
victories.
21 And Israel sent messengers
unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
saying,
22 Let me pass through thy land:
we will not turn into the fields, or
into the vineyards; we will not
drink of the waters of the well: but
we will go along by the king’s high
way, until we be past thy borders.
23 And Sihon would not suffer I3-
rael to pass through his border: but
Sihon gathered all his people to-
gether, and went out against Israel
into the wilderness: and he came to
Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 And Israel smote him with the
edge of the sword, and possessed
his land from Arnon unto Jabbok,
even unto the children of Ammon:
for the border of the children of
Ammon was strong.
1 See Gen. 3. 14, note. The serpent is a symbol of sin judged; brass speaks of
the divine judgment, as in the brazen altar (Ex. 27. 2, refs. and note), and self-
judgment, as in the laver of brass.
sin for us” (John 3. 14, 15; 2 Cor. 5.
moment is indicated in the cry:
Me?” (Mt. 27. 46.) :
2 The spiritual order here is
(2) water, symbol of the Spirit
Rom. 14. 17); (4) power (vs. 21-24). 1
The brazen serpent is a type of Christ “made
21) in bearing our judgment. Historically, the
“My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken
beautiful: (1) atonement (vs. 8, 9; John 3. 14, 15);
bestowed (v. 16; John 7. 37-39); (3) joy (vs. 17, 18;
te , y ; . : a om
ee 20 25) NUMBERS. [22 on
25 And Israel took all these| B.C. 1452. CHAPTER 22.
cities: and Israel dwelt in all The march of Israel: (4) Balaam
th ities of the Amorites, in : : E
Heshbon, and in all the villages (2 Pet. 2. 15; Jude 11; Rev. 2.14)
thereof. ND the children of israel set
26 For Heshbon was the city of ike forward, and pitched in the
Sihon the king of the Amorites, plains of Moab on this side Jordan
who had fought against the former by Jericho. }
king of Moab, and taken all his 2 And ‘Balak the son of Zippor
land out of his hand, even unto saw all that Israel had done to the
Arnon. 'Amorites. ‘
27 Wherefore they that speak in} 3 And Moab was sore afraid of
proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, | the people, because they were
let the city of Sihon be built and many: and Moab was distressed be-
prepared: cause of the children of Israel.
28 For there is a fire gone out of 4 And Moab said unto the elders
Heshbon, a flame from the city of! of Midian, Now shall this company
Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of| jlick up all that are round about us,
Moab, and the lords of the high! jas the ox licketh up the grass of the
places of Arnon. field. And Balak the son of Zippor
29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art was king of the Moabites at that
undone, O people of Chemosh: he time.
hath given his sons that escaped,|c Deut.3.1, 5 He sent messengers therefore
and his daughters, into captiv-| 29-7. unto 1¢Balaam the son of Beor to
ity unto Sihon king of the Amo- De. 'Pethor, which is by the river of the
rites. land of the children of his people, to
30 We have shot at them; Hesh-!¢ Josh.24.9; [call him, saying, Behold, there is a
bon is perished even unto Dibon,| {7212.25 |people come out from Egypt: be-
and we have laid them waste even’ Rev.214 hold, they cover the face of the
unto Nophah, which reacheth un-| as learth, and they abide over against
to Medeba. oon estas ime:
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land! 22: Nehi3, | 6 Come now therefore, I pray
of the Amorites. ago Fet.2. 3 thee, curse me this people; for they
32 And Moses sent to spy out abe * |are too mighty for me: peradven-
Jaazer, and they took the villages| ture I shall prevail, that we may
|
|
|
\
thereof, and drove out the Amo-| smite them, and that I may drive
rites that were there. | them out of the land: for I wot that
33 ¢And they turned and went up he whom thou blessest is blessed,
by the way of Bashan: and Og the jand he whom thou cursest is cursed.
king of Bashan went out against 7 And the elders of Moab and the
them, he, and all his people, to the elders of Midian departed with the
battle at Edrei. rewards of divination in their hand:
34 And the Lorp °said unto Mo- and they came unto Balaam, and
ses, Fear him not: for I have jspake unto him the words of
delivered him into thy hand, and Balak.
all his people, and his land; and ' 8 And he said unto them, Lodge
thou shalt do to him as thou here this night, and I will bring you
didst unto Sihon king of the word again, as the Lorp shall
Amorites, which dweit at Hesh- speak unto me: and the princes of
bon. Moab abode with Balaam.
35 So they smote him, and his 9 And God came unto Balaam,
sons, and all his people, until there and said, What men are these with
was none left him alive: and they |thee?
possessed his land. 10 And Balaam said unto God,
: 1 Balaam is the typical hireling prophet, seeking only to make a market of his
gift. This is “the way of Balaam”’ (2 Pet. 2. 15), and characterizes false teachers,
The “error of Balaam” (Jude 11) was that he could see only the natural morality
—a holy God, he reasoned, must curse such a people as Israel. Like all false teach-
ers he was ignorant of the higher morality of vicarious atonement, by which God
could be just and yet the justifier of believing sinners (Rom. 3. 26). The “doctrine
of Balaam” (Rey. 2. 14) refers to his teaching Balak to corrupt the people whom
he could not curse (Num. 31. 16, with Num. 25. 1-3 and Jas. 4. 4). Spiritually,
Balaamism in ‘teaching never rises above natural reasonings; in practice, it is easy
world-conformity. See Rev. 2. 14, note.
196
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en Wats sai 5 te jh ad Ga kk Vy " ; ey eee
o ee
é
22 11) NUMBERS. __ tere 22, 138
5 i eI RRS ET FR ge bw
SPE av I eke ch ay
' - .
Balak the son of Zippor, king of} B.c. 1452. |was riding upon his ass, and his
Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, two servants were with him.
11 Behold, there is a people come 23 And the ass saw the ‘angel of *
out of Egypt, which covereth the a
face of the earth: come now, curse
me them; peradventure I shall be
able to overcome them, and drive
them out.
the LorD standing in the way, and ~
his sword drawn in his hand: and
the ass turned aside out of the way,
and went into the field: and Balaam
smote the ass, to turn her into the
12 And God said unto Balaam, way. .
Thou shalt ¢not go with them; thou} 24 But the ‘angel of the LorD ~
shalt not curse the people: for they stood in a path of the vineyards, a= —~
ere pierass 29 ind ghi wales on this side, and a wall
n aam rose up in the on that side.
morning, and said unto the princes 25 And when the ass saw the )—
of Balak, Get you into your land: cangel of the LORD, she thrust her-\)—~
ae ee LorD telah to give me pelt ue the wall, mae peat, en
eave to go with you. aam’s foot against e wall: an
14 And the princes of Moab rose he smote her again. 5
up, and they went unto Balak, and 26 And the angel of the LorD\_.
said, Balaam refuseth to come with went further, and stood in a nar- ~~
us. d row place, where was no way to
15 And Balak dna Ae again pee es to the right hand or ta
princes, more, and more honour- the left.
able than they. a Cf.v.20. 27 And when the ass saw the,‘ :
16 And they came to Balaam, and) $¢¢Ss"45 langel of the LorD, she fell downi/
said to him, Thus saith Balak the! ae under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger
son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray) See v.12, was kindled, and he smote the ass
thee, hinder thee from coming unto ref. with a staff.
me: ¢ Heb.1.4, 28 And the LORD opened the
17 For I will promote thee unto} 70*¢e. mouth of the ass, and she said unto
very great honour, and I will dojjo.. Gen Balaam, What have I done unto
whatsoever thou sayest unto me:} 21.19;2Ki |thee, that thou hast smitten me
come therefore, I pray thee, curse] 6-17; Lk.24. |these three times?
me this people. 16,31. 29 And Balaam said unto the ass,
18 And Balaam answered and|,seezPet.2. |Because thou hast mucked me: I
said unto the servants of Balak, If} 14,15. would there were a sword in mine
Balak would give me his house full hand, for now would I kill thee.
of silver and gold, I cannot go be- 30 And the ass said unto Balaam,
yond the word of the LorD my Am not I thine ass, upon which
God, to do less or more. thou hast ridden ever since J was
19 Now therefore, I pray you, thine unto this day? was I ever
tarry ye also here this night, that I wont to do so unto thee? And he
may know what the LorD will say isaid, Nay.
_unto me more. 31 Then the Lorp 4opened the
20 And God came unto Balaam
at night, and said unto him, ®If the|
men come to call thee, rise up, and
go with them; but yet the word
which I shall say unto thee, that
shalt thou do. |
21 And Balaam rose up in the
morning, and saddled his ass, and
went with the princes of Moab.
. 22 And God’s Janger was kindled
because he went: and the ‘angel of
the Lorp stood in the way for an}
adversary against him. Now hej
eyes of Balaam, and he saw the
angel of the LorpD standing in the
way, and his sword drawn in his
hand: and he bowed down his head,
and fell flat on his face.
| 32 And the angel of the LorD
said unto him, Wherefore hast thou”
smitten thine ass these three times?
behold, I went out to withstand
thee, because thy way is “perverse
before me:
33 And the ass saw me, and
turned from me these three times:
1Cf. Gen. 46. 3, note. In v. 12 the directive will of Jehovah is made known to
Balaam, in v. 20 Jehovah’s permissive will.
knows the true mind of the Lord about it.
The prophet is now free to go, but
The matter is wholly one between Je-
hovah and His servant. The permission of vy. 20 really constitutes a testing of
Balaam. He chose the path of self-will and self-advantage, and Jehovah could not
but gravely disapprove.
was to follow.
The whole scene, vs. 22-35, prepared Balaam for what
i
22 34] NUMBERS. (23 1
unless she had turmsed from me,| B.C.1452. |and prepare me here seven oxen
ely now also J had slain thee, and seven rams.
Ba sawed her alive. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had
34 And Balaam said unto the ‘spoken; and Balak and Balaam of-
“angel of the LorD, I have sinned; ‘fered on every altar a bullock and
for I knew not that thou stoodest a tam. ;
in the way against me: now there- 3 And Balaam said unto Balak,
fore, if it °displease thee, I will get Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I
me back again. will go: peradventure the LorpD will
35 And the “angel of the Lorp come to meet me: and whatsoever
said unto Balaam, Go with the men: he sheweth me I will tell thee. And
“but only the word that I shall he went to an high place.
speak unto thee, that thou shalt|, p414 4 And God met Balaam: and he
speak. So Balaam went with the! note. ’ said unto him, I have prepared
princes of Balak. seven altars, and I have offered up-
36 And when Balak heard that|?i-¢-.2¢ evil in| gn every altar a bullock and a ram.
Balaam was come, he went out to eee 5 And the LorpD put a “word in
meet him unto a city of Moab,|<See v.20. Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return
¢which is in the border of Arnon,|j yyum.9113, |uato Balak, and thus thou shalt
which is in the utmost coast. “~~ Ispeals:
37 And Balak said unto Balaam,|¢ Inspiration.| 6 And he returned unto him, and,
Did I not earnestly send unto thee tages lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice,
to call thee? wherefore camest thou] 4.15; Rev. |he, and all the princes of Moab.
not unto me? am I not able indeed! 22.19.) 7 And he took up his parable, and
oe coucte thee to honour? fNum.23.26; said, Balak the king of Moab hath
nd Balaam said unto Balak,|’ 9413-1 Ki, brought me from Aram, out of the
Lo, I am come unto thee: have I} 22-14;2Chr.|mountains of the east, saying,
now any power at all to say any| 18-13. Come, curse me Jacob, and come,
thing? the ‘word that God putteth| ¢ or, a city of |defy Israel.
in my mouth, that shall I fspeak. streets. 8 How shall I curse, whom God
39 And Balaam went with Balak, nantes trond hath not cursed? or how shall I
ee Poel presses vs SI2165, : Gay eecom the Lorp hath not
An alak offered oxen an eut.4.2,13. |defie
sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to Rova230.) 9 For from the top of the rocks I
se ope bork with ave Fi out [See bie soe from sa pee —
nd it came to pass on the im: lo, e people 1
morrow, that Balak ‘took Balaam, one, and shall i be Docking ;
and brought him up into the high ong the nations.
places of Baal, that thence he might 10 Who can count the dust of
see the !utmost part of the people. Jacob, and the number of the
Ciereries fourth part of Israel? Let me die
the death of the righteous, ‘and let
Balaam: the prophecy from the
my last end be like his!
high places of Baal, The we 11 And Balak said unto Balaam,
ration of Israel.
heer pee thou done unto me? I
took thee to curse mine enemies,
AND Balaam said unto Balak,
Build me here seven altars,
and, behold, thou hast blessed
them altogether.
1“Utmost part,” etc., means the end of the encampment, the “fourth
Israel” (Num. 23. 10). Balak’s thought, as Grant (following Keil) points ane a
not at all to permit Balaam to see the whole of the Hebrew host. In bringing Ba-
laam to Pisgah (vs. 13, 14), Balak corrects what, evidently, he thought a blunder
(Num. 23. 13, 14). But when the hireling sees the whole camp he must utter a
grander word than before, “He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,” and that with
the nation in full view! What an illustration of the truth of Rom. 4. 5-8!
-2 In the prophecies of Balaam God testifies on behalf of His people rather than
(as usual) to them. It is the divine testimony to their standing as a tedeémed peo-
ple in view of the serpent “lifted up,’’ and of the water from the smitten rock (Num.
21, 5-9; 20, 11). Their state was morally bad, but this was a matter concerning
the discipline of God, not His judgment. The interpretation of the prophecies
is literal as to Israel, typical as to Christians. Through Christ “lifted up” (John
3. 14) our standing is eternally secure and perfect, though our state may require
the Father’s discipline (1 Cor. 11. 30-32; 2 Cor. 1. 4-9; cf. vs. 10-13); meantime
against all enemies, God is “for us” (Rom. 8 31). i
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23 12]
12 And he answered and said,
Must I not take heed to speak that
which the Lorp hath put in my
mouth? ~
Balaam: the prophecy from Pis-
Sah: the _ justification and
power of Israel.
13 And Balak said unto him,
Come, I pray thee, with me unto
another place, from whence thou
mayest see them: “thou shalt see
but the utmost part of them, and
shalt not see them all: and curse
me them from thence.
14 And he brought him into the
field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,!
and built seven altars, and offered
a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand
here by thy burnt-offering, while I
meet the LORD yonder.
16 And theLorpD met Balaam, and
put a word in his mouth, and said,
Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17 And when he came to him, be-
hold, he stood by his burnt-offering,
and the princes of Moab with him.
And Balak said unto him, What| ;
hath the’LorpD spoken?
18 And he took up his parable,
and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear;
hearken unto me, thou son of
Zippor:
19 God is not a man, that he
should lie; neither the son of man,
that he should “repent: hath he
said, and shall he not do it? or!
hath he spoken, and shall he not
make it good?
20 Behold, I have received com-
mandment to bless: and he hath
blessed; and I cannot reverse it. _
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in
Jacob, neither hath he seen per-
verseness in Israel: the LorD his
God is with him, and the shout of
a king is among them.
22 God brought them out of
Egypt; he hath as it were the
strength of an “unicorn.
23 Surely there is no enchant-
ment against Jacob, neither is
there any divination ¢against Is-
rael: according to this time it shall
be said of Jacob and of Israel,
eWhat hath God wrought! _
24 Behold, the people shall rise up
as a great lion, and _ lift up himself
as a young lion: he shall not lie
down until he eat of the prey, and
drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said unto Balaam,
Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them at all.
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1452.
a Better, thou
seest but
the extrem-
ity of them,
and dost
not see
them all,
6 Zech.8.14,
note
ci.e. the
aurochs, or
wild ox.
\d Or, in.
je Psa.31.19;
| 44.1.
fNum.21.20.
gOr, the
waste.
hOr, to the
meeting of
enchant-
ments.
j Num.11.25;
1 Sam.19,
20,23; 10.10;
2 Chr.15.1.
k Holy Spirit.
Num.27.18.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
? Num.23.7,18.
m i.e. pros-
trated by
8.18; 10.
15,16; 2 Cor.
12.2-4; Rev.
1.10,17.
n See Jer.51.
13; Rev.17.
bs
o1 Sam,15.9.
I» 2 Sam.5.12;
1 Chr.14.2.
q Num.14,9;
23.24.
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[24.9
26 But Balaam answered and
said unto Balak, Told not I thee,
saying, All that the LorD speaketh,
that I must do?
the prophecy from
(1) the beauty and
order of Israel.
27 And Balak said unto Balaam,
Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee
unto another place; peradventure
it will please God that thou mayest
curse me them from thence.
28 And Balak brought Balaam
unto the top of Peor, that looketh
ftoward £Jeshimon.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak,
Build me here seven altars, and pre-
pare me here seven bullocks and
seven rams.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had
said, and offered a bullock and a
ram on every altar.
CHAPTER 24.
ysis when Balaam saw that it
pleased the LorD to bless Is-
rael, he went not, as at other times,
to seek for “enchantments, but he
set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaarn lifted up his eyes,
and he saw Israel ‘abiding in his
tents according to their tribes; and
ithe “spirit of God came upon him.
3 'And he took up his parable,
and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes
are open hath said:
4 He hath said, which heard the
words of God, which saw the vision
of the Almighty, “falling tnto a
trance, but having his eyes open:
5 How goodly are thy tents, O
Jacob, and thy tabernacies, O Is-
rael!
6 As the valleys are they spread
forth, as gardens by the river’s
side, as the trees of lign aloes which
the Lorp hath planted, and as
cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of
his buckets, and his seed shall be
|tin many waters, and his king shall
be higher than °Agag, and his
Pkingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of
Egypt; he hath as it were the
strength of an unicorn: he shall
geat up the nations his enemies,
and shall break their bones, and
pierce them through with his
arrows.
9 He couched, he lay down as a
lion, and as a great lion: who shall
‘Wi
/ ie
‘bad of mine own mind; but what)
24 10]
NUMBERS.
stir him up? Blessed is he that
blesseth thee, and cursed is he that
curseth thee. .
10 And Balak’s anger was kindled
against Balaam, and he smote his
hands together: and Balak said
unto Balaam, I called thee to curse
Mine enemies, and, behold, thou
hast altogether blessed therm these
three times.
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy
place: I thought to promote thee
unto great honour; but, lo, the
LorpD hath kept thee back from
honour.
12 And Balaam said unto Balak,
Spake I not also to thy messengers
which thou sentest unto me, saying,
13 If Balak would give me his
house full of silver and gold, I can-|
not go beyond the commandment)
of the LorD, to do either good or!
the LorD saith, that will I speak?
14 And now, behold, I go unto)
my people: come therefore, and I)
will advertise thee what this people!
lees do to thy people in the latter
ays.
Balaam: the prophecy from
OEE (2) the Messianic king-
liom.
15 And he took up his parable,
and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes
are open hath said:
16 He hath said, which heard the!
words of God, and knew the know-
ledge of the most High, which saw
the vision of the Almighty, falling
into a trance, but having his eyes
open:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I!
shall behold him, but not nigh: there
shall come a Star out of Jacob, and|
a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
and shall smite the corners of Moab,
and destroy all the children of
Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a posses-
sion, Seir also shall be a possession
for his enemies; and Israel shall do
valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he
that shall have dominion, and shall
prey him that remaineth of the
city.
20 And when he looked on Ama-
lek, he took up his parable, and
said, Amalek was the first of the
‘nations; but his latter end shall
be that he perish for ever,
21 And he looked on the Kenites,
and took up his parable, and said,
B.C. 1452.
a Gen.12.3;
27.29
d Or, the first
of the
nations that}
warred
against
Israel. Ex.
17.8.
e Pronounced
Kittim.
Gen.10.4;
Dan.11.30.
f Num.31.8.
g Num.31.16;
1 Cor.10.8.
h Ex,34.15,16;
1 Cor.10.20.
i Ex.20.5.
j Or, Baal of
Peor. See
Num.23.28.
k Psa.106.30,
1Cf.1 Cor.
10.8, note.
200
Strong is thy dwellingplace, and
thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall
be wasted, until Asshur-shall carry
thee away captive. ;
23 And he took up his parable,
and said, Alas, who shall live when
God doeth this!
24 And ships shall come from
the coast of ¢«Chittim, and shall ;
afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber,
and he also shall perish for ever.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went
and /freturned to his place: and
Balak also went his way.
CHAPTER 25.
“The doctrine of Balaam”’ (Num.
31. 16; Rev. 2. 14; Jas. 4. 4).
AND Israel abode in Shittim, and
&the people began to commit
whoredom with the daughters of
Moab.
2 And they called the people unto
the sacrifices of their gods: and the
people did eat, and bowed down to
their gods.
3 And Israel joined himself unto
JBaal-peor: and the anger of the
LorpD was kindled against Israel.
4 And the LorD said unto Moses,
Take all the heads of the people,
and hang them up before the Lorp
against the sun, that the fierce
anger of the LORD may be turned
away from Israel.
5S _And Moses said unto the judges
of Israel, Slay ye every one his men
that were joined unto Baal-peor.
6 And, behold, one of the children
of Israel came and brought unto his
brethren a Midianitish woman in
the sight of Moses, and in the sight
of all the congregation of the chil-
dren of Israel, who were weeping
before the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation. r
7 And when Phinehas, the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
saw it, he rose up from among the
congregation, and took a javelin in
his hand;
8 And he went after the man of
Israel into the tent, and thrust both
of them through, the man of Israel,
and the woman through her belly.
®So the plague was stayed from the
children of Israel.
9 And those that /died in the
plague were twenty and four thou-
sand,
10 And the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
| 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron the priest, hath
turned my wrath away from the
children ‘of Israel, while he was
zealous for my sake among them,
that I consumed not the children of
Israel in my 2jealousy.
12 Wherefore say, “Behold, I give
unto him my covenant of peace:
13 And he shall have it, and his
seed after him, even the covenant
of an everlasting priesthood; be-
cause he was zealous for his God,
and made an ‘atonement for the
children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the Israelite
that was slain, even that was slain|
with the Midianitish woman, was
Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a
chief house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midian-
itish woman that was slain was
Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was
head over a people, and of a chief
house in Midian.
16 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, é
17 Vex the Midianites, and smite}
them:
18 For they vex you with their
wiles, wherewith they have be-
guiled you in the matter of Peor,
and in the matter of Cozbi,: the
daughter of a prince of Midian,
their sister, which was slain in the
day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
CHAPTER 26.
The new generation of Israel
numbered (vs. 64, 65).
1th it came to pass after the;
plague, that the LorD spake)
santo Moses and unto Eleazar the|
son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take the sum of all the congre-
gation of the children of Israel,
from twenty years old and upward,
throughout their fathers’ house, all
that are able to go to war in Israel.
3 And Moses and Eleazar the
priest spake with them in the plains
of Moab by Jordan near Jericho,
saying,
4 Take the sum of the people,
from twenty years old and up-
ward: as the Lorp 4commanded
Moses and the children of Israel,
which went forth out of the land of
Egypt.
5 eReuben, the eldest son of Is-
rael: the children of Reuben; Ha-
noch, of whom cometh the family
of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the|
family of the Palluites: R
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1452.
a Cf£.Ex.20.5;
Deut.32.
16,21; 1 Ki.
14.22.
b Mal.2.4,5;
3.1.
c See Ex.29.
33, note.
d See Num.1.
j2=
e Gen.46.8;
Ex.6.14;
1 Che.5.1.
f Num.16.
32-35.
g 1 Cor.10.6;
2 Pet.2.6.
|h Bx.6.24;
1 Chr.6.22,
i Gen.38.2,
etc.; 46.12.
201
6 Of Hezron, the family of the
Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of
the Carmites.
7 These are the families of the
Reubenites: and they that were
numbered of them were forty and
three thousand and seven hundred
and thirty.
8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel,
and Dathan, and Abiram. This 1s
that Dathan and Abiram, which
were famous in the congregation,
who strove against Moses and
against Aaron in the company of
Korah, when they strove against
the LorpD:
10 fAnd the earth opened her
mouth, and swallowed them up to-
gether with Korah, when that
company died, what time the fire
devoured two hundred and fifty
men: sand they became a sign.
11 Notwithstanding the children
of *Korah died not.
12 The sons of Simeon after their
families: of Nemuel, the family of
the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the fam-
ily of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the
family of the Jachinites:
13 Of Zerah, the family of the
Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of
the Shaulites.
14 These are the families of the
Simeonites, twenty and two thou-
sand and two hundred.
15 The children of Gad after their
families: of Zephon, the family of
the Zephonites: of Haggi, the fam-
ily of the Haggites: of Shuni, the
family of the Shunites:
16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oz-
nites: of Eri, the family of the
Erites:
17 Of Arod, the family of the Ar-
odites: of Areli, the family of the
Arelites. :
18 These are the families of the
children of Gad according to those
that were numbered of them, forty
thousand and five hundred.
19 The sons of ‘Judah were Er
and Onan: and Er and Onan died
in the land of Canaan.
20 And the sons of Judah after
their families were; of Shelah, the
family of the Shelanites: of Pharez,
the family of the Pharzites: of Ze-
rah, the family of the Zarhites.
21 And the sons of Pharez were;
of Hezron, the family of the Hez-
ronites: of Hamul, the family of the
Hamulites.
22 These are the families of Ju-
dah according to those that were
iy
26 23]
numbered of them, threescore and
sixteen thousand and five hun-
red.
23 Of the sons of “Issachar after
their families: of Tola, the family
of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family
of the Punites: :
24 Of Jashub, the family of the)
Jashubites: of Shimron, the family}
of the Shimronites. ; |
25 These are the families of Issa-|
char according to those that were
numbered of them, threescore and
four thousand and three hundred.
26 Of the sons of 6Zebulun after
their families: of Sered, the family
of the Sardites: of Elon, the family
of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the fam-
ily of the Jahleelites.
27 These are the families of the
Zebulunites according to those that
were numbered of them, threescore
thousand and five hundred.
28 The sons of ‘Joseph after their
families were Manasseh and Eph-
raim.
29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of
Machir, the family of the Machir-
- ites: and Machir begat Gilead: of
Gilead come the family of the Gil-
eadites.
30 These are the sons of Gilead:
of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezer-
ites: of Helek, the family of the
Helekites:
31 And of Asriel, the family of
the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the
family of the Shechemites:
32 And of Shemida, the family of
the Shemidaites: and of Hepher,
the family of the Hepherites.
33 And Zelophehad the son of
Hepher had no sons, but daughters:
and the names of the daughters of
Zelophehad were Mahlah, and
Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34 These are the families of
Manasseh, and those that were
numbered of them, fifty and two
thousand and seven hundred.
35 These are the sons of Ephraim
after their families: of Shuthelah,
the family of the Shuthalhites: of
Becher, the family of the Bachrites:
of Tahan, the family of the Ta-
hanites.
36 And these are the sons of Shu-
thelah: of Eran, the family of the
Eranites.
37 These are the families of the
sons of Ephraim according to those
that were numbered of them, thirty
and two thousand and five hundred.
These are the sons of Joseph after
their families.
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1452.
a Gen46.13;
1 Chr.7.1.
b Gen.46.14.
c Gen.46.20.
d Gen.46.21;
1 Chr.7.6.
e Gen.46.23.
Ff Gen.46.17;
1 Chr.7.30.
¢ Gen.46.24;
1 Chr.7.13.
h See Num.1.
46.
¢ Josh.11.23;
14.1.
202
6 58
38 The sons of “Benjamin after
their families: of Bela, the fam-
ily of the Belaites: of Ashbel,
the family of the Ashbelites: of
Ahiram, the family of the Ahira-
mites:
-39 Of Shupham, the family of the
Shuphamites: of Hupham, the fam-
ily of the Huphamites.
40 And the sons of Bela were Ard
and Naaman: of Ard, the family of
the Ardites: and of Naaman, the
family of the Naamites.
41 These are the sons of Benja-
min after their families: and they
that were numbered of them were
forty and five thousand and six
hundred.
42 These are the sons of ‘Dan af-
ter their families: of Shuham, the
family of the Shuhamites. These
are the families of Dan after their
families. :
| 43 All the families of the Shuham-
lites, according to those that were
numbered of them, were threescore
and four thousand and four hun-
dred.
44 Of the children of fAsher after
their families: of Jimna, the family
of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family
of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the fam.
ily of the Beriites.
45 Of the sons of Beriah: of He-
ber, the family of the Heberites: of
Malchiel, the family of the Mal-
chielites.
46 And the name of the daughter
of Asher was Sarah.
47 These are the families of the
sons of Asher according to those
that were numbered of them; who
were fifty and three thousand. and
four hundred.
48 Of the sons of ¢Naphtali after
their families: of Jahzeel, the fam-
ily of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the
family of the Gunites:
49 Of Jezer, the family of the Je-.
zerites: of Shillem, the family of
the Shillemites.
50 These are the families of
Naphtali according to their fam-
ilies: and they that were numbered
of them were forty and five thou-
sand and four hundred.
51 These were the numbered of
the children of “Israel, six hundred
thousand and a thousand seven
hundred and thirty.
52 And the Lorp spake unto
Moses, saying,
53 ‘Unto these the land shall be
|\divided for an inheritance accord-
ing to the number of names,
¢
a
26 <4]
54 To “many thou shalt give
the more inheritance, and to
‘few thou shalt give the less in-
heritance: to. every one. shall
his inheritance be given accord-
ing to those that were numbered
of him.
55 Notwithstanding the land shall
be divided by lot: according to the
names of the tribes of their fathers
they shall inherit.
56 According to the lot shall the
possession thereof be divided be-
tween many and few.
57 And these are they that were
numbered of the Levites after
their families: of Gershon, the
family of the Gershonites: of Ko-
hath, the family of the Kohath-
ites: of Merari the family of the
Merarites.
58 These are the families of the
Levites: the family of the Libnites,
the family of the Hebronites, the
family of the Mahlites, the family
of the Mushites, the family of the
Korathites. And Kohath begat
Amram,
59 And the name of Amram’s wife
was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,
whom her mother bare to Levi in
Egypt: and she bare unto Amram
Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their
sister.
60 And unto Aaron was born Na-
dab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Itha-
mar.
61 And ‘Nadab and Abihu died,
when they offered strange fire be-
fore the LorD.
62 And those that were numbered
of them were twenty and three
thousand, all males from a month
_old and upward: for they were not
' numbered among the children of
Israel, because there was no inheri-
tance given them among the chil-
dren of Israel.
63 These are they that were num-
bered by Moses and Eleazar the
priest, who numbered the children
of Israel in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho.
64 But among these there was
not a man of them whom Moses
and Aaron the priest numbered,
when they numbered the children
of Israel in the wilderness of!
Sinai.
65 For the Lorp had _ said of,
them, @They shall surely die in the
wilderness. And there was not left
a man of them, ‘save Caleb the son
of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son
of Nun, !
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1452.
ai.e. the
&reater.
bie. the
smaller.
1 Chr, 24. 2.
d Num.14.
28,29; 1 Cor.
5,6.
e Num.14.30.
f Or, Chiefs,
g Josh.17.4.
h Ex.18.15,19.
4 Or, right,
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CHAPTER 27.
The law of inheritance.
ik ae came the daughters of Ze-
lophehad, the son of Hepher,
the son of Gilead, the son of Machir,
jthe son of Manasseh, of the fami-
lHies of Manasseh the son of Joseph:
jand these are the names of his
\daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and
\Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
2 And they stood before Moses,
and before Eleazar the priest, and
ibefore the ‘princes and all the con-
\gregation, by the door of the taber-
nacle of the congregation, saying,
3 Our father died in the wilder-
ness, and he was not in the company
of them that gathered themselves
together against the Lorp in the
‘oun sin, of Korah; but died in his
own sin, and had no sons.
| £ Why should the name of our
|father be done away from among
las family, because he hath no son?
sGive unto us therefore a posses-
sion among the brethren of our
father.
5 And Moses “brought their cause
before the Lorp.
6 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
'ses, saying,
7 The daughters of Zelophehad
|speak right: thou shalt surely give
ithem a possession of an inheritance
among their father’s brethren; and
thou shalt cause the inheritance of
their father to pass unto them.
8 And thou shalt speak unto the
jchildren of Israel, saying, If a man
\die, and have no son, then ye shall
|cause his inheritance to pass unto
\his daughter.
| 9 And if he have no daughter,
[then ye shall give his inheritance
junto his brethren,
| 10 And if he have no brethren,
|jthen ye shall give his inheritance
iunto his father’s brethren.
11 And if his father have no
jbrethren, then ye shall give his in-
heritance unto his kinsman that is
next to him of his family, and he
jshall possess it: and it shall be unto
the children of Israel a statute of
jjudgment, as the Lorp_ com-
manded Moses.
{ Moses to prepare for death.
12 And the Lorn said unto Mo-
ses, Get thee up into this mount
|Abarim, and see the land which I
jhave given unto the children of
Israel.
' 73 And when thou hast seen it
27% 14]
¥
7
‘oe a. ee ee
P ny
NUMBERS.
thou also ¢shalt be gathered unto! B.c. 1452.
thy people, as Aaron thy brother
was gathered. {
14 For ye ‘rebelled against my
commandment in the desert of Zin,
in the strife of the congregation, to
sanctify me at the water before their
eyes: that is the water of Meribah
in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin,
i Joshua appointed in Moses’ |# Num.20.24,
aH place. Deut.10.6.
15 And Moses spake unto the
6 Num.20.12,
Lorp, ‘saying, 24; Deut.1.
16 Let the Lorn, the Ged of the oF ean
spirits of all flesh, set a man over set Ncag
‘the congregation, ¢ Bible
: 17 Which may go out before them, Or). Dee
pS and which may go in before them,| $57°%Gen
« and which may lead them out, and} 15.2: Hab.3
which may bring them in: that the| 1-16.)
| congregation of the LorpD be not as! 7, Ki22.17:
@4sheep which have no shepherd. Zech.10.2;
18 And the LorD said unto Mo- Hee
ses, Take thee Joshua the son of| M*-6-3¢-
iy Nun, a man in whom is the ¢spirit,| ¢ Holy Spirit.
) and lay thine hand upon him; Deut.34.9.
19 And set hirn before Eleazar the; Meraigh
priest, and before all the congre-
gation; and give him a charge in| fEx.28.30,
their sight. nore.
; 20 And thou shalt put some of|¢ Josh9.14;
) thine honour upon him, that all the} 1Sam.22/10,
: congregation of the children of Is-} 3:15
rael may be obedient. h Deut.3.28;
21 And he shall stand before Elea-| 31.7,8.
zar the priest, who shall ask coun-
sel for him fafter the judgment of
i
Or, savour
of satisfac-
Urim before the Lorp: gat his word| tion. Lev
shall they go out, and at his word| 1-% note.
they shall come in, both he, and all j One ephah
the children of Israel with him,| = 1 bu.3
even all the congregation. Piss
22 And Moses did as the Lorp k Lit. meal.
commanded him: and he _ took; d
Joshua, and set him before Eleazar f Ons bin as
the priest, and before all the con-
gregation: jm Ex.29.42;
23 And he laid his hands upon| s¢Am»
him, ‘and gave him a charge, as the!
LorD commanded by the hand of i.e. April.
Moses.
o Ex.12.6-18;
‘i CHAPTER 28. Lev.23.5;
¥ 5 um.9.3;
The order of offerings. Deut.16.1;
Ezk.45.21.
WAND the Lorp spake unto Mo-
ses, sdying,
2 Command the children of Israel,
and say unto them, My offering,
and my bread for my sacrifices
made by fire, for a ‘sweet savour
unto me, shall ye observe to offer
unto me in their due season.
3 And thou shalt say unto them,
This is the offering made by fire’
204
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which ye shall offer unto the Lorp,
two lambs of the first year without
spot day by day, for a continual
burnt-offering.
4 The one lamb shalt thou offer
in the morning, and the other lamb
shalt thou offer at even; ,
5 And a tenth part of an Jephah
of flour for a kmeat-offering, min-
gled with the fourth part of an
‘hin of beaten oil.
6 ft is a "continual burnt-offer-
ing, which was ordained in mount
Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice
made by fire unto the Lorpb.
7 And the drink-offering thereof
shall be the fourth part of an ‘hin
for the one lamb: in the holy place
‘|shalt thou cause the strong wine to
be poured unto the Lorp for a
drink-offering.
, 8 And the other lamb shalt thou
‘Offer at even: as the #meat-offering
of the morning, and as the drink-
offering thereof, thou shalt-offer it,
a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LorpD.
9 And on the sabbath day two
lambs of the first year without spot,
and two tenth deals of flour for a
kmeat-offering, mingled with oil,
and the drink-offering thereof:
10 This is the burnt-offering of
'every sabbath, beside the continual
burnt-offering, and his drink-offer-
ing.
11 And in the beginnings of your
months ye shall offer a burnt-offer-
ing unto the LoRD; two young bul-
locks, and one ram, seven lambs of
the first year without spot;
12 And three tenth deals of flour
for a meat offering, mingled with
oil, for one bullock; and two tenth
deals of flour for a kmeat-offering,
ming!ed with oil, for one ram;
13 And a several tenth deal of
flour mingled with oil for a kmeat-
offering unto one lamb; for a burnt-
offering of a sweet savour, a sacri-
fice made by fire unto the LORD.
14 And their drink-offerings shall
be half an ‘hin of wine unto a bul-
lock, and the third part of an hin
unto a ram, and a fourth part of
an hin unto a lamb: this js
the burnt-offering of every month
throughout the months of the year.
15 And one kid of the goats for 4
sin-offering unto the Lorb shall be
offered, beside the continual burnt-
offering, and his drink-offering,
16 And in the fourteenth day of
the “first month is the °passover of
the Lorp ,
a
NUMBERS.
17 And in the fifteenth day of this
month is the feast: seven days shall
“unleavened bread be eaten.
18 In the first day shall be an
holy convocation; ye shall do no
manner of servile work therein:
19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice
made by fire for a burnt-offering
unto the LORD; two young bul-
jocks, and one ram, and seven lambs
of the first year: they shall be unto
you without blemish:
20 And their ’meat-offering shall
be of flour mingled with oil: three
tenth deals shall ye offer for a bul-
lock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
21 A several tenth deal shalt thou
offer for every lamb, throughout the
seven lambs:
22 And one goat for a sin-cffer-
ing, to make an ‘atonement for you.
23 Ye shall offer these beside the
burnt-offering in the morning, which
is for a continual burnt-offering.
24 After this manner ye shall
offer daily, throughout the seven
days, the meat of the sacrifice made
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the
Lorp: it shall be offered beside the
continual burnt-offering, and his
drink-offering.
25 And 4on the seventh day ye
shall have an holy convocation; ye
shall do no servile work.
26 Also «in the day of the first-
fruits, when ye bring a new °meat-
offering unto the LorD, after your
weeks be out, ye shall have an holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile
work:
27 But ye shall offer the burnt-
offering for a sweet savour unto
the Lorpb; two young bullocks, one
ram, seven lambs of the first BOR !
28 And their °meat-offering 0:
flour mingled with oil, three tenth
deals unto one bullock, two tenth
deals unto one ram,
29 A several tenth deal unto one
lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
30 And one kid of the goats, to
make an ‘atonement for you.
21 Ye shall offer them beside the
continual burnt-offering, and his
bmeat-offering, (they shall be unto
you without blemish) and their
drink-offerings.
CHAPTER 29
AND. in the fseventh month, on
the first day of the month, ye
shall have an holy convocation; ye
shall do no seryile work: éit is a day
of blowing the trumpets unto you.
B.C. 1452.
a Leaven.
Deut.16.3,
4,8,16. (Gen.
19.3; Mt.
13.33.)
b Lit. meal.
c See Ex.29.
33, note.
|d Ex.12.16;
13.6; Lev.
23.8.
e Ex.23.16;
fi.e. October;
also vs.7,12.
g Lev.23.24.
h Psa.35.13;
Isa.58.5.
i Lev.16.3,5.
j Lev.23.34;
Deut.16.13;
Ezk.45.25.
k Ezra 3.4.
295
2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offer-
ing for a sweet savour unto the
LorRpD; one young bullock, one ram,
and seven lambs of the first year
without blemish:
3 And their ’meat-offering shall
be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals for a bullock, and two
tenth deals for a ram,
4 And one tenth deal for one
lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
5 And one kid of the goats for a
sin-offering, to make an “atonement
for you:
6 Beside the burnt-offering of the
month, and his ’meat-offering, and
the daily burnt-offering, and his
bmeat-offering, and their drink-
offerings, according unto their man-
ner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice
made by fire unto the LORD.
7 And ye shall have on the tenth
day of this fseventh month an holy
convocation; and ye shall “afflict
your souls: ye shall not do any
work therein:
8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offer-
ing unto the Lorp for a sweet
savour; one young bullock, one ram,
and seven lambs of the first year;
they shall be unto you without
blemish:
9 And their 5meat-offering shall
be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals to a bullock, and two
tenth deals to one ram,
10 A several tenth deal for one
lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
11 One kid of the goats for a sin-
offering; beside the ‘sin-offering of
catonement, and the continual
burnt-offering, and the ’meat-offer-
ing of it, and their drink-offerings.
12 And Jon the fifteenth day of
the seventh month ye shall have an
holy convocation; ye shall do no
servile work, and ye shall keep a
feast unto the LORD seven days:
13 And *ye shall offer a burnt-
offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of
a sweet savour unto the Lorp;
thirteen young bullocks, two rams,
and fourteen lambs of the first year;
they shall be without blemish:
14 And their ’meat-offerings shall
be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals unto every bullock of
the thirteen bullocks, two tenth
Ideals to each ram of the two rams,
15 And a several tenth deal to
each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
16 And one kid of the goats for a
sin-offering; beside the continual
burnt-offering, his meat-offering.
and his drink-offering.
29 17]
17 And on the second day ye! BC. 1452.
shall offer twelve young bullocks,
two rams, fourteen lambs of the)
first year without spot: :
18 And their ¢meat-offering and
their drink-offerings for the bul-
locks, for the rams, and for the}
lambs, shall be according to their)
number, Yafter the manner:
19 And one kid of the goats for a
sin-offering; beside the continual)
burnt-offering, and the ¢meat-offer-
ing thereof, and their drink-offer-
ings.
20 And on the third day eleven
bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish;
21 And their *meat-offering and
their drink-offerings for the bul-
locks, for the rams, and for the
lambs, shall be according to their
umber, after the manner:
22 And one goat for a sin-offer-
ing; beside the continual burnt-
offering, and his ¢meat-offering, and
his drink-offering.
23 And on the fourth day ten bul-
locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish:
24 Their “meat-offering and their
drink-offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, shal/
be according to their number, after
the manner:
25 And one kid of the goats for a
NUMBERS,
a Lit. meal.
6 vs.3,4,9,10;
Num.15.12;
28.7,14.
c Lev.23.36.
d Lev.23.2;
1 Chr.23.31;
2 Chr.31.3;
Ezra 3.5;
Neh.10.33;
Isa.1.14,
e Lev.7.11,16;
21.22,23.
sin-offering; beside the continual] /Num.1.4,16;
burnt-offering, his ¢meat-offering,
and his drink-offering.
26 And on the fifth day nine bul-
locks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year without spot:
g Lev.27.2;
Deut:23.21;
Jud.11.30,35;
Eccl.5.
5.4.
27 And their ¢meat-offering and|h Lev.5.4;
their drink-offerings for the bul-
locks, for the rams, and for the
lambs, shal/ be according to their
number, after the manner:
28 And one goat for a sin-offer-
ing; beside the continual burnt-
offering, and his ¢meat-offering,
and his drink-offering.
29 And on the sixth day eight|
bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year without
blemish:
30 And their *meat-offering and
their drink-offerings for the bul-
locks, for the rams, and for the
lambs, shall be according to their
number, after the manner:
_31 And one goat for a sin-offer-
ing; beside the continual burnt-
offering, his ‘meat-offering, and his
drink-offering.
32 And on the seventh day seven!
bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
Mt.14.9;
206
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lambs of the first year without
blemish: 3
33 And their ¢meat-offering and
their drink-offerings for the bul-
locks, for the rams, and for the
lambs, shall be according to their
number, after the manner:
34 And one goat for a sin-offer-
ing; beside the continual burnt-
offering, his “meat-offering, and his
drink-offering.
35 On the eighth day ye shall
have ‘a solemn assembly: ye shall
do no servile work therein:
36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offer-
ing, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD: one
bullock, one ram, seven lambs of
lthe first year without blemish: ’
37 Their ¢meat-offering and their
drink-offerings for the bullock, for
the ram, and for the lambs, shall.
be according to their number, after
the manner:
38 Anda one goat for a sin-offer-
ing; beside the continual burnt-
offering, and his ¢meat-offering, and
his drink-offering.
39 These things ye shall do unto
the LorD in your 4set feasts, beside
your ‘vows, and your freewill-offer-
ings, for your burnt-offerings, and
for your “meat-offerings, and for
your drink-offerings, and for your
peace-offerings.
40 And Moses told the children of
Israel according to all that the
LoRD commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 30.
The law of vows. (Cf. Mt. 5.
33-37.)
AN? Moses spake funto the
heads of the tribes concerning
the children of Israel, saying, This
1s the thing which the Lorp hath
commanded.
2 8If a man vow a vow unto the
LorD, or ‘swear an oath to bind
his soul with a bond; he shall not
break his word, he shall do accord-
ing to all that proceedeth out of his
mouth,
3 If a woman also. vow a vow
unto the Lorn, and bind herself
by a bond, being in her father’s
Ouse in her youth;
4 And her father hear her vow,
and her bond wherewith she hath
bound her soul, and her father shall
{hold his peace at her: then all her
Mee shall nee every bond
wherewith she ha und her
shall stand. inthe:
1
7
. stand; and the Lorp shall forgive
_ stand.
5 But if her father disallow her in
the day that he heareth; not any of
her vows, or of her bonds where-
with she hath bound her soul, shall
el because her father disallowed
er,
6 And if she had at all an hus-
band, when she vowed, or uttered
ought out of her lips, wherewith she
bound her soul;
7 And her husband heard 7¢t, and
held his peace at her in the day that
he heard it: then her vows shall
stand, and her bonds wherewith she
bound her soul shall stand.
8 But if her husband 4disallowed
her on the day that he heard it;
then he shall make her vow which
she vowed, and that which she
uttered with her lips, wherewith
she bound her soul, of none effect:
and the LorpD shail forgive her.
9 But every vow of a widow, and
of her that is divorced, wherewith
they have bound their souls, shall
stand against her.
10 And if she vowed in her hus-
band’s house, or bound her soul by
a bond with an oath;
11 And her husband heard i¢, and
held his peace at her, and disal-
lowed her not: then all her vows!
shall stand, and every bond where-|
with she bound her soul shall
12 But if her husband hath ut-
terly made them void on the day
he heard them; then whatsoever
proceeded out of her lips concerning
her vows, or concerning the bond of
her soul, shall not stand: her hus-/
band hath made them void; ae
_-the LorD shall forgive her.
‘a
13 Every vow, and every binding;
oath to afflict the soul, her husband
may establish it, or her husband
may make it void.
14 But if her husband altogether
hold his peace at her from day to}
day; then he establisheth all her!
vows, or all her bonds, which are
»upon her: he confirmeth them, be-
cause he held his peace at her in
the day that he heard them.
15 But if he shall any ways make
them void after that he hath heard
them; then he shall bear her iniq-
uity. ‘
16 These are the statutes, which
the LorD commanded Moses, be-
tween a man and his wife, between
the father and his daughter, being
yet in her youth in her father’s
house,
ey
NUMBERS.
BC. 1452.
a Gen.3.16.
6 Num.25.17.
c Num.27.13.
d Num,10.9.
ei.e. alarm
clarzons.
f See Jud.6.
1,2,33.
g Josh.13.22.
| hice. encamp-
ments.
¢ Deut.20,14.
207
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CHAPTER 31.
The judgment on Midian
(Num, 25. 6-18).
ND the LorpD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
2 *Avenge the children of Israel
lof the Midianites: afterward shalt
Le “be gathered unto thy peo-
ple.
' 3 And Moses spake unto the peo-
ple, saying, Arm some of yourselves
unto the war, and let them go
against the Midianites, and avenge
|the LorD of Midian,
4 Of every tribe a thousand,
throughout all the tribes of Israel,
‘shall ye send to the war.
5 So there were delivered out of
the thousands of Israel, a thousand
lof every tribe, twelve thousand
jarmed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the
jwar, a thousand of every tribe,
ithem and Phinehas the son of
Eleazar the priest, to the war, with
\the holy instruments, and ¢the
‘trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And they warred against the
Midianites, as the LoRD com-
manded Moses; and they slew all
the /males.
8 And they slew the kings of
Midian, beside the rest of them
that were slain; namely, Evi, and
\Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and
Reba, five kings of Midian: ¢Ba-
jaam also the son of Beor they slew
with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel
took all the women of Midian
jcaptives, and their little ones,
and took the spoil of all their cat-
tle, and all their flocks, and all their
goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities
“\wherein they dwelt, and all their
goodly ‘castles, with fire.
11 And ‘they took all the spoil,
and all the prey, both of men and
lof beasts.
| 12 And they brought the captives,
and the prey, and the spoil, unto
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and
unto the congregation of the chil-
dren of Israel, unto the camp at the
plains of Moab, which are by Jor-
'dan near Jericho.
| 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the
priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet
them without the camp.
| 14 And Moses was wroth with the
officers of the host, with the cap-
tains over thousands, and captains
yourselves and your captives on
on third day, and on the seventh
ay.
20 And purify all your raiment,
and all that is made of skins, and
all work of goats’ hair, and all
things made of wood.
21 And Eleazar the priest said un-
to the men of war which went to
the battle, This is the ordinance of
the law which the LorD com-
manded Moses;
22 Only the gold, and the silver,
socks the iron, the tin, and the
ead,
23 Every thing that may abide
the fire, ye shall make /t go through
the fire, and it shall be clean: never-
theless it shall be purified with the
water of separation: and all that
abideth not the fire ye shall make
go through the water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes
on the seventh day, and ye shall be
clean, and afterward ye shall come
into the camp.
25 And the Lor spake unto Mo-
ses, saying,
26 Take the sum of the prey that
was taken, both of man and of
beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest,
and the chief fathers of the congre-
gation:
27 And @divide the prey into two
parts; between them that took the
war upon them, who went out to
_ battle, and between all the congre-
gation:
28 And levy a tribute unto the
LORD of the men of war which
went out to battle: “one soul of five
hundred, both of the persons, and
20.14; 1 Sam.
15:3.
6 Num.25.2.
c 2 Pet.2.15;
Rev.2.14.
d Josh.22.8;
1 Sam.30.26.
e See vs.30,47;
and Num
18.26.
J See vs.42-47.
g Num.,3.7,
8,25,31,36;
18.3,4.
kh See Num,
18.8,19,
i v.30.
208
es ie * MO a naeth Eee ete AL ;
¥ hog “4 (
mi) 31 15] NUMBERS.
over hundreds, which came from} B.C. 1452. _|of the beeves, and of the asses, and
_ the battle. of the sheep: ‘ 4
15 And Moses said unto them, 29 Take it of their half, and give
Have ye saved all the women it unto Eleazar the priest, for an
alive? heave-offering of the LoRD. j
16 Behold, “these caused the chil- 30 And of the children of Israel’s
dren of Israel, through the ‘counsel half, thou shalt take fone portion of
of Balaam, to commit trespass fifty, of the persons, of the beeves,
against the LorD in the matter of of the asses, and of the flocks, of all
Peor, and there was a plague among manner of beasts, and give them
the congregation of the LorD. unto the Levites, ¢which keep the
17 Now therefore kill every male charge of the tabernacle of the
among the little ones, and kill every LorD.
woman that hath known man by 31 And Moses and Eleazar the
lying with him. ‘priest did as the LORD commanded
18 But all the women children, Moses. : 2
that have not known a man by ly- 32 And the booty, being the rest
ing with him, keep alive for your- jof the prey which the men of war
selves. had caught, was six hundred thou-
19 And do ye abide without the sand and seventy thousand and
camp seven days: whosoever hath five thousand sheep,
killed any person, and whosoever 33 And threescore and twelve
hath touched any slain, purify both|a See Deut. thousand beeves,
34 And threescore and one thou-
sand asses,
35 And thirty and two thousand
persons in all, of women that had
not known man by lying with him.
36 And the half, which was the
portion of them that went out to
war, was in number three hundred
thousand and seven and thirty
thousand and five hundred sheep:
37 And the Lorp’s tribute of the -
sheep was six hundred and three-
score and fifteen.
38 And the beeves were thirty and
six thousand; of which the Lorp’s
tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 And the asses were thirty
thousand and five hundred: of
which the Lorp’s tribute was
threescore and one.
40 And the persons were sixteen
thousand; of which the Lorp’s
tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute,
which was the LorRpD’s heave-offer-
ing, unto Eleazar the priest, ’as the
LORD commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israel’s
half, which Moses divided from the
men that warred,
43 (Now the half that pertained
unto the congregation was three
hundred thousand and thirty thou-
sand and seven thousand and five
hundred sheep,
44 And thirty and six thousand
beeves,
45 And thirty thousand asses and
five hundred,
46 And sixteen thousand per-
[Sons:) ;
47 Even ‘of the children of Israel’s
é
ae ee ¢ , 1
31 48] NUMBERS.
half, Moses took one portion of] B.c. 1452.
fifty, both of man and of beast, and]/~
gave them unto the Levites, which
kept the charge of the tabernacle of
the LORD; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
48 And the officers which were
over thousands of the host, the cap-
tains of thousands, and captains of
hundreds, came near unto Moses:
49 And they said unto Moses,
Thy servants have taken the sum
of the men of war which are under
our charge, and there lacketh not
one man of us.
50 We have therefore brought an|? ae pigeoa
oblation for the LoRD, what every :
man hath gotten, of jewels of gold,|} See Ex.29.
chains, and bracelets, rings, ear-| 33) 7°fe-
rings, and “tablets, to make an|; £x.30.12-16.
batonement for our ‘souls before the Pandas
Lorp. = Qs. od, or
51 And Moses and Eleazar the} 65 cts.
priest took the gold of them, even
all wrought jewels. e Deut.20.14.
52 And all the gold of the offering fEx.30.16.
that they offered up to the LoRD,
of the captains of thousands, and of | & sete
the captains of hundreds, was six-| 2sam.24.8
teen thousand seven hundred and
fifty ¢shekels. h Dt ee
53 (For ‘the men of war had ;
taken spoil, every man for himself.) | i Deut.1.22.
54 And Moses and Eleazar the Nene Te
priest took the gold of the captains|? Beenie
of thousands and of hundreds, and| 24,28
brought it into the tabernacle of the gee a4
congregation, for a memorial for|” Deut1.36;’
the children of Israel before the} Josh.14.8,9.
Lorp. 7 Meut.1.34.
CHAPTER 32. m Deut.30.17;
Josh.22.16,
The choice of the world-border-| 18; 2 Chr.7
ers (Gen. 11. 31; Jad.5. 16; Josh.| 19+ 15-2.
7. 7; 2 Tim. 4. 10) n Josh.4.12,13.
OW the children of !Reuben
and the children of Gad had a
very great multitude of cattle: and
when they saw the land of éJazer,
and the land of Gilead, that, behold,
the place was a place for cattle;
2 The children of Gad and the
children of Reuben came and spake
unto Moses, and to Eleazar the
priest, and unto the princes of the
congregation, saying,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer,
and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and
Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo,
and Beon,
inheritance just outside the land,
What their descendants were when Messiah came is
CRY ara ek
}
{32 17
4 Even the country which the
LORD smote before the congrega-
tion of Israel, 7s a land for cattle,
and thy servants have cattle:
5 Whereforé, said they, if we have
found grace in thy sight, let this
land be given unto thy servants for
a possession, and bring us not over
Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the chil-
dren of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to
war, and shall ye sit here?
7 And wherefore discourage ye
the heart of the children of Israel
from going over intc the land which
the LorD hath given them?
8 Thus did your fathers, ‘when I
sent them from ‘Kadesh-barnea to
see the land.
9 For jwhen they went up unto
the valley of Eshcol, and saw the
land, they discouraged the heart of
the children of Israel, that they
should not go into the land which
the LorD had given them.
10 And the LorpD’s anger was
kindled the same time, and he
sware, saying,
11 Surely none of the men that
came up out of Egypt, from twenty
years old and upward, shall see the
land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and untoJacob; because
they have not wholly followed me:
12 Save Caleb the son of Jephun-
neh the Kenezite, and Joshua the
son of Nun: “for they have wholly
followed the LORD.
13 And the LorRpD’s anger was
kindled against Israel, and he made
them wander in the wilderness forty
years, until all the generation, that
had done evil in the sight of the
LorD, was consumed.
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in
your fathers’ stead, an increase of
sinful men, to augment yet the
‘fierce anger of the LoRD toward
Israel.
15 For if ye “turn away from
after him, he will yet again leave
them in the wilderness; and ye shall
destroy all this people.
16 And they came near unto him,
and said, We will bu'ld sheepfolds
here for our cattle, and cities for
our little ones:
17 But “we ourselves will go ready
armed before the children of Israel,
209
[until we have brought them unto
1 The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh, who chose their
are types of world-borderers—carnal Christians
seen in Mk, 5. 1-17
32 18]
their place: and our little ones shall
dwell in the fenced cities because of
the inhabitants of the land.
18 *We wili not return unto our
houses, until the children of irae
have inherited every man his in-
NUMBERS.
heritance.
19 For we will not inherit with
them on yonder side Jordan, or for-
ward; “because our inheritance is
fallen to us on this side Jordan
eastward,
20 And “Moses said unto them, If
ye will do this thing, if ye will go
armed before the LorD to war,
21 And will go all of you armed
over Jordan before the LorD, until
he hath driven out his enemies from
before him, ,
22 And the land be subdued be-
fore the Lorp: then afterward ye!
shall return, and be guiltless before
the LorD, and before Israel; and
this land shall be your possession
before the LorpD.
23. But if ye will not do so, behold,
ye have sinned against the LORD:
and besure ¢yoursin will find youout.
24 Build you cities for your little
ones, and folds for your sheep; and
do that which hath proceeded out
of your mouth.
25 And the children of Gad and
the children of Reuben spake unto
Moses, saying, Thy servants will
do as my lord commandeth.
26 Our little ones, our wives, our
12.1; 13.8.
¢ Deut.3.18;
Josh,1.14;
4.12,13.
d Gen4.7;
44.16; Isa.
$9.12.
eOr, tent-
villages.
Jair.
flocks, and all our cattle, shall ‘be
there in the cities of Gilead:
g Ex.12.37.
27 But thy servants will pass); ic. April.
over, every man armed for war, be-|
fore the LORD to battle, as my lord)
saith.
¢ Ex.14.8,
28 So concerning them Moses|
commanded Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the
chief fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel:
29 And Moses said unto them, If|
the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben will pass with you over
Jordan, every man armed to battle,
before the Lorp, and the land shall
be subdued before you; then ye!
shall give them the land of Gilead
for a possession: | |
30 But if they will not pass over
with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land!
of Canaan. 1
31 And the children of Gad and!
the children of Reuben answered,
saying, As the Lorp hath said ha
thy servants, so will we do.
32 We will pass over armed before!
210
B.C. 1452.
a Josh.22.3,4.
b v.33. Josh,
fOr, the tent-
villages of
the LorD into the land of Canaan,
that the possession of our inheri-
tance on this side Jordan may be
our’s.
33 And Moses gave unto them,
even to the children of Gad, and to
the children of Reuben, and unto
half the tribe of Manasseh the son
of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon
king of the Amorites, and the king-
dom of Og king of Bashan, the
land, with the cities thereof in the
coasts, even the cities of the coun-
try round about. :
34 And the children of Gad built
Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
{ 35 And Atroth, Shophan,
Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-
haran, fenced cities: and folds for
sheep.
37 And the children of Reuben
built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Kirjathaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon,
(their names being changed,) and
Shibmah: and gave other names
unto the cities which they builded.
39 And the children of Machir the
son of Manasseh went to Gilead,
and. took it, and dispossessed the
Amorite which was in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead unto
Machir the son of Manasseh; and
he dwelt therein.
41 And Jair the son of Manasseh
went and took the small ‘towns
thereof, and called them fHavoth-
air.
42 And Nobah went and took Ke-
nath, and the villages thereof, and
called it Nobah, after his own name.
CHAPTER 33.
Summary of the journeys from
Egypt to Jordan.
ol Rose ees are the journeys of the
children of Israel, which went
forth out of the land 6f Egypt with
their armies under the hand of
IMoses and Aaron.
2 And Moses wrote their goings
out according to their journeys by
the commandment of the LorRpD;
and these are their journeys accord-
ing to their goings out.
3 And they departed from Rame-
ses in the /first month, on the fif-
teenth day of the first month; on
the morrow after the passover the
children of Israel went out ‘with an
high hand in the sight of all the
Egyptians.
4 For the Egyptians buried all
and
,
=
© 33-5)
NUMBERS.
their firstborn, which the LORD! B.C. 1452.
their gods also the LoRD executed
judgments.
5 And the children of Israel re-
moved from Rameses, and pitched
in Succoth.
6 And they departed from Suc-
coth, and pitched in Etham, which
is in the edge of the wilderness.
7 Andthey ¢removed from Etham,
and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth,
which is before Baal-zephon: and
they pitched before Migdol.
8 And they departed from before
Pi-hahiroth, and ‘passed through
the midst of the sea into the wilder-
ness, and went three days’ journey
in the wilderness of Etham, and
pitched in Marah.
9 And they removed from Marah,
and fcame unto Elim: and in Elim
were twelve fountains of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees; and
they pitched there.
10 And they removed from Elim,
and encamped by the Red sea.
11 And they removed from the
Red sea, and encamped in the
éwilderness of Sin.
12 And they took their journe:
a Ex.12.12;
18.11; Isa.
19.1.
b Ex.12.37.
¢ Ex,13.20.
d Ex.14.2,9.
e Ex.14.22;
15.22,23.
f Ex.15.27.
gEx.16.1.
y
out of the wilderness of Sin, ands B2.172:
9.2.
encamped in Dophkah.
13 And they departed from Doph-
kah, and encamped in Alush.
# Num.11.34.
14 And they removed from Alhush,|Ji-e. the
and encamped at /Rephidim, where
was no water for the people to drink.
&raves of
dust.
15 And they departed from Reph-|* Deut.10.6.
idim, and pitched in the wilderness} ; pnent.10.7.
of Sinai.
16 And they removed from the|7Num.20.1;
desert of Sinai, and pitched ‘at
_dKibroth-hattaavah.
17 And they departed from Ki-
broth-hattaavah, and encamped at
Hazeroth.
18 And they departed from Haze-
roth, and pitched in Rithmah.
19 And they departed from Rith-
mah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
20 And they departed from Rim-
mon-parez, and pitched in Libnah.
21 And they removed from Lib-
nah, and pitched at Rissah.
22 And they journeyed from Ris-
sah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
23 And they went from Kehela-
thah, and pitched in mount Sha-
pher.
24 And they removed from mount
Shapher, ‘and encamped in Hara-
dah.
25 And they removed from Hara-
dah, and pitched in Makheloth.
27.14.
nie. August.
oie. the
ruins of
Abarim.
211i
[33 49
3 orn, which the LorD) Bc. 1452. | 26 And they removed from Mak-
had smitten among them: “upon ‘heloth, and encamped at Tahath.
| 27 And they departed from Ta-
hath, and pitched at Tarah.
| 28 And they removed from Ta-
irah, and pitched in Mithcah.
29 And they went from Mithcah,
jand pitched in Hashmonah.
| 30 And they departed from Hash-
lmonah, and ‘encamped at Mose-
jroth.
31 And they departed from Mose-
roth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.
32 And they removed from Bene-
|jaakan, and fencamped at Hor-ha-
igidgad.
33 And they went from Hor-ha-
igidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
34 And they removed from Jotba-
ithah, and encamped at Ebronah.
| 35 And they departed from Ebro-
nah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
36 And they removed from Ezion-
jgaber, and pitched in the ”wilder-
ness of Zin, which 1s Kadesh.
37 And they removed from Ka-
'desh, and pitched in mount Hor, in
the edge of the land of Edom.
| 38 And Aaron the priest went up
into mount Hor at the command-
ment of the LORD, and died there,
jin the fortieth year after the chil-
dren of Israel were come out of the
land of Egypt, in the first day of
the “fifth month.
39 And Aaron was an hundred
land twenty and three years old
lwhen he died in mount Hor.
40 And king Arad the Canaanite,
lwhich dwelt in the south in the
land of Canaan, heard of the com-
ling of the children of Israel.
41 And they departed from mount
‘Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
42 And they departed from Zal-
monah, and pitched in Punon.
43 And they departed from Pu-
non, and pitched in Oboth.
44 And they departed from
Oboth, and pitched in °Ije-abarim,
in the border of Moab. '
45 And they departed from Iim,
and pitched in Dibon-gad.
46 And they removed from Di-
‘bon-gad, and encamped in Almon-
diblathaim.
47 And they removed from Al-
imon-diblathaim, and pitched in the
!mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
| 48 And they departed from the
imountains of Abarim, and pitched
in the plains of Moab by Jordan
near Jericho. '
49 And they pitched by Jordan,
from Beth-jesimoth even unto
54 And ye shall divide the land
by lot for an inheritance among
your families: and to the ¢more ye
shall give the more inheritance, and
to the ‘fewer ye shall give the less
inheritance: every man’s inhert-
tance shall be in the place where
his lot falleth; according to the
tribes of your fathers ye shall
inherit.
55 But if ye will not drive out the
inhabitants of the land from before
you; then it shall come to pass,
that those- which ye let remain of!
them shall be fpricks in your eyes,
and thorns in your sides, and shall
vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
die. greater.
éi.e. smaller.
Ff Josh.23.13;
Jud.2.3;
Psa.106.34-
36; see Ex.
23.33; Ezk.
28.24,
g Gen.17.8;
Deut.1.7,8;
Psa.78.55;
105.11; Ezk. |
47.14.
h Josh.15.1;
see Ezk.47.
13;,etc.
i Gen.14.3;
56 Moreover it shall come to pass,
that [I shall do unto you, as I
thought to do unto them.
CHAPTER 34.
Preparations to enter the land.
PEND the LorD spake unto Moses,
Saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, |
and say unto them, When ye come
into the land of sCanaan; (this is
the land that shall fall unto you for
an inheritance, even the land of
Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
3 Then “your south quarter shall|
Josh.15.2.
j Gen.15.18;
Josh.15.4,47;
1 Ki. 8.65,
Isa.27.12.
k Ezk.47.15.
( Ezk.47.17.
m 2 Ki.23.33;
Jer.39.5,6.
n Deut.3.17;
Josh.11.2;
19.35; Mt.
14.34; Lk.
Sil;
a Ge eS ae eee a ee ey its he baal dy begs,
33:50} NUMBERS. 134 20
-shittim in the plains of|B.c.1452. | 5 And the border shall fetch a
a a it L compass from Azmon Junto the
50 And the LorpD spake unto Mo- river of Egypt, and the goings out
ses in the plains of Moab by Jordan of it shall be at the sea.
near Jericho, saying, 6 Pil as for se Sama Sarge:
i, i ye shall even have the great sea
pate” aes et are cs for a border: this shall be your
51 Speak unto the children of Is- Nar a aieatis ti cusa cae
rael, and say unto ee eee oF pc border: from the great sea _ye shall
Bea Nate Jordan into the; point out for you mount Hor: |
52 ‘Then ye shall drive out alljcie. the 8 From ae bos am shall Do
Ppahinhabitants of -thesland(inem| Sainsef jek, YOGRSporserspn i
before you, and destroy all their) S#*4- poe tes Fes qa ae pres
pictures, and destroy all their mol- seg ee Es he of the border s e e
ee hor ceca: pluck down) 3:1;7-°%™ 9 And the border shall go am to
53 And ye shali dispossess the in-| ¢ Ex.23.24,33; petipeee pees ie ane cna
habitants of the land, and dwell] 3413: Deut. |Pat7 oe Don border. s
ale pope given you the fosh11.125 10 And ye shall point out your
east border from Hazar-enan to
Shepham:
11 And the coast shall go down
from *Shepham to Riblah, on the
east side of Ain; and the border
shall descend, and shall reach unto
the side of the sea *of Chinnereth
eastward:
12 And the border shall go down
to Jordan, and the goings out of it
shall be at the salt sea: this shall
be your land with the coasts thereof
round about.
13 And Moses commanded the
children of Israel, saying, This is
the land which ye shall inherit by
lot, which the LORD commanded to
give unto the nine tribes, and to the
half tribe:
14 For the tribe of the children of
Reuben according to the house of
their fathers, and the tribe of the
children of Gad according to the
house of their fathers, have received
their inheritance; and half the
tribe of Manasseh have received
their inheritance:
15 The two tribes and the half
tribe have received their inheritance
on this side Jordan near Jericho
eastward, toward the sunrising.
16 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
be from the wilderness of Zin along
by the coast of Edom, and your
south border shall be the outmost
coast of ‘the salt sea eastward:
4 And your border shall turn from
the south to the ascent of Akrabbim,
and pass on to Zin: and the going
forth thereof shall be from the
south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall
go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on
to Azmon:
ses, saying,
17 These are the names of the
men which shall divide the land
unto you: Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
18 And ye shall take one prince
of every tribe, to divide the land
by inheritance.
19 And the names of the men are
these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb
the son of Jephunneh.
{20 And of the tribe of the children
212
f.
rran:
as
ae
~ 2 Se 7 ASS.
NUMBERS.
[35 18
a
-of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Am-| Bc. 1452.
mihud. 5
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Eti-
dad the son of Chislon,
22 And the prince of the tribe of
the children of Dan, Bukki the son
of Jogli.
23 The prince of the children of
Joseph, for the tribe of the children
of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of
Ephod.
24 .And the prince of the tribe of
the children of Ephraim, Kemuel
the son of Shiphtan.
25 And the prince of the tribe of
the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan
the son of Parnach.
26 And the prince of the tribe of
the children of Issachar, Paltiel the
son of Azzan.
27 And the prince of the tribe of
the children of Asher, Ahihud the
son_ of Shelomi.
28 And the prince of the tribe of
the children of Naphtali, Pedahel
the son of ihud.
29 These are they whom the
Lorp commanded to divide the in-
heritance unto the children of
Israel in the land of Canaan.
CHAPTER 35.
The cities of refuge.
AND the LorD spake unto Moses
in the plains of Moab by Jor-
dan near Jericho, saying,
2 «Command the children of Is-
rael, that they give unto the Levites
of the inheritance of their possession
cities to dwell in; and ye shall give
also unto the Levites suburbs for
_the cities round about them.
3 And the cities shall they have
to dwell in; and the %suburbs of
them shail be for their cattle, and
for their goods, and for all their
beasts. a
4 And the suburbs of the cities,
which ye shall give unto the Le-
vites, shall reach from the wall of
the city and outward a thousand
¢cubits round about. .
5 And ye shall measure from with-
out the city on the east side two
thousand cubits, and on the south
side two thousand cubits, and on
the west side two thousand cubits,
and on the north side two thou-
sand cubits; and the city shal/ bein
1 The cities of refuge are types of C
Heb. 6. 18 19).
a Josh.14.3,4;
21.2. See
Ezk.45.1;
48.8, etc.
bi.e. pasture
grounds.
c¢ One cubit =
1 ft. 5.48 in.;
also v.5.
di.e. by error;
unwittingly.
e Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
f Deut.19.6;
Josh.20.3,
5,6.
g Deut.4.41;
Josh.20.8.
h Ex.21.12,14;
Lev.24.17;
Deut.19.11,
12.
the midst: this shall be to them the
suburbs of the cities.
6 And among the cities which ye
shall: give unto the Levites there
shall be six cities for 1refuge, which
ye shall appoint for the manslayer,
that he may flee thither: and to
them ye shall add forty and two
cities.
7 So all the cities which ye shail.
give to the Levites shall be forty
and eight cities: them shali ye give
with their suburbs,
8 And the cities which ye shall
give shall be of the possession of
the children of Israeli: from them
that have many ye shall give
many; but from them that have
few ye shall give few: every one
shall give of his cities unto the
Levites according to his inheritance
which he inheriteth.
9 And the LorD spake unto Mo-
ses, saying, :
10 Speak unto the children of Is-
rael, and say unto them, When ye
be come over Jordan into the land
of Canaan;
11 Then yeshall appoint you cities
to be cities of refuge for you; that
the slayer may flee thither, which
killeth any person at ¢unawares.
12 And they shall be unto you
cities for refuge from the “avenger:
fthat the manslayer die not, until
he stand before the congregaticn in .
judgment.
13 And of these cities which ye
shall give six cities shall ye have
for refuge.
14 Ye shall give three cities on
this side Jordan, and three cities
shall ye give in the land of Canaan,
which shall be cities of refuge.
15 These six cities shall be a
refuge, both for the children of Is-
rael, and for the stranger, and for
the sojourner among them: that
every one that killeth any person
unawares may flee thither.
16 “And if he smite him with an
instrument of iron, so that he die,
he is a murderer: the murderer
shall surely be put to death.
17 And if he smite him with
throwing a stone, wherewith he may
die, and he die, he zs a murderer:
the murderer shall surely be put to
death. .
18 Or if he smite him with an
hand weapon of wood, wherewith he
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hrist sheltering the sinner from judgment
(Psa. 46. 1; 142. 5; Isa. 4. 6; Ex. 21. 13; Deut. 19. 2-9; Rem. 8. 1, 33, 34; Phil. 3.
inch
35 19]
may die, and he die, he 7s a mur-
derer: the murderer shall surely be
put to death. .
19. The “revenger of blood him-
self shall slay the murderer: when
he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
20 But if he thrust him of hatred,
or hurl at him Sby laying of wait,
that he die; :
21 Or in enmity smite him with
his hand, that he die: he that smote
him shall surely be put to death;
for he 1s a murderer: the ¢revenger
of blood shall slay the murderer,
when he meeteth him.
22 But if he thrust him suddenly
¢without enmity, or have cast upon
him any thing without laying of Ape. eat
wait, Redemp.
23 Or with any stone, wherewith| (Kinsman
a man may die, seeing him not, and| {P9)- Tsa-
cast it upon him, that he die, and :
was not his enemy, neither sought] 6 Ex.21.14;
his harm: Deut.19.11,
24 Then the congregation shall] ¢-#x.21.13.
judge between the slayer and the a
revenger of blood accérding to these]? paged
judgments: 21.10.
25 And the congregation shall de- c
liver the slayer out of the hand of| ¢ ieee
the “revenger of blood, and the con- 13.16: 2 Cor
gregation shall restore him to the] 13.1; Heb.
city of his refuge, whither he was| 10-28:
fled: and he shall abide in it unto fo Beaey
the death of the high priest, ¢which
was anointed with the holy oil. 8 omen
26 But if the slayer shall at any rks
time come without the border of{h Or, have
the city of his refuge, whither he| 2‘onement
SEs fled: made for.
27 And the 4revenger of blood
find him ‘without the borders of the
city of his refuge and the “revenger
of blood kill the slayer; he shall
not be guilty of blood:
28 Because he should have re-
mained in the city of his refuge
until the death of the high priest:
but after the death of the high
priest the slayer shall return into
the land of his possession.
29 So these things shall be for a
statute of judgment unto you
throughout your generations in all
your dwellings.
30 Whoso killeth any person, the
murderer shall be put to death by
the ‘mouth of witnesses: but one
witness shall not testify against any
pefson to cause him to die.
31 Moreover ye shall take no
fsatisfaction for the life of a mur-
derer, which is guilty of death: but
he shall be surely put to death.
32 And ye shall take no satisfac-
1 Gen.9.6.
j Ex.29.45,46.
k Lev.25.10.
!Num.27.7
m1 Ki.21.3.
NUMBERS.
B.C. 1451.
st
tion for him that is fled to the city”
of his refuge, that he should come
again to dwell in the land, until the
death of the priest.
33 Soye shall not pollute the land
wherein ye are: for blood 4it de-
fileth the land: and the land cannot
be “cleansed of the blood that is
shed therein, but by the *blood of
him that shed it.
34 Defile not therefore the land
which ye shall inhabit, wherein I
dwell: for JI the LorD dwell among
the children of Israel.
CHAPTER 36.
As to inheritances.
ND the chief fathers of the fam-
ilies of the children of Gilead,
the son of Machir, the son of Ma-
nasseh, of the families of the sons
of Joseph, came near, and spake
before Moses, and before the
princes, the chief fathers of the
children of Israel:
2 And they said, The LoRD com-
manded my lord to give the land
for an inheritance by lot to the
children of Israel: and my lord was
commanded by the LoRD‘to give
the inheritance of Zelophehad our
brother unto his daughters.
3 And if they be married to any
of the sons of the other tribes of the
children of Israel, then shall their
inheritance be taken from the inher-
itance of our fathers, and shall be
put to the inheritance of the tribe
whereunto they are received: so
shall it be taken from the lot of our
inheritance.
4 And when the “jubile of the
children of Israel shall be, then
shall their inheritance be put unto
the inheritance of the tribe where-
unto they are received: so shall
their inheritance be taken away
from the inheritance of the tribe of
our fathers.
ae
self to the inheritance of the tribe
_ of his fathers.
8 And every daughter, that
possesseth an inheritance in any
tribe of the children of Israel, shall
be wife unto one of the family of
the tribe of her father, that the
children of Israel may enjoy every
man the inheritance of his fathers,
9 Neither shall the inheritance re-
move from one tribe to another
tribe; but every one of the tribes of
the children of Israel shall keep
himself to his own inheritance.
10 Even as the LORD commanded
Moses, so did the daughters of Ze-
lophehad:
NUMBERS.
ja i Chr.23.22,
6 Num.26.3;
| 33.48.
215
_ BC, 1451.
(36 13
11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hog-
lah, and Milcah, and Noah, the
ldaughters of Zelophehad, were
|married unto their father’s brothers’
'sons:
| 12 And they were married into
the families of the sons of Manasseh
\the son of Joseph, and their inheri-
\tance remained in the tribe of the
family of their father.
13 These are the commandments
land the judgments, which the LorD
icommanded by the hand of Moses
junto the children of Israel in the
iplains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho.
i
TORE ORE coe ALL aE ee a ea Ce
. ; © ey "
THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES
CALLED
el DEUTERONOMY. Con
DEUTERONOMY consists of the parting counsels of Moses delivered to Israel in view
of their impending entrance upon their covenanted possession. It contains a sum-
mary of the wilderness wanderings of Israel, which is important as unfolding the
moral judgment of God upon those events; repeats the Decalogue to a generation
which had grown up in the wilderness; gives needed instruction as to the conduct
of Israel in the land, and contains the Palestinian Covenant (30. 1-9). The book
breathes the sternness of the Law. Key-words, ‘“Thou shalt”; key-verses, 11. 26-28.
It is important to note that, while the land of promise was unconditionally given
to Abraham and to his seed in the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 13. 15;+15. 7), it was
under the conditional Palestinian Covenant (Deut. 28.-30. 9) that Israel entered
the land under Joshua. Utterly violating the conditions of that covenant, the
nation was first disrupted (1 Ki. 12.) and then cast out of the land (2 Ki, 17. 1-18;
24. 1-25. 11). But the same covenant unconditionally promises a national restora-
tion of Israel which is yet to be fulfilled (Gen. 15. 18, note).
Deuteronomy is in seven divisions: I. Summary of the history of Israel in the
wilderness, 1. 1-3. 29. II. A restatement of the Law, with warnings and exhor-
tations, 4. 1-11. 32. III. Instructions, warnings, and predictions, 12. 1-27. 26.
The great closing prophecies summarizing the history of Israel to the second
coming of Christ, and containing the Palestinian Covenant, 28. 1-30. 20. V. Last
counsels to Priests, Levites, and to Joshua, 31. VI. The Song of Moses and his
parting blessings, 32., 33. VII. The death of Moses, 34.
The time covered by this retrospect is approximately forty years.
CHAPTER 1. B.C. 1451. Pes thereunto, in the plain, in the
: x, hills, and in the vale, and in the
The failure at Kadesh-barnea. south, and by the sea'side, to the
THESE be the words which Mo-/ Israel (his- Hand of the Canaanites, and unto
ses spake unto all Israel on] €%%$4o% |Lebanon, unto the great river, the
this side Jordan jn the wilderness,| Deut.7.68. {river Euphrates.
in the plain over against the Red| (Gen.12.23; | 8 Behold, I have set the land be-
sea, between Paran, and Tophel,| R°™11-26) |fore you: go in and possess the
and Laban, and Hazeroth, and/? Josh.9.1-10; [land which the LorD sware unto
Dizahab. seb li your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and
2 (There are “eleven days’ jour-|¢Prolonged | Jacob, to give unto them and to
ney from Horeb by the way of| by ope act of their seed after them.
mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.) | forty years. | 9 And I ‘spake unto you at that
3 And it came to pass in the} Num.14.23, |time, saying, I am not able to bear
fortieth year, in the 4deleventh| 7°¢e you myself alone:
month, on the first day of the|di-e. Febru- 10 The LorD your God hath mul-
month, that Moses spake unto the| 2: tiplied you, and, behold, ye are
children of Israel, according unto|e¢Num.21.24, |this day Jas the stars of heaven for
all that the Lorp had given himin} 33- multitude.
commandment unto them; fEx.3.1. 11 (The LorD God of your
4 After he had slain «Sihon the eCf.Gen.31.3; |fathers make you a thousand times
nee. ee pac, wich aval Num.10.11. |/so ree fs ye babe pa
in Heshbon, an g the king of]; Gen.12.7; you, as he hath promised you!
Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth Eo LUD Bs 12 How can I myself alone bear
in ee : ; Cf tsa 1130, YOUF cumibrance; and your burden,
n this side Jordan, in the land ; Jer 23.’ |and your strife?
a ‘ Biceb, began Moses to declare Fa Easy. 13 BR ae aes men, and under-
is law, saying, ~26. standing, an Own among your
6 The Lorp our God /spake unto] iEx.18.13; —_|tribes, and I will make them rulers
us in Horeb, saying, Ye have) Nemlll4. lover you,
&dwelt long enough in this mount: |jCfGen.15.5; | 14 And ye answered me, and said,
if can rot a take your ce Deut.28.62, The te which ee hast spoken
ney, and go to the mount o e 1s good for us to do.
Amorites, and unto all the places| {15 So I took the chief of your
216
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-must go up, and into what cities we
it 16]
tribes, wise men, and known, and
made them heads over you, cap-
tains over thousands, and captains
over hundreds, and captains over
fifties, and captains over tens, and
officers among your tribes.
16 And I charged your judges at
that time, saying, Hear the causes
between your brethren, and judge
tighteously between every man and
his brother, and the stranger that
is with him.
17 *Ye shall not respect persons
in judgment; but ye shall hear the
small as well as the great; ye shall
not be afraid of the face of man; for
the judgment zs God’s: and the
cause that is too hard for you, bring
it unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that
pac all the things which ye should
oO.
19 And when we departed from
Horeb, we went through all that
great and terrible wilderness, which
ye saw by the way of the mountain
of the Amorites, as the LORD our
God commanded us; and we *came
to Kadesh-barnea.
20 And I said unto you, Ye are
come unto the mountain of the
Amorites, which the LorD our God
doth give unto us.
21 Behold, the Lorp thy God
hath set the land before thee: go up
and possess it, as the LorD God of
thy fathers hath said unto thee;
fear not, neither be discouraged.
22 And ye came near unto me
every one of you, and said, We will
send men before us, and they shail
search us out the land, and bring
us word again by what way we
shall come.
23 And the saying pleased me
well: and I ‘took twelve men of
you, one of a tribe:
24 4And they turned and went up
into the mountain, and came unto
the valley of Eshcol, and searched
it out.
25 And they took of the fruit of
the land in their hands, and
brought it down unto us, | and
brought us word again, and said, Jt
is €a good land which the LORD
our God doth give us.
26 fNotwithstanding ye would not
go up, but rebelled against the com-
mandment of the LORD your God:
27 And ye murmured in your
tents, and said, Because the LORD
hated us, he hath brought us forth
out of the land of Egypt, to deliver’
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
a Deut.16.19;
Lev.19.15;
1 Sam.16.7;
Prov.24.23;
Jas.2.1.
6 Num.13.26.
¢ Num.13.2.
d Num.13.22-
24.
e Num.13.2.
f Num.14.1-4;
Psa.106.24,
25.
g Num.13.28,
31-33; Deut.
9.1,2.
h Psa.106.24;
Heb.3.7-19;
4.1,2.
+t Num,14.22,
23; Psa.95.11.
j Num.14.24,
30; Josh.14.
9,10.
k Num.20.12;
27.14; Deut.
3.26; 4.21;
34.4; Psa.
106.32.
1 Num.14.30.
217
Viel dined)
‘
[1 42
us into the hand of the Amorites, to
destroy us.
28 Whither shall we go up? our
brethren have discouraged our
heart, saying, 8The people is
greater and taller than we; the
cities are great and walled up to
heaven; and moreover we have seen
the sons of the Anakims there.
29 Then I said unto you, Dread
not, neither be afraid of them.
30 The LorD your God which go-
eth before you, he shall fight for
you, according to all that he did for
you in Egypt before your eyes;
31 And in the wilderness, where
thou hast seen how that the LorD
thy God bare thee, as a man doth
bear his son, in all the way that ye
went, until ye came into this place.
32 Yet in this thing “ye did not
believe the LoRD your God,
33 Who went in the way before
you, to search you out a place to
pitch your tents fn, in fire by night,
to shew you by what way ye should
go, and in a cloud by day.
34 And the Lorp heard the voice
of your words, and was wroth, and
sware, saying,
35 ‘Surely there shall not one of
these men of this evil generation
see that good land, which I sware
to give unto your fathers,
36 Save Caleb the son of Jephun-
neh; he shall see it, and to him will
I give the land that he hath trodden
upon, and to his children, because
he hath wholly followed the Lorp.
37 FAlso the LORD was angry
with me for your sakes, saying,
Thou also shalt not go in thither. “
38 But ‘Joshua the son of Nun,
which standeth before thee, he shall
go in thither: encourage him: for he
shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39 Moreover your little ones,
which ye said should be a prey, and
your children, which in that day
had no knowledge between good
and evil, they shall go in thither,
and unto them willl give it, and they
shall possess it.
40 But as for you, turn you, and
take your journey into the wilder-
ness by the way of the Red sea.
41 Then ye answered and said
unto me, We have sinned against
the LORD, we will go up and fight,
according to all that the Lorp our
God commanded us. And when ye
had girded on every man_ his
weapons of war, ye were ready to
go up into the hill.
42 And the Lorp said unto me,
1 43]
Say unto them, Go not up, neither
fight; for I am not among you; lest
ye be smitten before your enemies. |
43 So I spake unto you; and ye
would not hear, but rebelled against}
the commandment of the Lorp,|
and went presumptuously up into}
the hill. Q
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt
in that mountain, came out against
you, and chased you, as bees do,
and destroyed you in Seir, even|
unto Hormah.
45 And ye returned and wept be-
fore the Lorp; “but the Lorp
would not hearken to your voice,
nor give ear unto you.
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many} > Deut.1.40;
days, according unto the days that) Num-14.25.
ye abode there. ¢ C£Deut.1.
CHAPTER 2. hel Aaa.
. The wanderings and conflicts of| Josh-24.4.
the wilderness. e Psa.1.6;
37.18, 44.21;
HEN we turned, and took our! §9'5, 94 11;
journey into the wilderness by
a Cf.Zech.7,
11-13.
103 14, Mt.
the way of the Red sea, as the} $852) 2 Pet.
Lorpb spake unto me: and we com-
passed mount Seir many days. f1 Ki.9.26,
2 And the Lorp spake unto me,| , beatin
saying, Fs east of the
3 Ye have compassed this moun-| Dead Sea.
tain ‘long enough: turn you north- h Geno!
ward. 36-38.
4 And command thou the people,| .
saying, Ye are to pass through the| * Gen-14.5.
coast of your brethren the children! ; peut.9.2 ;
of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and| Num13.
they shall be afraid of you: take ye| 22,33.
good heed unto yourselves there- k v.22; Gen.
er xe —_ 14.6, 36.20.
éddle not with them; for I
will not give you of their land, no, Eueathl.
not “aed a foot pore ; be-|m Num.13.26.
cause i Nave “given mount Seir unto
Esau for a possession. mae aae
6 Ye peal buy meat of thet for
money, that ye may eat; and ye
shall also buy water of them for aes
money, that ye may drink. ee
7 For the Lorp thy God hath}? Gen.14.5.
blessed thee in all the works of thy
hand: he ¢knoweth thy walking
through this great wilderness: these
forty years the Lorp thy God hath
een with thee; thou hast lacked
nothing.
8 And when we passed by from
our brethren the children of Esau,
which dwelt in Seir, through the
way of the plain from fElath, and
from Ezion-gaber, we turned and
passed by the way of the éwilder-
ness of Moab.
o Num.14.35;
218
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1491.
9 And the LorpD said unto me,
Distress not the Moabites, neither
contend with them in battle: for I
will not give thee of their land for a
possession; because I have “given
Ar unto the children of Lot for a
possession.
10 The ‘Emims dwelt therein in
times past, a’ people great, and
many, and tall, as the 7Anakims; ~
11 Which also were accounted
giants, as the Anakims; but the
Moabites call them Emims.
12 The *Horims also dwelt in Seir
beforetime; but the children of Esau
succeeded them, when they had de-
stroyed them from before them,
and dwelt in their stead; as Israel
did unto the land of his possession,
which the LorRD gave unto them.
13 Now rise up, said J, ‘and get
you over the brook Zered. And we
went over the brook Zered.
14 And the space in which we
came from ”Kadesh-barnea, until
we were come over the brook Zered,
was thirty and eight years; “until
all the generation of the men of
war were wasted out from among
the host, °as the LORD swure unto
them.
15 For indeed the hand of the
LORD was against them, to destroy
them from among the host, until
they were consumed.
16 So it came to pass, when all
the men of war were consumed and
dead from among the people,
17, That the LorD spake unto me,
Saying,
18 Thou art to pass over through
Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
19 And when thou comest nigh
over against the children of Ammon,
distress them not, nor meddle with
them: for I will not give thee of
the land of the children of Ammon
any possession; because I have
given it unto the children of Lot for
a possession.
20 (That also was accounted a
land of giants: giants dwelt therein
in old, time; and the Ammonites
call them #Zamzummims;
21 A people great, and many, and
tall, as the Anakims; but the Lorp
destroyed them before them: and
they succeeded them, and dwelt in
their stead:
22 As he did to the children of
Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he
destroyed the Horirns from before
them; and they succeeded them,
and dwelt in their stead even unto
this day:
_dwelt in their stead.)
2 23]
23 And the Avims which dwelt in
Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the
Caphtorims, which came forth out
of Caphtor, destroyed them, and
24 Rise ye up, take your journey,
and pass over the river Arnon: be-
hold, I have given into thine hand.
Sihon the Amorite, king of Hesh-
bon, and his land: begin to possess
it, and contend with him in battle.
25 This day will I begin to put the
dread of thee and the fear of thee
fipon the nations that are under
the whole heaven, who shall hear
report of thee, and shall tremble,
and be in anguish because of thee.
26 And I sent messengers out of
the wilderness of Kedemoth unto
Sihon king of Heshbon with words
of peace, saying,
27 Let me pass through thy land:
I will go along by the high way, I
will neither turn unto the mght
hand nor to the left. a
28 Thou .shalt sell me meat for
money, that I may eat; and give
me water for money, that I may
drink: only I will pass through on
my feet;
29 -(As the children of Esau which
dwell in Seir, and the Moabites
which dwell in Ar, did unto me;)
until I shall pass over Jordan into
the land which the LorpD our God
giveth us.
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon
would not let us pass by him: for
the Lorp thy God hardened his
spirit, and made his heart obstinate,
that he might deliver him into thy
hand, as appeareth this day.
31 And the Lorp said unto me,
Behold, I have begun to give Sihon
and his land before thee: begin to
@possess, that thou mayest inherit
his land.
32 Then Sihon came out against
us, he and all his people, to fight at
Jahaz.
33: And the Lorp our God de-
livered him before us; and we smote
him, and his sons, and all his
people.
34 And we took all his cities at
that time, and utterly destroyed the
men, and the women, and the little
ones, of every city, we left none to
remain:
35 Only the cattle we took for a
prey unto ourselves, and the spoil
of the cities which we took.
36 From ®Aroer, which is by the
brink of the river of Arnon, and
from the city that is by the river,
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
a Josh.1.3.
b Deut.3.12;
4.48; Josh.
13.9.
c¢ Num.21.33,
etc.; Deut.
29.7.
d Deut.1.4.
e Num.21.34.
f Deut.4.48;
1, Cbr:5.23;
Psa.29.6.
g One cubit =
1 ft. 5.48 in.
h Num.32.33;
Josh.12.6;
13.8-12.
219
[3 12
even unto Gilead, there was not
one city too strong for us: the LORD
our God delivered all unto us:
37 Only unto the land of the chil-
dren of Ammon thou camest not,
nor unto any place of the river Jab-
bok, nor unto the cities in the moun-
tains, nor unto whatsoever the
Lorp our God forbad us.
CHAPTER 3.
oe we turned, and went up
the way to Bashan: and ‘Oz
the king of Bashan came out against
us, he and all his people, to battle
at ¢Edrei.
2 And the Lorp said unto me,
Fear him not: for I will deliver him,
and all his people, and his land,
into thy hand; and thou shalt do
unto him as thou didst unto ‘Sihon
king of the Amorites, which dwelt
at Heshbon.,
3 So the Lorp our God delivered
into our hands Og also, the king of
Bashan, and all his people: and we
smote him until none was left to
him remaining.
4 And we took all his cities at
that time, there was not a city
which we took not frorn them, three-
score cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All these cities were fenced with
high walls, gates, and bars; beside
unwalled towns a great many.
6 And we utterly destroyed them,
as we did unto Sihon king of Hesh-
bon, utterly destroying the men,
women, and children, of every city.
7 But all the cattle, and the spoil
of the cities, we took for a prey to
ourselves.
8 And we took at that time out of
the hand of the two kings of the
Amorites the land that was on this
side Jordan, from the river of Arnon
unto mount /Hermon;
9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians
call Sirion; and the Amorites call
it Shenir;)
10 All the cities of the plain, and
all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto
Salchah and Edrei, cities of the
kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 For only Og king of Bashan
remained of the remnant of giants;
behold his bedstead was a bedstead
of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the
children of Ammon? nine Scubits
was the length thereof, and four
cubits the breadth of it, after the
cubit of a man.
12 And this “land, which we pos-
3 13]
DEUTERONOMY.
sessed at that time, from Aroer,
which zs by the river Annon, and
half mount Gilead, and \the ctties
thereof, gave I unto the /Reubenites
and to ‘the 'Gadites.
13 “And the rest of Gilead,-and all
Bashan, being the kingdom of ‘Og,
gave I unto the half tribeof Manas-
seh; all the region of Argob, with
all Bashan, which was called the
land of giants.
14 Jair the son of Manasseh took
all the country of Argob unto ‘the
coast of Geshuri and Maachathi;
and-called them after his ownmame,)
Bashan-havoth-jair, unto ‘this day.
15 AndI gave’Gilead unto Machir.
16 And unto the Reubenites and
unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead
even unto the river Arnon half ‘the
valley, and the border even ‘unto the
river Jabbok, which is the border
of the children of Ammon;
17 The plain also, and Jordan,
and the coast thereof, ‘from ‘Chin-
nereth even unto the sea of the
plain, even ‘the salt sea, under
“Ashdoth-pisgah ‘eastward.
18 And I commanded you at that
time, saying, The Lorp your ‘God
hath given you this land ‘to possess
it: ¢ye shall pass over armed before
your brethren the children of Israel,
all that are meet for the war.
19 But your wives, and your little
ones, and your cattle, (for I know
that ye have much cattle,) shali
abide in your cities which I have
given you;
20 Until the LorpD have-given rest
unto your brethren, as well.as unto
you, and until! they also possess the
fand which the Lorp your God
hath given them beyond Jordan:
and then shall ye ‘return every
man unto his possession, which I
have given you.
21 And #1 commanded Joshua at
that time, saying, Thine-eyes have
seen all that the Lorp your ‘God
hath done unto ‘these two Kings: so
shall the Lorp do unto all the king-
doms whither thou passest.
22 Ye shall not fear them: for
&the LorD your God he shall fight
for you.
23 And I *besought the LorpD at
that time, saying,
24 O Lord Gop, thou ‘hast begun
to shew thy servant thy greatness,
and thy mighty hand: for what
God is there in heaven or in earth,
that can do-according to thy works,
and according to thy might?
25 I pray thee, let me go over, and
B.c. 1451.
a Josh.13.29,30.
b Num.32.39. |
ci.e. the
springs of
Pisgah, or
the hill.
d Num.32.20,
ete:
é Josh.22.4.
f Num.27.18.
g Ex.14.14;
Deut.1.30;
20.4.
h Bible
prayers
(O.T.). Deut.
9:26. (Gen.
15.2; Hab.3.
1-16.)
¢ Num.:20.12;
27.14; Deut.
1:37; 31.2;
32.51,52;
34.4; Psa.
106.32,33.
j Or, ravine.
k Lev.19.37;
20.8; 22.31;
Deut {S.1;
8.1; Ezk.20.
ae Rom.10.
1 Deut.12.32;
Josh.1.7;
Prov.30.6;
Rev.22.18,
19,
mInspiration.
(Ex.4.15;_
Rev.22.19.)
n Num.25.4,
etc.; Josh.
22.17; Psa.
106.28,29.
o Lit. gods.
> Psa.46.1;
145.18; 148.
14; Isa.55.6.
220
ee the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and
‘Lebanon. : ;
26 But the Lorp “was wroth with
me for your (sakes, and would not
hear me: and the LorpD said unto
‘me, Let it suffice thee; speak -no
jmore unto me ofthis matter.
27 Get thee upinto the top of Pis-
gah, and lift up thine eyes west-
ward, and morthward, and )south-
ward, and eastward, and behold it
\hwith ithine ‘eyes: for thou shalt not
go over thts Jordan.
28 Butcharge Joshua, andencour-
age ‘him, and strengthen him: for
he shall go over before this people,
and she shall cause them to inherit
the Jand which tthou shalt see.
'29 ‘So we .abode in the Jyalley
over against Beth-<peor.
(CHAPTER 4.
The new generation taught the
Jessons of Sinai.
i pastas therefore hearken, O Israel,
% unto the “statutes and ainto
the judgments, which I teach you,
for to do them, that ye may live,
and go in and possess the land
which the Lorp God of your
fathers giveth you.
2 ‘Ye shall not add «unto ‘the
mwyord which I command you,
neither shall ye diminish ought
from it, that ye may keep the com-
mandments of the Lorp your God
which I command you.
3 Your eyes ‘have seen what ‘the
LorD did ‘because of “Baal-peor: for
all the: men that followed Baal-peor,
the Lorp thy God hath destroyed
them from-among you.
4 But ye that did cleave unto the
Lorp your God are alive every one
of you this day.
5 Behold, I ‘have taught you stat-
utes and judgments, even as the.
LorD my God commanded me, that
ye should do so in the land whither
ye go to possess it.
6 Keep therefore and do them;
for this 1s your wisdom and your un-
derstanding in the sight of the na-
tions, which shall ‘hear all ‘these
statutes, and say, Surely this great
nation 1s a wise and understanding
people.
7 For what nation is there so
great, who hath °God so ?nigh unto
them, as the Lorp our God isin all
things that we call upon ‘him for?
8 And what nation is there so
great, that hath statutes and judg-
a
aan
_-16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves,
and make you a graven image, the
4 9]
ments so righteous as all this law,
which I set before you this day?
9 Only take heed to thyself, and
keep. thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes
have seen, and lest they depart
from thy heart all the days of thy
life: but teach them thy sons, and
thy sons’ sons;
10 Specially the day that thou
stoodest before the LoRD thy God
in Horeb, when the LorD said unto
me, Gather me the people together,
and I will make them hear my}
words, that they may learn to fear}
me all the days that they shall live}
upon the earth, and that they may
teach their children.
11 And ye came near and stood
under the mountain; and the moun-
tain burned with fire unto the
midst of heaven, with darkness,
clouds, and thick darkness.
12 And the Lorpspake unto you
out of the midst of the fire: ye
heard the voice of the words, but
saw no similitude; 2only ye heard a
voice.
13 And he declared unto you his
covenant, which he commanded
you to perform, even ten com-
mandments; and he wrote them
upon two tables of stone.
14 And the Lorp commanded me
at that time to teach you statutes
and judgments, that ye might do
them in the land whither ye go over
to’ possess it.
15 Take ye therefore good heed
unto yourselves; for ye ‘saw no
manner of similitude on the day
that the LorpD spake unto you in
Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
similitude of any figure, the ¢like-
ness of male or female,
17. The likeness of any beast that
i3 on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air,
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C, 1451.
18 The likeness of any thing that
_ creepeth on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that 7s in the waters be-
neath the earth:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes
unto heaven, and when thou seest
the sun, and the moon, and the
stars, even all the host of heaven,
shouldest be ‘driven to worship
them, and serve them, which the
Lorp thy God hath divided unto}
all nations under the whole heaven.
20: But the Lorp hath taken you,
and fbrought you forth out of the
iron furnace, ever: out of Egypt, to’
a Psa.19.9,
note,
b Ex.20.22;
1 Ki.19.12.
¢ Cf.John 1.
18, note.
d Rom.1.23.
€Or, drawn
away.
f1 Ki.8.51;
Jer.11.4.
g Deut.30.18,
19; Isa.1.2;
Mic.6.2.
h Lev.26.33;
Deut.28:62,
64; Neh.1.8.
tie. Gentiles.
jie. nations.
k Psa.115.4,5;
135.15-47;
Isa.44.9;
46.7.
1 Gen.49.1;
Deut.31.29;
Jer.23.20;
Hos.3.5.
221
[4 32
be unto him a people of inheritance,
as ye are this day.
21 Furthermore the LORD) was
angry with me for your sakes, and
sware that I should not go over
Jordan, and that I should not goin.
unto that good land, which the
Lorp thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance:
22 But.I must die in this land, I
must not go over Jordan: but ye
shall. go over, and possess. that good’
land.
23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest
ye forget the covenant of the LoRD:
your God, which he made with you,
and make you a graven image, or
the likeness of any thing, which the
Lorp thy God hath forbidden thee.
24. For the LORD thy God is a
consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25 When thou shalt beget chil-
dren, and children’s: children, and:
ye shall have remained long in the:
land, and shall corrupt yourselves,
and make a graven image, or the
likeness of any thing, and shall do
evil in the sight of the LorpD thy
God, to provoke him to anger:
26 #I call heaven and earth to wit-
ness against you this day, that ye
shall soon utterly perish from off
the land whereunto ye go over Jor-
dan to: possess it; ye shall not pro-
long your days upon it, but shalt
utterly be destroyed.
27 And the Lorp shall /scatter
you among the ‘nations, and ye
shall be left few in number among
the jheathen, whither the LorD
shall lead you.
28 And there ye shall serve gods,
the work of men’s hands, wood and
stone, which neither’ see, nor hear,
nor eat, nor smell.
29 But if from thence thou shalt
seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt
find him, if thou seek him with all
thy heart. and with. all thy soul.
30 When thou art in tribulation,
and all these things are come upon
thee, ‘even in the latter days, if
thou turn tothe LoRD thy God, and
shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31 (For the.Lorp thy God is a
merciful God;) he will not forsake
thee, neither destroy thee, nor for-
get the covenant of thy fathers
which he sware unto them.
32 For ask now of the days that
are past. which were before thee,
since the day that God created man
upon the earth, and ask from the
one side of heaven unto: the other,
whether there hath been any such
thing as this great thing rs, or hath
been heard like it? - x
33. Did ever people hear the voice
of God speaking out of the midst of
the fire, as thou hast heard, and
live?
34 Or hath God assayed to go and
take him a nation from the midst
of another nation, by temptations,
by signs, and by wonders, and by
war, and by a mighty hand, and by
a stretched out arm, and by great
terrors, according to all that the
LorD your God did for you in
Egypt before your eyes?
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that
thou mightest know that the Lorp
he is God; there is none else beside
him.
36 “Out of heaven he made thee
to hear his voice, that he might in-
struct thee: and upon earth he
shewed thee his great fire; and thou
-heardest his words out of the midst
of the fire.
37 And because he loved thy
fathers, therefore he chose their
seed after them, and brought thee
out in his sight with his mighty
power out of Egypt; ;
38 To drive out nations from be-
fore thee greater and mightier than
thou art, to bring thee in, to give
thee their land for an inheritance,
as it is this day.
39 Know therefore this day, and
consider it in thine heart, that the
LorD he ss God in heaven above,
and upon the earth beneath: there
is none else.
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his
statutes, and his commandments,
which I command thee this day,
that it may go well with thee, and
with thy children after thee, and
that thou mayest prolong thy days
upon the earth, which the Lorp
thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Three of the cities of refuge
designated,
41 Then Moses 'severed three
cities on this side Jordan toward
the sun rising;
42 ‘That the slayer might flee
thither, which should kill his neigh-
bour unawares, and hated him
not in times past; and that fleeing
Pe one of these cities he might
ive:
43 Namely, 4Bezer in the wilder-
ness, in the plain country, of the
Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead,
of the Gadites; and Golan in Ba-
shan, of the Manassites.
DEUTERONOMY.
a Ex.19.9,19;
20.18-22;
24.16; Heb.
12.19.
6 Num.35.6,14.
c Deut.19.4,
d Josh.20.8.
e Num.21.24;
Deut.1.4.
g Ex.19.5;
Deut.4.23,
h Heb.8.9,
i Ex.20.21;
Gal.3.19.
222
B.C. 1451.
44 And this is the law which
Moses set before the children of
Israel:
45 These are the testimonies, and
the statutes, and the judgments,
which Moses spake unto the chil-
dren of Israel, after they came forth
out of Egypt,
46 On this side Jordan, in the
valley over against Beth-peor, in
the land of Sihon king of the
Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon,
whom Moses and the children of
Israel ‘smote, after they were come
forth out of Egypt:
47 And they possessed his land,
and the land of Og king of Bashan,
two kings of the Amorites, which
were on this side Jordan toward the
sun rising;
48 From Aroer, which is by the
bank of the river Arnon, even unto
mount Sion, which is Hermon, ~
49 And all the plain on this side
Jordan eastward, even unto the sea
of the plain, under the springs of
Pisgah.
CHAPTER 5.
The new generation taught the
Mosaic covenant. (Cf, Ex. 20.
4, note.) :
ANP Moses called all Israel, and
said unto them, Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and judgments which I
speak in your ears this day, that ye
may learn them, and keep, and /do
them.
2 The Lorp our God made a
8covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The Lorp /made not this cove-
nant with our fathers, but with us,
even us, who are all of us here alive
this day.
4 The Lorp talked with you face
to face in the. mount out of the
midst of the fire,
5 (‘I stood between the Lorp and
you at that time, to shew you the
word of the Lorp: for ye were
afraid by reason of the fire, and went
not up into the mount;) saying,
6 I am the Lorp thy God, which
brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, from the house of bondage.
7 Thou shalt have none other
gods before me.
8 Thou shalt not make thee any
}graven image, or any likeness of
any thing that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the waters beneath the
earth:
9 Thou shalt not bow down thy-
self unto them, nor serve them: for
I the Lorp thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the
third and fourth generation of
them that hate me,
10 And shewing 4¢mercy unto
thousands of them that love me
and keep my commandments.
11 Thou shalt not take the name
of the Lorp thy God in vain: for
the LorD will not hold Aim guilt-
less that taketh his name in vain.
12 Keep the sabbath day to sanc-
tify it, as the Lorp thy God hath
commanded thee.
13 5Six days thou shalt labour,
and do all thy work:
14 But the seventh day is the sab-
bath of the Lorp thy God: in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor
thy manservant, nor thy maid-
servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass,
nor any of thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates;
that thy manservant and thy maid-
servant may rest as well as thou.
15 And remember that thou wast
a servant in the land of Egypt, and
that the Lorp thy God brought
thee out thence through a mighty
hand and by a stretched out arm:
therefore the LorD thy God com-
manded thee to keep the sabbath
day.
16 Honour thy father and thy
‘mother, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee; that thy days
may be prolonged, and that it may
go well with thee, in the land which
the LorD thy God giveth thee.
17 Thou shalt not kill.
18 Neither shalt thou commit
adultery.
19 Neither shalt thou steal.
20 Neither shalt thou bear false}.
witness against thy neighbour.
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy
neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy neighbour’s house, his
field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or
any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
22 These ¢words the LorD spake
unto all your assembly in the mount
out of the midst of the fire, of the
cloud, and of the thick darkness,
with a great voice: and he added
no more. And he wrote them in
two tables of stone, and delivered
them unto me.
23 And it came to pass, when ye
heard the voice out of the midst of
the darkness, (for the mountain did
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
a Jer.32.18;
Dan.9.4.
6 Ex.23.12;
35.2; Ezk.
20.12.
c Eph.6.2,3;
Col.3.20.
d Inspiration.
Deut.10.14.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
e Deut.4.33;
Jud.13.22.
f Ex.20.19;
Heb.12.19.
g Deut.32.29;
Psa.81.13;
Isa.48.18;
Mt.23.37;
Lk.19.42.
h Psa.19.9,
note.
zt Deut.10.12;
Psa.119.3;
Jer:7::235
Lk.1.6.
223
burn with fire,) that ye came near
unto me, even all the heads of your
tribes, and your elders;
24 And ye said, Behold, the Lorp
our God hath shewed us his glory
and his greatness, and we have
heard his voice out of the midst of
the fire: we have seen this day
that God doth talk with man, and
he ¢liveth.
25 Now therefore why should we
die? for this great fire will consume
us: if we hear the voice of the LoRD
on God any more, then we shall
e
26 For who is there of all flesh,
that hath heard the voice of the
living God speaking out of the
midst of the fire, as we have, and
lived?
27 Go thou near, and hear all that
the LorD our God shall say: and
‘speak thou unto us all that the
LorpD our God shall speak unto
thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
28 And the LorD heard the voice
of your words, when ye spake unto
me; and the Lorb said unto me, I
have heard the voice of the words
of this people, which they have
spoken unto thee: they have well
said all that they have spoken.
29 8O that there were such an
heart in them, that they would
hfear me, and keep all my com-
mandments always, that it might
be well with them, and with their
children for ever!
30 Go say to them, Get you into
your tents again.
31 But as for thee, stand thou
here by me, and I will speak unto
thee all the commandments, and
the statutes, and the judgments,
which thou shalt teach them, that
they may do them in the land
which I give thein to possess it.
32 Ye shall observe to do there-
fore as the LORD your God hath
commanded you: ye shall not turn
side to the right hand or to the
eft.
33 Ye shall walk in ‘all the ways
which the LORD your God hath
commanded you, that ye may live,
and that it may be well with you,
and that ye may prolong your days
in the land which ye shall possess.
CHAPTER 6.
Nye these are the command-
ments, the statutes, and the
judgments, which the Lorp your
God commanded to teach you, that
6 2)
ye might do them in the land
whither ye ‘go to possess it:
2 That thou mightest “fear the
Lorp thy God, to keep all his stat-
utes and his commandments, which
I command thee, thou, and thy son,
and thy son’s son, all the days of
thy life; and that thy days may be
prolonged.
3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and
observe to do it; that it may ‘be
well with thee, and that ye may in-
‘crease mightily, as the Lorp God
‘of thy fathers hath promised thee,
in the land that floweth with milk
and'‘honey. , |
The “great commandment.” |¢ Law (of
|| Mfoses). vs.
1-5;.Psa.1.2.
(Ex19.1;
Gal.3-1-29.)
6 Psa.19.9,
note.
¢ Mk.12.29.
d Mt.22.37;
|| Mk.12.29,30;
Lk:10:27.
e Mt.4.10;
Lk.4:8.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LoRD our
God is.one “LORD:
5 And thou shalt 4love the LorD
thy God with all thine heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy
might.
Instruction and warning.
6 And these words, which I-com-
mand thee this day, shall be in
thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them dili-
gently unto thy children, and shalt
‘talk of them when thou sittest in
‘thine house, and when thou -walk-
est by the way, and when thou liest
-down, and when thou risest up.
8 And ‘thou shalt bind them for a
sign upon thine hand, and they
‘shall 'be as frontlets between thine
eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them’ upon
‘the posts of thy house, and on thy
‘gates.
10 And it shall be, when the
LORD thy God shall have brought
thee into the land which he sware
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee
‘great and goodly cities, which thou
‘buildedst not, |
11 And houses full of all good
things, which thou filledst not, and,
wells digged, which thou diggedst
not, vineyards and olive trees,
which thou plantedst not; when
ed shalt have eaten and be
12 Then beware lest thou forget
the Lorp, which brought thee
forth out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of bondage. |
13 Thou shalt “fear the Lorp thy,
God, and serve chim, and shalt
swear by his name. . H
14 Ye shall not go after other
f Tempta-
tion. Psa.
78.18,41,56.
(Gen-3.1;
Jas.1:2:)
g Mt.4.7; Lk.
4:12.
hk Num.33.52,
Sao
i Ex.3.19;
13.3,
Job 35.7,8;
Jer.32.39,
k Lev.18.5;
-Deut.24.13;
Rom.10.3,5.
1 Gen.15.19,
etc.; Ex.33.2.
224
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
j Deut.10.13; |
gods, of the gods of the people
which are round ‘about you;
15 (For the Lorp thy God is a
jealous ‘God among you) lest the
anger of the Lorp thy God be
kindled against thee, and destroy
thee from off ‘the face of the earth.
16 Ye shall not 4tempt the LorD
your God, as ye tempted Azm in
Massah.
17 Ye shall diligently keep the
commandments of ithe LORD your
God, and his testimonies, and his
statutes, which he hath com-
manded thee.
18 And thou shalt do that which
zs right and good in the sight of the
|LoRD: that it may be well with
|thee, and that thou mayest_go in
and possess the good jland which
ithe LORD sware unto thy fathers,
19 *To cast out ali thine enemies
from before thee, as the LorD hath
spoken,
20 And when thy son asketh thee
in time to come, saying. What mean
thetestimonies, andthestatutes, and
the judgments, which the LoRD our
|God hath commanded you?
21 Then thou shalt say unto thy
son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen
in Egypt; and the Lorp brought
us out of ‘Egypt with a mighty
hand:
22 And the LorpD shewed signs
jand wonders, great and sore, upon
Egypt, upen Pharaoh, and upon ail
|his household, ‘before our eyes:
23 And he brought us out from
thence, that he might ‘bring wus in,
0 give us the land which he sware
unto our fathers.
24 And the LorD commanded us
to do all these statutes, to fear the
Lorp our God, /for our good al-
ways, that he might preserve us
alive, as it 1s at this day.
25 And Ait shall be-our righteous-
ness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the Lorp
our God, as he hath commanded us.
CHAPTER 7.
The command to be separate.
| WHEN the Lorp thy Ged shall
bring thee into the land
|whither thou goest ‘to possess it,
and hath cast out many nations
before thee, ‘the Hittites, and the
|Girgashites, and ‘the Amorites, and
jthe Canaanites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
seven Hepat greater and mightier
us
ae
2. And when the Lorp thy God
shall deliver’ them: before thee; thou
shalt. smite: them,. and utterly de-|)
stroy them; thou shalt make nec
covenant with them, nor shew
mercy unto them:
3 ¢Neither shalt thou make mar-
riages with them; thy daughter
thou shalt not give unto his son,
nor his. daughter shalt thou take
unto thy son.
4 For they will turn away thy
son from following me, that they
may serve other gods: so will the
anger of the LorD be kindled
against you, and destroy thee sud-
denly.
5 But thus: shall ye deal with
them; ye shall destroy their altars,
and break down their images, and)
cut dowm their groves, and burn
their graven images with fire.
6 For thou art an holy cpeople|,
unto the Lorp thy God: the LorD}
thy God hath ¢chosen thee-to be a
special. people unto himself, above
ail people that are upon the face of|
the earth.
7 The Lorp did not set his love
wpon' you, nor choose you, because},
ye were more in number than any
people; for ye were the fewest of all
people:
8 But because the Lorp loved
you, and because he would keep the
oath which he had sworn unto your
fathers, hath the LoRD brought you
out with a mighty hand, and ‘re-
deemed you out of the house of
bondmen, from the hand of Phar-
aoh king of Egypt.
9 Know therefore that the LORD
thy God, he is God, the faithful
God, fwhich keepeth covenant and
“mercy with them that love hira, and.
keep his commandments to a thou-
sand. generations;
10 And repayeth them that. hate
him to their face, to destroy them:
he will not be slack to) him that
hateth him, he will repay him to his
face.
11 Thow shalt therefore keep the
commandments, and: the statutes,
and the judgments, which I com-
mand thee this: day, to do them.
The promise of victory.
12 Wherefore it shall come to
pass, if ye hearkem to: these judg-
ments, and keep, and do them, that
the Lorp thy God shall keep unto
thee the covenant and the mercy
which #e sware unto thy fathers:
13 And he will ¢love thee, and
DEUTERONOMY.
a Josh.23.12;
1 Ki.r7.2;
Ezra 9.2,
'b See: Deut.
10.27.
\c Israel (his-
28:58-68.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
|
d Election
(corporate).
vs:6,7; Psa.
33.12. (Deut
TOI Pet.
507)
|e Ex.14.30,
| note.
f Ex.20.6;
Deut.5.10;
Neh.1.5;
Dan.9:4.
g John 14.21.
hEx 9.14;
15.26;, Deut.
28.27,60.
t Ex.23.33:
Deut.7.4,5;
12.30; Jud.
8.27; Psa.
106.36.
j Josh.10:24,
25,42; 12.1,
etc.
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B.C,.1451.
[7 25
bless thee,. and, multiply thee: he
will also bless the fruit of thy womb,
and the fruit of thy land, thy corn,
and thy wine, and thine oili, the in-
crease of thy kine, and the flocks of
thy sheep, im the land which he
sware unto thy fathers: to give thee.
' 14 Thowshalt be blessed! above:all)
people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among.
your cattle.
15 And the LorpD will take away
from thee all sickness, and will put
none of the “evil diseases of Egypt,
which thou knowest, upon thee; but
will lay them upom all them that
hate thee.
16 And:thow shalt consume all the
people which the Lorp thy God
shall deliver thee; thine eye shall
have no pity upon them: neither
shalt thou serve their gods; for that
will be a ‘snare unto thee.
| 17 If thou. shalt say in thine heart,,
These nations are more than I; how;
can I dispossess them?
18 Thou shalt not be afraid of
them; but shalt. well remember
iwhat the LorD. thy God did unto
Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
| 19. The great temptations which.
thine eyes saw, and the signs, and.
the wonders, and. the mighty hand,,
and the stretched out arm, whereby
the Lorp thy God brought thee.
out: so shall the LorpD thy God do.
unto'all the people of whom thou
art afraid.
20 Moreover the Lorp thy God.
will send the hornet among them,
until they that are left, and hide
themselves from thee, be destroyed..
21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at
them: for the Lorp thy God is
among you, a mighty God and
terrible.
22 And the Lorb thy God will
put out those nations before thee by
little and. little: thou mayest not
consume them at once, lest. the
beasts of the field increase upon
thee. .
23 But the Lorp thy God shall
deliver them unto thee, and shall
destroy them with a mighty de-
struction, until they be destroyed.
24 And he Jshall deliver their
kings, into. thine hand, and thou
shalt destroy their name from under
heaven: there shall no man be able
to stand before thee, until thou
have destroyed them.
25 The graven images of their
gods shall ye burn with fire: thou
shalt not desire the silver or gold
ez
7
n
‘
i
DEUTERONOMY.
that is on them, nor take st unto
thee, lest thou be ¢snared therein:
for it is an abomination to the
Lorp thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an
abomination into thine house, lest
thou be a cursed thing like it: but
thou shalt utterly detest it, and
thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it
is a cursed thing.
CHAPTER 8.
Warnings and exhortations.
joes the commandments which I
command thee this day shall
ye observe to do, that ye may live,
and multiply, and go in and possess
the land which the Lorp sware
unto your fathers.
2 And thou shalt remember all the
way which the LorpD thy God %led
thee these forty years in the wilder-
ness, to humble thee, and to prove
thee, to know what was in thine
heart, whether thou wouldest keep
his commandments, or no.
3 And he humbled thee, and suf-
fered thee to hunger, and fed thee
with manna, which thou knewest
not, neither did thy fathers know;
that he might make thee know that
man doth not live by bread <only,
but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of the Lorp doth
man live. :
4 Thy raiment waxed not old
upon thee, neither did thy foot
swell, these forty years.
5 ‘Thou shalt also consider in
thine heart, that, as a man chas-
teneth his son, so the Lorp thy
God chasteneth thee.
6 Therefore thou shalt keep the
commandments of the Lorp thy
God, to walk in his ways, and to
Sfear him.
7 For the Lorp thy God bringeth
thee into a good land a land of
brooks of water, of fountains and
depths that spring out of valleys
and hitls; iM
8 A land of wheat, and barley,
and vines, and fig trees, and pome-
granates; a land of oil olive, and
honey;
9 A land wherein thou shalt eat
bread without scarceness,thou shalt
not lack any thing in it; a land
whose stones are iron, and: out of
whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
10 When thou hast eaten and art
full, then thou shalt bless the LoRD
thy God for the good land which he
hath given thee.
B.C. 1451.
a Jud.8.27;
Zeph.1.3.
b Deut.2.7;
29.5; Psa.
136.16;
Amos 2.10.
¢ Psa.104.29;
Mt.4.4; Lk.
4.4.
d Deut.29.5;
Neh.9.21.
é 2 Sam.7.14;
Psa.89.32;
Prov.3.12;
Heb.12.5,6;
Rev.3.19.
f Psa.19.9,
note,
g Deut.28.47;
32.15; Prov.
30.9; Hos.
13.6.
h Ezk.28.17;
1 Cor.4.7.
i Psa.106.21.
j Jer.24.5,6;
Heb.12.11.
k Dan,9.11-14.
1? Num.13.22,
28,32,33.
m Deut.31.3;
Josh.3.11;
John 10.4.
11 Beware that thou forget not
the Lorp thy God, in not keeping
his commandments, and his judg-
ments, and his statutes, which I
command thee this day:
12 sLest when thou hast eaten
and art full, and hast built goodly
houses, and dwelt therein;
13 And when thy herds and thy
flocks multiply, and thy silver and
thy gold is multiplied, and-all that
thou hast is multiplied;
14 “Then thine heart be lifted up,
and thou ‘forget the LorD thy God,
which brought thee forth out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage;
15 Wholed thee through that great
and terrible wilderness, wherein
were fiery serpents, and scorpions,
and drought, where there was no
water; who brought thee forth
water out of the rock of flint;
16 Who fed thee in the wilderness
with manna, which thy fathers
knew not, that he might humble
thee, and that he might prove thee,
Jto do thee good at thy latter end;
17 And thou say in thine heart,
My power and the might .of mine
hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But thou shalt remember the
Lorp thy God: for it is he that
giveth thee power to get wealth,
that he may establish his covenant
which he sware unto thy fathers,
as it is this day.
19 And it shall be, if thou do at
all forget the Lorp thy God, and
walk after other gods, and serve
them, and worship them, I testify
against you this day that ye shall
surely perish.
20 As the nations which the Lorp
destroyeth before your face, 4#so
shall ye perish; because ye would
not be obedient unto the voice of
ithe LorD your God.
CHAPTER 9.
Warnings and exhortations.
EAR, O Israel: Thou art to
pass over Jordan this day, to
go in to possess nations greater and
mightier than thyself, cities great
and fenced up to heaven,
2 A people great and tall, ‘the
‘\children of the Anakims, whom
thou knowest, and of whom thou
hast heard say, Who can stand be-
fore the children of Anak!
3 Understand therefore this day,
that the Lorp thy God is he which
™goeth over before thee; as a con-
Se
i’
Bo 4
DEUTERONOMY.
suming fire he shall destroy them,
and he shall bring them down be-
fore thy face: so shalt thou drive
them out, and destroy them quickly,
as the LorD hath said unto thee.
4 4Speak not thou in thine heart,
after that the Lorp thy God hath
cast them out from before thee, say-
ing, For my righteousness the LORD
hath brought me in to possess this
land: but for the wickedness of
these nations the Lorp doth drive
them out from before thee.
5 Not for thy righteousness, or for
the uprightness of thine heart, dost
thou go to possess their land: but
for the wickedness of these nations
the LorpD thy God doth drive them
out from before thee, and that he
may perform the word which the
LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abra-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 Understand therefore, that the
Lorp thy God giveth thee not this
good land to possess it for thy right-
eousness; for thou art a stiffnecked
people.
7 Remember, and forget not, how
thou provokedst the Lorp thy God
to wrath in the wilderness: from
the day that thou didst depart out
of the land of Egypt, until ye came
unto this place, ye have been rebel-
lious against the LORD.
8 Also in “Horeb ye provoked the
Lorp to wrath, so that the LoRD
was angry with you to have de-
stroyed you.
9 When I was gone up into the
mount to receive the tables of stone,
even the tables of the covenant
which the LoRD made with you,
then I abode in the mount forty
days and forty nights, I neither did
eat bread nor drink water: .
10 ‘And the Lorp delivered unto
me two tables of stone written with
the finger of God; and on them was
written according to all the words,
which the LoRD spake with you in
the mount out of the midst of the
fire in the day of the assembly.
11 And it came to pass at the end
of forty days and forty nights, that
the LorD gave me the two tables of
stone, even the tables of the cove-
nant.
12 And the Lorp said unto me,
Arise, get thee down quickly from
hence; for thy people which thou
hast brought forth out of Egypt
have corrupted themselves; they
are quickly turned aside out of the
way which I commanded them; they
have made them a molten image.
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B.C. 1451. 13 Furthermore the LORD spake
unto me, saying, I have seen this
a Deut.8.17;
Rom.11.6,20;
1 Cor.4.4,7-
b Ex.32.4;
Psa.106.19.
c Ex.20.4,
note.
d Num.14.12.
e Ex.34.28;
Psa.106.23.
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people, and, behold, it is a stiff-
necked people:
14 Letmealone,thatI may destroy
them, and blot out their name from
under heaven: ¢and I will make of
thee a nation mightier and greater
than they.
15 So I turned and came down
from the mount, and the mount
burned with fire: and the two tables
of the covenant were in my two
hands.
16 And I looked, and, behold, ye
had sinned against the LORD your
God, and had made you a molten
calf: ye had turned aside quickly
out of the way which the Lorb had
commanded you.
17 And I took the two tables, and
cast them out of my two hands, and
brake them before your eyes.
18 And I ¢fell down before the
LORD, as at the first, forty days and
forty nights: I did neither eat bread
nor drink water, because of all
your sins which ye sinned, in doing
wickedly in the sight of the Lorp,
to provoke him to anger.
19 For I was afraid of the anger
and hot displeasure, wherewith the
LORD was wroth against you to
destroy you. But the LorpD heark-
ened unto me at that time also.
20 And the LORD was very angry
with Aaron to have destroyed him:
and I prayed for Aaron also the
same time.
21 And I took your sin, the calf
which ye had made, and burnt it
with fire, and stamped it, and
ground it very small, even until it
was as small as dust: and I cast the
dust thereof into the brook that
descended out of the mount.
22 And at Taberah, and at
Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah,
ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
23 Likewise when the LorD sent
you from Kadesh-barnea, saying,
Go up and possess the land which I
have given you; then ye rebelled
against the commandment of the
Lorp your God, and ye believed
him not, nor hearkened to his
voice. ’
24 Ye have been _ rebellious
against the LORD from the day that
I knew you.
25 Thus I fell down before the
Lorp forty days and forty nights,
as I fell down at the first; because
the Lorp had said he would destroy
you.
9 26]
DEUTERONOMY.
aA
[10 a
26 I “prayed therefore unto the
Lorp, and said, O Lord Gop, de-
stroy not thy people and thine
inheritance, which thou ‘hast *re-
deemed through thy -greatness,
‘which thou ‘hast brought forth out
of Egypt with a mighty ‘hand.
27 Remember thy servants, Abra-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not
unto the stubbornness of this peo-|
ple, nor to their wickedness, nor ‘ta
‘their sin: }
28 Lest the land whence thou
broughtest us out say, Because the
‘LorD ‘was not able to bring the:
into the land which he promise
‘them, and because he hated them,
‘he hath brought them out ‘to slay;
‘them in the wilderness. |
29 Yet they are thy people and)
thine inheritance, which thou
‘broughtest out by thy mighty
power and by thy stretched out arm.
CHAPTER 19. |
Warnings and exhortations.
AT that time the Lorp ‘said unto
‘ me, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first, and come
up unto me into the mount, and
make thee an ark of wood. |
2 And I will write on the tables
the words that were in the first
tables which thou brakest, and thou
shalt put ‘them in ‘the ark. |
3 And I made an-ark of 4shittim!
wood, and thewed two tables of
stone like unto the first, and went
‘up into the mount, having ‘the two
tables in mine hand.
4 And he wrote on ,the tables, ‘ac+
‘cording to ‘the first writing, the ‘ten
commandments, which the Lorp
spake unto you in the mount out of
the midst of the fire in the day of
the assembly: and the Lorp gave
them unto me.
5 And I turned myself and came
down from the mount, and put ‘the
tables in the ‘ark which I had made;
and there they ‘be, as the Lorp
‘commanded me. }
6 And the children of Israel took
their journey from Beeroth of the
children ‘of Jaakan to Mosera: there
Aaron died, and there he was
buried; and Eleazar his son minis-
tered in the priest’s -office in his
stead. |
7 Fromthencethey journeyed unto
Gudgodah; and from 'Gudgodah to
Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters,
8 At that time the Lorp sepa-
tated the tribe of Levi, to bear ‘the
B.C. 1451.
a Bible
prayers
(O.T.). Deut
21.6-8. (Gen
15.2; Hab.
3.1-16.)
6 Ex.14.30,
note.
¢ Inspiration.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
@ i.e. acacia.
é Mic.6.8.
F Psa.19.9,
note.
g Josh:22.22;
Psa.136.2;
Dan.2.47;
11.36.
h Psa.19.9,
note.
¢ Gen.46.27;
Ex.1.5; Acts
7.14
228
ark of the covenant of the LORD, to
Istand before the LORD to minister
unto him, and to bless in his name,
junto this day. $
| 9 Wherefore Levi hath no partinor
inheritance with his brethren; the
|LorpD gs ‘his inheritance, according
las the LorD thy God promised him.
| 10 And I stayed in the mount, ac-
‘cording to ithe first time, forty days
and forty nights; and the LorD
hearkened ‘unto me at that time
jalso, and the LorD would not
destroy thee.
11 And the Lorp said unto me,
Arise, take thy journey before the
‘people, that they may go in.and pos-
\sess the land, which I sware unto
itheir fathers to ‘give unto them.
12 And now, Israel, ¢what doth
the Lorp thy God require of thee,
but to ‘fear the LorD thy God, to
walk ‘in all ‘his ‘ways, and to love
‘him, and to serve the Lorp thy God
Nes all thy ‘heart and ‘with all thy
soul,
13 To keep the commandments-of
the LorpD, and his statutes, which
I command thee this day for thy
good?
14 Behold, the heaven and the
heaven of heavens zs the Lorp’s
thy God, the earth also, with all
that therein 7s.
15 Only the Lorp had .a delight
in thy fathers to love them, and ‘he
Chose their seed after them, even
you above all people, as ut zs this
ay.
16 Circumcise therefore the fore-
skin of your heart, and ‘be no more
istiffnecked.
17 For the LorRD your God is
&€God ‘of gods, and Lord of Jords, a
| great God, a mighty, and a terrible,
‘which regardeth not persons, nor
taketh reward:
18 He doth-execute the judgment
of the fatherless and widow, and
oveth the stranger, in giving him
food and raiment.
19 Love ye therefore the stranger:
for ye were strangers in the land of
gypt.
20 Thou shalt “fear the Lorp thy
God; him shalt thou serve, and to
him shalt thou cleave, and swear
\by his name.
21 He is thy praise, and he zs thy
\God, that hath done for thee these
great and terrible things, which
thine eyes have seen.
|_22 Thy fathers went down into
|*Egypt with threescore and ten per-
sons; and now the Lorp thy God
Prt]
DEUTERONOMY.
[11 25
hath made thee as the stars of} B.c.1451% |Lorp thy God. are always upon it,
heaven for multitude.
CHAPTER 11.
Warnings and exhortations.
HEREFORE thou shalt love
i the Lorp thy God, and keep
his charge, and his statutes, and his
judgments, and his commandments,
alway.
2 And know ye this day: for I
speak not with your children which
have not known, and which have
not seen the chastisement of the
Lorp your God, his greatness. his
mighty hand, and his stretched out
arm,
3 ¢And his miracles, and his acts,
which he did in the midst of Egypt
unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt,
and unto all his: land;
4 And what he did unto the army
of Egypt, unto: their horses, and to}
their chariots; how he made the}
water of the Red sea to overflow
them as they pursued after you,}
and how the LorpD hath destroyed
them unto this day;
5 And what he did unto you in
the wilderness, until ye came into
this place;
6 And °what he did unto Dathan
and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the
son of Reuben: how the earth
Opened her mouth, and swallowed
them up, and their households, and
their tents, and all the substance!
that was in their possession, in the
midst of all Israel:
7 But your eyes have seen all the
great acts of the Lorp which: he}
did.
8 Therefore shall ye keep all the
commandments which I command’
you this day, that ye may be strong,|
and go in and possess the land,
whither ye go to possess it;
9 And that ye may prolong your!)
days in the land, which the LorD
sware unto your fathers to give unto)
them and to their seed, a land that)
floweth with milk and honey.
10 For the land, whither thou
goest in to possess it, 7s not as the
land of Egypt, from whence ye came
out, where thou sowedst thy seed, |
and wateredst if with thy foot, as
_a garden of herbs:
11 But the land, whither ye go to
possess it, zs a land of hills and
valleys, and drinketh water of the
rain of heaven:
a Psa.78.12;
| 135.9.
b Num.16.1,
31; 27.35
Psa.106.17.
¢ Psa.119.2,34.
d Psa.72.53
| 89.29.
|é Josh.1.3;:
14.9.
12 A land which the Lorp thy
God careth for: the eyes of the’
229
from the beginning of the year even
punto the end of the year.
' 13 And it shall. come to pass, if ye
shall hearken diligently unto my
commandments which I. command
you this day, to.love the LorD your
God, and to serve him with all your
heart and! with all your soul,
14 That I willgive you therain of
your land in his: due: season, the first
rain and. the latter rain, that thou
mayest. gather in thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine. oil.
| 1S: And f will send grass in thy
Ids for thy cattle, that thou may-
est eat and be full.
| 16 Take heed to yourselves, that
your heart: be not deceived, and ye
turn aside, and serve other gods,
land worship them;
| 17 And then the Lorp’s wrath
Ibe kindled: against you,.and he shut
up the heaven, that there be no
rain, and that the land yield not her
het
fruit; and fest ye perish quickly
from off the good land which the
LorpD giveth you.
18 Therefore shail ye lay up these
my wordsin your heart and in your
soul, and bind them for a sign upom
your hand, that they may be as
frontlets between. your eyes.
| 19 And ye shall teach them: your
children, speaking of them when
thou sittest im thine house, and
when thou walkest by the way,
when thou liest. down, and when
thou risest up.
| 20 And thou shalt write them
upon the: door posts of thine house,
‘and upom thy gates:
| 22 That your days may be multi-
plied, and' the days.of your children,
in the land which the LorD sware
unto your fathers: to: give them, 2as
the days of heaven upon the earth.
| 22 For if ye shall diligently keep
‘all these commandments: which I
command you, to do them, to love
the LorRD your God, to walk in: all
his ways, and to cleave unto: him;
| 93 Then will the Lorp drive ou%
all these nations from before you,
and ye shall possess greater nations
and mightier than yourselves.
| 24 ‘Every place whereon tho
soles of your feet shall tread shall b=
your’s: from the wilderness ancl
Lebanon, from the river, the river
Euphrates, even unto-the uttermost
sea shall your coast be.
25 There shall no man be able to
stand before you: for the Lord
your God shall lay the fear of you
and the dread of you upon all the
land that ye shall tread upon, as he
hath said unto you. ;
26 Behold, I set before you this
day a blessing and a curse;
27 A blessing, if ye obey the com-
mandments of the LORD your God,
which I command you this day:
28 And acurse, if ye will not obey
the commandments of the Lorp
your God, but turn aside out of the
way which I command you this
day, to go after other gods, which
ye have not known.
29 And it shall come to pass,
when the Lorp thy God hath
brought thee in unto the land
whither thou goest to possess it,
tnat thou shalt put “the blessing
upon mount Gerizim, and the curse
upon mount Ebal.
30 Are they not on the other side
Jordan, by the way where the sun
goeth down, in the land of the
Canaanites, which dwell in the
champaign over against Gilgal,
beside the plains of Moreh?
31 For ye shall pass over Jordan
to go in to possess the land which the
LorpD your God giveth you, and ye
shall possess it, and dwell therein.
32 And ye shall observe to do all
the statutes and judgments which I
set before you this day.
CHAPTER 12.
Conditions of blessing in the
Jand.
SRMESE are the statutes and
judgments, which ye shall
observe to do in the land, which the
DEUTERONOMY.
LorD God of thy fathers giveth
thee to possess it, all the days that
ye live upon the earth.
2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the
places, wherein the nations which
ye shall possess served their gods,
upon the high mountains, and upon
the hills, and under every green
tree:
3 And ye shall overthrow their
altars, and break their pillars, and
burn their ‘groves with fire; and ye
shall hew down the graven images
of their gods, and destroy the
names of them out of that place.
4 Ye shall not do so unto the
LorpD your God.
5 But unto the place which the
Lorp your God shall choose out of
all your tribes to put his name
there, even unto his habitation shall
ye seek, and thither thou shalt
come;
6 And 4thither ye shall bring your
burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices,
and your tithes, and heave-offerings
of your hand, and your vows, and
your freewill-offerings, and the
firstlings of your herds and of your
flocks:
7 And there ye shall eat before the
LorpD your God, and ye shall rejoice
in all that ye put your hand unto,
yé and your households, wherein
the LorpD thy God hath blessed
thee.
8 Ye shall not do after all the
things that we do here this day,
“every man whatsoever is right in
his own eyes.
9 For ye are not as yet come to
the rest and to the inheritance, which
the LorRD your God giveth you.
10 But when ye go over Jordan,
and dwell in the land which the
LorD your. God giveth you to in-
herit, and when he giveth you rest
from all your enemies round about,
vie so that ye dwell in safety;
11 Then there shall be a place
tae which the Lorp your God shall
33. “" |choose to cause his name to dwell
there; thither shall ye bring all that
ak cy a I command you; your burnt-offer-
cab ings, and your sacrifices, your
dLev.17.3,4. |tithes, and the heave-offering of
eJud.i7.6; your hand, and all your choice
21.25.” vows which ye vow unto the Lorpb:
12 And Sye shall rejoice before the
fv.7. LorD your God, ye, and your sons,
g Gen.9.4; and your daughters, and your men-
Lev.7.26; servants, and your maidservants,
tet Dents and the Levite that is within your
23,24. gates; forasmuch as he hath no
part nor inheritance with you.
13 Take heed to thyself that thou
offer not thy burnt-offerings in
every place that thou seest:
14 But in the place which the
LorD shall choose in one of thy
tribes, there thou shalt offer thy
burnt-offerings, and there thou
shalt do all that I command thee.
15 Notwithstanding thou mayest
kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after,
according to the blessing of the
Lorp thy God which he hath given
thee: the unclean and the clean
may eat thereof, as of the roebuck,
and as of the hart.
16 Only ye shall not eat the
blood; ye shall pour it upon the
earth as water.
17 Thou mayest not eat within
thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or
of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the
firstlings of thy kerds or of thy
yy
Av 12 18]
flock, nor any of thy vows which
thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offer-
ings, or heave-offering of thine
hand:
18 But thou must eat them before
the Lorp thy God in the place
which the LorpD thy God shall
choose, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and
thy maidservant, and the Levite
that 7s within thy gates: and thou
shalt rejoice before the LorpD thy
God in all that thou puttest thine
hands unto.
19 Take heed to thyself that thou
forsake not the Levite as long as
thou livest upon the earth.
20 When the LorD thy God shall
enlarge thy border, as he hath prom-
ised thee, and thou shalt say, I
will eat flesh, because thy soul
longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest
eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul
lusteth after.
21 If the place which the LorpD
thy God hath chosen to put his!
name there be too far from thee,
then thou shalt kill of thy herd and
of thy flock, which the LorpD hath
given thee, as I have commanded
thee, and thou shalt eat in thy
gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after.
22 Even as the roebuck and the
hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat
them: the unclean and the clean
shall eat of them alike.
23 Only be sure that thou eat not
the “blood: for the blood is the life;
and thou mayest not eat the life
with the flesh.
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou
shalt pour it upon the earth as
water.
25 Thou shalt not eat it; that
it may go well with thee, and with
thy children after thee, when thou
shalt do that which is right in the
sight of the LorD.
26 Only thy holy things which
thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt
take, and go unto the place which
the LorD shall choose:
_ 27 And thou shalt offer thy
burnt-offerings, the flesh and the
blood, upon the altar of the LorD
thy God: andithe blood of thy
sacrifices shall be poured out upon
the altar of the Lorp thy God, and
thou shalt eat the flesh.
28- Observe and hear all these
words which I command thee, that
it may go well with thee, and with
thy children after thee for ever,
when thou doest that which 1s
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451..
a Gen.9.4;
Lev.17.11,14.
b Lev.1.5,9,
13,17; 17.11.
¢ Ex.23.23;
Deut.19.1;
Josh.23.4.
d Deut.4.2;
13.18; Josh,
1.7; Prov.
30.6; Rev.
22.18.
e Zech.10.2.
f Mt.24.24;
2 Thes.2.9.
g Psa.19.9,
note,
h Ex.14.30,
note,
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good and right in the sight of the
Lorp thy God.
29 When the ‘Lorp thy God
shall cut off the nations from before
thee, whither thou goest to possess
them, and thou succeedest them,
and dwellest in their land;
30 Take heed to thyself that thou
be not snared by following them,
after that they be destroyed from
before thee; and that thou enquire
not after their gods, saying, How
did these nations serve their gods?
even so will I do likewise.
31 Thou shalt not,do so unto the
Lorp thy God: for every abomina-
tion to the LorD, which he hateth,
have they done unto their gods; for
even their sons and their daughters
they have burnt in the fire to their
gods:
32 What thing soever I command
you, observe to do it: ¢thou shalt not
add thereto, nor diminish from it.
CHAPTER 13.
The test of false prophets.
IF there arise among you a
prophet, or a ‘¢dreamer of
dreams, Jand giveth thee a sign or
a wonder,
2 And the sign or the wonder
come to pass, whereof he spake unto
thee, saying, Let us go after other
gods, which thou hast not known,
and let us serve them;
3 Thou shalt not hearken unto
the words of that prophet, or that
dreamer of dreams: for the LorpD
your God proveth you, to know
whether ye love the Lorp your
God with all your heart and with
all your soul.
4 Ye shall walk after the Lorp
your God, and £fear him, and keep
his commandnients, and obey his
voice, and ye shall serve him, and
cleave unto him,
5 And that prophet, or that
dreamer of dreams, shall be put to
death; because he hath spoken to
turn you away from the LorpD your
God, which brought you out of the
fland of Egypt, and “redeemed you
out of the house of bondage, to
thrust’ thee out of the way which
the LorD thy God commanded thee
to walk in. So shalt thou put the
evil away from the midst of thee.
6 If thy brother, the son of thy
mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,
or the wife of thy bosom, or thy
friend, which is as thine own soul,
entice thee secretly, saying, Let us
13 7]
DEUTERONOMY.
[14 18
go and serve other gods, which thou] B.c. 1451. |which is right in the eyes of the
hast not known, thou, nor thy
fathers; i
7 Namely, of the gods of the peo-|
ple which are round about you,|
nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, |
from the one end of the earth even
unto the other end of the earth;
8 Thou shalt not consent unto
him, nor hearken unto him; neither
shall thine eye pity him, neither
shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou
conceal him: i
9 But thou shalt surely kill him;
thine hand shall be first upon him
to put him to death, and afterwards
the hand of all the people.
10 And thou shalt stone him with
stones, that he die; ‘because he hath
sought to thrust thee away from ‘the
LorpD thy God, which brought thee
out of the land of Egypt, from the
house of bondage.
11 And all Israel shall ‘hear, and
fear, and shall do no more any such
wickedness as ‘this is among you.
12 If thou shalt hear say in one
of thy cities, which the Lorp thy
God hath given thee to dwell there,
saying,
13 Certain men, the children of
Belial, are gone out from among
you, and have withdrawn the in-
habitants of their city, saying, Let
us go and serve other gods, which
ye have not known;
14 Then shalt thou enquire, and
make search, and ask diligently;
and, behold, if it be truth, and the
thing certain, that such abomina-
tion is wrought among you;
15 Thou shalt surely smite the in-
habitants of that city with the edge
of the sword, destroying it utterly,
and all that zs therein, and the
cattle thereof, with the edge of the
sword,
16 And thou shalt gather all the!
spoil of it into the midst of the street!
thereof, and shalt “burn with fire
the city, and all the spoil thereof)
every whit, for the Lorp thy God:
and it shall be an heap for ever; it
shall not be ‘built again.
17 And there shall deave nought)
of the cursed thing to thine hand:/
that the LorD may turn from the
fierceness of his anger, and shew
thee mercy, and have compassion
upon thee, and multiply thee, as he
hath sworn unto thy fathers;
18 When thou shalt hearken to
the voice of the Lorp thy God, to
keep all his commandments which I
command thee this day, to do that!
a Josh:6.24.
b Gal.3.26.
¢1 Pet.2.9.
d Ezk.4.14;
Acts 10.13,
14.
e See Lev.11.6,
note.
f Lev.11.13.
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Lorp thy God.
CHAPTER 14.
VE are the &chiidren of the Lorp
your God: ye ‘shall mot cut
yourselves, nor make any baldness
between your eyes for the dead.
2 “For thou art an holy people
mnto the Lorp thy ‘God, and the
Lorp hath chosen thee to be a
‘peculiar people unto himself, above
all the nations that are wpon the
jearth.
The dietary laws.
| 3 ?@Thou shalt not eat.any abomi-
nable thing. ,
4 These are the beasts which ye
shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and
‘the goat,
5 The hart, and the roebuck, and
the fallow deer, and the wild goat,
and the pygarg, and the wild -ox,
and the chamois.
| 6 And every ‘beast that parteth
the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into
two claws, and cheweth the cud
among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not
eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the cloven hoof;
as ‘the camel, and the “hare, and the
‘coney: for they chew the cud, but
divide not the hoof; therefore they
are unclean unto you.
8 And the swine, because it di-
videth the hoof, yet cheweth not
the cud, it 7s unclean unto you: ‘ye
shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch
their dead carcase.
Q These ye shall eat of all that are
in the waters: all that have fins
and scales shall ye eat:
| 10 And whatsoever hath not fins
and scales ye may not eat; it is
unclean unto you.
11 Of all clean ‘birds ye shall eat.
12 But these are they of which
ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the
jossifrage, and the ospray,
| 13 And the glede, and the kite,
and the vulture after his kind,
14 And every raven after his kind,
15 And the owl, and the night
|hawk, and the cuckow, and the
\hawk after his kind,
| 16 The little owl, and the great
owl, and the swan,
17 And the pelican, and the gier
jeagle, and the cormorant, :
| 18 And the stork, and the ‘heron
19 And every creeping thing that
flieth is unclean unto you: they
shalf not be eaten.
on But of all clean fowls ye: may
eat.
21 2Yeshalf not eat of any thing
that dieth of itself: thou shalt give
it unto the stranger that is in thy
gates, that he may eat it; or thou
mayest sell it unto an alien: for
thou art an holy people unto the
Lorp: thy God. Thou shalt not
seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the
increase of thy seed, that the field
bringeth forth year by year.
23 And thou shalt eat before the
Lorp thy God, in the place which
he shall choose to place his name
there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy
wine, and of thine oil, and the first-
lings of thy herds and of thy flocks;
that thou mayest learn to ‘fear the
Lorp thy God always.
24 And if the way be too long for
thee, sothatthou artnot abletocarry
it;.or if the place be too far from thee,
which the Lorp thy God shall choose
to set his name there, when the
Lorp thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then shalt thou turn 7t into
money, ‘and bind up the money in
thine hand, and shalt go unto the
place which the Lorp thy God
shall choose: .
26 And thou shalt bestow that
money for whatsoever thy soul lust-
eth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or
for wine,, or for strong drink, or for
whatsoever thy soul desireth: and
thou. shalt eat there before the
Lorp thy God, and thow shalt re-
joice, thou, and thine household, |
_»27 And the Levite that is within
thy gates; thou shalt not forsake
him; for he hath no part nor inher-
itance with thee.
28 ¢At the end of three years thou
shalt bring forth all the tithe of
thine increase the same year, and
shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29 And the Levite, (because he
hath no part nor inheritance with
thee,) and the stranger, and the fa-
therless, and the widow, which are
within thy gates, shall come, and shall
eat and be satisfied; that ‘the LORD
thy God may bless thee in all the
work of thine hand which thou doest.
CHAPTER 15.
The sabbatic-year.
Al the end of fevery seven years)
thou shalt make a release.
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
a Lev.17.15;
22.8; Ezk.4.
14.
b Lev.27.30;
Deut.12.6,
17; Neh.10.
She
¢ Psa.19.9,
notey
d Amos 4.4.
e See Mal.3.
10.
f Ex.21.2;
23.10,11;
Jer.34,14.
g1 John 3.17.
h Mt.26.11;
Mk.14.7;
John 12.8.
¢Ex.21.2;
Lev.25.39;
Jer.34.14.
| 2" And this: is the manner of the
release: Every creditor that lendeth
neighbour, or of his. brother;
ecause it is called the Lorpb’s
release:
| 3 Of a foreigner thou. mayest ex-
act it again: but that which is
thine with thy brother thine hand
shall release;
| 4 Save when there shall be no
poor among you; for the LorD shall
greatly bless thee in: the land which
the Lorp thy God giveth thee for
an inheritance to possess: it:
| 5 Only if thou carefully hearken
unto the voice of the Lorp thy
God, to observe to do all these com-
mandments which I command thee
this day.
6. For the Lorp thy God blesseth
thee, as he promised thee: and thou
shalt lend unto many nations, but
thou shalt not borrow; and thou
shalt reign over many nations, but
they shall not reign over thee.
7 If there be among’ you a poor
man of one of thy brethren within
any of thy gates in thy land which
the Lorpb thy God giveth thee, thou
shalt not harden thine heart, nor
shut thine hand from thy poor
brother:
8 But éthou shalt open thine hand
wide unto him, and shalt surely
lend him sufficient for his need, in
that which he wanteth.
9 Beware that there be not a
thought in thy wicked heart, say-
ing, The seventh year, the year of
release, is at hand; and’ thine eye
be evil against thy poor brother, and
thou. givest him nought; and he cry
unto the LorD against thee, and it
be sin unto. thee.
10 Thou shalt surely give him,
and thine heart shall not be grieved
when. thou givest unto him: because
that for this thing the Lorp thy
God shall bless thee in all thy
works, and in all that thou puttest
thine hand unto,
11 For the “poor shall never cease
out. of the land: therefore I com-
mand thee, saying, Thou shalt open
thine hand wide unto thy brother,
to thy poor, and’ to thy needy, in
thy land.
12. And ‘if thy brother, an Hebrew
man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold
unto. thee, and serve thee six years;
then in the seventh year thou shalt
let him: go free from thee. 4
13 And'when thou sendest him out
*, Jd ie bo Os ie
DEUTERONOMY. [16 10
free from thee, thou shalt not let} B.c. 1451. | of tgp Le. Sik pmo pS aa
1 ty: see
ese Thou sauale fumes him liber- 2 Thou shalt thereiose pactinnes
ally out of thy flock, and out of thy the passover unto the ‘ one 1y
floor, and out of thy winepress: of God, of the flock and the her I in
that wherewith the LorD thy, God the place which the JOR? s
hath blessed thee thou shalt give ones to nage hissarne Spee de
i ou sha
eet tee shalt remember that bread with it; seven days shalt thou
thou wast a bondman in the land eat waleavened, bread Sheree
d the Lorp thy God even € bread o} iction;
Ee ches: shaceaare I com- thou camest forth out of the land
mand thee this thing to day. of Egypt in haste: that thou may-
i est remember the day when thou
The Beta en ae ‘ camest ton fore . ee of
16 And it shall be, if he say unto Egypt all the days of thy life.
thee, I will not go enay ron ease rs aoe there aan ay no eemened
b e he loveth thee an ne rea seen wil ee in y
Hotse because he is well with thee; coast seven days; neither shall
17 Then thou shalt take an aul, there any thing of the flesh, which
and thrust 7t through his ear unto thou sacrificedst the first day at
the door, and he shalt be thy reir even, remain all night until the
vant for ever. And also unto thy morning. .
maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the
thee, when thou sonlest Hier awagl@Ex14so. [Passover w Lass ty Gada ae
5 te.
free from thee; for he hath been ae : 2 thee: ;
worth a double hired servant to|i-e- April. 6 But at the place which the
thee, in serving thee six years: and]; peaven. vs. Lorp thy God shall choose to place
the Lorp thy God shall bless thee! 3,4,8,16: his name in, there thou shalt sacri-
in all that thou doest. Gerber fice the passover at even, at the
19 ab the varyes pals ane Mt.13.33.) acing dona of the pun oe gir Seg
thu hal satis ints the Loeb Faget cor. fan that thou camestYorth out
thy God: thou shalt do no work| 1°: 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it
with the firstling of thy bullock, nor in the place which the Lorp thy
Pees ere: of thy pe: re God gaall choose: and Hee shalt
2 ou shalt eat it before the turn in the morning, and go unto
Lorp thy God year by year in the thy tents.
place wench the pony ene choose, 8 Six days thou shalt cat unleays
thou and thy household. ened bread: and on the sevent
21 And if there be any blemish day shall be a solemn assembly to
therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or the LorD thy God: thou shalt do
pe eny ill Blemish oon ae ne no work therein.
sacrifice 1t unto the Lorpb thy God. :
22 Thou shalt eat it within thy The feast of Weeks.
gates: the unclean and the clean
person shall eat it alike, as the
roebuck, and as the hart.
23 Only thou shalt not eat the
blood thereof; thou shalt pour jt
upon the ground as water,
CHAPTER 16.
The Passover.
OB®SERVE the month of ¥Abib,
and !keep the passover unto
the Lorp thy God: for in the month
9 Seven weeks shalt thou number
unto thee: begin to number the
seven weeks from such time as
thou beginnest to put the sickle to
the corn.
cording as the LORD thy God hath
blessed thee:
1 Cf. the order of the feasts in Lev. 23. Here the Passover and Tabernacles are
given especial emphasis as marking the beginning and the consummation of God’s
ways with Israel; the former speaking of redemption, the foundation of all: the
latter, of re-gathered Israel blessed in the kingdom. Between, in Deut. 16. 9-12,
comes the Feast of Weeks—the joy of a redeemed people, anticipating greater
blessing yet to come. It is, morally, Rom. 5. 1, 2.
234
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4
16:11]
DEUTERONOMY.
[17 9
11 And thou shalt rejoice before
the LORD thy God, thou, and thy
son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy maidservant,
and the Levite that is within thy
gates, and the stranger, and the
fatherless, and the widow, that are
among you, in the place which the
Lorp thy God hath chosen to place
his name there.
12 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in Egypt:
and thou shalt observe and do these
statutes.
The feast of Tabernacles.
13 °Thou shalt observe the feast
of tabernacles seven days, after that
thou hast gathered in thy corn and
thy wine:
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy
feast, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and
thy maidservant, and the Levite,
the stranger,-and the fatherless, and
the widow, that are within thy
gates.
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a
solemn feast unto the Lorp thy
God in the place which the LorD
shall choose: because the LORD thy
God shall bless thee in all thine
increase, and in all the works of
thine hands, therefore thou shalt
surely rejoice.
The gifts of the males.
16 Three times in a year shall all
thy males appear before the LORD
thy God in the place which he shall
choose; in the feast of unleavened
bread, and in the feast of weeks,
and in the feast of tabernacles: and
they shall not appear before the
LorpD empty: :
17 Every man shall give as he is
able, according to the blessing of
the Lorp thy God which he hath
given thee.
Judges in the gates.
18 Judges and officers shalt thou
make thee in all thy gates, which
the Lorp thy God giveth thee,
throughout thy tribes: and they
shall judge the people with just
judgment. ¢
19 Thou shalt not wrest judg-
ment; thou shalt not respect per-
sons, neither take a gift: for a gift
doth blind the eyes of the wise, and
pervert the words of the righteous.
20 That which is altogether just
shalt thou follow, that thou mayest
live, and inherit the land which the
Lorp thy God giveth thee.
B.C. 1451.
a Ex.23.16;
Lev.23.34;
Num.29.12.
b Lev.23.39,40.
c The groves
(Heb. Ashe-
rim) so
often men-
tioned in the
O.T. were
devoted to
the worship
of Ashtereth,
the Baby-
lonian god-
dess Ishtar,
the Aphro-
dite of the
Greeks, the
Roman
Venus. Cf.
Jud.2.13,
note.
d Lev.24.14,
16; Josh.7.
25.
e See Jer.18.18.
235
21 Thou shalt not plant thee a
‘grove of any trees near unto the
altar of the Lorp thy God, which
thou shalt make thee.
22 Neither shalt thou set thee up
any image; which the LorpD thy
God hateth.
CHAPTER 17.
Offerings must be unblemished.
HOU shalt not sacrifice unto the
Lorpb thy God any bullock, or
sheep, wherein is blemish, or any
evilfavouredness: for that is an
abomination unto the LoRD thy
God.
Idolaters to be stoned.
2 If there be found among you,
within any of thy gates which the
LorpD thy God giveth thee, man or
woman, that hath wrought wicked-
ness in the sight of the Lorp thy
God, in transgressing his covenant,
3 And hath gone and served other
gods, and worshipped them, either
the sun, or moon, or any of the host
of heaven, which I have not com-
manded;
4 And it be told thee, and thou
hast heard of it, and enquired dili-
gently, and, behold, it be true, and
the thing certain, that such abom-
ination is wrought in Israel:
5 Then shalt thou bring forth that
man or that woman, which have
committed that wicked thing, unto
thy gates, even that man or that
woman, and shalt 4stone them with
stones, till they die.
6 At the mouth of two witnesses,
or three witnesses, shall he that is
worthy of death be put to death;
but at the mouth of one witness he
shall not be put to death.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall
be first upon him to put him to
death, and afterward the hands of
all the. people. So thov shalt put
the evil away from among you.
Obedience to authority.
8 If there arise a matter too hard
for thee in judgment, between blood
and blood, between plea and plea,
and between stroke and stroke,
being matters of controversy with-
in thy gates: then shalt thou arise,
and get thee up into the place which
the Lorp thy God shall choose;
9 And ‘thou shalt come unto the
priests the Levites, and unto the
judge that shall be in those days,
and enquire; and they shall shew
thee the sentence of judgment:
17 10]
DEUTERONOMY.
10 And thou shalt:do according to
the sentence; which they of that
B.C. 1451.
place which the LorD: shall choose}
shall shew thee; and. thou: shalt
observe: to do according to all that
they inform thee:
1I According to the sentence of}
the law which they shall teach thee,|
and according to the judgment
which they shall tell thee, thou!
shalt do: thou shalt not decline}!
from: the sentence which they shall}
shew thee, to the right hand, nor]!
to the left.
12. And ¢the man that will do pre-
sumptuously, and will not hearken
unto the priest that standeth to
Minister there before the LorD thy
God, or unto the judge; even that
man shall die: and thou shalt put
away the evil from Israel.
13 And all the people shall hear,
and fear, and do no more presump-
tuously.
Concerning a king.
14. When thou: art come: unto: the
land which the Lorp thy God
giveth thee, and shalt possess: it,
and shalt dwell therein, and. shalt
say, I will set a king over me, like
as' all the nations that are about
me;
15 Thou shalt in any wise set
Aim king over thee, “whom the
Lorp thy God shall choose: one
from among thy brethren shalt thou
set king over thee: thou mayest not
set a stranger over thee, which is
not thy brother.
16 But he shall not multiply
horses to himself, nor cause the
people to return to Egypt; to the
end that he should multiply horses:
forasmuch as the Lorp hath said
unto you, Ye shall henceforth re-
turn no more that way.
17 Neither shall he multiply wives
to himself, that ¢his heart turn not
away: neither shall he greatly mul-
tiply to himself silver and gold,
@ Num.15.30;
Ezra 10.8;
Hos.4.4.
6 1‘Sam.8.5.
9,20
c See 1 Sam.
9.15; 10.24;
16.12; 1 Chr.
22.10.
d See 1 Ki.11.
3,4.
?
e 2 Ki.11.12.
f Psa.19.9,
note.
18 And it shall be, when he sit-|
teth upon the throne of his kingdom,|
that he shall write him a copy’ of
this law in a book out of that which
1s before the priests the Levites:
19 And it shall be with him, and
he shall read therein all the days of
his life: that he may learn to /fear
the Lorp his God, to keep all the
words of this law and these statutes,
to do them:
20 That his heart be not lifted up
above. his brethren, and that he
turn not aside from the command-
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4
ment,. to the: right: hand) or to the ©
left: to the end that he:may prolong
his days in. his. kingdom, he, and
his.children, in: the: midst of Israel.
CHAPTER’ 18.
The tribe of Levi.
/[HE. priests. the Levites, and all
H the tribe of Levi, shall have no:
part nor inheritance with Israel: -
they shall eat the offerings. of the
LORD made by fire, and his inheri-.
tance. ’
| 2 Therefore shall they have no in-
eritance among their brethren:
the LorpD is their inheritance, as he
hath said unto them.
The priest’s due.
'3 And this shall be the priest’s
due. from the people, from them
that. offer a sacrifice, whether it be.
ox. or sheep; and’ they shall give
unto the priest the shoulder, and
the two cheeks, and the maw.
4 The firstfruit also of thy corn,
| 6 And if a Levite come from any
of thy gates out of all Israel, where
he sojourned, and come with all the
desire of his mind unto the place
which the LorD shall choose:
| 7 Then he shall minister in the
name of the LorD his God, as alk
his brethren the Levites do, which
‘stand there before the Lorp.
| 8 They shall have like portions to
eat, beside that which cometh of the
sale: of his: patrimony,
Idola trous practices forbidden.
among you any one that maketh
his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire, or that useth divi-
nation, or an observer of times, or
an enchanter, or a witch,
il Or a charmer; or a consulter
with familiar spirits, or a wizard,
or a necromancer.
12 Forall that do these things are
an abomination unto the Lorp-
18 13}
sand because of these abominations
the Lorp thy God:doth drive them
‘out from ‘before fhee.
13 Thou ‘shalt be “perfect with
tthe Lorp thy God.
14 For these nations, which thou
shalt possess, hearkened unto ob-
‘servers of times, and unto diviners:
but as for thee, the LoRD thy God
thath not suffered thee so to do. |
The great prophecy of Messiah
the Prophet (Acts.3. 22,23). |
15 The Lorp thy God will raise
‘up unto thee a Prophet from the
‘midst of thee, -of thy brethren, like
unto me; unto him ye shall
“‘hearken;
16 According to all that thou de-
‘Siredst of the Lorp thy God in
Horeb in the day of the assembly,
‘saying, Let me not hear again the
‘voice of the LORD my God, neither
let me see this great fire any more,
‘that I die not.
17 And the LorpD said unto me,
‘They have well spoken that which
they have spoken.
18 I will raise them up a Prophet
from among their brethren, like
unto thee, and will put my words
in his mouth; and he shall speak
— them. all that I shall command
‘him.
19 And it shall.cometo:pass, that
swhosoever ‘will not ‘hearken unto
my words which he shall speak in
my name, I will require zt of him. |
The test of the prophets.
20 But ¢the prophet, which shall
presume to speak a word in my
name, which I have not commanded
shim to speak, or ‘that shall speak
in the name of other gods, even
that prophet shall die. |
21 And if thou say in thine heart,
How shall we know the word which
the LorpD hath not spoken?
22 When .a /prophet speaketh in
the name of the LORD, if the thing
follow not, nor come to pass, that
is the thing which the Lorp hath
not spoken, but the prophet hath
spoken it presumptuously: thou
shalt not be afraid of him.
CHAPTER 19.
Cities of refuge (Num. 35. 1-34;
Deut. 4. 41-49).
HEN the Lorp thy God hath
cut off the nations, whose
land the Lorp ‘thy God giveth thee,,
Bc. 1451. |
aie, upright,
or sincere.
b vs.15,18,19:
John 1,21-45;
7.16; 8.28;
12.49,50;
14.10,24;
17.8; Acts
3:22.23;
7.37.
|| c. Acts 3:23.
d Deut13.5;
Jer.14.14,15;
Zech.13.3.
e Deut.13.1,
2; Jer.2.8.
f Jer.28.9.
g Ex.21.13;
Num.35.10,
14; Josh.
20.2.
| Num.35.15;
Deut.4.42.
i Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
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and thou succeedest them, and
dwellest in their cities, and in their
houses;
2 £Thou shalt separate three cities
for thee in the midst of thy land,
which the Lorp thy God giveth
thee to possess it.
| 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way,
and divide the coasts of thy land,
|which the Lorp thy God giveth
thee to inherit, into three parts,
that every slayer may flee thither.
4 And “this is the case of the
slayer, which shall flee thither, that
he may live: Whoso killeth his
neighbour ignorantly, whom he
hated not in time past;
5 As when a man goeth into the
wood with his neighbour to hew
wood, and his hand fetcheth a
stroke with the axe to cut down the
tree, and the head slippeth from the
helve, and lighteth upon his neigh-
bour, that he die; he shall flee unto
one of those cities, and live:
6 Lest the ‘avenger of the blood
pursue the slayer, while his |heart is
hot, and overtake him, because the
way is long, and slay him; whereas
he was not worthy of death, inas-
much as he hated him not in time
past.
7 Wherefore I command thee,
saying, Thou shalt separate three
cities for thee.
8 And if the LorD thy God en-
large thy coast, as he hath sworn
unto ‘thy fathers, and give thee all
the land which he promised to give
unto thy fathers; ;
9 If thou.shalt keep all these com-
mandments to do them, which I
command thee this day, to love the
Lorp thy God, and to walk ever in
his ways; then shalt thou add three
cities more for thee, beside these
three:
10 That innocent blood be not
shed in thy land, which the
Lorp thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance, and so blood be upon
thee.
11 Butif any man hate his neigh-
bour, and lie in wait for him, and
rise up against him, and smite him
mortally that he die, and fleeth into
one of these cities:
12 Then the elders of his city shall
send and fetch him thence, and
deliver him into the hand of the
avenger of blood, that he may die.
13 Thine eye shall not pity him,
but thou shalt put :away the guilt of
innocent blood from Israel, that it
may go well with thee.
19 14)
The sacred landmark.
14 Thou shalt not remove thy
neighbour’s landmark, which they
of old time have set in thine inheri-
tance, which thou shalt inherit in
the land that the Lorp thy God
giveth thee to possess it. |
The terror of the law.
15. One witness shall not rise up
against a man for any iniquity, or
for any sin, in any sin that he sin-
neth: at the mouth of two witnesses,
or at the mouth of three ¢witnesses,
shall the matter be established.
16 If a false witness rise up
against any man to testify against
him that which is wrong;
17 Then both the men, between
whom the controversy fs, shall
stand before the Lorp, before the
priests and the judges, which shall
be in those days;
18 And the judges shall make dili-
gent inquisition: and, behold, if the
witness be a false witness, and hath
testified falsely against his brother;
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as
he had thought to have done unto
his brother: so shalt thou put the
evil away from among you.
20 And those which remain shall
hear, and fear, and shall hence-
forth commit no more any such evil
among you.
21 And thine eye shall not pity;
but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
foot for foot.
CHAPTER 20.
The law of warfare.
NAJHEN thou goest out to battle
against thine enemies, and
seest horses, and chariots, and a
people more than thou, be not
afraid of them: for the Lorp thy
God is with thee, which brought
thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 And it shall be, when ye are
come nigh unto the battle, that the
priest shall approach and speak
unto the people,
3_ And shall say unto them, Hear,
O Israel, ye approach this day unto
battle against your enemies: let not
your hearts faint, fear not, and do
not tremble, neither be ye terrified
because of them;
4 For the LorpD your God is he
that goeth with you, ‘to fight for
you against your enemies, to save
you.
5 And the officers shall speak unto
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
@ 2 Cor.13.1.
b Ex.21.23-25;
Lev.24.20;
Mt.5.38,39.
c Deut.1.30;
3.22; Josh.
23.10.
d Jud.7.3.
é 2 Sam.20.18,
> 20.
fNum.31.7,
g Josh.8.2.
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ae.
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the people, saying, What man is
there that hath built a new house,
and hath not dedicated it? let him
go and return to his house, lest he
die in the battle, and another man
dedicate it.
| 6 And what man is He that hath
planted a vineyard, and hath not
yet eaten of it? let him also go and
return unto his house, lest he die
oe the battle, and another man eat
of it.
7 And what man is there that
hath betrothed a wife, and hath not
taken her? let him go and return
unto his house, lest he die in the
battle, and another man take her.
8 And the officers shall speak fur-
ther unto the people, and they shall
say, ?What man is there that 1s
fearful and fainthearted? let him
go and return unto his house, lest
his brethren’s heart faint as well as
his heart.
9 And it shall be, when the offi-
cers have made an end of speaking
unto the people, that they shall
make captains of the armies to lead
the people.
10 When thou comest nigh unto
a city to fight against it, ‘then pro-
claim peace unto it.
11 And it shall be, if it make thee
answer of peace, and open unto
thee, then it shall be, that all the
people that is found therein shall
be tributaries unto thee, and they
shall serve thee.
12 And if it will make no peace
with thee, but will make war
against thee, then thou shalt be-
siege it:
13. And when the Lorp thy God
hath delivered it into thine hands,
Sthou shalt smite every male thereof
with the edge of the sword:
14 But the women, and the little
ones, and &the cattle, and all that is
in the city, even all the spoil thereof,
shalt thou take unto thyself; and
thou shalt eat the spoil of thine
enemies, which the Lorp thy God
hath given thee.
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the
cities which are very far off from
thee, which are not of the cities of
these nations.
16 But of the cities of these peo-
ple, which the LorD thy God doth
give thee for an inheritance, thou
shalt save alive nothing that
breatheth:
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy
them; namely, the Hittites, and the
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the
20 18]
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb-
usites; as the LoRD thy God hath
commanded thee:
18 That they teach you not to do
after all their abominations, which
they have done unto their gods; so
should ye “sin against the LORD
your God.
19 When thou shalt besiege a city
a long time, in making war against
it to take it, thou shalt not destroy
the trees thereof by forcing an axe
against them: for thou mayest eat
of them, and thou shalt not cut
them down (for the tree of the field
is man’s life) to employ them in
the siege:
20 Only the trees which thou
knowest that they be not trees for
meat, thou shalt destroy and cut
them down; and thou shalt build
bulwarks against the city that
maketh war with thee, until it be
subdued.
CHAPTER 21.
Inquest for the slain.
one be found slain in the land
which the Lorp thy God giveth
thee to possess it, lying in the field,
and it be not known who hath
slain him:
2 Then thy elders and thy judges
shall come forth, and they shall] 3 Gen.29.33,
measure unto the cities which are
round about him that is slain: e See 1 Chr.
3 And it shall be, that the city] >
which is next unto the slain man,
even the elders of that city shall
take an heifer, which hath not been
wrought with, and which hath not
drawn in the yoke;
_4 And the elders of that city shall
bring down the heifer unto a rough
valley, which is neither eared nor
sown, and shall strike off the
heifer’s neck there in the valley:
5 And the priests the sons of Levi
shall come near; for them the LORD
thy God hath chosen to minister
unto him, and to bless in the name
of the Lorp; and by their word
shall every controversy and every
stroke be tried: ;
6 And all the elders of that city,
that are next unto the slain man,
shall wash their hands over the
heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
7 And they shall answer and say,
Our hands have not shed this blood,
neither have our eyes seen it.
8 Be ’merciful, O LORD, unto thy
people “Israel, whom thou hast re-
deemed, and lay not innocent blood
a Ex.23.33.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
c Ex.14.30,
note.
f Gen.25.31,
33.
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BC. 1451.
[21 19
unto thy peopie of Israel’s charge,
And the blood shall be forgiven
them.
9 So shalt thou put away the
guilt of innocent blood from among
you,when thou shalt do that which
ts right in the sight of the LORD.
Domestic regulations.
10 When thou goest forth to war
against thine enemies, and the
Lorp thy God hath delivered them
into thine hands, and thou hast
taken them captive,
ji1 And seest among the captives
a beautiful woman, and hast a
desire unto her, that thou wouldest
have her to thy wife;
12 Then thou shalt bring her
home to thine house; and she shall
shave her head, and pare her nails;
13 And she shall put the raiment
of her captivity from off her, and
shall remain in thine house, and
bewail her father and her mother a
full month: and after that thou
shalt go in unto her, and be her
husband, and she shall be thy wife.
14 And it shall be, if thou have no
‘\delight in her, then thou shait let
her go whither she will; but thou
shalt not sell her at all for money,
thou shalt not make merchandise of
her, because thou hast humbled her.
15 If a man have two wives, one
beloved, ¢and another hated, and
they have born him children, both
the beloved and the hated; and if
the firstborn son be her’s that was
hated:
16 Then it shall be, when he mak-
eth his sons to inherit that which
he hath, that he may not make the
son of the beloved firstborn before
the son of the hated, which 1s in-
deed the firstborn:
17 But he shall acknowledge the
son of the hated for the firstborn,
éby giving him a double portion of
all that he hath: for he is the be-
ginning of his strength; /the right
of the firstborn is his.
A prodigal son under law.
(Cf. Lk. 15, 11-23.)
18 If a man have a stubborn and
rebellious son, which will not obey
the voice of his father, or the voice
of his mother, and that, when they
have chastened him, will not
hearken unto them:
| 19 Then shall his father and his
mother lay hold on him, and bring
him out unto the elders of his city,
and unto the gate of his place;
21 20]
DEUTERONOMY.
+7
[22 21
20 And they shall say unto the! Bic. 1451.
elders of his city, This our son is
stubborn and rebellious, he will not
obey our voice; he is a glutton, and
a drunkard. OTs
21 And all the men of his city
shall stone him with stones, that he
die: so shalt thou put evil away)
from among you; and all Israel]
shall hear, and fear. 4
22) And if a man have committed
a sin worthy of death, and he be to)
be put to death, and thou hang him
on a tree:
23 His body shali not remain all
night upon the tree, but thou shalt
in any wise bury him that day; (for
he that is hanged is accursed of
56God;) that thy land be not defiled,
which the LorD thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance.
CHAPTER 22.
The law of brotherhood.
"HOU shalt not see thy broth-
+ er’s ox or his sheep go astray,
and hide thyself from them: thou
shalt in any case bring them again
unto thy brother.
2 And if thy brother be not nigh
unto thee, or if thou know him not,
then thou shalt bring it unto thine
own: house, and it shall be with
thee until thy brother seek after it,
and thou shalt restore it to him
again.
3 In like manner shalt thou do
with his ass; and so shalt thou do’
with his raiment; and with all lost
things of thy brother’s, which he
hath lost, and thou hast found,
shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest
not hide thyself,
4 Thou ¢shalt not see thy broth-
er’s ass or his ox fall down by the
way, and hide thyself from them:
thou shalt surely help him to lift
them up again.
5S The woman shall not wear that
which pertaineth unto a man,
neither shall a- man put on a
@ Josh.8.29;
John 19.31.
6 Gal.3.13.
c Ex.23.4.
¢@ Ex.23:5.
e Lev.22.28.
f Lev.19.19,
g See 2 Cor.
6.14-16.
1 Ki.8.53
i Lev.19.19.
j Num.15.38;
Mt.23.5.
woman’s garment: for all that do
so are abomination unto the Lorp
thy God.
6 If a bird’s nest chance to be be-
fore thee'in the way in any tree, or
on the ground, whether they be
young ones, or eggs, and the dam
sitting upon the young, or upon the
eggs,. ‘thou shalt not take the dam
with the young:
7 But thou shalt in any wise let
the dam go, and take the young to
thee; that it may be well with thee,
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h Separation.
i
land that thou mayest prolong thy
ays.
8 When thou buildest a new
house, then thou shalt make a bat-
tlement for thy roof, that thou
bring not blood upon thine house,
if any man fall from thence.
} The law of separation.
| 9 fThou shalt not sow thy vine-
yard with divers seeds: lest the
fruit of thy seed which thou hast
sown, and the fruit of thy vine-
yard, be defiled. :
10 &Thou shalt not plow with an
ox and an ass ‘together.
/11 ‘Thou shalt not wear a gar-
ment of divers sorts, as of woollen
and linen together. 2
12 Thou shalt make thee /fringes
upon the four quarters. of thy ves-
ture, wherewith thou coverest thy-
self,
The innocent wife protected.
13 If any man take a wife, and go
in unto her, and hate her,
14 And give occasions of speech
against her, and bring up an evil
name upon her, and say, I took this
woman, and when I came to her, I
found her not a maid:
15 Then shall the father of the
damsel, and her mother, take and
bring forth the tokens of the dam-
sel’s virginity unto the elders of
the city in the gate: “
16 And the damsel’s father: shall
say unto. the elders, I gave my
daughter unto this man to wife,
and he hateth her;
17 And, lo, he hath given occa-
sions of speech against her, saying,
f found not thy daughter a maid;
and yet these are the tokens of
my daughter’s virginity. And they
shall spread the cloth before the
elders, of the city.
18 And the elders of that city shall
take that. man and chastise him;
19 And they shall amerce him in
an hundred shekels of silver, and
give them unto the father of the
damsel, because he hath brought.
up an evil name upon a virgin of
Israel: and she shall be his wife;
he may not put her away all his
days.
The guilty wife to be stoned.
20 But if this thing be true, and
the tokens of virginity be not
found for the damsel:
21 Then they shall bring out the
damsel to the door of her father’s
house, and the men of her city shall
stone her with stones that she die:
because she hath ®wrought folly in
Israel, to play the whore in her fa-
ther’s house: so shalt thou put evil
away from among you.
22 Ifaman be found lying witha
woman married to an husband, then
they shall both of them die, both
the man that lay with the woman,
and the woman: so shalt thou put
away evil from Israel.
23 If adamsel that zs a virgin be
betrothed unto an husband, and a
man find her in the city, and lie
with her;
24 Then ye shall bring them both
out unto the gate of that city, and
ye shall stone them with stones
that they die; the damsel, because
she cried not, being in the city; and
the man because he hath humbled
this neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt
put away evil from among you. |
25 But if a man find a betrothed] ¢ Gen.34.7;
damsel in the field, and the man
force her, and lie with her: then
si peeks only that lay with her Niece ats
26 But unto the damsel thou shalt] ¢ See Deut.2,
do nothing; there is in the damsel] 29.
no sin worthy of death: for as when] g niim.22.5,6.
aman riseth against his neighbour,
d slayeth him, even so is this
matter:
27 For he found her in the field,
and the betrothed damsel cried,
and there was none to save her.
28 If a man find a damsel that is
a virgin, which is not betrothed, and
lay ‘hold on her, and lie with her,
and they be found;
29 Then the man that lay with
her shall give unto the damsel’s
father fifty shekels of silver, and
-she shall be his wife; because he
hath humbled her, he may not put
her away all his days.
30 A man shall not take his fa-
ther’s wife, nor discover his father’s
skirt
e Ezra 9.12.
f Gen.25.24,
25,26; Oba.
10,12
g Ex.22.21;
23.9; Lev.
19.34.
h Lev.26.12.
CHAPTER 23.
Divers regulations.
He that is wounded in the stones,
or hath his privy member cut
off, shall not enter into the congre-
gation of the LORD.
2 A bastard shall not enter into
the congregation of the LorD; even
to his tenth generation shall he not
enter into the congregation of the
3 An ’Ammonite or Moabite shall
not enter into the congregation of .
41
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451. |
Jud.20.6,10;
2 Sam.13.12,
13.
#1 Sam.30.15.
{23 16
the Lorp; even to their tenth gen-
eration shall they not enter into
the congregation of the Lorp for
ever:
4 ‘Because they met you not with
bread and with water in the way,
when ye came forth out of Egypt:
and 4because they hired against
|\thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pe-
‘thor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God
would not hearken unto Balaam;
|but the Lorp thy God turned the
|curse into a blessing unto thee, be-
cause the Lorp thy God loved thee.
6 ¢Thou shalt not seek their peace
inor their prosperity all thy days
for ever.
7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edom-
ite; ffor he is thy. brother: thou
‘shalt not abhor an Egyptian; be-
cause &thou wast a stranger in his
land.
8 The children that are begotten
of them shail enter into the congre-
gation of the LORD in their third
generation.
9 When the host goeth forth
against thine enemies, then keep
thee from every wicked thing.
10 If there be among you any
man, that is not clean by reason of
uncleanness that chanceth him by
night, then shall he go abroad out
of the camp, he shall not come
within the camp:
11 But-it shall be, when evening
cometh on, he shall wash himself
with water: and when the sun is
down, he shall come into the camp
again.
12 Thou shalt have a place also
without the camp, whither thou
shalt go forth abroad:
13 And thou shalt have a paddle
upon thy weapon; and it shall be,
when thou wilt ease thyself abroad,
thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt
turn back and .cover that which
cometh from thee:
14 For the Lorp thy God /walk-
eth in the midst of thy camp, to de-
liver thee, and to give up thine
enemies before thee; therefore shall
thy camp be holy: ‘that he see no
unclean thing in thee, and turn
away from thee.
15 Thou shalt not ‘deliver unto
his master the servant which is
scaped from his master unto thee:
16 He shail dwell with thee, even
among you, in that place which he
shall choose in one of thy gates,
where’it liketh him best: thou shalt
not oppress him,
i
23 17]
17 There shall be no whore of the
daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite
of the sons of Israel. f
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire
of a whore, or the price of a dog,
into the house of the Lorp thy
God for any vow: for even both
these are abomination unto the
Lorp thy God.
19 Thou shalt not lend upon
usury to thy brother; usury of
money, usury of victuals, usury of
any thing that is lent upon usury:
20 Unto a stranger thou mayest
lend upon usury; but unto thy
brother thou shalt not lend upon
usury: that the LorRD thy God may
bless thee in all that thou settest
thine hand to in the land whither
thou goest to possess it.
21 When thou shalt vow a vow
unto the LorpD thy God, thou shalt
not slack to pay it: for the Lorp
thy God will surely require it of
thee; and it would be sin in thee.
22 But if thou shalt forbear to|¢ Num.30.2;
vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23 °*That which is gone out of thy bMt12.1:
lips thou shalt keep and perform;] yic2.3;
even a freewill-offering, according} Lk.6.1. .
as thou hast vowed unto the LorpD ¢Mt5.31
thy God, which thou hast promised ed
with thy mouth, d Ex.21.16.
24 When thou comest into thy POE
neighbour’s vineyard, then thou|°14.2.° °°
mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine
own pleasure; but thou shalt not|/Ss¢ L:17.
put any in thy vessel. 10.6500%:
25 When thou comest into the
standing corn of thy neighbour,|¢ J#-5.4-
then thou mayest pluck the ears
with thine hand; but thou shalt not
move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s
standing corn.
CHAPTER 24.
The Mosaic law of divorce (Mt.
19. 8; cf. 1 Cor, 7, 12-15).
WVHEN aman hath taken a wife,
and married her, and it come
to pass that she find no favour in
his eyes, because he hath found
some uncleanness in her: then let
him write her a bill of divorcement,
and give it in her hand, and send
her out of his chouse.
2 And when she is departed out of
his house, she may go and be an-
other man’s wife.
3 And if the latter husband hate
her, and write her a bill of divorce-
ment, and giveth it in her hand,
and sendeth her out of his house;
242
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
Psa.66.13,14.
rats
or if the latter husband die, which
took her to be his wife;
4 Her former husband, which sent
her away, may not take her again
to be his wife, after that she is de-
filed; for that is abomination before
the LorD: and thou shalt not cause
the land to sin, which the Lorp thy
God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Divers regulations.
5 When a man hath taken a new
wife, he shall not go out to war,
neither shall he be charged with
any business: but he shall be free
at home one year, and shall cheer
up his wife which he hath taken.
6 No man shall take the nether or
the upper millstone to pledge: for
he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
7 4If aman be found stealing any
of his brethren of the children of
Israel, and maketh merchandise of
him, or selleth him; then that thief
shall die; and thou shalt put evil
away from among you.
8 Take heed in ‘the plague of
leprosy, that thou observe dili-
gently, and do according to all that
the priests the Levites shall teach
you: as I commanded them, so ye
shall observe to do.
9 fRemember what the LorpD thy
God did unto Miriam by the way,
after that ye were come forth out
of Egypt.
10 And when thou dost lend thy
brother any thing, thou shalt not go
into his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and
the man to whom thou dost lend
shall bring out the pledge abroad
unto thee.
12 And if the man be poor, thou
shalt not sleep with his pledge:
13 In any case thou shalt deliver
him the pledge again when the sun
goeth down, that he may sleep in
his own raiment, and bless thee:
and it shall be righteousness unto
thee before the Lorp thy God.
14 Thou shalt not oppress an
hired servant that is poor and
needy,whether he be of thy breth-
ren, or of thy strangers that are in
thy land within thy gates:
15 At his day thou shalt give him
his hire, neither shall the sun ga
down upon it; for he is poor, and
setteth his heart upon it: lest he
cry against thee unto the Lorp,
and it be sin unto thee.
16 The fathers shall not be put to
death for the children, neither shall
the children be put to death for the
i
24:17]
fathers: every man shall be put to
death for his own sin.
17 Thou shalt not pervert the
judgment of the stranger, nor of
the fatherless; nor take a widow’s
raiment to pledge:
18 But thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and
the Lorp thy God 4redeemed thee
thence: therefore I command thee
to do this thing.
19 When thou cuttest down thine
harvest in thy field, and hast forgot
a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not
go again to fetch it: it shall be for
the stranger, for the fatherless, and
for the widow: that the Lorp thy
God may ®bless thee in all the work
of thine hands.
20 When thou beatest thine olive
tree, thou shalt not go over the
boughs again: it shall be for the
stranger, for the fatherless, and for
the widow.
21 When thou gatherest the
grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt
not glean it afterward: it shall be
for the stranger, for the fatherless,
and for the widow.
22 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt: therefore I command thee
to do this thing.
CHAPTER 25.
Divers regulations.
there be a controversy between
men, and they come unto judg-
ment, that the yudges may judge
them; then they shall justify the
righteous, and condemn the wicked.
2 And it shall be, if the wicked
man be worthy to be beaten, that
the judge shall cause him to lie
down, and to be beaten before his
face, according to his fault, by a
certain number.
3 Forty stripes he may give him,
and not exceed: lest, if he should
exceed, and beat him above these
with many stripes, then thy brother
should seem vile unto thee.
4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox
when he treadeth out the ‘corn.
5 If brethren dwell together, and
one of them die, and have no ¢child,
the wife of the dead shall not marry
without unto a stranger: her hus-
band’s brother shall go in unto her,
and take her to him to wife, and
perform the duty of an husband’s
brother unto her.
6 And it shall be, that the first-
born which she beareth ‘shall suc-
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
a Ex.14.30,
note.
b Deut.15.10;
Psa.41.1;
Prov.19.17.
¢1 Cor.9,9;
1 Tim.5.18.
d Mt.22.24;
Mk.12.19;
Lk.20.28.
e Gen.38.9.
f Ruth 4.1,2.
g Ruth 4.6,
h Ruth 4.7.
i Ruth 4.11,
j Ex.20.12.
k Prov.11.1;
1 Thes.4.6.
1 Ex.17.8.
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ceed in the name of his brother
which is dead, that his name be
not put out of Israel.
7 And if the man like not to take
his brother’s wife, then let his broth-
er’s wife go up to the ‘gate unto
the elders, and say, My husband’s
brother refuseth to raise up unto
his brother a name in Israel, he
will not perform the duty of my
husband’s brother.
8 Then the elders of his city shall
call him, and speak unto him: and
if he stand to it, and say, SI like
not to take her;
9 Then shall his brother’s wife
come unto him in the presence of
the elders, and “loose his shoe from
off his foot, and spit in his face,
and shall answer and say, So shall
it be done unto that man that will
not ‘build up his brother’s house.
10 And his name shall be called in
Israel, The house of him that hath
his shoe loosed.
11 When men strive together one
with another, and the wife of the
cone draweth near for to deliver her
husband out of the hand of him
that smiteth him, and putteth forth
her hand, and taketh him by the
secrets:
12 Then thou shalt cut off her
hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag
divers weights, a great and a small.
14 Thou shalt not have in thine
house divers measures, a great and
a small.
15 But thou shalt have a perfect
and just weight, a perfect and just
measure shalt thou have: /that thy
days may be lengthened in the land
which the LorDthy God giveth thee.
16 For all that do such things,
and all that do unrighteously, are
an abomination unto the Lorpb thy
God.
17 ‘Remember what Amalek did
unto thee by the way, when ye
were come forth out of Egypt;
18 How he met thee by the way,
and smote the hindmost of thee,
even all that were feeble behind
thee, when thou wast faint and
weary; and he feared not God.
19 Therefore it shall be, when the
Lorp thy God hath given thee rest
from all thine enemies round about,
in the land which the Lorp thy
God giveth thee for an inheritance
to possess it, that thou shalt blot
out the remembrance of Amalek
from under heaven; thou shalt not
forget it,
26 1]
CHAPTER: 26. _B.C.1451. |
The law of the offering of first-
fruits.. (Cf. Ex. 23. 16-19.)
[ade it shall be, when thou art
come! in unto the land’ which}
the Lorp thy God giveth thee: for
an inheritance, and posseéssest it,})
and dwellest therein;
2 That thou shalt take of the
first of all the fruit of the earth,
which thou shalt bring of thy/|
land that the Lorp thy God)
giveth thee, and shalt put it
in a basket, and shalt go unto
the place which the Lorb thy God
shall choose to place his namelc Bible
there. pieyers
3: And thou shalt go unto the} {0;5);,Peut
priest that shall be in those days,} (Gen.15.2;
and’ say unto him, I profess this} Hab.3-1-16.)
day unto the Lorp thy God, that I), x0s.12.12.
am’ come unto the country which
the Lorp sware unto our fathers pore
for to give us. by Se
4 And the priest shall take the|d Gen.46.27;
basket out of thine hand) and set it] Deut-10.22.
down before the altar of the Lorp e Ex.1.11,14.
thy God. :
5 And thou shalt-speak and ¢say| f Ex.2.23-25;
before the Lorp thy God, A oSyr-| 3-9 431.
ian ‘ready to perish was my father, |g Ex.12.42,51;
and he went down.into Egypt, and| 13-3,14,16;
sojourned there with a @few,. and|, reso
became there a nation, great,|; Deut.4.34.
mighty, and’ populous: lars
6 And the ‘Egyptians evil en-|?2*3%
treated us, and afflicted us, and laid] j Deut.12.7,
upon us hard bondage: | 12,18; 16.11.
7 And fwhen we cried unto thel, 3:41
Lorb God of our fathers, the LoRD| prayers
heard our voice, and looked on our} (0-T.). Josh.
affliction, and our labour, and our ie Si
oppression: 3.1-16.)
8 And the sLorp brought us forth] Ape
out of Egypt with a mighty hand, ra
and with an: outstretched arm, and/)
with great “terribleness, and with]? Isa.63.15;
signs, and with wonders: | Zech.2,13.
9 And he hath brought us into]
this place, and hath given us this
land, even a ‘land that floweth with|!
milk and honey. }
10 And now, behold, I have
brought the firstfruits of the land,
which thou, O Lorn, hast given me.
And thou shalt set it before the
Lorp thy God, and worship before
the Lorp thy God:
11 And thou shalt. rejoice in
every good thing which the Lorp
thy God hath given unto thee, and
unto thine house, thou, and the
DEUTERONOMY.
Levite, and the stranger that is|
among you.
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12 When thou hast made an end
of tithing all the tithes of thine in-
crease’ the third year, which 1s the
year of tithing, and: hast’ given it
unto: the Levite, the stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow, that
they may eat within thy gates, and
be filled; >
13. Then thou shalt “say before
the Lorp: thy God, I have brought
away the hallowed things out of
mune house, and also have given
them unto the Levite, and unto the
stranger, to the fatherless, and to
the widow, according to all thy
commandments which thou hast
commanded me: I have not trans-
gressed thy commandments, neither
have I forgotten them:
14 /I have not eaten thereof in my
mourning, neither have I taken
away ought thereof for any un-
clean use, nor given ought thereof
for the dead: but I have hearkened
to the voice of the LoRD my God,
and have done according to all that
thou hast commanded me.
15 ™Look down from thy holy
habitation, from heaven, and bless
thy people Israel, and the land
which thou hast given us, as thou
swarest unto our fathers, a land
that floweth with milk and honey.
16 This day the Lorp. thy God
hath commanded thee to do these
statutes and judgments: thou shalt
therefore keep and do them with. all
thine heart, and with all thy soul.
17 Thou hast avouched the LorD
this day to. be thy God, and to walk
in his ways, and to keep his stat-
utes, and his commandments, and
his judgments, and to hearken unto
his voice:
18 And the Lorpb hath avouched
thee this day to be. his peculiar peo-
ple, as he hath promised thee, and
that thou shouldest keep all his
commandments;
19 And to make thee high above
all nations which he hath made, in
praise, and in name, and in honour};
and that thou mayest be an holy
people unto the Lorp thy God, as
jhe hath spoken.
|
| CHAPTER 27.
|
‘The stones of ae tet in Mount’
al,
Axe Moses with the elders of!
4X Israel commanded the people,
saying, Keep. all the command-|
ments which I command you this|
day.
27 24
DEUTERONOMY.
[28 3
2 And it shall be on the 4day
when ye shall pass over Jordan
unto the land which the LorpD thy
God giveth thee, that thou shalt
bset thee up ¢reat stones, and plais-
ter them with plaister:
3 And thou shalt write upon them
all the words of this law, when thou
art passed over, that thou mayest
go in unto the land which the
Lorp thy God giveth thee, a land
that floweth with milk and honey;
as the Lorp God of thy fathers!
hath promised thee.
4 Therefore it shall be when ye be
gone over Jordan, that ye shall set
up these stones, which I command
you this day, in mount <Ebal, and
thou shalt plaister them with
plaister.
5 And there shalt thou build an
altar unto the LorpD thy God, an
altar of stones: ¢thou shalt not lift
up any iron tool upon them.
6 Thou shalt build the altar of the
Lorp thy God of whole stones: and
thou shalt offer burnt-offerings
thereon unto the Lorp thy God:
7 And thou shalt offer peace-offer-
ings, and shalt eat there, and re-
joice before the LorD thy God.
8 And thou shalt write upon the
stones all the words of this law
very plainly.
Blessings and curses from Ebal
and Gerizim.
9 And Moses and ‘the priests the
Levites spake unto all Israel, say-
ing, Take heed, and hearken, 1e)
{srael; this day ‘thou art ‘become
the people of the LorD thy God.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the
voice of the LORD thy God, and do
his commandments and his statutes,
which I command thee this day.
11 And Moses charged the people
the same day, saying,
12 These shall stand fupon mount
Gerizim to bless the people, when
ye are come over Jordan; Simeon,
and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar,
and Joseph, and Benjamin:
13 And these shall stand supon
mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad,
and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and
Naphtali.
14 And ‘the Levites shall speak,
and say unto all the men of Israel
with a loud voice,
15 iCursed be the man that mak-
eth any graven or molten image, an
B.C. 1451.
¢e Josh.4.1.
6 Josh.8.32.
c Deut.11.29;
Josh.8.30.
dé Ex:20:25;
Josh.8.31.
e Deut.26.18.
f Deut.11.29;
Josh.8.33;
Jud.9.7.
g Deut.11.29;
Josh.8.33.
Deut.33.10;
osh.8.33;
Dan.9.11.
4Ex:204,23;
Ex.34.17;
Lev.19.4;
26.1.
j Gal.3.10.
k Ex.15.26;
Lev.26.3;
Isa.55.2.
1 v.15; Zech,
1.6.
abomination unto the Lorp, the
work of the hands of the craftsman,
jand putteth it in a secret place.
And all the people shall answer:and
say, Amen.
16 Cursed be he that setteth light
by his father or his mother. And
all the people shall say, Amen.
17 Cursed be he that removeth
his neighbour’s landmark. And all
the people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed be he that maketh the
blind to wander out of the way.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed be he that perverteth
the judgment of the stranger,
fatherless, and widow. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
20 Cursed be he that lieth with
|his father’s wife; because he uncov-
|ereth his father’s skirt. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
21 Cursed be he that lieth with
any manner of beast. And all the
|people shall say, Amen.
22 Cursed be he that lieth with
his sister, the daughter of his father,
or the daughter of his mother. And
all the people shall say, Amen,
23 Cursed be he that lieth with
his mother in law. And all the
people shali say, Amen.
24 Cursed be he that smiteth his
neighbour secretly. And all the
people shall say, Amen. ‘
25 Cursed be he ‘that taketh -re-
ward to slay an innocent person.
And all the peopte:shall:say, Amen.
26 Cursed be he that confirmeth
not all the words of this law to do
jthem. And all the people shall
say, Amen.
CHAPTER 28.
Conditions of blessing in the
land,
AND it shall come ‘to pass, lif
thou shalt hearken diligently
unto the voice of the Lorp thy
God, to observe and to do all his
commandments which I command
thee this day, that the Lorp thy
God will set thee on high above all
nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shail
come on thee, and ‘overtake ‘thee,
if thou shalt hearken unto the
voice of the Lorp thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the
city, and blessed shalt thou be in
the field.
1 Chapters 28.-29. are, properly, an integral part of the Palestinian Covenant
(Deut. 30. 1-9, note).
245
25 44
DEUTERONOMY.
[23
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy
body, and the fruit of thy ground,
and the fruit of thy cattle, the in-
crease of thy kine, and the flocks of
thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and
thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when
thou comest in, and blessed shalt
thou be when thou goest out.
7 The Lorp shall cause thine ene-
mies that rise up against thee to be
smitten before thy face: they shall
come out against thee one way, and
flee before thee seven ways:
8 The LorD shall *command the
blessing upon thee in thy store-
houses, and in all that thou settest
thine hand unto; and he shall bless
thee in the land which the Lorp
thy God giveth thee.
9 The LorD shall establish thee
an holy people unto himself, as he
hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt
keep the commandments of the
Lorp thy God, and walk in his
ways.
10 And all people of the earth
shall see that thou art called by
the name of the Lorp; and they
shall be afraid of thee.
11 And the Lorn shall make thee
plenteous in goods, in the fruit of
thy body, and in the fruit of thy
cattle, and in the fruit of thy
ground, in the land which the Lorp
sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The LorD shall open unto thee
his good treasure, the heaven to
give the rain unto thy land in his
season, and to bless all the work of
thine hand: and thou shalt lend!
unto many nations, and thou shalt
not borrow.
13. And the LorpD shall make thee
the chead, and not the tail; and
thou shalt be above only, and thou
shalt not be beneath; if that thou
hearken unto the commandments
of the LorpD thy God, which I com-
mand thee this day, to observe and
to do them:
14 And thou shalt not go aside
from any of the words which I com-
mand thee this day, to the right
hand, or to the left, to go after
other gods to serve them,
Conditions which will bring
chastisement in the land.
15 But it shall come to pass, 4if
thou wilt not hearken unto the
voice of the LorD thy God, to ob-
serve to do all his commandments
and his statutes which I command
B.C. 1451.
a Lev.25.21.
6 Num.6.27;
2 Chr.7.14;
Isa.63.19;
Dan.9.18,19.
c Isa.9.14,15.
d Lev.26.14;
Dan.9.11,13;
Mal.2.2.
e Mal.2.2.
f1Sam.14.20;
Zech.14.13.
g Isa.30.17;
51.20; 66.15.
h Amos 4.9,
i Times of
the Gen-
tiles. vs.
28,49-52,
63-68; 2 Ki,
18.9-12.
(Lk.21.24;
Rev.16,19.)
246
thee this day; that all these curses
shall come upon thee, and overtake
thee:
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the
city, and cursed shalt thou be in
the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket
and thy store.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of
thy body, and the fruit of thy land,
the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when
thou comest in, and cursed shalt
thou be when thou goest out.
20 The LorD shall send tpon thee
cursing, fvexation, and &rebuke, in
all that thou settest thine hand unto
for to do, until thou be destroyed,
and until thou perish quickly; be-
cause of the wickedness of thy
doings, whereby thou hast for-
|saken me.
21 The Lorp shall make the pes-
tilence cleave unto thee, until he
have consumed thee from off the
land, whither thou goest to possess
rhe
22 The Lorp shall smite thee
with a consumption, and with a
fever, and with an inflammation,
and with an extreme burning, and
with the sword, and with “blasting,
and with mildew; and they shall
pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that fs over
thy head shall be brass, and the
earth that is under thee shall be
iron.
24 The LorD shall make the rain
of thy land powder and dust: from
heaven shall it come down upon
thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 The LorpD shall cause thee to
be smitten before thine enemies:
thou shalt go out one way against
them, and flee seven ways before
them: and shalt be removed into
all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 And thy carcase shall be meat
unto all fowls of the air, and unto
the beasts of the earth, and no man
shall fray them away.
27 The LorD will smite thee with
the botch of Egypt, and with the
emerods, and with the scab, and
with the itch, whereof thou canst
not be healed.
28 The LorpD shall ‘smite thee
with madness, and blindness, and
astonishment of heart:
29 And thou shalt grope at noon-
day, as the blind gropeth in dark-
ness, and thou shalt not prosper in
thy ways: and thou shalt be only
al
*
28 30)
oppressed and spoiled evermore,
and no man shail save thee.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and
another man shall lie with her:
thou shalt build an house, and thou
shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt
plant a vineyard, and shalt not
gather the grapes thereof.
31 Thine ox shall be slain before
thine €yes, and thou shalt not eat
thereof: thine ass shall be violently
taken away from before thy face,
and shall not be restored to thee:
thy sheep shall be given unto thine
enemies, and thou shalt have none
to rescue them.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters
shall be given unto another people,
and thine eyes shall look, and fail
with longing for them all the day
long: and there shall be no might
in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land, and all
thy labours, shall a nation which
thou knowest not eat up; and thou
shalt be only oppressed and crushed
alway:
34 So that thou shalt be mad for
the sight of thine eyes which thou
shalt see.
35 The LorpD shall smite thee in
the knees, and in the legs, with a
sore botch that cannot be healed,
from the sole of thy foot unto the
top of thy head.
36 The LorD shall “bring thee,
and thy king which thou shalt set
over thee, unto a nation which
neither thou nor thy fathers have
known; and there shalt thou serve
other gods, wood and stone.
37 And thou shalt become 2an as-
tonishment, a proverb, and a by-
word, among all nations whither
the LorD shall lead thee.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed
out into the field, and shalt gather
but little in; for the locust shall
consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards,
and dress them, but shalt neither
drink of the wine, nor gather the
rapes; for the worms shall eat
them. ‘
‘40 Thou shalt have olive trees
throughout all thy coasts, but thou
shalt not anoint thyself with the
oil; for thine olive shall cast his
fruit.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and
daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy
them; for they shall go into cap-
tivity. :
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy
land shall the locust consume.
DEUTERONOMY.
B.C. 1451.
a 2 Ki.17.4,6;
24.12,14;
25-7125
2 Chr.33.11;
36.6,20.
b 1 Ki.9.7,8;
Jer.24.9;
25.9; Zech.
8.13.
¢ v.13; Lam.
1.5.
d Isa.8.18;
Ezk.14.8.
e Jer.28.14.
f Times of
the Gen-
g Jer.48.40;
49.22; Lam-
4.19; Ezk.
173,125
Hos.8.1.
h Psa.2.12,
‘note.
i 2 Ki.6.28,29.
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[28 54
43 The stranger that is within
thee shall get up above thee very
high; and thou shalt come down
very low.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou
shalt not lend to him: he shall be
vee chead, and thou shalt be the
tail.
45 Moreover all these curses shall
come upon thee, and shall pursue
thee, and overtake thee, till thou be
destroyed; because thou hearken-
edst not unto the voice of the LorpD
thy God, to keep his command-
ments and his statutes which he
commanded thee:
46 And they shall be upon “thee
for a sign and for a wonder, and
upon thy seed for ever.
47 Because thou servedst not the
Lorp thy God with joyfuiness, and
with gladness of heart, for the abun-
dance of all things;
48 Therefore shalt thou serve
thine enemies which the LorD shall
send against thee, in hunger, and
in thirst, and in nakedness, and in
want of all things: and he ¢shall
put a yoke of iron upon thy neck,
until he have destroyed thee.
49 The LorD shall bring fa nation
against thee from far, from the end
of the earth, as swift as the eagle
Hieth; a nation whose tongue thou
shalt not understand;
50 A nation of fierce countenance,
which shall not regard the person
of the old, nor shew favour to the
+|}young:
51 And he shall eat the fruit of
thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land,
until thou be destroyed: which also
shall not leave thee either corn,
wine, or oil, or the increase of thy
kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he
‘have destroyed thee.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all
thy gates, until thy high and fenced
lwalls come down, wherein thou
“trustedst, throughout all thy land:
land he shall besiege thee in all thy
gates throughout all thy land,
which the LorD thy God hath
given thee. :
53 And'thou shalt eat ‘the fruit of
thine own body, the flesh of thy
sons and of thy daughters, which
the Lorp thy God hath given thee,
in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies shall dis-
tress thee:
54 So that the man that is ten-
der among you, and very delicate,
his eye shail be evil toward his
brother, and toward the wife of his
=:
28 55] DEUTERONOMY. a
bosom, and: toward the remnant of B.C. 1451. lother gods, which neither thou nor
his children which he shall leave: thy fathers have known, even wood
55. So that he will not give to any
of them of the flesh of his children
whom he shall eat: because he hath
nothing left him in the siege, and
in the straitness, wherewith thine
enemies shall distress thee in all
thy gates.
56 The tender and. delicate wo-
and stone.
65 And fgamong these nations
shalt thou find no ease, neither
shall the sole of thy foot have rest:
but the Lorp shall give thee there
a trembling heart, and failing of
eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 And thy life shall hang in
man among you, which would not doubt before thee; and thou shalt
adventure to set the sole of her foot fear day and_-night, and shalt have
upon the ground for delicateness none assurance of thy life:
and tenderness, her eye shall be evil 67 In the: morning thou shalt say,
toward the husband of her bosom, Would God it were even! and at
end eoeerd her son, and toward her even thou A oe wees ee it
aughter, were morning! for the fear of thine
57 And toward her young one heart wherewith thou shalt fear,
that cometh out from between her and for the sight of thine eyes
feet, and toward her children which which thou shalt see.
she shall bear: for she shall eat them 68 And the Lorp shall bring:thee
for want of all things secretly in into Egypt again with ships, by the
the siege and straitness, wherewith), way whereof I spake unto thee,
thine enemy shall distress thee in|¢ Jsraef (Ais- |Thou shalt see it no more again:
od gates. . | poet Deut, |2nd there ye shall be sold unto your
8 If thou wilt not observe to do} 30.1-7. (Gen.|enemies for bondmen and: bond-
all the ag of Ase’ hd that ‘ona 1395 Rom. |women, and no man shall buy you.
wr tt y = 3 a - ie
Nagast fear this miebe aoe feties b Psa.19.9 CHAPTER 29:
ful name, THE LORD THY GOD;), note. The Pali atict Cc ‘i
59 Then the Lorp will make thy] cEx63 t eS sree ovenant:
plagues wonderful, and the plagues|© ~°~” (1) introductory words.
of thy seed, even great plagues, and|¢ Deut.10.22; i] gees are the words of the
of long continuance, and sore sick-| Neh9\23- covenant, which the Lorp
nesses, and of long continuance. eIsa:1.24, commanded Moses. to make with
60 Moreover he will bring upon the children of Israel im the land of
thee all the diseases of Egypt,|/Jer1613. | Moab, beside the covenant whiclt
Grey shall cleave unt thes ogi POE etek ener eae
ee. n es: calli is=
61 Also every sickness, and every)" Ex-19.4. rael, and saith Sits thier om head
"i eo which is not written in’ the} ; 2 Cor.3.14- |seen all that the Lorp did. before
oad & this law, them will the] 16; Eph.4.18 | your eyes'in.the land of Egypt unto
‘ Btewean ot thee, until thou fate rin aot ae his servants,
; f and unto all his land;
62 And ye shall be left few in 3 Th eat nptati i
number, whereas ye were @as the thine ejent Hae secilitins ote i
stars of heaven for multitude; be- those great miracles: ;
cause thou wouldest not obey the 4 Yet ‘the Lorp hath not. given
voice of the Lorp thy God. you an heart to perceive, and eyes
Continued disobedience to be to see. and ears to hear, unto this
Bes evi udig mene ides GaN raat Dave waoa ties
ispersion. : ee you torty years
63 And it shall come to pass, that Be ro ees on
as the LorD rejoiced over you to shoe is not waxen old upon thy
do ie oe ao to multiply you; foot.
so the LORD ¢will rejoice over you 6 Ye have not eat i:
to destroy you, and to bring you to ‘ther have ye acme siete Poe 7
nought; and ye shall be plucked drink: that ye might know that E
aoe off a whither thou goest am: the LORD your God
to possess it. ; : 2
64 And the Lorp shall fscatter echo dee Temata Hoditow |
thee among all people, from the and Og the king of Bash i
one end of the earth even unto the out against us unto battle, snd Wie
other; and. there thou shalt serve smote them: f |
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ua
8 And we took their land, and!
‘gave it for an inheritance unto the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and
tto the half tribe of Manasseh.
9 Keep therefore the words of this
covenant, and do them, that ye may
prosper in all that ye do.
10 Ye stand this day all of you
before the LorpD your ’>God; youn
captains of your tribes, your elders,
and your officers, with all the men
of Israel,
11 Your little ones, your wives,
and thy stranger that zs in thy
camp, from the hewer of thy wood
unto the drawer of thy water:
12 That thou shouldest enter into
covenant with the Lorpb thy God,
and into his oath, which the LorD
thy God maketh ‘with thee this
es That h blish th
3 That he may establish thee to “33.
day for a people unto himself, and ieee
that he may be unto thee a God, as :
he hath said unto thee, and as he|? Acts 8:28;
hath sworn unto ‘thy fathers, ‘to see RE
Abraham, to Isaac, and ‘to Jacob.
14 Neither with you “only do I| Peut3.?4-
make this covenant and ‘this oath; | ‘Rev.22.19.)
15 But with Aim that standeth ’
here with us this day ‘before the Cie
Lorp our God, and also with hAim| 2 Sam.7.8,
that 7s not here with us this day: Cais
16 (For ye know how we ‘have
dwelt in the land of Egypt; and
how we came through the nations
which ye ‘passed by;
17 And ye have-seen their abomi-
nations, and ‘their ‘idols, wood and
stone, silver’and gold, which were
among them:)
18 Lest there should be among
you man, or woman, or family, or
tribe, whose heart turneth away
this.day from the LorD our God, to
go and serve the gods of these na-
tions; lest there should be among
you a root that beareth gall and
wormwood;
19 And it come to pass, when he
heareth the words of this curse,
that he bless himself in ‘his heart,
saying, I shall have peace, though I
walk in the tmagination of mine
heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
20 The Lorp will not spare him,
but then the anger of the Lorp and
his jealousy ‘shall smoke against
that man, and all the curses that
are written in this ‘book shall lie
upon him, and the LorD shall blot
out his name from under heaven.
21 And the Lorp shall separate
him unto evil out of-all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of!
e Israel (his-
31.16-23.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
f Kingdom.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech, 12.8.)
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¢ Inspiration.
[30 2
the covenant that are written in
this book of the law:
22 So that the generation to.come
of your children ‘that ‘shall rise up
after you, and the stranger that
shall come from a far land, ‘shall
say, when they ‘see the plagues of
that land, and the sicknesses which
|the LorD hath laid -wpon it;
23 And that the whole land
thereof is brimstone, and salt, and
burning, that it is not sown, nor
beareth, nor any grass groweth
therein, like the ‘overthrow of
Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah,
and Zeboim, which the LorD over-
| threw in his anger, and in his wrath:
24 Even all nations shall say,
Wherefore hath the Lorp done
thus ‘unto this land? what mean-
eth the ‘heat of this great anger?
25 Then men shall say, ‘Because
they have forsaken the covenant:of
the Lorp ‘God of ‘their fathers,
which he:made with them when he
brought them forth out of the land
of Egypt:
26 For they went and served
other gods, and worshipped them,
gods whom they knew not, and
whom he had not given unto them:
27 And the anger of the LORD was
kindled against this land, to bring
upon it all the curses that are writ-
ten in this book:
28 And the Lorpd rooted them out
of their Jand in anger, and in wrath,
and in great indignation, and cast
them into another Jand, as it is
othe things bel LS
29 e secret things belong un- ei
to the, LorD our God: but those ;
things which are ‘revealed be-
Jong unto us and to our children
for ever, that we may do all the
words of this law.
CHAPTER .30.
The Sixth, or Palestinian Cove-
nant: (2) the covenant declared.
d oe it shall come'to pass, when
all these things are come upon
ethee, the blessing and the curse,
which I have set before thee, and
thou shalt call them to mind
famong all the nations, whither the
fLORD thy God ‘hath driven thee,
2 And shalt return unto the LorD
thy God, and shalt obey ‘his voice
according to all that I command
‘thee this day, thou and thy chil-
‘dren, with all thine heart, and with
all thy. soul;
DEUTERONOMY.
I command thee this day, it is not
ae from thee, neither rs it far
off.
12 It zs not in heaven, that thou
3 That then the Lorp thy God
will 1turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee, and will
“Sreturn and gather thee from all
B.C. 1451.
the nations, whither the LorD thy shouldest say, Who shall go up for
God hath scattered thee. us to heaven, and bring it unto us,
4 If any of thine be driven out that we may hear it, and do it?
unto the outmost parts of heaven, 13 Neither zs it beyond the sea,
from thence will the Lorp thy God that thou shouldest say, Who shall
gather thee, and from thence will go over the sea for us, and bring it
he fetch thee: unto us, that we may hear it, and
5 And the Lorp thy God will do it?
bring thee into the land which thy 14 But.the word is very nigh un-
fathers possessed, and thou shalt|¢ Ciao to thee, in thy £mouth, and in thy
possess it; and he will do thee| £°720v°n")-|heart, that thou mayest do it.
good, and multiply thee above thy] (Deut.30.3; 15 See, I have set before thee this
fathers. Acts 1.9-11.) [day life and good, and death and
6 And the Lorp thy God will cir-|, y..32.39: jevils
cumcise thine heart, and the heart} &zt.11.19; 16 In that I command thee this
of thy seed, to love the LoRD thy] 36.26. day to love the Lorp thy God, to
God with all thine heart, and with) .7..4.339, |walk in his ways, and to keep his
all thy soul, that thou mayest live.| See Abra- commandments and his statutes
7 And the LorD thy God will put por SL Fo and his judgments, that thou may-
all these ‘curses upon thine ene- 15.18, note, |est live and multiply: and the LorD
pet: and on beret that hate thee, oie. hy. God shal bless thee in the land
which persecute ee, eph.3.20. whither thou goest to possess it.
8 And thou shalt ¢return and] $ePales- | 17 But if thine heart turn away,
obey the voice of the Lorp, and] nant. Deut. |so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt
do all hu commandments which I} 30.1-9, note. |be drawn away, and worship other
Sa And feo God will edenge‘l. mee re ie, oe this day,
make thee plenteous in every work fRom.10.6,7. |that ye shall surely perish, and
Fes geine hand, in the fruit of thy g Roo 10'8: that ye shall not prolong your days
ody, and in the fruit of thy cattle, | upon the land, whither thou passest
and in the fruit of thy land, for// John 11.25. lover Jordan to go to possess it,
good: for the Lorp will again ¢re- 19 I call heaven and earth to
jJoice over thee for good, as he record this day against you, that
rejoiced over thy fathers: I have set before you life and
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the death, blessing and cursing: there-
voice of the Lorp thy God, to keep fore choose life, that both thou and
his commandments and his statutes thy seed may live:
which are written in this book of 20 -That thou mayest love the
the law, and if thou turn unto the Lorp thy God, and that thou may-
Lorp thy God with all thine heart, est obey his voice, and that thou
and with all thy soul. Fe eee unto pen for he is
5 : thy ‘life, and the length of th:
Bde final warning. days: that thou mayest dwell in
11 For this commandment which |the land which the Lorp sware
eee re ee: th ES ee eas
1 The Palestinian Covenant gives the conditions under which Israel entered the
land of promise. It is important to see that the nation has never as yet taken the
land under the unconditional Abrahamic Covenant, nor has it ever possessed the
whole land (cf. Gen. 15. 18, with Num, 34, 1-12). The Palestinian Covenant is in
seven parts:
1) Dispersion for disobedience, v. 1 (Deut. 28. 63-68. See Gen. 15. 18, note).
2) The future repentance of Israel while in the dispersion, v. 2.
3) The return of the Lord, v. 3 (Amos 9. 9-14; Acts 15. 14-17),
4) Restoration to the land, v. 5 (Isa. 11. 11, 12; Jer. 23. 3-8; Ezk. 37. 21-25),
5 National conversion, v. 6 (Rom. 11. 26, 27; Hos. 2. 14-16),
35 A The judgment of Israel’s oppressors, v. 7 (Isa. 14. 1, 2; Joel 3. 1-8; Mt
(7) National prosperity, v. 9 (Amos 9. 11-14).
See, for the other seven covenants: Edenic, Gen. 1, 28; Adamic, Gen. 3. 15;
aes ae 4 Abrahamic, Gen. 15. 18; Mosaic, Ex. 19,.25; Davidic, 2 Sam.
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unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to|__B.C.1451._|men, and women, and children, and
Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. thy stranger that is within thy
gates, that they may hear, and that
they may learn, and “fear the LorD
your God, and observe to do all the
words of this law:
13. And that their children, which
have not known any thing, may
hear, and learn to 4fear the LorpD
your God, as long as ye live in the
land whither ye go over Jordan to
possess 1t.
Jehovah warns Moses of the
apostasy of Israel. (Cf. 1 Tim.
4. 1-3; 2 Tim. 3. 1-8; Jude 1-19.)
14 And the Lorp said unto Mo-
ses, Behold, thy days approach that
thou must die: call Joshua, and pre-
sent yourselves in the tabernacle of
the congregation, that I may give
him a charge. And Moses and
CHAPTER 31.
Moses’ last counsels to. the
priests, Levites, and Joshua.
aN Moses went and spake
these words unto all Israel.
2 And he said unto them, I am
an hundred and twenty years old
this day; I can no more go out and
come in: also the LorD hath said
unto me, Thou shalt not go over
this Jordan.
3 The Lorpv thy God, he will go
over before thee, and he will de-
stroy these nations from before
thee, and thou shalt possess them:
and Joshua, he shall go over before
thee, as the LorD hath said.
4 And the Lorp shall do unto Joshua went, and presented them-
them as he did to Sihon and to Og, selves in the tabernacle of the con-
kings of the Amorites, and unto the gregation.
land of them, whom he destroyed. 15 And the LorD appeared in the
5 And the LorD shall give them ble tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud:
up before your face, that ye may do “" ‘and the pillar of the cloud stood
unto them according unto all the] Heb.13:5. over the door of the tabernacle. .
commandments which I have com-| . Josh.1.5,9: 16 And the LorD said unto Mo-
manded you. : 1 Chr.28.0, {Ses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with
6 °Be strong and of a good cour- tay. fathers; and this people will rise
age, fear not, nor be afraid of them:]¢ Psa.19.9, up, and go a whoring after the gods
for the Lorp thy God, he it is that; "°° lof the strangers of the land, whither
doth go with thee; “he will not fail] e Israel they go to be among them, and will
thee, nor forsake thee. (history). forsake me, and break my covenant
7 And Moses called unto Joshua, curs289: which I have made with them.
and said unto him in the sight of} (Gen.12.23; | 17 Then my anger shall be kin-
all Israel, Be strong and of a good) ,Rom.11.26.) |dled against them in that day, and I
courage: for thou must go with this will forsake them, and I will hide
people unto the land which the my face from them, and they shall
Lorp hath sworn unto their fathers be devoured, and many evils and
to give them; and thou shalt cause troubles shall befall them; so that
them to inherit it. they will say in that day, Are not
“8 And the LorpD, he it is that these evils come upon us, because
doth go before thee; che will be with our God is not among us?
thee, he will not fail thee, neither 18 And I will surely hide my face
forsake thee: fear not, neither be in that day for all the evils which
dismayed. they shall have wrought, in that
9 And Moses wrote this law, and \they are turned unto other gods. _
delivered it unto the priests the | 19 Now therefore write ye this
sons of Levi, which bare the ark of song for you, and teach it the chil-
the covenant of the LorpD, and unto dren of Israel: put it in their
all the elders of Israel. mouths, that this song may be a
10 And Moses commanded them, pares ie me against the children
saying, At the end of every seven of Israel.
years, in the solemnity of the year 20 For when I shall have brought
of release, in the feast of taber-| them into the land which I sware
nacles, unto their fathers, that floweth with
11 When all Israel is come to ap- milk and honey; and they shall have
pear before the LorD thy God in; eaten and filled themselves, and
the place which he shall choose,) waxen fat; then will they turn
thou shalt read this law before ail unto other gods, and serve them,
Israel in their hearing. and provoke me, and break my
12 Gather the people together, covenant.
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DEUTERONOMY.
21 And it shall come to pass, when
many evils and troubles are befallen
them, that this song shall testify
against them as a witness; for it
shall not be forgotten out of the
mouths of their seed: for I know
their imagination ¢which they go
about, even now, before I have
brought them into the land which
I sware. ‘
22 Moses therefore wrote this
song the same day, and taught it
the children of Israel.
23 And he gave Joshua the son of
Nun a charge, and said, Be strong
and of a good courage: for thou
shalt bring the children of Israel
into the land which I sware unto
them: and I will be with thee.
Moses instructs the Levites.
24 And it came to pass, when
Moses had made an end of writing
the ‘words of this law in a book,
until they were finished,
25 That Moses commanded the
Levites, which bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD, saying,
26 Take this book of the law, ‘and
put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the Lorp your God,
that it may be there for a witness
against thee.
27 For I know thy rebellion, and
thy stiff neck: behold, while I am
yet alive with you this day, ye
have: been rebellious against the
Lorp; and how much more after
my death?
28 Gather unto me all the elders
of your tribes, and your officers,
that I may speak these words in
their ears, and call heaven and
earth to record against them.
29 For I know that after my
death ye will utterly corrupt your-
selves, and turn aside from the way
which I have commanded you; and
evil will befall you in the latter
days; because ye will do evil in the
sight of the Lorn, to provoke him|
to anger through the work of your
hands.
30 And Moses spake in the ears
of all the congregation of Israel the
words of this song, until they were
ended.
CHAPTER 32.
The song of Moses.
GE ear, O ye heavens, and I
will speak; and hear, O earth,
the words of my mouth.
2 4My doctrine shall drop as the
fain, my speech shall distil as the’
B.C. 1451.
ea Amos 5.
25,26.
6 Inspiration.
2 Sam.23.2.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
c See 2 Ki.
22.8.
d Tsa.55.10,11;
1 Cor.3.6-8.
e Dan.4.37;
Rev.15.3.
tf Israel
(history). vs.
8,9; Deut.
34.1-5. (Gen.
12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
g Jer.2.6;
Hos.13.5.
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dew, as the small rain upon the
tender herb, and as the showers
upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name
of the LorpD: ascribe ye greatness
unto our God. ;
4 He 1s the Rock, his work is per-
fect: for all his ways are judgment:
a God of truth and without iniquity,
just and right zs he.
5 They have corrupted them-
selves, their spot is not the spot
of his children: they are a perverse
and crooked generation.
6 Do ye thus requite the LorD, O
foolish people and unwise? is not
he thy father that hath bought
thee? hath he not made thee, and
established thee?
7 Remember the days of old, con-
sider the years of many generations:
ask thy father, and he will shew
yey thy elders, and they will tell
thee.
8 When the Most High divided to
the nations their finheritance, when
he separated the sons of Adam, he
set the bounds of the people accord-
ing to the number of the children
of Israel.
9 For the Lorp’s portion is his
people; Jacob, is the lot of his in-
heritance.
10 He found him 4in a desert
land, and in the waste howling
wilderness; he led him about, he
instructec him, he kept him as the
apple of his eye.
11 As an eagle stirreth up her
nest, fluttereth over her young,
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh
them, beareth them on her wings:
12 So the LorpD alone did lead
him, and there was no strange
god with him,
13 He made him ride on the high
places of the earth, that he might
eat the increase of the fields; and he
made him to suck honey out of the
rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
14 Butter of kine, and milk of
sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams
of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
with the fat of kidneys of wheat;
and thou didst drink the pure blood
of the grape.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and
kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou _
art grown thick, thou art covered
with fatness; then he forsook God
which made him, and lightly es-
teemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy |
with strange gods, with abomina-
tions provoked they him to anger. —
|
17 They sacrificed unto ¢devils,
not to God; to gods whom they
knew not, to new gods that came
newly up, whom your fathers feared
not.
18 °Of the Rock that begat thee
thou art unmindful, and hast for-
gotten God that formed thee.
19 cAnd when the LorD saw it,
he abhorred them, because of the
provoking of his sons, and of his
daughters.
20 And he said,
,» I will see what
their end shall be: for they are a
very froward generation, children in
whom js no faith.
21 They have moved me to 4jeal-
ousy with that which is not God;
they have provoked me to anger
with their vanities: and I will move
them to 4Zjealousy with those
which are not a people; I will pro-
vcke them to anger with a foolish
nation.
22 For a fire is kindied in mine
anger, and shall burn unto the low-
est hell, and shall consume the earth
with her increase, and set on fire the
foundations of the mountains.
23 I will heap mischiefs upon
them; I will spend mine arrows
upon them.
24 They shall be burnt with
hunger, and devoured with burning
heat, and with bitter destruction: I
will also send the teeth of beasts
upon them, with the poison of ser-
pents of the dust.
25 The sword without, and terror
within, shall destroy both the
young man and the virgin, the
suckling also with the man of gray
hairs.
26 ¢I said, I would scatter them
into corners, I would make the re-
membrance of them to cease from
among men:
27 Were it not that I feared the
wrath of the enemy, lest their ad-
versaries should behave themselves
strangely, and lest they should say,
Our hand is high, and the LoRD
hath not done all this. _ ;
28 For they are a nation void of
counsel, neither is there any un-;
derstanding in them. :
29 fO that they were wise, that
they understood this, that they
would consider their latter end!
30 How should one chase a thou-
sand, and two put ten thousand to
flight, except their Rock had sold
them, and the LorD had shut them
up?
DEUTERONOMY.
_ B.C. 1451.
a Spoiler,
destroyer.
6 Isa.17.10.
c Jud.2.14.
d Rom.10.19;
11.11.
e Ezk.20.13,
14,23.
f Lk.19.42.
g 1 Sam.4.8;
Jer.40.3.
h Hos.13.12;
Rom.2.5.
# Rom.12.19;
Heb.10.30.
j Zech.8.14,
note.
k Psa.2.12,
note.
7 Rom.15.10.
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| 31 For their rock is not as our
Rock, even our enemies themselves
being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of
Sodom, and of the fields of Gomor-
rah: their grapes are grapes of gall,
their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of
dragons, and the cruel venom of
asps.
| 34 Is not this laid up in store
with me, and sealed up among my
treasures?
35 To me belongeth vengeance,
and ‘recompence; their foat shall
slide in due time: for the day of
their calamity is at hand, and the
things‘that shall come upon them
make haste.
36 For the Lorp shall judge his
people, and Jrepent himself for his
servants, when he seeth that their
power is gone, and there is none
shut up, or left.
37 And he shall say, Where are
their gods, their rock in whom they
ktrusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their
sacrifices, and drank the wine of
their drink-offerings? let them rise
up and help you, and be your pro-
tection.
39 See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god with me: I kill,
ahd I make alive; I wound, and I
heal: neither 7s there any that can
deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to hea-
ven, and say, I live for ever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword,
and mine hand take hold on judg-
ment; I will render- vengeance to
mine enemies, and will reward
them that hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk
with blood, and my sword shall de-
vour flesh; and that with the blood
of the slain and of the captives,
from the beginning of revenges
upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his
ltpeople: for he will avenge the
blood of his servants, and will
render vengeance to his adversaries,
and will be merciful unto his land,
and to his people.
44 And Moses came and spake all
the words of this song in the ears
of the people, he, and Hoshea the
son of Nun.
The exhortation.
45 And Moses made an end of
speaking all these words to all
Israel:
YH
"32 40]
46 And he said unto them, ¢Set
your hearts unto all the words
which I testify among you this day,
which ye shall command your chil-
dren to observe to do, all the words
of this law. ‘ i
47 For it is not a vain thing for
you; because it rs your life: and
through this thing ye shall prolong
your days in the land, whither ye
go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And the LorpD spake unto
Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain
Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which
ts in the land of Moab, that zs over
against Jericho; and behold the
land of Canaan, which I give unto
the children of Israel for a posses-
sion:
50 And die in the mount whither
thou goest up, and be gathered unto
thy people; as Aaron thy brother
died in mount Hor, and was gath-
ered unto his people:
51 Because ye trespassed against|a Ezk.40.4.
me among the children of Israel at Gen Agus
the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in ices
the wilderness of Zin; because ye} c Lk.10.39;
sanctified me not in the midst of the} Acts 22.3.
children of Israel. d John 1.17;
52 Yet thou shalt see the land] 7.19.
before thee; but thou shalt not go!
thither unto the land which I givel® icant eee
the children of Israel. 4,5; Josh.1,
155. (Gen.1
CHAPTER 33. ioe aes
The blessing of the tribes. f See Ex.28.
30, note.
ND this 7s the blessing, where-
with Moses the man of God|¢ Isa.2.3.
blessed the children of Israel before
his death.
2 And he said, The Lorp came
from Sinai, and rose up from Seir
unto them; he shined forth from
mount Paran, and he came with ten
thousands of saints: from his right
hand went a fiery law for them.
3 Yea, he loved the people; all
his sairits are in thy hand: and
they ‘sat down at thy feet; every
one shall receive of thy words.
4 ¢Moses commanded us a law,
even the inheritance of the congre-
gation of Jacob.
And he was ‘king in Jeshurun,
when the heads of the people and
the tribes of Israel were gathered
together,
6 Let Reuben live, and not die;
and let not his men be few.
7 And this is the blessing of Ju-
dah: and he said, Hear, Lorp, the
voice of Judah, and bring him unto
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\
his people: let his hands be suffi
cient for him; and be thou an help
to him from his enemies.
8 And of Levi he said, Let thy
fThummim and thy Urim be with
thy holy one, whom thou didst
prove at Massah, and with whom
thou didst strive at the waters of
Meribah;
9 Who said unto his father and to
his mother, I have not seen him;
neither did he acknowledge his
brethren, nor knew his own chil.
dren: for they have observed thy
word, and kept thy covenant.
10 They shall teach Jacob thy
judgments, and Israel thy law:
they shall put incense before thee,
and whole burnt-sacrifice upon
thine altar.
11 Bless, Lorp, his substance,
and accept the work of his hands:
smite through the loins of them that
rise against him, and of them that
hate him, that they rise not again.
12 And of Benjamin he said, The
beloved of the LorpD shall dwell in
safety by him; and the LorD shall
cover him all the day long, and he
shall dwell between his shoulders.
13. And of Joseph he said, Blessed
of the LorpD be his land, for the
precious things of heaven, for the
dew, and for the deep that coucheth
beneath,
14 And for the precious fruits
brought forth by the sun, and for
the precious things put forth by the
moon,
15 And for the chief things of the
ancient mountains, and for the
precious things of the lasting hills,
16 And for the precious things of
the earth and fulness thereof, and
ifor the good will of him that dwelt
in the bush: let the blessing come
upon the head of Joseph, and upon
the top of the head of him that wag
separated from his brethren.
17 His glory is like the firstling of
his bullock, and his horns are like
the horns of unicorns: with them he
shall push the people together to the
ends of the earth: and they are the
ten thousands of Ephraim, and they
are the thousands of Manasseh.
18 And of Zebulun he said, Re-
joice, Zebulun, in thy going out;
and, Issachar, in thy tents,
19 They shall écall the people
unto the mountain; there they shall
offer sacrifices of righteausness: for
they shall suck of the abundance
of the seas, and of treasures hid in
the sand. |
|
q
20 And of Gad he said, Blessed
be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwell-
eth as a lion, and teareth the arm
with the crown of the head.
21 And he provided the first part
for himself, because there, in a por-
tion of the lawgiver, was he seated;
and he came with the heads of the
people, he executed the justice of
the LorD, and his judgments with
Israel.
22 And of Dan he said, Dan isa
lion’s whelp: he shall leap from
Bashan.
23 And of Naphtali he said, O
Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and
full with the blessing of the LORD:
possess thou the west and the
south.
24 And of Asher, he said, Let
Asher be blessed with children; let
him be acceptable to his brethren,
and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Thy shoes shall be iron and
brass; and as thy days, so shall
thy strength be.
26 There is none like unto the
God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon
the heaven in thy help, and in his
excellency on the sky.
27 The eternal God is thy4refuge,
ind undérneath are the € everlasting
‘arms: and he~shall thrust out the
é€nemy from before thee; and shall
say, Destroy them.
28 Israel then shall dwell in
safety alone: the fountain of Jacob
shall be upon a land of corn and
wine; also his heavens shall drop
down dew.
29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who
is like unto thee, O people saved
by the Lorpb, the shield of thy
help, and who is the sword of thy
“excellency! and thine enemies shall
be found liars unto thee; and thou
shalt tread upon their high places.|
CHAPTER 34.
The vision and death of Moses.
ND Moses went up from the|
plains of Moab unto the moun-!
tain of Nebo. ta the top of Pisgah.
a Psa.90.1.
b Jer.23.6;
33.16.
¢ Israel (his-
tory). vs.
1-5; Josh.
11.26.)
d Jude 9.
e Gen.50.3,10.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
g Acts 8.17;
1 Tim.4.14.
h Ex.33.11;
Num.12.6,8,
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DEUTERONOMY.
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3.9-17. (Gen.
12.2,3; Rom.
f Holy Spirit.
Jud.3.10.
[34 12
that 7s over against Jericho. And
the LorD ‘shewed him all the land
of Gilead, unto Dan,
2 And all Naphtali, and the land
of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all
the land of Judah, unto the utmost
sea,
3 And the south, and the plain of
the valley of Jericho, the city of
palm trees, unto Zoar.
4 And the Lorp said unto him,
This is the land which I sware unto
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob, saying, I will give it unto
thy seed: I have caused thee to see
it with thine eyes, but thou shalt
not go over thither.
5 So Moses the servant of the
LorpD died there in the land of
Moab, according to the word of the
LorRD.
6 And he buried him in a valley
in the land of Moab, over against
Beth-peor: but ¢no man knoweth
of his sepulchre unto this day.
7 And Moses was an hundred
and twenty years old when he died:
his eye was not dim, nor his natural
force abated.
8 And the children of Israel wept
for Moses in the plains of Moab
ethirty days: so the days of weep-
ing and mourning for Moses were
ended.
After Moses, Joshua.
9 And Joshua the son of Nun was
full of the /fspirit of wisdom; for
Moses had ‘laid his hands. upon
him: and the children of Israel
hearkened unto him, and did as the
LorpD commanded Moses,
10 And there arose not a prophet
since in Israel like unto Moses,
hwhom the LorD knew face to face,
11 In all the signs and the won-
ders, which the LORD sent him to
do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh,
and to all his servants, and to all
his land,
12 And in all that mighty hand,
and in all the great terror which
Moses shewed in the sight of all
Israel.
ss HOW TO USE THE SUBJECT REFERENCES.
% ‘THE subject references lead the reader from the first clear mention of a great truth
to the last. The first and last references (in parenthesis) are repeated each time
_ so that wherever a reader comes upon a subject he may recur to the first referenc
and follow the subject, or turn at once to the Summary at the last reference.
ye
De et i ILLUSTRATION
ae (at Mark 1.1.)
6b Gospel. vs. -
1,14,15; Mk.
8.35. (Gen.
12.1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
_ Here Gospel is the subject; vs. 1, 14, 15 show where it is at that particular place
_ Mk. 8. 35 is the next reference in the. chain, and the references in parenthesis are
the first and last.
THE HISTORICAL BOOKS.
‘THE Historical Books of the Old Testament, usually so called, are twelve in number,
from Joshua to Esther inclusive. It should, however, be remembered that the entire
Old Testament is filled with historical material. The accuracy of these writings,
often questioned, has been in recent years completely confirmed by the testimony
of the monuments of contemporaneous antiquity.
The story of the Historical Books is the story of the rise and fall of the Common-
wealth of Israel, while the prophets foretell the future restoration and glory of that
people under King Messiah.
The history of Israel falls into seven distinct periods:
I. From the call of Abraham to the Exodus, Gen. 12. 1-Ex, 1. 22 (with Acts 7.).
The book of Job belongs to this period and shows the maturity and depth of philo-
sophic and religious thought, and the extent of revelation of the age of the Patri.
archs,
Ii. From the Exodus to the death of Joshua. The history of this period is gath-
ered from the books of Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, and such parts
of Leviticus as relate to the story of Israel. The great figures of Moses, Aaron, and
Joshua dominate this period.
III. The period of the Judges, from the death of Joshua to the call of Saul, Jud.
1. 1-1 Sam. 10. 24.
IV. The period of the Kings, from Saul to the Captivities, 1 Sam. 11. 1-2 Ki.
17.6; 25. 30-2 Chr. 36. 23. ’
V. The period of the Captivities, Esther, and the historical parts of Daniel.
With the captivity of Judah began “the times of the Gentiles,” the mark of which
is the political subjection of Israel to the Gentile world-powers (Lk. 21. 24).
VI. The restored Commonwealth, always under Gentile over-lordship, from the
end of the seventy years’ captivity and the return of the Jewish remnant to the
destruction of Jerusalem, A.D. 70. The inspired history of this period is found in
Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi in the Old Testament, and in
the historical and biographical material found in the New Testament. During
this period Christ, the promised King of the Davidic Covenant, and the Seed of the
Adamic and Abrahamic Covenants, appeared, was rejected as king, was crucified,
rose again from the dead, and ascended to heaven. Toward the end of this period,
also, the church came into being, and the New Testament Scriptures, save the
Gospel of John, John’s Epistles, and the Revelation, were written.
VII. The present dispersion (Lk. 21. 20-24), which according to all the Old Tes-
tament prophets is to be ended by the final national regathering promised in the.
Palestinian Covenant (Deut. 30. 1-9). The partial restoration at the end of the
70 years was foretold only by Daniel and Jeremiah, and was to the end that Mes-
siah might come and fulfil the prophecies of His sufferings. In the year A.D. 70
Jerusalem was again destroyed, and the descendants of the remnant of Judah sent
to share the national dispersion which still continues.
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HOW TO USE THE SUBJECT REFERENCES.
‘THE subject references lead the reader from the first clear mention of a great truth
to the last. The first and last references (in parenthesis) are repeated each time,
i so that wherever a reader comes upon a subject he may recur to the first reference
and follow the subject, or turn at once to the Summary at the last reference.
Pi
x
ILLUSTRATION
i, (at Mark 1. 1.) : :
b Gospel. vs. }
1,14,15; Mk.
Here Gospel is the subject: vs. 1, 14, 15 show where it is at that particular place;
_ Mk. 8. 35 is the next reference in the chain, and the references in parenthesis are
_ the first and last. j 4
i
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J
;
|
258,
11
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.
phere
JosHuA records the consummation of the redemption of Israel out of Egypt; for
redemption has two parts: “out,’”’ and “into” (Deut. 6. 23).
Law, of which Moses is the representa-
“Moses My servant is dead’? (Josh. 1. 2).
The key-phrase is
tive, could never give a sinful people victory (Heb. 7. 19; Rom. 6. 14; 8. 2-4).
In a spiritual sense the book of Joshua is the Ephesians of the Old Testament.
“The heavenly” of Ephesians is to the Christian what Canaan was to the Israelite
—a place of conflict, and therefore not a type of heaven, but also a place of victory
and blessing through divine power (Josh. 21. 43-45; Eph. 1. 3).
The government, as before, was theocratic; Joshua succeeding Moses as the
ruler under God.
Joshua falls into four parts:
inheritance, 13.-21.
death, 23., 24.
.
I. The conquest, 1.-12.
III. Incipient discord, 22,
II. The partition of the
IV. Joshua’s last counsels and
The events recorded in Joshua cover a period of 26 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1.
OW after the *death of Moses
the servant of the LoRD it came
to pass, that the LorD spake unto
1bJoshua the ‘son of Nun, Moses’|*
minister, saying,
Deut.34.5;
Cf.Rev.1.18.
hogs 6 Kingdorn.
Joshua commissioned.
2 Moses my servant is dead; now
therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
thou, and all this people, unto the
land which I do give to them, even
to the children of Israel. 37,38; Acts
3 ¢Every place that the sole of| 7-45.
your foot shall tread pea ee d The law of
sai ae
12.8.)
c¢ Num.13.16;
14.6,29,30,
have I given unto you, as appropria-
unto Moses. tion. God
4 From the wilderness and this} &y% i but
Lebanon even unto the great river,| take.
the river Euphrates, all the land of Seen
the Hittites, and unto the great sea
toward the going down of the sun,! + pnit.4.13.
shall be your coast.
5 There shall not any man be able? sea
to stand before thee all the days of g
thy life: as I was with Moses, so]# Cf.Col.3.
eI will be with thee: I will not fail] 1°17-
thee, nor forsake thee. + Psa.1.2,3;
6 Be /strong and of a good cour-| 143.5; Jer.
age: for unto this people shalt thou) pats ve
divide for an inheritance the land,| contra, Hos.
which I sware unto their fathers to} 10.13.
give them.
7 Only be thou strong and very
courageous, that thou mayest ob-|'
ition tenes eer, CS
1 Joshua (Je-hoshua, meaning Jehovah-Saviour) ¢
The more important points are:
after Moses (John 1. 17; Rom. 8. 3, 4; 10.4, 5; Heb. 7. 18, 19; Gal. 3. 23-25).
4).
of our salvation” (Heb. 2. 10, 11).
leads to victory (Rom. 8. 37; 2 Cor. 1. 10; 2.1
have suffered defeat (Josh. 7. 5-9; 1 John 2. 1).
11, 14; 4, 8-11).
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B.C. 1451.
serve to do. according to all the
law, which Moses my servant com-
manded thee: turn not from it to
the right hand or to the left, that
thou mayest prosper whithersoever
thou goest.
8 This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt ‘meditate therein day and
- night, that thou mayest observe to
do according to all that is written
therein: for then thou shalt make
thy way prosperous, and then thou
shalt have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee?
Be strong and of a good courage; be
not afraid, neither be thou dis-
mayed: for the LorpD thy God is
with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua assumes command.
10 Then Joshua commanded the
officers of the people, saying,
11 Pass through the host, and
command the people, saying, Pre-
pare you victuals; for within threé
days ye shall pass over this Jordan,
to go in to possess the land, which
the Lorp your God giveth you to
possess it.
12 And to the Reubenites, and to
the Gadites, and to half the tribe of
Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
13 Remember the word which
Moses the servant of the Lorp
commanded you, saying, The LoRD
is a type of Christ, the ‘‘Captain
(1) He comes
(2) He -
(3) He is our Advocate when we
(4) He allots our portions (Eph. 1.
( i
4
¥
4
te
‘
a
eT
your God hath given you rest, and
hath given you this land.
14 Your wives, your little ones,
and your cattle, shall remain in the
land which Moses gave you on this
side Jordan; but ye shall pass be-
fore your brethren armed, all the
mighty men of valour, and help
them; :
15 Until the Lorp have given
your brethren rest, as he hath given
you, and they also have possessed
the land which the LorpD your God
giveth them: then ye shall return
unto the land of your possession,
and enjoy it, which Moses the
Lorp’s servant gave you on this
side Jordan toward the sunrising.
16 And they answered Joshua,
saying, All that thou commandest
us wewill do, and whithersoever thou
sendest us, we will go.
17 According as we hearkened
unto Moses in all things, so will we
hearken unto thee: only the Lorp
thy God be with thee, as he was
with Moses.
18 Whosoever he be that doth re-
bel against thy commandment, and
will not hearken unto thy words in
all that thou commandest him, he
shall be put to death: only be strong
and of a good courage.
CHAPTER 2.
Rahab and the spies.
AN Joshua the son of Nun sent
out of Shittim two men to spy
secretly, saying, Go view the land,
even Jericho. And they went, and
came into an harlot’s house, named
*Rahab, and lodged there.
2 And it was told the king of Jeri-
cho, saying, Behold, there came
men in hither to night of the chil-
dren of Israel to search out the
country,
3 And the king of Jericho sent
unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the
men that are come to thee, which
are entered into thine house: for
they be come to search out all the
country.
4 And the woman took the two
men, and hid them, and said thus,
There came men unto me, but I wist
not whence they were:
9 And it came to pass about the
time of shutting of the gate, when
it was dark, that the men went out:
whither the men went I wot not:
pursue after them quickly: for ye
shall overtake them.
6 But she had brought them up
JOSHUA.
B.C. 1451.
a Heb.11.31;
Jas.2.25.
b Jas.2.24,25;
Heb.i1.31.
c Deut.1.8.
d Deut.2.25.
¢ Ex.14.21,
f Num,21.21.
& v.18.
h Josh.6.23-25,
iv.12.
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to the roof of the house, and hid
them with the stalks of flax, which
she had laid in order upon the roof.
7 And the men pursued after them
the way to Jordan unto the fords:
and as soon as they which pursued
after them were gone out, they shut
the gate.
8 And before they were laid down,
she came up unto them upon the
roof;
9 And she said unto the men, I
know that the Lorp hath given
you the land, and that your ¢terror
is fallen upon us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land faint be-
cause of you.
10 For we have heard how the
Lorp <dried up the water of the
Red sea for you, when ye came out
of Egypt; and what ye /did unto the
two kings of the Amorites, that
were on the other side Jordan, Si-
hon and Og, whom ye utterly de-
stroyed.
11 And as soon as we had heard ,
these things, our hearts did melt,
neither did there remain any more
courage in any man, because of you:
for the LORD your God, he /s God in
heaven above, and in earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I pray you,
swear unto me by the LorRD, since
I have shewed you kindness, that
ye will also shew kindness unto my ©
father’s house, and give me a true
8token:
13 And that ye will save “alive
my father, and my mother, and my
brethren, and my sisters, and all
that they have, and deliver our
lives from death.
14 And the men answered her,
Our life for your’s, if ye utter not
this our business. And it shall be,
when the Lorp hath given us the
land, that we will deal kindly and
truly with thee.
15_ Then she let them down by a
cord through the window: for her
house was upon the town wall, and
she dwelt upon the wall.
16 And she said unto them, Get
you to the mountain, lest the pur-
suers meet you; and hide your-
selves there three days, until the
pursuers be returned: and afterward
may ye go your way.
17 And the men said unto her, We
will be blameless of this thine oath
which thou hast made us swear.
18 Behold, when we come into
the land, thou shalt bind this ‘line of
scarlet thread in the window which
thou didst let us down by: and thou
‘ata hel ae
i
2 19]
shalt bring thy father, and thy
mother, and thy brethren, and all
thy father’s household, home unto
thee.
19 And it shall be, that whoso-
ever shall go out of the doors of thy
house into the street, his blood!)
shall be upon his head, and we wil/}
be guiltless: and whosoever shall
be with thee in the house, his blood
shall be on our head, if any hand
be upon him.
20 And if thou utter this our busi-
ness, then we will be quit of thine
oath which thou hast made us to
swear.
21 And she said, According unto
your words, so be it. And she sent
them away,-and they departed: and
she bound the scarlet Jline in the
window.
22 And they went, and came unto
the mountain, and abode there
three days, until the pursuers were
returned: and the pursuers sought
them throughout all the way, but
found them not.
23 So the two men returned, and
descended from the mountain, and
passed over, and came to Joshua
the son of Nun, and told him all
things that befell them:
24 And they said unto Joshua,
Truly the LorpD hath delivered into
our hands all the land; for even all
the inhabitants of the country do
faint because of us.
CHAPTER 3.
The Passage of Jordan.
PND Joshua rose early in the
morning; and they removed
from Shittim, and came to ?Jordan,
he and all the children of Israel,
and lodged there before they passed
over.
2 And it came to pass after three
days, that the officers went through
the host;
3 And they commanded the peo-
ple, saying, When ye see the ark of
the covenant of the LorD your God,
and the priests the Levites bearing
it, then ye shall remove from your
place, and go after it.
4 Yet there shall be a ¢space be-
tween you and it, about two thou-
sand cubits by measure: come not
near unto it, that ye may know the
JOSHUA.
B.C. 1451.
a Heb.10.19-
22.
b One cubit =
about 18 in.
c Ex.19.10-15;
Job 1.5;
Joel 2.16.
d Israel (his-
tory). vs.
9-17; Josh.
24.29-33.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
e Ex.13.21,22;
John 10.4;
Heb.2.14-18;
12.2-4.
jes
15
| i
way by which ye must go: for ye
pare not passed this way hereto-
ore.
5 And Joshua said unto the peo-
ple, ‘Sanctify yourselves: for to
morrow the LorD will do wonders
among you.
6 And Joshua spake unto the
Priests, saying, Take up the ark of
the covenant, and pass over before
the people. And they took up the
ark of the covenant, and went be-
fore the people.
And the LorD said unto Joshua,
This day will I begin to magnify
thee in the sight of all Israel, that
they may know that, as I was
with Moses, so I will be with thee.
8 And thou shalt command the
priests that bear the ark of the
covenant, saying, When ye are
come to the brink of the water of
Phas ye shall stand still in Jor-
an.
§ And Joshua said unto the chil-
dren of Israel, Come hither, and
ae the words of the LorD your
od.
10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye
shall know that the living God js
among you, and that he will with-
out fail drive out from before you
the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
and the Hivites, and the Perizzites,
and the Girgashites, and the Amo:
rites, and the Jebusites.
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant
of the Lord of all the earth passeth
over “before you into Jordan.
12 Now therefore take you twelve
men out ‘of the tribes of Israel, out
of every tribe a man.
13 And it shall come to pass, as
soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the
Lorp, the Lord of all the earth,
shall rest in the waters of Jordan,
that the waters of Jordan shall be
cut off from the waters that come
down from above; and they shall
stand upon an heap.
14 And it came to pass, when the
people removed from their tents, to
pass over Jordan, and the priests
bearing the ark of the covenant be-
fore the people;
15 And as they that bare the ark
were come unto Jordan, and the
feet of the priests that bare the ark
were dipped in the brim of the
1 The scarlet line of Rahab speaks, by its color, of safety through sacrifice
(Heb. 9. 19, 22).
2 The passage of Jordan,
5,6; Col. 3. 1-3).
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type of our death with Christ (Rom. 6. 6-11; Eph. 2.
3 16]
JOSHUA. °
water, (for Jordan overfloweth all) B.c. 1451.
his banks all the time of harvest,)
16 That the ¢waters which came
down from above stcod and rose up
upon an heap very far from the city
Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and
those that came down toward the
sea of the plain, even the salt sea,
failed, and were cut off: and the
people passed over right against
ark of the covenant of the Lorp
stood firm on dry ground in the
midst of Jordan, and all the Israel-
ites passed over on dry ground,
until all the people were passed
clean over Jordan.
CHAPTER 4.
The two memorials.
AD it came to pass, when all
the people were clean Best Miracles
over Jordan, that the Lorp spake! {9-F),ve:
unto Joshua, saying, 4.1-18.” (Ge
2 Take you twelve men out of the! 5.24; Jon.2.
people, out of every tribe a man, RD,
d command ye them, saying,|!s Deut.27.2;
Take you hence out of the midst of| Psa-103.2.
Jordan, out of the place where the
priests’ feet stood firm, twelve
‘stones, and ye shall carry them! 1-18; Josh.6.
over with you, and leave them in} $25. eons
the lodging place, where ye shall) jii9)
lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve
men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe)
a man:
5 And Joshua said unto them, |
Pass over before the ark of the!
LorD your God into the midst of.
Jordan, and take you up every man!
of you a stone upon his shoulder, |
according unto the number of the}
tribes of the children of Israel:
6 That this may be a ‘sign among|
you, that when your children ask!
their fathers in time to come, say-!
ing, What mean ye by these}
stones?
7 Then ye shall answer them,,
That the waters of Jordan were cut
off before the ark of the covenant of
the Lorp; when it passed over
Jordan, the waters of Jordan were
cut off: and these stones shall be}
¢ Miracles
(O.T.). vs.
1 The two memorials.
for a memorial unto the children of
Israel for ever. : ;
8 And the children of Israel did so
as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of
Jordan, as the Lorp spake unto
Joshua, according to the number of
the tribes of the children of Israel,
and carried them over with them
unto the place where they lodged,
and laid them down there.
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones
in the midst of Jordan, in the place
where the feet of the priests which
bare the ark of the covenant stood:
and they are there unto this day.
10 For the priests which bare the
ark stood in the midst of Jordan,
until every thing was finished that
the LoRD commanded Joshua to
(Gen,
speak unto the people, according to
all that Moses commanded Joshua:
and the people hasted and passed
over.
11 And it came to pass, when all
the people were clean passed over,
that the ark of the Lorp passed
over, and the priests, in the pres-
ence of the people.
12 And the children of Reuben,
and the children of Gad, and half
the tribe of Manasseh, passed over
armed before the children of Israel,
as Moses spake unto them:
13 About forty thousand prepared
for war passed over before the LoRD
unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14 On that day the LorpD magni-
fied Joshua in the sight of all Israel;
and they feared him, as they feared
Moses, all the days of his life.
15 And the LorD spake unto
Joshua, saying,
16 Command the priests that
|bear the ark of the testimony, that
|they come up out of Jordan.
17 Joshua therefore commanded
ithe priests, saying, Come ye up out
\of Jordan.
| 18 And it came to pass, when the
priests that bare the ark of the
icovenant of the LORD were come up
‘out of the midst of ‘Jordan, and the
isoles of the priests’ feet were lifted
‘up unto the dry land, that the wa-
ters of Jordan returned unto their
|Place, and flowed over all his banks,
as they did before.
The twelve stones taken out of Jordan and erected by
Joshua in Gilgal, and the twelve stones left in Jordan to.be overwhelmed by its
waters, are memorials marking the distinction between Christ’s death under judg-
ment in the believer’s place (Psa. 42.
peribet deliverance from judgment.
. 1-18,
7; 88. 7; John 12. 31-33), and the believer’s
The stones in Jordan stand, typically, for Psa.
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4 19] JOSHUA. (5 1
knives, and ‘circumcised the chil-
dren of Israel at the hill of the fore-
skins.
4 And this fs the cause why
Joshua did circumcise: All the peo-
ple that came out of Egypt, that
were males, even all the men of war,
died in the wilderness by the way,
after they came out of Egypt.
5 Now all the people that came
out were circumcised: but all the
people that were born in the wil-
derness by the way as they came
forth out of Egypt, then? they had
not circumcised.
6 Forthe children of Israel walked
i.e. April. forty years in the wilderness, till all
up the waters of Jordan from before} Ex.12.26,27; ae people pies f Ee ey te
you, until ye were passed over, as| 13.8-145 keer nines rm en Ae
Rhea BORD eirGod did to the Red| Deut.20.5; sumed, because they obeyed not the
Eolas: voice of the LoRD: unto whom the
Bo en pe coe ae before Lorp sware that he would not shew
24 That all the ieaple of ie earth c Gen.17.10- them the land, which the LorD
mieht know the hand of the LorD re pee ae sware unto their fathers that he
= : >| 63 Jer.9.25, | vould give us, a land that floweth
it 7 i : i 26; Rom.2. C g
that it is mighty: that ye might 28,29; 1 Cor. with milk and honey.
The encampment at Gilgal.
19 And the people came up out of
Jordan on the tenth day of the ¢first
month, and encamped in Gilgal, in
the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which
they took out of Jordan, did Joshua
pitch in Gilgal. q
21 And he spake unto the children
of Israel, saying, When your chil-
dren shall ask their fathers in time
to come, saying, What mean these
stones?
22 Then ®ye shall let your chil-
dren know, saying, Israel came over
this Jordan on dry land.
23 For the Lorp your God dried
B.C. 1g51.
fear the LORD your God for ever. 7.19; Gal.5. Pe ind. them chidrent whom Be
ail 33: raised up in their stead, them
CHAPTER 5. Colzil. Joshua circumcised: for they were
FAND it came to pass, when all the F ; uncircumcised, because they had
kings of the Amorites, which EEE S| Ot circumcised them by the way.
were on the side of Jordan west-|¢ See Josh.4. 8 And it came to pass, when they
ward, and all the kings of the Ca-| 19- had done circumcising all the peo-
naanites, which were by the sea, ple, that they abode in their places
heard that the Lorp had dried up in the camp, till they were whole.
the waters of Jordan from before 9 And the LorD said unto Joshua,
the children.of Israel, untii we were This day have I rolled away the
passed over, that their heart melted, reproach of Egypt from off you.
neither was there spirit in them Wherefore the name of the place is
any more, because of the children called ¢Gilgal unto this day.
of Israel. 10 And the children of Israel en-
‘camped in Gilgal, and kept the
The reproach of Egypt rolled passover on the fourteenth day of
away. .
' . he ¢ th at even in the plains of
2 At that time the LorDp said edcko. a Pee}
unto Joshua, Make thee sharp ‘
knives, and !circumcise again the The new food for the new place.
children of Israel the second time. 11 And they did eat of the old
3 And Joshua made him sharp 2corn of the land on the morrow after
1 Circumcision is the “sign” of the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 17. 7-14; Rom,
4,11). “The reproach of Egypt’’ was that, during the later years of the Egyptian
bondage, this separating sign had been neglected (cf. Ex. 4. 24-26), and this neg-
lect had continued during the wilderness wanderings. The N.T. analogue is world
conformity; the failure openly to take a believer’s place with Christ in death and
resurrection (Rom. 6.:2-11; Gal. 6. 14-16). Spiritually it is mortifying the deeds of
the body through the Spirit (Rom. 8. 13; Gal. 5. 16, 17; Col. 2. 11, 12; 3. 5-10).
2The manna is a type of Christ in humiliation, known “after the flesh,” giving
his flesh that the believer might have life (John 6. 49-51); while the “old corn of
the land” is Christ apprehended as risen, glorified, and seated in the heavenlies.
Occupation with Christ on earth, “crucified through weakness, * tends to a wilder-
ness experience. An experience befitting the believer’s place in the heavenlies
demands an apprehension of the power of His resurrection (2 Cor. 5. 16; 13. 43 Phil.
3. 10;.Eph. 1. 15-23). It is the contrast between “milk” and ‘“‘meat” in Paul’s writ-
ings (1 Cor. 3. 1, 2; Heb, 5. 12-14; 6. 1-3).
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5 12] JOSHUA. [6
the passover, unleavened cakes, and} B.C_1451. |them, Take up the ark of the cove-
parched corn in the selfsame day. nant, and let seven priests bear
12 And the manna ceased on the seven trumpets of rams’ horns be-
morrow after they had eaten of the fore the ark of the Lorp.
old corn of the land; neither had 7 And he said unto the people,
the children. of Israel manna any Pass on, and compass the city, and
more; but they did eat of the fruit let him that is armed pass on before
of the land of Canaan that year. he menue ne ert
, : it came to pass, when
een cece oe eae Joshua had spoken unto the people,
13 And it came to pass, when A E
Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted that the seven priests bearing the
up his eyes and looked, and, behold, peiieg Sea hrseae nt A horns
there stood a “man over against Soma Sag the trumpets: al ‘he
him with his sword drawn in his eck (of ther cavenant of the Lorp
hand: and Joshua went unto him,
followed them.
and said unto him, Ar¢ thou for us, 9: And the armed cen went befoes
or for our adversaries?
: i i h
14 And he said, Nay; but as cap- a S Beers cee i LS aa AEE il
tain of the host of the Lorp am I after the ark, the priests going on,
now come. And Joshua fell on his and blowing with the t ote
rece co ane car eng Fac worship, 10 And Joshua had commanded
and said unto him, What saith my a
lord unto his servant? a CfJob 42. the people, saying, Ye shall not
15 And the captain of the Lorp’s SHOU Gee gor Haas ios wie
host said unto Joshua, Loose thy| Jer-1. 165 weed ree oF es gl any wre
shoe from off thy foot; for the place| -E2K-1.285 E
; Dan.10.5-8; d i :
whereon thou standest %s choly.| Acts 9.3-6; the éday I bid you shout; then shall
: } ye shout.
And Joshua did so. Row): 11 Sone of oe Lore com-
CHAPTER 6. 6 penal. passe € city, going about it once:
Phacongussiier Teche! roly (OT). land they came into the camp, and
(Gen.2.3; lodged in the camp.
Now Jericho was straitly shut] Zech.8.3.) 12 And Joshua rose early in the
up because of the children of
¢ Trans. “con. |mMorning, and the priests took up
Israel: none went out, and none secrated,” |the ark of the Lorp.
came in. Josh.6.19; 13 And seven priests bearing
2 And the LorD said unto Joshua,| ™®-V- Aly. |seyen trumpets of rams’ horns be-
See, I have given into thine hand|gcrjer.14. {fore the ark of the LorD went on
Jericho, and the king thereof, and] 14.15; 27:14, continually, and blew with the
the mighty men of valour. 15; Jon.3.2. |trumpets: and the armed men went
3 And ye shall compass the city, before them; but the rereward came
all ye men of war, and go round after the ark of the Lorpb, the
about the city once. Thus shalt priests going on, and blowing with
thou do six days. the trumpets.
4 And seven priests shall bear be- 14 And the second day they com-
fore the ark seven trumpets of rams’ passed the city once, and returned
horns: and the seventh day ye into the camp: so they did six days.
shall compass the city seven times, 15 And it came to pass on the
and the priests shall blow with the seventh day, that they rose early
_ trumpets. about the dawning of the day, and
5 !And it shall come to pass, that compassed the city after the same
when they make a long blast with manner seven times: only on that
the ram’s horn, and when ye hear day they compassed the city seven
the sound of the trumpet, all the times.
people shall shout with a great 16 And it came to pass at the
shout; and the wall of the city shall seventh time, when the priests blew
fall down flat, and the people shall with the trumpets, Joshua said unto
ascend up every man straight be- the people, Shout; for the Lorp
fore him. hath given you the city.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun 17 And the city shall be accursed,
called the priests, and said unto even it, and ail that are therein, to
: 1 The central truth here is that spiritual victories are won by means and upon
principles utterly foolish and inadequate in the view of human wisdom (1 Cor. 1.
17-29; 2 Cor. 10. 3-5).
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6 18)
the Lorpb: only Rahab the hariot
shall live, she and all that are with
her in the house, because she hid
the messengers that we sent.
18 And ye, in any wise keep your-
selves from the accursed thing, lest
ye make yourselves accursed, when
ye take of the accursed thing, and
make the camp of Israel a curse,
and trouble it.
19 But all the silver, and gold,
and vessels of brass and iron, are
econsecrated unto the LorD: they
shall come into the treasury of the
Lorpb.
20 So the Speople shouted when
the priests blew with the trumpets:
and it came to pass, when the peo-
ple heard the sound of the trumpet,
and the people shouted with a great
shout, that the wall ‘fell down flat,
so that the people went up into the
city, every man straight before him,
and they took the city.
21 And they utterly destroyed all
that was in the city, both man and
woman, young and old, and ox, and
sheep, and ass, with the edge of the
sword.
22 But Joshua had said unto the
two men that had spied out the
country, Go into the harlot’s house,
and bring out thence the woman,
and all that she hath, as ye sware
unto her.
23 And the young men that were
spies went in, and brought out Ra-
hab, and her father, and her mother,
and her brethren, and all that she
had; and they brought out all her
kindred, and left them without the
camp of Israel. ; i
24 And they burnt the city with
fire, and all that was therein: only
the silver, and the gold, and the
vessels of brass and of iron, they
put into the treasury of the house
of the LORD.
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the
harlot alive, and her father’s house-
hold, and all that she had; and she
dwelleth in Israel even unto this
day; because she hid the messen-
gers, which Joshua sent to spy out
Jericho. '
26 And Joshua adjured them at
that time, saying, ¢Cursed_ be the
man before the LORD, that riseth up
and buildeth this city Jericho: he
shall lay the foundation thereof in
his firstborn, and in his youngest
son shall he set up the gates of it.
JOSHUA.
B.C. 1451.
@ Sanctify,
holy (O.T.).
b Faith. vs.
20,25; Psa.
2.12. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.
11.39.)
¢ Miracles
(O.T.). vs.6-
25; Josh.10
12-14. (Gen.
5-24; Jon.2,
1-10.)
d See 1 Ki.16.
34.
€ vs.20,21.
f Called
Achar,
1 Chr.2.7.
g Cf. Josh.2.
11.
h Bible
prayers
(O.T.). Jud.
13.8,9. (Gen.
15.2; Hab.
3.1-16.)
t Cf.Ex.5.22;
14.11; 16.3;
17.3; Num.
21.5.
j Ex.32.12;
Num.14.13.
(711
27 So the LorpD was with Joshua;
and his fame was noised through-
out all the country.
CHAPTER 7.
The sin of Achan.
Bu the children-of Israel com-
mitted a trespass in the ac-
cursed thing: for fAchan, the son of
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of
Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took
of the accursed thing: and the anger
of the LorD was kindled against
the children of Israel. -
2 And Joshua sent men from Jeri-
cho to Ai, which is beside Beth-
aven, on the east sideof Beth-el,
and spake unto them, saying, Go
up and view the country. And the
men went up and viewed Ai.
3 And they returned to Joshua,
and said unto him, Let not all the
people go up; but let about two or
three thousand men go up and smite
Ai; and make not all the people to
labour thither; for they are but few.
4 So there went up thither of the
people about three thousand men:
and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the’ men of Ai ‘smote of
them about thirty and six men: for
they chased them from before the
igate even unto Shebarim, and
smote them in the going down:
wherefore the hearts of the people
8melted, and became as water.
| 6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and
fell to the earth upon his face before
the ark of the LoRD until the even-
tide, he and the elders of Israel, and
put dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua “said, Alas, O Lord
Gop, ‘wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over Jordan, to
deliver us into the hand of the Amo-
rites, to destroy us? would to God
we had been content, and_dwelt on
the other side Jordan!
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when
Israel turneth their backs before
their enemies!
9 For ‘the Canaanites and all the
inhabitants of the land shall hear
of it, and shall environ us round,
and cut off our name from the
earth: and what wilt thou do unto
thy great name?
10 And the LORD said unto
Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore
liest thou thus upon thy face? 3
11 lIsrael hath sinned, and they
1 The sin of Achan and its results teach
“Israel hath sinned.”
ple of God, 7. 11.
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the great truth of the oneness of the peo-
See in illustration 1 Cor. 5, 1-7; 12. 12-
aia
ae
7 12]
have also transgressed my covenant
which I ¢commanded them: for they
have even Staken of the accursed
thing, and have also stolen, and
¢dissembled also, and they have put
it even among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the children of Israel
could not stand before their ene-
mies, but turned their backs be-
fore their enemies, because they
were accursed: neither will I be with
you any more, except ye destroy the
accursed from among you. ;
13 Up, sanctify the people, and|
say, 4Sanctify yourselves against to!
morrow: for thus saith the LorpD
God of Israel, There is an accursed
thing in the midst of thee, O Israel:
thou canst not stand before thine|
enemies, until ye take away the
accursed thing from among you.
14 In the morning therefore ye|
shall be brought according to your|
tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe
which the LorpD taketh shall come
according to the families thereof;
and the family which the Lorp
shall take shall come by households;
and the household which the Lorp
shall take shall come man by man.
15 And it shall be, that he that is
taken with the accursed thing shall
be burnt with fire, he and all that!
he hath: because he hath trans-
gressed the covenant of the Lorpb,
and because he hath wrought folly
in Israel.
16 So Joshua rose up early in the
morning, and brought Israel by
their tribes; and the tribe of Judah
was taken:
17 And he brought the family of|
Judah; and he took the family of
the Zarhites: and he brought the|
family of the Zarhites man by man;
and Zabdi was taken:
18 And he brought his household
man by man; and Achan, the son of
Carmi, the son ot Zabdi, the son
of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was’
taken.
19 And Joshua said unto Achan,
My son, give, I pray thee, glory to
the LorD God of Israel, and make
‘confession unto him; and tell me!
now what thou hast done; hide it|
not from me.
20 And Achan answered Joshua,
and said, Indeed I have sinned!
against the LorpD God of Israel,
and thus and thus have I done:
21 When I saw among the spoils
JOSHUA.
B.C. 1451.
@ Josh.6.17,18.
6 v.21.
¢ Acts 5.1,2;
Heb.4.13.
d Sanctify,
holy (O.T.).
1 Ki.7.51.
Jer.3.12,13.
f One
shekel = 2s.
9d., or 65 cts.
g Isa.65.10;
Hos,2.15.
h Josh.1.9;
10.8..
? Josh.6.2.
j Cf.Deut.20.
4c
[8 4
a goodly Babylonish garment, and —
two hundred /shekels of silver, and
a wedge of gold of fifty shekels
weight, then I coveted them, and
took them; and, behold, they are
hid in the earth in the midst of my
tent, and the silver under it.
22 So Joshua sent messengers,
and they ran unto the tent; and,
behold, it was hid in his tent, and
the silver under it.
23 And they took them out of the
midst of the tent, and brought them
unto Joshua, and unto all the chil-
dren of Israel, and laid them out
|before the LorpD.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with
him, took Achan the son of Zerah,
and the silver,,and the garment,
and the wedge of gold, and his sons,
and his daughters, and his oxen, and
his asses, and his sheep, and his
tent, and all that he had: and they
brought them unto the valley of
Achor.
25 And Joshua said, Why hast
\thou troubled us? the LorpD shall
trouble thee this day. And all Is-
rael stoned him with stones, and
burned them with fire, after they
had stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised over him a
|\great heap of stones unto this day.
So the LorpD turned from the fierce-
ness of his unger. Wherefore the
name of that place was called, The
8valley of Achor, unto this day.
CHAPTER 8.
The conquest of Ai.
Ane the LORD said unto Joshua,
hFear not, neither be thou dis-
mayed: take all the people of war
with thee, and arise, go up to Ai:
see, I have ‘given into thy hand the
j|king of Ai, and his people, and his
city, and his land:
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her
king as thou didst unto Jericho and
her king: only the Jspoil thereof, and
the cattle thereof, shall ye take for
a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an
ambush for the city behind it.
3 So Joshua arose, and all the
people of war, to go up against Ai:
and Joshua chose out thirty thou-
sand mighty men of valour, and
sent them away by night.
4 And he commanded them, say-
ing, Behold, ye shalt lie in wait
against the city, even behind the
14, 26. The whole cause of Christ is injured by
one believer.
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the sin, neglect, or unspirituality of
85]
city: go not very far from the city,
but be ye all ready:
5 And I, and all the people that
are with me, will approach unto
the city: and it shall come to pass,
when they come out against us, as
at the first, that we will flee before
them, 3
6 (For they will come out after
us) till we have drawn them from
the city; for they will say, They flee
before us, as at the first: therefore
we will flee before them. ‘
7 Then ye shall rise up from the
ambush, and seize upon the city:
for the Lorp your God will deliver
it into your hand.
8 And it shall be, when ye have
taken the city, that ye shall set the
city on fire: according to the com-
mandment of the LORD shall ye do.
See, I have commanded you.
9 Joshua therefore sent them
forth: and they went to lie in am-
bush, and abode between Beth-el
and Ai, on the west side/of Ai: but
Joshua lodged that night among
the people.
10 And Joshua rose up early in
the morning, and numbered the
people, and went up, he and the
elders of Israel, before the people
to Ai.
11 And all the people, even the
people of war that were with him,
went up, and drew nigh, and came
before the city, and pitched on the
north side of Ai: now there was a
valley between them and Ai.
12 And he took about five thou-
sand men, and set them to lie in
ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on
the west side of the city.
“13 And when they had set the
people, even all the host that was
on the north of the city, and their
liers in wait on the west of the city,
Joshua went that night into the
midst of the valley.
14 And it came to pass, when the
king of Ai saw it, that they hasted
and rose up early, and the men of
the city went out against Israel to
battle, he and all his people, at a
time appointed, before the plain;
but he wist not that there were
liers in ambush against him behind
the city. e
15° And Joshua and all Israel
made as if they were beaten before
them, and fled by the way of the
wilderness.
16 And all the people that were
in Ai were called together to. pursue
after them: and they pursued after
JOSHUA.
B.C. 1451.
a Cf. Josh.15.
ree 1 Chr.12.
b Ex.14.16;
Psa.44.3.
c¢ Deut.7.2.
267
[8 28
Joshua, and were drawn away from
the city.
17 And there was not a man left
in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out
after Israel: and they left the city
open, and pursued after Israel. .
18 And the Lorp said unto
Joshua, &Stretch out the spear that
is in thy hand toward Ai; for I wilt
give it into thine hand. And Joshua
stretched out the spear that he had
in his hand toward the city.
19 And the ambush arose quickly
out of their place, and they ran as
soon as he had stretched out his
hand: and they entered into the
city, and took it, and hasted and
set the city on fire. Sa!
20 And when the men of Ai
looked behind them, they saw, and,
behold, the smoke of the city as-
cended up to heaven, and they had
no power to flee this way or that
way: and the people that fled to
the wilderness turned back upon
the pursuers.
21 And when Joshua and all Is-
rael saw that the ambush had taken
the city, and that the smoke of the
city ascended, then they turned
again, and slew the men of-Ai.
22 And the other issued out of the
city against them; so they were in
the midst of Israel, some on this
side, and some on that side: and
they smote them, so that they let
none ‘of them remain or escape.
93 And the king of Ai they took
alive, and brought him to Joshua,
24 And it came to pass, when Is-
rael had made an end of slaying
all the inhabitants of Ai in the
field, ‘in the wilderness wherein
they chased them, and when they
were all fallen on the edge of the
sword, until they were consumed,
that all the Israelites returned unto
Ai, and smote it with the edge of
the sword.
25 And soit was, that all that fell
that day, both of men and women,
were twelve thousand, even all the
men of Ai.
26 For Joshua drew not his hand
back, wherewith he stretched out
the spear, until he had utterly de-
stroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of
that city Israel took for a prey unto
themselves, according unto the
word of the LORD which he com-
manded Joshua.
28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and
made it an heap for ever, even a
desolation unto this day.
8 29} JOSHUA.
29 And the king of Ai he hanged! B.C. 1451. 3 And when the inhabitants of
on a tree until eventide: and as soon
as the sun was down, Joshua com-
manded that they should take his
carcase down from the tree, and
cast it at the entering of the gate
of the city, and raise thereon a
great heap of stones, that remain-
eth.unto this day.
The blessings and cursings.
30 Then Joshua built an 2altar
unto the Lorp God of Israel in
mount Ebal,
31 As Moses the servant of the
LorRD commanded the children of
Israel, as it is written in the book
of the law of Moses, an “altar of!
whole stones, over which no man
hath lift up any iron: and they
offered thereon burnt-offerings unto
the Lorp, and sacrificed peace-
offerings.
32 And he ‘wrote there upon the
stones a copy of the law of Moses,|a Deut.27.4-6.
which he wrote in the presence of bEx.20.25
the children of Israel. ha
33 And all Israel, and their elders, | ¢ Deut.27.2,
and officers, and their judges, stood| 38-
on this side the ark and on that d Deut.11.29;
side before the priests the Levites,| 27.12,13.
which bare the ark of the covenant) . yout 31.11:
of the LorD, as well the stranger,|° 2¢3°30.20.
as he that was born among them;
dhalf of them over against mount!‘ aA
Gerizim, and half of them over i
against mount Ebal; as Moses the’ g Josh.s.10.
servant of the Lorp had com-
manded before, that they should|” joe) 3:1!5
bless the people of Israel. 2.1; 5.19,
34 And afterward he ¢read all the
words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is
written in the book of the law.
35 There was not a word of all
that Moses commanded, which
Joshua tead not before all the con-
gregation of Israel, with the women;
and the little ones, and the strangers
that were conversant among them.
CHAPTER 9,
The league with the Gibeonites.
AND it came to pass, when all
F& the kings which were on this
side Jordan, in the hills, and in the
valleys, and in all the coasts of the
great sea over against Lebanon, the
Hittite, and the Amorite, the Ca-
naanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite,
and the Jebusite, heard thereof S
2 That they gathered themselves
together, to fight with Joshua and
with Israel, with one accord,
268
fGibeon heard what Joshua had
done unto Jericho and to Ai,
4 They did work wilily, and went
and made as if they had been am-
bassadors, and took old sacks upon
their asses, and wine bottles, old,
and rent, and bound up;
5 And old shoes and clouted upon
their feet, and old garments upon
them; and all the bread of their
provision was dry and mouldy.
And they went to Joshua unto
the Scamp at Gilgal, and said unto
him, and te the men of Israel, We
be come from a far country: now
therefore make ye a league with us.
7 And the men of Israel said unto
the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell
among us; and how shall we make
a league with you?
8 And they said unto Joshua, We
are thy servants. And Joshua said
unto them, Who are ye? and from
whence come ye?
9 And they said unto him, From
a very far country thy servants are
come because of the name of the
LorpD thy God: for-we have heard
the fame of him, and all that he did
in Egypt,
10 And all that he did to the two
kings of the Amorites, that were
beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of
Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan,
which was at Ashtaroth.
11 Wherefore our elders and all
the inhabitants of our country
spake to us, saying, Take victuals
with you for the journey, and go to
meet them, and say unto them, We
are your servants: therefore now
make ye a league with us.
12 This our bread we took hot for
our provision out of our houses on
the day we came forth to go unto
you; but now, beheld, it is dry, and
it is mouldy:
13 And these bottles of wine, which
we filled, were new; and, behold,
they be rent: and these our gar-
ments and our shoes are become old
by reason of the very long journey,
14 And the men took of their
victuals, and asked not counsel at
‘the mouth of the Lorp.
15 And Joshua made peace with
them, and made @league with them,
to let them live: and the princes of
the congregation sware unto them.
16 And it came to pass at the end
of three days after they had made
a league with them, that they heard
that they were their neighbours
and that they dwelt among them.
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17 And the children of Israel jour-
neyed, and came unto their cities on
the third day. Now their_ cities
were Gibeon, and. Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
18 And the children of Israel
smote them not, because the princes
of the congregation had sworn ¢un-
to them by the LorpD God of Israel.
And all the congregation murmured
against the princes.
19 But all the princes said unto all
the congregation, We have sworn
unto them by the Lorp God of Is-
rael: now therefore we may not
touch them.
20 This we will do to them; we
will even let them live, lest wrath
be upon us, because of the oath
which we sware unto them.
21 And the princes said unto
them, Let them live; but let them
be hewers of wood and drawers of
water unto all the congregation; as
the princes had promised them.
22 And Joshua called for them,
and he spake unto them, saying,
Wherefore have ye beguiled us, say-
ing, We are very far from you;
when ye dwell among us?
23 Now therefore ye are cursed,
and there shall none of you be freed
from being bondmen, and hewers of
wood and drawers of water for the
house of my God.
24 And they answered Joshua,
and said, Because it was certainly
told thy servants, how that the
LorpD thy God commanded his ser-
vant Moses to give you all the land,
and to destroy all the inhabitants
of the land from before you, there-
fore we were sore afraid of our lives
because of you, and have done this
thing.
25 And now, behold, we are in
thine hand: as it seemeth good and
right unto thee to do unto us, do.
26 And so did he unto them, and
‘delivered them out of the hand of
the children of Israel, that they
slew them not.
27 And Joshua made them that
day hewers of wood and drawers of
water for the congregation, and for
the altar of the LORD, even unto
this day, in the place which he
should choose.
CHAPTER 10.
The victory at Gibeon.
NOW it came to pass, when Ado-
ni-zedec king of Jerusalem had
heard how Joshua had taken Ai,
JOSHUA.
B.C. 1451.
a Psa.15.4;
Eccl.5.6.
b Ex.15.14;
Deut.11.25;
Heb.10.27,
269
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and had utterly destroyed it; as he
had done to Jericho and her king,
so he had done to Ai and her king;
and how the inhabitants of Gibeon
had made peace with Israel, and
were among them;
2 That they feared greatly, be-
cause Gibeon was a great city, as
one of the royal cities, and because
it was greater than Ai, and all the
men thereof were mighty.
3 Wherefore Adoni-zedec king of
Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king
of Hebron, and unto Piram king of
Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of
Lachish, and unto Debir king of
Eglon, saying,
4 Come up unto me, and help me,
that we may smite Gibeon: for it
hath made peace with Joshua and
with the children of Israel.
5 Therefore the five kings of the
Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the
king of Hebron, the king of Jar-
muth, the king of Lachish, the king
of Eglon, gathered themselves to-
gether, and went up, they and all
their hosts, and encamped before
Gibeon, and made war against it.
6 And the men of Gibeon sent
unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,
saying, Slack not thy hand from
thy servants; come up to us quickly,
and save us, and help us: for all the
kings of the Amorites that dwell in
the mountains are gathered to-
gether against us. :
7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal,
the, and all the people of war with
him, and all the mighty men of
valour.
8 And the Lorpb said unto
Joshua, Fear them not: for I have
delivered them into thine hand;
there shall not a man of them
stand before thee.
9 Joshua therefore came unto
them suddenly, and went up from
Gilgal all night.
10 And the Lorp discomfited
them before Israel, and slew them
with a great slaughter at Gibeon,
and chased them along the way
that goeth up to Beth-horon, and
smote them to Azekah, and unto
Makkedah.
11 And it came to pass, as they
fled from béfore Israel, and were in
the going down to Beth-horon, that
the LorRD cast down great stones
from heaven upon them unto Aze-
\kah, and they died: they were
‘more which died with hailstones
than they whom the children of
Jsrael slew with the sword.
10 12]
12 Then spake Joshua to the
LorpD in the day when the Lorp
delivered up the Amorites before
the children of Israel, and he said
in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand
thou still upan Gibeon; and thou,
Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
13 And the sun ¢stood still, and
the moon stayed, until the people
had avenged themselves upon their
enemies. Js not this written in the
book of Jasher? So the sun stood
still in the midst of heaven, and
hasted not to go down about a
whole day.
14 And there was no day like that
before it or after it, that the LorD
~hearkened unto the voice of a man:
for the Lorp fought for Israel.
15 And Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
16 But these five kings fled, and
hid themselves in a cave at Mak-
kedah. h
17 And it was told Joshua, saying,
The five kings are found hid in a
cave at Makkedah.
18 And Joshua said, Roll great
stones upon the mouth of the cave,
and set men by it for to keep them:
19 And stay ye not, but pursue
after your enemies, and smite the
hindmost of them; suffer them not
to enter into their cities: for the
LorD your God hath delivered
+ them into your hand.
20 And it came to pass, when
Joshua and the children of Israel
had made an end of slaying them
with a very great slaughter, till
they were consumed, that the rest
which remained of them entered
into fenced cities. .
21 And all the people returned to
the camp to Joshua at Makkedah
in peace: none moved his tongue
against any of the children of Israel.
22 Then said Joshua, Open the
mouth of the cave, and bring out
those five kings unto’ me out of the
cave.
23 And they did so, and brought
forth those five kings unto him out
of the cave, the king of Jerusalem,
the king of Hebron, the king of
Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and
the king of Eglon.
24 And it came to pass, when they
brought out those kings unto
Joshua, that Joshua called for all
the men of Israel, and said unto the
captains of the men of war which
went with him, Come near, put
your ‘feet upon the necks of these
JOSHUA.
B.C. 1451.
a Miracles
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
6 Ex.11.7.
c Psa.110.1;
Isa.26.5,6;
Mal.4.3;
Heb.2.8.
d Josh.1.9;
Deut.31.6,8;
2 Tim.4.17,
18.
e Deut.7.2,16;
1 Cor.15.25.
Ff Josh.15.42;
21.13; 2 Ki,
8.22; 19.8.
gv.3.
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kings. And they came near, and
put their feet upon the necks of
them.
25 And Joshua said unto them,
7Fear not, nor be dismayed, be
strong and of good courage: for
thus shall the Lorp do to all your
enemies against whom ye fight.
26 And afterward Joshua smote
them, and slew them, and hanged
them on five trees: and they were
hanging upon the trees until the
evening. :
27 And it came to pass at the time
of the going down of the sun, that
Joshua commanded, and they took
them down off the trees, and cast
them into the cave wherein they
had been hid, and laid great’ stones
in the cave’s mouth, which re-
martin until this very day.
Victories at Makkedah, etc.
28 And that day Joshua took
Makkedah, and smote it with the
edge of the sword, and the king
thereof he utterly «destroyed, them,
and all the souls that were therein;
he let none remain: and he did to
the king of Makkedah as he did
unto the king of Jericho.
29 Then Joshua passed from
Makkedah, and all Israel with him,
unto Libnah, and fought against
fLibnah:
30 And the Lorp delivered it
also, and the king thereof, into the
hand of Israel; and he smote it with
the edge of the sword, and all the
souls that were therein; he let none
remain in it; but did unto the kin:
thereof as he did unto the king of
Jericho.
"37 And Joshua passed from Lib-
nah, and all Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and ehcamped againet it,
and fought against it:
32 And the Lorpb delivered La-
chish into the hand of Israel, which
took it on the second day, and
smote it with the edge of the sword,
and all the souls that were therein,
according to all that he had done to
Libnah.
33 Then Horam king of Gezer
came up to help Lachish; and Josh-
ua smote him and his people, until
he had left him none remaining.
34 And from Lachish Joshua
passed unto £Eglon, and all Israel
with him; and they encamped
against it, and fought against it:
35 And they took it on that day,
and smote it with the edge of the
sword, and all the souls that were
.. eit wfeor
10 36
[1115
SS a a ee | EIR ier uN ome,
therein he utterly destroyed that mountains, and to the Hivite under
day, according to all that he had
done to Lachish.
36 And Joshua went up from Eg-
lon, and all Israel with him, unto
Hebron; and they fought against it:
37 And they took it, and smote it
with the edge of the sword, and the
king thereof, and all the cities
thereof, and all the souls that were
therein; he left none remaining, ac-
‘cording to all that he had done to
Egilon; but destroyed it utterly, and
all the souls that were therein.
38 And Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, to ¢Debir; and
fought against it:
39 And he took it, and the king
thereof, and all the cities thereof;
and they smote them with the edge
of the sword, and utterly destroyed
all the souls that were therein; he
jeft nome remaining: as he had done
to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and
to the king thereof; as he had done
also to Libnah, and to her king.
40 So Joshua smote all the coun-
try of the hills, and of the south,
Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
4 And they went out, they and all -
their hosts with them, much people,
even as the ‘sand that is upon the
sea shore in multitude, with horses
and chariots very many.
5 And when all these kings were
met together, they came and
pitched together at the waters of
Merom, to fight against Israel.
6 And the LorD said unto Joshua,
Be not afraid because of them: for
to morrow about this time will I de-
liver them up all slain before Israel:
thou shalt hough their horses, and
burn their chariots with fire.
7 So Joshua came, and all the peo-
ple of war with him, against them
by the waters of Merom suddenly;
and they fell upon them.
8 And the Lorp delivered them
into the hand of Israel, who smote
them, and chased them unto great
Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim,
and unto the valley of Miz>eh east-
ward; and they smote them, until
they left them none remaining.
and of the vale, and of the springs,|« Josh.15.15; | 9 And ‘Joshua did unto them as
and all their kings: he left none re-| Jud-1.11. the LorpD bade him: he houghed
maining, but utterly destroyed alll, peuto.23, [their horses, and burnt their char-
that breathed, as the LorpD God of
Israel commanded.
41 And Joshua smote them from
bKadesh-barnea even unto Gaza,
and all the country of Goshen, even
“unto Gibeon.
42 And all these kings and their
Jand did Joshua take at one !time,
because the Lorp God of Israel
fought for Israel.
43 And Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
CHAPTER i1.
Final conquest of Canaan.
ND it came to pass, when Jabin
king of Hazor had heard those}
things, that he sent to Jobab king
of Madon, and to the king of Shim-
ron, and to the king of Achshaph,
2 And to the kings that were on
the north of the mountains, and of
the plains south of Chinneroth, and
jn the valley, and in the borders of
Dor on the west,
3 And to the Canaanite on the
east and. on the west, and to the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the
Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the
jots with fire.
16 And Joshua at that time
turned back, and took Hazor, and
smote the king thereof with the
sword: for Hazor beforetime was
the head of all those kingdoms.
ji And they smote all the souls
that were therein with the edge of
the sword, utterly destroying them:
\there was not any left to breathe:
and he burnt Hazor with fire.
| 12 And all the cities of those
lkings, and all the kings of them, did
Joshua take, and smote them with
the edge of the sword, and he ut-
terly destroyed them, as Moses the
servant of the LORD commanded.
13 But as for the cities that stood
still in their strength, Israel burned
none of them, save Hazor only;
that did Joshua burn.
14 And all the spoil of these cit-
ies, and the cattle, the children of
Israel took for a prey unto them-
iselves; but every man they smote
with the edge of the sword, until
|they had destroyed them, neither
left they any to breathe.
15 As the LoRD commanded Mo-
ses his servant, so did Moses com-
jmand Joshua, and so did Joshua;
1Cf. Josh. 11. 18. As the context shows, the verses refer to different parts of
Palestine and different kings. ©
=
11 16]
€
JOSHUA.
[12 2
he left nothing undone of all that| B.C. 1450.
the LorD commanded Moses.
16 So Joshua took all that land,
the hills, and all the south country,
and all the land of Goshen, and the
valley, and the plain, and the moun-
tain of Israel, and the valley of the
same;
17 Even from the mount Halak,
that goeth up to Seir, even unto
Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon
under mount Hermon: and all their
kings he took, and smote them, and
slew them. ,
18 Joshua made war a “long time
with all those kings.
19 There was not acity that made
peacewiththechildrenof Israel, save
the Hivites the inhabitants of Gib-
eon: all other they took in battle.
20 For it was of the LorpD to
harden their hearts, that the
should come against Israel in battle,
that he might destroy them utterly,
and that they might haveno favour,
but that he might destroy them, as
the LORD commanded Moses.
21 And at that time came Joshua,
and cut off the »Anakims from the
mountains, from Hebron, from De-
bir, from Anab, and from all the
mountains of Judah, and from all
the mountains of Israel: Joshua de-
stroyed them utterly with their
cities.
22 There was none of the Ana-
kims left in the land of the children
of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and
in Ashdod, there remained.
23 So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that the LorD ‘said
unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for
an inheritance unto Israel accord-
ing to their divisions by their tribes. |
And the land rested from war.
CHAPTER 12.
The roster of the kings of
Canaan.
New these are the kings of the
land, which the children of Is-
rael smote, and possessed their land
on the other side Jordan toward the
Tising of the sun, from the river
Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all
the plain on the east:
2 4Sihon king of the Amorites,
who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled
from Aroer, which is upon the bank
of the river Arnon, and from the
middle of the river, and from half
Gilead, €ven unto the river Jabbok,
which is the border of the children
of Ammon;
a4 a Cf. Josh.10.
42, note.
6 Num.13.22;
Deut.9.2.
d Deut.2.33,
36; 3.6,16,17.
é Deut.3.8,14.
f Num.32.29,
33.
g Ex.23.23.
h Josh.6.2.
? Josh.10.23.
Jj Jud.1.22,
k 1 Ki.4.10,
272
3 And from the plain to the sea of
Chinneroth on the east, and unto
the sea of the plain, even the salt
sea on the east, the way to Beth-
jeshimoth; and from the south,
under Ashdoth-pisgah: :
4 And the coast of Og king of
Bashan, whicA was of the remnant
of the giants, that dwelt at Ashta-
roth and at Edrei,
5 And reigned in mount ‘Hermon,
and in Salcah, and in all Bashan,
unto the border of the Geshurites
and the Maachathites, and half Gil-
ead, the border of Sihon king of
Heshbon.
6 Them did Moses the servant of
the LorD and the children of Israel
smite: and Moses the servant of the
Lorp gave Jit for a possession unto
the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and the half tribe of Manasseh.
7 And these are the kings of the
country which Joshua and the chil-
dren of Israel smote on this side
Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad
in the valley of Lebanon even unto
the mount Halak, that goeth up to
Seir; which Joshua gave unto the
tribes of Israel for a possession ac-
cording to their divisions;
8 In the mountains, and in the
valleys, and in the plains, and in the
springs, and in the wilderness, and
in the south country; the “Hittites,
the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites:
9 The king of /Jericho, one; the
king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el,
one;
10 The king of ‘Jerusalem, one;
the king of Hebron, one;
11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the
king of Lachish, one;
12 The king of Eglon, one; the
king of Gezer, one;
13 The king of Debir, one; the
king of Geder, one;
14 The king of Hormah, one; the
king of Arad, one;
15 The king of Libnah, one; the
king of Adullam, one;
16 The king of Makkedah, one;
the king of /Beth-el, one;
17 The king of Tappuah, one; the
king of *Hepher, one;
18 The king of Aphek, one; the
king of Lasharon, one;
19 The king of Madon, one; the
king of Hazor, one;
20 The king of Shimron-meron,
one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21. The king of Taanach, one: the
king of Megiddo, one;
42 22 J |
22 The king of Kedesh, one; the
king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
23 The king of Dor in the coast of
Dor, one; the king of the nations of
Gilgal, one;
24 The king of Tirzah, one: all
the kings thirty and one.
CHAPTER 13.
The Lord instructs Joshua con-
cerning the division of the
Jand.
New Joshua was old and stricken
: in years; and the LorD said
unto him, Thou art old and stricken
in years, and there remaineth yet
very much land to be possessed.
2 This is the land that yet re-
maineth: all the borders of the
Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3 From Sihor, which is before
Egypt, even unto the borders of
si
JOSHUA.
B.C, 1451.
[13 26
11 And Gilead, and the border of
the Geshurites and Maachathites,
and all mount Hermon, and all Ba-
shan unto Salcah;
12 All the kingdom of Og in Ba-
shan, which reigned in Ashtaroth
and in Edrei, who remained of the
remnant of the giants: for ‘these
did Moses smite, and cast them out.
13 Nevertheless the children of
Israel expelled ¢not the Geshurites,
nor the Maachathites: but the Ge-
shurites and the Maachathites dwell
among the Israelites until this day.
14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he
gave ‘none inheritance; the sacri-
fices of the Lorp God of Israel
made by fire are their inheritance,
as he said unto them.
15 And Moses gave unto the tribe
of the children of Reuben inhert-
tance according to their families.
16 And their coast was from
JAroer, that is on the bank of the
river Arnon, and the city that is in
Ekron northward, which is counted
to the Canaanite: five lords of the|? N°™3?-33-
Philistines; the Gazathites, and the} Josh.12.5. the midst of the river, and all the
Pp coiiteas fre: cq caate ia ee Sah Py ees 48 ou
ittites, an e ronites; also cae SS &Heshbon, an er cities
ites: d -23.12, that in the plain; Di d
a Poe south, all the land of 13: Nura.33. Benoeebent sat Foy aar ore
the Canaanites, and Mearah that is) °° J84-?'23-) 18 And hJahaza, and Kedemoth,
beside the ening! ene Aphek, | e Josh.14.3,4. ae Mepbant uit me:
to the borders of the Amorites: n irjathaim, and Sibmah,
Seite land of 5 Sates lessee ane ae ay in the mount of
and all Lebanon, toward the sun-|g Num.21.28, |the valley,
rising, from Baal-gad under mount} 3°- 20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-
Hermon unto the entering into Ha-|;, num.21.23, |Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
th. 21 And all the cities of the plain,
a5 All the inhabitants of the hill}#Num.31.8. [and all the kingdom of Sihon king
country from Lebanon unto Misre-| ;num.22.5; |Of the Amorites, which reigned in
photh-maim, and all the Sidonians,| 31.8. ’ |Heshbon, whom Moses smote with
them will I drive out from before
the children of Israel: only divide
thou it by lot unto the Israelites for
an inheritance, as I have com-
manded thee.
7 Now therefore divide this land
for an inheritance unto the nine
tribes, and the half tribe of Ma-
nasseh,
8 With whom the Reubenites and
the Gadites have received their in-
heritance, which “Moses gave them,
beyond Jordan eastward, even as
Moses the servant of the LORD gave
them;
9 From Aroer, that 7s upon the
bank of the river Arnon, and the
city that is in the midst of the
river, and all the plain of Medeba
unto Dibon; i
10 And all the cities of Sihon king
of the Amorites, which reigned in
Heshbon, unto the border of the
children of Ammon;
273
the princes of ‘Midian, Evi, and Re-
kem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba,
which were dukes of Sihon, dwell-
ing in the country.
22 jBalaam also the son of Beor,
the soothsayer, did the children of
Israel slay with the sword among
them that were slain by them.
23 And the border of the children
of Reuben was Jordan, and the
border thereof. This was the in-
heritance of the children of Reuben
after their families, the cities and
the villages thereof.
24 And Moses gave inheritance
unto the tribe of Gad, even unto
the children of Gad according to
their families.
25 And their coast was Jazer, and
all the cities of Gilead, and half the
land of the children of Ammon,
unto Aroer that 1s before Rabbah;
26 And from Heshbon unto Ra-
math-mizpeh, and Betonim; and
13 27}
Debir; . ;
27 And in the valley, Beth-aram,
and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and
Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of
Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and
his border, even unto the edge of
the sea of Chinnereth on the other
side Jordan eastward.
28 This is the inheritance of the
children of Gad after their families,
the cities, and their villages.
29 And Moses gave inheritance
unto the half tribe of Manasseh:
and this was the possession of the
half tribe of the children of Manas-
seh by their families.
30 And their coast was from Ma-
hanaim, all Bashan, all the king-
dom of Og king of Bashan, and all
the towns of Jair, which are in
Bashan, threescore cities:
31 And half Gilead, and Ashtar-
oth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom
of Og in Bashan, were pertaining
unto the children of Machir the son
of Manasseh, even to the one half
of the children of Machir by their
familtes. :
32 These are the countries which
Moses did distribute for inheri-
tance in the plains of Moab, on
the other side Jordan, by Jericho,
eastward.
33 But unto the tribe of Levi
Moses gave not any inheritance:
the LorD God of Israel was their
inheritance, as he said unto them.
CHAPTER 14.
The land divided: the portion
of Caleb.
{ARs these are the countries
which the children of Israel
inherited in the land of Canaan,
which Eleazar +he priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the
heads of the fathers of the hae
|
of the children of Israel, distributed
for inheritance to them.
2 By “lot was their inheritance,
as the LORD commanded by the
hand of Moses, for the nine tribes,
and for the half tribe.
3 For Moses had given the inheri-
tance of two tribes and an half tribe
on the other side Jordan: but unto
the Levites he gave none inheri-
tance among them,
4 For the children of Joseph 4were
two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:
therefore they gave no part unto
the Levites in the land, save cities
to dwell in, with their suburbs for
JOSHUA.
from Mahanaim unto the border of} B.c.1445. -|their cattle an
a Num.26.55;
32.54; 34.13;
Psa.16.5,6;
47.4.
b Gen.48.5;
1 Chr.5.1,2.
¢ Num.32.12.
d Num.13.6,
26.
¢ Num.14.24.
f Num.14.30.
g Num.13.28,
33.
214
te |.
[14 15
ad for their sub-
stance. ‘
5 As the LorD commanded Mo-
ses, so the children of Israel did,
and they divided the land.
6 Then the children of Judah
came unto: Joshua in Gilgal: and
cCaleb the son of Jephunneh the
Kenezite said unto him, Thou
knowest the thing that the Lorp
said unto Moses the man of God
concerning me and thee in Kadesh-
barnea.
7 Forty years old was I when
Moses the servant of the Lorp
j¢sent me from Kadesh-barnea to
espy out the land; and I brought
him word again as it was in mine
heart. i
8 Nevertheless my brethren that
went up with me made the heart
of the people melt: but I éwholly
followed the LorD my God.
9 And Moses’ sware on that
day, saying, Surely the land
whereon thy feet have .trodden
shall be thine inheritance, and thy
children’s for ever, because thou
ea wholly followed the LoRD my
God.
10 And now, behold, the Lorp
hath kept me alive, as he Jsaid,
these forty and five years, even
since. the LORD spake this word
unto Moses; while the children of
Israel wandered in the wilderness:
and now, lo, I am this day four-
score and five years old.
11 As yet I am as strong this day
as I was in the day that Moses sent
me: as my strength was then, even
so igs my strength now, for. war,
both to go out, and to come in.
12 Now therefore give. me this
mountain, whereof the LORD spake
in that day; for thou heardest in
that day show the Anakims were
there, and that the cities were
great and fenced: if so be the Lorp
‘will be with me, then I shall be
fable to drive them out, as the
LORD said.
13 And Joshua blessed him, and
gave unto Caleb the son of Jephun-
neh Hebron for an inheritance.
14 Hebron therefore became the
inheritance of Caleb the son of Je-
phunneh the Kenezite unto this
day, because that he wholly fol-
lowed the Lorp God of Israel.
15 And the name of Hebron be-
fore was Kirjath-arba; which Arba
was a great-man among the Ana-
kims. And the land had rest from
war.
CHAPTER 15.
The land divided: the. portion
of Judah.
‘AIS then was the lot of the
tribe of the children of Judah
by their families; even to the bor-
der of Edom the wilderness of Zin
southward was the uttermost part
of the south coast.
2 And their south border was
from the shore of the salt sea, from
the bay that looketh southward:
3 And it went out to the south
side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and
passed along to Zin, and ascended
up on the south side unto Kadesh-
barnea, and passed along to Hez-
ron, and went up to Adar, and
fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4 From thence it passed toward
Azmon, and went out unto the
river of Egypt; and the goings out
of that coast were at the sea: this
shall be your south coast.
5 And the east border was the
salt sea, even unto the end of Jor-
dan. And their border in the north
quarter was from the bay of the sea
at the uttermost part of Jordan:
6 And the border went up to
Beth-hogla, and passed along by the
north of Beth-arabah; and the bor-
der went up to the stone of Bohan
the son of Reuben:
7 And the border went up toward
Debir from the valley of Achor, and
so northward, looking toward Gil-
gal, that is before the going up to
Adummim, which is on the south
side of the river: and the border
passed toward the waters of En-
shemesh, and the goings out there-
of were at En-rogel:
8 And the border went up by the
valley of the son of.Hinnom unto
the south side of the Jebusite; the
same is Jerusalem: and the border
went up to the top of the mountain
that lieth before the valley of Hin-
nom westward, which is at the end
of the valley of the giants north-
ward:
9 And the border was drawn from
the top of the hill unto the ¢foun-
tain of the water of Nephtoah, and
went out to the cities of mount
Ephron; and the border was drawn
to ’Baalah, which is Kirjath-jea-
rim;
10 And the border compassed
from Baalah westward unto mount
Seir, and passed along unto the side
of mount Jearim, which is Chesa-
lon, on the north side, and went
JOSHUA.
a Josh.18.15.
b 2 Sam.6.2;
1 Chr.13.6.
c Gen.38.13;
Jud.14.1.
d Kirjath-
arba.
e Num.13.22;
Jud.1.10,20.
f Josh.10.38.
g Num.32.12.
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down to Beth-shemesh, and passed
on to “Timnah: ,
11 And the border went out unto
the side of Ekron northward: and
the border was drawn to Shicron,
and passed along to mount Baalah,
and went out unto Jabneel; and
the goings out of the border were
at the sea.
12 And the west border was to
the great sea, and the coast there-
of. This is the coast of the children
of Judah round about according to
their families.
13 And unto Caleb the son of Je-
phunneh he gave a part among the
children of Judah, according to the
commandment of the LORD to
Joshua, even the city of ¢Arba the
father of Anak, which city is He-
|bron.
14 And Caleb drove thence the
three “sons of Anak, Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children
of Anak,
15 And he went up thence to the
inhabitants of fDebir: and the name
of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
16 And Caleb said, He that smit-
eth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it,
to him will I give Achsah my
daughter to wife.
17 And Othniel the 2son of Kenaz,
the brother of Caleb, took it: and
he gave him Achsah his daughter
to wife.
18 And it came to pass, as she
came unto him, that she moved
him to ask of her father a field:
and she lighted off her ass; and
Caleb said unto her, What wouldest
thou?
19 Who answered, Give me a
blessing; for thou hast given me a
south land; give me also springs of
water. And he gave her the upper
springs, and the nether springs.
20 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Judah ac-
cording to their families.
21 And the uttermost cities of the
tribe of the children of Judah to-
ward the coast of Edom southward
were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and
Adadah, ;
23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Ithnan,
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Ke-
rioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
26 Amam, and Shema, and Mola-
dah,
27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Hesh-
mon, and Beth-palet,
15 28]
28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-
sheba, and Bizjothjah,
29 “@Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and
Hormah,
31 And >Ziklag, and Madmannah,
and Sansannah, 7
32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim,
and Ain, and Rimmon: all the
cities are twenty and nine, with
their villages:
33 And in the valley, Eshtaol,
and Zoreah, and Ashnah, “
34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim,
Tappuah, and Enam,
35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh,
and Azekah,
36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim,
and Gederah, and Gederothaim;
fourteen cities with their villages:
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and
Migdal-gad,
38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and
Joktheel,
ae, Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eg-
on,
40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam,
and Kithlish,
41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon,
and Naamah, and Makkedah; six-
teen ‘cities with their villages:
42 Libnah, and Ether, and;
Ashan,
43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and
Nezib,
44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and
Mareshah; nine cities with their
villages:
45 Ekron, with her towns and her
villages:
46 From Ekron even unto the sea,
all that Jay near Ashdod, with their
villages:
47 Ashdod with her towns and her
JOSHUA.
|
B.C. 1444.
av.9.
b 1 Sam.27.6,
¢ Josh.18.14.
d 1 Sam.23.29,
¢ Jud.1.8,21;
2 Sam.5.6,
f 2 Chr.8.5,
g Josh.17.7.
h Josh.17.9.
villages, Gaza with her towns and
her villages, unto the river of Egypt,|
and the great sea, and the border
thereof:
48 And in the mountains, Shamir,
and Jattir, and Socoh,
49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-san-
nah, which ss Debir,
50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and
Anim,
51 And Goshen, and Holon, and
Giloh; eleven cities with their vil-
lages:
52 Arab,and Dumah, and Eshean,
93 And Janum, and Beth-tap-
puah, and Aphekah,
54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-
arba, which is Hebron, and Zior;
nine cities with their villages:
55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and
Tuttah,
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56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and
Zanoah,
57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah;
ten cities with their villages:
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59 And Maarath, and _ Beth-
anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with
their villages:
60 ‘Kirjath-baal, which is Kir-
jath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities
with their villages:
61 In the wilderness, Beth-
arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 And Nibshan, and the city of
Salt, and ¢En-gedi; six cities with
their villages.
63 As for the ¢Jebusites the inhab-
itants of Jerusalem, the children of
Judah could not drive thern out:
but the Jebusites dwell with the
children of Judah at Jerusalem unto
this day.
CHAPTER 16.
The land divided: the portion
of Manasseh and Ephraim.
ANP the lot of the children of
Joseph fell from Jordan by Jer-
icho, unto the water of Jericho on
the east, to the wilderness that
goeth up from Jericho throughout
mount Beth-el,
2 And goeth out from Beth-el to
Luz, and passeth along unto the
borders of Archi to Ataroth,
3 And goeth down westward to
the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast
of /Beth-horon the nether, and to
Gezer: and the goings out thereof
are at the sea. y
4 So the children of Joseph, Ma-
nasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance.
5 And the border of the children
of Ephraim according to their fam-
ilies was thus: even the border of
their inheritance on the east side
was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-
horon the upper;
| 6 And the border went out toward
the sea to &Michmethah on the
north side; and the border went
about eastward unto Taanath-
shiloh, and passed by it on the east
to Janohah;
7 And it went down from Janohah
to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and
came to Jericho, and went out at
Jordan.
8 The border went out from Tap-
puah westward unto the river “Ka-
nah; and the goings out thereof
were at the sea. This is the inher-
,
~~
16 9] JOSHUA. [17 18
itance of the tribe of the children of| | B.c. 1444. |hand unto the inhabitants of En-
Ephraim by their families.
9 And the separate cities for the
children of Ephraim were among
the inheritance of the children of
Manasseh, all the cities with their
villages.
10 And they drave not out the
Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer:
but the Canaanites dwell among
the Ephraimites unto this day, and
serve under tribute.
CHAPTER 17.
The land divided: the separate
portion for Manasseh.
HERE was also a lot for the
tribe of Manasseh: for he was
the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for
Machir the firstborn of Manasseh,
the father or Gilead: because he was
a man of war, therefore he had
Gilead and Bashan.
2 There was also a Jot for the rest
of the children of Manasseh by their
families; for the children of Abie-
zer, and for the children of Helek,
and for the children of Asriel, and
for the children of Shechem, and
for the children of Hepher, and for
the children of Shemida: these were
the male children of Manasseh
the son of Joseph by their fam-
ilies.
3 But Zelophehad, the son of He-
pher, the son of Gilead, the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh, had
no sons, but daughters: and these!
are the names of his daughters,
Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Mil-
cah, and Tirzah.
4 And they came near before
Eleazar the priest, and before
Joshua the son of Nun, and be-
fore the princes, saying, The LorD
commanded Moses to give us an
inheritance among our brethren.
Therefore according to the com-
mandment of the LorD he gave
them an inheritance among the
brethren of their father. :
5 And there fell ten portions to
Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead
and Bashan, which were on the
other side Jordan;
6 Because the daughters of Ma-
nasseh had an inheritance among
his sons: and the rest of Manas-
seh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
7 And the coast of Manasseh was
from Asher to Michmethah, that
lieth before Shechem; and the -
border went along on the right
a Josh.16.9.
6 1 Sam.31.10;
1 Ki.4.12,
c Or, Re-
phaims.
277
tappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land of
Tappuah: but Tappuah on the bor-
der of Manasseh belonged to the
jchildren of Ephraim;
9 And the coast descended unto
the river Kanah, southward of the
river: “these cities of Ephraim are
among the cities of Manasseh: the
coast of Manasseh also was on
the north side of the river, and
the outgoings of it were at the sea:
10 Southward it was Ephraim’s,
and northward it was Manasseh’s,
and the sea is his border; and they
met together in Asher on the north,
and in Issachar on the east.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar
and in Asher SBeth-shean and her
towns, and Ibleam and her towns,
and the inhabitants of Dor and her
towns, and the inhabitants of En-
dor and her towns, and the inhab-
itants of Taanach and her towns,
and the inhabitants of Megiddo and
her towns, even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh
could not drive out the inhab-
itants of those cities; but the Ca-
naanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the
children of Israel were waxen
strong, that they put the Canaan-
ites to tribute; but did not utterly
drive them out.
14 And the children of Joseph
spake unto Joshua, saying, “Why
hast thou given me but one lot and
one portion to inherit, seeing I am
a great people, forasmuch as the
Lorp hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And Joshua answered them, If
thou be a great people, then get
thee up to the wood country, and
cut down for thyself there in the
land of the Perizzites and of the
¢giants, if mount Ephraim be too
inarrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph
said, The hill is not enough for us:
and all the Canaanites that dwell in
the land of the valley have chariots
of iron, both they who are of Beth-
shean and her towns, and they who
are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the
house of Joseph, even to Ephraim
and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art
a great people, and hast great power:
thou shalt not have one lot only:
18 But the miountain shall be
thine; for it 7s a wood, and thou
shalt cutit down: and the outgoings
‘of it shall be thine: for thou shalt
18 1]
JOSHUA.
[18 21
drive out the Canaanites, though} 8.c. 1444.
they have iron chariots, and though
they be strong.
CHAPTER 18.
The tabernacle set up at Shiloh.
esepe the whole congregation of
the children of Israel assem-
bled together at Shiloh, and set up
the tabernacle of the congregation
there. And the land was subdued
before them.
The land divided: the portion
of the seven tribes.
2 And there remained among the
children of Israel seven tribes,
which had not yet received their
inheritance.
3 And Joshua said unto the chil-
dren of Israel, How long are ye
bslack to go to possess the land,
which the LorD God of your
fathers hath given you?
4 Give ont from among you three
men for each tribe: and I will send
them, and they shall rise, and “go
through the land, and describe it
according to the inheritance of
them; and they shall come again
to.me.
5 And they shall divide it into
seven parts: ¢Judah shall abide in
their coast on the south, and the
house of Joseph shall abide in their
coasts on the north.
6 Ye shall therefore describe the
land into seven parts, and bring
the description hither to me, that
I may cast lots for you here before
the LorpD our God.
7 But the Levites have no part
among you; for the priesthood of
the Lorp is their inheritance: and
Gad, and Reuben, and half the
tribe of Manasseh, have received
their inheritance beyond Jordan on
the east, which Moses the servant
of the LorD gave them.
8 And the men arose, and went
away: and Joshua charged them
that went to describe the land, say-
ing, Go and walk ¢through the land,
and describe it, and come again to
me, that I may here cast lots for
you before the LorpD in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed
through the land, and described it
by cities into seven parts in a book,
and came again to Joshua to the
host at Shiloh.
_10_ And Joshua cast Slots for them
in Shiloh before the Lorp: and
there Joshua divided the land unto!
a Josh.19.51;
Jer7-12-
b Jud.18.9;
Eccl.9.10.
cv.8.
d Josh.15.1.
e Gen.13.17,
f Acts 13.19.
g Gen.28.19;
Jud.1.23.
h Josh.16.3.
#1 Chr.13.
5,6.
Jj Josh.15.9,
278
the children of Israel according to
their divisions. . ‘
11 And the lot of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin came up ac-
cording to their families: and the
coast ‘of their lot came forth be-
tween the children of Judah and
the children of Joseph.
12 And their border on the north
side was from Jordan; and the bor-
der went up to the side of Jericho
on the north side, and went up
through the mountains westward;
and the goings out thereof were at
the wilderness of Beth-aven.
13. And the border went over from
thence toward Luz, to the side of
8Luz, which is Beth-el, southward;
and the border descended to Ata-
roth-adar, near the hill that lieth
on the south side of the nether
+Beth-horon.
14 And the border was drawn
thence, and compassed the corner
of the sea southward, from the hill
that lieth before Beth-horon south-
ward; and the goings out thereof
were at Kirjath-baal, which zs Kir-
jath-jearim, a city of the children of
Judah: this was the west quarter.
15 And the south quarter was
from the end of ‘Kirjath-jearim,
and the border went out on the
west, and went out to the well of
Jwaters of Nephtoah:
16 And the border came down to
the end of the mountain that Ireth
before the valley of the son of Hin-
nom, and which is in the valley of
the giants on the north, and de-
scended to the valley of Hinnom,
to the side of Jebusi on the south,
and descended to En-rogel,
17 And was drawn from the
north, and went forth to En-
shemesh, and went forth toward
Geliloth, which is over against the
going up of Adummim, and de-
scended to the stone of Bohan the
son of Reuben,
18 And passed along toward the
side over against Arabah north-
ward, and went down unto Arabah:
19 And the border passed along to
the side of Beth-hoglah northward:
and the outgoings of the border
were at the north bay of the salt
sea at the south end of Jordan:
this was the south coast.
20 And Jordan was the border of
it on the east side. This was the
inheritance of the children of Ben-
jamin, by the coasts thereof round
about, according to their families.
21 Now the cities of the-tribe of
ry
“18 22]
,
JOSHUA.
[19 29
the children of Benjamin according
to their families were Jericho, and
Beth-hoglah, and the valley of
Keziz,
22 And Beth-arabah, and Zema-
raim, and Beth-el,
23 And Avim, and Parah, and
Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with
their villages:
25 “Gibeons and %Ramah, and
26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah,
and Mozah,
27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and
Taralah,
28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi,
which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and
Kirjath; fourteen cities with their
villages. This is the inheritance
of the children of Benjamin accord-
ing to their families.
Beeroth, |
CHAPTER 19.
AND the second lot came forth to
Simeon, even for the tribe of
the children of Simeon according to
their families: and their inheritance
was within the inheritance of the
¢children of Judah.
2 And they had in their inheri-
tance ¢Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and
Moladah,
3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah,
and Azem,
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and
Hormah,
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marca-
both, and “Hazar-susah,
6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharu-
hen; thirteen cities and their vil-
_dages:
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and
Ashan; four cities and their vil-
lages:
8 And all the villages that were
round about these cities to Baalath-
beer, fRamath of the south. This is
the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to
their families. .
9 Out of the portion of the children
of Judah was the inheritance of the
children of Simeon: for the part of
the children of Judah was too much
for &them: therefore the children of
Simeon had their inheritance within
the inheritance of them.
10 And the third lot came up
for the children of Zebulun ac-
cording to their families: and the
border of their inheritance was un-
to Sarid:
B.C. 1444.
a1 Ki.3.4,5.
6 Jer.31.15.
cv9.
d Gen.21.31;
1 Chr.4.28.
e Josh.15.28.
f 1 Sam.30.27.
gv.
kh Gen.49.13.
i Jud.4.6,12;
Psa.89.12.
j 2 Ki.14.25.
k1 Ki.21.1.
11 Sam.15.12;
1 Ki.18.20;
Isa.33.9;
Soeariete
46.18,
279
11 And their border went up to-
ward the “sea, and Maralah, and
reached to Dabbasheth, and reached
to the river that is before Jokneam;
12 And turned from Sarid east-
ward toward the sunrising unto the
border of ‘Chisloth-tabor, and then
goeth out to Daberath, and goeth
up to Japhia,
13 And from thence passeth on
along on the east to /Gittah-hepher,
to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to
Remmon-methoar to Neah;
14 And the border compasseth it
on the north side to Hannathon:
and the outgoings thereof are in the
valley of Jiphthah-el:
15 And Kattath, and Nahallal,
and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-
lehem: twelve cities with their vil-
lages.
16 This zs the inheritance of the
children of Zebulun according to
their families, these cities with their
villages. i
17 And the fourth lot came out to
Issachar, for the children of Issa-
char according to their families.
18 And their border was toward
kJezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shu-
nem,
19 And Haphraim, and Shihon,
and Anaharath,
20 And Rabbith, and Kishion,
and Abez, !
21 And Remeth, and En-gannim,
and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
22 And the coast reacheth to Ta-
bor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-
shemesh; and the outgoings of their
border were at Jordan: sixteen cities
with their villages.
23 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cit-
ies and their villages.
24 And the fifth lot came out for
the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families.
25 And their border was Helkath,
and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26 And Alammelech, and Amad,;
and Misheal; and reacheth to 'Car-
{mel westward, and to Shihor-
jlibnath;
27 And turneth toward the sun-
rising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth
to Zebulun, and to the valley of
Jiphthah-el toward the north side
of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth
out to Cabul on the left hand,
28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and
Hammon, and Kanah, even unto
great Zidon;
29 And then the coast turneth to
at
tals
19 30]
Tyre; and the coast turneth to Ho-
sah; and the outgoings thereof are
at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and
Rehob: twenty and two cities with
their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Asher ac-
cording to their families, these cit-}
ies with their villages.
32 The sixth lot came out to the
children of Naphtali, even for the
children of Naphtali according to
their families.
33 And their coast was from He-
leph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and
Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto
Lakum; and the outgoings thereof
were at Jordan:
34 And then the coast turneth
westward to Aznoth-tabor, and go-
eth out from thence to Hukkok, and
reacheth to Zebulun on the south
side, and reacheth to Asher on the!
west side, and to Judah upon Jor-!
dan toward the sunrising. a Num.35.6,
35 And the fenced cities are Zid-| refs
dim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath,| 5 rep. gaal,
and Chinnereth, Redemp.
a6. pnd Adamah, and Ramah, and ae
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and
En-hazor, ¢ Ruth 4.1,2,
38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Ho-)g peb.6.18.
rem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-!
shemesh; nineteen cities with their)
villages. |
39 This is the inheritance of the! f Josh.21.32;
tribe of the children of Naphtali| ! Chr.6.76.
according to their families, the cit-!
ies and their villages.
40 And the seventh lot came out
for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families,
41 And the coast of their inheri-
tance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and
Ir-shemesh,
42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon,
and Jethlah,
_43 And Elon, and Thimnathah,
and Ekron,
44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon,
and Baalath,
45 And Jehud, and Béne-berak,
and Gath-rimmon,
46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon,
with the border before Japho.
47 And the coast of the children
of Dan went out too Jittle for them:
therefore the children of Dan went
up to fight against Leshem, and
took it, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and possessed it, and
dwelt therein, and called Leshem,
e Num.35.12,
ase
|
\
280
JOSHUA.
Ramah, and to the strong city| B.C. 1444.
59.20, note.
Dan, after the name of Dan their
father.
48 This zs the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Dan accord-
ing to their families, these cities
with their villages.
49 When they had made an end
of dividing the land for inheritance
by their coasts, the children of Is-
rael gave an inheritance to Joshua
the son of Nun among them:
50 According to the word of the
LorD they gave him the city which
he asked, even Timnath-serah in
mount Ephraim: and he built the
city, and dwelt therein. \
51 These are the inheritances,
which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the heads of
the fathers of the tribes of the chil-
dren of Israel, divided for an in-
heritance by lot in Shiloh before the
LorD, at the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation. So they made
an end of dividing the country
CHAPTER 20.
The cities of refuge.
A Be te LorpD also spake unto
Joshua, saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel,
saying, Appoint out for you cities of
refuge, whereof I ¢spake unto you
by the hand of Moses:
3 That the slayer that killeth any
person unawares ‘and unwittingly
jmay flee thither: and they shall be
your refuge from the Yavenger of
blood.
4 And when he that doth flee unto
one of those cities shall stand at the
‘entering of the gate of the city, and
shall declare his cause in the ears
of the elders of that city, they shall
take him into the city unto them,
ahd give him a place, that he may
¢dwell among them.
5 And if the ‘avenger of blood
pursue after him, then they shall
not deliver the slayer up into his
hand; because he smote his neigh-
bour unwittingly, and hated him
not beforetime.
6 And he shall dwell in that city,
until he stand before the congrega-
tion for judgment, and until the
death of the high priest that shall
be. in those days: then shall the
slayer return, and come unto his
own city, and unto his own house,
unto the city from whence he fled.
7 And they appointed fKedesh in
Galilee in mount Naphtali, and
Shechem in mount Ephraim, and
ees
JOSHUA.
poe, te. Vl AE gay
[21 2¢
Kirjath-arba, which 1s Hebron, in
the mountain of Judah. :
8 And on the other side Jordan by
Jericho eastward, they assigned *Be-
zer in the wilderness upon the plain
out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ra-
moth in Gilead out of the tribe of
Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of
the tribe of Manasseh.
9 These were the cities appointed
for all the children of Israel, and for
the stranger that sojourneth among
them, that whosoever killeth any
person at unawares might flee
thither, and not die by the hand
of the avenger of blood, until he
stood before the congregation.
CHAPTER 21.
Division of the iand: the portion
of the Levites.
HEN came near the heads of
the fathers of the Levites unto)
bBleazar the priest, and unto Joshua
the son of Nun, and unto the heads
of the fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel;
2 And they spake unto them at
Shiloh in the land of Canaan, say-
ing, The (LoRD commanded by the
hand of Moses to give us cities to
dwell in, with the suburbs thereof
for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave
unto the Levites out of their in-
heritance, at the commandment of
the Lorpb, these cities and their
suburbs.
4 And the lot came out for the
families of the Kohathites: and the
children of ¢Aaron the priest, which
were of the Levites, had by lot out
of the tribe of Judah, and out of the
tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe
of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the children of
eKohath had by lot out of the fam-
ilies of the tribe of Ephraim, and
out of the tribe of Dan, and out
of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten
cities. :
6 And the children of Gershon had
by lot out of the families of the tribe
of Issachar, and out of the tribe of
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph-
tali, and out of the half tribe of
Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The children of Merari by their
families had out of the tribe of Reu-
ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and
out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve
cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave
by lot unto the Levites these cities
B.C, 1444.
a Josh.21.36;
Deut.4.43;
1 Chr.6.78.
b Josh.14.1;
17.4.
¢ Num.35.2;
1 Cor.9.14,
d vs.8,19;
Josh.24.33,
e v.20.
{1 Chr.6.55.
g Josh.14.14.
h Josh.15.51;
1 Chr.6.58,
Hilen.
t Josh.15.42;
1 Chr.6.59,
Ashan,
28)
with their suburbs, as the Lorp
commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe
of the children of Judah, and out of
the tribe of the children of Simeon,
these cities which are here men-
tioned by name,
10 Which the children of Aaron,
being of the families of the Kohath-
ites, who were of the children of
Levi, had: for their’s was the first
lot.
11 And ‘they gave them the city
of Arba the father of Anak, which
city is Hebron, in the hill country ©
of Judah, with the suburbs thereof
round about it.
12 But the fields of the city, and
the villages thereof, gave they to
&Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his
possession,
13 Thus they gave to the children
of Aaron the priest Hebron with
her suburbs, to de a city of refuge
for the slayer; and Libnah with her
suburbs,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs,
and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And “Holon with her suburbs,
and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And ‘Ain with her suburbs,
and Juttah with her suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with her suburbs;
nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benja-
min, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba
with her suburbs;
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and
Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children
of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
20 And the families of the chil-
dren of Kohath, the Levites which
remained of the children of Kohath,
even they had the cities of their lot
out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 For they gave them Shechem
with her suburbs in mount Ephraiin,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Gezer with her suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with her sub-
urbs, and Beth-horon with her sub-
urbs; four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan,
Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbe-
thon with her suburbs,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs,
Gath-rimmon with her suburbs;
four cities. "
25 And out of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Tenach with her sub-
urbs, and Gath-rimmon with her
suburbs; two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with
21 27)
their suburbs for the families of the
children of Kohath that remained.
27 And unto the children of Ger-
shon, of the families of the Levites,
out of the other half tribe of Ma-
nasseh they gave Golan in Bashan
with her suburbs, to be a city of
tefuge for the slayer; and Beesh-
terah with her suburbs; two cities.
28 And out of the tribe of
Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs,
Dabareh with her suburbs,
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs,
En-gannim with her suburbs; four
cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Asher,
Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon
with her suburbs,
31 Helkath with her suburbs, and
Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naph-
tali, *Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for
the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with
her suburbs, and Kartan with her
suburbs; three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershon-
ites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 And unto the families of the
children of ’Merari, the rest of the}
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebu-
lun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and
Kartah with her suburbs,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Na-
halal with her suburbs; four cities.
36 And out of the tribe of -Reu-
ben, Bezer with her suburbs, and
Jahazah with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs,
and Mephaath with her suburbs;
four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad,
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs,
Jazer with her suburbs; four cities
in all. . ;
40 So all the cities for the children
of Merari by their families, which
were remaining of the families of
the Levites, were by their lot twelve
cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites
within the possession of the chil-
dren of Israel were ¢forty and eight
cities with their suburbs.
42 These cities were every one
with their suburbs round abnut
them: thus were all these cities.
43 And the Lorp gave unto
Israel:all the land which he’ «sware
to give unto their fathers; and they
possessed it. and dwelt therein.
JOSHUA.
B.c. 1444. | 44 fAnd the LoRD gave them rest
a Josh.20.7.
6 v.7; 1 Chr.
¢ Josh.20.8.
d Num.35.7.
e Gen.12.7;
26.3,4; 28.4,
»14.
f Deut.7.23,
24.
g Josh.23.14;
Num.23.19;
1 Ki.8.56}
1 Cor.1.9;
1 Thes.5.24;
Tit.1.2.
282
€
[22 §
round about, according to all that
he sware unto their fathers: and
there stood not a man of all their
enemies before them; the LORD
delivered all their enemies into their
hand.
45 &There failed not ought of any
good thing which the LorpD had
spoken unto the house of Israel; all
came to pass.
CHAPTER 22.
The schismatic altar of Reuben
and Gad.
HEN Joshua called the Reu-
benites, and the Gadites, and
the half tribe of Manasseh,
-2 And said unto them, Ye have
kept all that Moses the servant of
the LoRD commanded you, and
have obeyed my voice in all that I
commanded you:
3 Ye have not left your brethren
these many days unto this day, but
have kept the charge of the com-
mandment of the LorD your God.
4 And now the Lord your God
hath given rest unto your brethren,
as he promised them: therefore now
return ye, and get you unto your
tents, and unto the land of your
possession, which Moses the ser-
vant of the LORD gave you on the
other side Jordan.
5 But take diligent heed to do the
commandment and the law, which
Moses the servant of the Lorp
charged you, to love the LorD your
God, and to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
and to cleave unto him, and to serve
him with all your heart and with all
your soul.
6 So Joshua blessed them, and
sent them away: and they went
unto their tents. 3
7 Now to the one half of the tribe
of Manasseh Moses had given pos-
session in Bashan: but unto the
other half thereof gave Joshua
among their brethren on this side
Jordan westward. And when
Joshua sent them. away also unto
their tents, then he blessed them,
8 And he spake unto them, say-
ing, Return with much riches unto
your tents, and with very much
cattle, with silver, and with gold,
and with brass, and with iron, and
with very much raiment: divide the
spoil of your enemies with your
brethren.
9 And the children of Reuben and
22 10] JOSHUA. [22 28
the children of Gad and the half! B.c. 1444.
tribe of Manasseh returned, and de-
parted from the children of Israel
out of Shiloh, which is in the land
of Canaan, to go unto the country
of Gilead, to the land of their pos-
session, whereof they were pos-
sessed, according to the word of the
19 Notwithstanding, if the land of
your possession be unclean, then
pass ye over unto the land of the
possession of the Lorp, wherein
the Lorp’s tabernacle dwelleth,
and take possession among us: but
rebel not against the LORD, nor re-
bel against us, in building you an
LorD by the hand of Moses. altar beside the altar of the LorpD
10 And when they came unto the our God.
borders of Jordan, that are in the 20 Did not Achan the son of
land of Canaan, the children of Zerah commit a trespass in the
Reuben and the children of Gad accursed thing, and wrath fell on
and the half tribe of Manasseh built all the congregation of Israel? and
a an altar by Jordan, a great that man perished not alone in his.
altar to see to. iniquity.
11 And the children of Israel 21 Then the children of Reuben
rd oe pote ee. ee eee es ees of mie and ihe
euben and the children o a tribe o anasseh answered,
and the half tribe of Manasseh and said unto the heads of the
have built an altar over against the thousands of Israel,
land of Canaan, in the borders of 22 The Lorp God of gods, the
ne oy ee passage of the chil- Sane Pe gs yee he ae and
dren of Israel. stael he s now; if it be in
12 And when the children of Israel rebellion, or if in transgression
heard of it, the whole congregation against the LORD, (save us not this
of the children of Israel gathered|¢ Deut-13.12; j|day,
themselves together at Shiloh, to go| J¥4-20-122- | 23 That we have built us an altar
up to war against them. b Ex.6.25; to turn from following the LorD, or
13 And the children of Israel sent} Num.25.7. [if to offer thereon burnt-offering or
unto the children of Reuben, and to} - neut.12. émeat-offering, or if me offer peace-
the “pean of Gad and to a inal 5-14. create besa et the LorD him-
trib , into t and o} : self require it;
bGilead, Phinchas the son of Elea-|@Eit meal | 24 And if we have not rather
zar the priest, e Psa.19.9, done it for fear of this thing, saying,
14 And with him ten princes, of}; 7oete. In time to come your children.
each chief house a prince through-| ;, 34, might speak unto our children,
out all the tribes.of Israel; and each saying, What have ye to do with the:
one was an head of the ‘house of|gDeut.12.5,6. |LORD God of Israel?
their fathers among the thousands 25 For the Lorp hath made Jor-
dan a border between us and you,
fF ael. 1
Bes And they came unto the chil- ye children of Reuben and children
dren of Reuben, and to the children of Gad; ye have no part in the
of Gad, and to the half tribe of Ma- LORD: so shall your children make
nasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and our children cease from ‘fearing the
they spake with them, saying, LorD. ;
16 Thus saith the whole congrega- 26 Therefore we said, Let us now
tion of the Lorp, What trespass prepare to build us an altar, not for
is this that ye have committed burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice:
against the God of Israel, to turn 27 But that it may be a fwitness
away. this day from following the between us, and you, and our gene-
Lorp, in that ye have builded you rations after us, that we might do
‘an altar, that ye might rebel this the service of the ‘LorD before him
day against the LorpD? with our burnt-offerings, and with
17 Is the iniquity of Peor too our sacrifices, and with our peace-
little -for us, from which we are not offerings; that your children may
cleansed until this day, although not say to our children in time to
A jague in the congrega- come, Ye have no part in the Lor.
Beer ross, i 28 Therefore said we, that it shall
18 But that ye must turn away be, when they should so say to us
this day from following the LoRD? or to our generations in time to
and it will be, seeing ye rebel to come, that we may say again, Be-
day against the ed that to mor- hold the pattern of the altar of the
row he will be wroth with the whole LORD, which our fathers made, not
congregation of Israel. for burnt-offerings, nor for sacri-
,
22 29
JOSHUA.
fices; but it 7s a °witness between|_ B.C. 1444.
us and you.
29 God forbid that we should re-
bel against the Lorb, and turn this
day from following the Lorpb, to
build an altar for burnt-offerings,
for 'meat-offerings, or for sacrifices,
beside the altar of the LoRD our
God that is before his tabernacle.
30 And when Phinehas the priest,
and the princes of the congregation
and heads of the thousands of Israel
which were with him, heard the
words that the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the
children of Manasseh spake, it
pleased them. !
31 And Phinehas the son of Elea-
zar the priest said unto the children
of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the children of Ma-
nasseh, This day we perceive that
the ‘LORD is among us, because ye
have not committed this trespass
4 Behold, I have divided unto you
by lot these nations that remain, to
be an inheritance for your tribes,
from Jordan, with all the nations
that I have cut off, even unto the
great sea westward.
5 And the LorpD your God, he
shall expel them from before you,
and drive them from out of your
sight; and ye shall possess their
land, as the LORD your God hath
“promised unto you.
6 Be ye therefore very courageous
to keep and to do all that is written
in the book of the law of Moses,
that ye turn not aside therefrom to
the right hand or fo the left;
7 That ye come not among these
nations, these that remain among
you; neither make ‘mention of the
name of their gods, nor cause to
sweat by them, neither serve them,
nor bow yourselves unto them:
8 But cleave unto the LorD your
against the LorD: now ye have de- oe God, as ye have done unto this
livered the children of Israel out of ; ay. ‘
the hand of the Lorp. b Lit. meal, 9 For the LorpD hath driven out
32 And Phinehas the son of
Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reu-
ben, and from the children of Gad,
¢ Lev.26.11,12;
Zech.8.23.
di.e. a wit-
from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man
hath been able to stand before you
unto this day.
jand of Conan, to thechirenel oo Tee eee
5 ousand: for the Lorp your God,
peels and brought them word|§¢ Josh.22.4. be ze is that Bebteth for you, as he
n. ‘ . |fDeut.31.28; {hath promised you.
poe pad the chi plese chil- tt Chr.26.1, 11 Take good heed therefore unto
Sorel Beet Ga So Gaueten |g paans...(vOUDelves, that.ve love the Lon
tend to go up against them in bat-|s Num.33.53. 12 Else if: ye do in any wise go
tle, to destroy the land wherein the IPiRI6A: back, and cleave unto the remnant
ee wee and Gad dwelt.| * pos.2-i7, of these nations, even these that
Be luhetchiidnn alice nite marines oie en ana
e
altar “Ed: for it shall be a witness of coed theene sma ee
between us that the LorD is God. 13 Know for a certainty that the
Lorp yous, Ged will no more drive
CHAP 23. out any of these nations from be-
TER 23 '|fore you; but they shall be snares
The last counsels of Joshua. and traps unto you, and scourges
nS t in your sides, and thorns in your
Nate Gee tee sod land ahitk ihe roe
‘rest unto Israel from all their ene- God hath given you. eae
mies round about, that Joshua 14 And, behold, this day I am
waxed old and stricken in age. going the way of all the earth: and
2 And Joshua /called for all Israel, ye know in all your hearts and in
and for their elders, and for their all your souls, that not one thing
pepe lenceria hid the Lose Sea
» aL d your spake
on niges piticken da bees ies concerning you; all are come to
sLoRD your God hath done toll bath failed theneee ats Oe ae
€se nations because of you; for 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, —
PRED your God is he that hath that as all good things are come
you. upon you, which the Lorp your —
|
>
q
God promised you; so shall the
Lorp bring upon you all evil
things, until he have destroyed
you from off this good land which
the LorpD your God hath given
you.
16 When ye have transgressed
the covenant of the LorD your
God, which he commanded you,
and have gone and served other
gods, and bowed yourselves to
them; then shall the “anger of the
LorpD be kindled against you, and
ye shall perish quickly from off the
good land which he hath given unto|
you.
CHAPTER 24.
Joshua’s last charge to Israel:
his death.
ND Joshua gathered all the
bcalled for the elders of Israel, and
for their heads, and for their judges,
and for their officers; and they pre-
‘sented themselves before God.
2 And Joshua said unto all the
people, Thus saith the LorD God of
Israel, “Your fathers dwelt on the
other side of the flood in old time,
even Terah, the father of Abraham,
and the father of Nachor: and they
served other gods.
3 And I ¢took your father Abra-
ham from the other side of the flood,’
and led him throughout all the land
of Canaan, and multiplied his seed,
and gave him Isaac.
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob
and Esau: and I gave unto Esau
mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob
and his children went down into
Egypt. a
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron,
and I plagued Egypt, according to
that which I did among them: and
afterward I brought you out.
6 And I brought your fathers out
of Egypt: and ye came unto the
sea; and the Egyptians pursued
after your fathers with chariots and
‘horsemen unto the Red sea. .
7 And when they cried unto the
‘Lorp, he put darkness between
you and the Egyptians, and brought
‘the sea upon them, and covered
‘them; and your eyes have seen
what I have done in Egypt: and ye
dwelt in the wilderness a long
“season.
8 AndTI brought you into the land
‘of the Amorites, which dwelt on the
other side Jordan; and they fought
with you; and I gave them into
your hand, that ye might possess
JOSHUA.
B.C. 1427.
tribes of Israel to Shechem, and|¢ 2 Ki.24.20.
b Josh.23.2.
c Gen.11.26,
d Gen.12.1.
e Israel (his-
g Ezk.20.39.
h Gen.18.19;
Psa.101.2;
1 Tim.3.4,5.
# Psa.116.16.
[24 19
their land; and I destroyed them
rom before you.
9 Then’Balak the son of Zippor,
king of Moab, arose and warred
against ‘Israel, and sent and called
Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
10 But I would not hearken unto
Balaam; therefore he blessed you
still: so I delivered you out of his
hand.
11 And ye went over Jordan, and
came unto Jericho: and the men of
Jericho fought against you, the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
jand the Girgashites, the Hivites,
and the Jebusites; and I delivered
them into your hand.
12 And I sent the hornet before
you, which drave them out from be-
fore you, even the two kings of the
Amorites; but not with thy sword,
nor with thy bow.
13 And I have given you a land
for which ye did not labour, and
cities which ye built not, and ye
dwell in them; of the vineyards
and oliveyards which ye planted
not do ye eat.
14 Now therefore ‘fear the LorD,
and serve him in sincerity and in
truth: and put away the gods which
your fathers served on the other
side of the flood, and in Egypt; and
serve ye the LORD.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to
serve the LORD, choose you this day
whom ye will serve; whether the
gods which your fathers served that
were on the other side of the flood,
or the gods of the Amorites, in
whose land ye dwell: “but as for
me and my house, we will serve the
LorD.
16 And the people answered and
said, God forbid that we should for-
sake the LORD, to serve other gods;
17 For the LorD our God, he it is
that brought us up and our fathers
out of the land of Egypt, from the
house of bondage, and which did
those great signs in our sight, and
preserved us in all the way wherein
we went, and among all the people
through whom we passed:
18 And the LorD drave out from
before us all the people, even the
Amorites which dwelt in the land:
itherefore will we also serve the
Lorp; for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said unto the peo-
‘ple, Ye cannot serve the Lorn: for
he zs an holy God; he is a jealous
God; he will not forgive your trans-
gressions nor your sins.
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a witness unto you, lest ye dent
your God. :
28 So Joshua let the people depart,
every man unto his inheritance. —
The death of Joshua.
29 And it Scame to pass after these
things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
the servant of the LorbD, died, be-
ing an hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the
border of his “inheritance in Tim-
nath-serah, which iss in mount
Ephraim, on the north side of the
hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel served the Lorp all
the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders that ‘overlived Joshua,
g Israel (his. |@24 which had known all the works
tory). vs. |Of the LorpD, that he had done for
29-33; Jud. Israel.
20 If ye forsake the Lorp, and
serve strange gods, then he will
turn and do you hurt, and consume
you, "after that he hath done you
B.C. 1427.
good.
21 And the people said unto
Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the
LORD.
22 And Joshua said unto the peo-
ple, Ye are witnesses against your-
selves that ye have “chosen you the
LorpD, to serve him. And they
said, We are witnesses.
23 Now therefore ¢put away,
said he, the strange gods which are
among you, and incline your heart
unto the LorD God of Israel.
24 And the people ‘said unto
Joshua, The Lorp our God will
we serve, and his voice will we
obey.
a1 Chr.28.9;
Ezra 8.22;
Isa.65.11,12.
6 Ezk.18.24.
c Psa.119.173.
d Jud.10.15,16;
1 Sam.7.3;
2 Cor.6,16-18.
€ Deut.5.28,
2
f Jud.9.6.
25 So Joshua made a covenant Gens 23, | 32 And the Jbones of Joseph,
with the people that day, and set} Rom.11.26.) |Which the children of Israel brought
them a statute and an ordinance in up out of Egypt, buried they in She-
Shechem. , h Josh.19.50. |chem, in a parcel of ground which
_26 And Joshua wrote these words} ; profongea |Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor
in the book of the law of God, and! their days ithe father of Shechem for an hun-
took a great stone, and set it up| ter dred pieces of silver: and it became
there under an oak, that was by|;Genso.2s; |the inheritance of the children of
the sanctuary of the Lorp. Heb.11.22. | Joseph.
27 And Joshua said unto all the 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron
people, Behold, this stone shall be died; and they buried him in a hill
a witness unto us; for it hath heard ithat pertained to Phinehas his
all the words of the LorD which he son, which was given him in mount
spake unto us: it shall be therefore Ephraim.
11] THE BOOK OF JUDGES. "*
Tus book takes its name from the thirteen men raised up to deliver Israel in the
declension and disunion which followed the death of Joshua. Through these men
Jehovah continued His personal government of Israel. The key-verse to the condi-
tion of Israel is (17. 6), “Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”
Two facts stand out—the utter failure of Israel; the persistent grace of Jehovah.
In the choice of the Judges is illustrated Zechariah’s great word (4. 6), “‘not by
might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord’’; and Paul’s word (1 Cor.
ites , “not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are
called.” :
The book records seven apostasies, seven servitudes to seven heathen nations,
seven deliverances. The spiritual parallel is found in the history of the professing
church since the Apostles, in the rise of sects and the lost sense of the unity of the
one body (1 Cor. 12. 12, 13).
Judges is in two parts: I. 1-16. inclusive; key-verse, 2. 18. II. 17.-21.; key-
verse, 21. 25.
The events recorded in Judges cover a period of 305 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1. B.c. 1425. {taken it, and smitten it with the
edge of the sword, and set the city
The incomplete victory of Judah. cnshiresa
iN eas after the *death of Joshua 9 And ‘afterward the children of
it came to pass, that the chil- Judah went down to fight against
dren of Israel asked the LorD, the Canaanites, that dwelt in the
saying, Who shall go up for us mountain, and in the south, and in
against the Canaanites first, to the valley.
fight against them? 10 And Judah went against the
2 And the Lorp said, ®Judah Canaanites that dwelt in ¢Hebron:
shall go up: behold, I have delivered (now the name of Hebron before
the land into his hand. was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew
3 And Judah said unto Simeon Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
his brother, Come up with me into 11 And from thence he went
my lot, that we may fight against against the inhabitants of Debir:
the Canaanites; and I likewise will 3 and the name of Debir before was
go with thee into thy lot. So @ Josh.24.29. | Kirjath-sepher:
Simeon went with him. b Gen.49.8,9; 12 And ‘Caleb said, He that
4 And Judah went up; and the| Rev-5.5. smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh
Lorp delivered the Canaanites and] , josh.tt.21, fit, to him will I give Achsah my
the Perizzites into their hand: and| - daughter to wife.
they slew of them in Bezek ten|¢ Josh.15.13. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz,
thousand men. eJosh.1s.i7, |Caleb’s younger brother, took it:
5 And they‘found Adoni-bezek in and he gave him Achsah his daugh-
Bezek: and they fought against) fDeut343. {ter to wife.
him, and they slew the Canaanites 14 And it came to pass, when she
and the Perizzites. came to him, that she moved him
6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they to ask of her father a field: and she
pursued after him, and caught him, lighted from off her ass; and Caleb
and cut off his thumbs and his great said unto her, What wilt thou?
toes. 15 And she said unto him, Give
7 And Adoni-bezek said, Three- me a blessing: for thou hast given
score and ten kings, having their me a south land; give me also
thumbs and their great toes cut off, springs of water. And Caleb gave
gathered their meat under my her the upper springs and the
table: as I have done, so God hath nether springs.
sequited me. And they brought him 16 And the children of the Kenite,
to Jerusalem, and there he died. Moses’ father in law, went up out
8 Now the children of Judah had of the city of fpalm trees with the
fought against Jerusalem, and had children of Judah into the wilder-
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ness of Judah, which Jieth in the
south of Arad; and they went and
dwelt among the people. :
17 And Judah went with Simeon
his brother, and they slew the Ca-
naanites that inhabited Zephath,
and utterly destroyed it. And the
name of the city was called Hormah.
18 Also Judah took Gaza with
the coast thereof, and Askelon
with the coast thereof, and Ekron
with the coast thereof.
19 And the LorpD was with Judah;
and he drave out the inhabitants
of the mountain; but could not drive
out the inhabitants of the valley,
because they had chariots of iron.
20 And they gave *Heébron unto
Caleb, as Moses said: and he ex-
pelled thence: the three sons of
Anak
The incomplete victory of
Benjamin.
21 And the children of Benjamin
did not drive out the Jebusites that
inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebu-
JUDGES.
sites dwell with the children of Ben-|@ J°sh-14-9,14.
jamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
22 And the house of Joseph, they
also went up against Beth-el: and
the LoRD was with them.
b Josh.2.12;
1 Sam.30.15.
¢2 Ki.7.6.
_23 And the house of Joseph sent! d Heb.1.4,
to descry Beth-el.
of the city before was Luz.)
24 And the spies saw a man come
forth out of the city, and they said
unto him, Shew us, we pray thee,
the entrance into the city, and Swe
will shew thee mercy.
25 And when he shewed them the
entrance into the city, they smote
the city with the edge of the sword;
but they let go the man and all his
family.
26 Andthe man went into the land
of the “Hittites, and built a city, and
called the name thereof Luz: which
is the name thereof unto this day.
The incomplete victory of
Manasseh,
27 Neither did Manasseh drive
out the inhabitants of Beth-shean
and her towns, nor Taanach and her
towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor
and her towns, nor the inhabitants
of Ibleam and her towns, nor the
inhabitants of Megiddo and: her
towns: but the Canaanites would
dwell in that land.
28 And it came to pass, when Is-
tael was strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, and did not
utterly drive them out.
(Now the name| 7°f¢
e Gen.17.7;
Ex.23.20;,
Psa.89.34.
f Psa.106.34.
_ B.C. 1425.
29 Neither did Ephraim drive out
the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer;
but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer
among them.
30 Neither did Zebulun drive out
the inkabitants of Kitron, nor the
inhabitants of Nahalol; but the
Canaanites dwelt among them, and
became tributaries.
31 Neither did Asher drive out
the inhabitants of Accho, nor the
inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab,
nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor
of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
32 But the Asherites dwelt among
the Canaanites, the inhabitants of
the land: for they did not drive
them out.
33 Neither did Naphtali drive out
the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh,
nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath;
but he dwelt among the Canaan-
ites, the inhabitants of the land:
nevertheless the inhabitants of
Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath
became tributaries unto them.
34 And the Amorites forcea the
children of Dan into the mountain:
for they would not suffer them to
come down to the valley:
35 But the Amorites would dwell
in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in
Shaalbim: yet the hand of the
house of Joseph prevailed, so that
they became tributaries.
36. And the coast of the Amorites
was from the going up to Akrab-
bim, from the rock, and upward.
CHAPTER 2Z.
Review of the Israelitish invasion
of Canaan to the deathof Joshua.
ND an ¢angel of the LorpD came
+ up from Gilgal to Bochim, and
said, I made you to go up out of
Egypt, and have brought you unto
the land which I sware unto your
fathers; and I ‘said, I will never
break my covénant with you.
2 And ye shall make no league
with the inhabitants of this land;
ye shall throw down their altars:
Jbut ye have not obeyed my voice:
why have ye done this?
3. Wherefore I also said, I will not
drive them out from kefore you; but
they shall be as thorns in your
sides, and their gods shall be a
snare unto you.
And it came to pass, when the
angel of the Lorp spake these
words unto all the children of Is-
rael, that the peopie lifted up their
voice, and wept.
Sh JUDGES. (222
5 And they called the name of] BC.1425. jand as the LorpD had sworn unto
that place *Bochim: and they sac- them: and they were greatly dis-
geces oe wea ae eae : tressed.
nd when Joshua had let the . .
people go, the children of Israel Institution of the Judges.
went every man unto his inheri- 16 Nevertheless the LorpD raised
tance to possess the land. up 4judges, which delivered them
7 And the people served the LORD out of the hand of those that
all the days of Joshua, and all the spoiled them.
days of the elders that outlived 17 And yet they would not
Joshua, who had seen all the great hearken unto their judges, but they
works of the LorRD, that he did for went a whoring after other gods,
Israel. and bowed themselves unto them:
8 And 4Joshua, the son of Nun, they turned quickly out of the way
the servant of the Lorb, died, which their fathers walked in, obey-
being an hundred and ten years old. ing the commandments of the
9 And they buried him in the bor-| . Lorp; but they did not so.
der of his inheritance in “Timnath-|* ** “°°°°** | 18 And when the Lorp raised
heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on|» Israel (his- |them up 2judges, then the LORD was
the north side of the hill Gaash. ae Ne with the judge, and delivered them
10 And also all that generation] 3)°§ (Gen, |Out of the hand of their enemies all
were gathered unto their fathers:) 12.2,3; Rom. |the days of the judge: for it ‘re-
and there arose another generation} 11.26.) pented the LorD because of their
after them, which knew not the], yosn19.50, |groanings by reason of them that
LORD, nor yet the works which he| Timnath: oppressed them and vexed them.
had done for Israel. Ba sezahe _19 And it came to pass, when the
11 And the children of Israel did|z xingdom |Judgee was dead, that they re-
evil in the sight of the Lorp, and| (.T.). vs. |turned, and corrupted themselves
served Baalim: 16-18; 1 Sam.) more than their fathers, in following
12 And they forsook the Lorp| &3-7-,‘S°" other gods to serve them, and to
God of their fathers, which brought] 12.8:) bow down unto them; they ceased
them out of the land of Egypt, and not from their own doings, nor from
followed other gods, of the gods of |/°7*028"% their stubborn way.
the people that were round about Result of Israel’s incomplete
them, and bowed themselves unto ebedistice
them, and provoked the LORD to
anger. 20 And the anger of the LorpD
13 And they forsook the Lorp, was hot against Israel; and he said,
and served Baal and 1Ashtaroth. Because that this people hath trans-
14 And the anger of the LoRD was gressed my covenant which I com-
hot against Israel, and he delivered manded their fathers, and have not
them into the hands of spoilers that hearkened unto my voice; }
spoiledthem, and he sold them into . 21 Ialso will not henceforth drive
the hands of their enemies round out any from before them of the na-
about, so that they could not any tions which Joshua left when hedied:
longer stand before their enemies. 22 That through them I may
15 Whithersoever they went out, prove Israel, whether they will keep
the hand of the LORD was against the way of the LorD to walk there-
them for evil, as the LorpD had said, in, as their fathers did keep 7t, or not.
1 Ashtaroth, plural of Ashtoreth (1 Ki. 11. 5), were figures of Ashtoreth the Phceni-
cian goddess (the Astarte of the Greeks), which were worshipped as idols during
times of spiritual declension in Israel (Jud. 10. 6; 1 Sam. 7.3.4; 12.103 31. 10; 1 Ki, 11.
5, 33; 2 Ki. 23. 13). Jeremiah refers (44. 18, 19) to Ashtoreth as the “queen of
heaven.” ‘
2 The judges were tribesmen in Israel upon whom the Lord laid the burden of
Israel’s apostate and oppressed state. They were the spiritual ancestors of the
prophets; that is to say, men raised up of God, the theocratic King, to represent
Him in the nation. They were patriots and religious reformers. because national
security and prosperity were inseparably connected with loyalty and obedience to
Jehovah. Not one of the chosen deliverers had anything whereof to glory in the
flesh. Othniel was. but the son of the younger brother of Caleb; Ehud was a left-
handed man and an assassin; Shamgar, a rustic with an ox-goad; Deborah, a woman;
Gideon, of am obscure family in the smallest tribe, etc. Each of the classes men-
tioned in 1 Cor. 1. 27, 28 is illustrated among the judges.
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23 Therefore the LorD left those
nations, without driving them out
hastily; neither delivered he them
‘into the hand of Joshua.
CHAPTER 3.
OW these are the nations which
the LorD left, to prove Israel
‘by them, even as many of Israel as
had notknownall thewarsof Canaan;
2 Only that the generations of the
children of Israel might know, toa
teach them war, at the least such
as before knew nothing thereof: :
3 Namely, five lords of the Philis-
tines, and all the Canaanites, and
the Sidonians, and the Hivites that
dwelt in mount Lebanon, from
mount Baal-hermon unto the enter-
‘ing in of Hamath.
‘by them,
“ments of the LORD, which he com-
manded their fathers by the hand
-of Moses.
The first apostasy and servitude.
5 And the children of Israel dwelt
-among the Canaanites, Hittites,
and Amorites, and Perizzites, and
Hivites, and Jebusites:
6 And they took their daughters
to be their wives, and gave their
-daughters to their sons, and served
their gods.
7 And the children of Israel did
evil in the sight of the Lorb, and
forgat the LorD their God, and
served Baalim and the 1¢groves.
8 Therefore the anger of the LorD
was hot against Israel, and he sold
them into the hand of Chushan-
rishathaim king of Mesopotamia:
and the children of Israel served
Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
Othniel, the first Judge.
9 And when the children of Israel
cried unto the Lorp, the Lorp
raised up a $deliverer to the chil-
dren of Israel, who delivered them,
even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Ca-
leb’s younger brother.
10 And the ‘Spirit of the Lorp
came upon him, and he judged Is-
rael, and went out to war: and the
Lorp delivered Chushan-risha-
JUDGES.
B.C. 1406.
thaim king of Mesopotamia into
his hand; and his hand prevailed
against Chushan-rishathaim. F
11 And the land had rest forty
years. And Othniel the son of Ke-
naz died.
j The second apostasy and
servitude.
12 And the children of Israel did
evil again in the sight of the LorD:
and,the ¢<LorD strengthened Eglon
the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had done evil in the
sight of the LorD.
13 And he gathered unto him the
children of Ammon and Amalek,
and went and smote Israel, and
possessed the city of palm trees.
14 So the children of Israel served
Eglon the king of Moab eighteen
years.
Ehud, the second Judge.
15 But when the children of Israel
jcried unto the Lorp, the Lorp
raised themi up a deliverer, Ehud
the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man
lefthanded: and by him the chil-
dren of Israel sent a present unto
Eglon the king of Moab.
16 But Ehud made him a dagger
which had two edges, of a ‘cubit
length; and he did gird it under his
raiment upon his right thigh.
17 And he brought the present
unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eg-
lon was a very fat man.
18 And when he had made an end
to offer the present, he sent away
the people that bare the present.
19 But he himself turned again
from the quarries that were by
Gilgal, and said, I have ‘a secret
errand unto thee, O king: who said,
Keep silence. And all that stood
by him went out from him.
aSee Deut.
16.21
6 saviour.
¢ Holy Spirit.
Jud.6.34.
e About 18 in.
21 And Ehud put forth his left
hand, and took the dagger from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his
belly:
22 And the haft also went in after
1 Groves, like high places, have been associated with idolatrous worship from
time immemorial.
there (Deut. 16. 21).
The Heb. asherah, trans.
This idol seems often to have
of which is constantly found on Assyrian monuments.
‘such groves were associated with every form of idolatry (Cee) BRA ia,
See, also, “high places” (1 Ki. 3. 2, note), and
“grove,”’ means also the idol enshrined
been a sacred tree, the figure
In apostate Israel, Se
17).
“Ashtaroth,”’ Jud. 2. 13, note.
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the blade: and the fat closed upon} _B.-C- 1336.
the blade, so that he could not .
draw the dagger out of his belly;
and the dirt came out.
23 Then Ehud went forth through
the porch, and shut the doors of the
parlour upon him, and locked them.
24 When he was: gone out, his|
servants came; and when they saw
that, behold, the doors of the par-
lour were locked, they said, Surely
he 4covereth his feet in his summer
chamber.
95 And they tarried till they were |
ashamed: and, behold, he opened
not the doors of the parlour; there-
fore they took a key, and opened
them: and, behold, their lord was|
fallen down dead on the earth.
twenty years he mightily oppressed
the children of Israel.
Deborah and Barak, the fourth
and fitth Judges.
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the
wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel
at that time.
5S And she dwelt under the palm
tree of /Deborah between Ramah
and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and
the children of Israel came up to
her for judgment.
6 And she sent and called Barak
the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-
naphtali, and said unto him, Hath
not the Lorp God of Israel com-
jmanded, saying, Go and draw to-
ward mount Tabor, and take with
,
26 And Ehud escaped while they thee ten thousand men of the chil-
tarried, and passed beyond the dren of Naphtali and of the children
quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. of Zebulun?
27 And it came to pass, when he 7 And éI will draw unto thee to
was come, that he blew a trumpet|a 1 Sam.24.3. the river Kishon Sisera, the captain
in the mountain of Ephraim, and), 5.45. of Jabin’s army, with his chariots
the children of Israel went down|’-"“°” and his multitude; and I will de-
with him from the mount, and he}c Jud.2.19. liver him into thine hand.
before them. is giead tone 8 And Barak said unto her, If
28 And he said unto them, Follow|” p.a.3'9. It thou wilt go with me, then I will go:
iter met for tne te the Moabites| comers only See ON aoe
ee ee re a baie thee ee
Ree en ee ees nt) |/ OSS... befor Sener ee
29 And they slew of Moab at that| ¢ Ex.14.4. shall sell Sisera into the hand of a
time about ten thousand men, all woman. And Deborah arose, and
justy, and all men of valour; and hvs18,21. | went with Barak to Kedesh.
there escaped not a man. i Deut.20.1. 10 And Barak called Zebulun and
= 7 7t
520 So, Moab, was subdued that; garnered by |N*Myith ton thousand men at is
the land had rest fourscore years. lamation. \feet:and Deborah went up with him.
Sh tie end Tud 11 Now Heber the Kenite, which
Beas dereees he Bint duces. was of the children of Hobab the
~ 31 And after him was 'Shamgar meee ras of Me had severed
the son of Anath, which slew of the imself from the Kenites, an
Philistines six hundred men with pitched his tent. unto the plain of
an ox goad: and he also delivered Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
Israel. 12 And they shewed Sisera that
Barak the son of Abinoam was gone
CHAPTER 4. lup to mount Tabor.
Th “ed d 13 And Sisera /gathered together
e third apostasy an all his chariots, even nine hundred
servitude. 4 chariots of iron, and all the people
AND the children of Israel “again that were with him, from Harosheth
did evil in the sight of the of oe Gentiles unto the river of
Lorpb, when Ehud was dead. ishon. '
2 And the LorD moe mn into bo page oun ae
the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, p; for this 7s the day in which the
that reigned in Hazor; the eapeain Loe delivers’ Sisera into
of whose host was Sisera, whic thine hand: 1s no e LorpD gone
dwelt in ‘Harosheth of the Gentiles. out before thee? So Barak went
3 And the children of Israel cried ae ae et eae and ten
to the Lorp: for he had nine thousand men after him. *'
Dot cts “ 15 And the Lord discomfited Sis-
hundred chariots of iron; and
291
, « ‘ Ua i - * n <5 = NES) ae
7 (cj | JUDGES. [516
avenging of Israel, when the peonian
willingly offered themselves.
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O
ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto
the LorbD; I will sing praise to the
LorpD God of Israel.
4 Lorb, when thou wentest out
of Seir, when thou marchedst out of
the field of Edom, the earth trem-
bled, and the heavens dropped, the
clouds also dropped water.
5 The mountains ’melted from
before the LorD, even that Sinai
from before the LorD God of Israel.
6 Inthe days of “Shamgar the son
of Anath, in the days of Jael, the
highways were unoccupied; and the
travellers walked through byways.
7 The inhabitants of the vil-
lages ceased, they ceased in Israel,
until that I Deborah arose, that I
arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then was
war in the gates: was there a shield
or spear seen among forty thousand
era, and all his chariots, and all| B.C. 1296. __
his host, with the edge of the sword} ~
before Barak; so that Sisera lighted
down off his chariot, and fled away
on his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the
chariots, and after the host, unto
Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all
the host of Sisera fell upon the edge
of the sword; and there was not a
man left.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on
his feet to the tent of Jael the wife
of Heber the Kenite: for there was
peace between Jabin the king of
Hazor and the house of Heber the
Kenite.
18 And Jael went out to meet Sis-
era, and said unto him, Turn in,
my lord, turn in to me; fear not.
And when he had turned in unto
her into the tent, she covered him
with a mantle.
19 And he said unto her, Give me,
I pray thee, a little water to drink;
for I am thirsty. And she opened in Israel?
a bottle of milk, and gave him 9 My heart is toward the gov-
De a ae pect Ex.15.1; aS of he that payors ae
gain he said unto her, Stan a.18, selves willingly amon e people.
in the door of the tent, and it shall aoe 3,4, |Bless ye the Lose “ ste!
be, when any man doth come and Fre bs 10 Speak, ye that ride on white
enquire of thee, and say, Is there|} fowed. asses, ye that sit in judgment, and
any man here? that thou shalt say, ¢ Jud3.31 walk by the way. 7
No. ancl watt li They that are delivered from
21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took ald righteous- |the noise of archers in the places of
nail of the tent, and took an ham-| esses. drawing water, there shall they re-
mer in her hand, and went softly) ¢ psa.103, hearse the ¢righteous acts of the
unto him, and smote the nail into} 1,2. LoRD, even the righteous acts
his temples, and fastened it into the toward the inhabitants of his vil-
ground: for he was fast asleep and lages in Israel: then shall the people
Ron dudcbebotd teotsteckpinstned P iz seApakeraiaiece MaDe
y } , aS Barak pursue wake, awake, eborah;:
boa ya ena ees to meet him, awake, awake, utter a song: arise,
Eilehew! thes lhe eran wiel tne cha son OR ATO
ive, thou son o Fi
thou seekest. And when he came 13 Then hemade him that reid
oy her en t, behold, Sisera lay eth have dominion over the nobles
ore , and the nail was in his tem- ts the re the LorD made
; me have omin
23 So God subdued on that day mighty. ae
Jabin the king of Canaan before the 14 Out of Ephraim was there a
children of Israel. root of them against Amalek:
24 And the hand of the children thee, Henjanine among agent
of Israel prospered, and prevailed out of Machir came down governors,
against Jabin the king of Canaan, and out of Zebulun they that handle
until they had destroyed Jabin king the pen of the writer,
of Canaan. 15 And the princes of Issachar
were with Deborah; even Issachar,
CHAPTER 5. and also Barak: he was sent on foot
The song of Deborah and Barak. cee = be gh A For the divisions
euben
ee sang Deborah and Barak thoughts of Hearted nie aoa
no one Bese of Abinoam on that 16 Why abodest thou among the
sheepfolds, to hear the bleati f
2 Praise ye the Lorp for the the flocks? For the divisionsto®: Reus
292
ben there were great searchings of
heart.
17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan:
and why did Dan remain in ships?
Asher continued on the sea shore,
and abode in his breaches.
18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a
people that jeoparded their lives
unto the death in the high places
of the field. ;
19 The kings came and fought,
then fought the kings of Canaan in
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo;
them away, that ancient river. the
river Kishon. Omy soul, thou hast
trodden down strength.
22 Then were the horsehoofs
broken by the means of the prans-
i the pransings of their mighty
ings,
ones.
23 Curse ye Meroz, said the
4angel of the LORD, curse ye bit-
terly the inhabitants thereof; be-
cause they came not to the help of
the LorD, to the help of the LoRD
against the mighty.
24 Blessed above women_ shall
Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite
be, blessed shall she be above
women in the tent.
25 He asked water, and she gave
him milk; she brought forth butter
in a lordly dish. .
26 She put her hand to the nail,
and her right hand to the work-
men’s hammer; and with the ham-
mer she smote Sisera, she smote
off his head, when she had pierced
and stricken through his temples.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell,
he lay down: at her feet he bowed,
he fell: where he bowed, there he
fell down dead. f ;
28 The mother of Sisera looked
out at a window, and cried through
the lattice, Why is his chariot so
long in coming? why tarry the
wheels of his chariots?
JUDGES. ©
B.C. 1296.
a Heb.1.4,
note.
b her words.
¢.Psa.92.9.
d Psa.37.6.
e Psa.50.15;
Hos.5.15.
“99 Her wise ladies answered her,}
yea, she returned “answer to her-
self,
30 Have they not sped? have they
not divided the prey; to every man
a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey
of divers colours, a prey of divers
colours of needlework, of divers
colours of needlework on. both sides,
meet for the necks of them that
take the spoil? ; ‘
31 Solet all thine enemies ‘perish,
293
O Lorp: but Jet them that love
him be as the ¢sun when he goeth
forth in his might. And the land
had rest forty years.
CHAPTER 6.
‘|The fourth apostasy and servi-
tude.
AND the children of Israel. did
evil in the sight of the LORD:
and the Lorp delivered them into
the hand of Midian seven years.
2 And the hand of Midian pre-
vailed against Israel: and because
of the Midianites the children of
Israel made them the dens which
are in the mountains, and caves,
and strong holds.
3 And so it was, when Israel had
sown, that the Midianites came up,
and the Amalekites, and the chil-
dren of the east, even they came
up against them;
4 And they encamped against
them, and destroyed the increase
of the earth, till thou come unto
Gaza, and left no sustenance for
Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, mor
ass.
5 For they came up with their cat-
tle and their tents, and they came
as grasshoppers for multitude; for
both they and their camels were
without number: and they entered
into the land to destroy it.
6 And Israel was greatly impov-
Jerished because of the Midianites;
and the children of Israel ‘cried
unto the LORD.
7 And it came to pass, when the
children of Israel cried unto the
Lorp because of the Midianites,-
8 That the LorD sent a prophet
unto the children of Israel, which
said unto them, Thus saith the
Lorp God of Israel, I brought you
up from Egypt, and brought you
forth out of the house of bondage;
9 And i delivered you out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and out of
the hand of all that oppressed you,
and drave them out from _ before
you, and gave you their land;
10 And I said unto you, I am the
Lorp your God; fear not the gods
of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell: but ye have not obeyed my
voice.
Gideon, the sixth Judge.
11 And there came an “angel of
the LorD, and sat under an oak
which was in Ophrah, that per-
tained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite:
6 12] * JUDGES.
[6 34
and his son Gideon threshed wheat] B.c. 1249.
by the winepress, to hide it from
the Midianites.
.12 And the angel of the Lorp
<7!appeared unto him, and said unto
him, The LORD is with thee, thou
mighty man of valour.
13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh
my Lord, “if the LorD be with us,
why. then is all this befallen us? and
where be all his miracles which
our fathers told us of, saying, Did
not the LorD bring us up from
Egypt? but now the Lorp hath
forsaken us, and delivered us into!
the hands of the Midianites.
14 And the LorD looked upon'
him, and said, Go in this thy might, |
and thou shalt save Israel from ey
hand of the Midianites: have not I
sent thee?
15 And he said unto him, Oh my
Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?
behold, my family is poor in Ma-
nasseh, and I am the least in my
father’s house. |
16 And the LorD said unto him,
Surely I will be with thee, and thou
shalt smite the Midianites as one
man.
17 And he said unto him, If now I
have found grace in thy sight, then
shew me a sign that thou talkest|
with me.
until I come unto thee, and bring
forth my present, and set if before
thee. And he said, I will tarry
until thou come again.
18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, |
19 And Gideon went in, and made
ready a kid, and unleavened cakes
of an ’ephah of flour: the flesh he
put in a basket, and he put the
broth in a pot, and brought it out
unto him under the oak, and pre-
sented if.
20 And the ‘angel of God said
unto him, Take the flesh and the
unleavened cakes, and lay them
upon this rock, and ‘pour out the
broth. And he did so.
21 Then the ‘angel of the Lorp
put forth the end of the staff that
was in his hand, and touched the
flesh and the unleavened cakes; and
there rose up fire out of the rock,
and consumed the flesh and the un-
leavened cakes. Then the ‘angel of
the Lorp departed out of his sight.
22 And when Gideon perceived
that he was an “angel of the Lorp,
Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Gop!
for because I have seen an “angel
of the LorD face to face.
23 And the Lorp said unto him,
Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou
shalt not die.
24 Then Gideon built an altar
there unto the LorD, and called it
Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is
yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. ._
25 And it came to pass the same
night, that the LorD said unto him,
Take thy father’s young bullock,
even the second bullock of seven
years old, and throw down the altar
of Baal that thy father hath, and
cut down the 2grove that is by it:
26 And build an altar unto ‘the
Lorp thy God upon the top of this
rock, in the ordered place, and take
the second bullock, and offer a
burnt-sacrifice with the wood of the
4grove which thou shalt cut down.
27 Then Gideon took ten men of
his servants, and did as the Lorp
had said unto him: and so it was,
because he feared his father’s house-
hold, and the men of the city, that
he could not do it by day, that he
did it by night.
28 And when the men of the city
arose early in the morning, behold,
the altar of Baal was cast down,
and the ¢grove was cut down that
was by it, and the second bullock
was offered upon the altar that was
built.
| 29 And they said one to another,
Who hath done this thing? And
when they enquired and asked,
they said, Gideon the son of Joash
hath done this thing. c
30 Then the men of the city said
unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that
he may die: because he hath cast
down the altar of Baal, and because
he hath cut down the ¢grove that
was by it.
31 And Joash said unto all that
stood against him, Will ye plead for
Baal? will ye save him? he that
will plead for him, let him be put to
jdeath whilst it is yet morning: if
he be a god, let him plead for him-
self, because one hath cast down
his altar.
32 Therefore on that day he called
him ¢Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal
plead against him, because he hath
thrown down his altar.
33 Then all the Midianites and
the Amalekites and the children of
the east were gathered together,
and went over, and pitched in the
valley of Jezreel.
34 But the Spirit of the Lorp
came upon Gideon, and he blew a
trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gath-
lered after him, :
JUDGES.
35 And he sent messengers
throughout all Manasseh; who also]
was gathered after him: and he
sent messengers unto Asher, and!_
unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali;|
and they came up to meet them.
36 And Gideon said unto God, If
thou wilt save Israel by mine hand,
as thou hast said,
37 Behold, I will put a fleece of
wool in the floor; and if the dew be
on the fleece only, and it be dry
upon all the earth beside, then shall
I know that thou wilt save Israel
by mine hand, as thou hast said.
38 And it was-so: for he rose up
early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringed the
dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of
water.
39 And Gideon said unto God,
Let not thine anger be hot against
me, and I will speak but this once:
let me prove, I pray thee, but this
once with the fleece; let it now be
dry only upon the fleece, and upon
all the ground let there be dew.
40 And God did so that night: for
it was dry upon the fleece only, and) , peut.g.17;
there was dew_on all the ground. 1 Sam.14.6;
cae
m.11.18;
CHAPTER 7. 1 Cor.1.29:
The preparation for battle. pe Pe
HEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon,
T and all the people that were > PSE
with him, rose up early, and pitched| ¢ 1 Sam.14.6.
beside the well of Harod: so that
the host of the Midianites were on
the north side of them, by the hill
of Moreh, in the valley.
2 And the LorD said unto Gideon,
The people that are with thee are
too many for me to give the Midian-
ites into their hands, lest Israel
eéyaunt themselves against me, say-
ing, Mine own hand hath saved
me.
3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in
the ears of the people, saying,’Who-
soever is fearful and afraid, let him 3
return and depart early from mount
Gilead. And there returned of the
people twenty and two thousand;
and there remained ten thousand.
4 And the LorD said unto Gid-
eon, The people are yet too many;
bring them down unto the water,
and I will try them for thee there:
and it shall be, that of whom I say
unto thee, This shall go with thee,
the same shall go with thee; and of
whomsoever I say unto thee, This
shail not go with thee, the same
shall not go. ;
[7 14
5 So he brought down the people
unto the water: and the LorD said
unto Gideon, Every one that lap-
peth of the water with his tongue,
as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set
by himself; likewise every one that
boweth down upon his knees to
drink.
6 And the number of them that
lapped, putting their hand to their
mouth, were three hundred men:
but all the rest of the people bowed
down upon their knees to dri
water.
Gideon’s three hundred.
7 And the LorD said unto ‘Gid-
eon, By the three hundred men that
lapped will I save you, and deliver
the Midianites into thine hand: and
let all the other people go every
man unto his place.
8 So the people took victuals in
their hand, and their trumpets:
and he sent all the rest of Israel
every man unto his tent, and re-
tained those three hundred men:
and the host of Midian was beneath
him in the valley.
9 And it came to pass the same
night, that the LorD said unto him,
Arise, get thee down unto the host;
for I have delivered it into thine
hand.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go
thou with Phurah thy servant down
to the host:
11 And thou shalt hear what they
say; and afterward shall thine
hands be strengthened to go down
unto the host. Then went he down
with Phurah his servant unto the
outside of the armed men that were
in the host.
12 And the Midianites and the
Amalekites and all the children of
the east lay along in the valley
like grasshoppers for multitude;
and their camels were without
nurnber, as the sand by the sea side
for multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come,
behold, there was a man that told
a dream unto his fellow, and said,
Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo,
a cake of barley bread tumbled into
the host of Midian, and came unto a
tent, and smote it that it fell, and
overturned it,that the tent lay along.
14 And his fellow answered and
said, This is nothing else save the
sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a
man of Israel: for into his hand
hath God delivered Midian, and all
the host.
15 And it was so, when Gideon
heard the telling of the dream, and
the interpretation thereof, that he
worshipped, and returned into the
host of Israel, and said, Arise; for
the Lorp hath delivered into your
hand the host of Midian.
The victory over Midian.
16 And he divided the three hun-
dred men into three companies, and
he put a trumpet in every man’s
hand, with empty pitchers, and
“lamps within the pitchers.
17 And he said unto them, Look
on me, and do likewise: and, be-
hold, when I come to the outside of
the camp, it shall be that, as I do,
so shall ye do.
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I
and all that are with me, then blow
ye the trumpets also on every side
of all the camp, and say, The sword
of the Lorpb, and of Gideon.
19 So Gideon, and the hundred
men that were with him, came unto
the outside of the camp in the be-
ginning of the middle watch; and
they had but newly set the watch:
and they blew the trumpet;, and
brake the pitchers that were in
their hands.
20 And the three companies blew
the trumpets, and brake the pitch-
ers, and held the lamps in their left
hands, and the trumpets in their
right hands to blow withal: and
they cried, The sword of the Lorp,
and of Gideon.
21 And they ‘stood every man in
his place round about the camp:
fea all the host ran, and cried, and
ed.
22 And the three hundred blew
the trumpets, and the Lorp set
every man’s sword against his fel-
low, even throughout all the host:
and the host fled to Beth-shittah
in Zererath, and to the border of
Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered
themselves together out of Naph-
tali, and out of Asher, and out of
all Manasseh, and pursued after the
Midianites.
24 And Gideon sent messengers
throughout all mount Ephraim,
saying, Come down against the
Midianites, and take before them
the waters unto Beth-barah and
Jordan. Then all the men of
Ephraim gathered themselves to-
gether, and took the waters unto
*Beth-barah and Jordan.
25 And they took two princes of
a Or, fire-
brands, or,
torches,
6 Ex.14.13,
14; 2 Chr.
20.17.
¢ John 1.28,
d Psa.83.11,
12,
e Cf.Jud.12.
1; 2 Sam.2.
8; 1 Ki.12.
16. Here
begins that
deep-rooted
division in
Israel which
culminated
in the divi-
sion of Solo-
mon’s king-
dom under
Jeroboam
and Reho-
boam.
f 1 Sam.25.
11; 1 Ki.20,
11.
JUDGES
B.C. 1249.
the ¢Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb;
and they slew Oreb upon the rock >
Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the
winepress of Zeeb, and pursued
Midian, and brought the heads of
Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the
other side Jordan.
CHAPTER 8.
The jealousy of Ephraim. Events
| to the death of Gideon.
ND the men of ‘Ephraim said
unto him, Why hast thou
served us thus, that thou calledst
us not, when thou wentest to fight
with the Midianites? And they did
chide with him sharply.
2 And he said unto them, What
have I done now in comparison of
you? TJs not the gleaning of the
grapes of Ephraim better than the
vintage of Abi-ezer?
3 God hath delivered into your
hands the princes of Midian, Oreb
and Zeeb: and what was I able to
do in comparison of you? Then
|their anger was abated toward
him, when he had said that.
4 And Gideon came to Jordan,
and passed over, he, and the three
hundred men that were with him,
faint, yet pursuing them.
5 And he said unto the men of
Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of
bread unto the people that follow
me; for they be faint, and I am pur-
suing after Zebah and Zalmunna,
kings of Midian.
6 And the princes of fSuccoth said,
Are the hands of Zebah and Zal-
munna now in thine hand, that we
should give bread unto thine army?
7 And Gideon said, Therefore
when the LorD hath delivered Ze-
bah and Zalmunna into mine hand,
then I will tear your flesh with the
thorns of the wilderness and with
briers. ;
8 And he went up thence to Pen-
uel, and spake unto them likewise:
and the men of Penuel answered
him as the men of Succoth had
answered Aim.
9 And he spake also unto the men
of Penuel, saying, When I come
again in peace, I will break down
this tower.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna
were in Karkor, and their hosts
with them, about fifteen thousand
men, all that were left of all the
hosts of the children of the east:
for there fell an hundred and twenty
thousand men that drew sword.
11] JUDGES. . [8 35
‘11 And Gideon went up by the
way of them that dwelt in tents on
the east of Nobah and Jogbehah,
and smote the host: for the host
was secure,
12 And when Zebah and Zal-
‘munna fled, he pursued after them,
and took the two kings of Midian,
Zebah and Zalmunna, and -dis-
comfited ail the host.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash
returned from battle before the sun
was up,
14 And caught a young man of
the men of Succoth, and enquired
my son rule over you: the “LORD
shall rule over you.
‘24 And Gideon said unto them,
I would desire a request of- you,
that ye would give me every man
the earrings of his prey. (For they
had golden earrings, because they
were -¢Ishmaelites. )
25 And they answered, We will
willingly give them. And they
spread a garment, and did cast
therein every man the earrings of
his prey. :
26 And the weight of the golden
earrings that he requested was a
-B.C. 1249. ,
of him: and he described unto him thousand and seven hundred shek-
the princes of Succoth, and the els of gold; beside ornaments. and
elders thereof, even threescore and collars, and purple raiment that
seventeen men. was on the kings of Midian, and
15 And he came unto the men of beside the chains that were about
Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah their camels’ necks.
and Zalmunna, with whom ye did 27 And Gideon made an ephod
upbraid me, saying, Are the hands thereof, and put it in his city, even
of Zebah and Zalmunna now in in ‘Ophrah: and all Israel went
thine hand, that we should give thither a whoring after it: which
bread unto thy men that are thing became a snare unto Gideon,
weary? © and to his house.
16 And he took the elders of the), 19, 28 Thus was Midian subdued be-
city, and thorns of the wilderness fore the children of Israel, so that
and briers, and with thern he taught] > Psa.89.12, |they lifted up their heads no more.
the men of Semen: - pa aenlets And rea country, Sere i ee
17 And he beat down the “tower| 0.19;Isa. |mess forty years in e days o
of Penuel, and slew the men of the} 33.22. rs Gideon.
8 “Then said he unto Zebah and p Gon to2- feeraatera sian gee
Zalmunna, What manner of men} Jud.6.24. house. ;
were they whom ye slew at ’Tabor? 30 And Gideon had threescore
And they answered, As thou art, so and ten sons of his body begotten:
were they; each one resembled the for he had many wives. :
children of a king. 31 And his concubine that was in
19: And he said, They were my Shechem, she also bare him a son,
brethren, even the sons ch prod pag seine ac Sperm Ae ae 2
mother: as the LorD liveth, if ye 32 An eon the_son of Joas
had saved them alive, I would not died in a good old age, and was
slay you. buried in the sepulchre of Joash his
20 And he said unto Jether_his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ez-
firstborn, Up, and slay them, But rites.
the youth drew not his sword: for The fifth apostasy: the time of
he feared, because he was yet a So ntittion:
youth. R
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna 33 And it came to pass, as soon as
said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: Gideon was dead, that the children
for as the man is, so 1s his strength. of Israel turned again, and went
And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah . ee ae ee and made
Zalmunna, and took away the aal-beri eir god.
Pecerrs that were on their cam- 34 And the children of Israel re-
els’ necks. membered not the Lorp their God,
who had delivered them out of the
h f Israel said i r
ae Teron Rule ihe over us, hands of all their enemies on every
d th side: :
hs een eke thon hast 35 Neither shewed they kindness
j ; Mi- to the house of Jerubbaal, namely,
mglivered Fe nd ok os Gideon, according to all the good-
Bana Gideon said unto them, I ness which he had shewed unto
will not rule over you, neither shail #3 Israel.
93]
CHAPTER 9.
The conspiracy of Abimelech.
ND Abimelech the son of Jerub-
baal went to “Shechem unto
his mother’s brethren, and com-
muned with them, and with all the
family of the house of his mother’s
father, saying,
2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of
all the men of Shechem, Whether
is better for you, either that all the
sons of Jerubbaal, which %are
threescore and ten persons, reign
over you, or that one reign over
you? remember also that I am
your bone and your flesh.
3 And his mother’s brethren spake
of him in the ears of all the men of
Shechem all these words: and their
hearts inclined to follow Abimelech;
for they said, He is our brother.
4 And they gave him threescore
and ten pieces of silver out of the
house of ‘Baal-berith, wherewith
Abimelech hired vain and light per-
sons, which followed him.
5 And he went unto his father’s
house at Ophrah, and 4slew his
brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, be-
ing threescore and ten persons, up-
on one stone: notwithstanding yet
Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-
baal was left; for he hid himself.
6 And all the men of Shechem
gathered together, and all the house
of Millo, and went, and made Abim-
elech king, by the plain of the pil-
lar that was in Shechem.
7 And when they told it to Jo-
tham, he went and stood in the top
of mount ¢Gerizim, and lifted up
his voice, and cried, and said unto
them, Hearken unto me, ye men of
Shechem, that God may hearken
unto you.
8 The /trees went forth on a time
to anoint a king over them; and
they said unto the olive tree, Reign
thou over us.
9 But the olive tree said unto
them, Should I leave my fatness,
wherewith by me they honour God
and man, and go to be promoted
over the trees?
10 And the trees said to the fig
tree, Come thou, and reign over
us.
11 But the fig tree said unto them,
Should I forsake my sweetness, and
my good fruit, and go to be pro-
moted over the trees?
12 Then said the trees unto the
vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
13 And the vine said unto them,
[9 25
JUDGES.
B.C. 1209.
Should I leave my wine, which
cheereth God and man, and go to
be promoted over the trees?
14 Then said all the trees unto
the bramble, Come thou, and reign
over us.
15 And the bramble said unto the‘
trees, If in truth ye anoint me king
over you, then come and put your
8trust in my shadow: and if not,
let fire come out of the bramble,
and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
16 Now therefore, if ye have done
truly and sincerely, in that ye have
made Abimelech king, and if ye
have dealt well with Jerubbaal and
his house, and have done unto him
according to the deserving of his
hands;
17 (For my “father fought for
you, and adventured his life far,
and delivered you out of the hand
of Midian:
18 And ‘ye are risen up against
my father’s house this day, and
have slain his sons, threescore and
ten persons, upon one stoné, and
have made Abimelech, the son of
a Jud.8.31.
b Jud.8.30.
¢ Jud.8.33.
d 2 Ki.11.1,2,
¢ Josh.8.33. |his maidservant, king over the men
f Parables ' \Of Shechem, because he is your
(0.T.). vs. | brother;)
coack ed 19 If ye then have dealt truly and
9.7-15: Zech. |Sincerely with Jerubbaal and with
11.7-14.) his house this day, then rejoice ye
= in Abimelech, and let him also re-
g Psa.2.12, ee &
nore" joice in you: .
20 But if not, let fire come out
h Jud.7. from Abimelech, and devour the
i Jud.8.35. men of Shechem, and the house of
is Millo; and let fire come out from the
rns men of Shechem, and from the
reuse of Millo, and devour Abime-
ech,
21 And Jotham ran away, and
fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt
there, for fear of Abimelech his
brother.
22 When Abimelech had reigned
\jthree years over Israel,
23 Then God Jsent an evil spirit
\between Abimelech and the men of
Shechem; and the men of Shechem
feels treacherously with Abime-
ech:
24 That the cruelty done to the
threescore and ten sons of Jerub-
baal might come, and their blood
be laid upon Abimelech their
brother, which slew them; and
upon the men of Shechem, which
aided him in the killing of his
brethren.
25 And the men of Shechem set
liers in wait for him in the top of
the mountains, and they robbed all.
298
f
9 26]
that came along that way by them:
and it was told Abimelech.
26 And Gaal theson of Ebed came
with his brethren, and went over to
Shechem: and the men of Shechem
put their confidence in him.
27 And they went out into the
fields, and gathered their vineyards,
and trode the grapes, and made
merry, and went into the house of
their god, and did eat and drink,
and cursed Abimelech.
28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said,
Who 4is Abimelech, and who is
Shechem, that we should serve
him? js not he the son of Jerub-
baal? and Zebul his officer? serve
the men of Hamor the father of
Shechem: for why should we serve
him?
29 And 4would to God this people
were under my hand! then would
I remove Abimelech. And he said
to Abimelech, Increase thine army,
and come out.
30 And when Zebul the ruler of
the city heard the words of Gaal
the son of Ebed, his anger was
_ kindled,
31 And he sent messengers unto
Abimelech “privily, saying, Behold,
Gaal the son of Ebed and his breth-
ren be come,to Shechem; and, be-
pene they fortify the city against
thee.
32 Now therefore up by night,
thou and the people that is with
thee, and lie in wait in the field:
33 And it shall be, that in the
morning, as soon as the sun is up,
thou shalt rise early, and set upon
the city: and, behold, when he and
the people that is with him come
out against thee, then mayest thou
~ do to them as thou shalt find occa-
sion.
34 And Abimelech rose up, and
all the people that were with him,
by night, and they laid wait against
Shechem in four companies.
35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went
out, and stood in the entering of
the gate of the city: and Abimelech
rose up, and the people that were
with him, from lying in wait.
36 And when Gaal saw the peo-
ple, he said to Zebul, Behold, there
come people down from the top
of the mountains. And Zebul said
unto him, Thou seest the shadow of
the mountains as if they were
men.
37 And Gaal spake again and
said, See there come people down
by the middle of the land and
JUDGES.
B.C, 1206.
a1 Sam.25.
10; 1 Ki.12.
16.
b 2 Sam.15.4;
Psa.10.3.
ccrattily.
d ys.28,29.
e v.20.
if 2 Ki.3.25.
299
[9 49
another company come along by
the plain of Meonenim.
38 Then said Zebul unto him,
Where is now thy mouth, where-
with thou 4saidst, Who is Abime-
lech, that we should serve him? is
not this the people that thou hast
despised? go out, I pray now, and
fight with them.
39 And Gaal went out before the
men of Shechem, and fought with
Abimelech.
40 And Abimelech chased him,
and he fled before him, and many
were overthrown and wounded,
even unto the entering of the gate.
41 And Abimelech dwelt at Aru-
mah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal
and his brethren, that they should
not dwell in Shechem.
42 And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the people went out
yee the field; and they told Abime-
ech.
} 43 And he took the people and
divided them into three companies,
and laid wait in the field, and
looked, and, behold, the people
were come forth out of the city;
and he rose up against them, and
smote them.
44 And Abimelech, and the com-
pany that was with him, rushed
forward, and stood in the entering
of the gate of the city: and the two
other companies ran upon all the,
people that were in the fields, and
slew them.
45 And Abimelech fought against
the city all that day; “and he took
the city, and slew the people that
was therein, and beat f/down the
city, and sowed it with salt.
46 And when all the men of the
tower of Shechem heard that, they
entered into an hold of the house
lof the god Berith.
47 And it was told Abimelech,
that all the men of the tower of
Shechem were gathered together.
48 And Abimelech gat him up to
mount Zalmon, he and all the peo-
ple that were with him; and Abime-
lech took an axe in his hand, and
cut down a bough from the trees,
and took it, and laid it on his shoul-
der, and said unto the people that
were with him, What ye have seen
|me do, make haste, and do as I
have done.
49 And all the people likewise cut
down every man his bough, and
followed Abimelech, and put them
to the hold, and set the hold on fire
upon them; so that all the men of
9 50]
the tower of Shechem died also,! B.C. 1206. and the gods of Syria, and the gods
about a thousand men and women. of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and
50 Then went Abimelech to The-
bez, and encamped against Thebez,
and took it.
51 But there was a strong tower
within the city, and thither fled all
the men and women, and all they
of the city, and shut zt to them, and
gat them up to the top of the tower.
52 And Abimelech came unto the
tower, and fought against it, and
went hard unto the door of the
tower to burn it with fire.
53 ¢And a certain woman cast a
piece of a millstone upon Abime-
lech’s head, and all to brake his
skull.
54 Then he called hastily unto
the young man his armourbearer,
and said unto him, Draw thy sword,
and slay me, that men say not of
me, A woman slew him. And his
young man thrust him through, and
he died.
55 And when the men of Israel
saw that Abimelech was dead, they
departed every man unto his place.
56 Thus God ‘rendered the wick-
edness of Abimelech, which he did
unto his father, in slaying his sev-
enty brethren:
57 And all the evil of the men of
Shechem did God render upon their
heads: and upon them came the
¢eurse of Jotham the son of Jerub-
baal.
CHAPTER 10.
Tola, the seventh Judge.
AN D after Abimelech there arose
to «defend Israel Tola the son
of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of
Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir
in mount Ephraim.
2 And he judged Israel twenty
and three years, and died, and was
buried in Shamir.
Jair, the eighth Judge.
3 And after him arose Jair, a
Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty
and two years.
4 And he had thirty sons that
rode on thirty ass colts, and they
had thirty cities, which are called
fHavoth-jair unto this day, which
are in the land of Gilead.
_9 And Jair died, and was buried
in Camon.
The sixth apostasy and
servitude,
6 And the children of Israel did
evil again in the sight of the LorpD,
and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth,
JUDGES.
a2 Sam.11.
21.
61 Sam.31.4.
cv.24.
d vs.20,45.
e Save, or, de-
liver.
fOr, The yil-
lages of Jair.
Num.32.41.
300
110. 18
the gods of the children of Ammon,
and the gods of the Philistines, and
forsook the LoRD, and served not
him,
7 And the anger of the LorD was
hot against Israel, and he sold them
into the hands of the Philistines,
and into the hands of the children
of Ammon.
8 And that year they vexed and
oppressed the children of Israel:
eighteen years, all the children of
Israel that were on the other side
Jordan in the land of the Amorites,
which is in Gilead.
9 Moreover the children of Am-
mon passed over Jordan to fight
also against Judah, and against
Benjamin, and against the house of
Ephraim; so that Israel was sore
Gistressed.
10 And the children of Israel cried
unto the Lorb, saying, We have
sinned against thee, both because
we have forsaken our God, and
also served Baalim.
11 And the Lorp said unto the
children of Israel, Did not I deliver
you from the Egyptians, and from
the Amorites, from the children of
Ammon, and from the,Philistines?
12 The Zidonians also, and the
Amalekites, and the Maonites, did
oppress you; and ye cried to me,
pean delivered you out of their
and.
13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and
served other gods: wherefore I will
deliver you no more,
14 Go and cry unto the gods
which ye have chosen; let them de-
liver you in the time of your tribula-
on.
15 And the children of Israel said
unto the LorRD, We have sinned:
do thou unto us whatsoever seem-
eth good unto thee; deliver us only,
we pray thee, this day.
16 And they put away the strange
gods from among them, and served
the Lorb: and his soul was grieved
for the misery of Israel.
17 Then the children of Ammon
were gathered together, and en-
camped in Gilead. And the chil-
dren of Israel assembled themselves
together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
18 And the people and princes of
Gilead said one to another, What
man is he that will begin to fight
against the children of Ammon? he
shall be head over all the inhabi-
tants of Gilead.
~
114
JUDGES.
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CHAPTER 11. B.C. 1161. |rael took away my land, when they
Jephthah, the ninth Judge. came up out of Egypt, from Arnon
OW 4Jephthah the Gileadite
was a mighty man of valour,
and he was the son of an harlot: and
' Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 And Gilead’s wife bare him
sons; and his wife’s sons grew up,
and they thrust out Jephthah, and
said unto him, Thou shalt not in-
herit in our father’s house; for thou
art the son of a strange woman.
3 Then Jephthah fled from his
brethren, and dwelt in the land of
Tob: and there were gathered vain
men to Jephthah, and went out
with him.
4 And it came to “pass in process
of time, that the children of Ammon
made war against Israel.
5 And it was so, that when the
children of Ammon made war
against Israel, the elders of Gilead
went to fetch Jephthah out of the
land of Tob:
6 And they said unto Jephthah,
Come, and be our captain, that we
may fight with the children of Am-
mon.
7 And Jephthah said unto the
elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate
me, and expel me out of my father’s
house? and why are ye come unto
me now when ye are in distress?
g And the elders of Gilead said
unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn
again to thee now, that thou may-
est go with us, and fight against
the children of Ammon, and be our
head over all the inhabitants of
Gilead.
9 And Jephthah said unto the
elders of Gilead, If ye bring me
home again to fight against the
children of Ammon, and the LORD
deliver them before me, shall I be
your head? ;
10 And the elders of Gilead said
unto Jephthah, The Lorp be wit-
ness between us, if we do not so ac-
cording to thy words. ‘
11 Then Jephthah went with the
elders of Gilead, and the. people
made him head and captain over
them: and Jephthah uttered all his
words before the LorD in Mizpeh.
12 And Jephthah sent messengers
unto the king of the children of
Ammon, saying, ¢?What hast thou
to do with me, that thou art come
against me to fight in my land?
13 And the king of the children of
Ammon answered unto the mes-
sengers of Jephthah, Because “Is-
a Heb.11.32,
thae.
b Gen.21.10;
Deut.23.2
c after days.
d Deut.20.10,
12.
e Num.21.24.
f Deut.2.9,19
g Num.21.4.
hk Num.21.213
Deut.2.26.
301
called Jeph:
even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan:
now therefore restore those Jands
again peaceably.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers
again unto the king of the children
of Ammon:
15 And said unto him, Thus saith
Jephthah, Israel ftook not away the
land of Moab, nor the land of the
children of Ammon:
16 But when Israel came up from
Egypt, and walked through the
wilderness unto the Red sea, and
came to Kadesh;
17 Then Israel sent messengers
unto the king of Edom, saying, Let
me, I pray thee, pass through thy
land: but the king of Edom would
not hearken thereto. And in like
manner they sent unto the king of
Moab: but he would not consent:
and Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through
the wilderness, and &compassed
the land of Edom, and the land of
Moab, and came by the east side of
the land of Moab, and pitched on
the other side of Arnon, but came
not within the border of Moab: for
Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 And Israel “sent messengers
unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
the king of Heshbon; and Israel
said unto him, Let us pass, we pray
thee, through thy land into my
place.
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to
pass through his coast: but Sihon
gathered all his people together,
and pitched in Jahaz, and fought
against Israel.
21 And the Lorp God of Israel
delivered Sihon and all his people
into the hand of Israel, and they
smote them: so Israel possessed
all the land of the Amorites, thegin-
habitants of that country.
22 And they possessed all the
coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon
even unto Jabbok, and from the
wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 So now the LorD God of Israel
hath dispossessed the Amorites
from before his people Israel, and
shouldest thou possess it?
24 Wilt not thou possess that
which Chemosh thy god giveth
thee to possess? So whomsoever
the Lorp our God shall drive out
from before us, them will we possess.
25 And now art thou any thing
better than Balak the son of Zippor,
lking of Moab? did he ever strive
~
11 26] JUDGES.
against Israel, or did he ever fight
against them,
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon
and her towns, and in Aroer and
her towns, and in all the cities that
be along by the coasts of Arnon,
three hundred years? why there-
fore did ye not recover them within
that time?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned
against thee, but thou doest me
wrong to war against me: the LorD
the Judge be judge this day between
the children of Israel and the chil-
dren of Ammon.
28 Howbeit the king of the chil-
dren of Ammon hearkened not unto
the words of Jephthah which he
sent him. .
29 Then the ¢Spirit of the Lorp
came upon °Jephthah, and he passed
over Gilead, and Manasseh, and
passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and|? #0/¥ Spirit.
: : 13.25.
from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed aS
over unto the children of Ammon,; Mal.2.15.)
Jephthah’s awful vow. es
30 And Jephthah ‘vowed _a vow Be bate
unto the Lorp, and said, If thou) 2¢¢8 oy
shalt without fail deliver the chil-| Israel.
dren of Ammon into mine hands, ave tagts
31 Then it shall be, that whatso- means
ever cometh forth of the doors of| 1Sam.11i.
my house to meet me, when I return
in peace from the children of Am-
mon, ¢shall surely be the Lorp’s,
and I will offer it up for a burnt-
offering.
32 So Jephthah passed over unto
the children of Ammon to fight
against them; and the Lorp de-
livered them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from
Aroer, even till thou come to Min-
nith, even twenty cities, and unto
the plain of the vineyards, with a
very great slaughter. Thus the}
children of Ammon were subdued!
before the children of Israel.
34 And Jephthah came to ¢Miz-
peh unto his house, and, behold, his
daughter came out to meet him with
timbrels and with dances: and she
was his only child; beside her he
had neither son nor daughter.
35 And it came to pass, when he!
saw her, that he rent his clothes,
and said, Alas, my daughter! thou
hast btought me very low, and thou!
art one of them that trouble me:|
for I have opened my mouth unto|
the Lorp, and I fcannot go back. |
36 And she said unto him, My|
father, if thou hast opened thy!
mouth unto the Lorp, do to me ac-!
d Lev.27.2,3,
28.
ev.ll.
f Num.30.2.
g Or,celebrate.
kh Jud.8.1,
note.
B.C. 1143.
fl2is
cording to that which hath pro-
ceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch
as the LorpD hath taken vengeance
for thee of thine enemies, even of
the children of Ammon.
37 And she said unto her father,
Let this thing be done for me: let
me alone two months, that I may go
up and down upon the mountains,
and bewail my virginity, I andmy
fellows.
38 And he said, Go. And he sent
her away for two months: and she
went with her companions, and be- ©
wailed her virginity upon the moun-
tains.
39 And it came to pass at the end
of two months, that she returned
unto her father, who did with her
according to his vow which he had
vowed: and’ she knew no man.
And it was a custom in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel
went yearly to £lament the daughter
ot Jephthah the Gileadite four days
in a year.
CHAPTER 12
The second jealousy of Ephraim.
AN D the men of ‘Ephraim
gathered themselves together,
and went northward, and said unto
Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou
over to fight against the children of
Ammon, and didst not call us to go
with thee? we will burn thine house
upon thee with fire.
2 And Jephthah said unto them, I
and my people were at great strife
with the children of Ammon; and
when I called you, ye delivered me
not out of their hands.
3 And when I saw that ye deliy-
ered me not, I put my life in my
hands, and passed over against the
children of Ammon, and the Lorp
delivered them into my hand:
wherefore then are ye come up unto
me this day, to fight against me?
4 Then Jephthah gathered to-
gether all the men of Gilead, and
fought with Ephraim: and the men
of Gilead smote Ephraim, because
they said, Ye Gileadites are fugi-
tives of Ephraim among the Ephra-
imites, and among the Manass-
ites,
, 9 And the Gileadites took the pas-
sages of Jordan before the Ephraim-
ites: and it was so, that when those
Ephraimites which were escaped
said, Let me go over; that the men
lof Gilead said unto him, Ar# thou
lan Ephraimite? If he said, Nav:
JUDGES.
6 Then said they unto him, Say
now Shibboleth: and he said Sib-
boleth: for he could not frame to
pronounce if right. Then they took
him, and slew him at the passages
of Jordan: and there fell at that
time of the Ephraimites forty and
two thousand.
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six
years. Then died Jephthah the
Gileadite, and was buried in one of
the cities of Gilead.
Ibzan, the tenth Judge.
8 And after him °Ibzan of Beth-
lehem judged Israel.
9 And he had thirty sons, and
thirty daughters, whom he sent
abroad, and took in thirty daugh-
ters from abroad for his sons. And
he judged Israel seven years.
10 Then died Ibzan, and was
puried at Beth-lehem.
Elon, the eleventh Judége.
11 And after him Elon, a Zebu-
lonite, judged Israel; and he judged
Israel ten years.
12 And Elon the Zebulonite died,
and was buried in Aijalon in the
country of Zebulun.
Abdon, the twelfth Judée.
13 And after him Abdon the son
of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged
Israel.
14 And he had forty sons and
thirty nephews, that rode on three-
score and ten ass colts: and he
judged Israel eight years.
15 And Abdon the son of Hillel
a Signifying a
stream or
flood.
b He seems to
have been
only a civil
judge in
northeast
Israel.
c Heb.1.4,
note.
d1 Sam.1.19,
20.
e Num.6.2.
f Bible
prayers
the Pirathonite died, and was buried DE
in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim,| 45°? Hab.3.
in the mount of the Amalekites. 1-16.)
CHAPTER 13.
The seventh apostasy and
servitude.
PACND the children of Israel did
evil again in the sight of the
Lorp; and the Lorp delivered
them into the hands of the Philis-
tines forty years. F
The parents of Samson.
2 And there was a certain man of
Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his
wife was barren, and bare not.
3 And the ‘angel of the LORD
‘appeared unto the woman, and
dsaid unto her, Behold now, thou
art barren, and bearest not: but}
thou shalt conceive, and bear a
son.
. 303
B.C. 1143.
[13 16
4 Now therefore beware, I pray
thee, and drink not wine nor strong
drink, and eat not any unclean
thing:
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and
bear a son; and no razor shall come
on his head: for the child shall be
a ‘Nazarite unto God from the
womb: and he shall begin to de-
liver Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines.
6 Then the woman came and told
her husband, saying, A man of God
came unto me, and his countenance
was like the countenance of an*.__
‘angel of God, very terrible: but IW
asked him not whence he was,
neither told he me his name:
7 But he said unto me, Behold,
thou shalt conceive, and bear a son;
and now drink no wine nor strong
drink, neither eat any unclean
thing: for the child shall be a Naz-
arite to God from the womb to the
day of his death.
8 Then Manoah fintreated the
Lorp, and said, O my Lord, let the
man of God which thou didst send
come again unto us, and teach us
what we shall do unto the child
that shall be born.
9 And God hearkened to the voice
of Manoah; and the ‘angel of God
came again unto the woman as she
sat in the field: but Manoah her
husband was not with her.
10 And the woman made haste,
and ran, and shewed her husband,
and said unto him, Behold, the-man
hath appeared unto me, that came
unto me the other day.
11 And Manoah arose, and went
after his wife, and came to the man,
and said unto him, Art thou the
man that spakest unto the woman?
And he said, I am.
12 And Manoah said, Now let thy
words come to pass. Wow shall we
order the child, and How shall we
do unto him?
13 And the ‘angel of the LorpD
said unto Manoah, Of all that I said
unto the woman let her beware.
14 She may not eat of any thing
that cometh of the vine, neither let
her drink wine or strong drink, nor
eat any unclean thing: all that I
commanded her let her observe.
15 And, Manoah said unto the
cangel of the LorD, I pray thee, let
us detain thee, until we shall have
made ready a kid for thee.
16 And the ‘angel of the Lorp
said unto Manoah, Though thou
detain me, I will not eat of thy
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Pera
[14
bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt-
offering, thou must offer it unto the
Lorp. For Manoah knew not that
he was an angel of the Lorp.
17 And Manoah said unto the
angel of the LorD, What is thy
name, that when thy sayings come
to pass we may do thee honour?
18 And the 4angel of the Lorp
said unto him,Why askest thou thus
after my name, seeing it is secret?
19 So Manoah took a kid with
émeat-offering, and offered it upon|
a rock unto the Lorp: and the
angel did wonderously; and Ma-
noah and his wife looked on.
20 For it came to pass, when the
flame went up toward heaven from
off the altar, that the ¢angel of the
LorpD ascended in the flame of the
altar. And Manoah and his wife
looked on if, and fell on their faces
to the ground.
21 But the ¢angel of the Lorpb did
no more appear to Manoah and to
his wife. Then Manoah knew that
he was an “angel of the Lorp.
22 And Manoah said unto his
wife, We shall surely die, because
we have seen ‘God.
23 But his wife said unto him, If
the Lorp were pleased to kill us,
he would not have received a burnt-
offering and a meat-offering at our
hands, neither would he have
shewed us all these things, nor
would as at this time have told us
such things as these.
The birth of Samson.
24 And the woman bare a son,
and called his name Samson: and
the child grew, and the Lorp
blessed him.
25 And the 4Spirit of the Lorp
began to move him at times in the
camp of Dan between Zorah and
Eshtaol.
CHAPTER 14.
Samson, the thirteenth Judge.
Pe Samson went down to Tim-
nath, and saw a woman in
Timnath of the daughters of the
Philistines.
2 And he came up, and told his
father and his mother, and said, I
have seen a woman in Timnath of
the daughters of the Philistines:
now therefore get her for me to
wife.
3 Then his father and his mother
said unto him, Js there never a
woman among the daughters of thy
brethren, or among all my people,
B.C. 1161.
a Heb.1.4,
note,
b Lit. meal.
¢ See John 1,
18, note.
d Holy Spirit.
Jud.14
e Holy Spirit.
vs.6,19; Jud.
15.14. (Gen.
1.2; Mal.2.
15.)
f Miracles
(O.T.), vs. 5,
6,19; Jud.
15.14-17.
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
g1Sam.14.
25,26.
h Lev.11.27,
i Or, shirts.
304
1
that thou goest to take a wife of the —
uncircumcised Philistines? And
Samson said unto his father, Get
her for me; for she pleaseth me
well.
4 But his father and his mother
knew not that it was of the LORD,
that he sought an occasion against
the Philistines: for at that time
the Philistines had dominion over
Israel.
Samson and the Iion.
5 Then went Samson down, and
his father and his mother, to Tim-
nath, and came to the vineyards of
Timnath: and, behold, a young
lion roared against him.
6 And the Spirit of the Lorp
came mightily upon him, and he
Jrent him as he would have rent a
kid, and he had nothing in his
hand: but he told not his father or
his mother what he had done.
7 And he went down, and talked
with the woman; and she pleased
Samson, well.
Samson’s riddle.
8 And after a time he returned to
take her, and he turned aside to see
the carcase of the lion: and, behold,
there was a swarm of bees and
honey in the carcase of the lion.
9 sAnd he took thereof in his
hands, and went on eating, and
came to his father and mother, and
he gave them, and they did eat:
but he told not them that he had
taken the honey out of the /car-
case of the lion. 4
10 So his father went down unto
the woman: and Samson made
there a feast; for so used the young
men to do.
11 And it came to pass, when they
saw him, that they brought thirty.
companions to be with him.
12 And Samson said unto them,
Iwill now put forth a riddle unto
you: if ye can certainly declare it
me within the seven days of the
feast, and find it out, then I will
give you thirty ‘sheets and thirty
change of garments:
13 But if ye cannot declare it me,
then shall ye give me thirty ‘sheets
and thirty change of garments.
And they said unto him, Put forth
thy riddle, that we may hear it.
14 And he said unto them, Out of
the eater came forth meat, and out
of the strong came forth sweetness.
And they could not in three days
expound the riddle.
“om
4s And it came to pass on the
seventh day, that they said unto
Samson’s wife, ¢Entice thy hus-
band, that he may declare unto us
the riddle, “lest we burn thee and
thy father’s house with fire: have
ve called us to take that we have?
is it not so?
16 And Samson’s wife wept before
him, and said, “Thou dost but hate
me, and lovest me not: thou hast
put forth a riddle unto the children
of my people, and hast not told st
me. And he said unto her, Behold,
T have not told zt my father nor my
mother, and shall I tell it thee?
17 And she wept before him the
seven days, while their feast lasted:
and it came to pass on the seventh
day, that he told her, because she
lay sore upon him: and she told
the riddle to the children of her,
people.
18 And the men of the city said
unto him on the séventh day before
the sun went down, What is sweeter
than honey? and what is stronger
than a lion? And he said unto
them, If ye had not plowed with
my heifer, ye had not found out my
riddle.
Samson at Ashkelon.
19 And the 4Spirit of the Lorp
came upon him, and he went down
to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men
of them, and took their spoil, and
gave change of garments unto them
which expounded the riddle. And
his anger was kindled, and he went
up to his father’s house.
20 But Samson’s wife was ‘given
to his companion, whom he had
used as his friend.
CHAPTER 15.
Bat it came to pass within a
while after, in the time of
wheat harvest, that Samson visited
his wife with a kid; and he said, I
will go in to my wife into the
chamber. But her father would
not suffer him to go in. ;
2 And her father said, I verily
thought that thou hadst utterly
hated her; therefore I gave her to
thy companion: 7s not her reece
sister fairer than she? take her, I
pray thee, instead of her.
The foxes and firebrands.
3 And Samson said concerning
them, Now shall I be more blame-
less than the Philistines, though I
do them a displeasure.
ate
JUDGES.
B.C. 1141.
a Jud.16.5.
6 Jud.15.6.
¢ Jud.16.15.
dv.6.
e Jud.15.2.
f Jud.14.20.
g 2 Sam.14.
30.
h Jud.14.15.
i Holy Spirit.
1 Sam.10.6,
10. (Gen.1.
2; Mal.2.15.)
305
4 And Samson went and caught
three hundred foxes, and took fire-
brands, and turned tail to tail, and
put a firebrand in the midst between
two tails.
5 And when he had set the brands
on fire, he let them go into the
standing corn of the Philistines,
and burnt up both the shocks, and
also the standing scorn, with the
vineyards and olives.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who
hath done this? And they an-
swered, Samson, the son in law
of the Timnite, because he had
taken his wife, and given her to his
companion. And the Philistines
came up, and /burnt her and her
father with fire.
7 And Samson said unto them,
Though ye have done this, yet will
I be avenged-of you, and after that
I will cease.
8 And he smote them hip and
thigh with a great slaughter: and he
went down and dwelt in the top of
the rock Etam.
9 Then the Philistines went up,
and pitched in Judah, and spread
themselves in Lehi.
10 And the men of Judah said,
Why are ye come up against us?
And they answered, To bind Sam-
son are we come up, to do to him
as he hath done to us.
11 Then three thousand men of
Judah went to the top of the rock
Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest
thou not that the Philistines are
rulers over us? what is this that
thou hast done unto us? And he .
said unto them, As they did unto
me, so have I done unto them.
12 And they said unto him,We are
come down to bind thee, that we
may deliver thee into the hand of
the Philistines. And Samson said
unto them, Swear unto me, that ye
will not fall upon me yourselves.
13 And they spake unto him, say-
ing, No; but we wiil bind thee fast,
and deliver thee into their hand:
but surely we will not kill thee.
And they bound him with two new
cords, and brought him up from the
rock.
Samson slays a thousand Phi-
Jistines.
14 And when he came unto Lehi,
the Philistines shouted against him:
and the ‘Spirit of the LorpD came
mightily upon him, and the cords
that were upon his arms became as
flax that was burnt with fire, and
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JUDGES.
his bands loosed from off his
hands. ;
15 And he found a new %jawbone
of an ass, and put forth his hand,
and took it, and slew a thousand
men therewith.
16 And Samson said, With the
jawbone of an ass, heaps upon
heaps, with the jaw of an ass have
I slain a thousand men.
17 And it came to pass, when he
had made an end of speaking, that
he cast away the jawbone out of
his hand, and called that place
CRamath-lehi.
18 And he was sore athirst, and
called on the LorD, and said, Thou
hast given this great deliverance
into the hand of thy servant: and
now shall I die for thirst, and fall
into the hand of the uncircumcised?
19 But God clave an hollow place
that was in the jaw, and there came
water thereout, and when he had
drunk, his spirit came again, and|a
he revived: wherefore he called the
name thereof ¢En-hakkore, which
is in Lehi unto this day.
20 And he judged Israel in the
days of the Philistines twenty],
years.
CHAPTER 16.
Samson at Gaza.
HEN went Samson to Gaza,/|¢
and saw there an harlot, and
went in unto her.
c
B.C. 1140.
Miracles
(O.T.). vs.
14-17,18,19;
Jud.i6.28-30.
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
1 Cor.1.27,
28.
The hill of
the jawbone.
The well of
him that
cried.
2 And it was told the Gazites,|¢1Ki-11.1.
saying, Samson is come hither.| ¢yug14.16.
And they compassed Aim in, and
' laid wait for him all night in the|s Gen.39.10.
gate of the city, and were quiet all
the night, saying, In the morning,
when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight,
and arose at midnight, and took the
doors of the gate of the city, and
the two posts, and went away with
them, bar and all, and put them
upon his shoulders, and carried
them up to the top of an hill that is
before Hebron.
Samson and Delilah.
4 And it came to pass afterward,
that he loved a “woman in the
valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah.
5S And the lords of the Philistines
came up unto her, and said unto
her, Entice him, and see wherein
his great strength Izeth, and by
what means we may prevail
against him, that we may bind him
to afflict him: and we will give thee
every one of us eleven hundred
pieces of silver
6 And Delilah said to Samson,
Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy —
great strength Jreth, and wherewith
thou mightest be bound to afflict
thee. .
7 And Samson said unto her, If
they bind me with seven green withs
that were never dried, then shall I
be weak, and be as another man.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines
brought up to her seven green withs
which had not been dried, and she
bound him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in
wait, abiding with her in the cham-
ber. And she said unto him, The
Philistines be upon thee, Samson.
And he brake the withs, as a thread
of tow is broken when it toucheth
the fire. So his strength was not
known.
10 And Delilah said unto Sam-
son, Behold, thou hast mocked me,
and told me lies: now tell me, I pray
thee, wherewith thou mightést be
bound.
11 And he said unto her, If they
bind me fast with new ropes that
never were occupied, then shall I
be weak, and be as another man.
12 Delilah therefore took new
ropes and bound him therewith, and
said unto him, The Philistines be
upon thee, Samson. And there
were liers in wait abiding in the
chamber. And he brake them
from off his arms like a thread.
13 And Delilah said unto Samson,
Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and
told me lies: tell me wherewith thou.
mightest be bound. And he said
unto her, If thou weavest the
seven locks of my head with the
web.
14 And she fastened it with the
pin, and said unto him, The Philis-
tines be upon thee, Samson. And
he awaked out of his sleep, and
went away with the pin of the
beam, and with the web. :
15 And she said unto him, /How
canst thou say, I love thee, when
thine heart 7s not with me? thou
hast mocked me these three times,
and hast not told me wherein thy
great strength lieth.
16 sAnd it came to pass, when she
pressed him daily with her words,
and urged him, so that his soul was
vexed unto death;
306
17 That he told her all his heart,
and said unto her, There hath not
come a razor upon mine head; for I
P|
’
have been a Nazarite unto God
from my mother’s womb: if I be
shaven, then my strength will go
from me, and I shall become weak,
and be like any other man.
18 And when Delilah saw that he
had told her all his heart, she sent
and called for the lords of the Philis
tines, saying, Come up this once, for
he hath shewed me all his heart.
Then the lords of the Philistines
came up unto her, and brought
money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleep upon
her knees; and she called for a man,
and she caused him to shave off the
seven locks of his head; and she
began to afflict him, and his strength
went from him.
20 And she said, ThePhilistines be
upon thee, Samson. And he awoke
out of his sleep, and said, I will go
out as at other times before, and
shake myself. And he ¢wist not that
the Lorp was departed from him.
21 But the Philistines took him,
JUDGES.
a Contra, Ex.
34.29.
b Bored out.
c Bible
B.C. 1120.
[17 3
upon the house standeth, that I
may lean upon them.
27 Now the house was full of men
and women; and all the lords of the
Philistines were there; and there
were upon the roof about three
thousand men and women, that
beheld while Samson made sport.
28 And Samson ‘called unto the
Lorp, and said, O Lord Gop,
remember me, I pray thee, and
strengthen me, I pray thee, only
this once, O God, that I may be at
once avenged of the Philistines for
my two eyes.
29 And Samson took hold of the
two middle pillars upon which the
house stood, and on which it was
borne up, of the one with his right
hand, and of the other with his left.
30 And Samson said, Let me die
with the Philistines. And he bowed
himself with al/ his might; and the
house 4fell upon the lords, and upon
all the people that were therein.
So the dead which he slew at his
and put out his eyes, and brought]: prayers death were more than they which
him down to Gaza, and bound him Oreo, uu, {he slew in his life.
with fetters of brass; and he did) Gen.15.2; 31 Then his brethren and all the
grind in the prison house. Hab.3.1-16.) |house of his father came down, and
22 Howbeit the hair of his head]; ny; sctes took him, and brought Aim up, and
began to grow again after he was| (0.T).vs. |buried him between Zorah and
shaven. bei ; ef Lear 2 mine busvinepicce ef
Fe Pia it anoah his father. e judg
The death of Samson. Sy ie Israel twenty years.
23 Then the lords of the Philis-
tines gathered them together for to
offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon
their god, and to rejoice: for they
said, Our god hath delivered Sam-
son our enemy into our hand.
24 And when the people saw him,
they praised their god: for they
said, Our god hath delivered into
‘our hands our enemy, and the de-
stroyer of our country, which slew
many of us.
25 And it came to pass, when
their hearts were merry, that they
said, Call for Samson, that he may
make us sport. And they called
for Samson out of the prison house;
and he made them sport: and they
set him between the pillars.
96 And Samson said unto the lad
that held him by the hand, Suffer
me that I may feel the pillars where-
CHAPTER 17.
Confusion, civil and religious.
ND there was a man of mount
Ephraim, whose name was
Micah. a
(1) Micah’s worship in self-will.
2 And he said unto his mother,
The eleven hundred shekels of
silver that were taken from thee,
about which thou cursedst, and
spakest of also in mine ears, behold,
the silver is with me; I took it.
And his mother said, Blessed be
thou of the LORD, my son.
3 And when he had restored the
eleven hundred shekels of silver to
his mother, his mother said, I had
wholly dedicated the silver unto the
Lorp from my hand for my son, to
make a graven image and a molten
ee
_ 1The character and work of Samson are alike enigmatical.
angel (13. 1-21) he was a Nazarite (Num. 6.; Jud.
his Nazarite separation through fleshly appetites.
Announced by an
13. 5) who constantly defiled
Called of God to judge Israel,
and endued wonderfully with the Spirit, he wrought no abiding work for Israel,
and perished in captivity to his enemies the Philistines. What was real in the man
was his mighty faith in Jehovah in a time of doubt and apostasy, and this faith
God honoured (Heb. 11. 32).
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17 4]
image: now therefore I will restore
it unto thee.
4 Yet he restored the money unto
his mother; and his mother took
two hundred shekels of silver, and
gave them to the founder, who
made thereof a graven image and
a molten image: and they were in
the house of Micah.
5 And the man Micah had. an
house of gods, and made an ephod,
and teraphim, and consecrated one
of his sons, who became his priest.
6 Inthose days there was no king
in Israel, but every man did that
which was right in his own eyes.
7 And there was a young man out
of Beth-lehem-judah of the family
of Judah, who was a Levite, and he
sojourned there.
8 And the man departed out of
the city from Beth-lehem-judah to
sojourn where he could find a place:
and he came to mount Ephraim to
the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
9 And Micah said unto him,
Whence comest thou? And he said
unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-
lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn
where I may find a place.
10 And Micah said unto him,
Dwell with me, and be unto me a
father and a priest, and I will give
thee ten shekels of silver by the
year, and a suit of apparel, and thy
victuals. So the Levite went in.
11 And the Levite was content to
-dwell with the man; and the young
man was unto him as one of his
sons.
12 And Micah consecrated the
Levite; and the young man became
his priest, and was in the house of
Micah.
' 13 Then said Micah, Now !know
I that the LorD will do me good,
seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
CHAPTER 18.
Confusion, civil and religious:
(2) the Danite invasion.
jp those days there was no king
in Israel: and in those days the
tribe of the Danites sought them
an inheritance to dwell in; for unto
that day all their inheritance had
not fallen unto them among the
tribes of Israel.
JUDGES..
B.C. 1406.
a Hos.4.12.
61 Ki.22.6.
¢ Josh.19.47,
called Le-
shem.
dv,2.
e Josh.2.23,
24,
2 And the children of Dan sent of
their family five men from their
coasts, men of valour, from Zorah,
and from Eshtaol, to spy out the
land, and to search it; and they said
unto them, Go, search the land:
who when they came to mount
Ephraim, to the house of Micah,
they lodged there.
| 3 When they were by the house
of Micah, they knew the voice of
the young man the Levite: and they
turned in thither, and _ said unto
him, Who brought thee hither? and
what makest thou in this place?
and what hast thou here?
4 And he said unto them, Thus
and thus dealeth Micah with me,
and hath hired me, and I am his
priest.
5 And they said unto him, ¢Ask
counsel, we pray thee, of God, that
we may know whether our way
which we go shall be prosperous.
6 And the priest said unto “them,
Go in peace: before the LorpD is
your way wherein ye go.
7 Then the five men departed,
and came to ‘Laish, and saw the
people that were therein, how they
dwelt careless, after the manner of
the Zidonians, quiet and secure;
and there was no magistrate in
the land, that might put them to
shame in any thing; and they were
far from the Zidonians, and had no
business with any man. °
8 And they came unto their breth-
ren to ¢Zorah and Eshtaol: and
their brethren said unto them,
What say ye?
9 And they said, Arise, that we
may go up against them: for we
have seen the land, and, behold, it
1s very good: and are ye still? be
not slothful to go, and to enter to
possess the land.
10 When ye go, ye shall come un-
to a people secure, and to a large
land: for ‘God hath given it into
your hands; a place where there is
no want of any thing that ss in the
earth.
11 And there went from thence of
the family of the Danites, out of
Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hun-
dred men appointed with weapons
of war. : ‘
12 And they went up, and pitched
1A striking illustration of all apostasy. With his entire. departure from the
revealed will of God concerning worship and priesthood, there is yet an exaltation
of false priesthood. Saying, ‘Blessed be thou of Jehovah,” Micah’s mother makes
an idol; and Micah expects the blessing of Jehovah because he
idolatry to the ancient levitical order.
308
has linked his
— ee Risin Ju aisha
es a JUDGES. [19 3
in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: where-| B.C. 1406. |the priest, and ye are gone away:
fore they called that place *Maha- and what have I more? and what
neh-dan unto this day: behold, it is is this that ye say unto me, What
behind Kirjath-jearim. aileth thee?
13 And they passed thence unto 25 And the children of Dan said
mount Ephraim, and came unto the unto him, Let not thy voice be
house of Micah. heard among us, lest angry fellows
14 Then answered the five men run upon thee, and thou lose thy
that went to spy out the country of life, with the lives of thy household.
Laish, and said unto their brethren, 26 And the children of Dan went
Do ye know that there is in these their way: and when Micah saw
houses an 4ephod, and teraphim, that they were too strong for him,
and a graven image, and a molten he turned and went back unto his
image? now therefore consider what house.
ye have to do. 27 And they took the things
15 And they turned thitherward, which Micah had made, and the
and came to the house of the young priest which he had, and came unto
man the Levite, even unto the Laish, unto a people that were at
house of Micah, and saluted him. quiet and secure: and they smote
16 *And the six hundred men ap- them with the edge of thesword,
pointed with their weapons of war, and burnt the city with fire.
which were of the children of Dan, 28 And there was no deliverer,
stood by the entering of the gate. because it was far from Zidon, and
17 And the five men that went to they had no business with any man;
spy out the land went up, and and it was in the valley that lieth
came in thither, and took the by Beth-rehob. And they built a
graven image, and the ephod, and city, and dwelt therein.
the teraphim, and the molten 29 4¢And they called the name of
image: and the priest stood in the|,9cpr14, _|the.city Dan, after the name of Dan
entering of the gate with the six their father, who was born unto Is-
hundred men that were appointed |? Jud-17.5. rael: howbeit the name of the city
with weapons of war. | 3 se ¢2Ki6.2g, |Was Laish at the first.
18 And these went into Micah’s Contuss vil i eR
14.14; onfusion, civil and religious:
house, and fetched the carved oor AAT: (3) the Danite idolatry.
image, the ephod, and the teraphim,| 4 °xj12'29’ 2
and the molten image. Then said| 30; 15.20. 30 And the children of Dan set up
the priest unto them, What do ye? the graven image: and Jonathan,
19 And they said unto him, Hold the son of Gershom, the son of Ma-
thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy nasseh, he and his sons were priests
mouth ave go with us, and be to to the tribe of Dan until the day of
us a father and a priest: is it better the captivity of the land. ;
for thee to be a priest unto the 31 And they settee up Micae i
house of one man, or that thou be a graven image, wilich le) maces
the time that the house of God was
ethene a tribe and a family in i Shiloh.
20 And the priest’s heart was CHAPTER 19.
glad, and he took the ephod, and the Confusion. civil and nelinouss
teraphim, and the graven image, (4)the Levite and his concubine.
and went in the midst of the people. : ; :
21 So they turned and departed, bien) it came to pass in those
and put the little ones and the cattle days, when there was no king
and the carriage before them. in Israel, that there was a certain
22 And when they were a good Levite sojourning on the side of
way from the house of Micah, the mount Ephraim, who took to him a
men that were in the houses near concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
to Micah’s house were gathered to- 2 And his concubine played the
gether, and overtook the children whore against him, and went away
of Dan. J from him unto her father’s house to
23 And they cried unto the chil- Beth-lehem-judah, and was there
dren of Dan. And they turned four whole months.
their faces, and said unto Micah, 3 And her husband arose, and
¢What aileth thee, that thou comest went after her, to speak friendly
with such a company? unto her, and to bring her again,
24 And he said, Ye have taken having his servant with him, and a
away my gods which I made, and couple of asses: and she brought
309
19 4]
JUDGES.
fo
thim into her father’s house: and] B.C. 1406.
‘when the father of the damsel saw
him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4 And his father in law, the dam-
sel’s father, retained him; and he
abode with him three days: so
they did eat and drink, and lodged
there.
5 And it came to pass on the
fourth day, when they arose early
in the morning, that he rose up to
depart: and the damsel’s father said
unto his son in law, Comfort thine
eheart with a morsel of bread, and
afterward go your way.
6 And they sat down, and did eat
and drink both of them together:
for the damsel’s father had said un-
to the man, Be content, I pray thee,
and tarry all night, and let thine!
heart be merry.
7 And when the man rose up to
depart, his father in law urged him:
therefore he lodged there again. |
|
8 And he arose early in the morn-
ing on the fifth day to depart: and
the damsel’s father said, Comfort
thine heart, I pray thee. And they], psa.104.15.
tarried until afternoon, and they
did eat both of them.
9 And when the man rose up to
depart, he, and his concubine, and
his servant, his father in law, the
damsel’s father, said unto him, Be-
hold, now the day draweth toward
evening, I pray you tarry all night:
behold, the day groweth to an end,
lodge here, that thine heart may
be merry; and to morrow get you
early on your way, that thou may-
est go home.
10 But the man would not tarry
that night, but he rose up and
departed, and came over against
Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and
there were with him two asses
saddled, his concubine also was
with him,
11 And when they were by Je-
bus, the day was far spent; and the
servant said unto his master, Come,
I pray thee, and iet us turn in into
this city of the Jebusites, and lodge
in it.
12 And his master said unto him,
We will not turn aside hither into
the city of a stranger, that is not
of the children of Israel; we will
pass over to Gibeah.
13 And he said unto his servant,
Come, and let us draw near to one
of these places to lodge all night,
in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
14 And they passed on and went!.
their way; and the sun went down
6 Josh.18.1;
: Sam.1.3,
c Jud.6.23.
vs.6,9;
Jud.16.25.
¢ the matter
of this folly.
310
upon them when they were by
Gibeah, which belongeth to Ben-
jamin. i
15 And they turned aside thither,
to go in and to lodge in Gibeah:
and when he went in, he sat him
down in a street of the city: for
there was no man that took them
into his house to lodging.
16 And, behold, there came an old
man from his work out of the field
at even, which was also of mount
Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gib-
eah: but the men of the piace were
;Benjamites.
17 And when he had lifted up his
eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in
the street of the city: and the old
man said, Whither goest thou? and
iwhence comest thou? >
) 18 And he said unto him, We are
heen from Beth-lehem-judah to-
\ward the side of mount Ephraim;
from thence am I: and I went to
Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now
jgoing to the Shouse of the LorpD;
jand there is no man that receiveth
me to house.
19 Yet there is both straw and
provender for our asses; and there
is bread and wine also for me, and
for thy handmaid, and for the
young man which is with thy ser-
vants: there is no want of anything,
20 And the old man said, “Peace
be with thee; howsoever Je¢ all thy
wants ize upon me; oniy lodge not
\in the street.
| 21 So he brought him into his
house, and gave provender unto the
asses: and they washed their feet,
jand did eat and drink.
22 Now as they were making their
l¢hearts merry, behold, the men of
the city, certain sons of Belial, beset
the house round about, and beat at
the door, and spake to the master of
the house, the old man, saying, Bring
forth the man that came into thine
jhouse, that we may know him.
23 And the man, the master of the
house, went out unto them, and
said unto them, Nay, my brethren,
nay, I pray you, do not so wick-
edly; seeing that this man is come
into mine house, do not this folly.
24 Behold, here is my daughter a
maiden, and his concubine; them I
will bring out now, and humble ye
them, and do with them what seem-
eth good unto you: but unto this
man do not so ¢vile a thing.
25 But the men would not hearken
to him: so the man took his concu-
bine, and brought her forth unto
them; and they knew her, and
abused her all the night until the
morning: and when the day began
to spring, they let her go.
26 Then came the woman in the
dawning of the day, and fell down
at the door of the man’s house
where her lord was, till it was light.
27 And her lord rose up in the
morning, and opened the doors of
the house, and went out to go his
way: and, behold, the woman his
concubine was fallen down at the
door of the house, and her hands
were upon the threshold.
28 And he said unto her, Up, and
let us be going. But none answered.
Then the man took her up upon an
ass, and the man rose up, and gat
him unto his place.
29 And when he was come into
his house, he took a knife, and laid
hold on his concubine, and divided
her, together with her bones, into
twelve pieces, and sent her into all
the coasts of Israel.
30 And it was so, that all that|cCf.2 Sam.
‘saw it said, There was no such deed} 2-12.
done nor seen from the day that the}, 1 sam.3.20;
children of Israel came up out of] 2Sam.3.10;
the land of Egypt unto this day:| 24-2.
consider of it, take advice, and
speak your minds.
CHAPTER 20.
Confusion, civil and religious:
(5) the civil *war.
“Peo all the children of Israel
went out, and the congregation
was gathered together as one man,
from /Dan even to Beer-sheba, with
the land of Gilead, unto the LORD
in Mizpeh.
2 And the chief of all the people,
even of all the tribes of Israel, pre-
sented themselves in the assembly
of the people of God, four hundred
thousand footmen that drew sword.
3 (Now the children of Benjamin
heard that the children of Israel
were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then
said the children of Israel, Tell us,
how was this wickedness?
4 And the Levite, the husband of
the woman that was slain, answered
and said, I ‘came into Gibeah that
belongeth to Benjamin, I and my
concubine to lodge.
5 And the men of Gibeah rose
against me, and beset the house
round about upon me by night, and
thought to have slain me: and my
concubine have they forced, that
she is dead.
cJud.19.15.
d Josh.7.15.
Ff Jud.3.15;
1 Chr.12.2.
311
JUDGES.
e Jud.19.22.
[20 18
6 And I took my concubine, and
cut her in pieces, and sent her
throughout all the country of the
inheritance of Israel: for they have
committed lewdness and ¢folly in
Israel.
7 Behold, ye are all children of
Israel; give here your advice and
counsel.
8 And all the people arose as one
man, saying, We will not any of us
go to his tent, neither will we any
of us turn into his house.
9 But now this shall be the thing
which we will do to Gibeah; we
will go up by lot against it;
10 And we will take ten men of an
whundred throughout all the tribes
of Israel, and an hundred of a thou-
sand, and a thousand out of ten
thousand, to fetch victual for the
people, that they may do, when
they come to Gibeah of Benjamin,
according to all the folly that they
have wrought in Israel. -
11 So all the men of Israel were
gathered against the city, knit to-
gether as one man.
12 And the tribes of Israel sent
men through all the tribe of Benja-
min, saying, What wickedness is
this that is done among you?
13 Now therefore deliver us the
emen, the children of Belial, which
are in Gibeah, that we may put
them to death, and put away evil
from Israel. But the children of
Benjamin would not hearken to the
voice of their brethren the children
of Israel:
14 But the children of Benjamin
gathered themselves together out of
the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to
battle against the children of Israel.
15 And the children of Benjamin
were numbered at that time out of
the cities twenty and six thousand
men that drew sword, beside the
inhabitants of Gibeah, which were
numbered seven hundred chosen
men.
16 Among all this people there
were seven hundred chosen men
flefthanded; every one could sling
stones at an hair breadth, and not
miss.
17 And the men of Israel, beside
Benjamin, were numbered four
hundred thousand men that drew
sword: all these were men of war.
18 And the children of Israel
arose, and went up to the house of
God, and asked counsel of God, and
said, Which of us shall go up first
to the battle against the children
20 19]
of Benjamin? And the Lorp said,
Judah shall go up first.
19 And the children of Israel rose
up in the morning, and encamped
against Gibeah.
20 And the men of Israel went out
to battle against Benjamin; and the
men of Israel put themselves in
array to fight against them at
Gibeah.
21 And the children of Benjamin
came forth out of Gibeah, and de-
stroyed down to the ground of the
Israelites that day twenty and two
thousand men.
22 And the people.the men of Is-
rael encouraged themselves, and set
their battle again in array in the
place where they put themselves in
array the first day.
23 (And the children of Israel!
went up and wept before the Lorp
until even, and asked counsel of the
LORD, saying, Shall I go up again
to battle against the children of
Benjamin my brother? And the
LorD said, Go up against him.)
24 And the children of Israel came
near against the children of Benja-
min the second day.
25 And Benjamin went forth
against them out of Gibeah the
second day, and destroyed down to
the ground of the children of Israel
again eighteen thousand men; all
these drew the sword.
26 Then all the children of Is-
tael, and all the people, went up,
and came unto the house of God,
and wept, and sat there before the
Lorp, and fasted that day until
even, and offered burnt-offerings
and peace-offerings before the
LORD.
27 And the children of Israel en-
quired of the Lorp, (for the ark of
the covenant of God was there in
those days,
28 And Phinehas, the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood
before it in those days,) saying,
Shall I yet again go out to battle
against .the children of Benjamin
my brother, or shall I cease? And
the Lorp said, Go up; for to mor-
ped will deliver them into thine
and.
29 And Israel set liers in wait
round about Gibeah.
30 And the children of Israel went
up against the children of Benja-
min on the third day, and put them-
selves in array against Gibeah, as
at other times.
31 And the children of Benjamin
JUDGES.
a vs.18,23.
6 Num.25.7,
13; Josh.24
33.
¢ Josh.8.14.
d Josh.8.15.
312
went out against the people, and
were drawn away from the city;
and they began to smite of the peo-
ple, and kill, as at other times, in
the highways, of which one goeth
up to the house of God, and the
other to Gibeah in the field, about.
thirty men of Israel.
32 And the children of Benjamin
said, They are smitten down before
us, as at the first. But the chil-
dren of Israel said, Let us flee, and
draw them from the city unto the
highways.
33 And all the men of Israel rose
up out of their place, and put them-
selves in array at Baal-tamar: and
the liers in wait of Israel came forth
out of their places, even out of the
meadows of Gibeah.
34 And there came against Gib-
eah ten thousand chosen men out
of all Israel, and the battle was sore:
‘but they knew not that evil was
near them.
35 And the LorpD smote Benja-
min before Israel: and the children
of Israel destroyed of the Benja-
mites that day twenty and five
thousand and an hundred men: all
these drew the sword.
36 So the children of Benjamin
saw that they were smitten: for the
men of 4Israel gave place to the
Benjamites, because they: trusted
unto the liers in wait which they
had set beside Gibeah.
37 And the liers in wait hasted,
and rushed upon Gibeah; and the
liers in wait drew themselves
along, and smote all the city with
the edge of the sword.
38 Now there was an appointed
sign between the men of Israel and
the liers in wait, that they should
make a great flame with smoke rise
up out of the city.
39 And when the men of Israel
retired in the battle, Benjamin
began to smite and kill of the men
of Israel about thirty persons: for
they said, Surely they are smitten
down before us, as in the first
battle.
40 But when the flame began to
arise up out of the city with a pil-
lar of smoke, the Benjamites looked
behind them, and, behold, the flame
of the city ascended up to heaven.
41 And when the men of Israel
turned again, the men of Benjamin
were amazed: for they saw that
evil was come upon them,
42 Therefore they turned their
backs before the men of Israel unto
a er at
20 43} JUDGES. Sie
6 And the children of Israel ¢re-
pented them for Benjamin their
brother, and said, There is one tribe
cut off from Israel this day.
7 How shall we do for wives for
them that remain, seeing we have
the way of the wilderness; but the
battle overtook them; and them
which came out of the cities they
destroyed in the midst of them,
43 -Thus they inclosed the Benja-
mites round about, and chased
them, and trode them down with isworn by the LorpD that we will
ooh over against Gibeah toward not give them of our daughters to
e sunrising. wives:
44 And there fell of Benjamin 8 And they said, What one is
eighteen thousand men; all these there of the tribes of Israel that
are cH Sree ae cae not uP Asa ee to the
ni ey turned and fled to- ORD: nd, behold, there came
mere t the pels enticas usta hp feck popes to ene comp lien Jabesh-
of “Rimmon: and they gleaned ,o gilead to the assembly.
them in the highways five thou- 9 For the people were numbered,
sand men; and pursued hard after and, behold, there were none of
a unto Gidom, and slew two ine inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead
ousand men of them. ere. .
46 So that all which fell that day 10 And the congregation sent
of Benjamin were twenty and five|¢ Josh.15.32; |thither twelve thousand men of the
thousand men that drew the sword; Sgt valiantest, and commanded them,
all these were men of valour. ; saying, “Go and smite the inhabi-
47 But six hundred men turned]? Jud. 21.13. tants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge
and fled to the wilderness unto the] - phere is of the sword, with the women and
rock Rimmon, and abode in the} here no the children. _ :
rock Rimmon four months. mourning 11 And this zs the thing that ye
48 And the men of Israel turned ereiar shall do, fYe shall utterly destroy
again upon the children of Benja-| because of |every male, and every woman that
min, and smote them with the edge} national hath lain by man. ;
of the sword, as well the men of pee See 12 And they found among the in-
every city, as the beast, and all that! tum to habitants of Jabesh-gilead four hun-
came to hand: also they set on fire! Jehovah. dred young virgins, that had known
all the cities that they came to. Accordingly, Ino man by lying with any male:
Jehovah and they Ree eee unto ba
comes to camp to iloh, which is in the
CHAPTER 21. gered land of Canaan. }
Confusion, civil and religious:) in self-will 13 And the whole congregation
(6) mourning for a Jost tribe. Rees sent some to speak to the children
of Benjamin that were in the rock
INOW the men of Israel had sworn] ¢ Zech.8.14, Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto
in Mizpeh, saying, There shall| note. them. fey :
not any of us give his daughter unto}, | <. Jud.s. 14 And Benjamin came again at
Benjamin to wife. 23;1Sam. |that time; and they gave them
~2 And the people came to the} 11.7. wives which they had saved alive
house of God, and abode there till of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and
even before God, and lifted up eal yet so they sufficed them not.
their voices, and wept sore; 15 And the people repented them
3 And said, O LorpD God of Is- for Benjamin, because that’ the
rael, why is this come to pass in Lorp had made a breach in the
Israel, that there should be to day tribes of Israel.
one ‘tribe lacking in Israel? 16 Then the elders of the congre-
4 And it came to pass on the mor- gation said, How shall we do for
row, that the people rose early, and: wives for them that remain, seeing
built there an altar, and altered se Sromen jae destroyed out of
- i -offer- enjamin?:
pent offerings and peace-offe tT And. they id Tee
5 And the children of Israel said, be an inheritance for them that be
Who is there among all the tribes escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe
of Israel that came not up with the be not destroyed out of Israel.
congregation unto the LORD? For 18 Howbeit we may not give them
they had made a great oath oo wives of our daughters: for the chil-
cerning him that came not up to the dren of Israel have sworn, saying,
Lorp to Mizpeh, saying, He shall Cursed be he that giveth a wife to
surely be put to death.” Benjamin.
313
21 19]
19 Then they said, Behold, there
is a feast of the Lorp in Shiloh
yearly in a place which is on the
north side of Beth-el, on the east
side of the highway that goethup
from Beth-el to Shechem, and on
the south of Lebonah.
20 Therefore they commanded
the children of Benjamin, saying,
Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
21 And see, and, behold, if the
daughters of Shiloh come out to
2dance in dances, then come ye out
of the vineyards, and catch you
every man his wife of the daugh-
ters of Shiloh, and go to the land of
Benjamin.
_22 And it shall be, when their
fathers or their brethren come unto
us to complain, that we will say un-
JUDGES.
B.C. 1406.
a Jud.11.34.
6 Jud.20.48.
314
[21 2
to them, Be favourable unto the
for our sakes: because we reserved
not to each man his wife in the war:
for .ye did not give unto them at
this time, that ye should be guilty.
23 And the children of Benjamin
did so, and took therm wives, ac-
cording to their number, of them
that danced, whom they caught:
and they went and returned unto
their inheritance, and repaired the
bcities, and dwelt in them.
24 And the children of Israel de-
parted thence at that time, every
‘man to his tribe and to his family,
and they went out from thence
every man to his inheritance.
25 In those days there was no
king in Israel: every man did that
which was right in his own eyes.
11]
THE BOOK OF RUTH.
[1 19
Tus lovely story should be read in connection with the first half of Judges, as it
presents a picture of life in Israel at that time.
the book may be taken as a foreview of the church (Ruth), as the Gen-
tile bride of Christ, the Bethlehemite who is able to redeem.
normal Christian experience: I. Ruth deciding, 1.
Typically,
resting, 3. IV. Ruth rewarded, 4.
Ruth also gives a
II. Ruth serving, 2. III. Ruth
The events recorded in Ruth cover a period of 10 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1.
Ruth deciding.
ind Sa it came to “pass in the days
when the judges rul that
there was a “famine in the land.
And a certain man of ‘“Beth-lehem-
judah went to sojourn in the coun-
try of ¢Moab, he, and his wife, and
his two sons.
2 And the name of the man was
‘Elimelech, and the name of his
wife /Naomi, and the name of his
two sons ’Mahlon and “Chilion,
tEphrathites of Beth-lehem-judah.
And they came into the country of
Moab, and continued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomi’s hus-
band died; and she was left, and
her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of
the woman of Moab: the name of
the one was /Orpah, and the name
of the other *Ruth: and they dwelled
there about ten years. ia
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died
also both of them; and the woman
was left of her two sons and her
husband.
6 Then she arose with her daugh-
ters in law, that she might return
from the country of Moab: for she
had heard in the country of Moab
how that the Lorp had visited his
people in giving them bread.
7 Wherefore she went forth out of
the place where she was, and her
two daughters in law with her; and
they went on the way to return
unto the land of Judah.
8 And Naomi said unto her two
daughters in law, Go, return
each to her ‘mother’s house: the
‘orp deal kindly with you, as
ye have dealt with the dead, and
with me. ;
9 The Lorp grant you'that ye
may find rest, each of you in the
house of her husband, Then she
B.C. 1322.
a Jud.2.16.
b Gen.12.10,
note
¢c House of
Bread and
Praise.
d Gen.19.37
eie. My God
is King.
f Pleasant,
g Sick
h Pining
t Gen.35.19.
j Hind or
Fawn.
k Friendship
or Beauty
1 Psa.38,2.
m Jud.11.24
n Ruth 2.11,
12.
o 1 Sam.3.17
BL5
kissed them; and they lifted up
their voice, and wept.
10 And they said unto her, Surely
we will return with thee unto thy
t th
in my womb, that they may be
your husbands?
12 Turn again, my daughters, go
your way; for I am too old to have
an husband. If I should say, I have
hope, if I should have an husband
‘also to night, and should also. bear
sons;
13 Would ye tarry for them till
they were grown? would ye stay
for them from having husbands?
nay, my daughters; for it grieveth
me much for your sakes that the
lhand of the LORD is gone out
against me. f
14 And they lifted up their voice,
and wept again: and Orpah kissed
her mother in law; but Ruth cl&ve
unto her.
15 And she said, Behold, thy sis-
ter in law is gone back unto her
people, and unto her gods: return
‘\thou after thy sister in law.
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not
to leave thee, or to return from fol-
lowing after thee: for whither thou
goest, I will go; and where thou
lodgest, I will lodge: “thy people
shall be my people, and thy God
my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I die,
and there will I be buried: °the
Lorp do so to me, and more also, if
ought but death part thee and me.
18 When she saw that she was
stedfastly minded to go with her,
then she left speaking unto her.
19 So they two went until they
came to Beth-lehem. And it came
to pass, when they were come to
Beth-lehem, that all the city was
1 20] RUTH. [2 19
moved about them, and they said,| B.c. 1312. |men that they shall not touch thee?
Is this *Naomi? ; and when thou art athirst, go unto
20 And she said unto them, Call the vessels, and drink of that which
me not Naomi, call me ’Mara: for the young men have drawn.
the Almighty hath dealt very bit- 10 Then she fell on her face, and
terly with me. bowed herself to the ground, and
21 I went out full, and the Lorp said unto him, Why have I found
hath brought me home again grace in thine eyes, that thou
empty: why then call ye me shouldest take knowledge of me,
Naomi, seeing the LorD hath tes- seeing I am a stranger?
tifiéd against me, and the Almighty 11 And 4Boaz answered and ‘said
hath afflicted me? unto her, It hath fully been shewed
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth me, all that thou hast done unto
the Moabitess, her daughter in law, thy mother in law since the death
with her, which returned out of the of thine husband: and how thou
country of Moab: and they came to hast left thy father and thy mother,
Beth-lehem in the beginning of bar- and the land of thy nativity, and
ley harvest. art come unto a people which thou
knewest not heretofore.
CHAPTER 2. eee shacvdid Wht thy
: work, and a full reward be given
Ruth serving. thee of the LorD God of Israel, un-
ND Naomi had a ‘kinsman of der whose wings thou art come to
her husband’s, a mighty man
of wealth, of the family of Elime-
‘trust.
13 Then she said, Let me find fa-
lech; and his name was Boaz. vour in thy sight, my lord; for that
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said thou hast comforted me, and for
unto Naomi, Let me now go to the|ci.e. Pleasant.|that thou hast spoken friendly unto
field, and glean ears of corn after| | f thine handmaid, though I be not
him in whose sight I shall find|’+*: 4tfer- Hike unto one of thine handmaidens.
grace. And she said unto her, Go,|c Ruth 3.2,12. | 14 And Boaz said unto her, At
my daughter. Fears mealtime come thou hither, and eat
Pidcind lene Hum attemtne tae] Stktno lead Ge ee
- she sat beside
ers: and her hap was to light on ale Psa.2.12, the reapers: and he reached her
part of the field belonging unto AOA parched corn, and she did eat, and
erly was of the kindred of fOne ‘ was sufficed, and left.
ire behold, Boaz came from bu pts. rea Rie ee tle eh eae a
Beth-lehem, and said unto the reap- men, saying, Let her glean even
ory The ee ae eas nee eet the sheaves, and reproach
ey answere im, e Lorp er not:
bless thee. 16 And let fall also some of the
5 Then said Boaz unto his servant handfuls of purpose for her, and
AWhbde COMETS Chis? bao orton thes eaeecci ee ee
2 tts em, and rebuke her F
6 And the servant that was set 17 So she gleaned in the field un-
over the reapers answered and said, til even, and beat out that she had
M aie mene a ae rove Pa Seen and it was about an fephah
mi out o e of barley.
country of Moab: 18 And she took it up, and went
7 And she said, I pray you, let me into the city: and her mother in law
glean oe gather after the reapers saw what she had gleaned: and she
Bad late coueaconte ie on eee nesta eae
she had res
inorning until now, that she tarried sufficed. Sot is bah,
ae in the house. 19 And her mother in law said
Mearest thou Wisc omtvamatenen ta devil Aadod ee ee
; : o day? and where wroughtest
Go Bes to | See in another field, thou? blessed be he that did take
ney " = rom hence, but abide knowledge of thee. And she shewed
BELatiitine eyenbbiGll theltiehd Suwon cn he
‘ a
that they do reap, and go thou after a aes shee i terse to.dae
‘them: have I not charged the young is Boaz.
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2 20]
RUTH.
BO re Wi tag 8 3
[43
‘20 And Naomi said unto her] B.C. 1312. 10 And he said, Blessed hi! thou
daughter in law, Blessed be he of
the Lorpb, who*hath not left off his
kindness to the living and to the
dead. And Naomi said unto her,
The man is near of kin unto us, one
of our next ¢kinsmen.
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said,
He said unto me also, Thou shalt
keep fast by my young men, until
they have ended all my harvest.
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth
her daughter in law, Jt 1s good, my
daughter, that thou go out with
his maidens, that they meet thee
not in any other field.
23 So she kept fast by the maid-
‘ens of Boaz to glean unto the end
of barley harvest and of wheat har-
vest; and dwelt with her mother
in law.
CHAPTER 3.
Ruth resting.
SEN Naomi her mother in law
said unto her, My daughter,
shall I not seek rest for thee, that
it may be well with thee?
2 And now is not Boaz of our
kindred, with whose maidens thou
wast? Behold, he winnoweth bar-
ley to night in the threshingfloor.
3 Wash thyself therefore, and
banoint thee, and put thy raiment
upon thee, and get thee down to the
floor: but make not thyself known
unto the man, until he shall have
done eating and drinking.
4 And it shall be, when he lieth
down, that thou shalt mark the
place where he shall lie, and thou
shalt go in, and uncover his feet,
_and lay thee down; and he will tell
thee what thou shalt do.
5 And she said unto her, All that
thou sayest unto me I will do.
6 And she went down unto the
floor, and did according to all that
her mother in law bade her.
7 And when Boaz had eaten and
drunk, and his heart was merry, he
went to lie down at the end of the
heap of corn: and she came softly,
and uncovered his feet, and laid her
-down. :
8 And it came to pass at mid-
night, that the man was afraid, and
turned himself: and, behold, a wo-
man lay at his feet.
9 And he said, Who art thou?
And she answered, I am Ruth thine
a Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
6 Eccl.9.8.
c Gate.
d Ruth 4.1.
e Or, sheet, or,
apron.
f Ruth 3.12.
g1 Ki.21.8,
handmaid: spread therefore thy
skirt over thine handmaid; for thou)
art a near ¢kinsman.
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of the Lorb, my daughter: for thou
hast shewed more kindness in the
latter end ‘than at the beginning,
inasmuch as thou followedst not
young men, whether poor or rich.
11 And now, my daughter, fear
not; I will do to thee all that thou
requirest: for all the “city of my
people doth know that thou art a
virtuous woman.
12 And now it is true that I am
thy near ?kinsman: ¢howbeit there
is a kinsman nearer than I.
13 Tarry this night, and it shall
be in the morning, that if he will
perform unto thee the part of a
ekinsman, well; let him do the kins-
man’s part: but if he will not do the
part of a kinsman to thee, then will
I do the part of a kinsman to thee,
as the Lorp liveth: lie down until
the morning.
14 And she lay at his feet until the
morning: and she rose up before
one could know another. And he
said, Let it not be known that a
woman came into the floor.
15 Also he said, Bring the ¢vail
that thou hast upon thee, and hold
it. And when she held it, he meas-
ured six measures of barley, and
laid it on her: and she went into
the city.
16 And when she came to her
mother ‘in law, she said, Who art
thou, my daughter? And she told
Hes all that the man had done to
er.
17 And she said, These six meas-
ures of barley gave he me; for he
said to me, Go not empty unto thy
mother in law.
18 Then said she, Sit still, my
daughter, until thou know how the
matter will fall: for the man will
not be in rest, until he have finished
the thing this day.
CHAPTER 4.
Ruth rewarded.
f heal went Boaz up to the gate,
and: sat. him down there: and,
behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz
fgpake came by; unto whom he
said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit
down here. And he turned aside,
and sat down.
2 And he took ten men of the
gelders of the city, and said, Sit ye
down here. And they sat down.
3 And he said unto the kinsman,
Naomi, that is come again out of
the country of Moab, selleth a par-
4 4] RUTH. [4 |
cel of land, which was our brother] 5.c. 1312. 11 And all the people that were
Elimelech’s: in the gate, and the elders, said, We
4 And I thought to advertise thee, jare witnesses. ‘THe LorpD make
saying, Buy it before the inhabi- (the woman that is come into thine
tants, and before the elders of my Pee like SG oe oa
eople. If thou wilt ¢redeem it, which ‘two ui € house o}
oo aie it: but if thou wilt not re- Israel: and de thou worthily in
deem it, then tell me, that I may eens and be famous in ‘Beth-
know: for there is none to redeem ehem: ‘
it beside thee; and I am after thee. rs res poy Wes be eae the
And he said, I will redeem /t. ouse 0} arez, whom amar
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou bare unto Judah, of the seed which
buyest the field of the hand of the Lorp shall give thee of this
Naomi, thou must buy it also of young woman.
Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she
dead, to raise up the name of the was his wife: and when he went in
dead upon his inheritance. a a unto her, ae RES gave her con-
6 And the “kinsman said, I can- : ception, and she bare a son. ;
not “redeem :t for myself, lest I mar es aes 14 And the women said unto
mine own inheritance: redeem thou| 59-20 note. (Naomi, Blessed be the Lorp, which
my right to thyself; for I cannot|s pDeut.25 7-9 |hath not left thee this day without.
tedeem it. ja ¢kinsman, that his name may be
7 Now ?this was the manner in| ©S-2930. famous in Israel.
former time in Israel concerning d Gen.38.29. 15 And he shal Bese nes a
5 ‘ 7 : shea
Pol eocolig sen ee eed et cana eae Suiet bees or ah! ace
plucked off his shoe, and gave it to] ¢Lk.1.58. in law, which loveth thee, which is
his neighbour: and this was a testi- sieewee ‘better to thee than seven sons,
mony in Israel. io park hath born him. :
8 Therefore the kinsman said] ~ 97°" 16 And Naomi took the child, and
unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he|/i-e. Beloved. \Jaid it in her bosom, and became
drew off his shoe. 1 Or, Salmah. |NUTSe unto it.
9 And Boaz said unto the elders, 17 And the fwomen her neigh-
and unto all the people, Ye are bours gave it a name, saying, There
witnesses this day, that I have is a son born to Naomi; and they
bought all that was Elimelech’s, called his name 9Obed: he is the
and all that was Chilion’s and father of Jesse, the father of "David.
Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi. 18 Now these are the generations
10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
the wife of Mahlon, have I pu - 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and
chased to be my wife, to raise up Ram begat Amminadab, .
the name of the dead upon his in-
heritance, that the name of the
dead be not cut off from among
20 And Amminadab begat Nah-
shon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And ‘Salmon begat Boaz, and
his brethren, and from the gate of Boaz begat Obed,
his place ye are witnesses this 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and
day i Jesse begat David,
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THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL.
OTHERWISE CALLED
1 1] THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. wie
Tuts book presents the personal history of Samuel, last of the Judges. It records
the moral failure of the priesthood under Eli, and of the Judges in Samuel’s attempt
to make the office hereditary (1 Sam. 8.1). In his prophetic office Samuel was
faithful, and in him begins the line of writing prophets. Henceforth the prophet,
not the priest, is conspicuous in Israel. In this book the theocracy, as exercised
through judges, ends (8. 7), and the line of kings begins with Saul.
The book is in four parts: I. The story of Samuel to the death of Eli, 1. 1-4. 22.
II. From the taking of the ark to the demand for a king, 5. 1-8. 22. III. The
reign of Saul to the call of David, 9. 1-15. 35. IV. From the call of David to the
death of Saul, 16. 1-31. 13.
The events recorded in First Samuel cover a period of 115 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1. B.C. 1171. pet pies and to all her sons
an er daughters, portions:
The mother of Socal, 5 But unto Hannah he gave a
TOW there was a certain man of worthy portion; for he loved Han-
2 Teg leper e of punt neh: bubsene LorpD had shut up
phraim, and his name was a- er womb.
nah, the son of Jeroham, the son of 6 And her adversary also provoked
Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of her sore, for to make her fret, because
Taye a Lege eee wives; the oe i note a pF aon
Bs roe of the one was Hannah, and|> Deity : when she went up to the house of
the name of the other Peninnah: (names of)- the LORD, so she provoked her;
and Peninnah had children, but} (Gen.i1; [therefore she wept, and did not eat.
Hannah had no children. Mal.3.18.) 8 Then said Elkanah her hus-
3 And this man went up out band to her, Hannah, why weepest
of his city yearly to %worship thou? and why eatest thou not?
and to sacrifice unto the “LorD and why is thy heart grieved? am
of ‘hosts in Shiloh. And _ the not I better to thee than ten sons?
two sons of Eli, Hophni and_Phin- 9 So Hannah rose up after they
ehas, the priests of the LORD, had eaten in Shiloh, and after they
were there. had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat
4 And when the time was that upon a seat by a post of the temple
Elkanah offered, he gave to Penin- of the LorD.
1 Jehovah (LORD) of Hosts, Heb. Jehovah Sabaoth. For the distinctive mean-
ings of Jehovah, see Gen. 2.4, note. _ Sabaoth means simply host or hosts, but with
especial reference to warfare or service. In use the two ideas are united; Jehovah
is LorD of (warrior) hosts. It is the name, therefore, of Jehovah in manifestation
EP roves. “The LORD of Hosts, He is the King of glory (Psa. 24. 10), and ac-
cordingly in Old Testament Scripture this name 1s. revealed in the time of Israel’s
need. It is never found in the Pentateuch, nor directly in Joshua or Judges, and
occurs but rarely in the Psalms; but Jeremiah, the prophet of approaching national
judgment, uses the name about eighty times. Haggai in two chapters uses the
name fourteen times: Zechariah in fourteen chapters calls upon the LorD of hosts
about fifty times. In Malachi the name occurs about twenty-five times. In the
utmost extremity, the Psalmist twice comforts his heart with the assurance “the
Lorp of hosts is with us” (Psa. 46. 7, 11). The meanings and uses of this name
may be thus summarized: (1) The “‘hosts” are heavenly. Primarily the angels are
meant, but the name gathers into itself the idea of all divine or heavenly power
as available for the need of God’s people (Gen. 32. 1, 2; Isa. 6. 1-5; 1 Ki, 22. 19; Lk.
2. 13-15). (2) In use this is the distinctive name of Deity for Israel’s help and
comfort in the time of her division and failure (1 Ki. 18. 15.3; 19. 14; Isa. 1. 9; 8. 11-14;
9, 13-19; 10. 24-27; 31. 4, 5; Hag. 2. 4; Mal. 3. 16, 17; Jas. 5. 4). See other names of
Deity, Gen. 1.1, note; 2. 4, note; 2. 7; 14. 18, note; 15. 2, note; 17. 1, note; 21.
33, note. 319
1 10]
I SAMUEL.
The vow of Hannah.
10 And she was in bitterness of
soul, and prayed unto the Lorp,
and wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and
“said, O LorD of hosts, if thou wilt
indeed look on the affliction of thine
handmaid, and remember me, and
not forget thine handmaid, but wilt
give unto thine handmaid a man
child, then I will give him unto
the LorpD all the days of his life,
and there shall no ‘razor come upon
his head.
12 And it came to pass, as she
continued praying before the LORD,
that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, she spake in her
heart; only her lips moved, but her
voice was not heard: therefore Eli
thought she had been drunken.
14 And Eli said unto her, How
long wilt thou be drunken? put
away thy wine from thee.
15 And Hannah answered and
said, No, my lord, I am a woman
of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk
neither wine nor strong drink, but
have ‘poured out my soul before
the Lorp.
16 Count not thine handmaid for
a daughter of Belial: for out of the
abundance of my complaint and
grief have I spoken hitherto.
17 Then Eli answered and said,
Go in peace: and the God of Israel
grant thee thy petition that thou
hast asked of him.
18 And she said, Let thine hand-
maid find grace in thy sight. So
the woman went her way, and did
eat, and her countenance was no
more sad.
19 And they rose up in the morn-
ing early, and worshipped before
the Lorpb, and returned, and came
to their house to Ramah: and El-
kanah knew Hannah his wife; and
the Lorp remembered her.
The birth of Samuel,
20 Wherefore it came to pass,
when the time was come about
after Hannah had conceived, that
she bare a son, and called his name
4Samuel, saying, Because I have
asked him of the Lorp.
21 And the man Elkanah, and all
his house, “went up to offer unto
the LorD the yearly sacrifice, and
his vow.
B.C. 1171.
a Bible
prayers
O:7.);
1 Sam.2.1.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
6 Num.6.5.
c Psa.62.8.
that he may appear before the
LorpD, and there abide for ever.
23 And Elkanah her husband said
unto her, Do what seemeth thee
good; tarry until thou have weaned
him; only the LorpD establish his
word. So the woman abode, and
gave her son suck until she weaned
Hannah brings Samuel to Eli.
24 And when she had weaned
thim, she took him up with her, with
three bullocks, and one fephah of
ficur, and a bottle of wine, and
brought him unto the house of the
LORD in Shiloh: and the child was
young.
25 And they slew a bullock, and
brought the child to Eli.
26 And she said, Oh my lord, as
thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the
woman that stood by thee here,
praying unto the Lorpb.
27 For this child I prayed; and
die. asked of |the LORD hath given me my peti-«
God.
e Gen.18.19;
Josh.24.15;
Psa.101.2.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
hk Psa.97.11,
12.
i Rev.15.4.
j Psa.18.2.
k Psa.116.3.
1 Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.
5, note.
22 But Hannah went not up; for]
she said unto her husband, J will
not go up until the child be
weaned, and then I wili bring him,:
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tion which I asked of him:
28 Therefore also I have lent him
to the LorD; as long as he liveth
he shall be lent to the Lorp. And
he worshipped the Lorp there.
CHAPTER 2.
Hannah’s prophetic prayer.
(AND Hannah £prayed, and said,
My heart *rejoiceth in the
LORD, mine horn is exalted in the
Lor: my mouth is enlarged over
mine enemies; because I rejoice in
thy salvation.
2 *There is none holy as the
Lorp: for there is none beside
thee: neither is there any Jrock
like our God.
3 Talk no more so_ exceeding
pre: let Ore SPEEA, com
out of your mou for the RD 1S
a God of knowledge, ‘an: Sy
actions are » weighéd:
The bows’ of the 2h pe wean
are broken, and they that stumbled
are girded with strength.
5 They that were full have hired
out themselves for bread; and they
that were hungry ceased: so that
the barren hath born seven; and she
that hath many children is waxed
feeble.
6 The Lorp “killeth, and maketh
alive: he bringeth down to the
‘grave, and bringeth up.
7 The Lorp maketh poor, and
maketh rich: he bringeth low, an
lifteth up.
8 He raiseth up the poor out of} B.C. 116s.
the dust, and lifteth. up the beggar
from the dunghill, to set them
among princes, and to make them
inherit the throne of glory: for the
pillars of the earth are the Lorp’s,
and he hath set the world upon
them.
9 He will.¢keep the feet of his
saints, and the “wicked shall be
silent in darkness; for by strength
shall no man prevail.
10 The adversaries of the LorD
shall be broken to pieces; out of
heaven shall he thunder upon them:
the Lorp shall judge the ends of
the earth; and ‘he shall give
strength unto his king, and exalt
the horn of his Zanointed.
11 And Elkanah went to Ramah
to his house. And the child. did
minister unto the LorD before Eli
the priest.
The evil sons of Eli.
12 Now the sons of Eli were sons
of Belial; they knew not the LORD.|} Rom.3.19.
13 And the priests’ custom with AME 18
the people was, that, when any ak tri
man offered sacrifice, the priest’s|d A prophecy
servant came, while the flesh was BE bated
in seething, with a fleshhook of| psa 019.
three teeth in his hand;
14 And he struck it into the pan, Si Mencea eT
or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all) “°°”
that the fleshhook brought up the} f Deut.33.1.
priest took for himself. So they did
in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that|* Peep vis
came thither. h Ex.29.9.
£1 Ki.2.27,
35.
a Psa.37.23,
24; 94.18;
121.3.
15 Also before they burnt the fat,
the priest’s servant came, and said
to the man that sacrificed, Give
flesh to roast for the priest; for he
will not have sodden flesh of thee,
‘but raw.
16 And if any man said unto him,
Let them not fail to burn the fat
presently, and then take as much
as thy soul desireth; then he would
answer him, Nay; but thou shalt
give it me now: and if not, I will
take it by force. |
17 Wherefore the sin of the young
men was very great before the
Lorp: for men abhorred the offer-
ing of the LORD.
The child Samuel in the |
tabernacle. |
18 But Samuel ministered before
‘the Lorp, being a child, girded
with a linen ephod.
19 Moreover his mother made
him a little coat, and brought it to
him from year to year, when she
32)
I SAMUEL.
came up with her husband to offer
the yearly sacrifice.
which ‘is lent to the LorD. And
they went unto their own home.
21 And the LorD visited Hannah,
so that she conceived, and bare
three sons and two daughters. And
the child Samuel grew before the
Lorb. x
22 Now Eiji was very old, and
heard all that his sons did unto all
Israel; and how they lay with the
women that assembied at the door
of the tabernacle of the congrega-
tion.
23 And he said unto them, Why
do ye such things? for I hear of your
evil dealings by all this people.
24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good
report that I hear: ye make the
Lorb’s people to transgress.
25 If one man sin against another,
the judge shall judge him: but if a
man sin against the “LoRD, who
shall intreat for him? Notwith-
standing they hearkened not unto
the voice of their father, because
the LORD would slay them.
26 And the child Samuel grew on,
land was in favour both with the
LORD, and also with men.
The warning to Eli.
27 And there came a /fman of God
unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus
saith the Lorp, Did I plainly ap-
pear unto the house of thy father,
when they were in Egypt in Pha-
raoh’s house?
28 And did I &choose him out of
all the tribes of Israel to be my
priest, to offer upon mine altar, to
burn incense, to wear an ephod be-
fore me? and did I give unto the
house of thy father all the offerings
made by fire of the childrenofIsrael?
29 Wherefore kick ye at my sac-
rifice and at mine offering, which I
have commanded in my habita-
tion; and honourest thy sons above
me, to make yourselves fat with the
chiefest of all the offerings of Israel
my people?
30 Wherefore the Lorp God of
Israel saith, I “said indeed that thy
house, and the house of thy father,
should walk before me for ever:
but now the LORD saith, Be it far
from me; for them that honour me
I will honour, and they that despise
me shall be lightly), esteemed.
31 Behold, the ‘days come, that J
2 32]
I SAMUEL.
{3 a
will cut off thine arm, and the arm
of thy father’s house, that there
shall not be an old man in thine
house.
32 And thou shalt see an enemy
in my habitation, in all the wealth
which God shall give Israel: and
there shall not be an old man in
thine house for ever. :
33 And the man of thine, whom I
shall not cut off from mine altar,
shall be to consume thine eyes, and
to grieve thine heart: and all the
increase of thine house shall die in
the flower of their age.
34 And this shail be a sign unto
thee, that shall come upon thy two
sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in
one day they shall ¢die both of
them.
35 And I will Sraise me up a faith-
ful priest, that shall do according
to that which 7s in mine heart and
in my mind: and I will build him a
sure house; and he shall walk be-
fore mine anointed for ever.
36 And it shall come to pass, that
every one that is left in thine house
shall come and crouch to him for a
piece of silver and a morsel of bread,
and shall say, Put me, I pray thee,
into one of the priests’ offices, that
I may eat a piece of bread.
CHAPTER 3.
Samuel becomes Jehovah's
prophet-priest.
naw the child Samuel ministered
unto the LorD before Eli. And
*the word of the LorD was precious
in those days; there was no open
vision.
2 And it came to pass at that
time, when Eli was laid down in
his place, and his eyes began to
wax dim, that he could not see;
3 And ere the ¢lamp of God went
out in the temple of the Lorp,
where the ark of God was, and
Samuel was laid down to sleep :
4 That the Lorp called Samuel:
and he answered, Here am I.
5 And he ran unto Eli, and said,
Here am I; for thou calledst me.
And he said, I called not: lie down
again. And he went and lay down.
6 And the Lorp called yet again,
Samuel. And Samuel arose and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for thou didst call me. And he an-
swered, I called not, my son; lie
down again.
7 Now Samuel did not yet know
the Lorn, neither was the word
B.C. 1165.
@ 1 Sam.4.11.
6 Heb.2.17;
7.26-28.
c Or, a word
from the
LORD was
unusual in
those days;
there was
no public
vision.
d@ Ex.27.20,21.
e Psa.85.8.
f 1Sam.2.29-
36.
g1Sam.2.12,
23.
hk Num.15.30;
Isa.22.14;
Heb.10.4,
26,31.
322
of the LorD yet revealed unto.
him.
8 And the Lorp called Samuel
again the third time. And he arose
and went to Eli, and said, Here am
I; for thou didst call me. And Eli
perceived that the Lorp had called
the child.
9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel,
Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he
call thee, that thou shalt say,
‘Speak, Lorp; for thy servant
heareth. So Samuel went and lay
down in his place.
10 And the LorpD came, and
stood, and called as at other times,
(Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel an-
'swered, Speak; for thy servant
heareth.
11 And the Lorp said to Samuel,
Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,
at which both the ears of every one
that heareth it shall tingle.
12 In that day I will perform
against Eli all things which I have
fspoken concerning his house:
nine I begin, I will also make an
end.
13 For I have told him that I will
judge his house for ever for the in-
iquity which he knoweth; because
his sons made themselves vile, and
he restrained them not.
14 And therefore I have sworn
unto the house of Eli, that the in-
iquity of Eli’s house shall not be
Apurged with sacrifice nor offering
for ever. :
15 And Samuel lay until the
morning, and opened the doors of
the house of the Lorp. And Sam-
uel feared to shew Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and
said, Samuel, my son. And he an-
swered, Here am I.
17 And he said, What is the thing
that the Lorp hath said unto thee?
I pray thee hide it not from me:
do so to thee, and more also,
if thou hide any thing from me
‘ei all the things that he said unto
thee.
18 And Samuel told him every
whit, and hid nothing from him.
And he said, It zs the Lorp: let
him do what seemeth him good.
19 And Samuel grew, and the
LORD was with him, and did let
none of his words fall to the
ground.
20 And all Israel from Dan even
to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel
was established to be a prophet of
the Lorp.
21 And the Lorp appeared again
41] I SAMUEL. [4 22
in Shiloh: for the Lorp revealed) B.c.1141._|was a very great slaughter; for
there fell of Israei thirty thousand
footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken;
word of the Lorp.
CHAPTER 4. ae a two sons mc Eli, Hophni
The ark taken by the an inehas, were slain.
Pie lstines |.12 And there ran a man of Ben-
ND the word of Samuel came to
- allIsrael. Now Israel went out
against the Philistines to battle, and
pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the
Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2 And the Philistines put them-
selves in array against Israel: and
when they joined battle, Israel was}
smitten before the Philistines: and}
they slew of the army in the field
about four thousand men.
3 And when the people were come
into the camp, the elders of Israel}
said, *Wherefore hath the LorD
smitten us to day before the Philis-
tines? Let us fetch the ark of the
covenant of the LorD out of Shiloh
unto us, that, when it cometh/
among us, it may save us out of the
hand of our enemies.
4 So the people sent to Shiloh.
that they might bring from thence} Prov.19.3.
the ark of the covenant of the LORD
of hosts, which ‘dwelleth between
the cherubims: and the two sons Of} ¢ Ex.25.18,22.
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were
there with the ark of the covenant
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat
upon a seat by the wayside watch-
ing: for his heart trembled for the
ark of God. And when the man
came into the city, and told z¢, all
the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise
of the crying, he said, What mean-
eth the noise of this tumult? And
the man came in’ hastily, and told
is
15 Now Eli was ninety and eight
years old; and his eyes were dim,
that he could not see.
16 And the man said unto Eli, I
am he that came out of the army,
and I fled to day out of the army.
And he said, What is there done,
my son?
17 And the messenger answered
6 Deut-1211. and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been
also a great slaughter among the
people, and thy two sons also,
Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,
and the ark of God is taken.
18 And it came to pass, when he
made mention of the ark of God,
that he fell from off the seat back-
ward by the side of the gate, and
his neck brake, and he died: for he
was an old man, and heavy. And
lhe had. judged Israel forty years.
19 And his daughter in law, Phi-
nehas’ wife, was with child, near to
be delivered: and when she heard
the tidings that the ark of God was
taken, and that her father in law
and her husband were dead, she
bowed herself and travailed; for her
pains came upon her.
20 And about the time of her
camp, all Israel shouted with a great
shout, so that the earth rang again.|
6 And when the Philistines heard]
the noise of the shout, they said,
What meaneth the noise of this
great shout in the camp of the He-
brews? And they understood that
the ark of the LORD was come into
the camp. !
7 And the Philistines were afraid,|
for they said, God is come into the}
camp. And they said, Woe unto]
us! for there hath not been such al
thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver]
us out of the hand of these mighty
Gods? these are the Gods that
smote the Egyptians with all the]
plagues in the wilderness,
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves
like men, O ye Philistines, that ye)
be not servants unto the Hebrews,
as they have been to you: quit
yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and
Israel was smitten, and they fled
every man into his tent: and there!
21 And she named the child I-cha-
bod, saying, The glory is departed
from Israel: because the ark of God
was taken, and because of her
father in law and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory is de-
parted from Israel: for the ark of
Goda is taken.
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'g 4
CHAPTER 5.
The ark of God a curse to the
Philistines.
ND the Philistines took the ark
of God, and brought it from
¢Eben-ezer unto “Ashdod.
2 When the Philistines took the
ark of God, they brought it into the
house of Dagon, and set it by
“Dagon.
3 And when they of Ashdod arose
early on the morrow, behold, Dagon
was fallen upon his face to the
earth before the ark of the Lorn.
And they took Dagon, and set him
in his place again.
4 And when they arose early on
the morrow morning, behold, Da-
gon was fallen upon his face to the
ground befcre the ark of the Lorp;
and the head of Dagon and both the
palms of his hands were cut off
upon the threshold; only the
stump of Dagon was left to him.
5 Therefore neither the priests of
Dagon, nor any that come into Da-
gon’s house, tread on the threshold
of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6 But the ¢hand of the LorD was
heavy upon them of Ashdod, and
he destroyed them, and ‘smote
them with emerods, even Ashdod
and the coasts thereof.
7 And when the men of Ashdod
saw that it was so, they said, The
ark of the God of Israel’ shall not
abide with us: for his hand is sore
upon _us, and upon Dagon our god.
8 They sent therefore and gath-
ered all the lords of the Philistines
unto them, and said, What shall
we do with the ark of the God of
Israel? And they answered, Let
the ark of the God of Israel be car-
ried about unto Gath. And they
earried the ark of the God of Israel
about thither.
9 And it was so, that, after they
had carried it about, the fhand of
the LorD was against the city with
a very great destruction: and he
smote the men of the city, both
small and great, and they had
emerods in their secret parts.
10 Therefore they sent the ark of
God to Ekron. And it came to
pass, as the ark of God came to
Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out,
saying, They have brought about
the ark: of the God of Israel to us,
to slay us and our people.
11 So they sent and gathered to-
gether all the lords of the Philis-
tines, and said, Send away the ark
I SAMUEL.
B.C. 1141.
a 1 Sam.7.12.
6 Acts 8.40.
¢ 1 Chr.10.10.
f 1 Sam.7.13;
12.15; Deut.
2.15,
g vs.6,9.
hk 1 Sam.9.16;
Jer.14.2.
4 Gen.41.8;
Ex.7.11;
Isa.47.13.
j Deut.16.16.
k Contra, Lev.
5.15,16.
1 Contra, Heb.
9.22.
m1 Sam.5.6,
11.
nCf.2 Sam.
6.3.
324
of the God of Israel, and let it go
again to his own place, that it slay
us not, and our people: for there
was a deadly destruction through-
out al: the city; the hand of God
was very heavy there.
12 And the men that died not
were smitten with the emerods: and
the “cry of the city went up to
heaven.
CHAPTER 6.
The ark brought to Joshua the
Beth-shemite.
ND the ark of the Lorp was in
the country of the Philistines
seven months.
2 And the Philistines called for
ithe priests and the ‘diviners, say-
ing, What shall we do to the ark of _
the LorpD? tell us wherewith we
shall send it to his place.
3 And they said, If ye send away
the ark of the God of Israel, send it
not Jempty; but in any wise return
him a ‘trespass-offering: ‘then ye
shall be healed, and it shall. be
known to you why his hand is not
removed from you.
4 Then said they, What shall be
the trespass-offering which we shall
return to him? They answered,
Five golden emerods, and five golden
mice, according to the number of
the lords of the Philistines: for one
plague was on you all, and on your
lords.
5 Wherefore ye shall make images
of your emerods, and images of your
mice that mar the land; and ye shall
give glory unto the God of Israel:
peradventure he will lighten his
hand from off you, and from off
your gods, and from off your land.
6 Wherefore then do ye harden
your hearts, as the Egyptians and
Pharaoh hardened their hearts?
when he had wrought wonderfully
among them, did they not let the
people go, and they departed?
7 Now therefore make a new
"cart, and take two milch kine, on -
which there hath come no yoke,
and tie the kine to the cart, and
bring their calves home from them:
8 And take the ark of the LorRpD,
and lay it upon the cart; and put
the jewels of gold, which ye return
him for a trespass-offering, in a
coffer by the side thereof; and send
it away, that it may go.
9 And see, if it goeth up by the
way of his own coast to Beth-she-
mesh, then he hath done us this
cs
6 10),
I SAMUEL.
(79
great evil: but HW not, then we shall
know that zt is not his hand that
smote us; it was a chance that
happened to us.
10 And the men did so; and took
two milch kine, and tied them to the
cart, and shut up their calves at
home:
11 And they laid the ark of the
LorpD upon the cart, and the coffer
with the mice of gold and the
images of their emerods.
12 And the kine took the straight
way to the way of Beth-shemesh,
and went along the highway, low-
ing as they went, and turned not
aside to the right hand or to the
left; and the lords of the Philistines
went after them unto the border of
Beth-shemesh. ”
13 And they of Beth-shemesh
were reaping their wheat harvest in
the valley: and they lifted up their
eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced
to see it.
14 And the cart came into the field
of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood
there, where there ‘was a great
stone: and they clave the wood of
the cart, and offered the kine a
burnt-offering unto the LorD.
15 And the Levites took down the
ark of the LORD, and the coffer that
was with it, wherein the jewels of
gold were, and put them on the
great stone: and the men of Beth-
shemesh offered burnt-offerings and
sacrificed sacrifices the same day
unto the LORD.
16 And when the five lords of the
Philistines had seen it, they re-
turned to Ekron the same day.
17 And these are the golden eme-
_rods which the Philistines returned
for a trespass-offering unto the
Lorp; for Ashdod one, for Gaza
one, for Askelon one, for Gath one,
for Ekron one;
18 And the golden mice, accord-
ing to the number of all the cities of
the Philistines belonging to the
five lords, both of fenced cities, and
of country villages, even unto the
great stone of Abel, whereon they
setdowntheark ofthe LorD: which
stone remaineth unto this day in
thefield of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
19 And he smote the men of Beth-
shemesh, “because they had looked
into the ark of the LorD, even he
smote of the people fifty thousand
and threescore and ten men: and
the people lamented, because the
Lorp had smitten many of the
people with a great slaughter.
B.C. 1140.
a Num.4.15,
16; 1 Chr.13.
9,10.
b Zech.12.10,
1°
c Deut.30.2,
10; Joel 2.13.
d See Jud.2.
13, note.
325
20 And the men of Beth-shemesh
said, Who is able to stand before
this holy Lorp God? and to whom
shall he go up from us?
21 And they sent messengers to
the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim,
saying, The Philistines have brought
again the ark of the LORD; come ye
down, and fetch it up to you.
CHAPTER 7.
The ark brought to the house
of Abinadab. The revival at
Mizpeh. *
yo) the men of Kirjath-jearim
came, and fetched up the ark
of the LorpD, and brought it into
the house of Abinadab in the hill,
and sanctified Eleazar his son to
keep the ark of the LorD.
2 And it came to pass, while the
ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that
the time was long; for it was twenty
years: and all the house of Israel
‘lamented after the LORD.
3 And Samuel spake unto all the
house of Israel, saying, If ye do “re-
turn unto the LorpD with all your
hearts, then put away the strange
gods and ¢Ashtaroth from among
you, and prepare your hearts unto
the Lorpb, and serve him only: and
he will deliver you out of the hand
of the Philistines.
4 Then the children of Israel did
put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,
and served the LorD only.
5 And Samuel said, Gather all Is-
rael to Mizpeh, and I will pray for
you unto the LORD.
6 And they gathered together to
Mizpeh, and drew water, and
poured it out before the LorD, and
fasted on that day, and said there,
We have sinned against the LORD.
And Samuel judged the children of
Israel in Mizpeh.
7 And when the Philistines heard
that the children of Israel were
gathered together to Mizpeh, the
lords of the Philistines went up
against Israel. And when the chil-
dren of Israel heard it, they were
afraid of the Philistines.
8 And the children of Israel said
to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto
the Lorp our God for us, that he
will save us out of the hand of the
Philistines.
The Israelites victorious at
Eben-ezer.
9 And Samuel took a sucking
lamb, and offered it for a burnt-
\
7 10}
I SAMUEL.
offering wholly unto the Lorb: and
Samuel cried unto the Lorp for
Israel; and the LorpD heard him:
10 And as Samuel was offering up
the burnt-offering, the Philistines
drew near to battle against Israel:
but the Lorp thundered with a
great thunder on that day upon the
Philistines, and ¢discomfited them;
and they were smitten before Israel.
11 And the men of Israel went out
of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philis-
tines, and smote them, until they
came under Beth-car.
12 Then Samuel took a’stone, and
set it between Mizpeh and Shen,
and called the name of it Eben-
ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the
Lorp helped us.
13 So the Philistines were sub-
dued, and they came no more into
the coast of Israel: and the hand
of the LorD was against the Philis-
tines all the.days of Samuel.
14 And the cities which the Philis-
tines had taken from Israel were
restored to Israel, from Ekron even
unto Gath; and the coasts thereof
did Israel deliver out of the hands
of the Philistines. And there was
peace between Israel and the Amo-
rites.
Samuel, prophet, priest, and
Judége.
15 And Samuel judged Israel all
the days of his life.
16 And he went from year to year! aE
in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, 1011. ‘
and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in
all those places. g Ex.16.8.
17 And his return was to Ramah 3/h1 Ki.217.
for there was his house; and there ;
he judged Israel; and there he built| # ree
an altar unto the Lorn, Neti
CHAPTER 8.
Israel demands a king.
ND it “came to pass, when Sam-
uel was old, that he made his
sons “judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn
was Joel; and the name of his sec-
ond, Abiah: they were judges in
Beer-sheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his
ways, but turned aside after lucre,
and took ‘bribes, and perverted
judgment.
4 Then all the elders of Israel
gathered themselves together, and
came to Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And said unto him, Behold,
thou art old, and thy sons walk not
a Psa.18.14,
bi.e.The stone
of help.
c aoe Sem
tory). vs.1-8;
2 Sam.
d Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.
1-7; 1 Sam.
9.15-17.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
e 1 Sam.12.3;
Prov.29.4.
326
B.C. 1120.
[8 #
in thy ways: now ‘make us a king
to judge us like all the nations.
6 But the thing displeased Sam-
uel, when they said, Give us a king
to judge us. And Samuel prayed
unto the Lorp.
The theocracy rejected.
7 And the Lorp said unto Sam-
uel, Hearken unto the voice of the
people in all that they say unto
thee: for they have not rejected
thee, but they have rejected me,
that I should not reign over them,
8 According to all the works which
they have done since the day that
I brought them up out of Egypt
even unto this day, wherewith they
have forsaken me, and served other
gods, so do they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken unto
their voice: howbeit yet protest
solemnly unto them, and shew
them the manner of the king that
shall reign over them.
10 And Samuel told all the words
of the Lorp unto the people that
g.
l. lasked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the
manner of the king that shall reign
over you: He will take your sons,
and appoint them for himself, for
his chariots, an¢ to be his horse-
men; and some shall run before his
chariots.
12 And he will appoint him cap-
tains over thousands, and captains
over fifties; and will set them to
ear his ground, and to reap his
harvest, and to make his instru-
Ments of war, and instruments of
his chariots.
13 And he will take your daugh-
ters to be confectionaries, and to
be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your “fields,
and your vineyards, and your olive.
yards, even the best of them, and
give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of
your seed, and of your vineyards,
and give to his officers, and to his
servants.
16 And he will take your men-
servants, and your maidservants,
and your goodliest young men, and
your asses, and put them to his
work.
17 He will take the tenth of your
sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that
day because of your king which ye
shall have chosen you; and the
Lorp will not ‘hear you in that
8 19]
19 Nevertheless the people re-
fused to obey the voice of Samuel;
and they said, Nay; but we will
have a king over us;
20 That we also may be like all
the nations; and that our king may
judge us, and go out before us, and
fight our battles.
21 And Samuel heard all the words
of the people, and he rehearsed
them in the ears of the LORD.
22 And the.LorD said to Samuel,
Hearken unto their voice, and make
them a king. And Samuel said
unto the men of Israel, Go ye every
man unto his city.
CHAPTER 9.
Saul chosen to be king.
\ VOW there was a man of Benja-
min, whose name was Kish, the
son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the
son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah,
a Benjamiteé, a mighty man of
power.
2 And he had a son, whose name
was Saul, a choice young man, and
a goodly: and there was not among
the children of Israel a goodlier per-
son than he: from his shoulders and
upward he ¢was higher than any of
the people.
3 And the asses of Kish Saul’s
father were lost. And Kish said to
Saul his son, Take now one of the
servants with thee, and arise, go
seek the asses.
4 And he passed through mount
Ephraim, and passed through the
land of °Shalisha, but they found
them not: then they passed through
the land of Shalim, and there they
“were not: and he passed through
the land of the Benjamites, but they
found them not.
5 And when they were come to
the land of Zuph, Saul said to his
servant that was with him, Come,
and let us return; lest my father
leave caring for the asses, and take
thought for us.
6 And he said unto him, Behold
now, there is in this city a man of
God, and he is an honourable man;
all that he saith cometh surely to
pass: now let us go thither; perad-
venture he can shew us our way
that we should go.
‘7 Then said Saul to his servant,
But, behold, if we go, what shall we
bring the man? for the bread is
spent in our vessels, and there 1s
not a present to bring to the man
of God: what have we?
I SAMUEL.
B.C. 1095.
a 1 Sam.10.23.
6 2 Ki.4.42.
¢ One shekel
=2s. 9d., or
65 cts.
d Gen.24.11.
e1 Ki.3.2.
f1Sam.10.1,
g Ex.2.23-25.
hk Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.15-
17; 1 Sam.
10.17-25.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
327
[9 20
8 And the servant answered Saul
again, and said, Behold, I have here
at hand the fourth part of a ‘shekel
of silver: that will I give to the
man of God, to tell us our way.
9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a
man went to enquire of God, thus
he spake, Come, and let us go to the
seer: for he that is now called a
Prophet was beforetime called a
Seer.)
10 Then said Saul to his servant,
Well said; come, let us go. So they
went unto the city where the man
of God was.
11 Ard as they went up the hill to
the city, they found young ¢maidens
going out to draw water, and said
unto them, Is the seer here?
12 And they answered them, and
said, He is; behold, he zs before you:
make haste now, for he came to day
to the city; for there is a sacrifice of
the people to day in the ¢high
place:
13 As soon as ye be come into
the city, ye shall straightway find
him, before he go up to the high
place to eat: for the people will not
eat until he come, because he doth
bless the sacrifice; and afterwards
they eat that be bidden. Now
therefore get you up; for about this
time ye shall find him.
14 And they went up into the
city: and when they were come into
the city, behold, Samuel came out
against them, for to go up to the
high place.
15 Now the Lorpb had told Sam-
uel in his ear a day before Saul
came, saying,
16 To morrow about this time I
will send thee a man out of the land
of Benjamin, and thou shalt fanoint
him to be captain over my people
Israel, that he may save my people
out of the hand of the Philistines:
for I have #looked upon my people,
because their cry is come unto me.
17 And when Samuel saw Saul,
the LorD said unto him, Behold the
man whom I spake to thee of! this
same shall ‘reign over my people.
18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel
in the gate, and said, Tell me, I
pray thee, where the seer’s house 1s;
19 And Samuel answered Saul,
and said, I am the seer: go upbefore
me unto the high place; for ye shall
eat with me to day, and to morrow I
will let thee go, and will tell thee all
that is in thine heart.
20 And as for thine asses that
were lost three days ago, set not
9 21]
thy mind on them; for they are
found. And on whom is all the
desire of Israel? Js it not on thee,
and on all thy father’s house?
21 And Saul answered and said,
Am not I a Benjamite, of the small-
est of the tribes of Israel? and my
' family the least of all the families
of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore
then speakest thou so to me?
22 And Samuel took Saul and his
servant, and brought them into the
parlour, and made them sit in the
chiefest place among them that
were bidden, which were about
thirty persons. .
23 And Samuel said unto the
cook, Bring the portion which I
gave thee, of which I said unto thee,
Set it by thee.
24 And the cook took up the
shoulder, and that which was upon
it, and set it before Saul. And
Samuel said, Behold that which is
left! set it before thee, and eat: for
unto this time hath it been kept for
thee since I said, I have invited the
people. So Saul did eat with Sam-
uel that day.
25 And when they were come
down from the high place into the
city, Samuel communed with Saul
upon the top of the house.
26 And they arose early: and it
came to pass about the spring of the
day, that Samuel called Saul to the
top of the house, saying, Up, that
I may send thee away. And Saul
arose, and they went out both of
them, he and Samuel, abroad.
27 And as they were going down
to the end of the city, Samuel said
to Saul, Bid the servant pass on be-
fore us, (and he passed on,) but
stand thou still a while, that I may
shew thee the word of God.
CHAPTER 10.
Saul anointed king.
ie Samuel took a vial of oil,
and poured it upon his head,
and kissed him,-and said, Js it not
because the Lorp hath anointed
thee to be “captain over his inheri-
tance?
2 When thou art departed from
me to day, then thou shalt find two
men by: Rachel’s “‘sepulchre in the
border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and
they will say unto thee, The asses
which thou wentest to seek are
found: and, lo, thy father hath left
the care of the asses, and sorroweth
I SAMUEL.
B.C. 1095.
|a 1 Sam.9.16;
16.13; 2 Ki.
9.3,6.
b 2 Sam.5.2.
c Gen.35.19,
20.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
e 1 Sam.11.6.
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(10 14
for you, saying, What shall I do for —
my son? :
3 Then shalt thou go on forward ©
from thence, and thou shalt come to
the plain of Tabor, and there shall
meet thee three men going up to
God to Beth-el, one carrying three
kids, and another carrying three
loaves of bread, and another carry-
ing a bottle of wine:
4 And they will salute thee, and
give thee two Joaves of bread;
which thou shalt receive of their
hands. ;
5 After that thou shalt come to
the hill of God, where is the garri-
son of the Philistines: and it shall
come to pass, when thou art come
thither to the city, that thou shalt
meet a company of prophets coming
down from the high place with a
psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe,
and a harp, before them; and they
shall prophesy:
6 And the 4Spirit of the Lorp
will come upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be
turned into another man.
7 And let it be, when these signs
are come unto thee, that thou do as
occasion serve thee; for God is with
thee.
8 And thou shalt go down before
me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will
come down unto thee, to offer burnt-
offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices
of peace-offerings: seven days shalt
thou tarry, till I come to thee, and
shew thee what thou shalt do.
9 And it was so, that when he had
turned his back to go from Samuel,
God gave him another heart: and
ail those signs came to pass that
day.
10 And when they came thither
to the hill, behold, a company of
prophets met him; and the «Spirit
of God came upon him, and he
prophesied among them.
11 And it came to pass, when all
that knew him beforetime saw that,
behold, he prophesied among the
prophets, then the people said one
to another, What is this that is
ome unto the son of Kish? Js Saul
also among the prophets?
12 And one of the same place an-
swered and said, But who is their
father? Therefore it became a
proverb, Js Saul also among the
prophets?
13. And when he had made an end
of prophesying, he came to the high
place.
14 And Saul’s uncle said unto him
and to his servant, Whither went ye?
And he said, To seek the asses: and
when we saw that they were no
where, we came to Samuel.
15. And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me,
‘I pray thee, what Samuel said unto
you. ~
16 And Saul said unto his uncle,
He told us plainly that the asses
were found. But of the matter of
the kingdom, whereof Samuel
spake, he told him not.
17 And Samuel called the people
together unto the LoRD to Mizpeh;
18 And ‘said unto the children
of Israel, Thus saith the LoRD God
of Israel, I brought up Israel out of
Egypt, and delivered you out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and out of
the hand of all kingdoms, and of
them that oppressed you:
19 And ye have this day rejected
your God, who himself saved you
out of all your adversities and your
tribulations; and ye have said unto
him, Nay, but set a king over us.
Now therefore present yourselves
before the LorD by your tribes, and
by your thousands.
20 And when Samuel had caused
all the tribes of Israel to come
near, the tribe of Benjamin was
taken.
21 When he had caused the tribe
of Benjamin to come near by their
families, the family of Matri was
taken, and Saul the son of Kish was
taken: and when they sought him,
he could not be found.
22 Therefore they enquired of the
Lorp further, if the man should yet
come thither. And the LorRD an-
swered, Behold, he hath hid himself
among the stuff.
23 And they ran and fetched him
thence: and when he stood among
the people, he was higher than any
of the people from his shoulders
and upward.
24 And Samuel said to all the
people, See ye him whom the LorD
hath chosen, that there is none like
him among all the people? And;
all the people shouted, and said,
God save the king.
25 Then Samuel told the people
the manner of the ¢kingdom, and
wrote it in a book, and laid it up
before the Lorp. And Samuel sent
all the people away, every man to
his house.
26 And Saul also went home to
Gibeah; and there went with him a
barid of men, whose hearts God had
touched,
I SAMUEL
B.C. 1095.
a Kingdom
(O.T.).1 Sam.
15.1-23.(Gen.
1.26; Zech.
12.8.)
b 1 Sam.12,
12.
c Isa.36.16.
d Holy Spirit.
1 Sam.16.
13,14. (Gen.
1.2; Mal.2.
15.)
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27 But the children of Belial said,,
How shail this man save us? And
they despised him, and brought
him no presents. But he held his
peace.
CHAPTER 11.
Saul’s victory at Jabesh-gilead.
HEN ’Nahash the Ammonite
came up, and encamped against
Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of
Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a
‘covenant with us, and we will
serve thee.
2 And Nahash the Ammonite an-
swered them, On this condition
will I make a covenant with you,
that I may thrust out all your right
eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon
all Israel.
3 And the elders of Jabesh said
unto him, Give us seven days’
respite, that we may send messen-
gers unto all the coasts of Israel:
and then, if there be no man to
save us, we will come out to thee.
4 Then came the messengers to
Gibeah of Saul, and told the tid-
ings in the ears of the people: and
all the people lifted up their voices,
and wept.
5 And, behold, Saul came after
the herd out of the field; and Saul
said, What arleth the people that
they weep? And they told him the
tidings of the men of Jabesh.
6 And the 4Spirit of God came
upon Saul when he heard those
tidings, and his anger was kindled
greatly.
7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and.
hewed them in pieces, and sent
them throughout all the coasts of
Israel by the hands of messengers,
saying, Whosoever cometh not
forth after Saul and after Samuel,
so shall it be done unto his oxen.
And the fear of the Lorp fell on the
people, and they came out with one
consent.
8 And when he numbered them in
Bezek, the children of Israel were
three hundred thousand, and the
men of Judah thirty thousand.
9 And they said unto the messen-
gers that came, Thus shall ye say
unto the men of Jabesh-gilead,
To morrow, by that time the sun
be hot, ye shall have help. And
the messengers came and shewed
it to the men of Jabesh; and they
were glad.
10 Therefore the men of Jabesh
said, To morrow we will come out
a1 10] I SAMUEL.
unto you,-and ye shall do with us!
fea.
my hand. And they answered, He
B.C. 1095.
all that seemeth good unto you.
11 And it was so on the morrow,
until the heat of the day: and it
came to pass, that they which
remained were scattered, so tha
two of them were not left to-
gether.
12 And the people said unto Sam-
uel, Who is he that said, Shall
Saul reign over us? bring the men,
that we may put them to death.
13 And Saul said, There shall not
a man be put to death this day: for
to day the Lorp hath wrought sal-
is witness.
Samuel rehearses the deliver-
ances of Jehovah.
6 And Samuel said unto the peo-
ple, Jt is the LorD that advanced
Moses and Aaron, and that brought
your fathers up out of the land of
Egypt.
7 Now therefore stand still, that I
May ‘reason with you before the
LorRD of all the righteous acts of
the Lorp, which he did to you and
to your fathers.
8 When Jacob was come into
Egypt, and your fathers cried unto
the LorpD, then the Lorp 4sent
Moses and Aaron, which brought
yeren i re ' ag
14 en said Samuel to peo-
ple, Come, and let us go to Gilgal,|° Ps9-37-5,6.
and renew the kingdom there.
The kingdom renewed at Gilgal.
“15 And all the people went to Gil-
gal; and there they made Saul king|¢ Jud-4.2.
before the Lorp in Gilgal; and f Jud.10.7
there they sacrificed sacrifices of ¥
peace-offerings before the Lorp;/¢ Jud.3.12.
and there Saul and all the men of h Jud.10.10.
Israel rejoiced greatly. at
forth your fathers out of Egypt,
and made them dwell in this
place.
9 And when they forgat the Lorre
their God, he ‘sold them into the
hand of ¢Sisera, captain of the host.
of Hazor, and into the hand of the
/Philistines, and into the hand of the
king of *Moab, and they fought
against them. ;
10 And they cried unto the Lorp,
and ‘said, We have sinned, because
we have forsaken the LorpD, and
i Jud.2.13, have served Baalim and ‘Ashta-
CHAPTER 12. note. roth: but now deliver us out of the
Samuel’s proclamation of the |/ J¥4-6-14,23. pent OF ous enemies, and we will
kingdom. k Jud.11.1. 5
11 And the LorD sent JJerubbaal,
and Bedan, and *Jephthah, and
‘Samuel, and delivered you out of
the hand of your enemies on every
side, and ye dwelled safe.
TAND Samuel said unto all Israel,| 71 sam.7.13.
Behold, I have hearkened' unto
your voice in all that ye said unto|”! Sam-11.2.
me, and have made a king over}, Psa.19.9,
you. note.
2 And now, behold, the king walk-
eth before you: and I am old and
grayheaded; and, behold, my sons
are with you: and I have walked
before you from my childhood unto
this day.
3 Behold, here I am: witness
against me before the Lorp, and
before his anointed: whose ox have
I taken? or whose ass have I
taken? or whom have I defrauded?
whom have I oppressed? or of
whose hand have I received any
bribe to “blind mine eyes therewith?
and I will restore it you.
4 And they said, “Thou hast not
defrauded us, nor oppressed us,
neither hast thou taken ought of
any man’s hand.
5 And he said unto them, The
LORD is witness against you, and
his anointed is witness this day,
that ye have not found ought in
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12 And when ye saw that Na-
hash the king of the children of
Ammion came against you, ye said
unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign
over us: when the LorpD your God
was your king.
13 Now therefore behold the
king whom ye have chosen, and
whom ye have desired! and, be-
hold, the ‘LORD hath set a king
over you.
14 If ye will “fear the Lorp, and
serve him, and obey his voice, and
not rebel against the commandment
of the Lorp, then shall both ye and
also the king that reigneth over you
pens following the Lorp your
od: F
15 But if _ye will not obey the
voice of the LorD, but rebel against
the commandment of the Lorp,:
then shall the hand of the Lorp.
be against you, as it was against
your fathers.
12 16]
I SAMUEL
[13 13
The sign of thunder and rain.
16 Now therefore stand and see
this great thing, which the LorpD
will do before your eyes.
17 Js it not wheat harvest to day?
I will call unto the LoRD, and he
shall send thunder and rain; that
ye may perceive and see that your
wickedness is great, which ye have
done in the sight of the Lorp, in
asking you a king.
18 So Samuel called unto the
Lorp; and the Lorp sent thunder
and rain that day: and all the peo-
ple greatly feared the LorD and
Samuel.
19 And all the people said unto
Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto
the Lorp thy God, that we die not:
for we have added unto all our sins
this evil, to ask us a king.
20 And Samuel said unto the
people, Fear not: ye have done all
this wickedness: yet turn not aside
from following the LORD, but serve
the LorbD with all your heart;
21 And turn ye not aside: for
then should ye go after vain
things, which cannot profit nor
deliver; for they are vain. a
22 For the Lorp will not forsake
his people for his great name’s
sake: because it hath pleased the
Lorp to make you his people.
23 Moreover as for me;God forbid
that I should sin against the LoRD
in ceasing to pray for you: but I
will teach you the good and the
right way:
24 Only @fear the LORD, and serve
him in truth with all your heart:
for consider how great things he
hath done for you.
925 But if ye shall still do wick-
edly, ye shall be consumed, both ye
and your king.
CHAPTER 13.
The self-will of Saul.
AUL reigned one year;
when he had reigned
years over Israel,
2 Saul chose him three thousand
men of Israel; whereof two thou-
sand were with Saul in Michmash
and in mount Beth-el, and a thou-
sand were with Jonathan in ’Gibeah
of Benjamin: and the rest of the
people he sent every man to his
tent. i
3 And Jonathan smote the garri-
son of the Philistines that was in
Geba, and the Philistines heard of
at. And Saul blew the trumpet
and
two
B.C. 1095.
a Psa.19.9,
note.
61 Sam.10.
26.
c Josh.5.9.
d Josh.7.2.
e1 Sam.14.
11; Jud.6.2.
f Num.32.1-
42.
g Num.16.1-
3,32-40.
h 2 Chr.16.9.
#1 Sam.15.
11,28.
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throughout all the land, saying,
Let the Hebrews hear.
4 And all Israel heard say that
Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was
jhad in abomination with the Philis-
tines. And the people were called
together after Saul to ¢Gilgal.
5 And the Philistines gathered
themselves together to fight with
Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and
six thousand horsemen, and people
as the sand which rs on the sea
shore in multitude: and they came
up, and pitched in Michmash, east-
ward from ¢Beth-aven.
6 When the men of Israel saw that
they were in a strait, (for the people
were distressed,) then the people
did ¢hide themselves in caves, and
in thickets, and in rocks, and in
high places, and in pits.
7 And some of the Hebrews went
over Jordan to the land of fGad
and Gilead. As for Saul, he was
yet in Gilgal, and all the people
followed him trembling.
Saul intrudes into the priest’s
office.
8 And he tarried seven days, ac-
cording to the set time that Samuel
had appointed: but Samuel came
not to Gilgal; and the people were
scattered from him.
9 And Saul said, Bring hither a
_|burnt-offering to me, and peace-
offerings. And he offered the
burnt-offering.
10 And it came to pass, that as
lsoon as he had made an end of
\offering the burnt-offering, behold,
iSamuel came; and Saul went out
to meet him, that he might salute
The divine rejection of Saul
announced.
thou done? And Saul said, Because
I saw that the people were scattered
from me, and that thou camest
not within the days appointed, and
that the Philistines gathered them-
selves together at Michmash;
12 Therefore said I, The Philis-
tines will come down now upon me
to Gilgal, and I have not made sup-
plication unto the Lorp: I forced
myself therefore, and offered a
burnt-offering.
13 And Samuel said to ‘Saul,
Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast
not kept the commandment of the
Lorp thy God, which he ‘com-
11 And Samuel said, What hast |
13 14] I SAMUEL. [14 is
a
2 And Saul tarried in the utter-
most part of Gibeah under a pome-
granate tree which is in Migron:
and the people that weré with him
were about six hundred men;
3 And 4Ahiah, the son of Ahitub,
I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phin-
ehas, the son of Eli, the Lorp’s
priest in Shiloh, ‘wearing an ephod.
And the people knew not that Jon-
athan was gone.
4 And between the passages, by
which Jonathan sought to go over
unto the Philistines’ garrison, there
was a sharp rock on the one side,
and a sharp rock on the other side:
and the name of the one was Bo-
zez, and the name of. the other
Seneh.
5 The forefront of the one was
situate northward over against
Michmash, and the other south-
manded thee: for now would the
Lorp have established thy king-
dom upon Israel for ever.
14 But now thy kingdom shall not
continue: the LorpD hath sought
him:a man 4after his own heart, and
the Lorp hath commanded him to
be captain over his people, because
thou hast not kept that which the
Lorp commanded thee. ;
15 And Samuel arose, and gat him
up from. Gilgal unto Gibeah of Ben-
jamin. And Saul numbered the
people that were present with him,
about six hundred men.
16 And Saul, and Jonathan his
son, and the people that were pres-
ent with them, abode in Gibeah of
Benjamin: but the Philistines en-
camped in Michmash.
17 And the spoilers came out of
the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned ward over against Gibeah.
unto the way that leadeth to 6 And Jonathan said to the young
¢Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: _|¢ F-89.20; man that bare his armour, Come,
18 And another company turned “~~ Jand let us go over unto the garri-
the way to “Beth-horon: and an-|b Josh.18.23, {son of these uncircumcised: it may
other company turned to the way]. 5.4 163 be that the Lorp will work for us:
of the border that looketh to the ~~“ lfor there is no restraint to the
yalley of Zeboim toward the wil-|d Called LorD to ‘save by many or by
derness. fnew fool Wien.
19 Now there was no smith found ees oh 7 And his armourbearer said unto
throughout all the land of Israel: him, Do all that is in thine heart:
for the Philistines said, Lest the 6 ie Senna turn thee; behold, I am with thee
Hebrews make them swords or| }-3.3249; |according to thy heart.
spears: Jude 11. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold,
20 But all the Israelites went we wili pass over unto these men,
down to the Philistines, to sharpen|* pater e and we will discover ourselves unto
every man his share, and his coul-| 2 Chr.14.11; |them.
ter, and his axe, and his mattock. Rom.8.31. 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry
21 Yet they had a file for the mat-|,1 sam.13.6, {until we come to you; then we will
tocks, and for the coulters, and for stand still in our place, and will not
the forks, and for the axes, and to go up unto them.
sharpen the goads. ; 10 But if they say thus, Come up
22 So it came to pass in the day * lunto us; then we will go up: for the
of battle, that there was neither Lorp hath delivered them into our
sword nor spear found in the hand hand: and this shall be a sign unta
of any of the people that were with us.
Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul 11 And both of them discovered
and with Jonathan his son was themselves unto the garrison of the
there found. : ; Philistines: and the Philistines said,
23 And the garrison of the Philis- Behold, the Hebrews come forth
tines went out to the passage of out of the holes where they had
Michmash. 8hid themselves.
12 And the men of the garrison
‘CHAPTER 14. oeions J hapa pe and his armour-
; : earer, and said, Come up to us,
J gentham s great victory. and we will shew you a thing,
Now it came to pass upon a day, And Jonathan said unto his armour-
‘ that Jonathan the son of Saul bearer, Come up after me: for the
said unto the young man that bare LorD hath delivered them into the
his armour, Come, and let us go hand of Israel.
over to the Philistines’ garrison, 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon
that is on the other side. But he his hands and upon his feet, and
told not his father. . his armourbearer after him: and
332
they ¢fell before Jonathan; and his
armourbearer slew after him.
14 And that first slaughter, which
Jonathan and his armourbearer
made, was about twenty men,
within as it were an half acre of
land, which a yoke of oxen might
plow.
15: And there was “trembling in
the host, in the field, and among all
the people: the garrison, and the
spoilers, they also trembled, and the
earth quaked: so it was a very
greattrembling. _
16 And the watchmen of Saul in
Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,
behold, the multitude melted away,
and they went on beating down one
another.
17 Then said Saul unto the people
that were with him, Number now,
and see who is gone from us. And
when they had numbered, behold,
Jonathan and his armourbearer
were not there.
18 And Saul said unto Ahiah,
Bring hither the ark of God. For
the ark of God was at that time
with the children of Israel.
19 And it came to pass, while Saul
talked unto the priest, that the
noise that was in the host of the
Philistines went on and increased:
and Saul said unto the priest, With-
draw thine hand.
20 And Saul and all the people
that were with him assembled
themselves, and they came to the
battle: and, behold, every man’s
sword was against his fellow, and
there was avery great discomfiture.
21 Moreover the Hebrews that
were with the Philistines before
that time, which went up with
them into the camp from the
country round about, even they
also turned to be with the Israelites
that were with Saul and Jonathan.
22 Likewise all the men of Israel
which had hid themselves in mount
Ephraim, when they heard that the
Philistines fled, even they also fol-
lowed hard after them in the bat-
tle.
23 So the LorpD saved Israel that
day: and the battle passed over
unto Beth-aven. :
24 And the men of Israel were
distressed that day: for Saul chad
adjured the people, saying, Cursed
be the man that eateth any food
until evening, that I may be avenged
on mine enemies. So none of the
people tasted any food.
925 And all they of the land came!
I SAMUEL.
a Lev.26.8.
b Deut.28.7;
2 Ki.7.6;
Job 18.11.
¢ Cf.Josh.6.
26.
d Ex.3.8;
Num.13.27; |
Mt.3.4.
e1 Sam.30.
12.
f Lev.3.17;
17.10; Deut.
12.23,24;
Ezk.33.25;
Acts 15.19,
20.
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to a wood; and there was “honey
upon the ground.
26 And when the people were
come into the wood, behold, the
honey dropped; but no man put his
hand to his mouth: for the people
feared the oath.
27 But Jonathan heard not when
his father charged the people with
the oath: wherefore he put forth
the end of the rod that was in his
hand; and dipped it in an honey-
comb, and put his hand to his
mouth; and his eyes were ¢enlight-
ened.
28 Then answered one of the peo-
ple, and said, Thy father straitly
charged the people with an oath,
saying, Cursed be the man that
eateth any food this day. And
the people were faint.
29 Then said Jonathan, My father
hath troubled the land: see, I pray
you, how mine eyes have been en-
lightened, because I tasted a little
of this honey.
30 How much more, if haply the
people had eaten freely to day of
the spoil of their enemies which
they found? for had there not been
now a much greater slaughter
among the Philistines?
31 And they smote the Philistines
that day from Michmash to Aijalon:
and the people were very faint.
32 And:the people flew upon the
spoil, and took sheep, and oxen,
and calves, and slew them on the
ground: and the people did eat
them with the fblood.
33 Then they told Saul, saying,
Behold, the people sin against the
Lorp, in that they eat with the
blood. And he said, Ye have trans-
gressed: roll a great stone unto me
this day. F
34 And Saul said, Disperse your-
selves among the people, and say
unto them, Bring me hither every
man his ox, and every man his
sheep, and slay them here, and eat;
and sin not against the LorD in
eating with the blood. And all the
people brought every man his ox
with him that night, and slew them
there.
35 And Saul built an altar unto
the Lorp: the same was the first
altar that he built unto the LorbD.
36 And Saul said, Let us go down
after the Philistines by night, and
spoil them until the morning light,
and let us not leave a man of them.
And they said, Do whatsoever
seemeth good unto thee. Then
14 37]
{ SAMUEL.
\ a
[15 :
said the priest, Let us draw near] B.C. 1087.
hither unto God.
37 And Saul asked counsel of God,
Shall I go down after the Philis-
tines? wilt thou deliver. them into
the hand of Israel? But he an-
swered him not that day.
38 And Saul said, Draw ye near
hither, all the chief of the people:
and know and see wherein this sin
hath been this day. ’
39 For, as the Lorp liveth, which
saveth Israel, *though it be in Jona-
than my son, he shall surely die.
But there was not aman among all
the people that answered him.
40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be
ye on one side, and I and Jonathan
my son will be on the other side.
And the people said unto Saul, Do
what seemeth good unto thee.
41 Therefore Saul said unto the
Lorp God of Israel, 5Give a perfect
Jot. And Saul and Jonathan were
taken: but the people escaped.
42 And Saul said, Cast Jots be-
tween me and Jonathan my son.
And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan,
Tell me what thou hast done. And
Jonathan told him, and said, I did
but taste a little honey with the end
of the rod that was in mine hand,
and, lo, I must die.
44 And Saul answered, God do so
and more also: ‘for thou shalt
surely die, Jonathan.
45 And the people said unto Saul,
Shall Jonathan die, who’ hath
wrought this great salvation in
Israel? God forbid: as the Lorp
liveth, there shall not one hair of
his head fall to the ground; for he
hath wrought ¢with God this day.
So the people rescued Jonathan,
that he died not.
46 Then Saul went up from fol-
lowing the Philistines: and the Phi-
listines went to their own place.
47 So Saul took the kingdom over
| Israel, and fought against all his
enemies on every side, against
Moab, and against the children of
Ammon, and against Edom, and
against the kings of Zobah, and
against the Philistines: and whith-
ersoever he turned himself, he
vexed them.
48 And he gathered an host, and
smote the ‘Amalekites, and deliv-
ered Israel out of the hands of them
that spoiled them.
49 Now the sons of Saul were
Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-
shua: and the names of his two
a Cf.v.44.
6 Cf. Josh.7.
14-18.
c Cf.v.39.
d 2 Chr.19.11;
Isa.13.3;
2 Cor.6.1;
Phil.2.12,13.
e Ex.17.16.
f1Sam.9.16.
g Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.
1-23; 1 Sam.
16.1-13.(Gen.
1.26; Zech.
12.8.)
h Ex.17.8-14;
Deut.25.17-
19,
# Num.24.20.
Jj Jud.1.16; 4.
11-17; 1 Chr,
2.55,
& v.18,
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daughters were these ; the name of
the firstborn Merab, and the name
of the younger Michal: J
50 And the name of Saul’s wife
was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahi-
maaz: and the name of the captain
of his host was Abner, the son of
Ner, Saul’s uncle.
51 And Kish was the father. of
Saul; and Ner the father of Abner
was the son of Abiel. i
52 And there was sore war against
the Philistines all the days of Saul:
and when Saul saw any strong man,
or any valiant man, he took him
unto him.
CHAPTER 15.
Saul’s incomplete obedience.
(Cf. Gen. 11. 31.)
GAMUEL also said unto/Saul, The
LorD sent me to anoint thee to
be £king over his people, over Israel:
now therefore hearken thou unto
the voice of the words of the LorD.
2 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts, I
remember that which “Amalek did
to Israel, how he laid wart for him
in the way, when he came up from
Egypt.
3 Now go and smite Amalek, and
utterly ‘destroy all that they have,
and spare them not; but slay both
man and woman, infant and suck-
ling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 And Saul gathered the people
together, and numbered them in
Telaim, two hundred thousand foot-
ee and ten thousand men of Ju-
ah.
5 And Saul came to a city of Ama-
lek, and laid wait in the valley. —
6 And Saul said unto the jKen-
ites, Go, depart, get you down from
among the Amalekites, lest I de-
stroy you with them: for ye shewed
kindness to all the children of
Israel, when they came up out of
Egypt. So the Kenites departed
from among the Amalekites.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites
from Havilah until thou comest to
Shur, that is over against Egypt.
8 And he took Agag the king of
the Amalekites alive, and utterly
destroyed all the people with the
edge of the sword.
9 ‘But Saul and the people spared
Agag, and the best of the sheep, and
of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and
the lambs, and all that was good,
and would not utterly destroy them:
but every thing that was vile and
‘refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
15 10] I SAMUEL. (16 1
10 Then came the word of the] B.c. 1079. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of
LorpD unto Samuel, saying, witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
11 It ¢repenteth me that I have iniquity and idolatry. ¢Because
set up Saul to be king: for he is thou hast rejected the word of the
turned back from following me, and LorpD, he hath also rejected thee
hath not performed my command- from being king.
ments. And it grieved Samuel; and 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I
he cried unto the LorD all night. have sinned: for I have transgressed
12 And when Samuel rose early to the commandment of the LORD,
meet Saul in the morning, it was and thy words: because I feared the
told Samuel, saying, Saul came to people, and obeyed their voice.
Carmel, and, behold, he set him up 25 Now therefore, I pray thee,
a place, and is gone about, and pardon my sin, and turn again with
passed on, and gone down to Gil- me, that I may worship the LorpD.
gal. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and will not return with thee: for thou
Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou hast rejected the word of the LorD,
of the Lorn: I have performed the and the LorpD hath rejected thee
commandment of the LORD. from being king over Israel.
14 And Samuel said, What mean- 27 And as Samuel turned about to
eth then this bleating of the sheep go away, he laid hold upon the skirt
in mine ears, and the lowing of the of his mantle, and it rent.
oxen which I hear? 28 And Samuel said unto him,
15 And Saul said, They have The Lorp hath rent the kingdom
brought them from the Amalekites: of Israel from thee this day, and
for the people spared the best of the hath given it to a neighbour of
sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice|¢ Zech.8.14, thine, that is better than thou.
unto the Lorp thy God; and the| 7°f* 29 And also the Strength of Israel
rest we have utterly destroyed. “ b Prov.28.13. |will not lie noe peepentty Hor he is
Bro, chee Samuel seid nee oe che|<Fense58 {0 Then he aid, 1 have summed:
Lorp hath said to me this night.! Prov.213; |yet honour me now, I pray thee,
And he said unto him, Say on. Isa.l11-17; |\before the elders of my people, and
17 And Samuel said, When thou Wain pelos) zereal: and ine Sone as
wast little in thine own sight, wast| Heb.10.4-10. |me, that I may worship the LORD
La eae aed a Joa cae a errs turned again after
ointed thee king over isso 10.26: 12.48; Berl and Saul worshipped the
18 And the LorD sent thee on a} 15.22. ORD. ; f
journey, and said, Go and utterly 32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye
destroy the sinners the Amalekites, hither to me Agag the king of the
and fight against them until they Seen sna spas sara uate
be consumed. im delicately. ni gag said,
19 Wherefore then didst thou not Surely the bitterness of death is
obey the voice of the LorD, but past. ;
didst fly upon the spoil, and didst 33. And Samuel said, As thy sword
evil in the sight of the LorpD? hath made women childless, so
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, shall thy mother be childless among
Yea, I have ‘obeyed the voice of women. And Samuel hewed_Agag
the Lorp, and have gone the way in pieces before the Lorp in Gilgal.
which the Lorp sent me, and have 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah;
brought Agag the king of Amalek, and Saul went up to his house to
and have utterly destroyed the Ghee Ke out : ;
Amalekites. nd Samuel came no more te
21 But the people took of the see Saul until the day of his death:
spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of nevertheless Samuel mourned for
the things which should have been Saul: and the LORD ¢repented that
utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto he had made Saul king over Israel.
the Lorp thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, “Hath the CHAPTER 16.
LorD as great delight in burnt The choice of David to be king.
offerings and sacrifices, as in obey- 4
ing the voice of the LoRD? Behold, yp ND the LorD said unto Samuel,
to obey is better than sacrifice, and How long wilt thou mourn for
to hearken than the fat of rams. Saul, seeing I have rejectedhim from
335
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1 . Ay plo Ch ee
16 2] - I SAMUEL. [16 23
reigning over Israel? fill thine horn} B.c.1063. jof a beautiful countenance, an
wit olf and go, I will send thee to goodly to look to. And the Lorp
Jesse the Beth-lehemite: = I have . a Arise, anoint him: for this is
rovided mea “king among his sons. cs :
ole Samuel den How can I go? 13 Then Samuel took the horn of
if Saul hear it, he will killme. And oil, and anointed him in the midst
the LorD said, Take an heifer with of his brethreri: and the ‘Spirit of
thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice the LORD came upon David from
to the Lorp. that day forward. So Samuel rose
3 And call Jesse to the “ap a reed up, and went to Ramah.
and I will shew thee what thou = bas
shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto David is br euene to Saul.
me him whom I name unto thee. 14 But the Spirit of the Lorp de-
4 And Samuel did that which the parted from Saul, and an evil spirit
LorD spake, and came to Beth- from the LORD troubled him. :
lehem. And the elders of the town 15 And Saul’s servants said unto
trembled at his coming, and said, him, Behold now, an-evil spirit from
Comest thou peaceably? God troubleth thee.
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am 16 Let our lord now command
come to sacrifice unto the Lorpb: thy servants, which are before
sanctify yourselves, and come with|¢ Kingdom .|thee, to seek out a man, who is a
me to the sacrifice. And he sancti-| {07 vs. |cunning player on an harp: and it
fied Jesse and his sons, and called ESM shall come to pass, when the evil
them to the sacrifice. ; 1.26; Zech. | spirit from God is upon thee, that he
6 And it came to pass, when they| 128-) shall play with his hand, and thou
were come, that he looked on Eliab,|» Isa.ss.¢,9. |Shalt be well.
and said, Surely the Lorp’s an- 17 And Saul said unto his ser-
ointed is before him. oy el ALS vants, Provide me now a man that
7 But the LorD said unto Samuel, ae can play well, and bring Aim to
Look not on his countenance, or on|¢2Sam.7.8; |me. ; :
the height of his stature; because Ij 5S9.78- 18 Then answered one of the ser-
have refused him: for the Lorp ; vants, and said, Behold, I have
seethnotasmanseeth;formanlook-|e Holy Spirit. |seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehem-
eth on the ‘outward appearance, but| Y3i31# lite, that is cunning in playing, and
the Lorp looketh on the heart. 20,23. (Gen. |A Mighty valiant man, and a man
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab,} 1.2; Mal.2. " lof war, and prudent in matters, and
and mede him pass beforé Samuel.| 15:) a comely person, and the Lorp is
And he said, Neither hath the with him.
LorpD chosen this. : 19 Wherefore Saul sent messen-
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to gers unto Jesse, and said, Send me
pass by. And he said, Neither hath David thy son, which is with the
the Lorpb chosen this. sheep.
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his 20 And Jesse took an ass Jaden
sons to pass before Samuel. And with bread, and a bottle of wine,
Samuel said unto Jesse, The LorpD and a kid, and sent them by David
hath not-chosen these. his son unto Saul.
11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, 21 And David !came to Saul, and
Are here all thy children? And he stood before him: and he loved him
said, There remaineth yet - the greatly; and he became his armour-
youngest, and, behold, he keepeth bearer. - .
the 4sheep. And Samuel said unto 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying,
Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we Let David, I pray thee, stand be-
will not sit down till he come hither. fore me; for he hath found favour
° . : in my sight.
David anointed to be king. : 23 And it came to pass, when the
_12 And he sent, and brought him evil spirit from God was upon Saul,
in. Now he was ruddy, and withal that David took an harp, and
1 Cf.-1 Sam. 17. 58, 56. The order of events is: (1) David, whose skill on the
harp, and valour in the combat with the lion and bear (1 Sam. 17. 34, 36) were
known to “one of the servants” of Saul, was brought to play before the king (1 Sam.
16. 17, 18). (2) David returns to Bethlehem (1 Sam. 17.15). (3) David is sent to
Saul’s camp (1 Sam, 17. 17, 18) and performs his great exploit. C4) Saul’s question
(1 Sam. 17. ss, 56) implies only that he had forgotten the name of David’s father
—not remarkable certainly in an oriental king. }
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I
played with his hand: so Saul was
refreshed, and was well, and the
evil spirit departed from him.
rena
| CHAPTER 17.
© The defiance of Israel by
Goliath.
ol hed the Philistines gathered to-
gether their armies to battle,
and were gathered together at
Shochoh, which belongeth to Ju-
dah, and pitched between Shochoh
and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel
were gathered together, and pitched
by the valley of Elah, and set the
battle in array against the Philis-
tines. s
3 And the Philistines stood on a
mountain on the one side, and Israel
stood-on a mountain on the other
side: and there was a valley be-
tween them.
4 And there went out a champion
out of the camp of the Philistines,
named Goliath, of Gath, whose
height was six cubits and a
‘span.
5 And he had an helmet of brass
upon his head, and he was armed
with a coat of mail; and the weight
of the coat was five thousand
shekels of brass.
6 And he had greaves of brass
upon his legs, and a target of brass
between his shoulders.
7: And the staff of his spear was
like a weaver’s beam; and _ his
spear’s head weighed six hundred
shekels of iron: and one bearing a
shield went before him.
8 And he stood and cried unto the
armies of Israel, and said unto
them, Why are. ye come out to set
your battle in array? am notI a
Philistine, and ye servants ‘to Saul?
choose you a man for you, and let
him come down to me.
9 If he be able to fight with me,
and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against
him, and kill him, then shall ye be
our servants, and serve us.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy
the armies of Israel this day; give
me a man, that we may fight to-|.
gether.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard)
those words of the Philistine, they
were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
12 Now David was the ‘son of
that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-ju-
dah, whose name was Jesse; and he
had ¢eight sons: and the man went
SAMUEL. [17 26
among men for an old man in the
days of Saul. ,
13 And the three eldest sons of
Jesse went and followed Saul to the
battle: and the names of his three
sons that went to the battle were
Eliab the firstborn, and next unto
him Abinadab, and the third Sham-
mah.
14 And David was the youngest:
and the three eldest followed Saul.
David ts sent to the army of
Saul.
15 But David went and returned
from Saul to ¢feed his father’s sheep
at Beth-lehem.
16 And the Philistine drew near
morning and evening, and pre-
sented himself forty days.
17 And Jesse said unto David his
son, Take now for thy brethren an
fephah of this parched corn, and
these ten loaves, and run to the
camp to thy brethren;
18 And carry these ten cheeses
unto the captain of their thousand,
and 4look how thy brethren fare,
and take their pledge.
a One cubit =
1 ft. 5 in.
b One span =
about 9 in, 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the
cRuth 4.22, |men of Israel, were in the valley of
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
a Caviar 20 And David rose up early in the
ay morning, and left the sheep with a
é1Sam.16. keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse
11,19. pe aie and he came
n= |to the trench, as the host. was going
sure te forth to the fight, and shouted for
Gen37.14 the battle. .
8 en, 21 For Israel and the Philistines
had put the battle in array, army
against army. :
22 And David left his carriage in
the hand of the keeper of the car-
riage, and ran into the army, and
came and saluted his brethren.
23 And as he talked with them,
behold, there came up the cham-
pion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath
by name, out of the armies of the
Philistines, and spake according to
the same words: and David heard
them.
24 And all the men of Israel, when
they saw the man, fled ‘from him,
and were sore afraid. .
25 And the men of Israel said,
Have ye seen this man that is come
up? surely to defy Israel is he come
up: and it shall be, that the man
who killeth him, the king will enrich
him with great riches, and will give
him his daughter, and make his
father’s house free in Israel.
26 ‘And David spake to the men
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that stood by him, saying, What
shall be done to the man that kill-
eth this Philistine, and taketh away
the reproach from Israel? for who
is this uncircumcised Philistine,
that he should defy the armies of
the ¢living God? :
27 And the people answered him
after this manner, saying,So shallit
be done to the man that killeth him.
28 And Eliab his eldest brother
heard when he spake unto the men;
and Eliab’s “anger was kindled
against David, and he said, Why
camest thou down hither? and with
whom hast thou left those few
sheep in the wilderness? I know
thy pride, and the naughtiness of
thine heart; for thou art come down
that thou mightest see the battle.
29 And David said, What have I
now done? Js there not a cause?
30 And he turned from him to-
ward another, and spake after the
same manner: and the people an-
swered him again after the former
manner.
David’s victory over Goliath.
31 And when the words were
heard which David spake, they re-
hearsed them before Saul: and he
sent for him.
32 And David said to Saul, Let no
man’s heart ‘fail because of him;
thy servant will go and fight with
this Philistine.
33 And Saul said to David, Thou
art not able to go against this Phi-
listine to fight with him: for thou
art but a youth, and he a man of
war from his youth:
34 And David said unto Saul,
Thy servant kept his father’s sheep,
and there came a lion, and a bear,
and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and
smote him, and delivered rt out of
his mouth: and when he arose
against me, I caught him by his
beard, and smote him, and slew
him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion
and the bear: and this uncircum-
cised Philistine shall be as one of
them, seeing he hath defied the
armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, The
Lorp that delivered me out of the
paw of the lion, and out of the paw
of the bear, he will deliver me out
of the hand of this Philistine. And
Saul said unto David, Go, and the
¢LORD be with thee.
38 And Saul armed David with
I SAMUEL. .
a Deut.5.26.
6 Gen.37.4,8.
c Deut.20.2,3.
d 1 Sam.20.13;
1 Chr.22.11.
e 2 Sam.3.8;
2 Ki.8.13.
f 1 Ki.20.10.
g 2 Sam.22.33;
Psa.124.8;
Heb.11.
33,34.
hv.10.
tv.51.
j Josh.4,24;
1 Ki.8.43;
18.36; 2 Ki.
19.19; Psa.
46.10; Isa.
52.10.
k Psa.44.6,7;
Hos.1.7;
Zech.4.6.
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B.C. 1063.
[17 4
his armour, and he put an helmet of
brass upon his head; also he armed
him with a coat of mail. ;
39 And David girded his sword
upon his armour, and he assayed to
go; for he had not proved it. And
David said unto Saul, I cannot go
with these; for I have not proved
them. And David put them off
him.
40 And he took his staff in his
hand, and chose him five smooth
stones out of the brook, and put
them in a shepherd’s bag which he
had, even in a scrip; and his sling
was in his hand: and he drew near
to the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came on
and drew near unto David; and
the man that bare the shield went
before him.
42 And when the Philistine looked
about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was but a youth, and
ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43 And the Philistine said unto
David, Am I a «dog, that thou com-
est to me with staves? And the
Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine fsaid to Da-
vid, Come to me, and I will give
thy flesh unto the fowls of the air,
and to the beasts of the field.
45 Then said David to the Philis-
tine, Thou comest to me with a
sword, and with a spear, and with
a shield: but £I come to thee in the
name of the Lorp of hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel, whom thou
hast ‘defied.
46 This day will the Lorp delive
thee into mine hand; and I will
smite thee, and ‘take thine head
from thee; and I will give the car-
cases of the host of the Philistines
this day unto the fowls of the air,
and to the wild beasts of the earth;
that all the earth may Jknow that
there is a God in Israel.
47 And all this assembly shall
Rknow that the Lorp saveth not
with sword and spear: for the bat-
tle is the Lorp’s, and he will give
you into our hands.
48 And it came to pass, when the
Philistine arose, and came and drew
nigh to meet David, that David
hastened, and ran toward the army
to. meet the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand in his.
bag, and took thence a stone, and
slang it, and smote the Philistine in
his forehead, that the stone sunk
into his forehead; and he fell upon
his face to the earth.
a7 50] I SAMUEL. [18 17
50 So David prevailed over the} Bc. ey | to hi ’ i
Philistine with a “sling and with aj Ieregigems his
ones sae the Philistine, and 5 And David went out whitherso-
aes See: apr gee no sword CveR, Saul esent bi end behaved
a. imself wisely: an aul set him
51 Therefore David ran, and over the men of war, and he was
pod eee Be Serge and took accepted in the sight of all the peo-
cine Se eee Siamese ae
5 : servants.
cut off his head therewith. And 6 And it
when the Philistines saw their came, when ‘Dawe eee pee
Be ecion wes deat bey. bfled. from the slaughter of the Philistine,
ae ye the anence sed and of that the women came out of all
us A ees a shouted, and pur- cities of Israel, singing and dancing,
Re Ge ae eee Deu Gee eee
3 with joy, and with instruments of
of Ekron. And the wounded of the |musick.
peuistinss fell down by the way 7 And the women answered one
to annals, even unto Gath, and another as they played, and said,
- See hire children of Israel re apes in pape eae dar an
- avid his ten thousands.
turned from chasing after the Phi- EPs P
Beene cpolediberientsls judge, ee ee ee
54 And David took the head of| 15.15. he endeavours twice to kill.
the Philistine, and brought it to], 5y.4.33.34. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and
Bruise! eos but he put his armour aa ths, saving, isplessed cea eae
; 4 c Ct. - said, ey have ascribed unto Da-
Bee, And, when Saul saw David go) 1°?! 7°fe- |vid ten thousands, and to me they
ort pease ty ja Samussiners He tie d@1Sam.21.11. have ascribed but thousands: and
Ss nine — is this youth? ex cam 1526. eee eae terete te
And Abner said, As thy soul liv-|¢1sam.16.14. | 9 And Saul eyed David from that
eth, O king, I cannot tell, f day and forward.
56 And the king said, Enquire g1Sam.19.24. | 19 And it came to pass on the
Bye" guhose ou ng Seatae an h1Sam.19.9, Bebe that the fevil spirit from
nd as David returned from) 10- 'God came upon Saul, and he
the slaughter of the Philistine, Ab- i Num.27.17; &prophesied in the midst of the
ner took him, and brought him} 2 sam-5.2; house: and David played with his
before Saul with the head of the} 1 Ki3.7. hand, as at other times: and there
Philistine in his hand. _ j1Sam.17.25. |Was a Ajavelin in Saul’s hand.
58 And Saul said to him, Whose “= 1 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for
son art thou, thou young mam?|k1Sam.25.28. |he said, I will smite David even to
And David answered, J am the son
of thy servant Jesse the Beth-le-
hemite.
CHAPTER 18,
The love-covenant of Jonatha
and David. 4
ND it came to pass, when he
had made an end of speaking
unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan
was knit with the soul of David,
and Jonathan loved him as his own
soul.
2 And Saul took him that day,
and would let him go no more home
to his father’s house.
3 Then Jonathan and David
made a covenant, because he loved
him as his own soul. ,
4 And Jonathan stripped himself
of the robe that was upon him, and
gave it to David, and his garments,
339
the wall with it. And David
avoided out of his presence twice.
12 And Saul was afraid of David,
because the LoRD was with him,
and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul removed him
from him, and made him his cap-
tain over a thousand; and he went
out and came in before the people.
14 And David behaved himself
wisely in all his ways; and the
LorpD was with him.
15 Wherefore when Saul saw that
he behaved himself very wisely, he
was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved
David, ‘because he went out and
came in before them,
17 And Saul said to David, Be-
|hold my elder daughter JMerab, her
will I give thee to wife: only be thou
valiant for me, and ‘fight the
ILoORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let
4 > F . a i = >, ee em AT he 4 yada kes
I SAMUEL.
30 Then the princes of the Philis-
tines went forth: and it came to.
pass, after they went forth, that
David behaved himself more éwisely
than all the servants of Saul; so
that his name was much set Ly.
CHAPTER 19.
Saul’s third attempt fo kill
David: David's fight.
ND Saul spake to Jonathan his
son, and to all his servants,
that they should kill David.
2 But Jonathan Saul’s son de-
lighted *much in David: and Jona-
than told David, saying, Saul my
not mine hand be upon him, but let
the hand of the Philistines be upon
im,
18 And David said unto %Saul,
Who am I? and what is my life, or
my father’s family in Israel, that I
should be son in law to the king?
19 Butit came to pass at the time
when Merab Saul’s daughter should
have been given to David, that she
was given unto ‘Adriel the Meho-
lathite to wife.
Michal, Saul’s daughter, given
to David.
20 And Michal Saul’s daughter
loved David: and they told Saul,
B.C. 1063.
and the thing pleased him. _ 4 father. seeketh to kill thee: now
21 And Saul said, I will give him therefore, I pray thee, take heed to
her, that she ey. ie 2! ate e ate thyself until vee Sik nse a
and that the ¢hand of the ilis- in a secret place, and hide thyself:
tines may be against him. Where- 3 And I will go out and stand
fore Saul said to David, Thou shalt|c vs.21,25; beside my father in the field where
this day be my son in law in the} 2Sam.12.9. |thou art, and I will commune with
ibs had ‘Seay Honba emetiy ec| Ss Se Tea Pew airaei de oe cena
nd Saul commanded hi: -| 9.21; 2 Sam. will te ee.
vants, saying, Commune with Da-| 7-18. 4 And Jonathan spake good of
vid secretly, and say, Behold, the], 2sam.21.3, |David unto Saul his father, and
king hath delight in thee, and all said unto him, Let not the king sin
his servants love thee: now there- dv.17. against his servant, against David;
fore be the king’s son in law. e1Sam.14.24, |because he hath not sinned against
set And gees ie ers weoe ee basi pond cage his Berrie
ose words in the ears of David. 3.14. een to thee-ward very good: b
And David said, Seemeth it to you), y.5, 5 For he ‘did put his life in his
a light thing to be a king’s son in hand, and Jslew the Philistine, and
law, seeing that I am a poor man,}/ 1 Sam.18.1. the RLORD wrought a great salva-
and lightly esteemed? i Jud.12.3. tion for all Israel: thou sawest it,
24 And the servants. of Saul told] _ 3 and didst rejoice: wherefore then
him, saying, On this manner spake|71Sam.17. wilt thou sin against innocent blood,
David. f pte to slay David without a cause?
25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye|z1 Chr.11.14. | 6 And Saul hearkened unto the
say to David, The king desireth not voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware,
any dowry, but an hundred fore- fe Sara.16.14e the Lorp liveth, he shall not
skins of the Philistines, to be be slain. :
favenged of the king’s enemies. 7 And Jonathan called David,
But Saul thought to make David and Jonathan shewed him all those
fall by the hand of the Philistines. things. And Jonathan brought
26 And when his servants told David to Saul, and he was in his
David these words, it pleased David presence, as in times past. :
well to be the king’s son in law: 8 And there was war again: and
and the days were not expired. David went out, and fought with
27 Wherefore David arose and the Philistines, and slew them with
went, he and his men, and slew of a great slaughter; and they fled
the Philistines two hundred men; from him.
and David brought their /foreskins, 9 And the evil spirit from the
and they gave them in full tale to LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in
the mS that ne mene De the sngis his house with his javelin in his
son in law. n aul gave him hand: and Davi i i
fee Ais daucissae to wife. hand. : SE Re ae
nd Saul saw and knew that 10 And Saul sought * i
the Lorp was with David, and that David even to the eon Oe UE
Michal Saul’s daughter loved him. javelin; but he slipped away out of
29 And Saul was yet the. more Saul’s presence, and he smote the
afraid of David; and Saul became javelin into the wall: and David
David’s enemy continually. fled, and escaped that night.
11 Saul also sent messengers unto
David’s house, to watch him, and
to slay him in the morning: and
Michal David’s wife told him, say-
ing, If thou save not thy life to
night, to morrow thou shalt be
slain.
12 So Michal let David down
through a window: and he went,
and fled, and escaped.
13 And Michal took an image,
and laid 7¢ in the bed, and put a
pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster,
and covered it with a cloth.
14 And when Saul sent messengers
to take David, she said, He is sick.
15 And Saul sent the messengers
again to see David, saying, Bring
him up to me in the bed, that I may
slay him.
16 And when the messengers were
come in, behold, there was an
image in the bed, with a pillow of
goats’ hazr for his bolster.
B.C. 1063.
a Josh.2.15.
17 And Saul said unto Michal,}, 4 s3n4o0
Why hast thou deceived me so,| 5,6. ~~
and sent away mine enemy, that he
js escaped? And Michal answered
c Holy Spirit.
Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; nee es
why should I kill thee? tent 4 .
The Spirit of God protects David.
d1Sam.10.
18 So David fled, and escaped,| 10,12.
and came to Samuel to Ramah, and
told him all that Saul had done to e1Sam.27.1.
es pad he pe Samuel went and|f1 Sam.19.2.
welt in Naioth.
19 And it was told Saul, sayine,|®7" 7
Behold, David is at Naioth in Ra-j/ 1Sam.25.
mah. 17.
90 And Saul sent messengers tO] ;1Sam.18.3;
take David: and when they Ysaw| 23-18.
the company of the prophets proph-
esying, and Samuel standing as
appointed over them, the ‘Spirit of
God was upon the messengers of
Saul, and they also prophesied.
21 And when it was told Saul, he
sent other messengers, and they
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent
messengers again the third time,
and they prophesied also.
22 Then went he also to Ramah,
and came to a great well that is in
Sechu: and he asked and_ said,
Where are Samuel and David?
And one said, Behold, they be at
WNaioth in Ramah. a
93 And he went thither to Naioth
jn Ramah: .and the Spirit of God
‘was upon him also, and he went on,
and prophesied, until he came to
Naioth in Ramah. ‘ 4
24 And he stripped off his clothes
also, and prophesied before Samuel
341
I SAMUEL.
in like manner, and lay down
naked all that day and all that
night. Wherefore they say, Js
dSaul also among the prophets?
CHAPTER 20.
Jonathan protects David.
ND David fled from Naioth in
X% Ramah, and came and said be-
fore Jonathan, What have I done?
what is mine iniquity? and what is
my sin before thy father, that he
seeketh my life?
2 And he said unto him, God for-
bid; thou shalt not die: behold, my
father will do nothing either great
or small, but that he will shew it
me: and why should my father
hide this thing from me? it is not so.
3 And David sware moreover, and
said, Thy father certainly knoweth
that I. have found grace in thine
eyes; and he saith, Let not Jona-
than know this, lest he be grieved:
but ‘truly as the Lorp liveth, and
as thy soul liveth, there is but a
step between me and death.
4 Then said Jonathan unto
David, Whatsoever thy soul de-
sireth, I will even do it for thee.
5 And David said unto Jonathan,
Behold, to morrow is the new moon,
and I should not fail to sit with the
king at meat: but let me go, that I
may hide myself in the ‘field unto
the third day at even.
6 If thy father at all miss me,
then say, David earnestly asked
leave of me that he might run to
gBeth-lehem his city: for there isa
yearly sacrifice there for. all the
family.
7 If he say thus, Jt zs well; thy
servant shall have peace: but if he
be very wroth, then be sure that
evil is ‘determined by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly
with thy servant; for thou hast
brought thy servant into a ‘cove-
nant of the LORD with thee: not-
withstanding, if there be in me
iniquity, slay me thyself; for why
shouldest thou bring me to thy
father? ‘
9 And Jonathan said, Far be it
from thee: for if I knew certainly,
that evil were determined by my
father to come upon: thee, then
would not I tell it thee?
10 Then said David to Jonathan,
Who shall tell me? or what if thy
father answer thee roughly?
11 And Jonathan said unto
David, Come, and let us go out into
\
20 12]
the field. And they went out both
of them into the field.
12 And Jonathan said unto David,
O Lorp God of Israel, when I have
sounded my father about to morrow
any time, or the third day, and,
behold, if there be good toward
David, and I then send not unto
thee, and shew it thee;
13 The Lorp do so and much
more to Jonathan: but if it please
my father to do thee evil, then I
will shew it thee, and send thee
away, that thou mayest go in peace:
and the LorpD be with thee, as he
hath “been with my father.
14 And thou shalt not only while
yet I live shew me the kindness of
the LorD, that I die not:
15 But 4a/so thou shalt not cut
off thy kindness from my house
for ever: no, not when the LorpD
hath cut off the enemies of David
every one from the face of the
earth.
16 So Jonathan made a covenant
with the house of David, saying,
Let the Lorp even ‘require it at the
hand of David’s enemies.
17 And Jonathan caused David to
swear again, because he loved him:
for he loved him as he loved his
own soul.
18 Then Jonathan said to David,
To morrow zs the new moon: and
thou shalt be missed, because thy
seat will be empty.
19 And when thou hast stayed
three days, then thou shalt go
down quickly, and come to the place
where thou didst hide thyself when
the business was in hand, and shalt
remain by the stone Ezel.
20 And I will shoot three arrows
on the side thereof, as though I
shot at a mark.
21 And, behold, I will send a lad,
' saying, Go, find out the arrows. If
I expressly say unto the lad, Be-
hold, the arrows are on this side of
thee, take them; then come thou:
for there is peace to thee, and no
hurt; as the Lorp liveth.
22 But if I say thus unto the
young man, Behold, the arrows are
beyond thee; go thy way: for the
Lorp hath sent thee away.
23 And as touching the ¢matter
which thou and I have spoken of,
behold, the LorpD be between thee
and me for ever.
24 So David hid himself in the
field: and when the new moon was
come, the king sat him down to eat
meat. :
I SAMUEL.
B.C 1062.
a 1 Sam.10.7;
11.6; 2 Sam.
7.15.
6 1 Sam.24.21;
2 Sam.9.1,7.
¢ 2 Sam4.7.
d vs.14,15.
é Lev.15.5.
fv.6.
g1Sam.19.
h 1 Sam.18.11.
[20. 36
25 And the king sat upon his seat,
as at other times, even upon a seat
by the wall: and-Jonathan arose,
and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and
David’s place was empty.
26 Nevertheless Saul spake not
any thing that day: for he thought,
omething.hath befallen him, he is
not ¢clean; surely he is not clean.
27 And it came to pass on the
morrow, which was the second day
of the month, that David’s place
was empty: and Saul said unto
Jonathan his son, Wherefore com-
eth not the son of Jesse to meat,
neither yesterday, nor to day?
28 And Jonathan answered fSaul,
David earnestly asked Jeave of me
to go to Beth-lehem:
29 And he said, Let me go, I pray
thee; for our family hath a sacri-
fice in the city; and my brother, he
hath commanded me to be there:
and now, if I have found favour in
thine eyes, let me get away, I pray
thee, and see my brethren. There-
fore he cometh not unto the king’s
table.
30 Then Saul’s anger was kin-
dled against Jonathan, and he said
unto him, Thou son of the perverse
rebellious woman, do not I know
that thou hast chosen the son of
Jesse to thine own confusior, and
unto the confusion of thy mother’s
nakedness?
31 For as long as the son of Jesse
liveth upon the ground, thou shalt
not be established, nor thy king-
dom. Wherefore now send and
fetch him unto &me, for he shall
surely die.
32 And Jonathan answered Saul
his father, and said unto him,
Wherefore shall he be slain? what
hath he done?
33 And Saul cast a "javelin at
him to smite him: whereby Jona-
than knew that it was determined
of his father to slay David.
34 So Jonathan arose from the
table in fierce anger, and did eat no
meat the second day of the month:
for he was grieved for David, be-
cause his father had done him
shame.
35 And it came to pass in the
morning, that Jonathan went out
into the field at the time appointed
wath David, and a little lad with
36 And he said unto his lad, Run,
find out now the arrows which I
shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot
an arrow beyond him.
a
20 37) I SAMUEL. [221
a
37 And when the lad was come to) B.C. 1062.__|came out, and the vessels of the
the place of the arrow which Jona-|~———SWS young meen ely, and the bread
than had shot, Jonathan cried after 7s in a manner common, yea, though
the lad, and said, Js not the arrow it were sanctified this day in the
“beyond thee? % vessel.
38 And Jonathan cried after the 6 So the priest gave him hallowed
lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. |bread: for there was no bread there
And Jonathan’s lad gathered up but the ¢shewbread, that was taken
the arrows, and came to his mas- from before the LORD, to put hot
ter. ‘bread in the day when it was taken
39 But the lad knew not any away.
thing: only Jonathan and David 7 Now a certain man of the ser-
knew the matter. vants of Saul was there that day,
40 And Jonathan gave his artil- detained before the LorD; and his
lery unto his lad, and said unto Iname was “Doeg, an Edomite, the
him, Go, carry them to the city. \chiefest of the herdmen that be-
GAL And as soon as the lad was longed to Saul.
gone, David arose out of a place 8 And David said unto Ahimelech,
toward the south, and fell on his And is there not here under thine
face to the ground, and bowed him- hand spear or sword? for I have
self three times: and they kissed neither brought my sword nor my
one another, and wept one with weapons with me, because the
another, until David exceeded. king’s business required haste.
42 And Jonathan said to David,|¢ vs.21,22. 9 And the priest said, The sword
Go in peace, forasmuch as we have], , san143 of Goliath the Philistine, ‘whom
sworn both of us in the name of the] called Ahiah, |thou slewest in the valley of Elah,
Lorpb, saying, The LorD be be-} also Abia- | behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth
tween me and thee, and between} ‘?#*- behind the ephod: if thou wilt take
my seed and thy seed for ever.| ¢ £x.25.30: that, take it: for there 1s no other
And he arose and departed: and} Lev.24.5-9. jsave that here. And David said,
Jonathan went into the city. ¢Ex 25.30 There is none like that; give it
note. me.
CHAPTER 21. ee 10 And David arose, and fied that
€ am.22.9; |
David flees a SRS and to| Psa.52, title. Ve tanneie Shee d>wentsta
ete f1Sam.17.2, | 11 And the servants of Achish
HEN came David to Nob to} % said unto him, Js not this David the
| bAhimelech the priest: and! ¢ Psa.34.4; king of the land? did they not sing
_Ahimelech was afraid at the meet-| 56.3. one to another of him in dances,
ing of David, and said unto him, Owes ee saying, Saul hath slain his thou-
Why art thou alone, and no man)” wict. ts. \sands, and David his ten thousands?
Heb.11.38. 12 And David laid up these words
with thee?
2 And David said unto Ahimelech
‘the priest, The king hath com-
“manded me a business, and hath
‘said unto me, Let no man know
‘any thing of the business where-
about I send thee, and what I have
commanded thee: and I have ap-
pointed my servants to such and
such a place.
3 Now therefore what is under
thine hand? give me five loaves of
bread in mine hand, or what there
is present.
4 And the priest answered David,
and said, There is no common
bread under mine hand, but there
is ‘hallowed bread; if the young
men have kept themselves at least)
from women.
5 And David answered the priest,
and said unto him, Of a truth
women have been kept from us
about these three days, since I
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in his heart, and was 4sore afraid
of Achish the king of Gath.
13 And he changed his behaviour
before them, and feigned himself
mad in their hands, and scrabbled
on the doors of the gate, and let his
spittle fall down upon his beard.
14 Then said Achish unto his ser-
vants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore then have ye brought
him to me?
15 Have I need of mad men, that
ye have brought this fellow to play
the mad man in my presence? shall
this fellow come into my house?
CHAPTER 22.
David in rejection gathers his
mighty men.
epee thersoreccaaien thence,
and escaped to the cave ?Adul-
‘Jam: and when his brethren and
22 2] I
all his father’s house heard it, they
went down thither tohim. .
2 @And every one that.was in dis-
tress, and every one that was in
debt, and every one that was dis-
contented, gathered themselves
unto him; and he became a °captain
over them: and there were with
him about four hundred men.
David’s wanderings and dangers.
3 And David went thence to Miz-
peh of Moab: and he said unto the
king of Moab, Let my father and
my mother, I pray thee, come forth,
and be with you, till I know what
God will do for me.
4 And he brought them before the
king of Moab: and they dwelt with
him all the while that David was in
the hold.
5 And the prophet Gad said unto
David, Abide not in the hold; de-
part, and get thee into the land of
Judah. Then David departedsand
came into the forest of Hareth.
6 When Saul heard that David
was discovered, and the men that
were with him,-(now Saul abode in
Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, hav-
ing his spear in his hand, and all his
servants were standing about him:;)
7 Then Saul said unto his servants
that stood about him, Hear now, ye
Benjamites; will the “son of Jesse
give every one of you fields and
vineyards, and make you all cap-
tains of thousands, and captains of
hundreds;
8 That all of you have conspired
against me, and there js none that
sheweth me that my son hath-made
a league with the son of Jesse, and
there is none of you that is sorry for
me, or sheweth unto me that my son
hath stirred up my servant against
me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
9 Then answered Doeg the Edom-
ite, which was set over the servants
of Saul, and said, I saw the son of
Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech
the son of Ahitub.
10 And he enquired of the Lorp
for him, and gave him victuals, and
gave him the sword of Goliath the
Philistine.
* 11 Then the king sent to call
Ahimelech the priest, the son of
Ahitub, and ali his father’s house,
the priests that were in Nob: and
they came all of them to the king.
12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou
Here I am, my lord.
13 And Saul said unto him. Why!
son of Ahitub. And he answered, |!
Le * Se 2}, oP aw
SAMUEL.
B.C. 1062. |have ye conspired against me, tho
and the son of Jesse, in that tho
hast given him bread, and a sword,
and hast enquired of God for him,
that he should rise against me, to
lie in wait, as at this day?
14 Then Ahimelech answered the
king, and said, And who fs so ¢faith-
ful among all thy servants as David,
which is the king’s son in law, and
goeth at thy bidding, and is hon-
ourable in thine house?
15 Did I then begin to enquire of
God for him? be it far from me: let
not the king impute any thing unto
his servant, nor to all the house of
my father: for thy servant knew
nothing of all this, less or more.
16 And the king said, Thou shalt
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all
&thy father’s house.
17 And the king said unto the
footmen that stood about him,Turn,
and slay the priests of the Lorp;
because their hand also is with
David, and because they knew
when he fled, and did not shew it to
me. But the servants of the king
would not put “forth their hand to
fall upon the priests of the Lorn. -
18 And the king said to Doeg,
Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.
And Doeg the Edomite turned, and
he fell upon the priests, and slew on
that day fourscore and five persons
that did wear a linen ephod.
19 And ‘Nob, thecity of the priests,
smote he with the edge of the sword,
both men and women, children and
sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and
sheep, with the edge of the sword.
20 And one of the sons of Ahime-
lech the son of Ahitub, named 7Abi-
athar, escaped, and fled after David.
21 And Abiathar shewed David
that Saul had slain the Lorp’s
priests. }
@ Jud.11.3..
b Heb.2.10.
¢1Sam.8.14.
d Num.27.21.
e€1Sam.19.
4,5; 24.11.
jf Imputa-
tion. 2 Sam.
19.18,19.
(Lev.25.50;
Jas.2.23.)
g Deut.24.16.
h Ex.1.17.
tvs.9,11.
j1Sam.23.6;
1 Ki.2,26,27.
CHAPTER 23.
David’s wanderings and
adventures.
(HEN they told David, saying,
_ Behold, the Philistines fight
jagainst Keilah, and they rob the
threshingfloors r
|
A a
23 2]
2 Therefore David enquired of the
LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite
these Philistines? And the Lorp
said unto David, Go, and smite the
Philistines, and save Keilah.
3. And David’s men said unto him,
Behold, we be afraid here in Judah:
how much more then if we come to
Keilah against the armies of the
Philistines?
4 Then David enquired of the
LorpD yet again. And the LorpD
answered him and said, Arise, go
down to Keilah; for I will deliver
‘the Philistines into thine hand.
5 So David and his men went to
Keilah, and fought with the Philis-
tines, and brought away their cat-
tle, and smote them with a great
slaughter. So David saved the in-
habitants of Keilah.
6 And it came to pass, when Abia-
thar the son of Ahimelech fled to
David to Keilah, that he came
down with an ephod in his hand.
7 And it was told Saul that David
was come to Keilah. And Saul said,
God hath delivered him into mine
hand; for he is shut in, by entering
into a town that hath gates and
bars.
8 ‘And Saul called all the people
together to war, to go down to Kei-
lah, to besiege David and his men.
9 And David knew that Saul se-
cretly practised mischief against
him; and he ¢said to Abiathar the
priest, Bring hither the ephod,
10 Then said David, O Lorp
God of Israel, thy servant hath
certainly heard that Saul seeketh to
come to Keilah, to destroy the city
for my sake.
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver
me up into his hand? will Saul
come down, as thy servant hath
heard? :O Lorp God of Israel, I
beseech thee, tell thy servant. .And
the LorRD said, He will come down.
12 Then said David, Will the men
of Keilah deliver me and my men
into the hand of Saul? And the
Lorp said, They will deliver thee
up.
13 Then David and his men,
which were about six hundred,
arose and departed out of Keilah,
and went whithersoever they could
go. And it was told Saul that
David was escaped from Keilah;
and he forbare to go.forth. J
14 And David abode in the wil-
derness in strong holds, and re-
mained in a mountain in the wilder-
hess of Ziph. And Saul sought him
I SAMUEL.
a Num.27.21.
b Heb.12.12.
¢ Psa.27.1,3;
Isa.54.17;
Heb.13.6.
d 1 Sam.24.20.
e 2 Sam.21.7.
f1Sam.26.1.
g Jud.17.2;
Mic.3.11.
h1 Ki.18.10.
41 Sam.25.2.
345
B.C. 1062.
‘not into his hand.
[23 26
every day, but God delivered him
15 And David saw that Saul was
come out to seek his life: and David
was in the wilderness of Ziph in a
wood.
16 And Jonathan Saul’s son arose,
and went to David into the wood,
and ‘strengthened his hand in God.
17 And he said unto him, ‘Fear
not: for the hand of Saul my father
shall not find thee; and thou shalt
be king over Israel, and I shall be
next unto thee; and that also YSaul
my father knoweth. i
18 And they two made a “cove-
nant before the LorD: and David
abode in the wood, and Jonathan
went to his house.
19 fThen came up the Ziphites to
Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not
David hide himself with us in strong
holds in the wood,. in the hill of
Hachilah, which is on the south of
Jeshimon?
20 Now therefore, O king, come
down according to all the desire of
thy soul to come down; and our
part shall be to deliver. him into
the king’s hand.
21 And Saul said, ’Blessed be ye
of the LorpD; for ye have compas-
sion on me. f
22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet,
and know and see his place where
his haunt is, and who hath seen him
there: for it is told me that he
dealeth very subtilly.
23 See therefore, and take know-
ledge of all the lurking places where
he hideth himself, and come ye
again to me with the certainty, and
I will go with you: and it shall come
to pass, if he be in the land, that I
will “search him out throughout all
the thousands of Judah.
24 And they arose, and went to
Ziph before Saul: but David and
his men were in the wilderness of
‘Maon, in the plain on the south of
Jeshimon.
25 Saul also and his men went to
seek him. And they told David:
wherefore he came-down into a
rock, and abode in the wilderness
of Maon. And when Saul heard
that, he pursued after David in the
wilderness of Maon.
26 And Saul went on this side of
the mountain, and David and his
men on that.side of the mountain:
and David made haste to get away
for fear of Saul; for Saul and his
men compassed David and his men
round about to take them.
23 27]
27 But there 4came a messenger
unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and
come; for the Philistines have in-
vaded the land.
28 Wherefore Saul returned from|
pursuing after David, and went!)
against the Philistines: therefore)
they called that place 'Sela-ham-
mahlekoth.
29 And David went up from|
thence, and dwelt in strong holds
at En-gedi.
CHAPTER 24.
David’s mercy to Saul in En-ged1.
AND it came to pass, when Saul)
was returned from following
the Philistines, that it was told)
him, saying, Behold, David js in|
the wilderness of En-gedi.
2 Then Saul took three thousand
chosen men out of all Israel, and
went to seek David and his men
upon the rocks of the wild goats.
3 And he came to the sheepcotes
by the way, where was a cave; and
Saul went in to ‘cover his feet: and
David and his men remained in the
sides of the cave.
4 And the men of David said unto
him, ¢Behold the day of which the
LorbD said unto thee, Behold, I will
deliver thine enemy into thine hand,
that thou mayest do to him as it
shall seem good unto thee. Then
David arose, and cut off the skirt
of Saul’s robe privily.
5 And it came to pass after-
ward, that David’s heart ‘smote
him, because he had cut off Saul’s
skirt.
6 And he said unto his men, The
Lorp forbid that I should do this
thing unto my master, the Lorp’s
anointed, to stretch forth mine
hand against him, seeing he is the!
anointed of the Lorp,
7 So David stayed his servants
with these words, and suffered them
not to rise against Saul. But Saul
rose up out of the cave, and went
on Ars way.
8 David also arose afterward, and
went out of the cave, and cried
after Saul, saying, My lord the
king. And when Saul looked be-
hind him, David stooped with his
oy to the earth, and bowed: him-
self.
9 And David said to Saul, Where-
fore hearest ‘thou. men’s words,
saying, Behold, David seeketh thy
hurt? 4
10 Behold, this day thine eyes
I SAMUEL.
B.C. 1061.
a2 Ki.19.9.
bie. The
Crag (or
| Clit) of
Divisions
c Jud.3.24.
d 1 Sam.26.
8,11.
e 2 Sam,24.10.
f 2 Sam,21.
6-8.
we
have seen how that the Lorp had
delivered thee to day into mine
hand in the cave: and some bade
me kill thee: but mine eye spared
thee; and I said, I will not put forth
mine hand against my lord; for he
is the LorpD’s anointed.
11 Moreover, my father, see, yea,
see the skirt of thy robe in my
hand: for in that I cut off the skirt
of thy robe, and killed thee not,
know thou and see that there is
neither evil nor transgression in
mine hand, and I have not sinned
against thee; yet thou huntest my
soul to take it. :
12 The LorpD judge between me
and thee, and the LorD avenge me
of thee: but mine hand shall not be
upon thee.
13 As saith the proverb of the
ancients, Wickedness proceedeth
from the wicked: but mine hand
shall not be upon thee.
14 After whom is the king of Is-
rael come out? after whom dost
thou pursue? after a dead dog, after
a flea. ‘
15 The Lorp therefore be judge,
and judge between me and thee, °
and see, and plead my cause, and
deliver me out of thine hand.
16 And it came to pass, when
David had made an end of speaking
these words unto: Saul, that Saul
said, Is this thy voice, my son
David? And Saul lifted up his
voice, and wept.
17 And he said to David, Thou
art more righteous than I: for thou
hast rewarded me good, whereas I
have rewarded thee evil.
18 And thou hast shewed this day
how that thou hast dealt well with
me: forasmuch as when the LorpD
had delivered me into thine hand,
thou killedst me not.
19 For if a man find his enemy,
will he let him go well away?
wherefore the Lorp reward. thee
good for that thou hast done unto
me this day.
20 And now, behold, I know well
‘that thou shalt surely be king, and
that the kingdom of Israel shall be
established in thine hand.
21 Swear now therefore unto me
by the Lorp, /that thou wilt not
cut off my seed after me, and that
thou wilt not destroy my name out
of my father’s house.
22 And David sware unto Saul.
And Saul went home; but David
pe men gat them up unto the
old. t
&
25°1|
CHAPTER 25.
The death of Samuel.
ND Samuel died; ¢and all the
Israelites were gathered to-
gether, and lamented him, and
buried him in his house at Ramah.
And David arose, and went down
to the wilderness of “Paran.
David and Nabal.
2 And there was aman in Maon,
whose possessions were in Carmel;
and the man was very great, and
he had three thousand sheep, and
a thousand goats: and he was
shearing his sheep in Carmel.
3 Now the name of the man was)
‘Nabal; and the name of his wife
Abigail: and she was a woman of
good understanding, and of a beau-
tiful countenance: but the man was
dchurlish and evil in his doings;
and he was of the house of Caleb.
4 And David heard in the wilder-
ness that Nabal did ‘shear his
sheep.
5 And David sent out ten young
men, and David said unto the
young men, Get you up to Carmel,
and go to Nabal, and greet him in
my name:
6 And thus shall ye say to him
that liveth in prosperity, Peace be
both to thee, and peace be to thine
house, and peace be unto all that
thou hast.
7 And now I have heard that thou
hast shearers: now thy shepherds
which were with us, we hurt them
not, neither was there ought miss-
ing unto them, all the while they
were in Carmel.
8 Ask thy young men, and they
will shew thee. Wherefore let the
young men find favour in thine
eyes: for we come in a good day:
give, I pray thee, whatsoever com-
eth to thine hand unto thy ser-
vants, and to thy son David.
9 And when David’s young men
came, they spake to Nabal accord-
ing to all those words in the name
of David, and ceased.
10 And Nabal answered David’s
servants, and said, Who 1s David?
and who is the son of Jesse? there
be many servants now a days that
break away every man from his
master.
11 /Shall I then take my bread,
and my water, and my flesh that I
have killed for my shearers, and
give it unto men, whom I know not
whence they be?
I SAMUEL.
B.C. 1060.
a Num.20.29;
Deut.34.8.
6 Gen.21.21;
Num.10.12.
ci.e. fool.
d vs.10,11,17.
e Gen.38.13;
2 Sam.13.23.
f Jud.8.6.
g 1 Sam.30.24.
hv.7.
+ 2 Sam.23.
6,7.
gj One meas-
ure = about |
4 pecks.
k Josh,15.18.
347
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12 So David’s young men turned
their way, and went again, and
came and told him all those sayings.
13 And David said unto his men,
Gird ye on every man his sword.
And they girded on every man his
sword; and David also girded on
his sword: and there went up after
David about four hundred men;
and two hundred sabode by the
stuff.
14 But one of the young men told
Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Be-
hold, David sent messengers out of
the wilderness to salute our master;
and he railed on them.
15 But the men were very good
unto us, and ‘we were not hurt,
neither missed we any thing, as long
as we were conversant with them,
when we were in the fields:
16 They were a wall unto us both
by night and day, all the while we
were with them keeping the sheep.
17 Now therefore know and con-
sider what thou wilt do; for evil is
determined against our master, and
against all his household: for he is
such a son of ‘Belial, that a man
cannot speak to him.
18 Then Abigail made haste, and
took two hundred loaves, and two
bottles of wine, and five sheep
ready dressed, and five Jmeasures
of parched corn, and an hundred
clusters of raisins, and two hundred
cakes of figs, and laid them on
Jasses.
19 And she said unto her ser-
vants, Go on before me; behold, I
come after you. But she told not
her husband Nabal.
20 And it was so, as she rode on
the ass, that she came down by the
covert of the hill, and, behold,
David and his men came down
against her; and she met them.
21 Now David had said, Surely in
vain have I kept all that this fellow
hath in the wilderness, so that noth-
ing was missed of all that per-
tained unto him: and he hath
requited me evil for good.
22 So and more also do God unto
the enemies of David, if I leave of
all that pertain to him by the
morning light any that pisseth
against the wall.
23 And when Abigail saw David,
she hasted, and “lighted off the ass,
and fell before David on her face,
and bowed herself to the ground,
24 And fell at his feet, and said,
Upon me, my lord, upon me let
this iniquity be: and let thine
25 25]
handmaid, I pray thee, speak in
thine audience, and hear the words
of thine handmaid.
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee,
regard this man of Belial, even
Nabal: for as his name is, so 1s he;
WNabal is his name, and folly is
with him: but I thine handmaid
saw not the young men of my lord,
whom thou didst send.
26 Now therefore, my lord, as the
Lorp liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
seeing the LorpD hath withholden
thee from coming to shed blood,
and from avenging thyself with
thine own hand, now let thine ene-
mies, and they that seek evil to my
lord, be as Nabal:
27 And now this blessing which
thine handmaid hath brought unto
my 'lord, let it even be given unto
the young men that follow my
lord.
28 I pray thee, forgive the tres-
pass of thine handmaid: for the
ELorp will certainly make my lord
a sure house; because my lord
“fighteth the battles of the Lorp,
and evil hath not been found in
thee all thy days.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue
thee, and to seek thy soul: but the
soul of my lord shall be bound in|¢2 xi1s.5.
the bundle of life with the Lorp
thy God; and the souls of thine|?¥-32-
enemies, them shall he sling out, as| ¢ Prov.22.23.
out of the middle of a sling.
30 And it shall come to pass,|/1Sam.27.3.
when the LorD shall have done to
my lord according to all the good
that he hath spoken concerning
thee, and shall have appointed thee
ruler over Israel;
31 That this shall be no grief unto
thee, nor offence of heart unto my
lord, either that thou hast shed
blood causeless, or that my lord
hath avenged himself: but when the
LorD shall have dealt well with my
lord, then remember thine hand-
maid.
32 And David said to Abigail,
Blessed be the LorD God of Israel,
which sent thee this day to meet
me:
33 And blessed be thy advice, and
blessed be thou, which hast kept
me this day from coming to shed
blood, and from avenging myself
with mine own hand.
34 For in very deed, as the Lorp
God of Israel liveth, which hath
kept me back from hurting thee, ex-
cept thou hadst hasted and come to
“meet me, surely there had not been
a1 Sam.18.17.
b Psa.66.9;
Mal.3.17.
I SAMUEL.
B.C. 1060.
[25 4
left unto Nabal by the morning
light any that pisseth against the
wall.
35 So David received of her hand
that which she had brought him,
and said unto her, Go up in peace
to thine house; see, I have heark-
ened to thy voice, and have ac-
cepted thy person.
36 And Abigail came to Nabal;
and, behold, he held a feast in his
house, like the feast of a king; and
Nabal’s heart was merry within
him, for he was very drunken:
wherefore she told him nothing,
less or more, until the morning
light.
37 But it came to pass in the
morning, when the wine was gone
out of Nabal, and his wife had told
him these things, ‘that his heart
died within him, and he became as
a stone. ;
38 And it came to pass about ten
days after, that the Lorp “smote
Nabal, and he died.
Abigail becomes David’s wife.
39 And when David heard that
Nabal was dead, he said, ¢Blessed
be the Lorp, that hath «pleaded
the cause of my reproach from the
hand of Nabal, and hath kept his
servant from evil: for the Lorp
hath returned the wickedness of
Nabal upon his own head. And
David sent and communed with
Abigail, to take her to him to
wife,
40 And when the servants of Da-
vid were come to Abigail to Carmel,
they spake unto her, saying, David
sent us unto thee, to take thee to
him to wife.
41 And she arose, and bowed her-
self on Aer face to the earth, and
said, Behold, Jet thine handmaid be
a servant to wash the feet of the
servants of my lord.
42 And Abigail hasted, and arose,
and rode upon an ass, with five
damsels of her’s that went after
her; and she went after the mes-
sengers of David, and became his
wife,
|Ahinoam becomes David's wife.
43 David also took fAhinoam of
Jezreel; and they were also both of
them his wives.
44 But Saul had given Michal his
daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti
oe. os of Laish, which was of
im. ;
26.0
: time.
Ay ND the Ziphites came unto Saul
to Gibeah, saying, Doth not
David hide himself in the hill of
Hachilah, which is before Jeshi-
mon?
2 ‘Shen Saul arose, and went down
to the wilderness of Ziph, having
three thousand chosen men of Is-
tael with him, to seek David in the
wilderness of Ziph.
3 And Saul pitched in the hill of
Hachilah, which zs before Jeshimon,
by the way. But David abode in
the wilderness, and he saw that
Saul came after him into the wil-
derness.
4 David therefore sent out spies,
and understood that Saul was come
in very deed.
5 And David arose, and came to
the place where Saul had pitched:
and David beheld the place where
Saul lay, and «Abner the son of Ner,
the captain of his host: and Saul
Jay in the trench, and the people
pitched round about him.
6 Then answered David and said
to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to
Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother
to Joab, saying, Who will go down
with me to Saul to the camp? And
Abishai said, I will go down with
thee.
7 So David and Abishai came to
the people by night: and, behold,
Saul lay sleeping within the trench,
and his spear stuck in the ground
at his bolster: but Abner and the
people lay round about him.
8 Then said Abishai to David,
‘God hath delivered thine enemy
into thine hand this day: now
therefore let me smite him, I pray
thee, with the spear even to the
earth at once, and I will not smite
him the second time.
9 And David said to Abishai, De-
stroy him not: for who can stretch
forth his hand against the LORD’s
anointed, and be guiltless?
10 David said furthermore, As
the LorpD liveth, the Lorp shall
smite him; or his day shall come to
die; or he shall descend into battle,
and ‘perish.
11 The Lorp 4forbid that I
should stretch forth mine hand
against the Lorp’s anointed: but,
I pray thee, take thou now the
spear that is at his bolster, and the
cruse of water, and let us go.
I SAMUEL.
CHAPTER 26. B.C. 1060. 12 So David took the spear and
David spares Saul the second ra es A sbee coe any hes
a1 Sam.14.50.
b 1 Sam.24.6;
2 Sam.1.16.
c1Sam.31.6.
d 1 Sam.24.
e 1 Sam.24.16.
f 2 Sam.16.11.
g 2 Sam.14.16.
h v.24,
? Psa.7.8.
349
[26 23
no man saw it, nor knew i¢, neither
awaked: for they were all asleep;
because a deep sleep from the LORD
was fallen upon them,
13 Then David went over to the
other side, and stood on the top of
an hill afar off; a great space being
between them: :
14 And David cried to the people,
and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,
Answerest thou not, Abner? Then
Abner answered and said, Who art
thou that criest to the king?
15 And David said to Abner, Art
not thou a valiant man? and who
is like to thee in Israel? wherefore
then hast thou not kept thy lord
the king? for there came one of the
people in to destroy the king thy
ord.
16 This thing zs not good that
thou hast done. As the LorD liv-
eth, ye are worthy to die, because
ye have not kept your master, the
LorpD’s anointed. And now see
where the king’s spear is, and the
cruse of water that was at his bolster.
17 And Saul knew David’s voice,
and said, “Is this thy voice, my son
David? And David said, It is my
voice, my lord, O king.
18 And he said, Wherefore doth
my lord thus pursue after his ser-
vant? for what have I done? or
what evil 7s in mine hand?
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let
my lord the king hear the words of
his servant. If the fLorp have
stirred thee up against me, let him
accept an offering: but if they be
the children of men, cursed be they
before the Lorp; for they have
driven me out this day from abid-
ing in the inheritance of the LORD,
saying, Go, serve other gods.
20 Now therefore, let not my
blood fall to the earth before the
face of the Lorpb: for the king of
Israel is come out to seek a flea, as
when one doth hunt a partridge in
the mountains.
21 Then said Saul, I have sinned:
return, my son David: for I will no
more do thee harm, because my
hsoul was precious in thine eyes this
day: behold, I have played the fool,
and have erred exceedingly.
22 And David answered and said,
Behold the king’s spear! and let
one of the young men come over
and fetch it.
23 The *LorRD render to every
26 24]
I SAMUEL.
(28?
man his righteousness and his faith-
fulness: for the LorbD delivered thee
into my hand to day, but I would
not stretch forth mine hand against
the Lorp’s anointed.
24 And, behold, as thy life was
much set by this day in mine eyes,
so let my life be much set by in the
eyes of the LorD, and let him de-
liver me out of all tribulation.
25 Then Saul said to David,
Blessed be thou, my son David:
thou shalt both do great things,
and also shalt still prevail. So
David went on his way, and Saul
returned to his place.
CHAPTER 27.
David's lapse of faith. He goes
to Philistia,
PAD David said in his heart, I
shall now perish one day by the
hand of Saul: there is nothing
better for me than that I should
speedily escape into the land of the
Philistines; and Saul shall despair
of me, to seek me any more in any
coast of Israel: so shall I escape
out of his hand.
2 And David arose, and he passed
over with the six hundred ¢men
that were with him unto Achish,
the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 And David dwelt with Achish
at Gath, he and his men, every man
with his household, even David
with his two wives, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Car-
melitess, Nabal’s wife.
4 And it was told Saul that David
was fled to Gath: and he sought no
more again for him.
5 And David said unto Achish, If
I have now found grace in thine
eyes, let them give me a place in
some town in the country, that I
may dwell there: for why should
thy servant dwell in the royal city
with thee?
6 Then Achish gave him ‘Ziklag
that day: wherefore Ziklag per-
taineth unto the kings of Judah
unto this day.
_7 And the time that David dwelt
in the country of the Philistines
was a full year and four months.
8 And = Via and his men went up,
and invadéd the Geshurites, and
the ¢Gezrites, and the Amalekites:
for those nations were of old the
inhabitants of the land, as thou
goest to Shur, even unto the land
of Egypt.
B.C. 1060.
a Cf.1 Chr.29.
28.
61 Sam.25.
13. e
¢ Josh.19.5.
d Jud.1.29.
é1 Sam.25.1.
Ff Josh.19.18;
2 Ki.4.8.
g See Ex.28.
30, note.
h1 Chr.10.13;
Isa.8.19.
350
9 And David smote the land, and
left neither man nor woman alive,
and took away the sheep, and the
oxen, and the asses, and the camels,
and the apparel, and returned, and
came to Achish.
10 And Achish said,Whither have
ye made a road to day? And David
said, Against the south of Judah,
and against the south of the Jerah-
meelites, and against the south of
the Kenites.
11 And David saved neither man
nor woman alive, to bring tidings
to Gath, saying, Lest they should
tell on us, saying, So did David,
and so wi/l be his manner all the
while he dwelleth in the country of
the Philistines. ;
12 And Achish believed David,
saying, He hath made his people
Israel utterly to abhor him; there:
fore he shall be my servant for
ever.
CHAPTER 28.
| David among Israel’s enemies.
AND it came to pass in those
days, that the Philistines gath-
ered their armies together for war-
fare, to fight with Israel. And
|Achish said unto David, Know
thou assuredly, that thou shalt go
out with me to battle, thou and
thy men.
2 And David said to Achish,
Surely thou shalt know what
thy servant can do. And Achish
said to David, Therefore will I make
thee keeper of mine head for ever.
| 3 Now ‘Samuel was dead, and
all Israel had lamented him, and
buried him in Ramah, even in his
own city. And Saul had put away
those that had familiar spirits, and
the wizards, out of the land.
4 And the Philistines gathered
themselves together, and came and
pitched in fShunem: and Saul
gathered all Israel together, and
they pitched in Gilboa.
5 And when Saul saw the host of
the Philistines, he was afraid, and
his heart greatly trembled.
6 And when Saul enquired of the
Lorp, the LorD answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by eUrim,
nor by prophets.
Saul and the witch of En-dor.
7 Then said Saul unto his ser-
vants, Seek me a woman that hath
a familiar spirit, ‘that I may go to
her, and enquire of her. And his
28 8]
servants said to him, Behold, there
1s a woman that hath a familiar
spirit at En-dor.
8 And Saul disguised himself, and
put on other raiment, and he went,
and two men with him, and they
came to the woman by night: and
hesaid, I pray thee, divine untomeby
the familiar spirit, and bring me him
up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9 And the woman said unto him,
Behold, thou knowest what Saul
hath done, how he hath 4cut off
those that have familiar spirits,
and the wizards, out of the land:
wherefore then layest thou a snare
for my life, to cause me to die?
10 And Saul sware to her by the
LorpD, saying, As the LorD liveth,
there shall no punishment happen
to thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom
shall I bring up unto thee? And he
said, Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw
Samuel, she cried with a loud voice:
and the woman spake to Saul,
saying, Why hast thou deceived
me? for thou art Saul.
13 And the king said unto her, Be
not afraid: for what sawest thou?
And the woman said unto Saul, I
saw gods ascending out of the
earth.
14 And he said unto her, What
form 1s he of? And she said, An
old man cometh up; and he is cov-
ered with a mantle. And Saul
perceived that it was Samuel, and|
he stooped with Ars face to the
ground, and bowed himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why
hast thou disquieted me, to bring
me up? And Saul answered, I am
sore distressed; for the Philistines
make war against me, and God is
departed from me, and banswereth
me no more, neither by prophets,
nor by dreams: therefore I have
called thee, that thou mayest make
known unto me what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore
then dost thou ask of me, seeing
the Lorp is departed from thee,
and is become thine enemy?
17 And the Lorp hath done to
him, as he ‘spake by me: for the
Lorp hath rent the kingdom out
of thine hand, and given it to thy
neighbour, even to David:
18 4Because thou obeyedst not
the voice of the LORD, nor exe-
cutedst his fierce wrath upon
Amalek, therefore hath the LORD
done this thing unto thee this day.!
I SAMUEL.
B.C. 1056.
av.3.
bv.6.
c¢ 1 Sam.15.28.
d 1 Sam.13.
9,13; 15.
1-26; 1 Chr.
10.13.
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19 Moreover the LorD will also
deliver Israel with thee into the
hand of the Philistines: and to mor-
row shalt thou and thy sons be
with me: the Lorp also shall de-
liver the host of Israel into the hand
of the Philistines.
20 Then Saul fell straightway all
along on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of
Samuel: and there was no strength
in him; for he had eaten no bread
all the day, nor all the night.
21 And the woman came unto
Saul, and saw that he was sore
troubled, and said unto him, Be-
hold, thine handmaid hath obeyed
thy voice, and I have put my life in
my hand, and have hearkened unto
thy words which thou spakest unto
me.
22 Now therefore, I pray thee,
hearken thou also unto the voice of
thine handmaid, and let me set a
morsel of bread before thee; and.
eat, that thoumayest have strength,
when thou goest on thy way.
23 But he refused, and said, I will
not eat. But his servants, together
with the woman, compelled him;
and he hearkened unto their voice.
So he arose from the earth, and sat
jupon the bed.
24 And the woman had a fat calf
in the house; and she hasted, and
killed it, and took flour, and kneaded
it, and did bake unleavened bread
thereof:
25 And she brought rt before Saul,
and before his servants; and they
did eat. Then they rose up, and
went away that night.
CHAPTER 29.
David providentially saved from
fighting against Israel.
Nez the Philistines gathered
together all their armies to
Aphek: and the Israelites pitched
by a fountain which 7s in Jezreel.
2 And the lords of the Philistines
passed on by hundreds, and by
thousands: but David and his men
passed on in the rereward with
Achish.
3 Then said the princes of the
Philistines, What do these Hebrews
here? And Achish said unto the
princes of the Philistines, Js not
this David, the servant of Saul the
king of Israel, which hath been with
me these days, or these years, and I
have found no faut< in him since he
fell unto me unto this day?
4 And the princes of the Philis-
tines were wroth with him; and the
princes of the Philistines said. unto
him, Make this fellow return, that
he may go again to his place which
thou hast appointed him, and let
him not go down with us to
“battle, lest in the battle he be an
adversary to us: for wherewith
should he ¢reconcile himself unto
his master? should it not be with
the heads of these men?
5 Is not this David, of whom
‘they sang one to another in dances,
saying, Saul slew his thousands,
and David his ten thousands?
6 Then Achish called David, and
said unto him, Surely, as the LORD]¢ 1 Sam.14.
liveth, thou hast been upright, and} 21:
thy going out and thy coming in!|s or, make
with me in the host is good in my| Aimself
sight: ¢for I have not found evil in| g/easing,
thee since the day of thy coming]! 34, note.
unto me unto this day: nevertheless
_ the lords favour thee not. ¢1 Sam.18.7.
7 Wherefore now return, and gol7y3.
in peace, that thou displease not the
lords of the Philistines.
8 And David said unto Achish,
But what have I done? and what! /1Sam.25.
hast thou found in thy servant so) 42:43-
long as I have been with thee unto}, psa.i8.6;
this day, that J may not go fight) 25.1,2;
against the enemies of my lord the ;
king?
9 And Achish answered and said| 56.1.4
e Heb.1.4,
note,
to David, I know that thou art Jer16-19;
good in my sight, as an “angel of] jyay3:37°
God: notwithstanding the princes of
the Philistines have said, He shall ee aaars
not go up with us to the battle. gy
_10 Wherefore now rise up early] i1Sam.14.
in the morning with thy master’s aie Judte
servants that are come with thee: ;
and as soon as ye be up early in the! j 2 Sem.8.18;
1 Ki.
morning, and have light, depart. 38.
11 So David and his men rose up
early to depart in the morning, to
return into the land of the Philis-
dines. And the Philistines went up
to Jezreel.
CHAPTER 30.
David avenges the destruction
of Ziklag.
AND it came to pass, when David
4 and his men were come to
Ziklag on the third day, that the
Amalekites had invaded the south,
and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and
burned it with fire:
2 And had taken the women cap-
tives, that were therein: they slew
not any, either great or small, but
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carried them away, and went o
their way. =
3 So David and his men came to
the city, and, behold, 1t was burned
with fire; and their wives, and their
sons, and their daughters, were
taken captives. :
4 Then David and the people that
were with him lifted up their voice
and wept, until they hadno more
power to weep.
5 And David’s two fwives were
taken captives, Ahinoam the Jez-
reelitess, and Abigail the wife of
Nabal the Carmelite.
6 And David was greatly dis-
tressed; for the people spake of
stoning him, because the soul of all
the people was grieved, every man
for his sons and for his daughters:
but David Sencouraged himself in
the LorD his God.
7 And David said to Abiathar the
priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee,
hbring me hither the ephod. And
Abiathar brought thither the ephod
to David.
8 And David enquired at the
Lorpb, saying, Shall I, pursue after
this troop? shall I overtake them?
And he answered him, Pursue: for
thou shalt surely overtake them,
and without fail recover a//.
9 So David went, he and the six
hundred men that were with him,
and came to the brook Besor, where
those that were left behind stayed.
10 But David pursted, he and
four hundred men: for two hundred
abode behind, which were so faint
that they could not go over the
brook Besor.
11 And they found an Egyptian in
the field, and brought him to David,
and gave him bread, and he did eat;
and they made him drink water;
12 And they gave him a piece of
a cake of figs, and two clusters of
raisins; and when he had eaten,
his ‘spirit came again to him: for he
had eaten no bread, nor drunk any
water, three days and three nights.
13 And David said unto him, To
whom belongest thou? and whence
art thou? And he said, I am a
young man of Egypt, servant to an
Amalekite; and my master left me,
because three days agone I fell sick.
14 We made an invasion upon
the south of the JCherethites, and
upon the coast which belongeth to
Judah, and upon the south of Caleb;
and we burned Ziklag with fire, |
15 And David said to him, Canst
thou bring me down to this com-
q
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30 16]
I SAMUEL.
{
-(p3ts
pany? And he said, Swear unto| B.c. 1056. _|forward, that he made it a statute
me by God, that thou wilt neither
kill me, nor deliver me into the
hands of my master, and I will
bring thee down to this company.
16 And when he had brought him
down, behold, they were spread
abroad upon all the earth, eating
and drinking, and dancing, because
of all the great spoil that they had
taken out of the land of the Philis-
tines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 And David smote them from
the twilight even unto the evening!
of the next day: and there escaped
not a man of them, save four hun-
dred young men, which rode upon
camels, and fled.
18 And David recovered all that
the Amalekites had carried away:
and David rescued his two wives.
19 And there was nothing lacking
to them, neither small nor great,
neither sons nor daughters, neither] ¢ Josh.i9.8.
spoil, nor any thing that they had|, Josh.13.16
taken to them: David “recovered all. ee
20 And David took all the flocks| e Josh.15.50.
and the herds, which they drave
before those other cattle, and said,
This is David’s spoil.
21 And David came to the two
hundred men, which were so faint
that they could not follow David,
whom they had made also to abide
at the brook Besor: and they went! ;1 Chr.10.1.
forth to meet David, and to meet}
the people that were with him: and|* 1} Sam.28.4.
when David came near to the|:1sam.14.
people, he saluted them. 49; 1 Chr.8.
22 Then answered all the wicked| 33-
men and men of Belial, of those
that went with David, and said, Be-
cause they went not with us, we will
not give them oughé of the spoil
that we haverecovered, savetoevery
man his wife and his children, that
they may lead them away, and
depart.
23 Thensaid David, Yeshallnotdo
so,my brethren, with that which the
Lorp hath given us, who hath pre-
served us, and delivered the company
that came against us into our hand.
24 For who will hearken unto you
in this matter? “but as his part is
that goeth down to the battle, so
shail his part be that tarrieth by
the stuff: they shall part alike.
25 And it was so from that day
avs.
6 Num.31.
af Josh.22,
g Jud.1.16.
h Jud.1.17.
4 Josh.14.13;
2 Sam.2.1.
mJud.9.54.
f 1 Sam.27.10.
and an ordinance for Israel unto
this day.
26 And when David came to Zik-
lag, he sent of the spoil unto the
elders of Judah, even to his friends,
saying, Behold a present for you
of the spoil of the enemies of the
Lorpb;
27 To them which were in Beth-
el, and to them which were in
south “Ramoth, and to them which,
were in Jattir,
28 And to them which were in
4Aroer, and to them which were in
Siphmoth, and to them which
were in ‘Eshtemoa,
29 And to them which were in
Rachal, and to them which were in
the cities of the SJerahmeelites, and
to them which were in the cities of
the &Kenites,
30 And to them which were in
+Hormah, and to them which were
'in Chor-ashan, and to them which
were in Athach,
31 And to them which were in
*Hebron, and to all the places
where David himself and his men
were wont to haunt.
CHAPTER 31.
The death of Saul.
iXTOW the Philistines fought
against Israel: and the men
of Israel fled from before the Philis-
tines, and fell down slain in mount
kGilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed
hard upon Saul and upon his sons;
and the Philistines slew Jonathan,
and Abinadab, and Melchi-shua,
‘Saul’s sons.
3 And the battle went sore against
Saul, and the archers "hit him; and
he was sore wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul unto his ar-
mourbearer, Draw thy sword, and
thrust me through therewith; lest
these uncircumcised come and
thrust me through, and abuse me,
But his armourbearer would not;
for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer
saw that Saul was dead, he fell
likewise upon his sword, and died
with him.
1Cf. 2 Sam. 1. 10; 21. 12. The order is: (1) Saul is “hit””—wounded mortally,
potentially “slain,” by the Philistines; (2) either to escape agony, or insult by
the enemy, he falls upon his sword, and his armour-bearer, supposing him to be
dead, slew himself; (3) but Saul was not dead; raising himself upon his spear, he
besought the Amalekite to put him to cae
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6 So Saul died, and his three
sons, and his armourbearer, and all
his men, that same day together.
7 And when the men of Israel that
were on the other side of the val-
ley, and they that were on the
other side Jordan, saw that the|? J¥d213°
men of Israel fled, and that Saul and
his sons were dead, they forsook the} ¢ Josh.17-11;
cities, and fled; and the Philistines| J&¢-?-27-
came and dwelt in them. @ Contra,
8 And it came to pass on the mor-} 2 Chr.16.14.
row, when the Philistines came to}, 2 sam.24
strip the slain, that they found Saul! 5, 2 Sam.”
and his three sons fallen in mount! 2! 12,14.
Gilboa.
9 And they cut off his head, and
stripped off his armour, and sent
into ‘the iand of the Philistines
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round about, to publish ft in the
house of their idols, and among the
people. E
10 And they put his ¢armour in
the house of “Ashtaroth: and they
fastened his ‘body to the wall of
Beth-shan.
11 And when the inhabitants of
Jabesh-gilead heard of that which
the Philistines had done to Saul;
12 All the valiant men arose, and
went all night, and took the body
of Saul and the bodies of his sons
from the wall of Beth-shan, and
came to Jabesh, and ¢burnt them
there.
13 And they took their bones, and
‘"buried them under a tree at Ja-
ibesh, and fasted seven days.
THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL
OTHERWISE CALLED
| THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. {1 17
As First Samuel marks the failure of man in Eli, Saul, and even Samuel, so Second
Samuel marks the restoration of order through the enthroning of God’s king,
David. This book also records the establishment of Israel’s political centre -in
Jerusalem (2 Sam. 5. 6-12), and her religious centre in Zion (2 Sam. 5. 7; 6. 1-17).
When all was thus ordered, Jehovah established the great Davidic Covenant (7. 8-17)
out of which all kingdom truth is henceforth developed. David, in his ‘last words”’
(23. 1-7), describes the millennial kingdom yet to be.
The book is in four parts: I. From the death of Saul to the anointing of David
over Judah, in Hebron, 1. 1-27. II. From the anointing in Hebron to the establish-
ment of David over united Israel, 2. 1-5. 25. III. From the conquest of Jerusalem
to the rebellion of Absalom, 6. 1-14. 33. IV. From the rebellion of Absalom to the
purchase of the temple-site, 15. 1-24. 25.
The events recorded in II Samuel cover a period of 38 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1. B.C. 1056. | : pray is: upon me, and slay i
. , or anguish is come upon me, be-
David hears of Saul’s death cause my life is yet whole in me.
Now. it came to pass after the 10 Sol ‘stood upon him, and slew
death of Saul, when David was him, because I was sure that he
returned from the “slaughter of the could not live after that he was
Amalekites, and David had abode fallen: and I took the crown that
two days in Ziklag; was upon his head, and the brace-
2 It came even to pass on the let that was on his arm, and have
third day, that, behold, aman came brought them hither unto my lord.
out of the camp from Saul with his 11 Then David took hold on his
clothes rent, and earth upon his clothes, and rent them; and like-
wise all the men that were with
head: and so it was, when he came
to David, that he fell to the earth,!
and did obeisance. |
3 And David said unto him, From,
whence comest thou? And he said
unto him, Out of the camp of Israel|¢ 1 Sam.30.
‘am I escaped. 17,26.
4 And David said unto him, "How}» 1 sam.4.16.
went the matter? I pray thee, tell
~me. And he answered, That the|‘¢f} 3am.
people are fied from the battle, and eee
many of the people also are fallen|d 1 Sam.24.6,
and dead; and Saul and Jonathan 200; 8 sa.
his son are dead also. a
5 And David said unto the young]. 1 Ki.2.32,
man that told him, How knowest 33,37.
thou that Saul and Jonathan his
son be dead?
6 And the young man that told
him said, As I happened by chance
upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul
leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the
chariots and horsemen followed
hard after him. "
7 And when he looked behind
him, he saw me, and called unto
me. And I answered, Here am I.
8 And he said unto me, Who art
thou? And I answered him, I am
an Amalekite. }
9 He said unto me again, Stand,
him:
12 And they mourned, and wept,
and fasted until even, for Saul, and
for Jonathan his son, and for the
people of the Lorb, and for the
house of Israel; because they were
allen by the sword.
13. And David said unto the young
man that told him, Whence art
thou? And he answered, I am the
son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
14 And David ¢4said unto him,
How wast thou not afraid to stretch
forth thine hand to destroy the
Lorp’s anointed?
15 And David called one of the
young men, and said, Go near, and .
fall upon him. And he smote him
that he died.
_} 16 And David said unto him, Thy
éblood be upon thy head; for thy
mouth hath testified against thee,
saying, I have slain the Lorp’s
anointed.
David mourns the death of Saul
and Jonathan.
17 And David lamented with this
lamentation over Saul and over
Jonathan his son: ~
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II SAMUEL.
[2 16
18 (Also he bade them teach thel B.c. 1056. _|and there they anointed David king
children of Judah the use of the
bow: behold, it is. written in the
book of Jasher.) . :
19 The beauty of Israel is slain
upon ‘thy high places: how are the
mighty fallen! yawn
20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it
not in the streets of Askelon; lest
the daughters of the Philistines
“rejoice, lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised triumph.
21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, Jet
there be no dew, neither Jet there
be rain, upon you, nor fields of
offerings: for there the shield of
the mighty is vilely cast away, the
shield of Saul, as though he had
not been anointed with oil.
22 From the blood of the slain,
from the fat of the mighty, the bow
of Jonathan turned not back, and
the sword of Saul returned not
empty.
23 Saul and Jonathan were
lovely and pleasant in their lives,
and in their death they were not
divided: they were swifter than
eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep
over Saul, who clothed you in scar-
let, with other delights, who put
on ornaments of gold upon your
apparel.
25 How are the mighty fallen in
the midst of the battle! O J onathan,
thou wast slain in thine high
places.
26 I am distressed for thee, my
brother Jonathan: very pleasant
hast thou been unto me: thy love
to me was wonderful, passing the
love of women,
27 How are the mighty fallen, and
the weapons of war perished!
CHAPTER 2.
David received as king by Judah.
ANP 1t came to pass after this,
that ‘David enquired of the
LorRD, saying, Shall I go up into
any of the cities of Judah? And
the LorD said unto him, Go up.
And David said, Whither shall I go
up? And he said, Unto ¢Hebron,
2 So David went up thither, and
his two. wives also, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s
wife the Carmelite.
3 And his ‘men that were with
him did David bring up, every man
with his household: and they dwelt
in the cities of Hebron.
4 And the men of Judah came,
a
a Jud.16.23.
61 Sam.31.
¢ Kingdom -
(O.T.). vs. 1-
4; 2 Sam.5.
1-3. (Gen.1.
26; Zech. 12.
8.)
d 2 Sam.5.1,3.
e¢ 1 Sam.27.2,
3; 1 Chr.12.
1,
f1Sam.31.
»13.
g Jud.8.1,
note.
h Cf.Jud.20.1.
i Josh.10.2,
4,12.
Jj Jer.41.12.
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over the house of Judah. And they
told David, saying, That the men
of SJabesh-gilead were they that
buried Saul.
David’s message to the men of
Jabesh-gilead.
5 And David sent messengers
unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and
said unto them, Blessed be ye of the
LorpD, that ye have shewed this
kindness unto your lord, even unto
Saul, and have buried him.
6 And now the LorD shew kind-
ness and truth unto you: and I also
will requite you this kindness, be-
cause ye have done this thing.
7 Therefore now let your hands
be strengthened, and be ye valiant:
for your master Saul is dead, and
also the house of Judah have
anointed me king over them.
Abner makes Ish-bosheth king
over eleven tribes.
8 But ¢Abner the son of Ner, cap-
tain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth
the son of Saul, and brought him
over to Mahanaim;
9 And made him king over Gilead,
and over the Ashurites, and over
Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and
over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was
forty years old when he began to
reign over Israel, and reigned two
years. But the house of Judah fol-
lowed David.
11 And the time that David was
king in Hebron over the house of
Judah was seven years and six
months,
The second civil "war.
12 And Abner the son of Ner, and
the servants of Ish-bosheth the son
of Saul, went out from Mahanaim
to ‘Gibeon.
13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah,
and the servants of David, went
out, and met together by the “pool
of Gibeon: and they sat down, the
one on the one side of the pool, and
the other on the other side of the
pool.
14 And Abner said to Joab, Let
the young men now arise, and play
before us. And Joab said, Let them
arise.
15 Then there arose and went
over-by number twelve of Benjamin,
which pertained to Ish-bosheth:
the son of Saul, and twelve of the
servants of David.
16 And they caught every one his
me UT a ee
2 17] II SAMUEL. ¢ [3 8
NS Tite ite: oe eee | . =
fellow by the head, and thrust his} B.c. 1053. |all the i
; i yale _ B.C. 1053, _ people stood still, and pur-
Be ee cee tet Day one ee
4 - oug ey any more.
Bloce Kesenllcs *Helkath-hazzurim, 29 And Abner and his men walked
ty nes api ibeon. all that night through the plain,
Pirie that’ chy end Abner ras Fey Biel aty eran
ibeaten, and the men of Israel, before TaMtN Aelea, Rake be
the servants of David. -30 And Joab returned from fol-
18 And there were three sons of lowing Abner: and when he had
peruiah sheets Joab, and Abishai, gathered all the people together,
on Aeepelvignd cane! was as ee lacked of ee servants
f nineteen men and Asahel.
es a ere eee
3 smitten of Benjamin, and o -
ant DABS Den to the left from per tate so that care hundred
mer. an reescore men died.
gO Then Abner looked behind 32 And they took up Asahel, and
, and said, Art thou Asahel? buried him in the sepulchre of his
ns oe: Cp imine I ieee i ae are wes in Beth-lehem.
: ner said to him, Turn nd Joab an m £ jal
thee aside to thy right hand or to night, and they cae te Hebron a
thy left, and lay thee hold on one| je, Field of [break of day.
ce the yeuns Anen, end take thee] Swords
$s armour. ut Asahel would not
turn aside from following of him. a eas CHAPTER 3.
22 And Abner said again to Asa-|c 2 Sam.3.27; Now there was long war ~be-
hel, Turn thee aside from following] 4-6: 20-10- tween the house of Saul, and
me: wherefore should I smite thee|g v.12. the house of David: but David
to the ground? how then should I
hold up my face to ‘Joab thy
brother?
23 Howbeit he refused to turn
aside: wherefore Abner with the
hinder end of the spear “smote him
under the fifth rib, that the spear
came out behind him; and he fell
down there, and died in the same
place: and it came to pass, that as
many as came to the place where
a fell down and died stood
still,
24 Joab also and Abishai pursued
after Abner: and the sun went
~ down when they were come to the
hill of Ammah, that Jieth before
Giah by the way of the wilderness
of Gibeon.
25 And the children of Benjamin
gathered themselves together after
Abner, and became one troop, and
stood on the top of an hill.
26 Then Abner called to Joab,
and said, Shall the sword devour for
ever? knowest thou not that it will
be bitterness in the latter end? how
long shall it be then, ere thou bid
the people return from following
their brethren?
27 And Joab said, As God liveth,
unless thou hadst spoken, surely
then-in the morning the people had
gone up every one from following
his brother.
_ 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and
e Cf. 2Sam.5.
13-16.
f 1 Chr.3.1, 4.
4 2 Sam.15.
1-18.
1 Sam.27.8.
j 2 Sam.21.8.
357
g 1 Sam.25.43.
1 2 Sam.13.37;
waxed stronger and stronger, and
the house of Saul waxed weaker and
weaker.
David’s family in ‘Hebron
(1 Chr..3. 1-4).
2 And unto David were sons
Sborn in Hebron: and his firstborn
was Amnon, of 2Ahinoam the Jez-
réelitess;
3 And his second, Chileab, of Abi-
gail the wife of Nabal the Carmel-
ite; and the third, “Absalom the son
of Maacah the daughter of Talmai
king of *Geshur;
4 And the fourth, Adonijah the
son of Haggith; and the fifth, She-
phatiah the son of Abital;
S And the sixth, Ithream, by Eg-
lah David’s wife. These were born
to David in Hebron.
6 And it came to pass, while there
was war between the house of Saul
and the house of David, that Abner
made himself strong for the house
of Saul.
Abner deserts to David.
7 And Saul had a_concubine,
whose name was /Rizpah, the
daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth
said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou
gone in unto my father’s con-
cubine?
8 Then was Abner very wroth for
the words of Ish-bosheth, and said,
3 9] 7
¢Am I a dog’s head, which against
Judah do shew kindness this day
unto the house of Saul thy father,
to his brethren, and to his friends,
and have not delivered thee into
the hand of David, that thou
chargest me to day with a fault
concerning this woman?
9 So do God to Abner, and more
also, except, ’as the LORD hath
sworn to David, even so I do to
him;
10 Totranslate the kingdom from
the house of Saul, and to set up the
throne of David over Israel and
over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-
sheba.
11 And he could not answer Ab-
ner a word again, because he feared
him.
12 And Abner sent messengers to
David on his behalf, saying, Whose
league with me, and, behold, my
hand shall be with thee, to bring|? 2 Sam.2.10.
about all Israel unto thee. e1 Sam.18.
13 And he said, Well; I will make} 25,27.
a league with thee: but one thing I Paasara.05
require of thee, that is, Thou shalt 44, Phalti.
not see my face, except thou first
bring ‘Michal Saul’s
when thou comest to see my face. h 1 Chr.12.29.
14 And David sent messengers to ;
4Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying,|#Vs-10,12.
Deliver me my wife Michal, which j1Sam.29.6.
I espoused to me ‘for an hundred
foreskins of the Philistines.
15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and
k1 Ki.2.5.
11 Ki.2.32,33.
took her from Aer husband, even
from /Phaltiel the son of Laish. ee P
16 And her husband went with
her along weeping behind her to
éBahurim. Then said Abner unto
him, Go, return. And he returned.
17 And Abner had communica-
tion with the elders of Israel, saying,
Ye sought for David in times past
to be king over you:
18 Now then do it: for the Lorp
hath spoken of David, saying, By
the hand of my servant David I
will save my people Israel out of
the hand of the Philistines, and out
of the hand of all their enemies.
19 And Abner also spake in the
ears ‘of Benjamin: and Abner went
also to speak in the ears of David
in Hebron all that seemed good to
Israel, and that seemed good to the
whole house of Benjamin.
20 So Abner came to David to
Hebron, and twenty men with him.
And David made Abner and the
men that were with him a feast.
21 And Abner said unto David, I
358
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1053.
a 1 Sam.24.14.
b 1 Sam.15.28.
is the land? saying also, Make thy}; 1 sam.18.20.
daughter, |¢ 2 Sam.19.16.
[3 at
: }
will arise and go, ‘and will gather
all Israel unto my lord the king,
that they may make a league with
thee, and that thou mayest Teign
over all that thine heart desireth.
And David sent Abner away; and
he went in peace.
22 And, behold, the servants of
David and Joab came from pursu-
ing a troop, and brought in a great
spoil with them: but Abner was
not with David in Hebron; for he
had sent him away, and he was
gone in peace.
23 When Joab and all the host
that was with him were come, they
told Joab, saying, Abner the son
of Ner came to the king, and he
hath sent him away, and he is gone
in peace.
24 Then Joab came to the king,
and said, What hast thou done?
behold, Abner came unto thee; why
is it that thou hast sent him away,
and he is quite gone?
25 Thou knowest Abner the son
of Ner, that he came to deceive
thee, and to know thy /going out
and thy coming in, and to know all
that thou doest.
26 And when Joab was come out
from David, he sent messengers
after Abner, which brought him
again from the well of Sirah: but
David knew it not.
Joab’s murder of Abner.
27 And when Abner was returned
to Hebron, Joab took him aside in
the gate to speak with him quietly,
and smote him there under the fifth
rib, that he died, for the blood of
Asahel his brother.
28 And afterward when David
heard it, he said, I and my kingdom
are guiltless before the Lorp for
ever from the blood of Abner the
son of Ner:
29 Let it ‘rest on the head of
Joab, and on all his father’s house:
and let there not fail from the house
of Joab one that hath an issue, or
that is a leper, or that leaneth on
a staff, or that falleth on the sword,
or that lacketh bread.
30 So Joab and Abishai his
brother slew Abner, because he had
slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon
in the battle.
31 And David said to Joab, and
to all the people that were with
him, ”Rend your clothes, and gird
you with sackcloth, and mourn be-
fore Abner. And king David hum:
‘self followed the bier,
3 32]
32 And they buried Abner in
Hebron: and the king lifted up his
voice, and wept at the grave of
Abner; and all the people wept.
33 And the king lamented over
Abner, and said, Died Abner as a
fool dieth?
34 Thy hands were not bound,
nor thy feet put into fetters: as a
man falleth before wicked men, so
fellest thou. And all the people
wept again over him.
35 And when all the people came
to cause David to eat meat while it
was yet day, David sware, saying,
So do God to me, and more also, if
I taste bread, or ought else, ¢till the
sun be down.
36 And all the people took notice
of it, and it pleased them: as what-
soever the king did “pleased all the
people.
37 For all the people and all
Israel understood that day that it
was not of the king to slay Abner
the son of Ner.
38 And the king said unto his
servants, Know ye not that there is
a prince and a great man fallen this
day in Israel?
39 AndIamthis day weak, though
anointed king; and these men the
sons of Zeruiah be ‘too hard for me:
_the Lorp shall reward the doer of
evil according to his wickedness.
CHAPTER 4.
The murder of Ish-bosheth.
Jat when Saul’s son heard that
Abner was dead in Hebron, his
hands were feeble, and all the Is-
raelites were troubled.
2 And Saul’s son had two men
that were captains of bands: the
name of the one was Baanah, and
the name of the other Rechab, the
sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the
children of Benjamin: (for “Beeroth
also was reckoned to Benjamin:
3 And the Beerothites fled to
eGittaim, and were sojourners there
until this day.)
4 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had
a son that was lame of his feet.
He was five years old when the tid-
ings came of Saul and Jonathan
out of fJezreel, and his nurse took
him up, and fled: and it came to
pass, as she made haste to flee, that
he fell, and became lame. And his
name was Mephibosheth.
5 And the sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah,
went, and came about the heat of
II SAMUEL.
[53
B.C. 1048.
a Jud.20.26.
6 was good in
their eyes.
¢ 2 Sam.19.6,
Ve
d Josh.18.25.
e Neh.11.33.
f1Sam.29.1,
it
1 Sam.19.2;
23.15; 25.29.
h Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59,
20, note.
i 2 Sam.1.2,
16.
j Gen.9.5,6.
k Kingdom
7.8-16. (Gen.
1.26; Zech.
12.8.)
(Cf.1 Chr,
12,23-40,
359
the day to the house of Ish-bosheth,
who lay on a bed at noon.
6 And they came thither into the
midst of the house, as though they
would have fetched wheat; and they
smote him under the fifth rib: and
Rechab and Baanah his brother
escaped.
7 For when they came into the
house, he lay on his bed in his bed-
chamber, and they smote him, and
slew him, and beheaded him, and
took his head, and gat them away
through the plain all night.
8 And they brought the head of
Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron,
and said to the king, Behold the
head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul
thine enemy, ‘which sought thy
life; and the LorpD hath avenged
my lord the king this day of Saul,
and of his seed.
9 And David answered Rechab
and Baanah his brother, the sons
of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said.
unto them, As the LorD liveth,
who hath “redeemed my soul out of
all adversity, .
10 ‘When one told mx, saying,
Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to
have brought good tidings, I took
hold of him, and slew him in Zik-
lag, who thought that I would have
given him a reward for his tidings:
11 How much more, when wicked
men have slain a righteous person
in his own house upon his bed?
shall I not therefore now /require
his blood of your hand, and take
you away from the earth?
12 And David commanded his
young men, and they slew them,
and cut off their hands and their
feet, and hanged them up over the
poolin Hebron. But they took the
head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it
in the sepulchre of Abner in He-
bron.
CHAPTER 5.
David becomes king over Israel
(1 Chr. 11. 1-3).
HEN came all the tribes of Is-
rael to *David_unto Hebron,
and spake, saying, Behold, we are
|Ithy bone and thy flesh.
2 Also in time past, when Saul
was king over us, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel:
and the LORD said to thee, Thou
shalt feed my people Israel, and
thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
3 So all the ‘elders of Israel came
to the king to Hebron; and king
David made a league with them in
Hebron before the LORD: and they
anointed David king over Israel.
4 David was thirty years old
when he began to reign, and he
reigned forty years.
5 In Hebron he reigned over Ju-
dah seven years and six months:
and in Jerusalem he feigned thirty
and three years over all Israel and
Judah.
Jerusalem made the capital of
the united kingdom (1 Chr.11.4-9).
’ 6 And the king and hismen went
to “Jerusalem unto the Jebusites,
the inhabitants of the land: which
spake unto David, saying, Except
thou take away the blind and the
lame, thou shalt not come in
hither: thinking, David cannot
come in hither.
7 Nevertheless David took the
strong. hold of Zion: the same is
the city of David.
8 And David said on that day,
Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,
and smiteth the Jebusites, and the
lame and the blind, that are hated
of David’s soul, he shali be chief
and captain. Whereforethey said,
The blind and the lame shall
not come into the house.
9 So David dwelt in the fort, and
called it the city of David. And
David built round about from Millo
and inward.
10 And David went on, and grew
great, and the Lorp God of hosts
was with him.
11 And Hiram °king of Tyre sent
Messengers to David, and cedar
trees, and carpenters, and masons:
and they built David an house.
12 And David perceived that the
Lorp had established him king over
Israel, and that he had exalted his
kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
Children of David born in Jeru-
salem. (Cf. 2 Sam. 3. 2-55;
1 Chr. 32 1=4))
13 And David took him more!
concubines and wives out of Jerusa-
lem, after he was come from He-
bron: and there were yet sons and
daughters born to David.
14 And these be the names of
those that were born unto him in
Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Sho-
bab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and
Nepheg, and Japhia,
16 And Elishama, and Eliada,
and Eliphalet,
II SAMUEL.
a Josh.15.63.
b 1 Chr.14.1,2.
¢ 2 Sam.23.14.
d@1 Chr.11.15.
e Jas.4.15.
fie.The plain
of breaches.
g1 Chr.14.16,
Gibeon.
h Josh.15.
9,60, Kir-
Jjath-jearim
360
War with the Philistines
(1 Chr. 14. 8-17).
17 But when the Philistines heard
that they had anointed David king
over Israel, all the Philistines came
up to seek David; and David heard
of it, and went down to the hold.
(Here, in theorder of time, comes
2 Sam. 23. 13-17; 1 Chr. 11. 15-19;
12. 8-15.)
18 The ¢Philistines also came and
spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim. ;
19 And David ‘enquired of the
Lorp, saying, Shall I go up to the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them
into mine hand? And the LorD said
unto David, Go up: for I will doubt-
less deliver the Philistines into thine
hand.
20 And David came to Baal-pera-
zim, and David smote them there,
and said, The Lorp hath broken
forth upon mine enemies before me,
as the breach of waters. Therefore
he called the name of that place
fBaal-perazim.
21 And there they left their im-
ages, and David and. his men
urned them.
22 And the Philistines came up
yet again, and spread themselves
in the valley of Rephaim. ;
23 And when David enquired of
the Lorp, he said, Thou shalt not
go up; but fetch a compass behind
them, and come upon them over
against the mulberry trees.
24 And let it be, when thou hear-
est the sound of a going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then
thou shalt bestir thyself: for then
shall the LoRD go out before thee,
to smite the host of the Philistines.
25 And David did so, as the LorD
had commanded him; and smote
the Philistines from &Geba until
thou come to Gazer.
CHAPTER 6.
David seeks to bring the ark to
Jerusalem.
AGA: David gathered together
all the chosen men of Israel,
thirty thousand.
2 And David arose, and went with
all the people that were with him
from /Baale of Judah, to bring up
from thence the ark of God, whose
name is called by the name of the
LORD of hosts that dwelleth be-
tween the cherubims.
3 And they set the ark of God
upon a new !cart, and brought it
out of the house of Abinadab that
was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and
Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave
the new cart.
4 And they brought it out of the
house of Abinadab which was at
Gibeah, accompanying the ark of
God: and Ahio went before the
ark.
5 And David and all the house of
Israel played before the LoRD on
all manner of instruments made
of fir wood, even on harps, and on
psalteries, and on timbrels, and on
cornets, and on cymbals.
6 And when they came to ¢Na-}
chon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put
forth his “hand to the ark of God,
and took hold of it; for the oxen
shook it.
7 And the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Uzzah; and God
smote him there for his error; and
there he died by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased, be-
cause the LorD had made a breach
upon Uzzah: and he called the
name of the place Perez-uzzah to
this day.
9 And David was afraid of the
Lorp that day, and said, How shall
the ark of the LoRD come to me?
10 So David would not remove
the ark of the LorD unto him into
the city of David: but David car-
tied it aside into the house of
Obed-edom the Gittite.
11 And the ark of the LORD con-
tinued in the house of Obed-edom
the Gittite three months: and the
Lorp blessed Obed-edom, and all
his household.
David brings up the ark
(1 Chr. 15, 25-29; 16. 1).
12 And it was told king David,
saying, The LorpD hath blessed the
house of Obed-edom, and all that
pertaineth unto him, because of
the ark of God. So David went
and brought up the ark of God from
the house of Obed-edsin into the
city of David witn gladness.
13. And it was so, that when they
that bare the ark of the Lorp had
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1042.
a 1 Chr.13.9,
Chidon.
b Num.4.15.
c Miracles
(O.T.). 1 Ki.
13.4-6. (Gen.
5.24; Jon.2.
1-10.)
d One pace =
about 5 ft.
e1 Chr.16.1.
f 1 Sam.13.14.
g Cf.2 Sam.
21.8.
[623
gone six ¢paces, he sacrificed oxen
and fatlings.
15 So David and all the house of
Israel brought up the ark of the
Lorp with shouting, and with the
sound of the trumpet.
16 And as the ark of the Lorp
came into the city of David, Michal
Saul’s daughter looked through a
window, and saw king David leap-
ing and dancing before the LORD;
and she despised him in her heart.
17 “And they brought in the ark
of the LorD, and set it in his place,
in the midst of the tabernacle that
David had pitched for it: and David
offered burnt-offerings and peace-
offerings before the LoRD. '
18 And as soon as David had
made an end of offering burnt-
offerings and peace-offerings, he
blessed the people in the name of
the LorpD of hosts.
19 And he dealt among all the
people, even among the whole mul-
titude of Israel, as well to the wom-.
ef as men, to every one a cake of
bread, and a good piece of flesh,
and a flagon of wine. Soall the peo-
ple departed every one to his house.
20 Then David returned to bless
his household. And Michal the
daughter of Saul came out to meet
David, and said, How glorious was
the king of Israel to day, who un-
covered himself to day in the eyes
of the handmaids of his servants, as
one of the vain fellows shamelessly
uncovereth himself!
21 And David said unto Michal,
It was before the LorpD, fwhich
chose me before thy father, and
before all his house, to appoint me
ruler over the people of the Lorp,
over Israel: therefore will: I play
before the LORD.
22 And I will yet be more vile
than thus, and will be base in mine
own sight: and of the maidservants
which thou hast spoken of, of them
shall I be had in honour.
23 Therefore Michal the daughter
of Saul had no échild unto the day
of her death.
1 The story of David’s new cart and its results is a striking illustration of the
spiritual truth that blessing does not follow even
of God except as that service is rendered in God’s way,
God had given explicit directions how the ark should be borne (Num. 4.
(1 Sarn. 6. 7, 8).
failure.
1-15), but David adopted a Philistine expedient
of Philistine ways of doing service
See, also, 1 Chr. 15. 2.
to Christ.
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the best intentions in the service
It 1s a constant point of
The church is full
Cf. 1 Cor. 1. 17-31; 2 Cor. 10. 4, 5.
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98)
CHAPTER 7.
David’s desire to build the
Lorp’s house (1 Chr. 17. 1-3).
AN? it came to pass, when the
king sat in his house, and the
Lorp had given him rest round
about from all his enemies;
2 That the king said unto Nathan
the prophet, See now, I dwell in
an house of cedar, but the ark of
God dwelleth within curtains.
3 And Nathan said to the king,
Go, do all that zs in thine heart;
for the LoRD /s with thee.
The Seventhor Davidic Covenant
(1 Chr. 17. 4-15).
4 And it came to pass that night,
that the word of the Lorp came
unto Nathan, saying,
5 Go and tell my servant David,
Thus saith the Lorp, Shalt thou
build me an house for me to dwell in?
6 Whereas I have not dwelt in
any house since the time that I
brought up the children of Israel
out of Egypt, even to this day, but
have walked in a tent and in a tab-
ernacle.
7 Inall the places wherein I have
walked with all the children of Is-
rael spake I a word with any of the
tribes of Israel, whom I commanded
to feed my people Israel, saying,
Why build ye not me an house of
cedar?
8 Now therefore ¢so shalt thou
say unto my servant "David, Thus
saith the Lorp of hosts, I took thee
from the sheepcote, from following
1 Verses 14 and 15 state the
the wicked is penal, not remedial.
_ *The Davidic Covenant (vs. 8-17).
kingdom of Christ “of the seed of David
, secures:
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1042.
a The Eight
Covenants.
Heb.8.8.
(Gen.1.28;
Heb.8,10.)
b Israel (his-
tory). vs.
8-17; 2 Ki.17.
6-23. (Gen.
12.2,3; Rom.
11.26.)
c Heb.1.5,
d Judgments
(the seven).
e Christ (first
advent). Psa.
2.2. (Gen.3.
15; Acts 1.
9.)
v6
: 1
the sheep, to be ruler over my peo-
ple, over Israel: 4
9 And I -was with thee whither-
soever thou wentest, and have cut
off all thine enemies out of thy
sight, and have made thee a great
name, like unto the name of the
great men that are in the earth.
10 Moreover I will appoint a
place for my people Israel, and will
plant them, that they may dwell in
a place of their own, and move no
more; neither shall the children of
wickedness afflict them any more,
as beforetime,
11 And as since the time that I
commanded judges to be over my
people Israel, and have caused thee
to rest from all thine enemies,
Also the Lorp telleth thee that he
will make thee an house.
12 And when thy days be fulfilled,
and thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers, I will set up thy seed after
thee, which shall proceed out of thy
bowels, and I will establish his
kingdom.
13 He shall build an house for my
name, and I will stablish the
throne of his kingdom for ever.
14 I will be his father, and he
shall be my son. If he commit iniq-
uity, I will ¢chasten him with the
rod of men, and with the stripes of
the children of men:
15 But Imy mercy shall not de-
part away from him, as I took it
from Saul, whom I put away
before thee.
16 And thine ‘house and_ thy
kingdom shall be established for
principle of judgment within the family of God (see
1 Cor. 11. 31, note), It is always remedial, not penal
(Heb. 12. 5-11). Judgment of
This covenant, upon which the glgrious
according to the flesh” is to be founded,
(1) A Davidic “house”; i.e. posterity, family.
G A “throne”; i.e. royal authority.
3) A kingdom; i.e. sphere of rule.
(4) In perpetuity; “for ever.”
f And this fourfold covenant has but one condition: disobedience in the
Davidic family is to be visited with chastisement, but not to the abrogation of the
covenant (2 Sam. 7. 15; Psa. 89. 20-37; Isa. 24. 5; 54. 3).
first in the division of the kingdom under Rehoboam, and,
ities (2 Ki, 25. 1-7),
The chastisement fell;
finally, in the captiv-
Since that time but one King of the, Davidic family has been
crowned at Jerusalem and He was crowned with thorns’
But the Davidic Cov-
enant confirmed to David by the oath of Jehovah, and renewed to Mary by the
angel Gabriél, is
immutable (Psa. 89. 30-37), and the Lord
God will yet give to that
thorn-crowned One “‘the throne of his father David” (Lk. 1. 31-33; Acts 2. 29-32;
15. 14-17).
See, for
Noahic, Gen. 9.
1; Abrahamic,
Deut. 30. 3; New, :
Heb. 8. 8.
the other seven covenants: Edenic,
Gen. 15.
362
Gen. 1. 28; Adamic, Gen. 3. 15;
18; Mosaic, Ex. 19. 25; Palestinian,
7 17]
ever before thee: thy ¢throne shall
be established for ever.
17 According to all these words,
and according to all this vision, so
did Nathan speak unto David.
David’s worship and prayer
(1 Chr. 17. 16-27).
18 Then went king David in, and
sat before the Lorp, and he ?said,
Who am I, O Lord Gop? and what
is my house, that thou hast brought
me hitherto?
19 And this was yet a small
thing in thy sight, O Lord Gop; but
thou hast spoken also of thy ser-
vant’s house for a great while to
come. And is this the manner of
man, O Lord Gop?
20 And what can David say more
unto thee? for thou, Lord Gop,
knowest thy servant.
21 For thy word’s sake, and ac-
cording to thine own heart, hast
thou done all these great things, to
make thy servant know them.
22 Wherefore thou art great, O
Lorp God: for there is none like
thee, neither is there any God be-
side thee, according to all that we
have heard with our ears.
23 And what one nation in the
earth is like thy people, even like
Israel, whom God went to ‘redeem
for a people to himself, and to make
him a name, and to do for you great
things and terrible, for thy land,
before thy people, which thou re-
deemedst to thee from Egypt, from
the nations and their gods?
24 For thou hast confirmed to
thyself thy people Israel to be a
people unto thee for ever: and thou,
Lorpb, art become their God.
25 And now, O Lorp God, the
word that thou hast spoken con-
cerning thy servant, and concern-
ing his house, establish it for ever,
and do as thou hast said.
26 And let thy name be magnified
for ever, saying, The Lor of hosts
is the God over Israel: and let the
house of thy servant David be
established before thee..
27 For thou, O Lorp of hosts,
God of Israel, hast revealed to thy
servant, saying, I will build thee an
house: therefore hath thy servant
found in his heart to pray this
prayer unto thee.
28 And now, O Lord Gop, thou
art that God, and thy words be
true, and thou hast promised this
goodness unto thy servant:
29 Therefore now let it please thee
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1042.
a Kingdom
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
c Ex.14.30,
note.
d Num.24.17.
e 2 Sam.12.31,
f1 Chr.18.4.
g Or, Tibhath.
h1 Ki.7.51;
1 Chr.18.11.
[Bu ,
to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may continue for ever before
thee: for thou, O Lord Gop, hast
spoken jt: and with thy blessing let
the house of thy servant be blessed
for ever.
CHAPTER 8.
The fullestablishment of David’s
kingdom (1 Chr. 18. 1-17).
ND after this it came to pass,
that David smote the Philis-
tines, and subdued them: and
David took Metheg-ammah out
of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he smote ¢Moab, ‘and
measured them with a line, casting
them down to the ground; even
with two lines measured he to put
to death, and with one full line to
keep alive. And so the Moabites
became David’s servants, and
- |brought gifts.
3 David smote also Hadadezer,
the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as
he went to recover his border at the
river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a
thousand /chariots, and seven hun-
dred horsemen, and twenty thou-
sand footmen: and David houghed
all the chariot horses, but reserved
of them for an hundred chariots.
5 And when the Syrians of Damas-
cus came to succour Hadadezer king
of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians
two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then David put garrisons in
Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians
became servants to David, and
brought gifts. And the LorD pre-
served David whithersoever he
went.
7 And David took the shields of
gold that were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to
Jerusalem.
8 And from *Betah, and from
Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king
David took exceeding much brass...
9 When Toi king of Hamath
heard that David had smitten all -
the host of Hadadezer,
10 Then Toi sent Joram his son
unto king David, to salute him,
and to bless him, because he had
fought against Hadadezer, and
smitten him: for Hadadezer had
wars with Toi. And Joram brought
with him vessels of silver, and ves-
sels of gold, and vessels of brass:
11 Which also king David did
hdedicate unto the LORD, with the
silver and gold that he had dedi-
cated of all nations which he sub-
dued;
12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of
the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of
the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Re-
hob, king of Zobah.
13 And David gat him a name
when he returned from smiting of
the Syrians in the valley of salt,
being eighteen thousand men. —
14 And he put garrisons in
“Edom; throughout all Edom put
he garrisons, and all they of Edom
became David’s servants. And the
Lorp preserved David whitherso-
ever he went.
15 And David reigned over all Is-
rael; and David. executed judgment
and justice unto all his people.
16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah
was over the host; and Jehosha-
phat the son of Ahilud was re-
corder;
17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub,
and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
were the priests; and Seraiah was
the scribe;
18 And ‘Benaiah the son of Jehoi-
ada‘was over both the Cherethites
and “he Pelethites; and David’s
sons were chief rulers.
CHAPTER 9,
David and Mephibosheth.
/ Ng D David said, Is'there yet any
that is left of the house of Saul,
that I may shew him ¢kindness for
Jonathan’s sake?
2 And there was of the house of
Saul a servant whose name was
Ziba. And when they had called
him unto David, the king said unto
him, Art thou Ziba? And he said,
Thy servant is he,
3 And the king said, Js there not
yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may shew the kindness of God unto
him? And Ziba said unto the king,
Jonathan hath yet a son, which is
lame on his feet,
4 And the king said unto him,
Where 1s he? And Ziba said unto
the king, Behold, he is in the house
of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in
Lo-debar,
5 Then _king David sent, and
fetched him out of the house of
Machir, the son of Ammiel, from
Lo-debar.
6 Now when Mephibosheth, the
son of Jonathan, the son of Saul,
was come unto David, he fell on his
face, and did reverence. And Da-
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1040.
a Gen.27.29;
Num.24.18.
61 Ki.4.3.
¢ 1 Chr.18.17.
d A lovely pic-
ture of salva-
tion by
grace. (1)
What grace
is—kindness
to a helpless
one for an-
other’s sake,
vs.1-3. (1
John 2.12.)
(2) Grace
gives the
highest
place, v.11.
(Eph.1.1-6.)
(3) Grace
keeps the
saved one, v.
13. (John 10.
28,29.)
e 2 Sam.16.9.
f 2 Sam.19.29.
8 vs.7,13.
h1 Chr.8.34,
4 2 Ki.25.29.
364.
5 P|
vid said, Mephibosheth. And he
answered, Behold thy servant! 4
7 And David said unto him, Fear
not: for I will surely shew thee kind-
ness for Jonathan thy father’s sake,
and will restore thee all the land of
Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat
bread at my table continually.
8 And he bowed himself, and
said, What is thy servant, that
thou shouldest look upon such a
dead ‘dog as I am? ng
9 Then the king called to Ziba,
Saul’s servant, and said unto him,
I have ‘given unto thy master’s son
all that pertained to Saul and to all
his house.
10 Thou therefore, and thy sons,
and thy servants, shall till the land
for him, and thou shalt bring in the
fruits, that thy master’s son may
have food to eat: but Mephibosheth
thy master’s son shall eat bread
Salway at my table. Now Ziba
had fifteen sons and twenty ser-
vants. :
11 Then said Ziba unto the king,
According to all that my lord the
king hath commanded his servant,
so shall thy servant do. As for
Mephibosheth, said the king, he
shali eat at my table, as one of the
ing’s sons.
12 And Mephibosheth hada young
son, whose name was /Micha. And
all that dwelt in the house of Ziba
- |were servants unto Mephibosheth.
13. So Mephiboshethdweltin Jeru-
salem: for he did eat continually
at the king’s ‘table; and was lame
on both his feet. :
CHAPTER 10.
The Ammonite-Syrian war
(1 Chr. 19. 1-19),
ANP it came to pass after this,
that the king of the children
of Ammon died, and Hanun his son
reigned in his stead.
2 Then said David, I will shew
kindness unto Hanun the son of
Nahash, as his father shewed kind-
ness unto me. And David sent to
comfort him by the hand of his ser-
vants for his father. And David’s
servants came into the land of the
children of Ammon.
3 And the princes of the children
of Ammon said unto Hanun their
lord, Thinkest thou that David doth
honour thy father, that he hath
sent comforters unto thee? hath not
David rather sent his servants
o
10 4]
unto thee, to search the city, and to
spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s
servants, and shaved off the one
half of their beards, and cut off their
garments in the middle, even to)
their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 When they told zt unto David,
he sent to meet them, because the
men were greatly ashamed: and the
king said, Tarry at Jericho until your
beards be grown, and then return.
6 And when the children of Am-
mon saw that they stank before
David, the children of Ammon sent
and hired the “Syrians of Beth-
rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba,
twenty thousand footmen, and of
king Maacah a thousand men, and
of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
7 And when David heard of it, he
sent Joab, and all the host of the
bmighty men,
8 And the children of Ammon
came out, and put the battle in
array at the entering in of the gate:
and the Syrians of Zoba, and of
Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah,
were by themselves in the field.
9 When Joab saw that the front
of the battle was against him before
and behind, he chose of all the
choice men of Israel, and put them
in array against the Syrians:
10 And the rest of the people he
delivered into the hand of Abishai
his brother, that he might put
them in array against the children
of Ammon.
11 And he said, If the Syrians be
too strong for me, then thou shalt
help me: but if the children of Am-
mon be too strong for thee, then I
will come and help thee.
12 Be of good ‘courage, and let us
play the men for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and the LorD
do that which seemeth him good.
13 And Joab drew nigh, and the
people that were with him, unto the
battle against the Syrians: and
they fled before him.
14 And when the children of Am-
mon saw that the Syrians were fled,
then fled they also before Abishai,
and entered into the city. So Joab
returned from the children of Am-
mon, and came to Jerusalem.
15 And when the Syrians saw that
they were smitten before Israel,
they gathered themselves together.
16 And MHadarezer sent, and
brought out the Syrians that were
beyond the river: and they came to
Helam; and ¢Shobach the captain
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1037. |
a 2 Sam.8.3,
5.
6 2 Sam.23.8.
¢ Deut.31.6;
Josh.1-6,7,9;
Neh.4.14.
d1 Chr.19.16,
Shophach.
é1 Chr.19.18,
#1 Chr.20.1.
g1 Chr.3.5.
365
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of the host of Hadarezer went be-
fore them.
‘17 And when it was told David,
he gathered all Israel together, and
passed over Jordan, and came to
Helam. And the Syrians set them-
selves in array against David, and
fought with him.
18 And the Syrians fled before Is-
rael; and David slew the men of
seven hundred chariots, of the
Syrians, and forty thousand ¢horse-
men, and smote Shobach the cap-
tain of their host, who died there.
19 And when all the kings that
were servants to Hadarezer saw
that they were smitten before Is-
rael, they made peace with Israel,
and served them. So the Syrians
feared to help the children of Am-
mon any more.
CHAPTER 11.
David’s great sin.
AND. it came to pass, after the
year was expired, at the time
when kings go forth to battle, that
David sent /Joab, and his servants
with him, and all Israel; and they
destroyed the children of Ammon,
and besieged Rabbah. But David
tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 And it came to pass in an even-
ingtide, that David arose from off
his bed, and walked upon the roof
of the king’s house: and from the
roof he saw a woman washing her-
self; and the woman was very beau-
tiful to look upon.
3 And David sent and enquired
after the woman. And one said, Is
not this 8Bath-sheba, the daughter
of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the
Hittite?
4 And David sent messengers,
and took her; and she came in unto
him, and he lay with her; for she
was purified from her uncleanness:
and she returned unto her house.
5 And the woman conceived, and
sent and told David, and said, Iam
with child.
6 And David sent to Joab, say-
ing, Send me Uriah the Hittite.
And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 And when Uriah was come unto
him, David demanded of him how
Joab did, and how the people did,
and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go
down to thy house, and wash thy
feet. And Uriah departed out of
the king’s house, and there followed
him a mess of meat from the king,
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II SAMUEL.
[12 -
9 But Uriah slept at the door of} B.c. 1035."
the king’s house with all the ser-
vants of his lord, and went not
down to his house. ;
10 And when they had told David,
saying, Uriah went not down unto
his house, David said unto Uriah,
Camest thou not from thy journey?
why then didst thou not go down
unto thine house? ,
11 And Uriah 4said unto David,
The ark, and Israel, and Judah,
abide in tents; and my lord Joab,
and the servants of my lord, are en-|.
camped in the open fields; shall I
then go into mine house, to eat and
to drink, and to lie with my wife? as
thou livest, and as thy soul liveth,
I will not do this thing. .
12 And David said to Uriah,
Tarry here to day also, and to mor-
row I will let thee depart. So
Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day,
and the morrow.
13 And when David had called
him, he did eat and drink before
him; and he made him drunk: and
at even he went out to lie on his bed
with the servants of his lord, but
went not down to his house.
14 And it came to pass in the
morning, that David wrote a 4letter
to Joab, and sent ft by the hand of
Uriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter,
saying, Set ye Uriah in the fore-
front of the hottest battle, and
retire ye from him, that he may be
fsmitten, and die.
16 And it came to pass, when
Joab observed the city, that he
assigned Uriah unto a place where
he knew that valiant men were.
17 And the men of the city went
out, and fought with Joab: and
there fell some of the people of the
servants of David; and Uriah the
Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David
all the things concerning the war;
19 And charged the messenger,
saying, When thou hast made an
end of telling the matters of the
war unto the king,
20 And if so be that the king’s
wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
Wherefore approached ye so nigh
unto the city when ye did fight?
knew ye not that they would shoot
from the wall?
21 Who smote Abimelech the son
of 4Jerubbesheth? did not a woman
cast a piece of a millstone upon him
from the wall, that he died in The-
bez? why went ye nigh the wall?
a 2 Sam.7.2,6.
61 Ki.21.8,9.
c 2 Sam,12.9,
d Jerubbaal,
Jud.6.32.
e 2 Sam.12.26.
f 1 Chr.21.7;
Heb.13.4.
g Parables
(O.T.). vs.
1-4; 2 Sam.
14.1-14.
(Jud.9.7-15;
Zech.11.7-
14.)
366
then say thou, Thy servant Uriah
the Hittite is dead also.
22 So the messenger went, and
came and shewed David all that
Joab had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said unto
David, Surely the men prevailed
against us, and came out unto us
into the field, and we were upon
them even unto the entering of the
gate.
24 And the shooters shot from
off the wall upon thy servants; and
some of the king’s servants be
dead, and thy servant Uriah the
Hittite is dead also.
25 Then David said unto the mes-
senger, Thus shalt thou say unto
Joab, Let not this thing displease
thee, for the sword devoureth one
as well as another: make thy battle
more strong, against the city, and
eee roe it: and encourage thou
im.
26 And when the wife of Uriah
heard that Uriah her husband was
dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 And when-the mourning was
past, David sent and fetched ‘her to
his house, and she became his wife,
and bare himason. But the thing
that David had done /displeased
the Lorpb.
CHAPTER 12.
David’s repentance.
yayris, the Lorp sent &Nathan
unto David. And he came
unto him, and said unto him, There
were two men in one city; the one '
rich, and the other poor.
2 The rich man ‘had exceeding
many flocks and herds:
3 But the poor man had nothing,
save one little ewe lamb, which he
had bought and nourished up: and
it grew up together with him, and
with his children; it did eat of his
own meat, and drank of his own
cup, and lay in his bosom, and was
unto him as a daughter.
4 And there came a traveller unto
the rich man, and he spared to take
of his own flock and of his own
herd, to dress for the wayfaring
man that was come unto him; but
took the poor man’s lamb, and
dressed it for the man that was
come to him.
5 And David’s anger was greatly
kindled against the man; and he
said to Nathan, As the Lorn liveth,
the man that hath done this thing
shall surely die:
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II SAMUEL.
[12 29
6 And he shall restore the lamb
fourfold, because he did this thing,
and because he had no pity.
7 And Nathan said to David,
Thou artthe man. Thus saith the
Lorp God of Israel, I anointed thee
king over Israel, and I delivered thee
out of the hand of Saul;
8 And I gave thee thy master’s
house, and thy master’s wives into
thy bosom, and gave thee the house
of Israel and of Judah; and if that
had been too little, I would more-
over have given unto thee such and
such things.
9 Wherefore hast thou despised
the commandment of the LorD, to
do evil in his sight? thou hast killed
Uriah the Hittite with the sword,
and hast taken his wife to be thy
wife, and hast slain him with the
sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall
never depart from thine house; be-
cause thou hast despised me, and
hast taken the wife of Uriah the
Hittite to be thy wife.
11 Thus saith the LorbD, Behold,
I will raise up evil against thee out
of thine own house, and I will take
thy wives before thine eyes, and
give them unto thy neighbour, and
he shall lie with thy wives in the
sight of this sun.
12 For thou didst it secretly: but
TI will do this thing before all Israel,
and before the sun.
13 And David said unto Nathan,
I have ¢sinned against the LorD.
And Nathan said unto David, The
LorD also hath put away thy sin;
thou shalt not die.
14 Howbeit, because by this deed
thou hast given great occasion to
the enemies of the LorD to blas-
pheme, the child also that is born
unto thee &shall surely die.
15 And Nathan departed unto his
house. And the Lorp struck the
child that Uriah’s wife bare unto
David, and it was very sick.
16 David therefore besought God
for the child; and David fasted, and
went in, and lay all night upon the
earth.
17 And the elders of his house
arose, and went to him, to raise
him up from the earth: but he
would not, neither did he eat bread
with them.
18 And it came to pass on the
seventh day, that the child died.
And the servants of David feared
to tell him that the child was dead:
for they said, Behold, while the
B.C. 1034.
a Here read
Psalm
51.
b Judgments
(the seven).
vs.13,14;
Psa.50.1-22.
(2 Sam.7.
14; Rev.22.
12.)
¢ Isa.38.2,3;
Joel 2.14;
Jon.3
9.
di.e. Beloved
of theLORD.
Neh.13.26;
Mt.3.17.
2
67
child was yet alive, we spake unte
him, and he would not hearken
unto our voice: how will he then
vex himself, if we tell him that the
child is dead?
19 But when David saw that his
servants whispered, David per-
ceived that the child was dead:
therefore David said unto his ser-
vants, Is the child dead? And
they said, He is dead.
20 Then David arose from the
earth, and washed, and anointed
himself, and changed his apparel,
and came into the house of the
LorD, and worshipped: then he
came to his own house; and when
he required, they set bread before ‘
him, and he did eat.
21 Then said his servants unto
him, What thing zs this that thou
hast done? thou didst fast and weep
for the child, while it was alive;
but when the child was dead, thou
didst rise and eat bread.
22 And he said, While the child
was yet alive, I fasted and wept:
for I said, ‘Who can tell whether
Gop will be gracious to me, that
the child may live?
23 But now he is dead, wherefore
should I fast? can I bring him back
again? I shall go to him, but he
shall not return to me.
The birth of Solomon.
24 And David comforted Bath-
sheba his wife, and went in unto
her; and lay with her: and she
bare a son, and he called his
name Solomon: and the LoRD loved
him,
25 And he sent by the hand of
Nathan the prophet; and he called
his name ¢Jedidiah, because of the
LORD.
David and Joab take Rabbah
(1 Chrs 20-a1=3)))
26 And Joab fought against Rab-
bah of the children of Ammon, and
took the royal city.
27 And Joab sent messengers to
David, and said, I have fought
against Rabbah, and have taken
the city of waters.
28 Now therefore gather the rest
of the people together, and encamp
against the city, and take it: lest I
take the city, and it be called after
my name,
29 And David gathered all the
people together, and went to Rab-
bah, and fought against it, and
took it.
12 30]
30 And he took their king’s crown
from off his head, the weight
whereof was a “talent of gold with
the precious stones: and it was set
on David’s head. And he brought
forth the spoil of the city in great
abundance.
31 And he brought forth the peo-
ple that were therein, and put
them under saws, and under har-
rows of iron, and under axes of iron,
and made them pass through the
brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all
the cities of the children of Ammon.
So David and all the people re-
turned unto Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 13.
Ammnon’s crime.
(AND it came to pass after this,
that Absalom the son of David
had a fair sister, whose name was
6Tamar; and Amnon the son of
David loved her.
2 And Amnon was so ‘vexed, that
he fell sick for his sister Tamar;
for she was a virgin; and Amnon
thought it hard for him to do any
thing to her,
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose
mame was Jonadab, the son of
4Shimeah David’s brother: and
Jonadab was a very subtil man.
4 And he said unto him, Why art
thou, being the king’s son, lean
from day to day? wilt thou not
tell me? And Amnon said unto
him, I love Tamar, miy brother Ab-
salom’s sister.
5 And Jonadab said unto him,
Lay thee down on thy bed, and
make thyself sick: and when thy
father cometh to see thee, say unto
him, I pray thee, let my sister Ta-
mar come, and give me meat, and
dress the meat in my sight, that I
may see it, and eat it at her hand.
6 So Amnon lay down, and made
himself sick: and when the king
was come to see him, Amnon said
unto the king, I pray thee, let Ta-
Mar my sister come, and make me
a couple of ‘cakes in my sight, that
I may eat at her hand.
7 Then David sent home to Ta-
mar, saying, Go now to thy brother
Amnon’s house, and dress) him
meat.
8 So Tamar went to her brother
Amnon’s house; and he was laid
down. And she took flour, and
kneaded it, and made cakes in his
sight, and did bake the cakes.
9 And she took a pan, and poured
yp. Ser lV? 6e oe
II SAMUEL.
a One tal-
ent = £6150,
or $29,085.
6 1 Chr.3.9.
c1 Ki,21.4.
d 1 Sam.16.9.
Shammah,
e Gen.18.6.
fLev.18.9,
11; 20.17.
g Psa.45.13,14.
h 2 Sam.1.2;
Josh.7.6;
Job 2.12.
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B.C. 1033. |them out before him; but he re-
fused to eat. And Amnon said,
Have out all men from me. And
they went out every man from him.
10 And Amnon said unto Tamar,
Bring the meat into the chamber,
that I may eat of thine hand. And
Tamar took the cakes which she
had made, and brought them into
the chamber to Amnon her brother.
11 And when she had brought
them unto him to eat, he took hold
ot her, and said unto her, Come lie
with me, my sister.
12 And she answered him, Nay,
my brother, do not force me; for no
such thing ought to be done in
‘Israel: do not thou this folly.
13 And I, whither shall I cause
my shame to go? and as for thee,
thou shalt be as one of the fools in
Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee,
speak unto the king; for he will not
withhold me from thee.
14 Howbeit he would not hearken
unto her voice: but, being stronger
than she, forced her, and lay with
er.
15 Then Amnon hated her ex-
ceedingly; so that the hatred
wherewith he hated her was greater
than the love wherewith he had
loved her. And Amnon said unto
her, Arise, be gone.
16 And she said unto him, There
is no cause: this evil in sending me
away is greater than the other that
thou didst unto me. But he would
not hearken unto her. ;
17_Then he called his servant that
ministered unto him, and said, Put
now this woman out from me, and
bolt the door after her.
18 And she had a garment of
divers colours upon her: sfor with
such robes were the king’s daugh-
ters that were virgins apparelled,
Then his servant brought her out,
and bolted the door after her. }
19 And Tamar put “ashes on her
head, and rent her garment of
divers colours that was on her, and
laid her hand on her head, and
went on crying.
20 And Absalom her brother said
unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother
been with thee? but hold now thy
peace, my sister: he zs thy brother;
regard not this thing. So Tamar
remained desolate in her brother
Absalom’s house.
21 But when king David heard of
all these things, he was very wroth. |
22 And Absalom spake unto his
brother Amnon neither good nor
«gia.
13-23]
because he had forced his sister
Tamar.
Absalom’s vengeance for
Tamar’s wronsg.
23 And it came to pass after two
full years, that Absalom had sheep-
shearers in Baal-hazor, which is
beside Ephraim: and Absalom in-
vited all the king’s sons.
24 And Absalom came to the king,
and said, Behold now, thy servant
hath sheepshearers; let the king, I
beseech thee, and his servants go
with thy servant.
25 And the king said to Absalom,
Nay, my son, let us not all now go,
lest we be chargeable unto thee.
And he pressed him: howbeit he
would not go, but blessed him.
26 Then said Absalom, If not, I
pray thee, let my brother Amnon
gowithus. And the king said unto
him, Why should he go with thee?
27 But Absalom pressed him, that
he let Amnon and all the king’s
sons go with him.
28 Now Absalom had commanded
his servants, saying, Mark ye now
when Amnon’s heart is merry with
wine, and when I say unto you,
Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear
not: have not I commanded you?
be courageous, and be valiant.
29 And the servants of Absalom
did unto Amnon as Absalom had
commanded. Then all the king’s
sons arose, and every man gat him
up upon his mule, and fled.
30 And it came to pass, while
they were in the way, that tidings
came to David, saying, Absalom
hath slain all the king’s sons, and
there is not one of them left.
31 Then the king arose, and tare
his garments, and lay on the earth;
and all his servants stood by with
their clothes rent. é
32 And Jonadab, the son of Shim-
eah David’s brother, answered and
said, Let not my lord suppose that
they have slain all the young men
the king’s sons; for Amnon only is
dead: for by the appointment of
Absalom this hath been determined
from the day that he forced his
sister Tamar.
1See 1 Sam. 27. 8.
upon Geshur, and evidently bore away
Of her was born Absaiom, and in him was
of a father who had been the reckless chief of a handful of desperate men (2 Sam.
3. 3; 23. 8-39), and whom only the divine love could tame (2 Sam, 22. 36).
Il SAMUEL.
bad: for Absalom hated Amnon,
B.C. 1032.
a Lit. was
consumed.
6 2 Chr.11.6.
c Parables
(O.T.). vs.1-
14; 1 Ki.20.
35-40. (Jud.9.
7-15; Zech.
11.7-14.)
Absalom David reaped from his own sowing.
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33 Now therefore let not my lord
the king take the thing to his heart,
to think that all the king’s sons are
dead: for Amnon only is dead.
34 But Absalom fied. And the
young man that kept the watch
lifted up his eyes, and looked, and,
behold, there came much people
Be the way of the hill side behind
m.
35 And Jonadab said unto the
king, Behold, the king’s sons come:
as thy servant said, so it is.
36 And it came to pass, as soon as
he had made an end of speaking;
that, behold, the king’s sons came,
and lifted up their voice and wept:
and the king also and all his ser-
vants wept very sore.
Absalom’s flight to Geshur.
37 But Absalom fled, and went to
Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king
of 1Geshur. And David mourned
for his son every day.
38 So Absalom fied, and went to
Geshur, and was there three years.
39 And the soul of king David
2Jonged to go forth unto Absalom:
for he was comforted concerning
Amnon, seeing he was’ dead.
CHAPTER 14.
The recall of Absalom: (1)
Joab’s craft.
New Joab the son of Zeruiah
perceived that the king’s heart
was toward Absalom,
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and
fetched thence a wise woman, and
said unto her, I pray thee, feign
thyself to be a mourner, and put on
now mourning apparel, and anoint
not thyself with oil, but be as a
woman that had a long time
mourned for the dead:
3 And come to the king, and
speak on this manner unto him,
So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Tekoah
spake to the king, she fell on her
face to the ground, and did obei-
sance, and said, Help, O king.
5 And the king said unto. her,
What aileth thee? And she an-
swered, I am indeed a widow
woman, and mine husband is dead.
David, in the years of his wanderings, made a savage raid
Maacah, daughter of the king of Geshur.
her wild Bedouin blood, and the blood
In
14 6]
6 And thy handmaid had two
sons, and they two strove together
in the field, and there was none to
part them, but the one smote the
other, and slew him.
7 And, behold, the whole family is
risen against thine handmaid, and
they said, Deliver him that smote
his brother, that we may kill him,
for the life of his brother whom he
slew; and we will destroy the heir
also: and so they shall quench my
coal which is left, and shall not
leave to my husband neither name
nor reminder upon the earth.
‘8 And the king said unto the
woman, Go to thine house, and I
will give charge concerning thee.
9 And the woman of Tekoah said
unto the king, My lord, O king, the
iniquity be on me, and on my
father’s house: and the king and his
throne be guiltless.
10 And the king said, Whosoever
saith ought unto thee, bring him to
me, and he shall not touch thee any
more.
11 Then said she, I pray thee, let
the king remember the Lorp thy
God, that thou wouldest not suffer
the ¢revengers of blood to destroy
any more, lest they destroy my son.
And he said, As the Lorp liveth,
there shall not one hair of thy son
fall to the earth.
12 Then the woman said, Let
thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak
one word unto my lord the king.
And he said, Say on.
13 And the woman said, Where-
fore then hast thou thought such a
thing against the people of God? for
the king doth speak this thing as
one which is faulty, in that the
king doth not fetch home again his
banished.
14 For we must needs die, and are
as water spilt on the ground, which
cannot be gathered up again; nei-
ther doth God ‘respect any person:
yet doth he devise means, that his
banished be not expelled from him.
15 Now therefore that I am come
to speak of this thing unto my lord
the king, it is because the people
have made me afraid: and thy hand-
maid said, I will now speak unto
the king; it may be that the king
will perform the request of his
handmaid.
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16 For the king will hear, to de-
liver his handmaid out of the hand
of the man that would destroy me
and my son together out of the in-
heritance of God.
17 Then thine handmaid said, The
word of my lord the king shall now
be comfortable: for as an ¢angel of
God, so is my lord the king to dis-
cern good and bad: therefore the
LorD thy God will be with thee.
18 Then the king answered and
said unto the woman, Hide not
from me, I pray thee, the thing that
I shall ask thee. And the woman
said, Let my lord the king now
speak.
19 And the king said, Is not the
hand of Joab with thee in all this?
And the woman answered and said,
As thy soul liveth, my lord the king,
none can turn to the right hand or
B.C. 1027.
aHeb. goel, {to the left from ought that my lord
een the king hath spoken: for thy ser-
neta? {vant Joab, he bade me, and he put
59.20, note. |all these words in the mouth of
Sy Wedisairy thine handmaid:
um~o-™- | 20 To fetch about this ferm of
¢2Sam.13. |speech hath thy servant Joab done
37; Job 34... |this thing: and my lord is wise, ac-
Acts 10.34; | |Cording to the wisdom of an ¢angel
Rom.2.11. of God, to know all things that are
dé Hele, in the earth. j=4
note. David's half-hearted forgiveness
22 Sam.13. of Absalom.
37.
21 And the king said unto Joab,
Behold now, I have done this thing:
go therefore, bring the young man
Absalom again.
22 And Joab fell to the ground on
his face, and bowed himself, and
thanked the king: and Joab said,
To day thy servant knoweth that
I have found grace in thy sight,
my lord, O king, in that the king
hath fulfilled the request of his ser-
vant.
23 So Joab arose and went to
‘Geshur, and brought Absalom to
Jerusalem.
24 And the king said, Let him
turn to his own house, and let him
not see my face. So Absalom re-
turned to his own house, and !saw
not the king’s face.
David forgives Absalom.
25 But in all Israel there was none
to be so much praised as Absalom.
1 Not so had God taught David to forgive.
Legalists have thought Absalom’s.
wilfulness to have been due to over-indulgence on the part of David. There is no:
such intimation in Scripture.
taken Absalom into intimacy,
Rather it would seem that had David at this time.
the rebellion might have been averted. |
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for his beauty: from the sole of his|* B.C. 1027. 3 And Absalom said unto him,
foot even to the crown of his head See, thy matters are good and
there was no blemish in him. right; but there is no man deputed
26 And when he polled his head, of the king to hear thee.
(for it was at every year’s end that 4 Absalom ‘said moreover, Oh
he polled it: because the hair was that I were made judge-in the land,
heavy on him, therefore he polled that every man which hath any
it:) he weighed the hair of his head suit or cause might come unto me,
at two hundred shekels after the and I would do him justice!
king’s weight. 5 And it was so, that when any
27 And unto Absalom there were man came nigh to him to do him
born three “sons, and one daughter, obeisance, he put forth his hand,
whose name was Tamar: she was a} and took-him, and kissed him.
woman of a fair countenance. 6 And on this manner did Absa-
28 So Absalom dwelt two full lom to all Israel that came to the
years in Jerusalem, and saw not king for judgment: so Absalom
the king’s face. stole the hearts of the men of Is-
eo “gees aaa for rael.
‘oab, to have sent him to the king; ’ 5
Bettie acaldiorobedmeto bink: aad Outbreak of Absalom’s rebellion.
7 And it came to pass after ¢forty
when he sent again the second
years, that Absalom said unto the
time, he would not come. ‘ é
30 Therefore he said unto his ser- king, I pray thee, let me go and
pay my vow, which I have vowed
vants, See, Joab’s field is near mine,
and he hath barley there; go and unto the Lorpb, in Hebron.
set it on fire. And Absalom’s ser- 8 For thy servant vowed a vow
vants set the field on fire. while I abode at Geshur in Syria,
ie Then Joab arose, and came tO} c..9sam. |S2vine; If the LorD shall bring me
salom unto Ais house, and said} 18.18, note. [again indeed to Jerusalem, then I
unto him, Wherefore have thy ser- will serve the LoRD.
vants set my field on fire? 61 Kil.5. 9 And the king said unto him, Go
32 And Absalom answered Joab,|c Jua.9.29. in peace. _So he arose, and went
Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, to Hebron.
Come hither, that I may send thee}? Some au- 10 But Absalom _ sent __ spies
to the king, to say, By oat g ae am I pene a ere all the tribes ok Israel,
come from Geshur? it had been saying, As soon as ye hear the
good for me to have been there|!Sam-16.2. |sound of the trumpet, then ye shall
still: now therefore let me see the say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
king’s face; and if there be any in- 11 And with Absalom went two
iquity in me, let him kill me. hundred men out of Jerusalem,
33 So Joab came to the king, and that were called; and they went in
told him: and when he had called their simplicity, and they knew not
for Absalom, he came to the king, any thing. [
and bowed himself on his face to 12 And Absalom sent for Ahitho-
the ground before the king: and the| * phel the Gilonite, David’s coun- '
king kissed Absalom. sellor, from his city, even from
Giloh, ae he offered sacrifices.
And the conspiracy was strong;
CHAPTER 15. for the people increased continually
Absalom steals the love of. the with Absalom.
ten tribes (‘Israel’). Fight of David from Jerusalem,
13 And there came a messenger
to David, saying, The hearts of the
men of Israel are after Absalom.
14 And David said unto all his
servants that were with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee;
for we shall not e/se escape from
ND it came to pass after this,
that Absalom ‘prepared him
chariots and horses, and fifty men
to run before him.
2 And Absalom rose up early, and
stood beside the way of the gate:
and it was so, that when any man
that had a controversy came to the Absalom: make speed to depart,
king for judgment, then Absalom jlest he overtake us suddenly, and
called unto him, and said, Of what (bring evil upon us, and smite the
city art thou2 And he said, Thy city with the edge of the sword.
| of the tribes of 15 And the king’s servants said
ee pect ee ; unto the king, Behold, thy servants
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[16
are ready to do whatsoever my
lord the king shall appoint.
16 And the king went forth, and
all his household after him. And
the king left ten women, which
were “concubines, to keep the house.
17 And the king went forth, and
_all the people after him, and tarried
in a place that was far off.
18 And all his servants passed on
beside him; and all the ’Cherethites,
and all the Pelethites, and all the
Gittites, six hundred men which
came after him from Gath, passed
on before the king. ,
19 Then said the king to “Ittai the
Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also
with us? return to thy place, and
abide with the king: for thou art a
stranger, and also an exile.
20 Whereas thou camest but yes-
terday, should I this day make thee
go up and down with us? seeing I
4g0 whither I may, return thou,
and take back thy brethren: mercy
- and truth be with thee.
21° And Ittai answered the king,
and said, As the Lorp liveth, and
as my lord the king liveth, surely
in what place my lord the king
shall be, whether in death or life,
even there also will thy servant be.
22 And David said to Ittai, Go
and pass over. And Ittai the Git-
tite passed over, and all his men, and
all the little ones that were with
him.
23 And all the country wept with
a loud voice, and all the people
passed over: the king also himself
passed over the brook Kidron, and
all the people passed over, toward
the way of the «wilderness.
24 And lo Zadok also, and all the
Levites were with him, bearing the
Jark of the covenant of God: and
they set down the ark of God; and
Abiathar went up, until all the peo-
ple had done passing out of the city.
25 And the king said unto Zadok,
Carry back the ark of God into the
city: if I shall find favour in the
eyes of the Lorp, he will bring me
again, and shew me both it, and his
habitation:
26 But if he thus say, I have no
8delight in thee; behold, here am I,
‘let him do to me.as seemeth good
unto him.
27 The king said also unto Zadok
the priest, Art not thou a ‘seer?
return into the city in peace, and
your two sons with you, Ahimaaz
thy son, and Jonathan the son of
Abiathar,
B.C. 1023.
a 2 Sam.12.
11; 16.21,22.
6 2 Sam.8.18.
c 2 Sam.18.2.
d 1 Sam.23.13,
e 2 Sam.16.2.
‘f Num.4.15.
g Num.14.8;
1 Ki.10.9.
hk 1 Sam.3.18.
71 Sam.9.9,
j 2 Sam.17.16.
k 2 Sam.19.4,
ty.12.
m2 Sam.16.
23; 17.14,23.
n Josh.16.2.
o 2 Sam.17.15,
16.
b 2 Sam.15.30,
32.
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28 See, I will tarry in the plain of 3
the Jwilderness, until there come
word from you to certify me. ,
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar |
carried the ark of God again to
Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
30 And David went up by the
ascent of mount Olivet, and wept
as he went up, and had his *head
covered, and he went barefoot: and
all the people that was with him cov-
ered every man his head, and they
went up, weeping as they went up.
31 And one told David, saying,
'Ahithophel 7s among the conspira-
tors with Absalom. And David
said, O Lorp, I pray thee, turn
the counsel of Ahithophel into fool-
ishness.
32 And it came to pass, that
when David was come to the top
of the mount, where he worship-
ped God, behold, Hushai the *Arch-
ite came to meet him+with his coat
rent, and earth upon his head:
33 Unto whom David said, If
thou passest on with me, then thou
shalt be a burden unto me:
34 But if thou return to the city,
and say unto Absalom, I will be thy
servant, O king; as I have been
thy father’s servant hitherto, so
will I now also be’ thy servant:
then mayest thou for me defeat the
counsel of Ahithophel.
35 And hast thou not there with
thee °Zadok and- Abiathar the
priests? therefore it shall be, that
what thing soever thou shalt hear
out of the king’s house, thou shalt.
tell i# to Zadok and Abiathar the
priests. -
36 Behold, they have there with.
them their two sons, Ahimaaz Za--
lson; and by them ye shall send
unto me every thing that ye can
hear.
37 So Hushai David's friend came
into the city, and Absalom came
into Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 16.
The false servant of Mephiba.
sheth.
ANP when David was a little
hold, Ziba the servant of Mephibo-
sheth met him, with a couple of
asses saddled, and upon them two
hundred Joaves of bread, and an
hundred bunches of Taisins, and
an hundred of summer
‘a bottle of wine,
dok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s: |
fruits, and.
’past the top of the hill, be-. |
|
16 2]
» 2 And the king said unto Ziba,
What meanest thou by these?
And Ziba said, The asses be for
the king’s household to ride on;
and the bread and summer fruit for
the young men to eat; and the
wine, that such as be faint in the
wilderness may drink.
3 And the king said, And where
as thy master’s son? And Ziba said
unto the “king, Behold, he abideth
at Jerusalem: for he said, To day
shali the house of Israel restore me
the kingdom of my father.
4 Then said the king to Ziba, Be-
hold, thine are all that pertained
unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said,
I humbly beseech thee that I may
find grace in thy sight, my lord, O
king.
Shimei curses David.
5 And when king David came to
Bahurim, behold, thence came out
aman of the family of the house of
Saul, whose name was Shimei, the
son of Gera: he came forth, and
cursed still as he came.
6 And he cast stones at David,
and at all the servants of king
David: and all the people and all
the mighty men were on his right
hand and on his left.
7 And thus said Shimei when he
cursed, Come out, come out, thou
bloody man, and thou man of
Belial:
8 The Lorp hath returned upon
thee all the “blood of the house of
Saul, in whose stead thou hast
teigned; and the LorpD hath deliv-
ered the kingdom into the hand of,
Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou
art taken in thy mischief, because
thou art a bloody man.
9 Then said Abishai the son of
Zeruiah unto the king, Why should
this dead ‘dog curse my lord the
king? let me go over, I pray thee,
and take off his head.
10 And the king said, What have
I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?
so let him curse, because the LORD
hath said unto him, Curse David.
Who shall then sav, Wherefore hast
thou done so? bier
11 And David said to Abishai,
and to all his servants, Behold, my
son, which came forth of my bowels,
seeketh my life: how much more
now may this Benjamite do it?
let him alone, and let him curse;
for the Lorp hath bidden him. |
12 It may be that the Lorp will
It SAMUEL.
B.C. 1023.
a 2 Sam.19.27.
b 2 Sam.1.16;
3.28,29;
4.8-12.
c 2 Sam.9.8.
d Heb.12.10,
12.
e 2 Sam.15.37.
f 2 Sam.15.
33,34.
g 2 Sam.15.12.
h 2 Sam.2.7.
i 2 Sam.12.
11,12.
j 2 Sam.16.14;
Deut.25.18.
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LorD will requite me ¢good for his
cursing this day.
13 And as David and his men
went by the way, Shimei went
along on the hill’s side over against
him, and cursed as he went, and
threw stones at him, and cast dust.
14. And the king, and all the people
that were with him, came weary,
and refreshed themselves there.
Absalom enters Jerusalem.
15 And Absalom, and all the peo-
pleof themenof Israel, came to Jeru-
salem, and Ahithophel with him:
16 And it came to pass, ‘when
Hushai the Archite, David’s friend,
was come unto Absalom, that Hu-
shai said unto Absalom, God save
the king, God save the king.
17 And Absalom said to Hushai,
Is this thy kindness to thy friend?
why wentest thou not with thy
Ffriend?
18 And Hushai said unto Absa-
lom, Nay; but whom the LorB, and
this people, and all the men of
Israel, choose, his will I be, and with
him will I abide.
19 And again, whom should I
serve? should J not serve in the
presence of his son? as I have
served in thy father’s presence, so
will I be in thy presence.
20 Then said Absalom to sAhitho-
phel, Give counsel among you what
we shall do.
21 And Ahithophel said unto Ab-
salom, Go in unto thy father’s con-
cubines, which he hath left to keep
the house; and all Israel shall hear
that thou art abhorred of thy
father: then shall the “hands of all
that. are with thee be strong.
22 So they spread Absalom a tent
upon the top of the house; and Ab-
salom went ‘in unto his father’s con-
cubines in the sight, of all Israel.
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel,
which he counselled in those days,
was as if a man had enquired at the
oracle of God: so was all the coun-
sel.of Ahithophel both with David
and with Absalom,
CHAPTER 17.
The diverse counsel of Ahitho-
phel and Hushati.
QREOVER Ahithophel said
unto Absalom, Let me now
choose out twelve thousand men,
and I will arise and pursue after
David this night:
2 And I will come upon him while
he is weary and weak handed, and
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II SAMUEL.
[17 25
will make him afraid: and all the B.c. 1023. ‘the intent that the LorpD might
people that are with him shall flee;
and I will smite the king only:
3 And I will bring back all the
people unto thee: the man whom
thou seekest fs as if all returned:
so all the people shall be in
peace.
4 And the saying pleased Absalom
well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Then said Absalom, Call now
Hushai the Archite also, and let us
hear likewise what he saith.
6 And when Hushai was come to
Absalom, Absalom spake unto him,
saying, Ahithophel hath spoken
after this manner: shall we do after
his saying? if not; speak thou.
7. And Hushai said unto Absalom,
The counsel that Ahithophel hath
given ys not good at this time.
8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest
thy father and his men, that they
be mighty men, and they be chafed)|
in their minds, as a bear robbed of
her whelps in the field: and thy
father 7s a man of war, and will not
lodge with the people.
9 Behold, he is hid now in some
pit, or in some other place: and it
will come to pass, when some of
them be overthrown at the first,
that whosoever heareth it will say,
There is a slaughter among the
people that follow Absalom.
10 And he also that 1s valiant,
whose heart 7s as the heart of a
lion, shall utterly ¢melt: for all Is-
rael knoweth that thy father is a
mighty man, and they which be
with him are valiant men.
11 Therefore I counsel that all Is-
tael be generally gathered unto
thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba,
tas the sand that is by the sea for
multitude; and that thou go to
battle in thine own person.
12 So shall we come upon him in
some place where he shall be found,
and we will light upon him as the
dew falleth on the ground: and of
him and of all the men that are
with him there shall not be left so
much as one.
13. Moreover, if he be gotten into
a city, then shall all Israel bring
ropes to that city, and we will draw
it into the river, until there be not)
one small stone found there.
14 And Absalom and all the men
of Israel said, The counsel of Hu-
shai the Archite 7s better than the
counsel of Ahithophel. For the
‘LORD had appointed to defeat
the good counsel of Ahithophel, to
a Josh.2.11,
6 Josh.11.4;
1 Ki.20.10.
¢2Sam.15.31.
d 2 Sam.15.27,
36.
e Josh.15.7.
f 2 Sam.16.5.
g 2 Sam.2.8.
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bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok
and to Abiathar the priests, Thus
and thus did Ahithophel counsel
Absalom and the elders of Israel;
and thus and thus have I coun-
selled. }
16 Now therefore send quickly,
and tell David, saying, Lodge not
this night in the plains of the wil-
derness, but speedily pass over;
lest the king be swallowed up, and
all the people that are with him.
17 Now 4Jonathan and Ahimaaz
stayed by ‘En-rogel; for they might
not be seen to come into the city:
and a wench went and told them;
and they went and told king David.
18 Nevertheless a lad saw them,
and told Absalom: but they went
both of them away quickly, and
came to a man’s house in /Bahurim,
which had a well in his court;
whither they went down.
19 And the woman took and
spread a covering over the well’s
mouth, and spread ground corn
thereon; and the thing was not
known.
20 And when Absalom’s servants
came to the woman to the house,
they said, Where rs Ahimaaz and
Jonathan? And the woman said
unto them, They be gone over the
brook of water. And when they
had sought and could not find
them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 And it came to pass, after they
were departed, that they came up
out of the well, and went and told
king David, and said unto David,
Arise, and pass quickly over the
water: for thus hath Ahithophel
counselled against you.
22 Then David arose, and all the
people that were with him, and
they passed over Jordan: by the
morning light there lacked not one
of them that was not gone over
Jordan.
23 And when Ahithophel saw
that his counsel was not followed,
he saddled Ais ass, and arose, and
gat him home to his house, to his
city, and put his household in order,
and hanged himself, and died, and
was buried in the sepulchre of his
father.
24 Then David came to Maha-
naim. And Absalom passed over
Jordan, he and all the men of Israel
with him,
25 And Absalom made Amasa
captain of the host instead of Joab:
-
which Amasa was a man’s son,
whose name was Ithra an Israelite,
that went in to Abigail the daughter
of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s
mother.
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched
in the land of Gilead.
27 And it came to pass, when
David was come to Mahanaim, that
*@Shobi the son of Nahash of Rab-
bah of the children of Ammon, and
¢Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-
debar, and ‘Barzillai the Gileadite
of Rogelim,
28 Brought beds, and basons, and
earthen vessels, and wheat, and
barley, and flour, and parched corn,
and beans, and lentiles, and parched
pulse,
29 And honey, and butter, and
sheep, and cheese of kine, for David,
and for the people that were with
him, to eat: for they said, The
épeople is hungry, and weary, and
thirsty, in the wilderness.
CHAPTER 18.
The battle of Mount Ephraim.
AND David numbered the people
that were with him, and set
captains of thousands and captains
of hundreds over them.
2 And David sent forth a third
part of the people under the hand
of Joab, and a third part under the
hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah,|¢ v-5.
Joab’s brother, and a third part), .o.51410
under the hand of ¢Ittai the Gittite.| 29. ©
And the king said unto the people,
I will surely go forth with you
myself also.
3 But the people answered, Thou
‘shalt not go forth: for if we flee
away, they will not care for us;
neither if half of us die, will they
care for us: but now thou art worth
ten thousand of us: therefore now
it is better that thou succour us out
of the city.
4 And the king said unto them,
What seemeth you best I wiil do.
And the king stood by the gate side,
and all the people came out by hun-
dreds and by thousands.
‘5S And the king commanded Joab
and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal
gently for my sake with the young
man, even with Absalom. And all
the people heard when the king
gave all the captains charge con-
cerning Absalom.
6 So the people went out into the
field against Israel: and the battle
was in the wood of Ephraim; i
a 2 Sam.10.1.
6 2 Sam.9.4.
c 2 Sam.19.
31,32; 1 Ki.
Date
d 2 Sam.16.2,
14.
e 2 Sam.15,19.
f 2 Sam.21.17.
375
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1023.
[18 18
7_ Where the people of Israel were
slain before the servants of David,
and there was there a_ great
slaughter that day of twenty thou-
sand men.
8 For the battle was there scat-
tered over the face of all the coun-
try: and the wood devoured more
people that day than the sword
devoured.
The slaying of Absalom.
9 And Absalom met the servants
of David. And Absalom rode upon
a mule, and the mule went under
the thick boughs of a great oak, and
his head caught hold of the oak,
and he was taken up between the
heaven and the earth; and the mule
that was under him went away.
10 And a certain man saw it, and
told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanged in an oak.
11 And Joab said unto the man
that told him, And, behold, thou
sawest him, and why didst thou
not smite him there to the ground?
and I would have given thee ten
shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12 And the man said unto Joab,
Though‘I should receive a thousand
shekels of silver in mine hand, yet
would I not put forth mine hand
against the king’s son: for in four
hearing the king charged thee and
Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware
that none touch the young man
Absalom.
13 Otherwise I should have
wrought falsehood against mine
own hfe: “for there is no matter
hid from the king, and thou thyself
wouldest have set thyself against
me.
14 Then said Joab, I may not
tarry thus with thee. And he took
three darts in his hand, and thrust
them through the heart of Absalom,
while he was yet alive in the
midst of the oak.
15 And ten young men that bare
Joab’s armour compassed about
and smote Absalom, and slew him.
16 And Joab blew the trumpet,
and the people returned from pur-
suing after Israel: for Joab held
back the people.
17 And they took Absalom, and
cast him into a great pit in the
wood, and laid a very great heap
of stones upon him: and all Israel
fled every one to his tent.
18 Now Absalom in his lifetime
had taken and reared up for himself
a pillar, which is in the king’s dale:
Was 19]
for he said, 1I have no son to keep
my name in remembrance: and he
called the pillar after his own name:
and it is called unto this day, Ab-
salom’s place.
David is told of Absalom’s death.
19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of
Zadok, Let me now run, and.bear
the king tidings, how that the LorD
hath avenged him of his enemies.
20 And Joab said unto him, Thou
shalt not bear tidings this day, but
thou shalt bear tidings another day:
but this day thou shalt bear no
tidings, because the king’s son is
dead. f
21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go
tell the king what thou hast seen.
And Cushi bowed himself. unto
Joab, and ran.
22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of
Zadok yet again to Joab, But how-
soever, let me, I pray thee, also run
after Cushi. And Joab said, Where-
fore wilt thou run, my son, seeing
that thou hast no tidings ready?
23 But howsoever, said he, let
me run. And he said unto him,
Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the
way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
24 And David “sat between the
two gates: and the ’watchman went
up to the roof over the gate unto
the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold a man running
alone.
25 And the watchman cried, and
told the king. And the king said,
If he be alone, there is tidings in
his mouth. And he came apace,
and drew near.
26 And the watchman saw an-
other man running: and the watch-
man called unto the porter, and
said, Behold another man running
alone. And the king said, He also
bringeth tidings.
27 And the watchman said, Me
thinketh the running of the fore-
most is like the running of Ahimaaz
the son of Zadok. And the king
said, He is a ‘good man, and
cometh with good tidings.
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said
unto the king, All is well. And he
fell down to the earth upon his face
before the king, and said, ¢Blessed
be the Lorp thy God, which hath
delivered up the men that lifted up
their hand against my lord the king,
oe a
res mom eh
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1023.
a1 Sam44.13.
b 2 Ki.9.17.
¢1 Ki.1.42.
d 2 Sam.16.12.
é vs.14-17.
f 2 Sam.12.10.
g Jud.21.2.
h 2 Sam.18.14.
1The pillar mentioned must h
Absalom. Cf. 2 Sam. 14. 27.
are not mentioned in the genealogies,
376
wa det
19 6
29 And the king said, Is the young
man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz
answered, When ‘Joab sent the
king’s servant, and me thy servant,
wy
I saw a great tumult, but I knew ©
not what it was.
30 And the king said unto him,
Turn aside, and stand here. And
he turned aside, and stood still.
31 And, behold, Cushi came; and
Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the
king: for the LorpD hath avenged
thee this day of all them that rose
up against thee.
32 And the king said unto Cushi,
Is the young man Absalom safe?
And Cushi answered, The enemies
of my lord the king, and all that
rise against thee to do thee hurt, be
as that young man is.
The touchiné grief of King David. ©
33 And the king was much moved,
and went up to the chamber over
the gate, and wept: and as he went,
thus he said, O my son fAbsalom,
my son, my son Absalom! would
God I had died for thee, O Absalom,
my son, my son!
CHAPTER 19,
Joab reproaches David.
AND it was told Joab, Behold,
the king weepeth and mourn-
eth for Absalom.
2- And the victory that day was
turned into ‘mourning unto all the
people: for the people heard say
that day how the king was grieved
for his son.
3 And the people gat them by
stealth that day into tne city, as
people being ashamed steal away —
when they flee in battle,
But the king covered his face,
and the king cried with a loud
voice, O my son Absalom, O Absa-
lom, my son, my son!
5 And "Joab came into the house
to the king, and said, Thou hast —
shamed this day the faces of all thy
servants, which this day have saved
thy life, and the lives of thy sons
and of thy daughters, and the lives
of thy wives, and the lives of thy
concubines;
6 In that thou lovest thine ene-
mies, and hatest thy friends. For
thou hast declared this day, that
thou regardest neither princes nor
ave been reared before the birth of sons to
Another view is that his sons died in youth. They
—
t+
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II SAMUEL.
[19 28
servants: for this day I perceive,
that if Absalom had lived, and all
qe had died this day, then it had
pleased thee well.
7 Now therefore arise, go forth,
and speak comfortably unto thy ser-
vants: for I swear by the Lorp, if
thou go not forth, there will not
tarry one with thee this night: and
that will be worse unto thee than
all the evil that befell thee from
thy youth until now.
8 Then the king arose, and sat in
the gate. And they told unto all
the people, saying, Behold, the king
doth sit in the gate. And all the
people came before the king: for Is-
tael had “fled every man to his tent.
David’s return to Jerusalem.
9 And all the people were at strife
throughout all the tribes of Israel,
saying, The king saved us out of
the hand of our enemies, and he de-
livered us out of the hand of the
Philistines: and now Che is fled out
of the land for Absalom.
10 And Absalom, whom we an-
ointed over us, is dead %n battle.
Now therefore why speak ye not a
word of bringing the king back?
11 And king David sent to Zadok
and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
Speak unto the elders of Judah,
saying, Why are ye the last to bring
the king back to his house? seeing
the speech of all Israel is come to
the king, even to his house.
12 Ye are my brethren, ye are
my ‘bones and my flesh: wherefore
then are ye the last to bring back
the king?
13 And say ye to 2Amasa, Art
thou not of my bone, and of my
flesh? God do so to me, and more
also, if thou be not captain of the
host before me continually in the
room of Joab.
14 And he bowed the heart of all
the men of Judah, even as the heart
of one man; so that they sent this
word unto the king, Return thou,
and all thy servants.
15 Sothe king returned, and came
to Jordan. And Judah came to
eGilgal, to go to meet the king, to
conduct the king over Jordan.
16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a
Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,
hasted and came down with the
men of Judah to meet king David.
17 And there were a thousand
men of Benjamin with him, and
IZiba the servant of the house of|
Saul, and his fifteen sons and his
B.C. 1023.
a2 Sam.18.
8.
b 2 Sam.15.14.
c2Sam.5.1.
d 2 Sam.17.
25; 1 Chr.2.
17.
e Josh.5.9.
f2Sam.9.2,
10.
g Imputation.
vs.18,19;
Psa.32.2.
(Lev.25.503
Jas.2.23.)
h 2 Sam.16.5.
4 2 Sam.13.33.
j 1 Sam.26.9.
k Heb.1.4,
note.
12 Sam.9.7,
?
37
twenty servants with him; and
they went over Jordan before the
king.
18 And there went over a ferry
boat to carry over the king’s house-
hoid, and to do what he thought
good. And Shimei the son of Gera
fell down before the king, as he was
come over Jordan;
19 And said unto the king, Let
not my lord “impute iniquity unto
me, neither do thou remember that
which thy servant did /perversely
the day that my lord the king went
out of Jerusalem, that the king
should take it to his ‘heart.
20 For thy servant doth know
that I have sinned: therefore, be-
hold, I am come the first this day of
all the house of Joseph to go down
to meet my lord the king.
21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah
answered and said, Shall not. Shi-
mei be put to death for this, because
he Jcursed the LoRD’s anointed?
22 And David said, What have I
to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah,
that ye should this day be adver-
saries unto me? shall there any
man be put to death this day in
Israel? for do not I know that I am
this day king over Israel?
23 Therefore the king said unto
Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And
the king sware unto him.
24 And Mephibosheth the son of
Saul came down to meet the king,
and had neither dressed his feet,
nor trimmed his beard, nor washed
his clothes, from the day the king
departed until the day he came
again in peace.
25 And it came to pass, when he
was come to Jerusalem to meet the
king, that the king said unto him,
Wherefore wentest not thou with
me, Mephibosheth?
26 And he answered, My lord, O
king, my servant deceived me: for
thy servant said, I will saddle me
an ass, that I may ride thereon,
and go to the king; because thy
servant is lame.
27 And he hath slandered thy ser-
vant unto my lord the king; but
my lord the king is as an “angel of
God: do therefore what is good in
thine eyes.
28 For all of my father’s house
were but dead men before my lord
the king: yet didst thou. /set thy
servant among them that did eat at
thine own table. What right there-
fore have I yet to cry any more unto
the king?
19 29]
29 And the king said unto him,
Why speakest thou any more of
thy matters? I have said, Thou
and Ziba divide the land. _
30 And Mephibosheth said unto
the king, Yea, let him take all, for-
asmuch as my lord the king is come
again in peace unto his own house.
31 And Barzillai the Gileadite
came down from Rogelim, and
went over Jordan with the king,
‘to conduct him over Jordan.
32 Now Barziliai was a very aged!
man, even fourscore years old: and)
he had provided the king of suste-|
nance while he lay at Mahanaim;|
‘ for he was a very great man. |
_' 33 And the king said unto Bar-|
zillai, Come thou over with me, and
I will feed thee with me in Jeru-
salem.
34 And Barzillai said unto the
king, How long have I to live, that
I should go up with the king unto
Jerusalem?
35 I am this day fourscore years
old: and can I discern between good
and evil? can thy servant taste
what I eat or what I drink? can I
hear any more the voice of singing
men and singing women? where-
fore then should thy servant be yet
a burden unto my lord the king?
36 Thy servant will go a little
way over Jordan with the king:
and why should the king recom-’
pense it me with such a reward?
37 Let thy servant, I pray thee,
turn back again, that I may die in
mine own city, and be buried by
the grave of my father and of my
mother. But behold thy servant
*Chimham; let him go over with
my lord the king; and do to him!
what shall seem good unto thee.
38 And the king answered, Chim-
ham shall go over with me, and I
will do to him that which shall
seem good unto thee: and whatso-
ever thou shalt require of me, that
will I do for thee.
39 And all the people went over
Jordan, And when the king was
come over, the king kissed Barzillai,
and blessed him; and he returned
unto his own place. af
40 Then the king went on to Gil-
gal, and Chimham went on with
him: and all the people of Judah
conducted the king, and also half
the people of Israel.
The old strife begins anew.
41 And, behold, all the men of
Israel came to the king, and said
II SAMUEL.
a1 Ki.2.7;
Jer.41.17,
6 vs.11,15.
ci Ki.12.16.
d 2 Sam.15.
16.
e 2 Sam.19,
13.
378
[207
unto the king, Why have our breth-
ren the men of Judah stolen thee
away, and have brought the king,
and his household, and all David’s
men with him, over Jordan?
42 And all the men of Judah
answered the men of Israel, Be-
cause the king ss near of kin to us:
wherefore then be ye angry for this
matter? have we eaten at all of the
king’s cost? or hath he given us
any gift?
43 And the men of Israel answer-
ed the men of Judah, and said, We
have ten parts in the king, and we
have also more right in David than
ye: why then did ye despise us,
that our advice should not be first
had in bringing back our king?
And the words of the men of Judah
were fiercer than the words of the
men of Israel.
CHAPTER 20.
ANP there happened to be there
a_man of Belial, whose name
was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a
Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet,
and said, We have no ‘part in
David, neither have we inheritance
in the son of Jesse: every man to
his tents, O Israel.
2 So every man of Israel went up
from after David, and followed
Sheba the son of Bichri: but the
men of Judah clave unto their king,
from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
3 And David came to his house at
Jerusalem; and the king took the
ten women Ais ¢concubines, whom
he had left to keep the house, and
put them in ward, and fed them, but
went not in unto them. So they
were shut up unto the day of their
death, living in widowhood.
Joab murders Amasc.
4 Then said the king to Amasa,
Assemble me the men of Judah
within three days, and be thou here
present. .
5S So Amasa went to ‘assemble
the men of Judah: but he tarried
Cities, and escape us.
7 And there went out after him
Joab’s men, and the Ch i
and the Pelethites, we
mighty men: and they went out of
Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba
the son of Bichri.
8 When they were at the great
stone which rs in Gibeon, Amasa
went before them. And Joab’s gar-
ment that he had put on was girded
unto him, and upon it a girdle with
a sword fastened upon his loins in
the sheath thereof; and as he went
forth it fell out.
9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art
Joab took Amasa by the beard with
the right hand to kiss him.
10 But Amasa took no heed to the
he ¢smote him therewith in the fifth
sib, and shed out his bowels to the
ground, and struck him not again;
and he died. So Joab and Abishai
his brother pursued after Sheba the
son of Bichri.
11 And one of Joab’s men stood
by him, and said, He that favoureth
Joab, and he that is for David, let
him go after Joab.
12 And Amasa wallowed in blood
in the midst of the highway. And
when the man saw that all the peo-
ple stood still, he removed Amasa
out of the highway into the field,
and cast a cloth upon him, when he
saw that every one that came by
him stood still.
Suppression of Sheba’s revolt.
13 When he was removed out of
the highway, all the people went
on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba
the son of Bichri.
14 And he went through all the
tribes of Israel unto °Abel, and to
Beth-maachah, and all the Berites:
and they were gathered together,
and went also after him.
15 And they came and besieged}
him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and
they cast up a ‘bank against the
city, and it stood in the trench: and
all the people that were with Joab
battered the wall, to throw it
down. .
16 Then cried a wise woman out
of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray
you, unto Joab, Come near hither,
that I may speak with thee.
17 And when he was come near
unto her, the woman said, Art thou
Joab? And he answered, I am he.
Then she said unto him, Hear the
words of thine handmaid. And he
answered, I do hear. z
18 Then she spake, saying, They
were wont to speak in old time,
saying, They shall surely ask coun-
thou in health, my brother? And/
sword that was in Joab’s hand: so;
It SAMUEL.
B.C. 1022.
a 1 Ki,2.5.
b 2 Ki.15.29.
c 2 Ki.19.32.
d 2Sam.8.16,
18.
e1 Ki.4.6.
f Josh.9.3,
oh te
g See Ex.29.
33, note.
so
-Iman to his tent.
[21 3
sel at Abel: and so they ended the
matter. 4 g
19 I'am one of them that are
peaceable and faithful in Israel:
thou seekest to destroy a city and
a mother in Israel: why wilt thou
swallow up the inheritance of the
Lorpb? :
20 And Joab answered and said,
Far be it, far be it from me, that I
should swallow up or destroy.
21 The matter 1s not so: but a
man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the
son of Bichri by name, hath lifted
up his hand against the king, even
against David: deliver him only,
and I will depart from the city.
And the woman said unto Joab,
Behold, his head shall be thrown
to thee over the wall.
22 Then the woman went unto all
the people in her wisdom. And
they cut off the head of Sheba the
son of Bichri, and cast it out to
Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and
they retired from the city, every
And Joab re-
turned to Jerusalem unto the king.
23 Now 4Joab was over all the
host of Israel: and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada was over the Chereth-
ites and over the Pelethites:
24 And Adoram was over the
étribute: and Jehoshaphat the so:
of Ahilud was recorder: -
25 And Sheva was scribe: and.
Zadok and Abiathar were the
priests:
26 And Ira also the Jairite was a
chief ruler about David.
CHAPTER 21.
The three years’ famine.
HEN there was a famine in the
days of David three years, year
after year; and David enquired of
the Lorp. And the LorD an-
swered, It is for Saul, and for.his
bloody house, because he slew the
Gibeonites.
2 And the king called the Gibeon-
ites, and said unto them; (now the
Gibeonites were /not of the children
of Israel, but of the remnant of the
Amorites; and the children of Is-
rael had sworn unto them: and
Saul sought to slay them in his
zeal to the children of Israel and
Judah. ) ve
3 Wherefore David said unto the
Gibeonites, What shall I do for you?
and wherewith shall I make the
gatonement, that ye may bless the
inheritance of the LoRD?
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4 And the Gibeonites said unto
‘him, We will have no silver nor gold
of Saul, nor of his house; neither
for us shalt thou kill any man in
Israel. And he said, What ye shall
say, that will I do for you. :
5 And they answered the king,
The man that consumed us, and
that devised against us that we
should be destroyed from remain-
ing in any of the coasts of Israel,
a © Let seven men of his sons be
delivered unto us, and we will hang
j them up unto the Lorp in 2Gibeah
of Saul, whom the Lorp did}
choose. And the king said, I will
give them. f
i 7 But the king spared Mephibo-
; sheth, the son of Jonathan the son
of Saul, because of the %LorD’s
¥ oath that was between them, be-
tween David and Jonathan the son
of Saul.
8 But the king took the two sons
of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,
whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni
and Mephibosheth; and the five
‘sons of Michal the daughter of
Saul, whom she brought up for
Adriel the son of Barzillai the
Meholathite:
9 And he delivered them into the
hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them in the hill before the
Lorp: and they fell a// seven to-
gether, and were put to death in
the days of harvest, in the first
days, in the beginning of barley
harvest.
10 And Rizpah the daughter of
Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it
for her upon the rock, from the be-
ginning of harvest until water
dropped upon them out of heaven,
and suffered neither the birds of
the air to rest on them by day, nor
the beasts of the field by night.
11 And it was told David what
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the
concubine of Saul, had done.
12 And David went and took the
bones of Saul and the bones of Jon-
athan his son from the men of
Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen
them from the street of Beth-shan,
where the 4Philistines had hanged
them, when the Philistines had slain
Saul in Gilboa:
13 And he brought up from
thence the bones of Saul and the
bones of Jonathan his son; and they
gathered the bones of them that
were hanged.
14 And the bones of Saul and Jon-
athan his son buried they in the
| ae |
II SAMUEL.
B.C 1021. conan of Benjamin in ¢Zelah, in
a1 Sam.10.
2
b 1 Sam.20.
15.
¢ Cf.2 Sam.
6.23. The
“five sons”
were chil-
dren of Mi-
chal's sister
Merab, wife
of Adriel,
“whom she
brought up
for Adriel”
(1 Sam.18.
19)*~
d Cf.1 Sam.
31.4,5, note.
é Josh.18.28,.
f 2 Sam.24,
25.
g 2 Sam.18.3,
h1 Ki.11.36.
#1 Chr.20.4,
j1Sam.16.9,
Shammah.
k Psa.18..
1 Psa.91.2.
mPsa.2.12,
note,
n Psa.84.11.
380
the sepulchre of Kish his father:
and they performed all that the
king commanded. And after that
God was /intreated for the land.
A war with the Philistines.
15 Moreover the Philistines had
yet war again with Israel; and
David went down, and his servants _
with him, and fought against the
Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16 And Ishbi-benob, which was
of the sons of the giant, the weight
of whose spear weighed three hun-
dred shekels of brass in weight, he
being girded with a new sword,
thought to have slain David. :
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah
succoured him, and smote the Phil-
istine, and killed him. Then the
men of David sware unto him, say-
ing, €Thou shalt go no more out
with us to battle, that thou quench
not the “light of Israel.
18 And it came to pass after this,
that there was again a battle with
the Philistines at Gob: then ‘Sib-
bechai the Hushathite slew Saph,
which was of the sons of the giant.
_19 And there was again a battle
in Gob with the Philistines, where
Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a
Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of
Goliath the Gittite, the staff of
whose spear was like a weaver’s
beam. :
20 And there was yet a battle in
Gath, where was a man of Sreat
stature, that had on every hand
six fingers, and on every foot six
toes, four and twenty in number;
and he also was born to the giant.
21 And when he defied Israel, Jon-
athan the son of JShimeah the
brother of David slew him.
22 These four were born to the
giant in Gath, and fell by the hand
of David, and by the hand of his
fdeet ace
| CHAPTER 22,
David’s song of deliverance.
AND David spake unto the Lorp
2 And he said, The Lorp is my
rock, and my ‘fortress, and my de-
liverer;
3 The God of my rock; in him will
I “trust: he is my "shield, and the |
|
a ha + z 174
II SAMUEL.
s
22 4] [22 41
porn of wis salvation; my high} Bc. 1018. |the Lorp, and have not wickedly
ower, and my ‘refuge, my sa- departed from my God. 5
or thou savest me from vio- 23 For all his judgments were
ogee “ft vate : before me: and as for his statutes, I
_ ais re ont - ORD, who is did not depart from them,
ey fe) praised: so shall I be 24 I was also upright before him,
: af ioe Bee smomiss sy aX and EAR kept myself from mine
- iniquity.
Bassed mei the floods of ungodly 25 Therefore the LorD hath rec-
s ase e me a bat sar ompensed me according to my right-
Rane er gO tee eis Ge eee
a re Te- ness in his eye sight.
a si 26 With the merciful _thou wilt
e n my distress I called upon the shew thyself merciful, and with the
ae and cried to my God: and upright man thou wilt shew thyself
pe ene op ipa toes BT With th age tach
: id enter into ith the pure thou wilt shew
his pare: ze thyself pure; and with the froward
8 I en the earth shook and trem- thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
bled; the foundations of heaven 28 And the afflicted people thou
poved and shook, because he was|4 Veo wilt save: but thine eyes are upon
BD There went up a smoke out of|5 Pp: ae ene Waele cet rab
Z sa.34.6, n em. down.
his nostrils, and ‘fire out of his) 15. 29 For thou art my lamp, O
mouth devoured: coals were kin-| - p...97.3.4 LorpD: and the Lorp will lighten
dled by it. ~~" Imy darkness.
10 He bowed the heavens also,|¢ Psa.29.3. 30 For by thee I have run through
Bea cane me and darkness was} , peut.32.23. pana! a my God have I leaped
11 And he rode upon a cherub, | f Nah.1.4. 31 As for God, his way 1s perfect:
pad did BY ae he was S€€N UPON) , T.9.43.2 ug word of the LorD js tried: he 1s
e wings of the wind. eas 3 a buckler to all them that *trust in
12 Aad fe, made darkness pavil-|/ eaaiee him.
jons round about him, dark waters,| 7° 32 For who is God, save the
and thick clouds of the skies. {1 Sam.26. Lorp? and who zs a rock, save our
13 Through the brightness before} 23- God?
him were coals a ite kindled. j Job 17.9. 33 God is my strength and power:
14 The Lorp 4thundered from and he maketh my way perfect.
heaven, and the most High uttered |é Psa.2.12, 34 He maketh my “feet like hinds’
his voice. note. feet: and setteth me upon my high
i5 And he sent out “arrows, and| } Hab.3.19. places.
scattered them; lightning, and dis-
comfited them.
-16 And the channels of fthe sea
appeared, the foundations of the
world were discovered, at the re-
buking of the LorD, at the blast of
the breath of his nostrils.
17 He sent from above, he took
me; he drew me out of many 8wa-
ters;
18 Hedelivered mefrom my strong
enemy, and from them that hated
me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They prevented me in the day
of my calamity; but the LORD was
my stay.
30 He brought me forth also into,
a large place: he delivered me, be-
cause he delighted in "me. 4
21 The Lorp rewarded me ‘ac-
cording to my righteousness: ac-
cording to the cleanness of my
hands hath he recompensed me,
22 For I have kept the ways of
381
35 He teacheth my hands to war;
so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
36 Thou hast also given me the
shield of thy salvation: and thy
gentleness hath made me great.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps
wet me; so that my feet did not
slip.
38 I have pursued mine enemies,
and destroyed them; and turned’
not again until I had consumed
them. :
39 And I have consumed them,
and wounded them, that they could
not arise: yea, they are fallen under
my feet.
40 For thou hast girded me with
strength to battle: them that rose
up against me hast thou subdued
under me.
41 Thou hast also given me the
necks of mine enemies, that I might
destroy them that hate me.
22 42]
none to save; even unto the LORD,
but he answered thern not.
- 43 Then did I beat them as small
as the dust of the earth, I did stamp
them as the mire of the street, and
did spread them abroad.
44 Thou also hast delivered me
from the ¢strivings of my people,
thou hast kept me to be head of the
‘heathen: a people which I knew
not shall serve me.
45 Strangers shall submit them-
selves unto me: as soon as they
hear, they shall be obedient unto
me. .
46 Strangers shall fade away,
and they shall be afraid out of
their close places.
47 The Lorp liveth; and blessed}
be my rock; and exalted be thel¢ 2 Sam.3.1.
God of the rock of my salvation.
48 It is God that avengeth me,
and that bringeth down the people|«¢ Kingdom
under me, (On Ns
b i.e. nations.
Q sy jn | Kis
49 And that bringeth me forth} 20. (Geni.
from mine enemies: thou also hast| 26; Zech.12
lifted me up on high above them
that rose up against me: thou hast d Holy Spirit. |
delivered me from the violent man.| 2 Ki.2.9.
50 Therefore I will give thanks eae
unto thee, O LorbD, among the ree
‘heathen, and I wili sing praises] Inspiration.
unto thy name. ee
51 He is the tower of salvation] Rey.22.19.)
for his king: and sheweth mercy to ;
his anointed, unto David, and tol Posada,
his seed for evermore. nttad
g fe one be-~
Ong
CHAPTER 23. Ae AS
The last words of David. h Jua.s.4
NOW these be the last words of Pilsen so
“ David. ‘David the son of Jesse 24.05 ‘
said, and the man who was raised ;
up on high, the anointed of the God! 4 ie GAL HE
of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of| 77
Israel, said, k See 2 Sam.
2 The 4Spirit of the LorD spake| 5.18; 1 Chr.
by me, and his «word was in my| }!151%
tongue.
3_ The God of Israel said, the Rock
of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth
over men must be just, ruling in
the ‘fear of God.
‘4 And he shall be as the light of
the morning, when the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds; as
the tender grass springing out of |
the earth by clear shining after
Tain.
| 5 Although my house be not so
with God; yet he hath made with
me an everlasting covenant, ordered
in all things, and sure: for this is}
382
II SAMUEL.
42 They looked, but there was|_B.C. 1018.
[23 16
all my salvation, and al] my desire,
although he make /t not to grow.
6 But the sons of Belial shall be
all of them as thorns thrust away,
because they cannot be taken with
hands:
7 But the man that shall touch
them must be fenced with iron and
the staff of a spear; and they shall
be utterly burned with fire in the
same place.
David’s mighty men. (Cf. 1 Chr.
11. 10-47.)
8 These be the names of the
mighty men whom David had: The
Tachmonite that sat in the seat,
chief among the captains; the same
was Adino the ‘Eznite: he Irft up
his spear against eight hundred,
whom he slew at one time.
9 And after him was Eleazar the
son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the
three mighty men with David, when
they defied the Philistines that
were there gathered together to
battle, and the men of Israel were
gone away:
10 He arose, and smote the Philis-
tines until his hand was weary, and
his hand clave unto the sword: and
the LORD wrought a great victory
that day; and the people returned
after him only to ‘spoil.
11 And after him was Shammah
the son of Agee the Hararite. And —
the Philistines were gathered to-
gether into a troop, where was a
piece of ground full of lentiles: and _
the people /fled from the Philistines. |
12 But he stood in the midst of |
the ground, and defended it, and
slew the Philistines: and the Lorp _
wrought a great victory. |
13 And *three of the thirty chief
went down, and came to David in
‘\the harvest time unto the cave of _
Adullam: and the troop of the Phi- _
listines pitched in the valley of
Rephaim.
14 And David was then in an
hold, and the garrison of the Phi-
listines was then in Beth-lehem.
15 And David longed, and said,
Oh that one would give me drink of |
the water of the well of Beth-lehem, |
which is by the gate!
16 And the three mighty men |
brake through the host of the Phi- |
listines, and drew water out of the |
well of Beth-lehem, that'was by the |
gate, and took it, and brought vt to
avid: nevertheless he would not |
drink thereof, but poured it out |
unto the Lorp,
|
23 17]
17 And he said, Be it far from me,
O Lorp, that I should do this: is
not this the blood of the men that
went in jeopardy of their lives?
therefore he would not drink it.
These things did these three mighty
men.
18 And Abishai, the brother of
Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
among three. And he lifted up his
spear against three hundred, and
slew them, and had the name
among three.
19 Was he not most honourable
of three? therefore he was their
captain: howbeit he attained not
unto the first three.
20 And Benaiah the son of Je-|¢ Ex,15.15;
hoiada, the son of a valiant man, of
he slew two lionlike men of Moab:
2he went down also and slew a lion
in the midst of a pit in time of snow?)
21 And he slew an Egyptian, aj¢ 2 Sam.2.18.
bgoodly man: and the Egyptian], yua29,
had a spear in his hand; but he
¢ 2 Sam.8.18;
20.23.
went down to him with a staff, and| f2 Sam.20.26.
plucked the spear out of the Egyp-| , > sam.11.
tian’s hand, and slew him with his|"36. ©
own spear.
22 These things did Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and had the name
among three mighty men.
93 He was more honourable than|/ Jud-20-4-
the thirty, but he attained not to!z Jer.17.5.
the first three. And David set
him ‘over his guard. 1 ames
24 dAsahel the brother of Joab ae
was one of the thirty; Elhanan the} Num.32.
son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 1,3.
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika} » Josh.19.28;
the Harodite, Jud.18.28.
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son
of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Me-
bunnai the Hushathite,
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai
the Netophathite,
29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a
Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai
out of Gibeah of the children of
Benjamin,
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hid-
dai of the brooks of ‘Gaash,
31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Az-
maveth the Barhumite,
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the
sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam
the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai,
h 2 Sam.21.1.
#1 Chr.21.1.
II SAMUEL.
B.C. 1018.
1 Chr.11.22.
Kabzeel, who had done many acts,| 61 Chr.11.23.
[24 9
the son of the Maachathite, Eliam
the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai
the Arbite,
36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zo-
bah, Bani the Gadite,
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari
the Beerothite, armourbearer to
Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38 fIraanIthrite,GarebanIthrite,
39 8Uriah the Hittite: thirty and
seven in all.
CHAPTER 24.
David’s sin in numbering the
people (1 Chr. 21. 1-6).
Ane hagaintheanger of the LORD
£'% was kindled against Israel, and
the moved David against them to
say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
2 Forthe king said to Joab the cap-
tain of the host, which was with him,
Go now through all the tribes of Is-
rael, from Dan even to Beersheba,
and number ye the people, that “I
may know the number of the people.
3 And Joab said unto the king,
Now the Lorp thy God add unto
the people, how many soever they
be, an hundredfold, and that the
eyes of my lord the king may see
it: but why doth my lord the king
delight in this thing?
4 Notwithstandingtheking’s word
prevailed against Joab, and against
the captains of the host. And Joab
and the captains of the host went
out from the presence of the king,
to number the people of Israel.
5 And they passed over Jordan,
and pitched in /Aroer, on the right
side of the city that Iveth in the
midst of the river of Gad, and
toward ™Jazer:
6 Then they came to Gilead, and
to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and
they came to Dan-jaan, and about
to *Zidon,
7 And came to the strong hold of
Tyre, and to all the cities of the
Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and
they went out to the south of Judah,
even to Beer-sheba.
8 So when they had gone through
all the land, they came to Jerusa-
lem at the end of nine months and
twenty days.
9 And Joab gave up the sum of
the number of the people unto the
king: and there were lin Israel eight
Ch eGhia cles.
was 1,100,000, and of Judah 500,000.
Israel, 800,000; of Judah, 470,000.
383
The total military strength of Israel (the northern kingdom)
The numbers actually set in array were, of
soe
DA 10]
hundred thousand valiant men that
drew the sword; and the menof Judah
were five hundred thousand men.
David’s choice of punishment
(1 Chr, 21. 7-17).
10 And David’s heart smote him
after that he had numbered the
people. And ¢David said unto the
_ Lorp, I have sinned greatly in that
I have done: and now, I beseech
thee, OQ Lorp, take away the in-
iquity of thy servant; for I have
done very foolishly.
11 For when David was up in the
morning, the word of the Lorp
came unto the prophet Gad,
David's seer, saying,
12 Go and say unto David, Thus
saith the Lorpb, I offer thee three
things; choose thee one of them,
that I may do it unto thee.
13 So Gad came to David, and
told him, and said unto him, Shall
seven years of ‘famine come unto
thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee
three months before thine enemies,
while they pursue thee? or that
there be three days’ pestilence in
thy land? now advise, and see what
answer I shail return to him that
sent me.
14 And David said unto Gad, I
am in a great strait: let us fall now
into the hand of the LorD; for his
mercies are great: and let me not
fall into the hand of man,
15 So the Lorp sent a pestilence
upon Israel from the morning even
to the time appointed: and there
died of the people from Dan even to
Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
. 16 And when the 4angel stretched
~Colout his hand upon Jerusalem to
destroy it, the LorD ‘repented him
of the evil, and said to the angel
that destroyed the people, It is
enough: stay now thine hand.
And the angel of the Lorp was by
Il SAMUEL.
A
[24 25
B.C. 1017.
@1Sam.24.5.
61 Sam.9.9;
1 Chr.29.29.
c Gen.12.10,
note.
d Heb.1.4,
note.
e Zech.8.14,
note.
g Here read
1 Chr.21.20.
h 2 Cor.8.1,
note,
# Cf.1 Chr.
21.25, note.
j One shekel
= 2s. 9d., or
65 cts.
the threshingplace of Araunah the
Jebusite.
17 And David ‘spake unto the
Lorp when he saw the angel that
smote the people, and said, Lo, I
334
have sinned, and I have done wick-
edly: but these sheep, what have
they done? let thine hand, I pray
thee, be against me, and against —
my father’s house.
David buys Araunah’s thresh-
ingfloor ; erects an altar (1 Chr.
21. 18-30).
18 And Gad came that day to
David, and said unto him, Go up,
rear an altar unto the LORD in
the threshingfloor of Araunah the
Jebusite.
19 And David, according to the
saying of Gad, went up as the LorD
commanded. 4
20 And Araunah looked, and &saw
the king and his servants coming
on toward him: and Araunah went
out, and bowed himself before the
king on his face upon the ground.
21 And Araunah said, Wherefore
is my lord the king come to his ser-
vant? And David said, To buy
the threshingfloor of thee, to build
an altar unto the Lorp, that the
niague may be stayed from the peo-
ple.
22 And Araunah said unto David,
Let my lord the king take and offer
up what seemeth good unto him:
behold, here be oxen for burnt-
sacrifice, and threshing instruments
and other instruments of the oxen
for wood.
23 All these things did Araunah,
as a king, give unto the king. And
Araunah said unto the king, The
LorpD thy God accept thee. ;
24 And the king said unto Arau-
nah, Nay; but I will surely buy it
of thee at a price: neither will I
koffer burnt-offerings unto the
LorD my God of that which doth
cost me nothing. So David bought
the *threshingfloor and the oxen for
fifty Jshelxels of silver.
25 And David built there an altar
unto the Lorn, and offered burnt-
offerings and peace-offerings. So
the LorD was intreated for the
land, and the plague was stayed
from’ Israel.
ve
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS
COMMONLY CALLED
1 1] THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS. [etZ
First Kincs records the death of David, the reign of Solomon, th ildi
temple, death of Solomon, division of the kingdom under eke boar a Teton
and the history of the two kingdoms to the reign of Jehoram over Judah, and Aha:
ziah over Samaria. Includes the mighty ministry of Elijah. : 2
The book is in seven parts: I. From the rebellion of Adonijah to the death of
David, 1.1-2.11. II. From the accession of Solomon to the dedication of the temple
9. 12-8. 66. III. From the confirmation of the Davidic Covenant to the death of
Solomon, 9. 1-11. 43. IV. From the division of the kingdom to the death of Jero-
boam and Rehoboam, 12. 1-14. 31. V. The kingdoms to the accession of Ahab
15. 1-16. 28. VI. Accession of Ahab to his death, 16. 29-22. 40. VII. From the
reign of Jehoshaphat to the accession of Jehoram over Judah, and Ahaziah over
Samaria, 22. 41-53.
The events recorded in First Kings cover a period of 118 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1.
David’s declining strength.
Wow king David was old and
stricken in years; and they
covered him with clothes, but he
gat no heat.
2 Wherefore his servants said
unto him, Let there be sought for
my lord the king a young virgin:
and let her stand before the king,
and let her cherish him, and let her
lie in thy bosom, that my lord the}, Josh.19.18.
king may get heat.
3 So they sought for a fair damsel]? 2 Sam.3-4.
throughout all the coasts of Israel,| - 2 sam.15.1.
and found Abishag a ?Shunammite,
and brought her to the king.
4 And the damsel was very fair,
and cherished the king, and minis-|¢ 2 Sam.20.
tered to him: but the king knew 25.
her not. f 1 Ki.2.22,
28.
Adonijah plots to seize the
kingdom.
d 2 Sam.3.3,
4.
g1 Ki.4.18,
‘S Then Adonijah °the son of Hag-|h 2 Sam.23.8.
gith exalted himself, saying, I will
be king: and che prepared him char-
jots and horsemen, and fifty men]71 Chr.22.9,
to run before him. 10.
6 And his father had not dis-
pleased him at any time in saying,
Why hast thou done so? and he
also was a very goodly man; ¢and
his mother bare him aiter Absalom.
7 And he conferred with Joab the
son of Zeruiah, and with ¢Abiathar
the priest: and ‘they following
Adonijah helped him. :
8 But Zadok the priest, and Bena-
jah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan
the prophet, and sShimei, and Rei,
and the ‘mighty men ‘which be-
72 Sam.3.4,
383
B.C. 1015.
longed to David, were not with
Adonijah.
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and
oxen and fat cattle by the stone of
Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and
called all his brethren the king’s
sons, and all the men of Judah the
king’s servants:
The counter-plot of Nathan and
Bath-sheba.
10 But Nathan the prophet, and
Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
Solomon his brother, he called not.
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto
Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon,
saying, Hast thou not heard that
Adonijah the son of *Haggith doth
reign, and David our lord knoweth
it not?
12 Now therefore come, let me, I
pray thee, give thee counsel, that
thou mayest save thine own life,
and the life of thy son Solomon.
13 Go and get thee in unto king
David, and say unto him, Didst not
thou, my lord, O king, swear unto
thine handmaid, saying, /Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall reign after
me, and he shall sit upon my throne?:
why then doth Adonijah reign?
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest
there withtheking, I alsowillcomein
after thee, and confirm thy words.
15 And Bath-sheba went in unto
the king into the chamber: and the
king was very old; and Abishag
the Shunammite ministered unto
the king.
16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and
did obeisance unto the king. And
the king said, What wouldest thou?
17 And she said unto him, My
Jord, thou swarest by the Lorp thy]
God unto thine handmaid, saying,|
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall}
reign after me, and he shall sit upon]
my throne. fe
18 And now, behold, Adonijah
reigneth; and now, my lord the
king, thou knowest it not:
19 And-he hath slain oxen and fat
cattle and sheep in abundance, and
hath called all the sons of the king,
‘and Abiathar the priest, and Joab
the captain of the host: but Solo-
mon thy servant hath he not called.
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the
eyes of all Israel are upon thee,
that thou shouldest tell them who
shall sit on the throne of my lord
the king after him.
21 Otherwise it shall come to pass
when my lord the king shall ¢sleep
with his fathers, that I and my son
Solomon shall be counted offenders.
22 And, lo, while she yet talked
with the king, Nathan the prophet
also came in. ;
23 And they told the king, saying,
Behold Nathan the prophet. And
when he was come in before the
king, he bowed himself before the
king with his face to the ground.
24 And Nathan said, My lord, O
king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall
reign after me, and he shall sit upon
my throne?
25 For he is gone down this day,
and hath slain oxen and fat cattle
and sheep in abundance, and hath
called all the king’s sons, and the
captains of the host, and Abiathar
the priest; and, behold, they eat
and drink before him, and say, God
save king Adonijah.
26 But me, even me thy servant,
and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and thy ser-
vant Solomon, hath he not called.
27 Is this thing done by my lord
the king, and thou hast not shewed
it unto thy servant, who should sit
on the throne of my lord the king
after him?
28 Then king David answered
and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And
she came into the ‘king’s presence,
and stood before the king,
29 And the king sware, and said, |
+As the Lorp liveth, that hath re-
deemed my soul out of all distress,
30 Even as I sware unto thee by
the LorD God of Israel, saying, As-
suredly Solomon thy son shall reign
after me, and he shall sit upon my
throne in my stead; even so will I
certainly do this day.
\
,
a Deut.31.16;
1 Ki.2.10.
62 Sam.4.9.
c Ex.14.30,
e 2 Sam.20.6.
f 1 Sam.10.1;
1 Chr.29.22.
13; 11.14.
h 2 Sam.8.18.
i 1 Chr.29.22,
j1Sam.10:24.
k 2 Sam.18.27.
386
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B.C. 1015.
31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with
her face to the earth, and did rever-
ence to the king, and said, “Let my
lord king David live for ever.
32 And king David said, Call me
Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada. And they came before
|the king. ‘
| 33. The king also said unto them,
‘Take with you the servants of
your lord, and cause Solomon. my
son to ride upon mine own mule,
and bring him down to Gihon:
34 And let Zadok the priest and
Nathan the prophet fanoint him
there king over Israel: and &sblow
lye with the trumpet, and say, God
|save king Solomon.
35 Then ye shall come up after
him, that he may come and sit upon
my throne; for he shall be king in
my stead: and I have appointed
him to be ruler over Israel and over
_ |Judah.
36 And Benaiah the son of Je-
hoiada answered the king, and said,
|Amen: the LorpD God of my lord
the king say so too.
37 As the LorD hath been with
my lord the king, even so be he with
Solomon, and make his throne
greater than the throne of my lord
king David.
38 So Zadok the priest, and Na-
than the prophet, and #Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and the Chereth-
ites, and the Pelethites, went down,
and caused Solomon to ride upon
king David’s mule, and brought
him to Gihon,
Solomon anointed king
(1 Chr. 29. 22),
| 39 And Zadok the priest took an
horn of oil out of the tabernacle,
and ‘anointed Solomon. And they
blew the trumpet; and Jall the peo-
ple said, God save king Solomon.
40 And all the people came up
after him, and the people Piped with |
pipes, and rejoiced with great joy,
so that the earth rent with the
sound of them,
Adonijah’s submission.
41 And Adonijahand all the guests
that were with him heard it as they
had made an end of eating. And
when Joab heard the sound of the
trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this
noise of the city being in an uproar?
42 And while he yet spake, be-
hold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar
\the priest came: and Adonijah said
unto him, Come in; for *thou art a
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I KINGS.
i tae
valiant man, and bringest good
tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered and
said to Adonijah, Verily our lord
king David hath made Solomon
king.
44 And the king hath sent with
him Zadok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and
the Pelethites, and they have caused
him to ride upon the king’s mule:
45 And Zadok the priest and Na-
than the prophet have anointed
him king in Gihon: and they are
come up from thence rejoicing, so
that the city rang again. This is
the noise that ye have heard.
46 And also Solomon ¢sitteth on
the throne of the kingdom.
47 And moreover the king’s ser-
vants came to bless our lord king
David, saying, God make the name
of Solomon better than thy name,
and make his throne greater than
thy throne. And the king bowed
himself upon the bed.
48 And also thus said the king,
Blessed be the LorD God of Israel,
which hath given one to sit on my
throne this day, mine eyes even see-
ing it.
49 And all the guests that were
with Adonijah were afraid, and
rose up, and went every man his
way. .
50 And Adonijah feared because
of Solomon, and arose, and went,
and caught hold on the horns of
the altar.
51 And it was told Solomon, say-
ing, Behold, Adonijah feareth king
Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught
hold on the horns of the altar, say-
ing, Let king Solomon swear unto
me to day that he will not slay his
servant with the sword.
52 And Solomon said, If he will
shew himself a worthy man, ‘there
shall not an hair of him fall to the
earth: but if wickedness shall be
found in him, he shall die.
53 So king Solomon sent, and they
brought him down from the altar.)
And he came and bowed himself to
king Solomon: and Solomon said
unto him, Go to thine house.
CHAPTER 2.
David’s charge to Solomon.
Now the ¢days of David drew
nigh that he should die; and he
charged Solornon his son, saying,
|
B.C. 1015.
a 1 Chr.29.23.
6 1 Ki.3.6;
Psa.132.11,
12.
¢ 1 Sam.14.
45; 2 Sam.
14.11; Acts
| 27.34.
d Gen.47.29;
Deut.31.14,
e Josh.23.14.
f Deut.29.9;
he75
1 Chr.22.
12430 ve
|g 2 Sam.7.25.
h 2 Ki.20.3.
4 2 Sam.7.12,
13; 1 Ki.8.
25.
j 2 Sam.3.39;
18.5,12,14.
k 2 Sam.3.27.
1 Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5.
m 2 Sam.19,
31,38
|\n 2 Sam.17.
27:
o 2 Sam.16.5.
p 2 Sam.19,
18.
q Ex.20.7;
Job 9.28.
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ooo
2 &I go the way of all the earth:
be thou strong therefore, and shew
thyself a man; ;
3 And keep the charge of the
Lorp thy God, to walk in his ways,
to keep his statutes, and his com-
mandments, and his judgments,
and his testimonies, as it is written
in the law of Moses, that thou
mayest ‘prosper in all that thou
doest, and whithersoever thou turn-
est thyself:
4 That the Lorp may écontinue
his word which he spake concern-
ing me, saying, If thy children take
heed to their way, to “walk before
me in truth with all their heart and
with all their soul, ‘there shall not
fail thee (said he) a man on the
throne of Israel.
5 Moreover thou knowest also
what Joab the son of Zeruiah /did
to me, and what he did to the two
captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
kAbner the son of Ner, and unto
Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
slew, and shed the blood of war in
|peace, and put the blood of war
upon his girdle that was about his
‘loins, and in his shoes that were on
his feet.
6 Do therefore according to thy
wisdom, and let not his hoar head
go down to the /grave in peace.
7 But shew kindness unto the
sons of ™Barzillai the Gileadite, and
let them be of those that eat at thy
table: for so “they came to me
when I fled because of Absalom thy
|brother.
8 And, behold, thou hast with
thee °Shimei the son of Gera, a Ben-
jamite of Bahurim, which cursed
me with a grievous curse in the day
when I went to Mahanaim: but ?he
came down to meet me at Jordan,
and I sware to him by the Lorb,
saying, I will not put thee to
death with the sword.
9 Now therefore ¢hold him not
guiltless: for thou art a wise man,
and knowest what thou oughtest to
do unto him; but his hoar head
bring thou down to the ‘grave with
blood.
The death of David (1 Chr. 29.
26-30).
10 So David slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David.
11 And the days that David
reigned over Israel were forty
years: seven years reigned he in’
Hebron, and thirty and three years
reigned he in Jerusalem.
NN
' gith came to Bath-sheba the mother
23-25).
12 Then sat Solomon upon the
throne of David his father; and his
kingdom was established greatly.
Execution of Adonijah.
13 And Adonijah the son of Hag-
of Solomon. And she said, Comest
thou peaceably? And he said,
Peaceably.
14 He said moreover, I have
somewhat to say unto thee. And
she said, Say on.
15 And he said, Thou knowest
that the kingdom was mine, and
that all Israel set their faces on me,
that I should reign: howbeit the
kingdom is turned about, and is
become my brother’s: for 4it was
his from the LorpD.
16 And now I ask one petition of
thee, deny me not. And she said
unto him, Say on.
17 And he said, Speak, I pray
thee, unto Solomon the king, (for
he will not say thee nay,) that he
give me Abishag the Shunammite
to wife.
18 And Bath-sheba:said, Well; I
will speak for thee unto the king.
19 Bath-sheba therefore went
unto king Solomon, to speak unto
him for Adonijah. And the king
rose up to meet her, and bowed
himself unto-her, and sat down on
his throne, and caused a seat to be
set for the king’s mother; and she
sat on his right hand.
20 Then she said, I desire one)
small petition of thee; I pray thee,|
Say me not nay. And the king said
unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I}
will not say thee nay.
21 And she said, Let Abishag the
Shunammite be given to Adonijah
thy brother to wife.
22 And king Solomon answered
and said unto his mother, And why
dost thou ask Abishag the Shu-
nammite for Adonijah? ask for him
the kingdom also; for he fs mine
elder brother; even for him, and
for “Abiathar the priest, and for
Joab the son of Zeruiah.
23 Then king Solomon sware by
the Lorpb, saying, God do so to me,
and more also, if Adonijah have not
ae this word against his own
ife.
24 Now ‘therefore, as the Lorp
liveth, which hath established me,
and set me on the throne of David
my father, and who hath made me
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Solomon’s accession (1 Chr. 29.| B.C. 1035. |an house, as he ‘promised, Adoni-
ai Chr.22.
9,10; 28.5-7;
Dan.2.21.
b 1 Ki.1.7.
c 2 Sam.7.11,
13; 1 Chr.22.
10:
d Josh.21.18.
é1 Sam.23.6;
2 Sam.15.24,
29.
£1 Sam.2.31-
35.
g 1 Ki.1.50.
hk Num.35.33;
Deut.19.13;
21.8,9.
i Jud.9.24,57.
j 2 Sam.3.29.
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jah shall be put to death this day.
25. And king Solomon sent by the
hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoi-
ada; and he fell upon him that he —
died.
Abiathar removed from the
priesthood.
26 And unto Abiathar the priest
said the king, Get thee to ¢Anathoth,
unto thine own fields; for thou art
worthy of death: but I will not at
this time put thee to death, because
thou barest the ark of the Lord ©
Gop before David my father, and
ebecause thou hast been afflicted in
all wherein my father was afflicted.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abia-
thar from being priest unto the
LorpD; that he might /fulfil the
word of the LorpD, which he spake
concerning the house of Eli in
Shiloh.
The flight and-death of Joab.
28 Then tidings came to Joab: for
Joab had turned after Adonijah,
though he turned not after Absa-
lom. And Joab fled unto the taber-
nacle of the LorD, and Scaught hold
on the horns of the altar.
29 And it was told king Solomon
that Joab was fled unto the taber-
nacle of the Lorp; and, behold, Ae
is by the altar. Then Solomon sent
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, say-
ing, Go, fall upon him.
30 Benaiah came to the
\tabernacle of the Lorp, and said
unto him, Thus saith the king,
Come forth. And he said, Nay;
but I will die here. And Benaiah
brought the king word again, say-
ing, Thus said Joab, and thus he
answered me. ;
31 And the king said unto him,
Do as he hath said, and fall upon
him, and bury him; that thou
|mayest take away the innocent
blood, which Joab shed, from me,
and from the house of my father.
32 And the Lorp shall ‘return his
blood upon his own head, who fell
upon two men more righteous and
better than he, and slew them with
the sword, my father David not
knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the’
son of Ner, captain of the host of
Israel, and Amasa the son of Je-
ther, captain of the host of Judah.
33 Their blood shall therefore re-
turn upon the head of Joab, and
Jupon the head of his seed for ever:
‘but upon David, and upon his seed,
ss ne Ble ae
2 34] I KINGS. bie
and upon his house, and upon his| B.c. 1014. /|surely die? and thou saidst unto
eee a be peace for ever me, mes word that I have heard
D. : is good.
34 So Benaiah theson of Jehoiada 43 Why then hast thou not kept
went up, and fell upon him, and the oath of the LorD, and the com: _
slew him: and he was buried in his mandment that I have charged thee
own house in the wilderness. with?
Fe : E 44 The king said moreover to
Best em rete Shimei, Thou knowest all the wick-
35 And the king put ene the nity t. ae pe st oe se Ath
¢ z b o, tha ou st to David my
Eee ips Uetonda co room rte] fotge eaetaiele ae LorD ae
st: and Zado e priest di return thy wic e i
the king put in the room of Abiathar. own head; Sut ang aah $q3ee
5 yay 45 And king Solomon shall be
2 Tot of Shimei. blessed, and the throne of David
a Se the sea aot and alee shal be established before the LORD
‘or ei, and said unto him, or ever.
Build thee an house in Jerusalem, 46 So the king commanded Be-
i dwell uae and go not forth Meseo naiah the son of Jehoiada; which
Bi het ot all ben that on the day 16.5. f te diedss ye aarti Spa eee
pou peers out, goo passest pest the b L Ei 8; established in the hand of Solo-
TOO. idron, thou s now for, 9-24. mon.
certain that thou shalt surely die:
thy, blood shall.be upon thine own| PEE
head. a1 Kis. Solomon makes alliance with
ae Sod, ye Ease ee ibe e1 Ki.9.15,19. PL rien and marries his
the king hath said, so will thy ser- ND Solomon made affinity
pent aay Sora Ree dwelt in Jeru- i with ttipeet ve o Hesh
D . and too araoh’s daughter, an
a And it anes to pass at the end brought her into the “city of David,
ro} ree years, th at two of the ser- until he had made an end of build-
Bee Se ees ae rape ing his own house, and ¢the house
Ga ee ean ag Canpemipmrre
: , . round about.
Behold, thy servants be in Gath. *) Only the people sacrificed lin
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled high places, because there was no
Be en ee Ay akin eee eeripioge ies oa
5 + 6 ORD, until those days.
went, and brought his servants 3 -And Solomon loved the Lorp,
from Gath. walking in the statutes of David his
ee Oe Teciaaltee to gape sens oe et eas Ge
cense in hig aces.
Gath, and was come again. pis 7. F .
42 And the king sent and called Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon
for Shimei, and said unto him, Did (2 Chr. 1. 2-6), ;
I not make thee to swear by the 4 And the king went to Gibeon
Lorp, and protested unto thee, to sacrifice there; for that was the
saying, Know for a certain, on the great high place: a thousand burnt-
day thou goest out, and walkest offerings did Solomon: offer upon
abroad any whither, that thou shalt that altar.
1Cf. Lev. 26. 30; Deut. 12. 11-14. The use of commanding elevations for altars
seems to have been immemorial and universal. In itself the practice was not
evil (Gen. 12. 7, 8; 22. 2-4; 31. 54; Jud. 6. 25, 26; 13. 16-23). After the establish-
ment of Mount Moriah and the temple as the centre of divine worship ae
12. 5, with 2 Chr. 7. 12) the pentateuchal prohibition of the use of high places (Deut.
12. 11-14), which had looked forward to the setting up of such a centre, came into
effect, and high places became identified with idolatrous practices. _The_con-
stant recurrence to the use of high places, even for Jehovistic worship (1 Ki. 15.
14, note), and after the building of the temple, proves how deeply rooted the
custom was. See 2 Ki. 18. 4-22; 23.; 2 Chr. 33. 3, 17, 19. See, also, note on “groves,”
Jud. 3. 7.
389
By
Solomon’s prayer for wisdom
(2 Chr. 1. 7-13).
5 In Gibeon the LorD appeared
to Solomon in a dream by night:
and God said, ¢Ask what I shall
give thee.
6 And Solomon said, Thou hast
shewed unto thy servant David my
father great mercy, according as he
‘walked before thee in truth, and in
righteousness, and in uprightness
of heart with thee; and thou hast
kept for him this great kindness,
that thou hast given him a son
to sit on his throne, as it is this
day.
7 And now, O Lorp my God,
thou hast made thy servant king
instead of David my father: and I
am but a little child: I know not
Ahow to go out or come in.
_8 And thy servant is in the midst
of thy people which thou 4hast
‘chosen, a great people, ‘that cannot
be numbered nor counted for multi-
tude.
9 Give therefore thy servant an
funderstanding heart to judge thy
people, that I may discern between
good and bad: for who is able to
judge this thy so great a people?
10 And the speech pleased the
Lord, that Solomon had asked this
thing.
11 And God said unto him, Be-
cause thou hast asked this thing,
and hast not asked for thyself long
life; neither hast asked riches for
thyself, nor hast asked the life of
thine enemies; but hast asked for
thyself understanding to discern
judgment;
12 Behold, I have done according
to thy words: “lo, I have given thee
a wise and an understanding heart;
so that there was none like thee
before thee, neither after thee shall
any arise like unto thee.
13 And I have also given thee that
which thou hast not asked, both
riches, and honour: so that there
‘shall not be any among the kings
like unto thee all thy days.
14 And if thou wilt walk in my
ways, to keep my statutes and my
commandments, Jas thy father Da-
vid did walk, then I will lengthen
thy days. .
15 And Solomon awoke; and, be-
hold, it was a dream. And he
came to. Jerusalem, and stood before
the ark of the covenant of the
LORD, and offered up burnt-offer-
ings, and offered peace-offerings,
a Bible
prayers
(O.T.), 1 Ki.
6 2 Chr.1.8.
c1 Ki.2.4; 9.4.
d Deut.7.6.
e Gen.13.16;
15.55
ft Heb. hear-
ing.
g Heb.5.14.
h 1 Ki.4.29,30,
315/5-12%)10;
24; Eccl.1.16.
i Or, hath not
been.
j1 Ki.15.5.
k Num.27.2.
l Heb. were
hot.
m Heb. in the
midst of
him.
390
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B.C. 1014.
[3
and made a feast to all his ser-
The wisdom of Solomon.
16 Then came there two women,
and *stood before him.
17 And the one woman said, O my
lord, I and this woman dwell in one
house; and I was delivered of a
‘child with her in the house. :
18 And it came to pass the third
day after that I was delivered, that
this woman was delivered also: and
we were together; there was no
stranger with us in the house, save
we two in the house.
19 And this woman’s child died
in the night; because she overlaid
1t.
20 And she arose at midnight, and
took my son from beside me, while
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in
her bosom, and laid her dead child
in my bosom.
21 And when I rose in the morn-
ing to give my child suck, behold, it
was dead: but when I had con-
sidered it in the morning, behold, it
was not my son, which I did |
bear,
22 And the other woman said,
Nay; but the living fs my son, and
the dead is thy son. And this said,
No; but the dead is thy son, and
the living is my son. Thus they
spake before the king.
3 Then said the king, The one
saith, This is my son that liveth,
and thy son is the dead: and the
other saith, Nay; but thy son is the
dead, and my son is the living.
24 And the king said, Bring me a
sword. And they brought a sword
before the king.
25 And the king said, Divide the
living child in two, and give half to
the one, and half to the other.
26 Then spake the woman whose
the living child was unto the king,
for her bowels ‘yearned upon her
son, and she said, O my lord, give
her the living child, and in no wise
slay it. But the other said, Let it
be neither mine nor thine, but di-
vide it.
27 Then the king answered and
said, Give her the living child, and
in no wise slay it: she is the mother
thereof.
28 And all I
judgment
judged;
for they
God was
israel heard of the
which the king had
and they feared the king:
saw that the wisdom of
™in him, to do judgment.
|
vants. :
(
that were harlots, unto the king,
41]
CHAPTER 4.
The princes of Israel in Sofo-
mon’s reign.
Se king Solomon was king over
all Israel.
2 And these were the princes
which he had; Azariah the son of
Zadok the priest,
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons
of Shisha, scribes; ¢Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4 And >Benaiah the son of Jehoi-
ada was over the host: and Zadok
and ‘Abiathar were the priests:
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan
was over the officers: and Zabud
the son of Nathan was 4@principal,
officer, and the ¢king’s friend:
6 And Ahishar was over the
household: and fAdoniram the son
of Abda was over the tribute.
The twelve commissaries.
7 And Solomon had twelve offi-
cers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his house-
hold: each man his month in a year
made provision.
8 And these are their names: The
8son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz,
and in Shaalbim, and Beth-she-
mesh, ‘and Elon-beth-hanan:
10 The “son of Hesed, in Aruboth;
to him pertained Sochoh, and all
the land of Hepher:
11 The ‘son of Abinadab, in all the
region of Dor; which had Taphath
the daughter of Solomon to wife:
12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to
him pertained Taanach an
Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which
is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel,
from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah,
even unto the place that is be-
yond Jokneam:
13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-
gilead; to him pertained the towns
of Jair the son of Manasseh, which
are in Gilead; to him also per-
tained Jthe region of Argob, which
ts in-Bashan, threescore great cities
with walls and brasen bars:
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had
Mahanaim:
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he
also took Basmath the daughter of
Solomon to wife:
16 Baanah the son of Hushai was
in Asher and in Aloth:
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Pa-
ruah, in Issachar:
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Ben-
jamin;
I KINGS.
a 2 Sam.8.16;
20.24.
61 Ki.2.35.
c1 Ki.2.27,
d 2 Sam.8.18;
20.26.
é 2 Sam.15.
37; 16.16;
1 Chr.27.33.
f 1 Ki.5.14.
g Or, Ben-hur.
h Or, Ben-
hesed.
1 Or, Ben-
abinadab.
j Deut.3.4.
k Deut.3.8.
1 Gen.22.17;
1 Ki.3.8.
m2 Chr.9.26;
Psa.72.8.
n Heb. bread.
o One measure
= about 10
bu.
p 1 Chr.22.9.
q Jer.23.6.
r Heb. con-
fidently.
s Mic.4.4;
Zech.3.10.
11 Ki.10.26;
2 Chr.1.14;
9.25.
u Deut.17.16.
v Acts 7.22.
wi Ki.3.12.
_ 31
[4 3t
19 Geber the son of Uri wasin the
country of Gilead, in *the country
of Sihon king of the Amorites, and
of Og king of Bashan; and he was
the only officer which was in the
land.
20 Judah and Israel were many,
las the sand which 1s by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking, and
making merry.
21 And Solomon reigned over
all kingdoms from the river unto the
land of the Philistines, and unto the
border of Egypt: they brought:
presents, and served Solomon all
the days of his life.
22 And Solomon’s “provision for
one day was thirty °measures of
fine flour, and threescore measures
of meal,
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen
out of the pastures, and an hun-
dred sheep, beside harts, and roe-
bucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted
fowl.
24 For he had dominion over all
the region on this side the river,
from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over
all the kings on this side the river:
and fhe had peace on all sides round
about him. ‘
25 And Judah and Israel %dwelt
Ysafely, Severy man under his vine
and under his fig tree, from Dan
even to Beer-sheba, all the days of
Solomon.
26 And ‘Solomon had forty thou-
sand stalls of “horses for his
chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen.
27 And those officers provided
victual for king Solomon, and for
all that came unto king Solomon’s
table, every man in his month: they
lacked nothing.
28 Barley also and straw for the
horses and dromedaries brought
they unto the place where the
officers were, every man according
to his charge.
The wisdom of Solomon.
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom
and understanding exceeding much,
and largeness of heart, even as the
sand that is on the sea shore.
30 And Solomon’s wisdom ex-
celled the wisdom of all the chil-
dren of the east country, and “all
the wisdom of Egypt.
31 For he was “wiser than all
men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and
Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda,
the sons of Mahol: and his fame
was in all nations round about.
y,. 32 And he spake three thousand
proverbs: and his “songs were a
thousand and five.
33 And he spake of trees, from the
‘cedar tree that is in Lebanon even
unto the hyssop that springeth out
of the wall: he spake also of beasts,
and of fowl, and of creeping things,
and of fishes. :
34 And there came of all people to
hear the wisdom of Solomon, from
all kings of the earth, which had
heard of his wisdom.
CHAPTER 5.
Solomon prepares to build the
temple (2 Chr, 2. 1-16).
ND /-Hiram king of Tyre sent
his servants unto Solomon; for
he had heard that they had
anointed him king in the room of
his father: for Hiram was ever a
lover of David.
2 And Solomon sent to Hiram,
saying,
3 Thou knowest how that David
my father could not build an house
unto the name of the Lorp his God
4for the wars which were about
him on every side, until the LorpD
put them under the soles of his
feet.
4 But now the Lorp my God
hath given me rest on every side, so
that there is neither adversary
nor evil occurrent.
5 And, behold, I purpose to build
an house unto the name of the
LorD my God, as the Lorp spake
unto David my father, saying, Thy
son, whom I will set. upon thy
throne in thy room, he shall build
an house unto my name.
6 Now therefore command thou
that they hew me cedar trees out of
Lebanon; and my servants shall be
with thy servants: and unto thee
will I give hire for thy servants
according to ail that thou shalt
appoint: for thou knowest that
there is not among us any that can
skill to hew timber like unto the
Sidonians.
7 And it came to pass, when
Hiram heatd the words of Sol-
omon, that he rejoiced greatly, and
said, Blessed be the Lorp this day,
which hath given unto David a
wise son over this great people.
And Hiram sent to Solomon,
saying, I have considered the things
which thou sentest to me for: and
T will do all thy desire concerning!
B.C. 1014.
a Song 1.1.
6 vs.10,18;
2 Chr.2.3,
Huram.
¢ 2 Chr.2.3.
d1 Chr.22.8;
28.3.
e One meas-
f One meas-
ure (liquid)
= about 86
gals.
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timber of cedar, and concerning
timber of fir. ‘
9 My servants shall bring them
down from Lebanon unto the sea:
and I will convey them by sea in
floats unto the place that thou
shalt appoint me, and will cause
them to be discharged there, and
thou shalt receive them: and thou
shalt accomplish my desire, in giv-
ing food for my household.
10 So Hiram gave Solomon. cedar
trees and fir trees according to
all his desire. ;
11 And Solomon gave Hiram
twenty thousand ‘measures of
wheat for food to his household,
and twenty ‘measures of pure oil:
thus gave Solomon to Hiram year
by year.
12 And the LorpD gave Solomon
wisdom, as he promised him: and
there was peace between Hiram
and Solomon; and they two madea _
league together.
Preparations for building the
temple: the labourers and
their work (2 Chr. 2. Pa ios
13 And king Solomon raised a
levy out of all Israel; and the levy
was thirty thousand men.
14 And he sent them to Lebanon,
ten thousand a month by courses:
a month they were in Lebanon,
and two months at home: and
Adoniram was over the levy.
15 And Solomon had threescore
and ten thousand that bare bur-
dens, and fourscore thousand hew-
ers in the mountains;
16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s
officers which were over the work, —
three thousand and three hundred,
which ruled over the people that
wrought in the work.
17 And the king commanded, and
they brought great stones, costly
stones, and hewed stones, to lay the
foundation of the house.
18 And Solomon’s builders and
Hiram’s builders did hew them, and
the stonesquarers: so they prepared
timber and stones to build the
house.
CHAPTER 6.
Solomon begins to build the
temple (2 Chr: 3.1, 2).
AN? it came to pass in the four
hundred _ and eightieth year
after the children of Israel were
come out of the land of Egypt, in
the fourth year of Solomon’s reign
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—
over Israel, in the month @Zif, which} B.c. 1012. | 11 And the word of the Lorp
is the second month, that he began came to Solomon, saying,
to build the thouse of the LorpD. 12 Concerning this house which
Dimensions and materials of the ae art in building, if thou wilt
temple (2 Chr. 3. 3 to 4. 22). walk in my statutes, and execute
. 3 my judgments, and keep all my
2 And the house which king Solo- commandments to walk in them;
mon built for the LorD, the length then will I perform my word with
thereof was threescore “cubits, and thee, Swhich I spake-unto David thy
the breadth thereof twenty cubits, father:
and the height thereof thirty cubits. 13 And *I will dwell among the
3 And the porch before the temple children of Israel, and will not ‘for-
of the house, twenty cubits waS|qie, May. |Sake my people Israel.
the length thereof, according to the 14 So Solomon built the house,
breadth of the house; and ten|)Onecubit= | and finished it.
cubits was the breadth thereof] 30%J3 | 15 And he built the walls of the
before the house. 10,17,20,23, |house within with boards of cedar,
4 And for the house he made} 24,25,26. both the floor of the house, and_ the
2windows of narrow lights. ¢Deut.27.5, | Walls of the cieling: and he covered
5 And against the wall of the| 6;.1 Kis5.ig. |therm on the inside with wood, and
Bee he ee en ee pa Wee nee papi of the house with
about, against the walls o e ‘ ~ |planks o y
house round about, both of the oa 16 And he built twenty cubits on
temple and of the oracle: and he} é vs-14,38. the sides of the house, both the floor
made chambers round about: £1 Ki2.4; 9.4. and the walls with boards of cedar:
6 The nethermost chamber was he even built them. for it within,
five cubits broad, and the middle|¢2Sam.7.13; |even for the oracle, even for the
was six cubits broad, and the third] 1 ©5t-22-10- |most holy place. ¢
was seven cubits broad: for with-|; Ex.25.8; 17 And the house, that zs, the tem-
out in the wall of the house he| Lev.26.11; |ple before it, was.forty cubits long.
made narrowed rests round about,| 297-616: 18 And the cedar of the house
that the beams should not be a within was carved with knops and
fastened in the walls of the house. |i Deut.31.6. {open flowers: all was cedar; there
7 And the chouse, when it was in) -5, 39135, |WasS no stone seen. ;
building, was. built of stone made $ ec 19 .And the oracle he prepared in
ready before it was brought thither: the house within, to set there the
so that there was neither hammer ark of the covenant of the Lorp.
nor axe nor any tool of iron heard 20 And the oracle in the forepart
in the house, while it was in building. : was twenty cubits in length, and
8 Thedoor for the middle chamber twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty
was in the right 4side of the house: cubits in the height thereof: and he
and they went up with winding overlaid it with pure gold; and socov-
stairs into the middle chamber, ered the altar which was of cedar.
“and out of the middle into the third. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house
9 &So he built the house, and fin- within with pure gold: and he made
ished it; and covered the house a partition by the chains of gold
with beams and boards of cedar. before the oracle; and he overlaid it
10° And then he built chambers with gold.
against all the house, five cubits 22 And the whole house he over-
high: and they rested on the house laid with gold, until he had finished
with timber of cedar. all the house: also the Jwhole altar
1 The typology of the temple, if indeed it has any typical significance, is most
obscure and difficult. The N.T. invariably expounds the typology of the taber-
nacle, not of the temple. The symbolism of the latter may be revealed in the
kingdom-age (see “Kingdom” [O.T.], Gen. 1. 26; Zech. 12. 3; (N.T.], Lk. 1. 32;
1 Cor. 15, 28). In the N.T. the usual Gk. word for sanctuary (naos) is used (1) of
the temple in Jerusalem (Mt. 23. 16); (2) of the believer’s body (1 Cor. 3. 16, 17;
6. 19): (3) of the local church (2 Cor. 6, 16); and (4) of the true church (Eph, 2. 21).
But in all these instances the thought is simply of a habitation of God. No
reference to the structure of the temple, as in the case of the tabernacle (Heb. 9.-10.),
is traceable. \ :
2 Cf. 2 Chr. 4. 20. In the holy of holies in the tabernacle no light but the shekinah
glory was provided. In many ways Solomon’s temple manifests the spiritual deteri-
oration of the people, and Jehovah’s condescension to it in grace.
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6 23]
with gold. ’
23 And within the oracle he made
two cherubims of olive tree, each
ten cubits high. _
24 And five cubits was the one
wing of the cherub, and five cubits
the other wing of the cherub: from
the uttermost part of the one wing
unto the uttermost part of the other
were ten cubits.
25 And the other cherub was ten
cubits: both the cherubims were of
one measure and one size.
26 The height of the one cherub
was ten cubits, and so was it of the}
other cherub. '
27 And he set the cherubims with-
in the inner house: and “they
stretched forth the wings of the
cherubims, so that the wing of the
one touched the one wall, and the
wing of the other cherub touched the
other wall; and their wings touched
one another in the midst of the house.
28 And he overlaid the cherubims
a Or, the
cherubim
stretched
| forth their
wings.
6 Or, five-
square.
c Or, four-
square.
di.e. May.
e i.e. Novem-
with gold. PEs
29 And he carved all the walls of| f€fv.1.
the house round about with carved) gOngeubies
figures of cherubims and palm trees about 18 in.;
and open flowers, within and with-| also vs.6,10,
out. isto,
30 And the floor of the house he} 3232515?
overlaid with gold, within and with- :
out. h Heb. ribs.
31 And for the entering of the
oracle he made doors of olive tree:
the lintel and side posts were %a
fifth part of the wall.
32 The two doors also were of
i Or, spaces
and pillars
were square
in prospect.
Jj Heb. from
olive tree; and he carved upon Hoor te
them carvings of cherubims and| 7°
palm trees and open flowers, and}£ 1 Ki3.1;
overlaid them with gold, and| 2 Chr.8.11.
spread gold upon the cherubims, 1 John 10.23;
and upon the palm trees. Acts 3.11.
33 So also made he for the door
of the temple posts of olive tree, “a
fourth part of the wall;
34 And the two doors were of fir
tree: the two leaves of the one door
were folding, and the two leaves of
the other door were folding.
35 And he carved thereon cher-
ubims and palm trees and open
flowers: and covered them with
gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 And he built the inner court
with three rows of hewed stone,-and
a tow of cedar beams.
37 In the fourth year was the
foundation of the house of the
Lorp laid, in the month @Zif:
38 And in the eleventh year, in
the month «Bul, which jis the
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that was by the oracle he overlaid} B.c. 1005.
[7 120
eighth month, was the house fin-
ished throughout all the parts
thereof, and according to all the
fashion of it. So was he /seven
years in building it.
CHAPTER 7.
Bu Solomon was building his
own house thirteen years, and
he finished all his house.
2 He built also the house of the
forest of Lebanon; the length
thereof was an hundred cubits,
and the breadth thereof fifty cubits,
and the height thereof thirty cu-
bits, upon four rows of cedar pil-
lars, with cedar beams upon the
pillars.
| 3 And it was covered with cedar
above upon the “beams, that Jay on
forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
|4 And
three rows, and light was against
light in three ranks,
| 5 And all the ‘doors and posts
were square, with the windows:
and light was against light in three
ranks.
| 6 And he made a porch of pillars;
the length thereof was fifty cubits,
and the breadth thereof thirty cu-
‘bits: and the porch was before
them: and the other pillars and
the thick beam were before them.
7 Then he made a porch for the
throne where he might judge, even
the porch of judgment: and it was
covered with cedar /from one side
of the floor to the other.
8 And his house where he dwelt
had another court within the porch,
which was of the like work. Solo-
mon made also an house for Pha-
taoh’s daughter, “whom he had
9 All these were of costly stones,
according to the measures of hewed
stones, sawed with saws, within
and without, even from the founda-
tion unto the coping, and so on the
outside toward the great court.
10 And the foundation was of
costly stones, even great stones,
stones of ten cubits, and stones of
eight cubits.
11 And above were costly stones,
jafter the measures of hewed stones,
and cedars.
12 And the great court round
about was with three rows of
hewed stones, and a tow of cedar
beams, both for the inner court of
the house of the Lorp, and “for the
porch of the house,
taken to wife, like unto this porch.
there were windows in
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13 And king Solomon sent and/_ B.C. 1005.
fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
14 He was a widow’s son of the
tribe of Naphtali, and ¢his father
was a man of Tyre, a worker in
brass: and She was filled with wis-
dom, and understanding, and cun-
ning to work all works in brass.
And he came to king Solomon, and
wrought all his work.
15. For he cast two pillars of brass,
of eighteen cubits high apiece: and
a line of twelve cubits did tompass
either of them about.
16 And he made two chapiters of
molten brass, to set upon the tops
of the pillars: the height of the one
chapiter was five cubits, and the
height of the other chapiter was
five cubits:
17 And nets of checker work, and
wreaths of chain work, for the
chapiters which were upon the top
of the pillars; seven for the one
chapiter, and seven for the other
chapiter.
18 And he made the pillars, and
two rows round about upon the one
network, to cover the chapiters that
were upon the top, with pomegran-
ates: and so did he for the other
chapiter.
19 And the chapiters that were
upon the top of the pillars were of
lily work in the porch, four cubits.
20 And the chapiters upon the
two pillars had pomegranates
also above, over against the belly
which was by the network: and the
pomegranates were two hundred
in rows round about upon the other
chapiter.
21 And he set up the pillars in the
porch of the temple: and he set up
the right pillar, and called the name
thereof “Jachin: and he set up the
left pillar, and called the name
thereof ¢Boaz. :
22 And upon the top of the pillars
was lily work: so was the work of
the pillars finished.
23 And he made a “molten sea,
ten cubits ‘from the one brim to the
other: it was round all about, and
his height was five cubits: and a
line of thirty cubits did compass it
round about. t
24 And under the brim of it round
about there were knops compassing
it, ten in-a cubit, compassing the
sea round about: the knops were
cast in two rows, when it was cast.
25 It stood upon twelve oxen,
three looking toward the north, and
three looking toward the west, and
a 2 Chr.4.16.
b Ex.31.3; 36.1.
ci.e. He shall
establish.
di.e. in it is
strength.
eé 2 Ki.25.13;
2 Chr.4.2;
Jer.52.17.
f Heb. from
his brim to
his brim.
gz One bath =
about 8 gals.;
also v.38.
h Heb. in the
base.
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three looking toward the south,
and three looking toward the east:
and the sea was set above upon
them, and all their hinder parts
were inward.
26 And it was an hand breadth
thick, and the brim thereof was
wrought like the brim of a cup,
with flowers of lilies: it contained
two thousand baths.
27 And he made ten bases of
brass; four cubits was the length of
one base, and four cubits the
breadth thereof, and three cubits
the height of it. ;
28 And the work of the bases was
on this manner: they had borders,
and the borders were between the
ledges:
29 And on the borders that were
between the ledges were lions, oxen,
and cherubims: and upon the ledges
there was a base above: and be-
neath the lions and oxen ‘were cer-
tain additions made of thin work.
30 And every base had four
brasen wheels, and plates of brass:
and the four corners thereof had
undersetters: under the laver were
undersetters molten, at the side of
every addition.
31 And the mouth of it within the
chapiter and above was a cubit:
but the mouth thereof was round
after the work of the base, a cubit
and an half: and also upon the mouth
of it were gravings with their bor-
ders, foursquare, not round.
32 And under the borders were
four wheels; and the axletrees of
the wheels were "joined to the
base: and the height of a wheel was
a cubit and half a cubit.
33 And the work of the wheels
was like the work of a chariot
wheel: their axletrees, and their
naves, and their felloes, and their
spokes, were all molten.
34 And there were four under-
setters to the four corners of one
base: and the undersetters were of '
ithe very base itself.
35 And in the top of the base was
\there a round compass of half a
lcubit high: and on the top of the
base the ledges thereof and the bor-
ders thereof were of the same.
36 For on the plates of the ledges
thereof, and on the borders thereof,
he graved cherubims, lions, and
palm trees, according to the pro-
portion of every one, and additions
round about.
37 After this manner he made
(the ten bases: all of them had
v
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7 38} I KINGS. | [8 6
i ing, onێ measure, and one|_B.C. 1005. _|on the left, before the oracle, with
fire. saosin the flowers, and the lamps, and the
38 Then *made he ten lavers of tongs of gold,
brass: one laver contained forty 50 And the bowls, and the snuf- :
baths: and every laver was four fers, and the basons, and the
cubits: and upon every one of the spoons, and the censers of pure
ten bases one laver. gold; and the hinges of gold, both
39 And he put five bases on the for the doors of the inner house, the
right side of the house, and five on most holy place, and for the doors -
the left side of the house: and he of the house, to wit, of the temple.
set the sea on the. right side of the 51 So was ended all the work that
house eastward over against the king Solomon made for the house
south. of the Lorp. And Solomon brought
40 And ’Hiram made the lavers, in the things which David his
and the shovels, and the basons. father had &dedicated; even the
So Hiram made an end of doing all silver, and the gold, and the yes-
the work that he made king Solo- sels, did he put among the treasures
mon for the house of the Lorp, |¢ 2 Chr.4.6. of the house of the Lorpb.
41 The two pillars, and the two Baris:
bowls of the chapiters that were on CHAPTER 8.
i : Heb. for th .
Bo est Rar da Ti Ie ark brow he ohm
bowls of the chapiters which were) 7™4/*##4¢e- ele Mare fills the house
upon the top of the pillars; @ Ex.37.25,26. See Aad
42 And four hundred pomegran- rear “THEN Solomon assembled the
ates for the two networks, even two i elders of Israel, and all the
er i pOrnnaioma es oie ese FELIS, pends of ee jtribgsa the ehiet et ane
work, to cover the two bowls o i athers of the children of Israel,
the chapiters that were upon the g Sanctify, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem,
pillars; holy (O.T.). |that they might bring up the ark
43 And the ten bases, and ten Pee ia of the covenant of the Lorp out of
lavers on the bases; Zech.8.3.) the city of David, which is Zion.
44 And one sea, and twelve oxen ‘ 2 And all the men of Israel assem-
under the sea; hie. October. |bled themselves unto king Solomon
45 And the pots, and the shovels, at the feast in the month /Etha.
ead ca pesensianed allichese ee ity CRP ithe Seventh months ‘
iram made to king a e elders of Israe
Solomon for the house of the Lorp, came, and the priests took up the
were of bright brass. ark.
46 In the plain of Jordan did the 4 And they brought up the ark of
king cast them, in the clay ground the Lorp, and the tabernacle of the
between Succoth and Zarthan. congregation, and all the holy ves-
47 And Solomon ieft all the ves- sels that were in the tabernacle,
sels unweighed, ‘because they even those did the priests and the
were exceeding many: neither was Levites bring up.
the weight of the brass found out. 5S And king Solomon, and all the
48 And Solomon made all the congregation of Israel, that were
vessels that pertained unto the assembled unto him, were with him
house of the Lorp: the ¢altar of before the ark, sacrificing sheep and
gold, and the ¢table of gold, where- oxen, that could not be told nor
upon the /shewbread was, numbered for multitude.
49 And the candlesticks of pure 6 And the priests brought in thé
gold, five on the right side, and five ark of the covenant of the Lorp
1 The consecration of the temple illustrates all consecration s i
the believer (1 Thes. 5. 23), was threefold: the court, that iden areg nti ee
visible, answered to the body; the holy place, where everything appealed to the
sacred emotions, answered to the soul; the holy of holies, the plac
with God (Ex. 25, 22), answered to the spirit of man.
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unto his place, into the oracle of
the house, to the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cher-
ubims.
7 For the cherubims spread forth
their two wings over the place of
the ark, and the cherubims covered
the ark and the staves thereof
above.
‘8 And they drew out the staves,
that the ends of the staves were
seen out in the holy place before
the oracle, and they were not seen
without: and there they are unto
this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark
save the two tables of stone, which
Moses put there at Horeb, when the
LorpD made a covenant with the
children of Israel, when they came
out of the land of Egypt.
10 And it came to pass, when the
priests were come out of the holy
place, that the ¢cloud filled the
house of the Lorpb,
1i So that the priests could not
stand to minister because of the
cloud: for the glory of the LorRD
had filled the house of the LORD.
The sermon of Solomon (2 Chr.
6) 1-11);
12 Then spake Solomon, The
Lorp said that he would dwell in
the thick darkness.
13 I have surely built thee an
house to dwell in, a settled place
for thee to abide in for ever.
14 And the king turned his face
about, and blessed all the congre-
gation of Israel: (and all the con-
gregation of Israel stood;)
15 And he said, Blessed be the
Lorp God of Israel, which spake
with his mouth unto David my
father, and hath with his hand ful-
filled it, saying,
16 Since the day that I brought
forth my people Israel out of Egypt,
I chose no city out of all the tribes
of Israel to build an house, that my
name might be therein; but I chose
pavid to be over my people Is-
Tael.
17 Andit wasin the heart of David
my father to build an house for the
name of the Lorp God of Israel. .
18 And the LorD said unto David
my father, Whereas it was in thine
heart to build an house unto my
name, thou didst well that it was
in thine heart.
19 Nevertheless thou shalt not
build the house; but thy son that
shall come forth out of thy loins,
B.C. 1004.
a vs.10,11;
Ex.40.34,
note.
b Kingdom
(O.T.). 1 Ki.
11.9-13,32,36.
(Gen.1.26-
28; Zech.
12. 8.)
c Bible
prayers
(O.T.). 1 Ki.
17.20.
15.2; Hab.3.
1-16.)
d 2 Chr.2.6;
Isa.66.1;
Jer.23.24;
Acts 7.49;
17.24.
e Deut.12.11.
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(Gen.
he shall build the house unto my
name. ierkiade
20 And the Lorp hath performed
his word that he spake, and I am
risen up in the room of “David my
father, and sit on the throne of
Israel, as the LORD promised, and
have built an house for the name of
the Lorp God of Israel. -
21 And I have set there a place
for the ark, wherein is the covenant
of the LORD, which he made with
our fathers, when he brought them
out of the land of Egypt.
Solomon’s prayer of dedication
(2 Chr. 6, 12-42).
22 And Solomon stood before the
altar of the LorD in the presence of
all the congregation of Israel, and
spread forth his hands toward
heaven:
23 And he ‘said, Lorp God of
Israel, there is no God like thee, in
heaven above, or on earth beneath,
who keepest covenant and mercy
with thy servants that walk before
thee with all their heart:
24 Who hast kept with thy ser-
vant David my father that thou
promisedst him: thou spakest also
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled
it with thine hand, as 7t is this day.
25 Therefore now, LORD God of
Israel, keep with thy servant David
my father that thou promisedst him,
saying, There shall not fail thee a
man in my sight to sit on the
throne of Israel; so that thy chil-
dren take heed to their way, that
they walk before me as thou hast
walked before me.
26 And now, O God of Israel, let
thy word, I pray thee, be verified,
which thou spakest unto thy ser-
vant David my father.
27 But ¢will God indeed dwell on
the earth? behold, the heaven and
heaven of heavens cannot contain
thee; how much less this house
that I have builded?
28 Yet have thou respect unto the
prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to
hearken unto the cry and to the
prayer, which thy servant prayeth
before thee to day:
29 That thine eyes may be open
toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which thou
hast said, “My name shall be there:
that thou mayest hearken unto the
prayer which thy servant shall
make toward this place.
30 And hearken thou to the sup-
8 31] I KINGS.
people Israel, when they shall pray
toward this place: and hear thou
in heaven thy dwelling place: and
when thou hearest, forgive. :
31 If any man trespass against
his neighbour, and ¢an oath be laid
upon him to cause him to swear,
and the oath come before thine
altar in this house:
32 Then hear thou in heaven, and
do, and judge thy servants, con-
demning the wicked, to bring his
way upon his head; and justifying
the righteous, to give him accord-
ing to his righteousness.
33 When thy people Israel be
smitten down before the enemy, be-
cause they have sinned against|¢ Heb. and he
thee, and shall turn again to thee, pe niente
and confess thy name, and pray,
and make supplication unto thee in|} 1 Sam.12.23.
this house:
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and] ° ace Boe.
forgive the sin of thy people Israel,} 21,22,27,38,
and bring them again unto the land Ep ehen “
which thou gavest unto their fa- 3
thers. d Psa.19.9,
35 When heaven is shut up, and] 7°¢e-
there is no rain, because they have e Deut 3.24,
Sinned against thee; if they pray
toward this place, and confess thy
name, and turn from their sin,
when thou afflictest them:
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and!
forgive the sin of thy servants, and h Lev.26.34,
of thy people Israel, that thou teach| 44; Deut.28.
them the good way wherein they] 366
should walk, and give rain upon
g Or, right.
: 2 i Neh.1.6;
thy land, which thou hast Ziven to] Psa.106.6;
thy people for an inheritance. an.9.5.
37 If there be in the land famine,] ; pan.6.10.
if there be pestilence, blasting, mil- te
dew, locust, or if there be caterpil-
ler; if their enemy besiege them in
the land of their cities; whatsoever
plague, whatsoever sickness there
er
38 What prayer and supplication
soever be made by any man, or by
all thy people Israel, which shall
know every man the plague of his
own heart, and spread forth his
hands toward this house:
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy
dwelling place, and forgive, and do,
and give to every man according to
his ways, whose heart thou know-
est; (for thou, even thou only,
knowest the hearts of all the chil-
dren of men;)
40 That they may ¢fear thee all
the days that they live in the land
which thou gavest unto our fathers.
41 Moreover concerning a stran-}
398
plication of thy servant, and of thy] B.C. 1004.
[3s
ger, that zs not of thy people Israel,
but cometh out of a far country for
thy name’s sake; }
42 (For they shall hear of thy
great name, and of ‘thy strong
hand, and of thy stretched out
arm;) when he shall come and pray
toward this house;
43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwell-
ing place, and do according to all
that the stranger calleth to thee for:
‘that all people of the earth may
know thy name, to ¢fear thee, as do
thy people Israel; and that they
may know that this house, which I
have builded, is called by thy
name.
44 If thy people go out to battle
against their enemy, whithersoever
thou shalt send them, and shall
pray unto the LorpD toward the
city which thou hast chosen, and
toward the house that I have built
for thy name:
45 Then hear thou in heaven their
prayer arid their supplication, and
maintain their écause.
46 If they sin against thee, (for
there is no man that sinneth not,)
and thou be angry with them, and
deliver them to the enemy, so that
they carry them away captives
’unto-the land of the enemy, far or
near;
47 Yet if they shall bethink them-
selves in the land whither they
were carried captives, and repent,
and make supplication unto thee in
_ |the land of them that carried them
captives, ‘saying, We have sinned,
and have done perversely, we have
committed wickedness;
48 And so return unto thee with
all their heart, and with all their
soul, in the land of their enemies,
which led them away captive, and
Pray unto thee Jtoward their land,
which thou gavest unto their fa.
thers, the city which thou hast
chosen, and the house which I have
built for thy name: :
49 Then hear thou their prayer
and their supplication in heaven
thy dwelling place, and maintain
their cause,
50 And forgive thy people that
have sinned against thee, and all
their transgressions wherein they
have transgressed against thee,
and give them compassion before
them who carried them captive,
that they may have compassion on
them:
Sl For they be thy people, and
thine inheritance, which ‘thou
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broughtest forth out ofEgypt, “from
the midst of the furnace of iron:
52 That thine eyes may be open
unto the supplication of thy ser-
‘vant, and unto the supplication of
thy people Israel, to hearken unto
them in all that they call for unto
thee.
53 For thou didst separate them
from among all the people of the
earth, to be thine inheritance, as
thou spakest by the hand of Moses
thy servant, when thou broughtest
yd fathers out of Egypt, O Lord
OD.
Solomon’s blessing after the
prayer.
54 And it was so, that when Solo-
mon had made an end of praying
all this prayer and supplication
unto the LorD, he arose from before
the altar of the LorD, from kneel-
ing on his knees with his hands
a Deut.4.20;
Jer.11.4.
b Separation.
Ezra 6.21.
(Gen.12.1;
2 Cor.6.14-
Tie)
c The word
spread up to heaven.
55 And he stood, and blessed all
the congregation of Israel with a
loud voice, saying,
56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath
given rest unto his people Israel,
according to all that he promised:
there hath not failed one word of
all his good promise, which he prom-
ised by the hand of Moses his
servant.
57 The Lorp our God be with us,
as he was with our fathers: let him
not leave us, nor forsake us:
58 That he may incline our hearts
unto him, to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
and his statutes, and his judgments,
which he commanded our fathers.
59 And let these my words, where-
with I have made supplication be-
fore the Lorp, be nigh unto the
Lorp our God day and night, that
he maintain the cause of his ser-
vant, and the cause of his people
Israel at all: times, as the matter
shall require:
60 That all the people of the earth
may know that the Lorp is God,
and that there is none else.
61 Let your heart therefore be
perfect with the LorD our God, to
walk in his statutes, and to keep his
commandments, as at this day.
Sacrifice and rejoicing
(2 Chr, 7. 4-10).
62 And the king, and all Israel
with him, offered sacrifice before
the LorpD.
43 And Solomon offered a sacri-
implies
whole-heart-
edness for
God, single-
mindedness,
sincerity —
not sinless
perfection.
d Lit. meal.
e 2 Chr.7.11.
f1 Ki.7.2.
g 2 Chr.8.6.
h1 Ki.3.5.
i 2 Ki,20.5;
Psa.10.17.
j 1 Ki.8.29.
k Deut.11.12.
( Gen.17.1.
399
B.C. 1004.
fice of peace-offerings, which he
offered unto the LorpD, two and
twenty thousand oxen, and an
hundred and twenty thousand
sheep. So the king and all the chil-
dren of Israel dedicated the house
of the LORD. .
64 The same day did the king hal-
low the middle of the court that was
before the house of the Lorpb: for
there he offered burnt-offerings, and
émeat-offerings, and the fat of the
peace-offerings: because the brasen
altar that was before the LORD was
too little to receive the burnt-offer-
ings, and meat-offerings, and the
fat of the peace-offerings,
65 And at that time Solomon
held a feast, and all Israel with him,
a great congregation, from the en-
tering in of Hamath unto the river
of Egypt, before the LorD our God,
seven days and seven days, even
fourteen days. :
66 On the eighth day he sent the
people away: and they blessed the
king, and went unto their tents joy-
ful and glad of heart for all the
goodness that the Lorp had done
for David his servant, and for Israel
his people.
CHAPTER 9.
Jehovah appears the second time
to Solomon (2 Chr. 7. 12-22).
[avg eit came to pass, when Solo-
mon had finished the building
of the house of the Lorp, fand the
king’s house,° and éall Solomon's
desire which he was pleased to do,
2 That the LorD appeared to Sol-
omon the second time, “as he had
appeared unto him at Gibeon.
3 And the LorD said unto him,
i] have heard thy prayer and thy
supplication, that thou hast made
before me: I have hallowed this
house, which thou hast built, /to
put my name there for ever; and
kmine eyes and mine heart shall be
there perpetually.
4 And if thou wilt ‘walk before
me, as David thy father walked, in
integrity of heart, and’ in upright-
ness, to do according to all that I
have commanded thee, and wilt
keep my statutes and my jude-
ments:
5 Then I will establish the throne
of thy kingdom upon Israel for
ever, as I promised to David thy
father, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man upon the throne of
Israel,
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6 But if ye shall at all turn from
following me, ye or your children,
and will not keep my command-
ments and my statutes which I
have set before you, but go and
serve other gods, and worship
nem:
7 @Then will I cut off Israel out of
the land which I have given them;
and this house, which I have hal-
lowed ‘for my name, will I cast out
of my sight; and ‘Israel shall be a
proverb and a byword among all
people: f
8 And at this house, wArch is
high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss;
and they shall say, 2?Why hath the
Lorp done thus unto this land, and
to this house?
9 And they shall answer, Because
they forsook the Lorp their God,
who brought forth their fathers out
of the land of Egypt, and have
taken hold upon other gods, and
have worshipped them, and served
them: therefore hath the Lorp
brought upon them all this evil.
The energy and fame of Solomon
(2 Chr. 8. 1-18). :
10 And it came to pass at the end
of twenty years, when Solomon had
built the two houses, the house of
the Lorp, and the king’s house,
11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre
had furnished Solomon with cedar
trees and fir trees, and with gold,
according to all his desire,) that
then king Solomor? gave Hiram
twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
12 And Hiram came out from
Tyre to see the cities which Solo-
mon had given him; and they
pleased him not,
13 And he said, What cities are
these which thou hast given me,
my brother? And he called them
the land of Cabul unto this day.
14 And Hiram sent to the king
sixscore ‘talents of gold.
15 And this is the reason of the
flevy which king Solomon raised;
fer to build the house of the Lorp,
and his own house, and 8Millo, and
the wall of Jerusalem, and hHazor,
_ and ‘Megiddo, and jGezer.
16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt
had. gone up, and taken Gezer, and
burnt it with fire, and slain the
Canaanites that dwelt in the city,
and given it for a present unto his
daughter, Solomon’s wife,
17 And Solomon built Gezer, and
Beth-horon the nether,
a a
B.C. 992.
@ Deut.4.26;
2 Ki.17.23;
25.21.
6 Jer.7.14.
c Deut.28.37;
Psa.44.14.
d Deut.29.
24-26; Jer.
e One talent=
£6150, or
$29,085;
also v.28.
f1 Ki.5.13.
& v.24; 2 Sam.
5.9.
h Josh.19.36.
# Josh.17.11.
J Josh.16.10;
Jud.1.29.
k1 Ki.3.1;
2 Chr.8.11.
12 Sam.5.9;
1 Ki.11.27;
2 Chr.32.5,
m2 Chr.
Mt.12
Lk, 11.
9.1;
42;
31,
400
eset. fi
18 And Baalath, and Tadmor ir
the wilderness, in the land,
19 And all the cities of store that
Solomon had, and cities for his
chariots, and cities for his horse-
men, and that which Solomon de-
sired to build in Jerusalem, and in
Lebanon, and in all the land of his
dominion.
20 And all the people that were
left of the Amorites, Hittites, Periz-
zites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which
were not of the children of Israel,
21 Their children that were left
after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel also were not able
utterly to destroy, upon those did
Solomon levy a tribute of bondser-
vice unto this day.
22 But of the children of Israel
did Solomon make no bondmen:
but they were men of war, and his
servants, and his princes, and his
captains, and rulers of his chariots,
and his horsemen.
23 These were the chief of the
officers that were over Solomon’s
work, five hundred and fifty, which
bare rule over the people that
wrought in the work.
24 But *Pharaoh’s daughter came
up out of the city of David unto her
house which Solomon had built for
her: ‘then did he build Millo.
25 And three times in a year did
Solomon offer burnt-offerings and
peace-offerings upon the altar which
he built unto the LorpbD, and he
burnt incense upon the altar that
was before the Lord. So he fin-
ished the house.
26 And king Solomon made a
navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which
1s beside Eloth, on the shore of the
Red sea, in the land of Edom.
27 And Hiram sent in the navy
his servants, shipmen that had
knowledge of the sea, with the ser-
vants of Solomon, F
28 And they came to Ophir, and
fetched from thence gold, four hun-
dred and twenty talents, and
brought s¢ to king Solomon.
CHAPTER 10.
Solomon and the queen of Sheba
(2 Chr. 9, 1-12),
ND when the ™queen of Sheba
heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the Lorp,
she came to prove him with hard
questions,
And she came to Jerusalem with
avery great train, with camels that
a
10 3]
bare spices, and very much gold,
and precious stones: and when she
was come to Solomon, she com-
muned with him of all that was in
her heart.
3 And Solomon told her all her
questions: there was not any thing
hid from the king, which he told
her not. .
4 And when the queen of Sheba
had seen all Solomon’s wisdom,
and the house that he had built,
5 And the meat of his table, and
the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and
their apparel, and his cupbearers,
fand his ascent by which he went
up unto the house of the LorRD;
there was no more spirit in her.
6 And she said to the king, It was
a true report that I heard in mine
own land of thy acts and of thy
wisdom.
7 Howbeit I believed not the
words, until I came, and mine eyes
had seen it: and, behold, the half
was not told me: thy wisdom and
prosperity exceedeth the fame
which I heard.
8 Happy are thy men, happy are
these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and that
hear thy wisdom.
9. Blessed be the LORD thy God,|
which delighted in thee, to set thee
on the throne of Israel: because the
Lorp loved Israel for ever, there-
fore made he thee king, to do judg-
ment and justice.
10 And she ‘gave the king an hun-
dred and twenty “talents of gold,
and of spices very great store, and
precious stones: there came no
more such abundance of spices as
these which the queen of Sheba
gave to king Solomon.
11 And the navy also of Hiram,
that brought gold from Ophir,
brought in from Ophir great plenty
of almug trees, and precious
stones.
12 And the king made of the
almug trees pillars for the house of
the Lorb, and for the king’s house,
harps also and psalteries for sing-
ers: there came no such ‘almug
trees, nor were seen unto this
day.
13 And king Solomon gave unto
the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that
which Solomon gave her of his
royal bounty. So she turned and
went to her own country, she and
her servants.
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B.C. 992.
|a 2 Chr.9.4.
61 Ki.s.7.
¢ Psa.72.10,15.
\d One talent =
£6150, or
$29,085; also
v.14.
e 2 Chr.9.10.
f2 Chr.9.24;
Psa.72.10.
g 2 Chr.9.20.
kt Gen.10.4;
2 Chr.20.36.
#41 Ki3.12,
13; 4.30.
j1 Ki.4.26;
2 Chr.1.14;
9.25.
k 2 Chr.1.
15-17.
l Heb. gave.
401
[10 27
Solomon’s revenue and splen-
dour (2 Chr. 9. 13-28).
14 Now the weight of gold that
came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred threescore and six tal-
ents of gold,
15 Beside that he had of the
merchantmen, and of the traffick of
the spice merchants, and Jof all the
kings of Arabia, and of the gover-
nors of the country.
16 And king Solomon made two
hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of gold went to
one target.
17 And he made three hundred
shields of beaten gold; three pound
of gold went to one shield: and the
king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon.
18 Moreover the king made a
\great throne of ivory, and overlaid
it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and
the top of the throne was round be-
hind: and there were stays on
either side on the piace of the seat,
and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 And twelve lions stood there
on the one side and on the other
upon the six steps: there was not
the like made in any kingdom.
21 %And all king Solomon’s drink-
ing vessels were of gold, and all
the vessels of the house of the for-
est of Lebanon were of pure gold;
none were of silver: it was nothing
accounted of in the days of Solo-
mon,
22 For the king had at sea a navy
of Tharshish with the navy of
Hiram: once in three years came
the navy of *Tharshish, bringing
gold, and silver, ivory, and apes,
and peacocks,
23 iSo king Solomon exceeded all
the kings of the earth for riches
and for wisdom. ‘
24 And all the earth sought to
Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which
God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man
his present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and garments, and
armour, and spices, horses, and
mules, a rate year by year.
26 jAnd Solomon gathered to-
gether chariots and horsemen: and
he had a thousand and four hun-
dred chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen, whom he bestowed in
the cities for chariots, and with the
king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king ’made silver to
10 28}
be in Jerusalem as stones, and
cedars made he to be as the syco-
more trees that are in the vale, for
abundance.
28 And Solomon had horses
brought out of Egypt, and linen
yarn: the king’s merchants re-
ceived the linen yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and
went out of Egypt for six hundred
shekeis of silver, and an horse for
an hundred and fifty: and so for all!
the kings of the Hittites, “and for
the kings of Syria, did they bring
them out by their means.
CHAPTER 11.
Solomon’s heart turned away
from Jehovah.
Bu king Solomon loved many
strange women, together with
the daughter of Pharaoh, women of
the Moabites, Ammonites, Edom-
ites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
2 Of the nations concerning
which the Lorp said unto the chil-
dren of Israel, Ye shall not go in to
them, neither shall they come in
unto you: for surely they will turn
away your heart after their gods:
Solomon clave unto these in love.
3 And he had seven hundred
wives, princesses, and three hun-
dred concubines: and his wives
turned away his heart.
4 For it came to pass, when Solo-
mon was old, that his wives turned
away his heart after other gods:
and his heart was not perfect with
the Lorp his God, as was the heart
of David his father.
5 For Solomon went after <Ashto-
reth the goddess of the Zidonians,
and after ¢Milcom the abomination
of the Ammonites.
6 And Solomon did evil in the
sight of the Lorp, and went not
fully after the LorD, as did David
his father.
7 Then did Solomon build an high
place for Chemosh, the abomination
of Moab, in the hill that is before
Jerusalem, and for Molech, the
abomination of the children of
Ammon.
8 And likewise did he for all his
strange wives, which burnt incense
and sacrificed unto their gods.
The anger and chastening of
Jehovah,
9 And the Lorp was angty with
Solomon, because his heart was
turned from the Lorp God of ¢Is-
a Josh.1.4;
2 Ki.7.6.
b See 1 Ki.8.61.
¢ v.33; Jud.2.
13, note.
d Called Mo-
lech, v.7.
e 1 Ki.3.5;
9.2.
{1 Ki.6.12;
916;7%
g v.31; 1 Ki.
12.15,16.
h Num.24.19;
Deut.20.13.
#1 Ki.2.10,34.
402
I KINGS.
twice,
10 And fhad commanded him con-
cerning this thing, that. he should
not go after other gods: but he kept
not that which the LORD com-
manded.
11 Wherefore the LORD said unto
Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done
of thee, and thou hast not kept my
covenant and my statutes, which I
have commanded thee, 48I will
lsurely: rend the kingdom from thee,
and will give it to thy servant.
12 Notwithstanding in thy days I
will not do it for David thy
father’s sake: but I will rend it
out of the hand of thy son.
13 Howbeit I will not rend away
all the kingdom; but will give one
tribe to thy son for David my ser-
vant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s
sake which I have chosen.
14 And the Lorp stirred up an
adversary unto Solomon, Hadad
the Edomite: he was of the king’s
seed in Edom.
15 For it came to pass, when
David was in Edom, and Joab the
captain of the host was ‘gone up to
bury the slain, “after he had smitten
every male in Edom;
16 (For six months did Joab re-
main there with all Israel, until he
had cut off every male in Edom:)
17 That Hadad fled, he and cer-
tain Edomites of his father’s ser-
vants with him, to go into Egypt;
Hadad being yet a little child.
18 And they arose out of Midian,
and came to Paran: and they took
men with them out of Paran, and
they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt; which gave him an
house, and appointed him victuals,
and gave him land.
_19 And Hadad found great favour
in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he
gave him to wife the sister of his
own wife, the sister of Tahpenes
the queen.
20 And the sister of Tahpenes
bare him Genubath his son, whom
Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s
house: and Genubath was in Pha-
taoh’s household among the sons of
ee
1 ‘And when Hadad heard in
Egypt that David slept with his
athers, and that Joab the captain
of the host was dead, Hadad said
to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I
may go to mine own country.
22 Then Pharaoh said unto him,
But what hast thou lacked with
[11 2
rael, which had appeared unto him >
me, that, behold, thou seekest to go
to thine own country? And he an-
swered, Nothing: howbeit let me go
in any wise.
23 And God stirred him up
another adversary, Rezon the son
of Eliadah, which fled from his lord
*Hadadezer king of Zobah:
24 And he gathered men unto
him, and became captain over a
band, “when David slew them of
Zobah: and they went to Damas-
cus, and dwelt therein, and reigned
in Damascus.
25 And he was an adversary to
Israel all the days. of Solomon,
beside the mischief that Hadad
did: and he abhorred Israel, and
reigned over Syria.
The rise of Jeroboam.
’ 26 And <Jeroboam the son of Ne-
bat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Sol-
omon’s servant, whose mother’s
name was Zeruah, a widow woman,
even he 4lifted up As hand against
the king.
27 And this was the cause that he
lifted up his hand against the king:
“eSolomon built Millo, and Jrepaired
the breaches of the city of David
his father.
98 And the man Jeroboam was a
mighty man of valour: and Solo-
mon seeing the young man that he
was industrious, he made him ruler
over all the charge of the house of
Joseph. i
29 And it came to pass at that
time when Jeroboam went out of
Jerusalem, that the prophet #Ahijah
the Shilonite found him in the way;
and he had clad himself with a new
garment; and they two were alone
in, the field:
30 And Ahijah caught the new
ogee that was on him, and
rent it in twelve pieces:
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take
thee ten pieces: for ‘thus saith the
Lorp, the God of Israel, Behold, I
will rend the kingdom out of the
hand of Solomon, and will give ten
tribes to thee:
32 (But he shall have one tribe
for my servant David’s sake, and
for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which
I have chosen out of all the tribes of
Tsrael:)
33 jBecause that they have for-
saken me, and have worshipped
Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zido-
nians, Chemosh the god of the Mo-
abites, and Milcom the god of the
children of Ammon, and have not!
I KINGS.
B.C. 984.
a 2 Sam.8.3.
b 2 Sam.8.3;
10.8,18.
Cal s53.1 2-85
2 Chr.13.6.
d 2 Sam.20.21.
e1 Ki.9.24.
f Heb. closed.
g1 Ki.14.2.
h 1 Sam.15.27;
24.5.
i vs,11,13,
j vs.5-7.
ik Kingdom
(O.T.). 2 Ki.
12 Sam.7.11,
27.
m2 Chr.9.29.
n 2 Chr.9.31.
o Mt.1.7,
called
Roboam.
p 2 Chr.10.1.
q1 Ki.11.26.
403
ments, as did David his father.
34 Howbeit I will not take the
whole kingdom out of his hand:
but I will make him prince all the
days of his life for David my ser-
vant’s sake, whom I chose, because
he kept my commandments and
‘my statutes:
35 But I will take the kingdom
out of his son’s hand, and will give
it unto thee, even ten tribes.
36 And unto his son will I give
one tribe, that *David my servant
may have a light alway before me
in Jerusalem, the city which I have
chosen me to put my name there.
| 37 And I will take thee, and thou
shalt reign according to all that thy
lsoul desireth, ana shalt be king
jover Israel. ¢
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt
hearken unto all that I command
thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and
do that is right in my sight, to keep
my statutes and my command-
ments, as David my servant did;
that I will be with thee, and ‘build
thee a sure house, as I built for Da-
vid, and will give Israel unto thee.
| 39 And I will for this afflict the
- |seed of David, but not for ever.
! 40° Solomon sought therefore to
kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,
and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak
\king of Egypt, and was in Egypt
until the death of Solomon.
The death of Solomon (2 Chr. 9.
29-31).
41 And the “rest of the acts of
Solomon, and ail that he did, and
his wisdom, are they not written in
the book of the acts of Solomon?
42 And the time that Solomon
reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
was forty years.
43 And ‘**Solomon slept with his
fathers, and was buried in the city ~
of David his father: and °Rehoboam
his son reigned in his stead,
CHAPTER 12.
Accession and folly of Rehoboam
(2 Chr. 10. 1-11),
ND ?*Rehoboam went to She-
chem: for all Israel were come
to Shechem to make him king.
2 And it came to pass, when ?Jero-
boam the son of Nebat, who was
yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he
was fled from the presence of king
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12 3] I KINGS. [12 24
i .C. 975. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened
Eecroes ane neh tote oo not unto the people; for the ‘cause —
3 That they sent and called him.
And Jeroboam and all the congre-
gation of Israel came, and spake
unto Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy father made our °yoke
grievous: now therefore make thou:
the grievous service of thy father,
and his heavy yoke which he put
upon us, lighter, and we will serve
thee.
5 And he said unto them, Depart
yet for three days, then come again
to me. And the people departed.
6 And king Rehoboam consulted
with the old men, that stood before
Solomon his father while he yet
lived, and said, How do ye advise
that I may answer this people?
7 And they spake unto him, say-
ing, ‘If thou wilt be a servant unto
this people this day, and wilt serve
them, and answer them, and speak
good words to them, then they will
be thy servants for ever.
8 But he forsook the counsel of
the old men, which they had given
him, and consulted with the young
men that were grown up with him,
and which stood before him:
9 And he said unto them, What
counsel give ye that we may an-
swer this people, who have spoken
to me, saying, Make the yoke
which thy father did put upon us
lighter?
10 And the young men that were
grown up with him spake unto
him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak
unto this people that spake unto
thee, saying, Thy father made our
yoke heavy, but make thou it
lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say
unto them, My little Anger shall be
thicker than my father’s loins.
11 And now whereas my father
did lade you with a heavy yoke, I
will add to your yoke: my father
hath chastised you with whips, but
I will chastise you with scorpions.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people
came to Rehoboam the third day,
as the king had appointed, saying,
Come to me again the third day.
13 And the king answered the
people “roughly, and forsook the old
men’s counsel that they gave him:
14 And spake to them after the
counsel of the young men, saying,
My father made your yoke heavy,
and I will add to your yoke: my
father also chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
41 Ki.11.40.
61Sam.8.
11-18; 1 Ki.
4.7.
c 2 Chr.10.7;
Prov.15.1.
d Heb. hardly.
e v.24; Jud.
14.4; 2 Chr.
10.15; 22.7;
25.20.
f Jud 8.1,
note.
g 2 Sam.20.1.
hi Ki.11.13,
36.
21 Ki.4.6;
5.14.
404
was from the LorD, that he might ~
perform his saying, which the LORD
spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto
Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Division of the kingdom: acces-
sion of Jeroboam over Jsrael
(2°Chri10. 327-195 11-14
16 So when all Israel saw that the
king hearkened not unto them, the
people answered the king, fsaying,
sWhat portion have we in David?
neither have we inheritance in the
son of Jesse: to your tents, O
Israel: now see to thine own house,
David. So Israel departed unto
their tents.
17 But “as for the children of
Israel which dwelt in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over’
them. ;
18 Then king Rehoboam ‘sent
Adoram, who was over the tribute;
and all Israel stoned him with
stones, that he died. Therefore
king Rehoboam made speed to get
him up to his chariot, to flee to
Jerusalem.
-19 So Israel rebelled against the
house of David unto this day.
20 And it came to pass, when all
Israel heard that Jeroboam was
come again, that they sent and
called him unto the congregation,
and made him king over all Israel:
there was none that followed the
house of David, but the tribe of
Judah only.
21_ And when Rehoboam was come
to Jerusalem, he assembled all the
house of Judah, with the tribe of
Benjamin, an hundred and four-
score thousand chosen men, which
were warriors, to fight against the
house of Israel, to bring the king-
dom again to Rehohoam the son of
Solomon.
22 But the word of God came unto
Shemaiah the man of God, say-
ing,
23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son
of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto
all the house of Judah and Benja-
min, and to the remnant of the
people, saying,
24 Thus saith the Lorn, Ye shall
not go up, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel; re-
turn every man to his house; for
this thing is from me. They heark-
ened therefore to the word of the
Lorp, and returned to depart, ac-
cording to the word of the Lorpb.
#
— dlepiagass
12 25)
I KINGS.
[13 12.
Jeroboam destroys the religious
unity of the nation.
25 Then Jeroboam ¢built She-
chem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt
therein; and went out from thence,
and built Penuel.
26 And Jeroboam said in his
heart, Now shall the kingdom return
to the house of David:
27 If this people go up to do sacri-
fice in the house of the LorpD at
Jerusalem, then shall the heart of
this people turn again unto their
lord, even unto Rehoboam king of
Judah, and they shall kill me, and
go again to Rehoboam king of
Judah.
28 Whereupon the king took coun-
sel, and made two calves of gold,
and said unto them, It is too much
for you to go up to Jerusalem: be-
hold thy gods, O Israel, which
brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt. ;
29 And he set the one in Beth-el,
and the ofher put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin:
for the people went to worship be-
fore the one, even unto Dan.
31 And he made an house of high
places, and made priests of the
lowest of the people, which were
not of the sons of Levi.
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast
in the ¢eighth month, on the fif-
teenth day of the month, like unto
the feast that 7s in Judah, and he
offered upon the ‘altar. So did he
in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves
that he had made: and he placed
in Beth-el the priests of the high
places which he had made.
“33 So he offered upon the altar
which he had made in Beth-el the
fifteenth day of the eighth month,
even in the month which he had
devised of his own heart; and or-
dained a feast unto the children of
Israel: and he offered upon the
altar, and burnt incense.
CHAPTER 13.
Prophecy against Jeroboam’s
false altar.
AND: behold, ‘there came a man
of God out of Judah by the
word of the LorpD unto Beth-el:
gand Jeroboam stood by the altar
to burn incense.
2 And he cried against the altar
in the word of the Lorp, and said,
O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD;
Behold, a child shall be born unto
B:G:975.
a Jud.9.45.
6 Jud.8.17.
¢ Cf.2 Chr.i1.
is.
di.e. Novern-
ber; also
v.33.
€ vs.25-33;
see Amos 4.
4, note;
Deut.12.
4-14.
f 2 Ki.23.17.
g1 Ki.12.32,33.
h 2 Ki.23.15,16.
1 Isa.7.14;
John 2.18;
1 Cor.1,22.
j Miracles
k 1 Sam.9.7;
2 Ki.5.15.
1 Num.22.18;
24.13.
405
the house of David, “Josiah by
name; and upon thee shall he offer
the priests of the high places that
burn incense upon thee, and men’s
bones shall be burnt upon thee.
3 And he gave a ‘sign the same
day, saying, This 7s the sign which
the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the
altar shall be rent, and the ashes
that are upon it shall be poured
out.
The sign from God upon
Jeroboam.
4 And it came to pass, when king
Jeroboam heard the saying of the
man of God, which had cried
against the altar in Beth-el, that he
put forth his hand from the altar,
saying, Lay hold on him. And his
hand, which he put forth against
him, /dried up, so that he could not
pull it in again to him.
5 The altar also was rent, and the
ashes poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the
man of God had given by the word
of the LORD.
6 And the king answered and said
unto the man of God, Intreat now
the face of the LoRD thy God, and
pray for me, that my hand may be
restored me again. And the man
of God besought the LorD, and the
king’s hand was restored him again,
and became as it was before.
7 And the king said unto the man
of God, Come home with me, and
.|refresh thyself, and I will give thee
a Freward.
8 And the man of God said unto
the king, /If thou wilt give me half
thine house, I will not go in with
thee, neither will I eat bread nor
drink water in this place:
9 For so was it charged me by
the word of the LORD, saying, Eat
no bread, nor drink water, nor turn
again by the same way that thou
camest.
10 So he went another way, and
returned not by the way that he
came to Beth-el.
Disobedience and death of the
man of God.
11 Now there dwelt an old pro-
phet in Beth-el; and his sons came
and told him all the works that the
man of God had done that day in
Beth-el: the words which he had
spoken unto the king, them they
told also to their father.
12 And their father said unto
them, What way went he? For his
sons had seen what way the man
of God went, which came from Ju-
dah. . as
13 And he said unto his sons,
Saddle me the ass. So they sad-
dled him the ass: and he rode
thereon.
14 And went after the man of|
God, and found him sitting under
an oak: and he said unto him, Art
thou the man of God that camest
from Judah? And he said, I am.
15 Then he said unto him, Come
home with me, and eat bread.
16 And he said, ¢I may not return}
with thee, nor go in with thee:
neither will I eat bread nor drink!
water with thee in this place:
17 For it was said to me by the}
word of the LorD, Thou shalt eat
no bread nor drink water there, nor}
turn again to go by the way that)
thou camest.
18 He said unto him, I am a)
prophet also as thou art; %and an|
‘angel spake unto me by the word
of the LorpD, saying, Bring him
back with thee into thine house,
that he may eat bread and drink
water. But he Hed unto him.
19 So he went back with him, and
did eat bread in his house, and
drank water.
20 And it came to pass, as they
sat at the table, that the word of
the LoRD came unto the prophet
that brought him back:
21 And he cried unto the man of
God that came from Judah, saying,
Thus saith the Lorb, Forasmuch as
thou hast disobeyed the mouth of
the LorpD, and hast not kept the|
commandment which the Lorb thy
God commanded thee,
22 But camest back, and hast
eaten bread and drunk water in the
Uplace, of the which the Lorp did
Say to thee, Eat no bread, and
drink no water; thy carcase shall!
not come unto the sepulchre of thy
fathers. |
23 And it came to pass, after he
had eaten bread, and after he had
drunk, that he saddled for him the
ass, to wit, for the prophet whom
he had brought back.
24 And when he was gone, ¢a lion
met him by the way, and slew him:
and his carcase was cast in the way,
and the ass stood by it, the lion
also stood by the carcase.
25 And, behold, men passed by,
and saw the carcase cast in the!
way, and the lion standing by the!
carcase: and they came and told /#|
I KINGS.
B.C. 975.
a vs.8,9.
6 An impres-
sive illustra
tion of Gal.
1.8,9.
c Heb.1.4, -
note.
dv.9.
é1 Ki.20.36.
SF Jer.22.18.
g 2 Ki.23.17,
18.
hv.2; 2 Ki,
23.16,17.
#1 Ki.16.24,
Jj 1 Ki.14.10.
406
in the city where the old prophe
dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that
brought him back from the way
heard thereof, he said, It rs the
man of God, who was disobedient
unto the word of the LORD: there-
fore the Lorp hath delivered him
unto the lion, which hath torn him,
and slain him, according to the
word of the LorpD, which he spake
unto him. . :
27 And he spake to his sons, say-
ing, Saddle me the ass. And they
saddled Aim. !
28 And he went and found his
carcase cast in the way, and the ass
and the lion standing by the car-
case: the lion had not eaten the
carcase, nor torn the ass. -
29 And the prophet took up the
jcarcase of the man of God, and laid
it upon the ass, and brought it
back: and the old prophet came to
the city, to mourn and to bury him.
30 And he laid his carcase in his
own grave; and they mourned over
him, saying, fAlas, my brother!
31 And it came to pass, after he
had buried him, that he spake to
his sons, saying, When I am dead,
then bury me in the sepulchre
wherein the man of God is buried;
slay my bones beside his bones:
32 ‘For the saying which he cried
by the word of the LorpD against
the altar in Beth-el, and against all
the houses of the high places which
are in the cities of ‘Samaria, shall
surely come to pass.
Jeroboam persists in evil.
33 After this thing Jeroboam re-
turned not from his evil way, but
made again of the lowest of the
people priests of the high places:
whosoever would, he consecrated
him, and he became one of the
priests of the high places.
34 And this thing became sin unto
the house of Jeroboam, even /to cut
it off, and to destroy it from off the
face of the earth.
“CHAPTER 14,
Prophecy against Jeroboam:
Partial fulfilment. ;
At that time Abijah the son of
Jeroboam fell sick,
2 And Jeroboam said to his wife,
Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thy-
self, that thou be not known to be
the wife of Jeroboam:; and get thee
to Shiloh: behold, there is Alijah |
“Fe
14 3]
I KINGS.
[14 24
the prophet, which told me that ¢J B.C. 956. |Jeroboam shall come to the grave,
should be king over this people.
3 And take with thee ten loaves,
and cracknels, and a cruse of
honey, and go to him: he shall tell
thee what shall become of the
child.
4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and
arose, and went to Shiloh, and)
came to the house of Ahijah, But
Ahijah could not see; for his eyes
were set by reason of his age.
5 And the Lorp said unto Ahijah,
Behold, the wife of Jeroboam com-
eth to ask a thing of thee for her
son; for he is sick: thus and thus
shalt thou say unto her: for it
shall be, when she cometh in, that
she shall feign herself to be another
woman.
6 And it was so, when Ahijah
heard. the sound of her feet, as she
came in at the door, that he said,
Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam;
why feignest thou thyself to be
another? for I am sent to thee with)
theavy tidings.
7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith
the Lorv God of Israel, ¢Foras-
much as I exalted thee from among
the people, and made thee prince
over my people Israel,
8 And «rent the kingdom away
from the house of David, and gave
it thee: and yet thou hast not been
as my servant David, fwho kept my
commandments, and who followed
me with all his heart, to do that
only which was right in mine eyes;
9 But hast done evil above all
that were before thee: ‘for thou
hast gone and made thee other
gods, and molten images, to pro-
voke me to anger, and hast cast
me behind thy back:
10 Therefore, behold, I will bring
evil upon.the house of Jeroboam,
and will cut off from Jeroboam
him that pisseth against the wall,
and him that is shut up and left in
Israel, and will take away the
remnant of the house of Jeroboam,
as a man taketh away dung, till it
be all gone.
11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in
the city shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth in the field shall the
fowls of the air eat: for the LORD;
hath spoken it.
12 Arise thou therefore, get thee
to thine own house: and when thy
feet enter into the city, the child
shall die.
13 And all Israel shall mourn for
him, and bury him: for he only of
a1 Ki.11.31.
61Sam9.
7,8.
c Heb. hard,
d 2 Sam.12.
7,8; 1 Ki.
16.2.
e 1 Ki.11.31.
f 1 Ki.11.33,
38; 15.5.
g 1 Ki.12.28;
2, ChriiaAs.
h See Deut.
16.21.
407
because in him there is found some
good thing toward the Lorp God
of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
14 Moreover the LorD shall raise
him up a king over Israel, who
shall cut off the house of Jeroboam
that day: but what? even now. A
15 For the Lorpb shall smite Is-
rael, as a reed is shaken in the
water, and he shall root up Israel
out of this good land, which he gave
to their fathers, and shall scatter
them beyond the river, because they
have made their “groves, provoking
the LorpD to anger.
16 And he shall give Israel up be-
cause of the sins of Jeroboam, who
did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
17 And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and
departed, and came to Tirzah: and
when she came to the threshold of
the door, the child died;
18 And they buried him; and all
Israel mourned for him, according
to the word of the LorD, which he
spake by the hand of his servant
Ahijah the prophet.
Death of Jeroboam (2 Chr. 13. 20).
19 And the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, how he warred, and how
he reigned, behold, they are writ-
ten in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel.
20 And the days which Jeroboam
reigned were two and twenty years:
and he’slept with his fathers, and
Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
Judah’s apostasy under Reho-
boam (2 Chr. 12. 1).
21 And Rehoboam the son of Solo-
mon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam
was forty and one years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the
city which the LorD did choose out
of all the tribes of Israel, to put his
name there. And his mother’s
name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
22 And Judah did evil in the sight
of the Lorp, and they provoked
him to jealousy with their sins
which they had committed, above
all that their fathers had done.
23 For they also built them high
places, and images, and kgroves, on
every high hill, and under every
green tree.
24 And there were also sodomites
in the land: and they did according
to all the abominations of the na-
tions which the LORD cast out be-
fore the children of Israel.
‘ures of the house of the LorD, and
' Invasion of Sean (2° Chro1'2;
2-12).
25 And it came to pass in the fifth
year of king Rehoboam, that Shi-
shak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem:
26 And he took away the treas-
the treasures of the king’s house;
he even took away all: and he took
away all the shields of gold which
Solomon had made. :
' 27 And king Rehoboam made in
their stead brasen shields, and com-
mitted thern unto the hands of the
chief of the guard, which kept the
door of the king’s house.
28 And it was so, when the king
went into the house of the LORD,
that the guard bare them, and
brought them back into the guard
chamber.
29 Now the rest of the acts of
Rehoboam, and.all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the)
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
30 And. there was war between
Be oboam and Jeroboam all their
ays.
Death of Rehoboam (2 Chr. 12.
13-16).
31 And Rehoboam slept with his
fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David. And
his mother’s name was Naamah an
Ammonitess. And Abijam his son
reigned in his stead.
= CHAPTER 15.
Accession of os a (2aCirs a3:
22
No in the eighteenth year of
king Jeroboam the son of Ne-
bat reigned “Abijam over Judah.
2 Three years reigned he in Jeru-
salem. And his mother’s name was
be satay the daughter of Abisha-
om,
3 And he walked in all the sins of
his father, which he had done be-
fore him: and his heart was not
‘perfect with the LorD his God, as
the heart of David his father.
4 Nevertheless for David’s sake
did the Lorp his God give him a
lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his
son after him, and to establish Je-
rp pe ee
I KINGS.
13.1, etc.
b See 1 Ki.8.
61.
¢ See 2 Chr.
13.2-20.
d 2 Chr.13.2,
3,22.
e2 Chr.14.1,
f 2 Chr.14.2.
g 1 Ki.14.24;
22.46.
h See Deut.
16.21.
rusalem:
a Called Abi-
jah, 2 Chr.
i 2 Chr.16.1.
and turned not aside from any
thing that he commanded him all
the days of his life, save only in the
matter of Uriah the Hittite. :
6 And there was Cwar between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the
days of his life. a
7 4Now the rest of the acts of Abi-
jam, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And there was war between Abijam
and Jeroboam. 4
Death of Abijam (2 Cnr. 14, 1),
8 And ¢Abijam slept with his fa-
thers; and they buried him in the
city of David: and Asa his son
reigned in his stead.
Accession of Asa (2 Chr. 14. 1),
9 And in the twentieth year of
|Jeroboam king of Israel reigned
Asa over Judah. }
10 And forty and one years |
reigned he in Jerusalem. And his
mother’s name was Maachah, the
daughter of Abishalom. :
11 fAnd Asa did that which was
right in the eyes of the Lorp, as
did David his father. |
12 8And he took away the sodom-
ites out of the land, and removed all
the idols that his fathers had made. —
13. And also Maachah his mother, -
even her he removed from being
queen, because she had made an >
idol in a “grove; and Asa destroyed
her idol, and burnt it by the brook
Kidron. |
14 But !the high places were not
removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart
was >perfect with the LorD all his
days. |
15 And he brought in the things |
which his father had dedicated, and |
the things which himself had dedi-
cated, into the house of the LorbD,
silver, and gold, and vessels.
The war with Baasha: Asa’s |
league with Syria (2 Chr. 16. 1-6).
16 And there was war between.
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all.
their days.
17 And ‘Baasha king of Israel!
1 Cf. 2 Chr. 14, 3.
went up against Judah, and built!
It appears that local sacrifices to Jehovah (though not ae-|
cording to the divine order) were offered in the times of the kings upon ‘‘high places”’
(cf. 1 Sam. 9. 12).
(Kar 15.133).
“high places,”
408
Apparently Asa’s mother had defiled one of th i i
Asa destroyed the idol and the idolatrous an oa
But see “high places,” 1 Ki, 3. 2, note,
(but not the Jehovistic)
4
i f ba a: 5 Sl |
5: 18]
#Ramah, ’that he might not suffer
any to go out or come in to Asa
king of Judah.
18 Then Asa took all the silver
and the gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of the Lorp,
and the treasures of the king’s
house, and delivered them into the
hand of his servants: and king Asa
sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of
Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king
of Syria, that dwelt at ‘Damascus,
Saying,
19 There rs a league between me
and thee, and between my father
and thy father: behold, I have sent
unto thee a present of silver and
gold; come and break thy league
with Baasha king of Israel, that he
may depart from me.
20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto
king Asa, and sent the captains of
the hosts which he had against the
cities of Israel, and smote 4Ijon, and
Dan, and fAbel-beth-maachah, and
all Cinneroth, with all the land of
Naphtali.
21 And it came to pass, when
Baasha heard thereof, that he left
off building of Ramah, and dwelt in
Tirzah.
22 Then king Asa made a procla-
mation throughout all Judah; none
was exempted: and they took away
the stones of Ramah, and the tim-
ber thereof, wherewith Baasha had
builded: and king Asa built with
them Geba of Benjamin, and Miz-
pah.
Illness and death of Asa (2 Chr.
16.12-14). Accession of Jehosha-
phat (2 Chr. 17.1).
93 The rest of all the acts of Asa,
and all his might, and all that he
did, and the cities which he built,
are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? Nevertheless in the time
of his old age he was diseased in
his feet.
24 And Asa slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in
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b1 Ki.12.27.
¢1 Ki.11.23,
24.
d 2 Ki.15.29.
| € Jud.18.29.
f 2 Sam.20.14.
g 2 Chr.17.1.
h Called Josa-
phate Mt.1.
i Josh.19.44;
21.23; 1 Ki.
16.15.
j1 Ki.14.10,
14.
kv.7; 2 Chr.
19.2; 20.34.
71 Ki.14.7.
mv.11,
n 1 Ki.14.10;
15.29.
the city of David his father: sand
hJehoshaphat his son reigned in
his stead.
Accession of Nadab over Israel.
25 And Nadab the son of Jero-
boam began to reign over Israel in
the second year of Asa king of
Judah, and reigned over Israel two
years. y
26 And he did evil in the sight of
the Lorp, and walked in the way
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of his father, and in his sin where-
with he made Israel to sin.
Rebellion and accession of
Baasha over Israel.
27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah,
of the house of Issachar, conspired
against him; and Baasha smote
him at ‘Gibbethon, which belonged
to the Philistines; for Nadab and
all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
28 Even in the third year of Asa
king of Judah did Baasha slay him,
and reigned in his stead.
29 And it came to pass, when he
reigned, that he smote all the house
of Jeroboam; he left not to Jero-
boam any that breathed, until he
had destroyed him, according unto
the Jsaying of the LORD, which he
spake by his servant Ahijah the
Shilonite:
30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam
which he sinned, and which he!
made Israel sin, by his provocation
wherewith he provoked the Lorp
God of Israel to anger.
31 Now the rest of the acts of
Nadab, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chron-
icles of the kings of Israel?
War between Asa, king of Judah,
and Baasha, king of Israel.
32 And there was war between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all
their days.
33 Inthe third year of Asa king of
Judah began Baasha the son of
Ahijah to reign over all Israel in
Tirzah, twenty and four years.
34 And he did evil in the sight of
the Lorp, and walked in the way
of Jeroboam, and in his sin where-
with he made Israel to sin,
CHAPTER 16.
Prophecy against Baasha: his
death.
HHEN the word of the Lorp
came to *Jehu the son of Ha-
nani against Baasha, saying,
2 'Forasmuch as I exalted thee
out of the dust, and made thee
prince over my people Israel; and
thou hast walked in the way of
Jeroboam, and hast made my people
Israel te.sin, to provoke me to anger
with their sins;
3 Behold, I will “take away the
posterity of Baasha, and the pos-
terity of his house; and will make
thy house like the “house of Jero-
boam the son of Nebat.
16 4}
4 ¢Him that dieth of Baasha in
the city shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth of his in the fields shall
the fowls of the air eat.
5 Now the rest of the acts of Baa-
sha, and what he did, and his might,
bare they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers,
and was buried in °“Tirzah: and Elah
his son reigned in his stead.
7 And also by the hand of the
prophet Jehu the son of Hanani
came the word of the LORD against
Baasha, and against his house, even
for all the evil that he did in the
sight of the LorD, in provoking
him to anger with the work of his
hands, in being like the house of
Jeroboam; and because he killed
him.
Accession of Elah over Israel.
8 In the twenty and sixth year of
Asa king of Judah began Elah the
son of Baasha to reign over Israel
in Tirzah, two years.
9 “And his servant Zimfi, cap-
tain of half his chariots, conspired
against him, as he was in Tirzah,
drinking himself drunk in the house
of Arza steward of his house in
Tirzah.
10 And Zimri went in and smote
him, and killed him, in the twenty
and seventh year of Asa king of
Judah, and reigned in his stead.
The reign of Zimri over Israel.
11 And it came to pass, when he
began to reign, as soon as he sat on
his throne, that he slew all the
house of Baasha: he left him ‘not
one that pisseth against a wall,
neither of his skinsfolks, nor of his
friends.
12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the
house of Baasha, according to the
word of the Lorp, which he
spake against Baasha by Jehu the
prophet.
13 For all the sins of Baasha; and
the sins of Elah his son, by which
they sinned, and by which they
made Israel to sin, in provoking the
Lorp God of Israel to anger with
their vanities.
14 Now the rest of the acts of
Elah and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chron-
icles of the kings of Israel?
15 In the twenty and seventh
year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah. And
the people were encamped against
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6 2 Chr.16.1.
¢1 Ki.14.17;
15.21.
d1 Ki.15.27,
29; Hos.1.4,
e2 Ki.9.31,
f 1 Sam,25.22.
g Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
| 59.20, note.
h 1 Ki.12.28;
15.26,34.
i One tal-
ent = £410,
or $1940.
410
'Ginath, to make him king;
Gibbethon, which belonged to the ©
Philistines.
16 And the people that were en-
camped heard say, Zimri hath con-
spired, and hath also slain the king:
wherefcre all Israel made Omri, the
captain of the host, king over Israel
that day in the camp. c
17 And Omri went up from Gib- ~
bethon, and all Israel with him, and ©
they besieged Tirzah.
18 And it came to pass, when
Zimri saw that the city was taken,
that he went into the palace of the
king’s house, and burnt the king’s
house over him with fire, and died,
19 For his sins which he sinned in
doing evil in the sight of the LoRD,
4in walking in the way of Jeroboam,
and in his sin which he did, to make
Israel to sin. :
20 Now the rest of the acts of
Zimri, and his treason that he
wrought, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
Tibni and Omri rival kings of
Israel: death of Tibni.
21 Then were the people of Israel
divided into two parts: half of the
people followed Tibni the son of
and
half followed Omri.
22 But the people that followed
Omri prevailed against the people
that followed Tibni the son of Gi-
nath: so Tibni died, and Omri
reigned.
Reign of Omri over Israel: he
makes Samaria the capital.
23 In the thirty and first year of
Asa king of Judah began Omri to
reign over Israel, twelve years: six
years reigned he in Tirzah.
24 And he bought the hill Samaria
of Shemer for two ‘talents of silver,
and built on the hill, and called the
name of the city which he built, af-
ter the name of Shemer, owner of
the hill, Samaria.
25 But Omri wrought evil in the
eyes of the Lorp, and did worse
than all that were before him.
26 For he walked in all the way
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
in his sin wherewith he made Israel
to sin, to provoke the Lorp God of
Israel to anger with their vanities.
27 Now the rest of the acts of
Omri which he did, and his might
that he shewed, are they not writ+
ten in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
16 23]
Accession of Ahab over fsrael:
he marries Jezebel.
28 So Omri slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Samaria: and’
Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
29 And in the thirty and eighth’
year of Asa king of Judah began
Ahab the son. of Omri to reign: over}
Israel: and Ahab the son of Omni
reigned over Israel in Samaria
twenty and two years.
30° And Ahab the son of Omri did
evil in the sight of the LorD above
all that were before him.
3Y Andit came to pass, as if it had
been a light thing for him to walk
in the sins of Jeroboam the son of|
Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel
the daughter of Ethbaal king of the
Zidonians, and went and served
Baal, and worshipped him.
32 And he reared up an altar for
Baal in. the house of Baal, which he
had built in Samaria.
33 And Ahab made-a “grove; and
Ahab did more to provoke the
Lorp God of Israel’ to anger than
all the kings of Israel that were be-
fore him.
34 In his days did’ Hiel the Beth-
elite build Jericho: he laid! the
foundation thereof in Abiram his
firstborn, and set up the gates
thereof in his youngest son Segub,
according to the word of the LoRD,
which he spake by Joshua the son
of Nun.
CHAPTER 17.
Ministry of Elijah: his predic-
tion.of three years’ drought.
ND Elijah the Tishbite, who
was of the inhabitants of Gil-
ead, said unto ¢Ahab, As the Lorp
God of Israel liveth, before whom I
stand, there shall not be dew nor
rain these years, but according to
my word.:
Elijah fed at Cherith.
2 And the word of the LorD came
unto him, saying,
3. Get thee hence, and. turn thee
eastward, and, hide thyself by the
brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
4. And it shall. be, that thou shalt
drink of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed thee
there. 3 ohh
5. So he went and: did, according)
unto the word of the Lorn: for he
went and dwelt by the brools Che-
rith, that is before Jordan. i
6 And the ravens brought him
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bread and flesh in the morning,
and bread and flesh im the evening;
and he: drank of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after a
while, that the brook dried: up,. be-
oR there had been: no rain in the
and.
Elijah fed at Zarephath.
8 And the word of the Lorp came
unto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to ‘Zarephath,
which belongeth to Zidon, and
dwell there: behold, I have com-
manded a widow woman: there to
sustain thee:
10 So he arose and went to Zare-
phath. And when he came to the
gate of the city, behold, the widow
a See. Deut, i
16.21. wont “deed there gathering of
sticks: an e called to her, and
5 Seaates. p26. said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little
c Heb. Eli- water in a vessel, that I may drink.
jahu,Lk.1. | 11 And as she was going to fetch
17; Lk.4.25,
called
Elias.
it, he called to her, and said, Bring
me; I pray thee, a morsel of bread
in. thine hand.
g ci 12 Andshe said, As the LoRD thy
foraman |God liveth, I have not a cake, but
view life. jan handful of meal in a barrel, and
in Jehovah’s {2 little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I
ceto. jam gathering two sticks, that I
stand before |may go in and dress it for me and
my son, that we may eat it, and
¢ Oba.20; die. ‘
ete 13. And Elijah said unto her, Fear
repta. not; go and do as thou hast said:
c but make me thereof a little cake
f aes ate first, and bring it unto me, and
14:16,i7-24. |after make for thee and for thy son.
1 Ki.i8.30-38.| 14 For thus saith the Lorp God
Genet: of Israel, The barrel of meal shall
Jon.2.1-10.) |oo¢ waste, neither shall the cruse
of oil fail, until the day that the
LorpD sendeth rain upon the earth,
15 And she went and. did accord-
ing to the saying of Elijah: and she,
and he, and her house, did eat
many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted
not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
faccording to the word of the LorD,
which he spake by Elijah.
Elijah raises the widow’s son.
17 And it came to pass.after these
things, that the son of the woman,
the mistress. of the house,, fell sick;
and his sickness. was so sore, that
there was no breath left in him.
18. And she said. unto Elijah,What
have I to do with thee, O thou.man
of God? art thou come unto me to
call my sin to remembrance, and to
slay my son?
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19 And he said unto her, Give me
thy son. And he took him out of
her bosom, and carried him up into
a loft, where he abode, and laid him
upon his own bed.
20 And he “cried unto the Lorb,
and said, O LorD my God, hast
thou also brought evil upon the
widow with whom I sojourn, by
slaying her son?
21 And he stretched himself upon
the child three times, and cried unto
the Lorb, and said, O LorD my
God, I pray thee, let this child’s
soul come into him again.
22 And the Lorp heard the voice
of Elijah; and the soul of the child
came into him again, and he re-
vived.
23 And Elijah took the child, and
brought him down out of the cham-
ber into the house, and delivered
him unto his mother: and Elijah
said, See, thy son liveth.
24 And the woman said to Elijah,
Now by this I know that thou art a
man of God, and that the word of
the Lorp in thy mouth is truth.
CHAPTER 18.
Elijah goes to meet Ahab.
AND it came to pass after many
days, thatthe word of the LORD
came to Elijah in the third year,
saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab;
and I will send rain upon the earth.
2 And Elijah went to shew him-
self unto Ahab. And there was a
sore famine in Samaria.
A believer out of touch with
God.
3 And Ahab called ’Obadiah, which
wasthe governor of hishouse. (Now
Obadiah “feared the Lorp greatly;
4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut
off the prophets of the LorpD, that
Obadiah took an hundred prophets,
and hid them by fifty in a cave, and
fed them with bread and water.)
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah,
Go into the land, unto all fountains
of water, and unto all brooks: per-
adventure we may find grass to save
the horses and mules alive, that we
lose not all the beasts.
6 So they divided the land between
them to pass throughout it: Ahab
went one way by himself, and Oba-
diah went another way by himself.
7 And as Obadiah was in the way,
behold, Elijah met him: and he
knew him, and fell on his face, and
said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
B.C. 910.
a Bible
prayers
(O.T.). 1 Ki.
18.36. (Gen.
15.2; Hab.
3.1-16.)
bIn sucha
time as the
reign of
Ahab and
Jezebel a
believer’s
true place
was by Eli-
jah’s side.
Obadiah is a
warning
type of the
men of God
who adhere
to the world
while still
seeking to
serve God.
The secret of
the Lord, and
the power of
the Lord
were with
Elijah, the
separated
servant.
Cf.2 Tim.2.
20,21.
c Psa.19.9,
note.
d 2 Ki.2.16;
Ezk.3.12,14.
e1 Ki.21.20.
Ff Josh.7.25.
g 2 Chr.15.2.
h Josh.19.26.
4 Deut.16.21,
j 2 Ki.17.41;
Mt.6.24.
412
8 And he answered him, I am: go,
tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
9 And he said, What have I
sinned, that thou wouldest deliver
thy servant into the hand of Ahab,
to slay me? ’
10 As the Lorp thy God liveth,
there is no hation or kingdom,
whither my lord hath not sent to
seek thee: and when they said, He
is not there; he took an oath of
the kingdom and nation, that they
found thee not.
11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell
thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
12 And it shali come to pass, as
soon as 1 am gone from thee, that
the 4Spirit of the Lorp shall carry
thee whither I know not; and so
when I come and tell Ahab, and he
cannot find thee, he shall slay me:
but I thy servant ‘fear the Lorp
from my youth.
13 Was it not told my lord what I
did when Jezebel slew the prophets
of the Lorb, how I hid an hundred
men of the Lorp’s prophets by fifty
in a cave, and fed them with bread
and water?
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell
thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here:
and he shall slay me. .
15 And Elijah said, As the orp
of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, I will surely shew myself
unto him to day.
16 So Obadiah went to meet
Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went
to meet Elijah.
Elijah meets Ahab: the
prophet’s challenge.
17 And it came to.pass, when
Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said
unto him, ¢Art thou he that /troub-
leth Israel? ;
18 And he answered,I have not
troubled Israel; but thou, and thy
father’s house, in that ye have for:
saken the commandments of the
OED and thou hast followed Ba-
alim.
19 Now therefore send, and
gather to me all Israel unto mount
’Carmel, and the prophets of Baal
four hundred and fifty, and the
prophets of the ‘groves four hun-
|dred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
20 So Ahab sent unto all the chil-
dren of Israel, and gathered the
prophets together unto mount Car-
mel.
21 And Elijah came unto all the
people, and said, “How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the LorpD
then follow him. And the people
answered him not a word.
22 Then said Elijah unto the
people, “I, even I only, remain a
prophet of the LorD; but Baal’s
prophets are four hundred and fifty
men.
23 Let them therefore give us two
bullocks; and let them choose one
bullock for themselves, and cut it in
pieces, and lay it on wood, and put
no fire under: and I will dress the
other bullock, and lay it on wood,
and put no fire under:
24 And call ye on the name of
your gods, and I will call on the
name of the LorpD: and the God
that Sanswereth by fire, let him be
God. And ali the people answered
and said, It is well spoken.
Jehovah versus Baal.
295 And Elijah said unto the
prophets of Baal, Choose you one
bullock for yourselves, and dress it
first; for ye are many; and call on
the name of your gods, but put no
fire under.
26 And they took the bullock
which was given them, and they
dressed it, and called on the name
of Baal from morning even until
noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But
there was no voice, nor any that
answered. And they leaped upon
the altar which was made.
27 And it came to pass at noon,
that Elijah mocked them, and said,
Cry aloud: for he is a god; either
he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he
is in a journey, or peradventure
he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28 And they cried aloud, and cut
themselves after their manner with
knives and lancets, till the blood
gushed out upon them.
29 And it came to pass, when
midday was past, and they proph-
esied until the time of the offer-
ing of the evening sacrifice, that
there was neither voice, nor any
to answer, nor any that regarded.
30 And Elijah said unto all the
people, Come near unto me. And
all the people came near unto him.
And he repaired the altar of the
Lorp that was broken down.
31 And Elijah took twelve stones,
according to the number of the
tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto
whom the word of the LORD came,
saying, Israel shall be thy name:
32 And with the stones he built an
altar in the name of the LorpD: and
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Ihe made atrench about the altar, as
great as would contain two “meas-
ures of seed.
33 And he put the wood in order,
and cut the bullock in pieces, and
laid Aim on the wood, and said,
Fill four barrels with water, and
pour it on the burnt-sacrifice, and
on the wood.
34 And he said, Do it the second
time. And they did rt the second
time. And he said, Do it the
third time. And they did it the
third time.
35 And the water ran round about
the altar; and he filled the trench
also with water.
36 And it came to pass at the
time of the offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet
came near, and ¢said, Lorp God of
Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it
be known this day that thou art
God in Israel, and that I am thy
servant, and that I have done all
these things at thy word. .
37 Hear me, O LorD, hear me,
that this people may know that
thou art the Lorp God, and that
jthou hast turned their heart back
again.
38 Then the fire of the Lorn ¢fell
;. {and consumed the burnt-sacrifice,
and the wood, and the stones, and
the dust, and licked up the water
that was in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw
it, they fell on their faces: and they
said, The LorD, he is the God; the
Lorp, he is the God.
40 And Elijah said unto them,
Take the prophets of Baal; let not
one of them escape. And they took
them: and Elijah brought them
down to the brook Kishon, and slew
them there.
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab,
Get thee up, eat and drink; for
there is a sound of abundance of
rain.
Elijah on Carmel.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to
drink. And Elijah went up to the
top of Carmel; and he cast himself
down upon the earth, and pvt his
face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up
now, look toward the sea. And he
went up, and looked, and. said,
There is nothing. And he said, Go
again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the
seventh time, that he said, Behold,
there ariseth a little cloud out of
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the sea, like a man’s hand. Andhe| B.C. 906. [dened he said unto him, What doest —
said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Pre-
pare thy chariot, and get thee
down, that the rain stop thee not.
45 And it came to pass in the
mean while, that the heaven was
black with clouds and wind, and
there was a great rain. And Ahab
rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 And the hand of the LoRD was
ion Elijah; and he girded up his
Joins, and ran before Ahab to the
‘entrance of Jezreel.
CHAPTER 19.
Jehovah’s tender care of His |« Bible
overwrought prophet.
Hy Ahab told Jezebel all that} 15.2; Hab.
Elijah had done, and withal| 3.1-16.)
how he had slain all the prophets b Heb.1.4,
with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger
unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods
do to’me, and mote also, if I make
not thy life as the life of one of |¢ Ezk.1.4;
them by to morrow about this| 37-9:
time.
3 And when he saw that, he arose,
and went for his life, and came to
Beer-sheba, which belongeth to
Judah, and left his servant there. |¢v.10.
4- But ‘he himself went a day’s h2 Kig12.13.
journey into ‘the wilderness, and i
came and sat down under a juniper] i2 Ki.9.1-3.
tree: and he “requested for himself j Called
that he might die; and said, It is Eliseus, Lk.
enough; now, O Lorp, take away| .4.27.
my life; for I am not better than my k Rem 41.4
fathers. soa a:
5 And as he lay and slept under a| /See Rem-
juniper tree; behold, then an “angel oan
touched him, and said unto him, Ss). a
- Arise and eat.
6 And he looked, ‘and, behold,|
there was a cake baken on the|
coals, and a cruse of water at his
head. And he did eat and drink,
and laid him down again.
7 And the angel of the Lorp
, came again the second time, and
touched him, and said, Arise and
eat; because the journey is too)
great for thee.
Elijah on Horeb.
8 And he arose, and did eat and
drink, and went in the strength of
that meat forty days and forty
nights unto Horeb the mount of
God.
-9 And he came thither unto a
cave, and lodged there; and, behold,
the word of the Lorp came to him,
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thou here, Elijah? !
10 And he said, I have been very
jealous for the LorD God of hosts:
for ‘the children of Israel have for-
saken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy °proph-
ets with the sword; and I, even I
only, am left; and they seek my
life, to take it away.
11 And he said, Go forth, and
stand upon the mount before the
LORD.
And, behold, the Lorp
passed by, and a 4great and strong
wind rent the mountains, and brake
in pieces the rocks before the LoRD;:
but the LORD was not in the wind:
and after the wind an earthquake;
‘. ‘but the LORD was not in the earth.
quake:
12 And after the earthquake a
fire; but the LorD was not in the
fire: and after the fire a still smali
|voice.
13 And it was so, when Elijah
\heard 7t, that he ‘wrapped his face
in his mantle, and went out; and
stood in the entering in of the cave.
fAnd, behold, there came a -voice
unto him, and said, What -doest
thou here, Elijah?
14 And he said, I have been very
jealous for the Lorp ‘God of hosts:
because the children of Israel have
|forsaken thy covenant, thrown
\down thine altars, and slain thy
|Prophets with the sword; and I,
even I only, am left; and they seek
my life, to take it away.
15 And the Lorn said unto him,
Go, return.on thy way to the wilder-
ness of Damascus: “and when thou
comest, anoint Hazael to be king
over Syria:
16 And ‘Jehu the son of Nimshi
shalt thou anoint to be king over
Israel: and JElisha the son of Sha-
phat of Abel-meholah shalt thou
anoint to be prophet in thy room.
17 And it shall come to pass, that
him that escapeth the sword of
Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him
that escapeth from the sword ‘of
Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18 Yet *I have 4eft me seven
thousand in Israel, all the knees
which have not bowed unto Baal,
and €very mouth which hat
kissed him. pre
The call of Elisha.
19 So he departed thence, and
found Elisha the son of Shaphat,
who was plowing with twelve yoke ©
of oxen before him, and he with
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the twelfth: and Elijah passed by|_ B.c.906.__|do, And the messengers departed,
him, and: cast his mantle upon him. and brought him word again.
20. And he left the oxen, and ran! . 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him,
after Elijah, and said, Let me, I and said, The “gods do:so unto-me,
pray thee, kiss my father and my and more also, if the dust of Sama-
mother, and then E will follow thee. ria shall suffice for handfuls for all
And he said unto him, Go back the people that °follow me.
again: for what have I done to thee?
21 And he returned back from
him, and took a yoke of oxen, and
slew them, and boiled their flesh with
the instruments of the oxen, and
gave unto the people, and they did
eat. Then he arose, and’ went after
Elijah, and’ ministered unto him.
CHAPTER 20.
Ahab’s first Syrian campaign.
of NDsBen-hatiad the king of Syria
gathered: all his host together:
and there were thirty and two
kings with him, and horses, and
chariots: and he went up and be-
sieged Samaria, and warred against
at.
2 And hesent messengers to Ahab 2
king of Israel into the city, and said 14 And Ahab said, By -whom?
unto: him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, . And he said, Thus saith the LorpD,
3, Thy silver and thy gold is mine;|@ ! Ki-19.2. Even by the young men of the
thy wives also and thy children,|, pep. are ae |Ptinces of the provinces. Then he
even the goodliest, are mine. " my feet, said, Who shall order the battle?
: hay the a a cae peste ooh And he answered, Thou.
and: said;, My lord,,: ing, accord-|" ~~ pert .
ing to thy saying, I am thine, and bya ae Ahab’s victory over the Syrians.
11 And the king of Israel answered
and said, Tell Aim, Let not him
that girdeth on Ars harness boast
himself as he that putteth it off.
12 And it came to pass, when
Ben-hadad heard this message, as
he was drinking, he and the kings
in the pavilions, that he said. unto
his servants, Set yourselves in
array. And they set themselves
in array against the city.
God’s promise of victory.
13 And, behold, there came a
prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,
saying, Thus saith the Lorp, Hast
thou seen: all this great multitude?
behold, <I will deliver it into thine
hand this day; and thou shalt know
that I am the Lorp.
all that I have. 15 Then he numbered the young
5, And the messengersicame again, men of the princes of the provinces,
and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, and they were two hundred and
saying, Although I have sent unto thirty two: and after them he num-
thee, saying, Thow shalt deliver me bered ail the people, even all the
thy silver, and thy gold, and thy children of Israel, betng seven
wives, and thy children; ~ thousand.
-6 Yet I will send my servants 16 And they went out at noon.
“unto thee to morrow about this But Ben-hadad was 4drinking him-
time, and they shall search thine self drunk in the pavilions, he and
house, and the houses of thy ser- the kings, the thirty and two kings
vants; and it shall be, that whatso- that helped him.
ever is pleasant-in thine eyes, they 17 And the young men of the
shall put. rt in their hand, and take princes of the provinces went out
it away. = first; and Ben-hadad sent. out, and
7 Then the king of Israel called they told him, saying, There are
all the elders of the land, and said, men come out of Samaria.
Mark, I pray you, and see how this 18 And he said, Whether they be
man seeketh mischief: for he sent come-out for peace, take them alive;
unto me for my wives, and for my or whether they be come out for
children, and for my silver, and for war, take them alive:
my gold; and I denied him not. 19 So these young men of the
8 And all the elders and all the princes of the provinces came out of
people said unto him, Hearken not the city, and the army which fol-
unto him, nor consent. lowed thei. i
9 Wherefore he said unto the 20 And they slew every one his
messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my man: and the Syrians fled; and Is-
lord.the king, All that thou didst rael pursued them: and Ben-hadad
send for to thy servant at the first the king of Syria escaped on an
I will do: but. this thing I may not horse with the horsemen.
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out, and smote the horses and char-
jots, and slew the Syrians with a
great slaughter.
The prophet warns Ahab.
22 And the prophet came to the
king of Israel, and said unto him,
Go, strengthen thyself, and mark,
and see what thou doest: ¢for at
the return of the year the king of
Syria will come up against thee.
Ahab’s second Syrian campaign.
23 And the servants of the king of
Syria said unto him, Their gods
that the kings of the house of Israel
are merciful kings: tet us, I pray
thee, “put sackcloth on our loins,
out to the king of Israel: peradven-
ture he will save thy life.
32 So they girded sackcloth on
their loins, and put ropes on their
heads, and came to the king of Is-
rael, and said, Thy servant Ben-
hadad saith, I pray thee, let me
he 1s my brother.
33 Now the men did diligently ob-
serve whether any thing would
are gods of the hills; therefore they come from him, and did hastily
were stronger than we; but let us catch it: and they said, Thy brother
fight against them in the plain, and Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye,
surely we shall be stronger than bring him. Then Ben-hadad came
they. forth to him; and he caused him to
24 And do this thing, Take the come up into the chariot.
kings away, every man out of his|¢ 2 Sam-11.1. 34 And Ben-hadad said unto
place, and put captains in their|s Josh.13.4. him, The “cities, which my father
rooms: took from thy father, I will restore;
25 And number thee an army, like] ¢ ¥-13- and thou shalt make streets for thee
the army that thou hast lost, horse|g Gen.37.34. in Damascus, as my father made in
for horse, and chariot for chariot: Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will
and we will fight against them in|¢! 15.20. | send thee away with this covenant.
the plain, and surely we shall bel s parables So he made a covenant with him,
stronger than they. And he heark-| (.T.). vs. land sent him away.
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him, Behold now, we have heard ©
and ropes upon our heads, and go ©
live. And he said, Is he yet alive? —
ened unto their voice, and did so. 35-40; Bi.” f Byer .
OG. And ittesthe torpeserattehaiee: acer Ahab’s sin in sparing Ben-hadad.
pat fhe. ‘ake that Benhadad fake: es fAnd as tac “ne the eer
numbere e Syrians, and went up 5 of the prophets said unto’his neigh-
sd Bee, to eae oo ireel g Qne talent = boys in the Wire: of the Lorp, Smite
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went against them: and the chil-|;, teb. he was | 36 Then said he unto him, Be- —
dren of Israel pitched before them| not. cause thou hast not obeyed the
like two little flocks of kids; but the voice of the Lorn, behold, as soon
os ous the country. be a nen hea oa oe me,a wee:
ere came a man of God, 8 Slay thee. And as soon as he
. See nBte ies sey Hi ea ic we ee ba em him, a lion found
j s sai e , Be- im, and slew him.
cause the Syrians have said, The 37 Then he found another man
LORD is God of the hills, but he is and said, Smite me, I pray thee.
not God of the valleys, therefore And the man smote him, so that in
ewill I deliver all this great multi-
tude into thine hand, and ye shall 38 So the prophet departed, and
ay ee Samer he oe pices for the king by the way, and
_ An ey pitched one over isguised himself with
ae the ed seven days. And his face. nett 3
so it was, that in the seventh day 39 And as the kin
the battle was joined: and the chil- cried unto the deme Peco eae
dren of Israel slew of the Syrians Thy servant went out into the
eat thousand footmen in midst of the battle; and, behold, a
‘one day. man turned aside, d
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into man unto me, anid ced bebo race
the city; and there a wall fell upon man: if by any means he be miss-
twenty and seven thousand of the ing, then shall thy life be for his
men that were left. And Ben- life, or else th
hadad fled, and came into the city, of sil venta SE ete pee
into an inner chamber, 40 And as thy servant
: 5 was bus:
31 And his servants said unto here and there, “he was gone. And
smiting he wounded him.
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the king of Israel said unto him, So
shall thy judgment be ; thyself hast
decided it.
41 And he hasted, and took the
ashes away from his face; and the
king of Israel discerned him that he
was of the prophets.
42 And he said unto him, Thus
saith the LorbD, *Because thou hast
let go out of thy hand a man whom
I appointed to utter destruction,
therefore thy life shall go for his
life, and thy people for his people.
43 And the king of Israel went to
his house heavy and displeased, and
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came to Samaria.
CHAPTER 21.
Ahab covets Naboth’s vineyard.
‘ND it came to pass after these
things, that Naboth the Jez-
reelite had a vineyard, which was
in Jezreel, hard by the palace .of
Ahab king of Samaria.
2 And Ahab spake unto-Naboth,
saying, Give me thy ‘vineyard, that
I may have it for a’garden of herbs,
because it 7s near unto my house:
and I will give thee for it a better
vineyard than it; or, if it seem good
to thee, I will give thee the worth
of it in money.
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The
Lorp forbid it me, ¢that I should
give the inheritance of my fathers
unto thee.
4 And Ahab came into his house
heavy and displeased because of the
word which Naboth the Jezreelite
had spoken to him: for he had said,
I will not give thee the inheritance
of my fathers. And he laid him
down upon his bed, and turned
away his face, and would eat no
bread. ;
5 But Jezebel his wife came to
him, and said unto him, Why is
thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest
no bread?
6 And he said unto her, Because
I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite,
and’ said unto him, Give me thy
vineyard for money; or else, if it
please thee, I will give thee another
vineyard for it: and he answered,
I will not give thee my vineyard.
7 And Jezebel his wife said unto
him, Dost thou now govern the
kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat
bread, and let thine heart be merry:
IT will give thee the vineyard of
Naboth the Jezreelite.
Ahab’s
a1 Ki.22.31-
37.
61 Ki.21.4.
d Lev.25.23;
Num.36.7;
Ezk.46.18.
e Ex.22.28;
Lev.24.15,
16; Acts 6.
ii:
f Lev.24.14.
g Isa.58.4.
h.Psa.9.12.
#1 Ki.13.32;
2 Chr.22.9.
j1 Ki.22.38.
k 1 Ki.18.17.
8 So she wrote letters in J Y
name, and sealed them with his!
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seal, and sent the ietters unto the
elders and to the nobles that were
in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
9 And she wrote in the letters,
saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
WNaboth on high among the people:
10 And set two men, sons of Be-
lial, before him, to bear witness
against him, saying, Thou didst
eblaspheme God and the king. And
then carry him out, and stone
him, that he may die.
11 And the men of his city, even
the elders and the nobles who were
the inhabitants in his city, did as
Jezebel had sent unto them, and as
it was written in the letters which
she had sent unto them.
12 &They proclaimed a fast, and
be Naboth on high among the peo-
ple.
13 And there came in two men,
children of Belial, and sat before
him: and the men of Belial wit-
nessed against him, even against
Naboth, in the presence of the peo-
ple, saying, Naboth did blaspheme
God and the king. Then they car-
ried him forth out of the city, and
stoned him with stones, that he
died.
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, say-
ing, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
15 And it came to pass, when
Jezebel heard that Naboth was
stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel
said to Ahab, Arise, take possession
of the vineyard of Naboth the Jez:
reelite, which he refused to give
thee for money: for Naboth is not
alive, but dead.
16 And it came to pass, when
Ahab heard that Naboth was dead,
that Ahab rose up to go down to the
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite,
to take possession of it.
Elijah announces Ahab’s doom.
17 And the word of the LorD
came to Elijah the Tishbite, say-
ing,
18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab
king of Israel, ‘which is in Samaria:
behold, he is in the vineyard of
Naboth, whither he is gone down
to possess it.
19 And thou shalt speak unto
him, saying, Thus saith the Lorp,
Hast thou killed, and also taken
possession? And thou shalt speak
unto him, saying, Thus saith the
Lorp, ‘In the place where dogs
licked the blood of Naboth shall
dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
20 And Ahab said to Elijah, *Hast
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thou found me, O mine enemy?! B.C. 299.
And he answered, I have found
thee: because “thou hast sold thy-
self to work evil in the sight of the
Lorp.
21 Behold, 4I will bring evil wpon
thee, and will take away thy ‘pos-
terity, and will cut off from Ahab
him that pisseth against the wall,
and him that is shut up and left in
Israel, '
22 And will, make thine house like
the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha
the son of Ahijah, for the provoca-
tion wherewith thou hast provoked
me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
23 And 4of Jezebel also spake the
LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat
Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
24 ¢Him that dieth of Ahab in the
city the dogs shall eat; and him that
dieth in the field shall the fowls of
the air eat.
25 But there was none like unto
Ahab, which did sell himself to
work wickedness in the sight of
the Lorp, whom Jezebel his wife
stirred up.
26 And he did very abominably
in following idols, according to all
things as did the Amorites, whom
the LorD cast out before the chil-
dren of Israel.
Ahab’s repentance gains him a
respite.
27 And it came to pass, when
Ahab heard those words, that he
rent his clothes, and put /sackcloth
upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay
in sackcloth, and went softly.
28 And the word ofthe LoRDcame
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth
himself before me? because he hum-
bleth himself before me, I will not
bring the evil in his days: but 4in
his son’s days will I bring the evil
upon his house.
CHAPTER 22.
The three years’ peace between
Syria and Israel.
AN»? they continued three years
without war between Syria and
Israel.
Ahab, aided by Jehoshaphat,
makes his third Syrian cam-
paign.
2 And it. came to pass in the third
year, that 4Jehoshaphat the king of
ducah came down to the king of
a
a 2 Ki.17.17;
Rom.7.14.
61 Ki.14.10;
2 Ki.98.
c 2 Ki.10.10.
d 2 Ki.9.36.
e1 Ki.14.11;
16.4.
Ff Gen.37.34.
g 2 Ki.9.25.
h 2 Chr.18.2.
# Deut.4.43.
j Heb. silent
from taking
it.
k See vs.7-9.
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3 And the king of Israel said unto '
his servants, Know ye that ‘Ra-
moth in Gilead is our’s, and we be
listill, and take it not out of the
(hand of the king of Syria?
4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat,
Wilt thou go with me to battle to
Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat
said to the king of Israel, I am as
‘thou art, my people as thy people,
my horses as thy horses. .
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the
king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee.
at the word of the LORD to day.
The lying prophets of Ahab
(2 Chr. 18. 4-11).
6 Then the king of Israel gathered
ithe prophets together, about four
hundred men, and said unto them,
‘Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead
to battle, or shall-I forbear? And
they said, Go up; for the Lord
geal deliver it into the hand. of the
ng.
7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there
not here a prophet of the Lorp
besides: that we might enquire of
8 And the king of Israel said unto’
Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom
we may enquire of the Lorpb: but I
hate him; for he doth not prophesy
good concerning me, but evil. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king
say so.
9. Then the king of Israel called
lan officer, and said, Hasten hither
Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10 And the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat
each on his throne, having put on
‘their robes, in a void place in the
entrance of the gate of Samaria;
and all the prophets prophesied be-
fore them.
11 And Zedekiah the son of Che-
maanah made him horns of iron:
and -he said, Thus saith the Lorp,
With these shalt thou ‘push the
Syrians, until thou have consumed
‘them. *
12 And all the prophets prophe-
sted so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-
igilead, and prosper: for the LorRD
shall deliver it into the king’s hand.
Micaiah’s true prophecy
(2 Chr. 18. 12-27),
13 And the ‘messenger that was
‘gone to call Micaiah spake unto
him, saying, Behold now, the words
lof the prophets declare good unto
the king with one mouth: let thy
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word, I pray thee, be like the word
of one of them, and speak. that
which is good.
14 And Micaiah said, Asthe LorD
liveth, what the Lorp saith unto
me, that will I speak.
15 So he came to the king. And
the king said unto him, Micaiah,
shall we go against Ramoth-gilead
to battle, or shall we forbear? And
he answered him, Go, and: prosper:
for the Lorp shall deliver it into
the hand of the king.
16 And the king said unto him,
How many times shall I adjure
thee that thou tell me nothing but
that which is true in the name of
the Lorp?
17 And he said, I saw all Israel
scattered upon the hills, as sheep
that have not a shepherd: and the} 7-15; Zech.
Lorp said, These have no master:
let them return every man to his
house in peace.
18 And the king of Israel said
unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell
thee that he would prophesy ‘no
good: concerning me, but evil?
19 And he said, “Hear thou there-
fore the word of the Lorp: “I saw
the LorD sitting om his throne, ‘and.
all the host of heavem standing by
-. om his: right hand and on his
t.
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d Heb. or, en-
tice.
e Jud.9.23;
Job 12.16;
Ezk.i4.9.
-20 And the Lorb said, Who shall f 2 Chr.18.23.
Heb. a
persuade Ahab, that he may go up} ;
and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one| chamber in
eo on A manner, and another] 1 Ki.20.30.
said. on that manner.
21 And there: came forth a spirit,|” eee
and stood before the Lorp, and} 20-22. ©
said, I will persuade him.
22 And the Lorp said unto him,
Wherewith? And he said, I will go
forth, and I will be a lying spirit
in the mouth of all his prophets.
And he said, ‘Thou shalt persuade
him, and prevail also: go forth, and
do so.
23 Now therefore, behold, the
Lorp hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of all these thy prophets,
and the Lorp hath spoken evil
concerning thee.
24 But Zedekiah the son of Che-
naanah went near, and smote
Micaiah on the cheek, and said,
fWhich way went the Spirit of the
Lorp from me to speak unto thee?
25 And Micaiah said, Behold,
thou shalt see in that day, when
thou shalt go into an Sinner cham-
ber to hide thyself. :
26 And the king of Israel said,
Take Micaiah, and carry him back
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unto Amon the governor of the city,
and to Joash the king’s son;
27 And say, Thus saith the king,
Put this fellow in the prison, and
feed him with bread of affliction
and with water of affliction, until I
come: im peace.
28 And Micaiah said, If thou re-
turn at all in peace, “the Lorp hath
not spoken by me. And he said,
Hearken, O people, every one of
you.
‘Battle of Ramoth-gilead: defeat
and death of Ahab (2 Chr. 18.
28-34).
| 29 So the king of Israel and Je-
lhoshaphat the king of Judah went
up to Ramoth-gilead..
30 And the king of Israel said
‘lunto Jehoshaphat, I will
i disguise
myself, and enter into the battle;
but put thou on thy robes. And the
king of Israel disguised. himself, and
went into the battle.
31 But the king of Syria com-
. Imanded his thirty and two-captains
that had rule over his, chariots,
saying, Fight neither with. small
nor great, save only with the king
of Israel.
32. And it came to pass, when. the
captains of the chariots saw Je-
hoshaphat, that they said, Surely it
lis the king of Israel. And they
turned aside to fight against him:
and Jehoshaphat cried out.
| 33. And it came to pass, when the
‘captains of the chariots perceived
that it was not the king of Israel,
that they turned back from pursu-
ing him.
34 And a certain man drew a
bow at a venture, and smote the
king of Israel between the joints of
the harness: wherefore he said unto
the driver of his chariot, Turn thine
hand, and carry me out of the host;
for I am wounded.
35 And the battle increased that
day: and the king was stayed up in
his chariot against the Syrians, and
died at even: and the blood ran out
of the wound into the midst of the
chariot.
36 And there went a proclama-
tion throughout the host about the
going down of the sun, saying,
Every man to his city, and every
man to his own country.
37 So the king died, and was
brought to Samaria; and they bur-
ied the king in Samaria.
38 And one washed the chariot in
the pool of Samaria; and the dogs
Fk
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licked up his blood; and they
washed his armour; according “unto
the word of the LorpD which he
spake.
39 Now the rest of the acts of
Ahab, and all that he did, ’and the
ivory house which he made, and all
the cities that he built, are they not
written in the book of the chroni-
cles of the kings of Israel?
Accession of Ahaziah over Israel.
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers;
and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
stead. -
Accession of Jehoshaphat over
Judah (2 Chr. 17. 1; 20, 31).
41 And ‘Jehoshaphat the son of
Asa began to reign over Judah in the
fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and
five years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned twenty and
five years in Jerusalem. And his
mother’s name was Azubah the
daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he 4walked in all the ways
of Asa his father; he turned not
aside from it, doing that which
was right in the eyes of the LorpD:
nevertheless ‘the high places were
not taken away; for the people
offered and burnt incense yet in
the high places,
44 And fJehoshaphat made peace
with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, and his might that he
shewed, and how he warred, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
‘B.C. 897.
a1 Ki.21.19.
6 Amos 3.15.
c 2 Chr.20.31.
d Cf.2 Chr.20.
32,33.
e 1 Ki.14,23;
15.14; 2 Ki.
12.3.
f 2 Chr.19.2.
rg Cf.2 Chr,
18.1.
h1 Ki.14.24;
15.12.
+ Cf.2 Chr.20.
35-37.
j 1 Ki.9.26.
k 2 Chr.21.1,
1 v.40.
m1 Ki,.15.26.
n Jud.2.11;
1 Ki.16.31.
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46 #And the remnant of the
sodomites, which remained in the
days of his father Asa, he took out
of the land.
47 There was then no king in
Edom: a deputy was king. :
48 Jehoshaphat made ‘ships of
Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold:
but they went not; for the ships
were broken at JEzion-geber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of
Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my
servants go with thy servants in
the ships. But Jehoshaphat would
not.
Death of Jehoshaphat: acces-
sion of Jehoram over Judah
(2.Chr. 21.. 1).
50 And “Jehoshaphat slept with
his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his
father: and Jehoram his son reigned
in his stead.
Character of Ahaziah.
51 /Ahaziah the son of Ahab be-
gan to reign over Israel in Samaria
the seventeenth year of Jehosha-
phat’ king of Judah, and reigned two
years over Israel.
92 And he did evil in the sight of
the Lorn, and “walked in the way
of ‘his father, and in the way of his
mother, and in the way of Jero-.
boam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin:
53 For he served Baal, and wor-
shipped him, and provoked to anget
the LorD God of Israel, according
to all that his father had done,
a
a
.
ae Soe me Bark its
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
COMMONLY CALLED
1 1) THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS. {1 4
Tuis book continues the history of the kingdoms to the captivities. It includes
the translation of Elijah and the ministry of Elisha. During this period Amos and
Hosea prophesied in Israel, and Obadiah, Joel, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, and Jeremiah in Judah. :
Second Kings is in seven parts: I. The last ministry and translation of Elijah,
1. i-2. 11. II. The ministry of Elisha from the translation of Elijah to the anoint-
ing of Jehu, 2. 12-9. 10. III. The reign of Jehu over Israel, 9. 11-10. 36. IV. The
Teigns of Athaliah and Jehoash over Judah, 11. 1-12. 21. V. The reigns of Jehoa-
kaz and Joash over Israel, and the last ministry of Elisha, 13. 1-25. VI. From the
death of Elisha to the captivity of Israel, 14. 1-17. 41. VII. From the accession
of Hezekiah to the captivity of Judah, 18. 1-25. 30.
The events recorded in Second Kings cover a period of 308 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1. B.C. 896. |up fo pe you, and told you these
- . words?
res ie Sees es of 8 And they answered him, He was
PAA Bente E pOhsa EAEN- ‘an hairy man, and girt with a gir-
othe: Moab rebelled against Is- dle of leather about his loins. And
rael after the death of Ahab. he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
2 And Ahaziah fell down through 9 Then the king sent unto him a
a lattice in his upper chamber that captain of fifty with his fifty. And
was in Samaria, and was sick: and he went up to him: and, behold,
he sent messengers, and said unto he sat on the top of an hill, And
them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub he spake unto him, Thou man of
the god of ¢Ekron whether I shall God, the king hath said, Come
Tecover of this disease. a 1 Sam.5.10. eres ‘saath pert
ahs ithe cs n ijah answered and sai
Elijah iM Blot to Ahaziah: |? piety to the captain of fifty, If I be aman
Elijah’s deliverance. of God, then 4let fire come down
3 But the “angel of the LorD said| ° Zech.13.4. | from heaven, and consume thee and
to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up|d Lk.9.54. thy fifty. And there came down
to meet the messengers of the king) 4). 00, fire from heaven, and ‘consumed
of Samaria, and say unto them, Is|°(OT), vs. {him and his fifty. )
it not because there isnot a Godin| 10-12;2Ki. | 11 Again also he sent unto him
Israel, that ye go to enquire of| 2-7,8. (Gen. janother captain of fifty with his
-Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? heir” fifty. And he answered and said
4 Now therefore thus saith the é unto him, O man of God, thus hath
Lorp, Thou shalt not come down|f1Sam.26. |the king said, Come down quickly.
from that bed on which thou art a Fsa.72s 12 And Elijah answered and said
gone up, but shalt surely die. And y unto them, If I be a man of God,
Elijah departed. let fire come down from heaven, and
5 And when the messengers turned consume thee and thy fifty. And
back unto him, he said unto them, the fire of God came down from
Why are ye now turned back? . heaven, and consumed him and his
6 And they said unto him, There fifty. ; f
came a man up to meet us, and 13 And he sent again a captain of
said unto us, Go, turn again unto the third fifty with his fifty. And
the king that sent you, and say the third captain of fifty went up,
unto him, Thus saith the Lorp, Js and came and fell on his knees, be-
it not because there is not a Godin fore Elijah, and besought him, and
Israel, that thou sendest to enquire said unto him, O man of God, I
of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? pray thee, let my life, and the life
therefore thou shalt not come down of these fifty thy servants, be
from that bed on which thou art fprecious in thy sight.
gone up, but shalt surely die. 14 Behold, there came fire down
7 And he said unto them, What from heaven, and burnt up the two,
manner of man was he which came captains of the former fifties with’
421
1 15]
II KINGS.
[2 15
their fifties: therefore let my life| B.C. 896.
now be precious in thy sight.
15 And the ¢angel of the LorD
‘said unto Elijah, Go down with
him: be not afraid of him. And he}
arose, and went down with him
unto. the king.
16 And he said unto him, Thus
saith the LorD, Forasmuch as thou
hast sent messengers to enquire of
Baal-zebub the.god of Ekron, is it
not because there is no God in Is-
rael to enquire of his word? there-
fore thou shalt not come down off
that bed on which thou art gone
up, but shalt surely. die.
Death of Ahaziah: accession of
Jehoram king over Israel.
17 So he died according to the
word of the LorD which Elijah had
spoken. And Jehoram reigned in
his stead in the second year of Je-
thoram the son of Jehoshaphat king
‘of Judah; because he had no son.
18 Now the rest of the acts of
Ahaziah, which he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
CHAPTER 2.
The translation of Elijah.
ND it came to pass, when the
Lorp would *take up Elijah
into. heaven ‘by a whirlwind, that
Elijah went with Elisha from
Gilgal.
2 And Elijah said unto Elisha,
Tarry here, I pray thee; for the
Lorp hath sent me to Beth-el.
And Elisha said unto Aim, As the
Lorp liveth, and ¢as thy soul liv-
eth, I will not leave thee. So they
went down to Beth-el. |
3 And the ‘sons of the prophets
that were at Beth-el came forth to
Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest
thou that the Lorp will take away
thy master from thy head to day?
And he said, Yea, I know it ; hold
ye your peace.
4 And Elijah said unto him, Eli-
sha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the
Lorp hath sent me to Jericho.
And he said, As the Lorp liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, I will not
leave thee. So they came to
Jericho.
5 And the sons of the prophets
that were at Jericho came to Elisha,
and said unto him, Knowest thou
that the Lorp will take away thy
master from thy head to day? And
a Heb.1.4,
note.
6 Gen.5.24.
¢1 Ki.19.21,
d vs.4,6; 2 Ki.
4.30; 1 Sam.
1.26.
e vs.5,7,15;
1 Ki.20.35.
f Miracles
& Holy Spirit.
9,15,16;
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
h Gen:5.24;
he answered, Yea, I know it; hold —
e your peace. .
6 vA Elijah said unto him,
Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the
LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And ~
he said, As the LoRD liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.
And they two went on.
7 And fifty men of the sons of the
prophets went, and stood to view
afar off: and they two stood by
Jordan. u
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and
wrapped it together, and smote the
waters, and they were /divided
hither and thither, so that they two
went over on dry ground.
9 And it.:came to pass, when they
were gone -oyer, that Elijah said
unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for
thee, before I be taken away from
thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee,
let a double portion of thy £spirit be A
upon me. |
10 And he said, Thou hast asked.
a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou
see me when I am taken from‘thee,
it shall be so unto thee; but if not,
it shall not be so.
11 And it came to pass, as they
still went on, and talled, that, be-
hold, there appeared a chariot of
fire, and horses of fire, and parted
_|them both asunder; and Elijah #went
up by a whirlwind into heaven.
The Spirit who was upon Elijah
comes upon Elisha.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried,
My father, my father, the chariot of
Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
And he saw him no more: and he
took hold of his own clothes, and
rent them in two pieces.
13 He took up.also the mantle of
Elijah that fell from him, and went
back, and stood by the -bank of
Jordan;
| Eisha’s faith to use the power.
_14 And he took the mantle of Eli-
jah that fell from him, and smote
the waters, and said, Where is the
LorD God of Elijah? and when
he also had smitten the waters,
they parted hither and thither: and
Elisha went over,
15 And when the sons of the
prophets which were to view at
Jericho saw him, they said, The
spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
And they came to meet him, and
bowed themselves to ‘the ground
before him,
jo»
2 16}
The knowledge (vs. 3, 5) of the
theological students, an
their total lack of faith.
16 And they said unto him, Be-
hold now, there be with thy ser-
yants fifty strong men; let them go,
we pray thee, and seek thy master:
lest peradventure the *Spirit of the
LorD hath taken him up, and cast
him upon some mountain, or into
some valley. And he said, Ye shall}
not send.
17 And when they urged him till}
he was ashamed, he said, Send.}
They sent therefore fifty men; and
they sought three days, but found}
him not.
18 And when they came again to
him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he
said unto them, Did I not say unto
you, Go not?
Elisha’s second miracle.
19 And, the men: of the city said
unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee,
the situation of this city is pleasant,
as my lord seeth: but the water is
naught, and the ground barren.
20 And he said, Bring me a new
cruse, and put salt therein. And
they brought i¢ to him. :
21 And he went forth unto the
spring of the waters, and %cast the
salt in there, and said, Thus. saith
the Lorn, I have healed these wa-
ters; there shall not be from thence
any more death or barren land.
22 SSothe waters were healed unto
this day, according to the saying of
Elisha which he spake.
Irreverence cursed.
_.23 And he went up from thence
“unto Beth-el: and as, he was going
up by the way, there came forth
little children out of the city, and
mocked him, and said unto him, Go
up, thou bald head; go up, thou
bald head.
24 And he turned back, and
looked on them, and cursed. them in
the name of the Lorp. And there
came forth two she bears out of the
wood, and tare forty and. two chil-
dren of them.
25 And he went from thence to
mount Carmel, and from thence he
returned to Samaria.
CHAPTER 3.
Accession of Jehoram overIsrael.
OW 2Jehoram the son of Ahab
began to reign over Israel in
Samaria the eighteenth year of
II KINGS.
B.c 396. _|Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and
d reigned twelve years.
a Holy Spirit.
vs.9,15,16;
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
6 2 Ki.4.41;
Ex.15.25.
c Miracles
(O.T.).. vs:
19-22; 2 Ki.3.
16-20. (Gen.5.
24; Jon.2.
1-10.)
d 2 Ki.1.17.
e1 Ki.16.
31,32.
f 1 Ki.12,28,
31,32.
g 1 Ki.22.4.
h 1 Ki.22.7.
i 2 Ki.2.25.
423
[3 13
2 And he wrought evil in the
sight of the Lorpb;. but not like his
father, and like his mother: for he
put away the image of Baal. ¢that
his father had made.
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto
tthe sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin;
he departed not therefrom.
Moab rebels against Israel.
| 4 And Mesha king of Moab was
la sheepmaster, and rendered unto
the king of Israel an hundred thou-
sand lambs, and an hundred thou-
sand rams, with the wool.
5 But it came to pass, when
Ahab was dead, that the king of
Moab rebelled against the king of
Israel.
6 And king Jehoram went out of
Samaria the same time, and num-
bered all Israel.
7 And he went and sent to Jehosh- -
aphat the king of Judah, saying,
The king of Moab hath rebelled
against me: wilt thou go with me
against Moab to battle? And he
said, I will go up: %1 am as thou
art, my people as thy people, and
my horses as. thy horses.
8 And he said, Which way shall
wegoup? And he answered, The
way through the wilderness of
Edom.
9 So the king of Israel went, and
the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom: and they fetched a compass
of seven days’ journey: and there
was no water for the host, and for
the cattle that followed them.
Elisha reproves the alliance of
Jehoshaphat with Jehoram.
10 And the king of Israel said,
Alas! that the Lorp hath called
these three kings together, to de-
liver them into the hand of Moab!
11 But “Jehoshaphat said, Is
there not here a prophet of the
Lorp, that we may enquire of the
Lorp by him? And one of the
king of Israel’s servants answered
and said, Here is Elisha the son of
Shaphat, which poured water on
the hands of Elijah.
12 And Jehoshaphat said, The
word of the LorD is with him. So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
and the king of Edom ‘went down
to him.
13. And Elisha said unto the king
of Israel, What have I to do with
cay
3 14]
hl) 4 li
II KINGS.
thee? ¢get thee to the prophets of
thy father, and to the prophets of
thy mother. And the king of Israel
said unto him, Nay: for the Lorp
hath called these three kings to-
gether, to deliver them into the
hand of Moab.
. 14 And Elisha said, “As the Lorp
of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, surely, were it not that I re-
gard the presence of Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah, I would not look
toward thee, nor see thee.
15 But now bring me a ¢minstrel.
And it came to pass, when the min-
strel played, that the ‘hand of the
LorD came upon him.
Elisha’s promise of water and
victory.
16 And he said, Thus saith the
LorpD, Make this valley full of
ditches.
17 For thus saith the Lorp, Ye
shall not see wind, neither shall
ye see rain; yet that valley shall be
filled with water, that ye may drink,
both ye, and your cattle, and your
beasts.
18 And this is but a light thing in
the sight of the Lorp: he will de-
liver the Moabites also into your
hand.
19 And ye shall smite every fenced
city, and every choice city, and
shall fell every good tree, and stop
all wells of water, and mar every
good piece of land with stones.
20 And it came to pass in the
morning, when the ‘meat-offering
was offered, that, behold, there
came Swater by the way of Edom,
and the country was filled with
water.
Defeat of the Moabites.
21 And when all the Moabites
heard that the kings were come up
to fight against them, they gath-
ered all that were able to put on
armour and upward, and stood in
the border.
22 And they rose up early in the
morning, and the sun shone upon
the water, and the Moabites saw
the water on the other side as red
as blood:
23 And they said, This is blood:
the kings are surely slain, and they
have smitten one another: now
therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24 And when they came to the
camp of Israel, the Israelites rose
up and smote the Moabites, so that
——
B.C. 895.
@ Jud.10.14.
61 Ki.18.19
¢1 Ki.17.1;
2 Ki.5.16.
d@ 1 Sam.10.5.
e Ezk.1.3;
3.14,22; 8.1.
f Lit. meal.
g Miracles
(O.T.). vs.
16-20; 2 Ki.4.
h Psa.19.9,
note,
# Lev.25.39.
j Miracles
.T.). VS.
2-7,32-37,
38-41,42-44;
2 Ki.5.10-14.
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
they fled before them: but they
went forward smiting the Moabites, —
even in their country. a a
25 And they beat down the cities,
and on every good piece of land
cast every man his stone, and filled
it; and they stopped all the wells of
water, and felled all the good trees:
only in Kir-haraseth left they the
stones thereof; howbeit the slingers
went about it, and smote it.
26 And when the king of Moab
saw that the battle was too sore
for him, he took with him seven
hundred men that drew swords, to
break through even unto the king
of Edom: but they could not.
27 Then he took his eldest son
that should have reigned in his
stead, and offered him for a burnt-
offering upon the wall. And there
was great indignation against Is-
rael: and they departed from him,
and returned to their own land.
CHAPTER 4.
The increase of the widow’s oil.
Now there cried a certain woman
of the wives of the sons of the
prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy
servant my husband is dead; and
thou knowest that thy servant did
fear the LorD: and the creditor is
come to ‘take unto him my two
sons to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said unto her, What
shall I do for thee? tell me, what
hast thou in the house? And she
said, Thine handmaid hath not any
pane in the house, save a pot of
oil.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee
vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,
even empty vessels; borrow not a
few.
4 And when thou art come in,
thou shalt shut the door upon thee
and upon thy sons, and shalt pour
out into all those vessels, and
pate shalt set aside that which is
‘ull.
5 So she went from him, and shut
the door upon her and upon her
sons, who brought the vessels to
her; and she poured out.
6 And it came to pass, when the
vessels were full, that she said unto
er son, Bring me yet a vessel.
And he said unto her, There is not
avessel more. And the oil Jstayed.
7 Then she came and told the man
of God. And he said, Go, sell the
oil, end pay thy debt, and live thou
and thy children of the rest.
passed to “Shunem, where was a
great woman; and she constrained
him to eat bread. And so it was,
that as oft as he passed by, he
turned in thither to eat bread.
9 And she said unto her husband,
Behold now, I perceive that this is
an holy man of God, which pass-
eth by us continually.
10 Let us make a little chamber, I
pray thee, on the wall; and let us
set for him there a bed, and a table,
and a stool, and a candlestick: and
it shall be, when he cometh to us,
that he shall turn in thither.
11 And it fell on a day, that he
rame thither, and he turned into
the chamber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his ser-
vant, Call this Shunammite. And
when he had called her, she stood
before him.
13 And he said unto him, Say now
unto her, Behold, thou hast been
careful for us with all this care;
what is to be done for thee? would-
est thou be spoken for to the king,
or to the captain of the host? And
she answered, I dwell among mine
own people.
14 And he said, What then is to
be done for her? And Gehazi an-
swered, Verily she hath no child,
and her husband is old. we
n
15 And he said, Call her.
when he had called her, she stood
in the door.
16 And he said, ?About this sea-
son, according to the time of life,
thou shalt embrace a son. And she
said, Nay, my lord, thow man of
God, ‘do not lie unto thine hand-
maid.
17 And the woman conceived, and
bare a son at that season that Elisha
had said unto her, according to the
time of life.
Elisha restores life to the son
of the Shunammite,
18 And when the child was grown,
it fell on a day, that he went out to
his father to the reapers. —
19 And he said unto his father,
My head, my head. And he said
to alad, Carry him to his mother.
20 And when he had taken him,
and brought him to his mother, he
sat on her knees till noon, and then
died. [idee
“91 And she went up, and laid him
on the bed of the man of God. and
II KINGS.
The “great woman” of Shunem|__B.c.895._|shut the door upon him, and went
and her reward. Pact ieee Tones
8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha 22 And she called unto her hus-
a Josh.19.18.
6 Gen.18.10,
14.
c v.28.
d Heb. peace.
e 2 Ki.2.25.
f Heb. bitter.
1 Sam.1.10.
g v.16.
hk 2 Ki.9.1;
1 Ki.18.46.
42 Ki.2.2.
425
_ (4 34
band, and said, Send me, I pray
thee, one of the young men, and
one of the asses, that I may run to
the man of God, and come again.
23 And he said, Wherefore wilt
thou go to him to day? it 1s neither
new moon, nor sabbath. And she
said, ¢I¢ shall be well.
24 Then she saddled an ass, and
said to her servant, Drive, and go
forward; slack not thy riding for
me, except I bid thee.
25 So she went and came unto the
man of God to mount ‘Carmel. And
it came to pass, when the man of
God saw her afar off, that he said to
Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder
is that Shunammite:
26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet
her, and say unto her, Js it well
with thee? zs zt well with thy hus-
band? zs it well with the child?
And she answered, Jt is well.
27 And when she came to the man
of God to the hill, she caught him
by the feet: but Gehazi came near
to thrust her away. And the man
of God said, Let her alone; for her
soul is fvexed within her: and the
Lorp hath hid s¢ from me, and hath
not told me.
28 Then she said, Did I desire a
son of my lord? édid I not say, Do
not deceive me?
29 Then he said to Gehazi, *Gird
up thy loins, and take my staff in
thine hand, and go thy way: if
thou meet any man, salute him not;
and if any salute thee, answer him
not again: and lay my staff upon
the face of the child.
1 30 And the mother of the child
said, ‘As the LorD liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, I will not leave thee.
And he arose, and followed her.
31 And Gehazi passed on before
them, and laid the staff upon the
face of the child; but there was
neither voice, nor hearing. Where-
fore he went again to meet him, and
told him, saying, The child is not
awaked. 7
32 And when Elisha was come
into the house, behold, the child
was dead, and laid upon his bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut
the door upon them twain, and
prayed unto the Lorp.
34 And he went up, and lay upon
the child, and put his mouth upon
his mouth, and his eyes upon his
eyes, and his hands upon his hands:
4 35]
and he stretched himself upon the
child; and the flesh of the child
waxed warm.
35 Then he returned, and walked
in the house ‘to and fro; :and went
up, and stretched ‘himself-upon him:
and ‘the child sneezed seven times,
and the child 4opened his eyes. _
36 And he called Gehazi, and said,
Call this Shunammite. So he called
her. And when she was come in
unto ‘him, he said, Take up thy
son.
37 Then she went in, and fell at
his feet, and bowed herself ‘to the
ground, and “took up her son, and
went out.
Elisha heals the noxious
pottage.
38 And Elisha came again to ¢Gil-| 4 1 Ki-17.23.
gal: and there was a dearth in}|,2 xj01.
the land; and ‘the sons of the
prophets were sitting before him:]¢ Ex-10.17.
and ‘he said unto his servant, Set}. 7215-25:
a Resurrec-
tion.
vs.32-35;
Psa.16.9-11,
(Job 19.25;
1 Cor.15.52.)
on the great pot, and seethe pot-} 2 Ki.2.21.
tage for the sons of the prophets. Vsaoke
39 And one went out into the|/! S394
field to gather herbs, and found al zbx.9.13;
wild vine, and gathered thereof) John 6.9.
wild gourds his lap full, and came), 5). 9 13;
and shred them into the pot of| John 6.i2.
pa for they knew them Me ne 0
40 Sothey poured out for the men| 6.13.’ os
to-eat. And it came to pass, as they| .
j 1.Sam.9.8.
were eating of the pottage,that they
cried out, and said,-O thou man of}|z One-talent =
God, there is ¢death in the pot. 418. OC
And they could not eat thereof. | $191?) lse
41 But he said, Then bring meal.
And “he cast it into the pot; and| ! Gen.30.2;
he ‘said, Pour out for the people,| Peut3?.395
that they may eat. And there was!
no harm in the pot. m 2 Ki.4.41,
Elisha feeds an hundred men
muraculously.
42 And there came a man from
JBaal-shalisha, and brought ‘the
man of God bread of the firstfruits,
twenty loaves of barley, and full
ears of corn in the husk thereof.
And he said, Give unto the people,
that they may -eat.
43 And his servitor said, ¢What,
should I set this before an hundred
men? He said again, Give the
people, that they may eat:‘for thus
saith the Lorp, They shall eat,
and shall leave thereof.
44 ‘So he set it before them, and
they did eat, and “left thereof,
according to the word of the
LorD.
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CHAPTER 5.
The healing of Naaman.
Now. Naaman, captain of the
.4N host of the king of Syria, was
a great man with his master, and
honourable, because by him the
LorpD had given deliverance unto
Syria: he was also a mighty man
in valour, but he was a leper.
2 And the Syrians had gone out
by companies, and had brought
away captive out of the land of
Israel a little maid; and she waited
on Naaman’s wife.
3 And she said unto her mistress,
Would God my lord were with
the prophet that is in Samaria!
for he would recover him of his
leprosy.
4 And.one went in, and told his
lord, saying, Thus and thus said the
maid that is.of the land of Israel.
5 And the king of Syria said, Go
to, go, and I will send a letter unto
the king of Israel. And he de-
parted, and Jtook with him ten
’talents of silver, and six thousand
pieces of gold, and ten changes of
raiment.
6 And he brought the letter to
the king of- Israel, saying, Now
when this letter is come unto thee,
behold, I have therewith sent
Naaman my servant to thee, that
thou mayest recover him of his
leprosy.
7 And it came to pass, when the
king of Israel had read the letter,
that he rent his clothes, and said,
Am I ‘God, to kill and to make
alive, that this man doth send unto
me to recover a man of his leprosy?
wherefore consider, I pray you, and
see how he seeketh a quarrel against
me.
8 And it was-so, when ‘Elisha the
man of God had heard that the
‘king of Israel had rent his clothes,
that he sent to the king, saying,
Wherefore hast thou rent thy
clothes? let him come now to me,
and he shall know that there is a
prophet in Israel.
9 So Naaman came with his
horses and with his chariot, and
stood at the door of the house of
Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger
unto him, saying, Go and wash in
Jordan seven times, and thy fiesh
shall come again to thee, and thou
shalt be clean.
11 But Naaman was wroth, and
went away, and said, Behold, I
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gs Az] II KINGS. [6 6
from the chariot to meet him, and
said, Is all well?
22 And he said, All is well. My
master hath sent me, saying, Be-
hold, even now there be corne to me
from mount Ephraim two young
thought, He will surely come out
to me, and stand, and call on the
name of the LorpD his God, and
strike his hand over the place, and
recover the leper.
12 Are not ¢Abana and Pharpar,
rivers of Damascus, better than all imen of the sons of the prophets:
the waters of Israel? may I not lgive them, I pray thee, a talent
wash in them,.and beclean? Sohe lof silver, and two changes of gar-
turned and went away in a rage. ments.
13 And his servants came near, 23 And Naaman said, Be content,
and spake unto him, and said, My take two talents. And he urged.
father, if the prophet had bid thee him, and bound two talents of silver
do.some great thing, wouldest thou lin two bags, with two changes of
not have done it? how much rather garments, and laid them upon two
then, when he saith to-thee, Wash, of his servants; and they bare them
and be clean? before him.
14 Then went he down, and 24 And when he came to the
bdipped himself seven times in tower, he took them from, their
Jordan, according to the saying of|¢0r, Amana. |hand, and bestowed them in the
the man of God: and his flesh came), yyiracies lhouse: and he let the men go, and
again like unto the flesh of.a little) ©.T.). vs.10- lthey departed. ’
child, and he was clean. 14,27;2Ki. | 25 But he went.in, and stood be-
15 And he returned to the man of| $%;’-{Se?- |fore his master. And Elisha said
God, he and all his company, and| 1/10)" junto him, Whence comest thou,
came, and stood before him: and he Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant
said, Behold, now I know that|©J°>%5-25- (went /no whither.
there is no God in all the earth,|¢ Dan.2.47; 26 And he said unto him, Went
but in Israel: now therefore, I pray| 3.29;6.26, |not mine heart with thee, when the
thee, take a blessing of thy servant.’ 27. man turned again from his chariot
16 But he said, ¢As the LorD liv-)}; 2 xi.3.14. tomeet thee? Isut.a time to receive
eth, before whom I stand, I will money, and to receive garments,
receive none. And he urged him to f Heb. not and oliveyards, and vineyards, and
take ean a he cenep yen a Be Le : oe deme sep — menservants,
17 A aaman said, there F and maidservants:
not then, I pray re a am aa gi Tim.6.9. 27 te aie eos plas
£ servant two mules’ burden h 2 Kil5.5; man s) cleave unto e, an
eae for thy servant will hence- Ex 4G, unto thy seed’ for ever. And he
forth offer neither burnt-offering) Nv™-12-10. |went out from his presence a Meper
nor ie teas unto other gods, but|;2xi4as. (a8 white as snow.
unto the LORD. ,
18 In this thing yer ‘Lorp pardon CHAPTER 6.
thy servant, that when my master ‘lish ens thot
_. goeth into the house of Rimmon to Elisha recovers ost axe.
worship there, and she leaneth on ND the ‘sons of the prophets
my hand, and I bow myself in the said unto Elisha, Behold now,
house of Rimmon: when I bow the place where we dwell with thee.
down myself in the house of Rim- is too strait for us.
mon, the LorD pardon thy servant 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto
in this thing. Jordan, and take thence every man
19 And he said unto him, Go in a beam, and let us make us a place ‘
peace. So he departed from him.a there, where we may dwell. And
little way. 4 he answered, Go ye.
| 3 And one said, Be content, I pray
Gehazi’s sin and its penalty.
20 ‘But Gehazi, the servant.of Eli- [
sha the man of God, said, Behold, 4 So he went with them. And
my master hath spared Naaman |when they came to Jordan. they
this Syrian, in not receiving at his icut down wo: fi
hands that which he brought: but, | 5 But as one was felling a beam,
as the LorD liveth, I will run after Ithe axe head fell into the water:
him, and take somewhat of him. jand he cried, and said, Alas, mas-
21 So Gehazi followed after Naa- iter! for it was borrowed. :
man, And when Naaman saw him | 6 And the man of God said,
running after him, he lighted down iWhere fell it? And he shewed him
thee, and go with thy servants.
And he answered, I will go.
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ia 67]
_ the place. s
_ stick, and cast it in thither; and the
‘And héteat “down 'a
iron did “swim. ‘
7 Therefore said he, Take it up to
thee. And he put out his hand,
and took it.
Elisha reveals Ben-hadad’s
plans.
8 Then the king of Syria warred|-
against Israel, and took counsel
with his servants, saying, In such
and such a place shal] be my camp.
9 And the man of God sent unto
' the king of Israel, saying, Beware
that. thou pass not such a place; for
thither the Syrians are come down.
10 And the king of Israel sent to
the place which the man of God told
him and warned him of, and saved
himself there, not once nor twice. |
‘11. Therefore the heart of the king
of Syria was sore troubled for this
thing; and he called his servants,
and said unto them, Will ye not
shew me which of us is for the king
of Israel?
12 And one of his servants said,
None, my lord, O king: but Elisha,
the prophet that fs in Israel, telleth
the king of Israel the words that
thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
Elisha at Dothan.
13_ And he said, Go and spy where
he is, that I may send and fetch
him. And it was told him, saying,
Behold, he is in ‘Dothan.
14 Therefore sent he thither
horses, and chariots, and a great
host: and they came by night, and
compassed the city about.
15 And when the servant of the
man of God was risen early, and
gone forth, behold, an host com-
passed the city both with horses
and chariots. And his servant said
unto him, Alas, my master! how
shall we do?
16 And he answered, Fear not: for
they that be with us are more than
they that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and dsaid,
Lorp, I pray thee, open his eyes,
that he may see. And the Lorp
opened the eyes of the young man;
and he saw: and, behold, the moun-
tain was full of ¢horses and chariots
of fire round about Elisha.
Elisha leads the blinded Syrians
to Samaria.
18 And when they came down to
him, Elisha prayed unto the Lorp,
and ‘said, Smite this people, I pray
“II KINGS.
a Miracles
(Gen.5.24;
Jon.2.1-10.)
b Gen.37.17.
¢2 Chr.32.7;
Psa.55.18;
Rom.8.31.
é 2 Ki.2.11;
Psa.34.7
f Bible
prayers
(O.T.). 2 Ki.
19.15. (Gen.
15.2; Hab.3.
1-16.)
g Gen.19.11,
h One cab =
3.84 pts.
i Lev.26.29;
Deut.28.53,
57.
31 Ki.21.27,
jeat
thee, with blindness. And he ésmote
them with blindness according to
the word of Elisha. ;
19 And Elisha said unto them,
This zs not the way, neither 7s this
the city: follow me, and I will bring
you to the man whom ye seek. But
he led them to Samaria.
20 And it came to pass, when they
were come into Samaria, that Eli-
sha said, LorRD, open the eyes of —
these men, that they may see. And
the LorpD opened their eyes, and
they saw; and, behold, they were
in the midst of Samaria.
21 And the king of Israel said
unto Elisha, when he saw them, My
father, shall I smite them? shall I
smite them?
22 And he answered, Thou shalt
not smite them: wouldest thou
smite those whom thou hast taken
captive with thy sword and with
thy bow? set bread and water be-
fore them, that they may eat and
i, |drink, and go to their master.
23 And he prepared great provi-
sion for them: and when they had
eaten and drunk, he sent them away,
and they went to their master, So
the bands of Syria came no more
into the land of Israel.
The Syrian siege of Samaria.
24 And it came to pass after this,
that Ben-hadad king of Syria gath-
ered all his host, and went up, and
besieged Samaria.
_25 And there was a great famine
in Samaria: and, behold, they be-
sieged it, until an ass’s head was
sold for fourscore pieces of silver,
and the fourth part of a ‘cab of
dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
26 And as the king of Israel was
passing by upon the wall, there
cried a woman unto him, saying,
Help, my lord, O king,
27 And he said, If the Lorp do
not help thee, whence shall I help
thee? out of the barnfloor, or out
of the winepress?
28 And the king said unto her,
What aileth thee? And she an-
swered, This woman said unto me,
Give thy son, that we may eat him
to day, and we will eat my son to
morrow, __
29 So we *boiled my son, and did
eat him: and I said unto her on the
next day, Give thy son, that we may
him; and she hath hid her son.
30 And it came to pass, when the
king heard the words of the woman,
that he Jrent his clothes; and He
passed by upon the wall; and the
people looked, and, behold, he had
sackcloth within upon his flesh.
31 Then he said, God do so and
more also to me, if the head of
Elisha the son of Shaphat shall
stand on him this day.
The king’s messenger of venge-
ance and the _ untroubled
prophet.
32 But Elisha sat in his house, and
the elders sat with him; and the
king sent a man from before him:
but ere the messenger came to him,
he said to the elders, See ye how this
son of a “murderer hath sent to take
away mine head? look, when the mes-
senger cometh, shut the door, and
hold him fast at the door: rs not the
sound of his master’s feet behind
him?
33 And while he yet talked with
them, behold, the messenger came
down unto him: and he said, Be-
hold, this evil 7s of the LoRD; ‘what
should I wait for the LORD any
longer?
CHAPTER 7.
Elisha’s promise of food and Je-
hevah’s terror upon the Syrians.
peat tal Elisha said, Hear ye the
word of the Lord; Thus saith
the Lorp, To morrow about this
time shal/ a ¢measure of fine flour
be sold for a ¢shekel, and two meas-
ures of barley for a shekel, in the
gate of Samaria.
2 Then a lord on whose hand the
king leaned answered the man of
God, and said, Behold, if the LorD
would make windows in heaven,
might this thing be? And he said,
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
3 And there were four leprous
men fat the entering in of the gate:
and they said one to another, Why
sit we here until we die?.
4 If we say, We will enter into the
city, then the famine is in the city,
and we shall die there: and if we
sit still here, we die also. Now
therefore come, and let us fall unto
the host of the Syrians: if they save
us alive, we shall live; and if they
kill us, we shall but die._ Ke
5 And they rose up in the twilight,
to go unto the camp of the Syrians:
and when they were come to the
uttermost part of the camp of Syria,
behold, there was no man there.
6 For the Lord had made the host
II KINGS.
a Ruth 1.17;
1 Ki.19.2.
61 Ki.18.4.
c¢ Job 2.9.
d One measure
= about 4
pecks; also
vs.16,18.
e One shekel =
2s. 9d., or 65
cts.; also vs.
16,18.
f Lev.13.46.
g 2 Ki.19.7;
Job 15.21;
2 Sam.5.24.
429
B.C. 892.
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of the Syrians sto hear a noise of
chariots, and a noise of horses, even
the noise of a great host: and they
said one to another, Lo, the king of
Israel hath hired against us the
kings of the Hittites, and the kings
of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
7 Wherefore they arose and fled in
the twilight, and left their tents,
and their horses, and their asses,
even the camp as it was, and fled
for their life.
8 And when these lepers came to
the uttermost part of the camp, they
went into one tent, and did eat and
drink, and carried thence silver, and
gold, and raiment, and went and hid
it; and came again, and entered
into another tent, and carried
thence also, and went and hid /t.
9 Then they said one to another,
We do not well: this day is a day
of good tidings, and we hold our
peace: if we tarry till the morning
light, some mischief will come upon
us: now therefore come, that we
may go and tell the king’s house-
hold.
10 So they came and called unto
the porter of the city: and they told
them, saying, We came to the camp
of the Syrians, and, behold, there
was no man there, neither voice of
man, but horses tied, and asses tied,
and the tents as they were.
11 And he called the porters; and
they told it to the king’s house
within.
12 And the king arose in the
night, and said unto his servants, I
will now shew you what the Syrians
have done to us. They know that
we be hungry; therefore are they
gone out of the camp to hide them-
selves in the field, saying, When
they come out of the city, we shall
catch them alive, and get into the
city.
13 And one of his servants an-
swered and said, Let some take, I
pray thee, five of the horses that
remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they are as all the multi-
tude of Israel that-are left in it: be-
hold, I say, they are even as all the
multitude of the Israelites that are
consumed:) and let us send and see.
14 They took therefore two char-
iot horses; and the king sent after
the host of the Syrians, saying, Go
and see.
15 And they went after them unto
Jordan: and, lo, all the way was
full of garments and vessels, which
the Syrians had cast away in their
7 16]
haste. And the messengers re-
turned, and told the king,
Elisha’s promise fulfilled.
16 And the people: went out, and
spoiled the tents of the Syrians.
So a measure of fine flour was: sold.
for-a shekel, and two measures of
barley for a shekel,, “according to
the word of the LorbD. |
_ 7 And the king appointed the
‘lord on whose hand he leaned to
have-the charge of the gate: and the
people trode upon him im the gate;
and: he died, °as the man of God:
had: said, who: spake whem the king
came down to him.
18 And it came to: pass as the-man
of God: had spoken to the king, say-|
ing, “Two measures of barley for al, y1,
shekel, and a measure of fine flour
for a shekel, shall be to: morrow]? Mone aan
about this time in the gate of Sa- Sth
maria: c2 Ki4.35.
19 And that lord answered. the D pentos a6:
man of God, and said, Now, behold, |* pag.tti.
if the LorpD should make windows
in heaven, might such a thing. be? |e 2 Ki.5.27.
And he-said, Behold, thou shalt see if 1 Ki,19.15,
it with thine eyes, but shalt not. eat
thereof.
20. And so it fell out unto him: for
the people trode upon him in the
gate, and he died.
CHAPTER 8.
Elisha predicts the seven
years’ famine.
‘TREN spake Elisha unto the]
woman, ‘whose son he had re-
stored to life, saying, Arise, and gol!
thou and thine household, and. so-
journ wheresoever thou canst so-|
journ: for the Lorp ¢hath called
for a famine; and) it shall also come}
upon the land seven years;
2 And the woman arose, and. did)
after the saying of the man of God:|
and she went with her household,|
and sojourned in the land of the]
Philistines seven years,
Jehoram restores the Shunam- |
mite’s land.
3 Andit cameto pass at the seven!
years’ end, that the woman returned|
out of the land of the Philistines:}
and’ she went forth to ery unto thei!
king for her house and.for her land, |
4 And the king tallted with ¢Ge-|
hazi the servant of the man, of God, ||
saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the}
great things that Elisha hath done.|
it came to pass, as he was!
* 430,
ig 2 Ki.10.32;
12:17; 13.
3,7; Amos.
1.3,4.
A 2 Ki.15.16;
Hos.13.16;
Amos: 1.13.
i 1 Sam.17.43.
II KINGS.
B.C. 892.
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telling the king how he had re-
stored a dead body to life, that, be-
hold, the woman, whose son: he had:
‘restored to life, cried: to the: king for
her house and for her land. And
Gehazi| said, My lord, O: king, this.
is the woman, and this) 7s her son,,
whom Elisha restored to life. ES
6 And when the king asked the
woman, she told him. So the king
appointed unto her a certain officer,
saying, Restore all that was her’s,
and all the fruits of the field since
the day that she left the land, even
until now.
Elisha Predicts Hazael’s Reign
Over Syria.
7 And Elisha came to Damascus;
and Ben-hadad the king of Syria
was sick; and it was told him, say-
ing, The man of God is come hither.
8 And the king said. unto Hazael,
Take a present in thine hand, and
go, meet the man of God} and’ en-
auire of the Lorp by him, saying,,
Shalt I recover of this disease?
9 So fHazael went to meet him,
and took a present with him, even
of every good thing of Damascus,
forty camels’ burden, and came and
stood before him, and’ said, Thy
son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath ~
Sent me to thee, saying, Shall I re-
cover of this disease?
_ 10 And*Elisha said unto him, Go,
Say unto him, Thou mayest cer-
tainly recover: howbeit the Lorp:
hath shewed me that he shall surely
ie.
11 And he settled his countenance
stedfastly, until he was ashamed:
and the man of God wept,
12 And Hazael said, Why weep:
eth my lord? And he answered, Be--
cause I know éthe evil, that theay
wilt do unto the children: of Israel:
their strong hoids wilt thow set on
fire, and their young: men wilt thou
slay with the sword, and: ‘wilt dash
their children, and rip..up their
women: with child.
13 And Hazael said, But what, izs.
thy servant a dog, that he should.
do this great thing? And Elisha
answered, The Lorp hath shewed
me that thou shalt be king over
Syria.
| 14 So he departed from Elisha,
and came to his master; who said
to him, What said Elisha to thee?
[And he answered, He told me that
thou shouldest surely recover.
| 15 And it came to pass on the
morrow. that he took a thick cloth,
and dipped it in water, and spread
it on his face, so that he died: and
Hazael reigned in his stead.
Jehoram co-king with his father
Jehoshaphat over Judah (2
Chiral .35 le
16 And in the fifth year of Joram
the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat berng then king of
Judah, ¢Jehoram the son of Jehosh-
aphat king of Judah ‘began to
reign..
17 Thirty and two years old was
he when he began to reign; and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.”
18 And he walked in the way of
the kings of Israel, as did the house
of Ahab: for the daughter-of Ahab
was his wife: and: he did evil in the
sight of the LorbD.
19 Yet the Lorp would not de-
stroy Judah for David his servant’s
sake, “as he promised him to give
ae alway a light, and to his chil-
en.
The revolt of Edom (2 Chr,
21. 8-10).
20 In his days ¢Edom revolted
from under the hand of Judah, and
made a king over themselves.
21 So Joram went over to Zair,
and all the chariots with him: and
he rose by night, and smote the
Edomites which compassed him
about, and the captains of the char-
jots: and the people fled into their
tents.
The revolt of Libnah(2'Chr.21.10).
22 Yet Edom revolted from under
the hand of Judah unto this day.
_Then ‘Libnah revolted at the same
time.
23 And the rest of the acts of Jo-
ram, and all that he did, are ‘they
not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Death of Jehoram(2-Chr.21.19,20).
24 And Joram slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David: and
Ahaziah his son reigned in his
stead,
Accession of Ahaziah over
Judah (2 Chr. 22. 1, 2).
25 In the twelfth year of Jotam|
the son of Ahab king of Israel did
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah begin to reign.
26 Two and twenty years old was
Ahaziah when he began ‘to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusa
II KINGS.
a Called
Joram, vs.
21,23,24.
b Heb.reigned,
ie an to
reign in con-
sort with his
2 Chr.21.10.
f 2 Ki:9.16;
2:Chr.22.6,7.
g 1-Ki.20.35.
hh 2 Ki.4.29;
Jer-3-17.
+1,Ki19.16.
j1 Ki.19.16;
2 Chr.22.7.
433
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lem, And his mother’s name was
Athaliah, the daughter of Omri
king of Israel.
27 And he waiked in the way of
the house of Ahab, and did evil in
the sight of the Lorp, as did the
‘house of Ahab: for he was the son
lin law of the house of Ahab.
Ahaziah joins Jehoram in de-
ctilny of Ramoth-gilead (2 Chr.
SaDi)'6
28 And hewent with Joram the son
of Ahab. to the war against Hazael
king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and
the Syrians wounded Joram.
Ahaziah visits Jehoram at Jez-
reel (2 Chr. 22. 6).
29 And king Joram went back to
be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him
at Ramah, when he fought against
Hazael king of Syria. .And SAha-
ziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah went down to see Joram the
son of Ahab in Jezreel; because
he was sick.
CHAPTER 9.
Jehu anointed king-over Israel
at Ramoth-éilead.
ND Elisha the prophet called
Sone of the children of the
prophets, and said unto him, *Gird
up thy loins, and take this box of
|oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-
\gilead: sf
2 And when thou comest thither,
look out there Jehu the son of Je-
hoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and
go in, and make him arise up from
lamong his brethren,-.and carry him
to an inner chamber;
3 Then ‘take the box of oil, and
pour it on his head, and say, Thus
saith the Lorp, I have anointed
thee king over Israel. Then open
the door; and flee, and tarry not.
4 So the young man, even the
young man the prophet, went to
Ramoth-gilead. j
5 And when he came, behold, the
captains of the host were sitting;
and he said, I have an errand to
thee, O captain. And Jehu said,
Unto which of all us? And he said,
To thee, O captain.
6 And he arose, and went into the
house; and he poured the oil on his
head, and said unto him, /Thus
saith the Lorp God of Israel, I
Ihave anointed thee king over the
eae
e hy:
people of the LoRD, even over
Israel. "
7 And thou shalt smite the house
of Ahab thy master, that I may
avenge the blood of my servants
the prophets, and the blood of ail
the servants _ the Lorpb, at the
hand of Jezebel.
8 For is whole house of .Ahab
shall perish: and °I will cut off from
Ahab him that pisseth against the
wall, and him that is shut up and
left in Israel:
9 And I will make the house of
Ahab like the house of “Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, and like the
house of “Baasha the son of Ahi-
jah:
-10 ¢And the dogs shall eat Jezebel
in the portion of Jezreel, and there
shall be none to bury her. And he
opened the door, and fled.
Jehu proclaimed king by the
army of Israel.
11 Then Jehu came forth to the
servants of his lord: and one said
unto him, Zs all well? wherefore
a1 Ki.18.4;
21.15.
b 1 Ki 14.10;
21.21.
c1 Ki.14.10;
£5.29; 23.22.
II KINGS.
came ‘this mad fellow to thee? And
he said unto them, Ye know the
man, and his communication.
12 And they said, Jt is false; tell
us now. And he said, Thus and
thus spake he to me, saying, Thus
saith the Lorp, I have anointed
thee king over Israel.
13 Then they hasted, and took
every man his garment, and put it
under him on the top of the stairs,
and blew with trumpets, saying,
Jehu is king.
Jehu slays Jehoram.
14 So Jehu the son of J ehoshaphat
the son of Nimshi conspired against
Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ra-
moth-gilead, he and all Israel, be-
cause of Hazael king of Syria.
15 But king Joram was returned
to be healed in Jezreel of the
wounds which the Syrians had
given him, when he fought with
Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu
said, If it be your minds, then let
none go forth nor escape out of the
city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and
went to Jezreel; for Joram lay
there. And Ahaziah king of Judah
was come down to, see Joram.
17 And there stood a watchman
on the tower in J ezreel, and he spied
the company of Jehu as he came,
and said, I see a company. And
Joram said, Take an horseman, and
d@ 1 Ki.16.3,11.
€ vs.35,36;
1 Ki.21.23.
Ff Jer.29.26;
John 10.20;
Acts 26.24;
1 Cor.4.10.
g 2 Chr.22.7.
hk 1 Ki.21.29.
71 Ki.21.19.
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send to meet them, and let him say,
Is 1t peace?
18 So there went one on horse-
back to meet him, and said, Thus
saith the king, Js 1t peace? And
Jehu said, What hast thou to do
with peace? turn thee behind me.
And the watchman told, saying,
The messenger came to them, but
he cometh not again.
19 Then he sent out a second on
horseback, which came to them,
and said, Thus saith the king, Js it
peace? And Jehu answered, What
hast thou to do with peace? turn
thee behind me.
20 And the watchman told, say-
ing, He came even unto them, and
cometh not again: and the driving
is like the driving of Jehu the son
of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
21 And Joram said, Make ready.
And his chariot was made ready?
And
Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
each in his chariot, and they went
out against Jehu, and met him in
the portion of Naboth the Jez-
reelite.
22 And it came to pass, when
Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? And he answered,
What peace, so long as the whore-
doms of thy mother Jezebel and her
witchcrafts are so many?
23 And Joram turned his hands,
and fled, and said to Ahaziah,
There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
24 And Jehu drew a bow with his
full strength, and ésmote Jehoram
between his arms, and the arrow
went out at his heart, and he sunk
down in his chariot. -
25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his
captain, Take up, and cast him in
the portion of the field of Naboth
the Jezreelite: for remember how
that, when I and thou rode together _
after Ahab his father, ‘the Lorp
laid this burden upon him;
26 Surely I have seen yesterday
the blood of Naboth, and the blood
of his sons, saith the Lorp; iand I
will requite thee in this plat, saith
the Lord. Now therefore take and
cast him into the plat of ground,
according to the word of the Lorp.
Ahaziah slain (2 Chr, 22.9).
27 But when Ahaziah the king of
Judah saw this, he fled by the way.
of the garden house. And Jehu
followed after him, and said, Smite
him also in the chariot, And they
did so at the going up to Gur, which
&Joram king of Israel and —
‘
9
II KINGS.
[10 13
is by Ibleam. And he fled to *Me-
giddo, and died there.
_28 And his servants carried him
in’ a chariot to Jerusalem, and
buried him in his sepulchre with his
fathers in the city of David.
29 And in the eleventh year of
Joram the son of Ahab began Aha-
ziah to reign over Judah.
The slaying of Jezebel.
30 And when Jehu was come to
Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; Sand
she painted her face, and tired her
head, and looked out at a window.
31 And as Jehu entered in at the
gate, she said, Had Zimri peace,
who slew his master?
» 82 And he lifted up his face to the
window, and said, Who is on my
side? who? And there jooked out
to him’two or three eunuchs.
33 And he said, Throw her down.
So they threw her down: and some
of her blood was sprinkled on the
wall, and on the horses: and he
trode her under foot.
34 And when he was come in, he|/
did eat and drink, and said, Go, see
now this cursed woman, and bury
her: for “she is a king’s daughter.
35 And they went to bury her:
but they found no more of her than
the skull, and the feet, and the
palms of her hands.
36 Wherefore they came again,
and told him. And he said, This is
the word of the LorD, which he
spake by his servant Elijah the
Tishbite, saying, ¢In the portion of
Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel:
-37 And the carcase of Jezebel
“shall be ¢as dung upon the face of
the field in the portion of Jezreel;
so that they shall not say, This is
Jezebel.
CHAPTER 10.
Judgment on the house of Ahab.
ND Ahab had seventy sons in
Samaria. And Jehu wrote let-
ters, and sent to Samaria, unto the
rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and
to ‘them that brought up Ahab’s
children, saying,
2 Now as soon as this letter com-
eth to you, seeing your master’s
sons are with you, and there are
with you chariots and horses, a
fenced city also, and armour;
3 Look even out the best and
meetest of your master’s sons, and
B.C. 884.
a 2 Chr.22.9.
b Ezk.23.40.
c1 Ki.16.31.
d1 Ki.21 23.
e Psa.83.10.
Heb.
nourishers,
g Heb. for me.
hi Ki.21.21.
4 2 Ki.9.14,
24.
j1 Ki.21.19-
24.
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set Him on his father’s throne, and
fight for your master’s house.
4 But they were exceedingly
afraid, and said, Behold, two kings
stood not before him: how then
shall we stand?
5 And he that was over the house,
and he that was over the city, the
elders also, and the bringers up of
the children, sent to Jehu, saying,
We are thy servants, and will do
ali that thou shalt bid us; we will
not make any king: do thou that
which is good in thine eyes.
6 Then he wrote a letter the sec-
ond time to them; saying, If ye be
émine, and if ye will hearken unto
my voice, take ye the heads of the
men your master’s sons, and come
to me to Jezreel by to morrow this
time. Now the king’s sons, being
seventy persons, were with the
great men of the city, which
brought them up.
7 And it came to pass, when the
letter came to them, that they took
the king’s sons, and “slew seventy
persons, and put their heads in bas-
kets, and cent him them to Jezreel.
8 And there came a messénger,
and told him, saying, They have
brought. the heads of the king’s
sons. And he said, Lay ye them
in two heaps at the entering in of
the gate until the morning.
9 And it came to pass in the morn-
ing, that, he went out, and stood,
and said to all the people, Ye be
righteous: behold, ‘I conspired
against my master, and slew him:
but who slew all these?
10 Know now that there shall fall
unto the earth nothing of the word
of the LoRD, which the Lorp
jspake concerning the house of
Ahab: for the LoRD hath done that
which he spake by his servant
Elijah.
11 So Jehu slew all that remained
of the house of Ahab.in Jezreel, and
all his great men, and his kinsfolks,
and his priests, until he left him
‘Pere remaining.
12 And he arose and departed,
and came to Samaria, And as he
was at the shearing house in the
way,
The princes pt J geen, slain (2 Chr.
ms)s
13 Jehu met with the brethren of
Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,
|Who are ye? And they answered,
We are the brethren of Ahaziah;
and we go down to salute the chil-
10 14]
dren of the king and the children of
the queen. ‘
14 And he said, Take them alive.
And they took them alive, and slew)
them at the pit of the shearing!
house, even two -and forty men;'
neither left he any of them.
Jehu spares Jehonadab:
15 And when he was departed!
thence, he lighted on ¢Jehonadab
the son of "Rechab coming to meet
him: and he saluted him, and said
| to him, Is thine heart right, as my
heart is with thy heart? And Je-
‘honadab answered, It is. If it be,
, give me thine hand. And he gave)? 92,°9 2.927
‘him his hand; and he took him up} 6,8,10,14,16,
to him into the chariot. 18,19.
16 And he said, Come with me,|, 5 s..3.4.7.
and see my zeal for the LorD. So i
they made him ride in his chariot.|¢ 1 Ki21.21-
17 And when he came to Samaria, 21 Ki22.6.
he slew all that remained unto Ahab
in Samaria, till he had destroyed] 1 Ki.16.32.
him, according to the saying of the 71 Ki,20.39.
Lorp, which he spake to “Elijah.
18 And Jehu gathered all the peo-|¢ Ezra 6.11;
ple together, and said unto: them, Ten tetige
Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu a
shall serve him much. h 1 Ki.12.28,29.
Jehu exterminates Baal worship] i 2 Ki9.6,7.
in Israel. j v.35; 2 Ki.
19 Now therefore call unto me all} 13.1;10; 14.
the ¢prophets of Baal, all his. ser- iechiaaeed!
vants, and all his priests; let none!é 1 Ki.14.16:
be wanting: for I have a great’ sac-
rifice to do to Baal; whosoever
shall be wanting, he shall not live.
But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the
intent that he might destroy the
worshippers’ of Baal.
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a sol-
emn assembly for Baal. And they
proclaimed it.
21 And Jehw sent through all Is-
rael: and all the worshippers of
Baal came, so that there was not a
man left that came not: And they
/came into the house of Baal; and
‘the house of Baal was full from one
end to another.
22 And he said unto him that was
over the vestry, Bring forth vest-
ments: for all the worshippers of
And he brought them forth
vestments.
23 And Jehu went, and Jehona-
dab the son of Rechab, into the
house: of Baal, and’ said unto the
worshippers of Baal, Search, and
look that there be here with ‘you
none of the servants of the LorD,
but the worshippers of Baal only.
a Calied Jona-
II KINGS.
B.C. 884.
[10 34
24 And when they went in to offer —
sacrifices and burnt-offerings, Jehu
appointed fourscore men without,
and said, If any of the men whom
I have brought into your hands es-
cape, he that letteth him go, Shis
life shall be for the life of him.
25 And it came to pass, as soon as
jhe had made an end of offering the
burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the
guard and to the captains, Go in,
and slay them; let none come forth.
And they smote them with the edge
of the sword; and the guard and
the captains cast them out, and
went to the city of the house of Baal.
26 And they brought forth the
images out of the house of Baal,
and burned them.
27 And they brake down the
jimage of Baal, and brake down the
house of Baal, sand made it a
draught house unto this day.
| 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out
of Israel. /
| 29° Howbeit from:the sins of Jero-
boam the son: of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin, Jehw departed not
from after them, to wit, the golden
calves that were in Beth-el, and
that were in Dan.
Four generations promised to
ehu.
30 And the Lorn ‘said unto Jehu,
Because thou hast done well in exe-
cuting that which is right in mine
eyes, and hast done unto the house
of Ahab according to all that was
in mine heart, jthy children of the
fourth generation shall sit on the
throne of Israel.
_31 But Jehu took no heed to walk
in the law of the Lorp God of Israel
with all his heart: for he departed
not. from the ‘sins of Jeroboam,
which made Israel to sin,
Power of Israel diminished.
32 In those days the Lorp began
to cut Israel short: and Hazael
smote them in all the coasts of
Israel;
33 From Jordan eastward, all the
land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites,,
from Aroer, which: is by the: river
Arnon, even. Gilead and Bashan.
Death of Jehu: accession of
Jehoahaz over Israel.
34 Now the rest of the acts of
Jehu, and all that he did, and all
his might, are they not. written in
10 35]
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
35 And Jehu slept with his
fathers: and they buried him in
Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son
reigned in his stead.
36 And the time that Jehu reigned
ever Israel in Samaria was twenty
and. eight years.
CHAPTER 11.
The seed royal of Judah destroy-
ed, save Joash (2 Chr. 22. 10-12).
ND when @Athaliah the “mother
of Ahaziah saw that her son
was dead, she arose and destroyed
all the seed royal.
2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of
king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole
him from among the king’s sons
which were slain; and they hid
him, even him and his nurse, in the
“‘bedchamber from Athaliah, so that
he was not slain.
3 And he was with her hid in the
house of the Lorpb six years. And
Athaliah did reign over the land.
Joash becomes king over Judah
(2 Chr. 23. 1-11).
4 And the seventh ‘year Je-
hoiada sent and fetched the rulers
over hundreds, with the captains
‘and the guard, and brought them
to him into the house of the LorD,
and made a covenant with them,
and took an oath of them in the
house of the LorpD, and shewed
them the king’s son. |
-5 And he commanded them, say-
ing, This 7s the thing that ye shall
«do; A third part of you that enter
in ¢on the sabbath shall even be
keepers of the watch of the king’s
house;
6 And athird part shall be at the
gate of Sur; and a third part at
the gate behind the guard: so shall
ye keep the watch of the house, that
it be not broken down.
7 And two parts of all you that go
forth on the sabbath, even they
shall keep the watch of the house
of the LorpD about the king.
§ And ye shall compass the king
II KINGS.
a 2 Chr.22.10.
b 2 Ki.8.26.
¢ 2 Chr.23.1.
d 1 Chr.9.25.
e 2 Chr.23.8.
f1Sam.10.24.
g 2-Chr.23.12.
h 2 Ki.23.3;
2 Chr.34.31.
¢ 2 Chr.23.16.
j 2 Sam.5.3.
k 2 Ki.10.26.
1 Deut.12.3;
2 Chr.23.17.
round about, every man with his} -
weapons in his hand: and he that
cometh within the ranges, let him
be slain: and be ye with the king
as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
Q And the <captains over the hun-
dreds did according to all things
that Jehoiada the priest com-
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[11 18
manded: and they took every man
his men that were to come in on the
sabbath, with them that should go
out on the sabbath, and came to
Jehoiada the priest.
10 And ‘to the captains over hun-
dreds did the priest give king
David’s spears and shields, that
were in the temple of the LORD.
| 11 And the guard stood, every
man with his weapons in his hand,
round about the king, from the
tight corner of the temple to the
left corner of the temple, along by
the altar and the temple.
12 And he brought forth the
jkine’s son, and put the crown upon
jhim, and gave him the testimony;
and they made him king, and an-
ointed him; and they clapped their
hands, and said, /God save the king.
Execution of Athaliah
(2 Chr. 23. 12-15).
13 And éwhen Athaliah heard the
noise of the guard and of the peo-
ple, she came to the people into the
temple of the LORD.
14 And when she looked, behold,
the king stood by “a pillar, as the
manner was, and the princes and
the trumpeters by the king, and all
the people of the land rejoiced, and
blew with trumpets: and Athaliah
rent her clothes, and cried, Treason,
Treason.
15 But Jehoiada the priest com-
manded the captains of the hun-
dreds, the officers of the host, and
said unto them, Have her forth
without the ranges: and him that
followeth her kill with the sword.
For the priest had said, Let her not
Ibe slain in the house .of the LorD.
16 And they laid hands on her;
and she went by the way by the
which the horses came into the
king’s house: and there was she
slain. ;
The revival through Jehoiada
(2 Chr. 23. 16-21).
17 4And Jehoiada made a cove-
nant Jbetween the LorpD and the
king and the people, that they
should be the LorRD’s people; be-
tween the king also and the people.
18 And all the people of the Jand
went into the *house of Baal, and
brake it down; his altars and his
images ‘brake they in pieces thor-
oughly, and slew Mattan the priest
of Baal before the altars. And the
priest appointed officers over the
house of the LorD-
19 And he took the rulers over
hundreds, and the captains, and
the guard, and all the people of the
land; and they brought down the
king from the house of the Lorp,
and came by the way of the gate of
the guard to the king’s house. And
he sat on the throne of the kings.
20 And all the people of the land
rejoiced, and the city was in quiet:
and they slew Athaliah with the
sword beside the king’s house.
21 Seven years old was Jehoash
when he began to reign.
Py
II KINGS.
B.C. 878.
CHAPTER 12.
The reign of Jehoash (Joash)
(2 Chr. 24. 2). Sates
a . whe
yN the seventh year of Jehu :
eJehoash began to reign; and|>? Ki.t4.4;_
forty years reigned he in Jerusa- 22.43.
lem. And his mother’s name was ’
Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 6 Dae Bee |
2 And Jehoash did that which) [piso holy
was right in the sight of the Lorp
all his days hes Jehoiada the) ¢ 2 Chr.24.5.
priest instructe f
3 But the high places were not|°? ©"7**
taken away: the people still sacri-| 2 Chr.24.8.
ficed and burnt incense in the high! g2 Chr.24.14,
places,
Dies
The faithless priests aia
(2 Chr. 24..4,.5). # Lev.5.15,18.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, | i Lev-7.7;
All the money of the ‘dedicated| Nvm-18.9.
things that is brought into the k2 Ki.8.12.
house of the LorbD, even the money
of every one that passeth the ac-|! 2 Chr.24.23.
count, the money that every man|n2 Ki.18.15,
is set at, and all the money that] 16; 1 Ki 15.
cometh into any man’s heart to} 18:
bring into the house of the Lorp,
5 Let the priests take it to them,
every man of his acquaintance: and
let them repair the breaches of the
house, wheresoever any breach
shall be found. -
6 But it was so, that in the’
three and twentieth year of king!
Jehoash the ¢priests had not re-
paired the breaches of the house.
Then ¢king Jehodsh called for
Jehoiada the priest, and the other
priests, and said unto them, Why
fepair ye not the breaches of the
house? now therefore receive no
more money of your acquaintance,
but deliver it for the breaches of
the house.
8 And the priests consented to re-|
celve no more money of the people,
neither to repair the breaches of the
house.
436
The temple repaired
(2 Chr. 24. 8-14).
9 But Jehoiada the priest took a
chest, and bored a hole in the lid
of it, and set it beside the altar, on
the right side as one cometh into
the house of the LorpD: and the
priests that kept the door put
therein all the money that was
brought into the house of the
Lorp.
10 And it was so, when they saw
that there was much money in the
chest, that the king’s scribe and
the high priest came up, and they
put up in bags, and told the money
that was found in the house of the
Lorp.
11 And they gave the money,
being told, into the hands of them
that did the work, that had the
oversight of the house of the LorD:
and they laid it out to the carpen-
ters and builders, that wrought
upon the house of the Lor»,
12 And to masons, and hewers of
stone, and to buy timber and hewed
stone to repair the breaches of the
house of the Lorp, and for all that
was laid out for the house to re-
pair it.
13 Howbeit there were not made
for the house of the Lorp bowls of
silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets,
any vessels of gold, or vessels of
silver, of the money that was
brought into the house of the LORD:
14 But they gave that to the
workmen, and repaired therewith
the house of the Lorp.
13 Moreover “they reckoned not
with the men, into whose hand
they delivered the money to be
bestowed on workmen: for they
dealt faithfully.
16 The ‘trespass money and sin
tnoney was not brought into the
house of the Lorn: Jit was the
priests’.
The Syrians take Gath: Je-
hoash. ransoms Jerusalem by
despoiling the temple.
17 Then ‘Fazael king of Syria
went up, and fought against Gath,
and took it: and ’Hazael set his
face to go up to Jerusalem.
18 And Jehoash king of Judah
™took all the hallowed things that
Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and
Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Ju-
dah, had dedicated, and his own
hallowed things, and all the gold
that was found in the treasures of
t
the house of the Lorb, and in the
king’s house, and sent i# to Hazael
king of Syria: and he went away
from Jerusalem.
Death of Joash: accession of
Amaziah (2 Chr. 24. 25-27).
19 And the rest of the acts of
Joash, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And ¢his servants arose, and
made a conspiracy, and slew Joash
in the “house of Millo, which goeth
down. to Silla. }
21 For <Jozachar the son of Shi-
meath, and Jehozabad the son of
Shomer, his servants, smote him,|¢ 2 Ki.14.5;
and he died; and they buried him| ? ©hr-2425-
with his fathers in the city of David:|» or, Beth-
and ¢Amaziah his son reigned in| mullo.
his stead. ¢2 Chr.24.26.
CHAPTER 13. d 2 Chr.24.27.
The reign of Jehoahaz over | ¢ Jud.2.14.
Israel. f 2 Ki8.12.
JN the three and twentieth year of 2 Psa.78.34.
Joash the son of Ahaziah king of
Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu be-|/ Ex.3.7;
gan 10 reign over Israel in Samaria,| ? ¥-14.26.
and reigned seventeen years. iv.25; 2 Ki.
2 And he did that which was| 14.25,27.
evil in the sight of the Lorp, and j1 Ki.16.33.
followed the sins of Jeroboam the ;
son of Nebat, which made Israel to|# See Deut.
sin; he departed not therefrom. 16.21.
3 And the “anger of the LORD}: Amos 1.3.
was kindled against Israel, and he ;
delivered them into the hand of|”? ¥i-1415.
fHazael king of Syria, and into the], 2 xi.14.9.
hand of Ben-hadad the son of Ha- i
zael, all their days. o 2 Ki.2.12.
“Jehoahaz repents, but suffers |?! Ki.20.26.
the grove in Samaria.
4 And Jehoahaz *besought the
Lorp, and the Lorp hearkened
unto him: for he “saw the oppres-
sion of Israel, because the king of
Syria oppressed them.
5 7(And the Lorp gave Israel a
saviour, so that they went out from
under the hand of the Syrians: and
the children of Israel dwelt in their
tents, as beforetime.
6 Nevertheless they departed not
from the sins of the house of Jero-
boam, who made Israel sin, but
walked therein: jand there remained
the “grove also in Samaria.)
7 Neither did he leave of the peo-
ple to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen,
and ten chariots, and ten thousand
footmen: for the king of Syria had va
__|destroyed themj and had made
them ‘like the dust by threshing.
Death of Jehcahaz.,
8 Now the rest of the acts of Je-
hoahaz, and all that he did, and
his might, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
9 And Jehoahaz slept with his
fathers; and they buried him in
Samaria: and Joash his son reigned
in his stead.
Accession of Jehoash over Israel.
10 In the thirty and seventh year
of Joash king of Judah began
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to
reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned sixteen years.
11 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LorD; he de-
parted not from all the sins of Jero-
‘boam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel sin: but he walked therein.
Death of Jehoash (2 Ki. 14. 15, 16).
12 And the rest of the acts of
Joash, and all that he did, and *his
might wherewith he fought against
Amaziah king of Judah, are they
not written in the book of the chron-
icles of the kings of Israel?
13 And Joash slept with his fa-
thers; and Jeroboam sat upon his
throne: and Joash was buried in
Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Illness of Elisha: visit of Joash.
14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of
his sickness whereof he died. And
Joash the king of Israel came down
unto him, and wept over his face,
and said, O my father, my father,
the °chariot of Israel, and the horse-
men thereof.
15 And Elisha said unto him,
Take bow and arrows. And he
took unto him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of
Israel, Put thine hand upon the
bow. And he put his hand upon
it: and Elisha put his hands upon
the king’s hands.
17. And he said, Open the window
eastward. And heopened it. Then
Elisha said, Shoot. And hé shot.
And he said, The arrow of the
LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow
of deliverance from Syria: for thou
shalt smite the Syrians in ?Aphek,
\till thou have consumed them.
The scant faith of Joash.
18 And he said, Take the arrows.
And he took them. And-he said
13 19]
Il KINGS.
unto the king of Israel, Smite upon
the ground. And he smote thrice,
and stayed.
19 And the man of God was wroth
with him, and said, Thou shouldest
have smitten five or six times; then}
hadst thou smitten Syria till thou
hadst consumed it: ‘whereas. now
thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
Death of Elisha: the miracle at
his tomb.
20 And Elisha died, and they bur-
ied him. And the bands of the
Moabites invaded the land at the
coming in of the year.
21 And it came to pass, as they
were burying a man, that. behold,
they spied a band of men; and they
cast the man into the sepulchre of
Elisha: and when. the man. was. let
down, and touched the bones of
Elisha, he ‘revived, and stood up
on his feet.
22 But “Hazael king of Syria op-
pressed Israel all the days of Je-
hoahaz. . ‘
23 ¢And the Lorp was gracious
unto them, and had compassion on
them, and had respect unto them,
/because of his covenant with Abra-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would
not -destroy them, neither cast he
them from his presence as yet.
24 So Hazael king of Syria died;
and Ben-hadad his son reigned. in
his stead.
25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoa-|
haz took again out of the hand of|
Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the
cities, which he had taken out of the
B.C. 839:
c 2 Ki.8.12.
d@ 2.Ki.14.27,
e Ex.2.24,25.
f Ex.32.13.
g vs.18,19.,
h 2 Chr.25.1.
#2 Ki.12.3.
j 2 Ki.12.20:
k Deut.24.15;
Ezk.18.4,20.
1 See 2 Chr.25.
5-16.
m Parables
GT.) 2Chr:| +h
25.18.
(Jud: 917-155
hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. ech i.
sThree times did Joash beat him,| 7-14)
and recovered the cities of Israel. |, one cubit =
about 18 in.
CHAPTER 14.
The reign of Amaziah over
Judah (2 Chr. 25.1).
i ja the second year of Joash son of}
‘4 Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned
*Amaziah the son of Joash king of|
judah.
2 He was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign, and!
reigned twenty and nine years in|
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
3 And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lorp, yet
not like David his father: he did ac-
cording to all things as Joash his
father did. ‘
4 ‘Howbeit the high: places were
not taken away: as yet the people
the high places.
5 And it came to pass, as soon as
the kingdom was confirmed in his)
hand, that he slew his servants
jwhich had slain the king his
father. ;
6 But the children of the murder-
jers he slew not: according unto
that which is written in the book
of the law of Moses, wherein the
LoRD commanded, saying, he
fathers shall not be put to death
for the children, nor the children be
put to death for the fathers; but
every man shall be put to death for
his own sin.
7 He slew of ‘Edom in the valley
"/of salt ten thousand, and. took Selah
by war, and called the name of it
Joktheel unto this day.
War between Israel and Judah
(2. Chr. 25. 17-24).
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers
to Jehoash, the.son of Jehoahaz son
of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come,
let us look one another in the face.
9 And Jehoash the king: of Israel.
sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
saying, "The thistle that was in
Lebanon sent to the cedar that
was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy
daughter to: my son to wife: and
there passed: by a wild beast that
was, in Lebanon, and trode down
the thistle.
10 Thow hast indeed smitten
Edom, and thine heart hath lifted
ee up: glory of this, and tarry at.
home: for why shouldest thou med-
die to thy hurt, that thou shouldest
fall, even thou, and Judah with
thee?
11 But Amaziah would not hear.
Therefore Jehoash king of Israel
went up; and he and Amaziah king
of Judah looked one another in the
face at Beth-shemesh, which be-
longeth to Judah.
12 And Judah was put: to the
worse before Israel; and they fled
every man to their tents, ;
13 And Jehoash king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-
shemesh, and came to Jerusalem,
and brake down the wall of Jeru-
salem from the gate of Ephraim
unto the corner gate, four hundred
"cubits,
14 And he took all the gold and
silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of the Lorp, and
dn the treasures of the king’s house,
14 15]
and hostages, and returned to Sa-
maria.
(See 2 Ki. 13. 12, 13.)
15 Now the rest of the acts of Je-
hoash which he did, and his might,
and how he fought with Amaziah
king of Judah, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
Jetoboam succeeds Jehoash as
king of Israel.
16 And Jehoash slept with his
fathers, and was buried in Samaria
with the kings of Israel; and Jer-
oboam his son reigned in his stead.
Death of Amaziah (2 Chr. 25.
26-28).
17 And Amaziah the son of Joash
king of Judah lived after the death
of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of
Israel fifteen years.
18 And-the ‘rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah? ‘
19 Now they made a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem: and he
fied to Lachish; but they sent after
him to Lachish, and slew him there.
20 And they brought him on
horses: and he was buried at
Jerusalem with his fathers in the
city of David.
Azariah succeeds Amaziah as
king of Judah.
91 And all the people of Judah
took ¢Azariah, which was sixteen
years old, and made him king in-
‘stead of his father Amaziah.
22 He built *Elath, and restored it
to Judah, after that the king slept
with his fathers. |
Reign of Jeroboam II, over
Israel.
93 In the fifteenth year of Ama-|
ziah the son of Joash king of Judah
Jeroboam the son of Joash king of
Israel began to reign in Samaria,
and reigned forty and one.years..
24 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LorpD: he de-
parted not from all the sins of Jerd-
boam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.
25 He restored the coast of Israel
from the entering of Hamath unto
the “sea of the plain, according,to
the word of the LorD God of Israel,
which he spake by the hand of his
servant “Jonah, the son of Amittai,
II KINGS.
B. C. 826.
a Called Uz-
ziah, 2'Chr.
26.1; Isa.1,1.
'b 2: Ki.16:6;
2 Chr.26.2.
c Deut.3.17.
d Jon.1.1.
é Josh.19.13.
f 2 Ki3.4.
g Deut.32.36.
h 2 Sam.8.6;
1 Ki.11.24;
- 2.Chr.8.3.
7 After an in-
terregnum
of 11 years.
2 Ki.15.8.
j v.35; 2 Ki.
12.3; 14.4.
Rk 2 Chr.26,16-
Ze
1 2 Chr.26.23.
439
[157
the prophet, which was of ¢Gath-
hepher. :
26 For the Lorp ‘saw the afflic-
|tion of Israel, that it was very
bitter: for ‘there was not any shut
up, nor any left, nor any helper for
Israel.
| 27 And the LorD said not ‘that he
lwould blot out the name of Israel
from under heaven: but he saved
them by the hand of Jeroboam the
son of Joash.
Death of feroboam II.: acces-
sion of Zachariah king over
Israel.
28 Now the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, and all that he did, and
his might, how he warred, and how.
he recovered Damascus, and Ha-
math, *which belonged to Judah,
for Israel, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
29 And Jeroboam slept with his
fathers, éven with the kings of Is-
rael; and ‘Zachariah his son reigned
in his stead.
CHAPTER 15.
Reign of Azariah (Uzziah) over
Judah (2 Chr. 26. 1-3).
ie the twenty and seventh year of
Jeroboam -king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of
Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen years old was he when
he began to reign, and he reigned
two and fifty years in Jerusalem.
And his mother’s name was Jecho-
liah of Jerusalem.
3 And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LorD, ac-
cording to all that his father Ama-
ziah had done;
| 4 sSave that the high places were
not removed: the people sacrificed
and burnt incense still on the high
places.
5 And the LorpD “smote the king,
so that he was a leper unto the day
| of his death, and dwelt in a several
| house. 9
lwas over the house, judging the
And Jotham the king’s son
people of the land.
Death of Azariah (Uzziah): ac-
cession of Jotham.,
| 6 And the rest of the acts of Aza-
Iriah, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the
ichronicles of the kings of Judah?
7-So Azariah slept with his fa-
thers; and they ‘buried him with his
15 8]
fathers in the city of David: and
Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
‘Reign of Zachariah over Israel.
8 Inthe thirty and eighth year of
Azariah king of Judah did Zacha-
riah the son of Jeroboam reign over
Israel in Samaria six months,
9 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LoRD, as his
fathers had done: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
Death of Zachariah: accession
of Shallum over Israel.
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh
conspired against him, and @smote
him before the people, and slew him,
and reigned in his stead.
11 And the rest of the acts of
Zachariah, behold, they are writ-
ten in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel.
12 This was the 4word of the
Lorp which he spake unto Jehu,
saying, Thy sons shall sit on the
throne of Israel unto the fourth gen-
eration. And so it came to pass.
Reign of Shallum: his death.
13 Shallum the son of Jabesh be-
gan to reign in the nine and thirtieth
year of ‘Uzziah king of Judah; and
he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14 For Menahem the son of Gadi
went up from ¢Tirzah, and came to
Samaria, and smote Shallum the
son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew
him, and reigned in his stead.
15 And the rest of the acts of
Shallum, and his conspiracy which
he made, behold, they are written in
the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.
Reign of Menahem over Israel.
16 Then Menahem smote ¢Tiph-
sah, and all that were therein, and
the coasts thereof from Tirzah: be-
cause they opened not to Aim,
therefore he smote it; and all the
women therein that were with child
he ripped up.
17 In the nine and thirtieth year
of Azariah king of Judah began).
Menahem the son of Gadi to reign
over Israel, and reigned ten years
in Samaria.
18 And he did’ that which was
evil in the sight of the LorpD: he de-
parted not all his days from the sins
of Jeroboam the son of N ebat, who
made Israel to sin,
II KINGS.
B.C. 758.
a As prophe-
sied, Amos
7.9.
b 2 Ki.10.30.
c Mt.1.8,9,
called Ozias,
and v.1,
Azariah.
*
di Ki.14.17,
e1 Ki.4.24,
Ff 1 Chr.5.26;
Isa.9.1;
Hos.8.9.
g One tal-
ent =£410,
or $1940.
h One shekel
= 2s. 9d., or
65 cts.
# Isa.7.1.
j 1 Chr.5,26;
Isa.9.1.
& 1 Ki.15.20.
440
is
An Assyrian invasion of Israel
(1 Chr. 5. 26)
19 And /Pul the king of Assyria.
came against the land: and Mena-
hem gave Pul a thousand @talents
of silver, that his hand might be
with him to confirm the kingdom
in his hand.
20 And Menahem exacted the
money of Israel, even of all the
mighty men of wealth, of each man
fifty “shekels of silver, to give to
the king of Assyria. So the king
of Assyria turned back, and stayed
not there in the jand. |
7
Death of Menahem: accession
of Pekahiah over Israel. —
21 And the rest of the acts of
Menahem, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22 And Menahem slept with his
fathers; and Pekahiah his son
reigned in his stead.
Death of Pekahiah: accession of
Pekah over Israel.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah
king of Judah Pekahiah the son of
Menahem began to reign over Israel
‘|in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lorp: he
departed not from the sins cf Jero-
boam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.
25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah,
a captain of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in
the palace of the king’s house, with
Argob and Arieh, and with him
fifty men of the Gileadites: and he
killed him, and reigned in his room,
26 And the rest of the acts of Pe-
kahiah, and all that he did, behold,
they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Reign of Pekah over Israel: his
death.
27 In the two and fiftieth year of
Azariah king of Judah ‘Pekah the
son of Remaliah began to reign over
Israel in Samaria, and reigned
twenty years.
°28 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lorp: he
departed not from the sins of Jero-
boam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin. :
29 In the days of Pekah king of.
Israel came JTiglath-pileser king of
Sssymia, and took *Ijon, and Abel-
beth-maachah, and Janoah, and
15 30]
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and
Galilee, ail the land of Naphtali,
and carried them captive to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the son of Elah
made a conspiracy against Pekah
the son of Remaliah, and smote
him, and slew him, and ¢reigned in
his stead, in the twentieth year of
Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31 And the rest of the acts of Pe-
kah, and all that he did, behold,
they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Reign of Jotham over Judah
(2 Chr. 26. 23; 27).
32 In the second year of Pekah
the son of Remaliah king of Israel
began “Jotham the son of Uzziah
' king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty years old was
he when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
And his mother’s name was Jeru-
sha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LorD: he
did according to all that his father
Uzziah had done.
35 ‘Howbeit the high places were
not removed: the people sacrificed
and burned incense still in the high
places. He built the higher gate of
the house of the LORD. .
36 Now the rest of the acts of
Jotham, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37 In those days the LorD began
to send against Judah ¢Rezin the
king of Syria, and Pekah the son
of Remaliah.
38 And Jotham slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his
father: and Ahaz his son reigned
in his stead.
CHAPTER 16.
Reign of Ahaz over Judah
(2 Chr. 28. 1).
qt the seventeenth year of Pekah
the son of Remaliah ‘Ahaz the
son of Jotham king of Judah began
to reign.
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz
when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did
not that which was right in the
sight of the Lorp his God, like
David his father.
3 But he walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, yea, Sand made his
son to pass through the fire, accord-
“II KINGS.
a 2 Ki.17.1;
Hos.10.3,7,
15.
6 2 Chr.27.1.
cv.4.
d Isa.7.1-17.
e2 Chr.28.1.
f Lev.18.21;
2 Chr.28.3;
Psa.106.37,
g Deut.12.31.
hi.e. nations.
i Heb, Eloth.
j Heb. Tilgath-
pilneser,
1 Chr.5.26;
2 Chr.28.20.
k 2 Ki.12.18;
2 Chr.28.21.
1 Lit. meal.
[16 14
ing to the &gabominations of the
hheathen, whom the Lorp cast out
from before the children of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt in-
cense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.
Invasion of Judah by Syria and
Israel (2 Chr. 28. 5-8).
5 Then Rezin king of Syria and
Pekah son of Remaliah king of Is-
rael came up to Jerusalem to war:
and they besieged Ahaz, but could
not overcome him.
6 At that time Rezin king of
Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and
drave the Jews from ‘Elath: and the
Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt
there unto this day.
Ahaz seeks the assistance of
Assyria (2 Chr. 28. 16-21).
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to
JTiglath-pileser king of Assyria,
saying, I am thy servant and thy
son: come up, and save me out of
the hand of the king of Syria, and
out of the hand of the king of Is-
rael, whick rise up against me.
8 And Ahaz *took the silver and
gold that was found in the house
of the LorD, and in the treasures of
the king’s house, and sent it for a
present to the king of Assyria.
The Assyrians take Damascus.
9 And the king of Assyria heark-
lened unto him: for the king of As-
syria went up against Damascus,
and took it, and carried the people
of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 And king Ahaz went to Da-
mascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king
of Assyria, and saw an altar that
was at Damascus: and king Ahaz
sent to Urijah the priest the fashion
of the altar, and the pattern of it,
according to all the workmanship
thereof.
11 And Urijah the priest built an
altar according to all that king
Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so
Urijah the priest made it against
king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 And when the king was come
from Damascus, the king saw the
altar: and the king approached to
the altar, and offered thereon.
|] 13 And he burnt his burnt-offer-
441
ing and his /meat-offering, and
poured his drink-offering, and
sprinkled the blood of his peace-
offerings, upon the altar.
14 And he brought also the brasen
altar, which was before the Lorpb,
16 15] Il KINGS. [17 2
maneser king of Assyria; and Ho- —
shea: became his' servant, and’ gave
\him: presents,
_ Israel (the ten tribes) carried
away into Assyria.
4 And the king of Assyria found
conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had
sent messengers to So king of
Egypt, and brought no present to
the king of Assyria, as he had done —
year by year: therefore the king of
Assyria shut him up, and bound
him in prison.
5 Then the king of Assyria came
up throughout all the land, and
went up. to Samaria, and besieged
it three years,
6. In the ninth year of Hoshea the
jking of Assyria took Samaria, and
carried £Israel away into Assyria,
and placed them in Halah and in
Habor by the river of Gozan, and
in the cities of the Medes.
The sins for which Israel was
carried into captivity.
from the forefront of the house,) Bic. 740.
from between the altar and the
house: of the Lorp, and put it on
the north side of the altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded
. Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the
great altar burn the morning burnt-
offering, and the evening “meat-
offering, and the king’s burnt-sacri-
fice, and his meat-offering, with the
burnt-offering of all the people of
the land, and their meat-offering,
and their drink-offerings; and sprin-
kle upon it all the blood of the
bufnt-offering, and all the blood of
the sacrifice: and the brasen altar
shall be for me to enquire by.
16 Thus did Urijah the priest, ac-
cording to all that king Ahaz com-| ..
manded. a Lit. rneal.
17 And king Ahaz cut off °the|s1 Ki.7.27,28.
borders of the bases, and removed eas =
the laver from off them; and took|¢! ®-7-23,25-
down the ‘sea from off the ‘brasen|d 2: Chr.28:27.
oxen that were under it, and put it =
upon a pavement of stones. PSS Sib
18 And'the covert for the sabbath! f2 Ki.18:9.
‘that they had built in the house, its 7 For so-it was that the children
and the king’s entry without,|* oo (i lof Israel had Jsinnéd against the
turned he from the house of the| 23;,2 Ki.24.. |LORD their God, which had brought
Lorw for the king of Assyria. 10-16. (Gen. |them up out of the land of Egypt,
H 1223S from under the hand of Pharaoh
! Rom.11.26.) |22
“Frosetiah (2 Cie Sac 26,27). |hse nations [EREO! BEY, and had feared othe
gods,
Ber he ey gh he acteet bass a 8 And walked in the statutes of
hie. nations:
: 8 ) the “heathen, n the LorpD cast
pastse et “iid beeing he chroni- ue out frais ieee: Waele
cles of the kings of Judah; Israel, > king:
20 And Ahaz slept with his which has ites piece
fathers, and ¢was buried with his
fathers in the city of David: and
pens his son reigned in his
stead.
9 And the children of Israel did
secretly those things.that were not
right against the Lorp their God,
and they built them high places’ in
CHAPTER 17. ail’ their cities, from the tower of
4 the wat : i
Reign of Hoshea over Israel. 10 beers erie tpe aaa
TW the twelfth year of Ahaz king and ‘groves in every high hill, and
of Judah began “Hoshea the son under every green tree:
of Elah to reign in Samaria over] _11 And there they burnt incense
Israel nine years. an all the high places, as did. the
2 And he did that which was| heathen whom the Lorb carried
evil'in the sight of the Lorb, but nqt away before them; and wrought
as the kings of Israel that were be- wicked things to provoke the LORD
fore him. 1 bs aes
Israel becomes tributary to the Lorn hela eee
NM Assyria. shallinot:do this thing; — :
3 Against him came up JShal- 13: Yet the Lorp testified:against
an : mR ra tee nt ee
1Cf. Deut. 28, 15-68. From this captivity the ten tribes h
‘stored to Palestine. A remnant of Judah returned under eculstinbedee tes dee
Nehemiah, and individuals out of the ten tribes (called, after the division of ’Solo-
mon’s kingdom, “Israel!” in the historical books; and Prophets, also “Ephraim” b:
the latter) went back, but the national restoration is yet to be fulfilled See Prices
finian Covenant, Deut. 30. 1-9; Kingdom. 2 Sam, 7, 8-17, refs, {
442
bys i alg a a a
17 14]
Israel, and against Judah, by all
the prophets, and by all the 4seers,
saying, Turn ye from your evil
ways, and keep my commandments
and my statutes, according to all
the law which I commanded your
fathers, and which I sent to you by
my servants the prophets.
14 Notwithstanding they would
not hear, but ‘hardened their necks,
like to the neck of their fathers,
that did not believe in the LORD
their God.
15 Andthey rejected his statutes,
and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies
which he testified against them;
and they followed vanity, and “be-
came vain, and went after the
fheathen that were round about
them, concerning whom the LoRD
had charged them, that they should
not do like them.
16 And they left all the command-
ments of the LorpD their God, and
&made them molten images, even
two calves, and made a “grove, and
worshipped all the host of heaven,
and served Baal.
17 And they caused their sons and
their daughters to pass through the
fire, and ‘used divination and en-
chantments, and sold themselves to
do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke him to anger.
18 Therefore the LORD was very
angry with Israel, and removed
them out of his sight: there was
none left but the tribe of Judah
only.
19 Also Judah kept not the com-
mandments of the LorD their God,
but walked in the statutes of Israel
which they made.
20 And the LorD rejected all the
seed of Israel, and afflicted them,
and delivered them into the hand
of spoilers, until he had cast them
out of his sight.
21 For he rent Israel from the
house of David; and they made
Jeroboam the son of Nebat king:
and Jeroboam drave Israel from
following the LorD, and made them
sin a great sin.
22 For the children of Israel
walked in all the sins of Jeroboam
which he did; they departed not
from them;
23 Until the LorD removed Israel
out of his sight, ’as he had said by
all his servants the prophets. mSo
was Israel carried away out of
their own land to Assyria unto this
day.
iI KINGS.
B.C. 721. Th
a1 Sam.9.9.
b Jer.18.11;
25:53)35cL5~
¢ Deut.31.27;
Prov.29.1.
d Deut.32.21;
1 Ki.16.13.
e Psa.115.8;
Rom.1.21.
fi.e. nations.
g 1 Ki.12.28.
h See Deut.
16.21.
4 Deut.18.10.
j 1 Ki.11,13,32.
k 2 Ki.13.3;
15.29.
21 Ki.14.16.
mv.6.
n v.30.
o Psa.19.9,
note,
e king of Assyria repeoples
the cities of Israel.
24 And the king of Assyria
brought men from *Babylon, and
from Cuthah, and from Ava, and
from Hamath, and from Sephar-
vaim, and placed them in the cities
of Samaria instead of the children
of Israel: and they possessed Sa-
maria, and dwelt in the cities
thereof.
25 And so it was at the beginning
of their dwelling there, that they
ofeared not the Lorp: therefore the
LorD sent lions among them, which
slew some of them.
26 Wherefore they spake to the
king of Assyria, saying, The na-
tions which thou hast removed, and
placed in the cities of Samaria,
know not the manner of the God of
the land: therefore he hath sent
lions among them, and, behold,
they slay them, because they know
not the manner of the God of the
land.
27 Then the king of Assyria com-
manded, saying, Carry thither one
of the priests whom ye brought
from thence; and let them go and
dwell there, and let him teach them
the manner of the God of the land.
28 Then one of the priests whom
they had carried away from Sama-
ria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and
taught them how they should °fear
the LorD.
29 Howbeit every nation made
gods of their own, and put them in
the houses of the high places which
the Samaritans had made, every
nation in their cities wherein they
dwelt.
30 And the men of Babylon made
Succoth-benoth, and the men of
Cuth made Nergal, and the men of
Hamath made Ashima,
31 And the Avites made Nibhaz
and Tartak, and the Sepharvites
burnt their children in fire to
Adrammelech and Anammelech,
the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 So they °feared the LorD, and
made unto themselves of the lowest
of them priests of the high places,
which sacrificed for them in the
houses of the high places.
33 They feared the LorpD, and
served their own gods, after the
manner cf the nations whom they
carried away from thence.
34 Unto this day they do after the
former manners: they °fear not the
Lorp, neither do they after their
a=
17 35) II KINGS. ~ ipis
Israel; so that after him was non e
like him among all the kings of Ju-
dah, nor any that were before him.
6 For he clave to the Lorp, and
departed not from following him,
but kept his commandments, which
the LorD commanded Moses.
statutes, or after their ordinances,
or after the law and commandment
which the LorD commanded the
children of Jacob, whom he named
Israel;
35 With whom the Lorp had
madeacovenant, and charged them,
saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, 7 And the LorpD was. with him;
nor bow yourselves to them, nor and he prospered whithersoever he
serve them, nor sacrifice to them: went forth: and he rebelled against
36 But the Lord, who brought the king of Assyria, and served him
you up out of the land of Egypt not.
with great power and a stretched
BA) aaia.+ Trinnctehall ie mat ei Hezekiah victorious over the
him ‘shall ye worship, and to him P gee ;
shall ye do sacrifice. 8 He smote the Philistines, even
37 And the statutes, and the ordi- unto Gaza, and the borders thereof,
nances, and the law, and the com- from the tower of the watchmen to
mandment, which he wrote for you, the fenced city. ‘
ye shall observe to do for evermore;|c Psa.19.9, 9 And it came to pass in the
and ye shall not fear other gods. note. |fourth year of king Hezekiah, which
38 And the covenant that I have}, <,. Deut. was the seventh year of Hoshea son
jo sae re a ets not ire, 16.21. of Elah king of lesecl that Shal-
neither shall ye fear other gods. maneser king 0} ssyria came up
39 But the Lorp your God ye ao ope) against Samaria, and besieged it.
shall “fear; and he shall deliver you 10 And at the end of three years
out of the hand of all your enemies.|¢ Times of the |they took it: even in the sixth year
40 Howbeit they did aot hearken,| Gentiles. [of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year
but they did after their former] 2ki2¢1-01. |of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria
manner. (Lk.21.24; was taken. :
41 So these nations “feared the} Rev-©19) | 11 And the king of Assyria 4did
Lorn, and served their graven im-|cone talent (Carry away Israel unto Assyria, and
ages, both their children, and their} (silver) = put them in Halah and in Habor by
children’s children: as did their sIGsG Ge ithe river of Gozan, and in the cities
fathers, so do they unto this day. . of the Medes:
f One talent 12 Because they obeyed not the
CHAPTER 18. geld = [Voice of the Tage their God, but
. C $29,085. transgressed his covenant, and all
Reign of geyser 2) Judah Kites, |t#at Moses the servant of the LoRD
; eh ahs 2 haat commanded, and would not hear
New it are cr in the ne them, nor do them.
year of Hoshea son o a as
king of Israel, that Hezekiah the Sennacherib invades Judah.
son of Ahaz king of Judah began 13 Now in the fourteenth year of
to reign. king Hezekiah did Sennacherib
2 Twenty and five years old was king of Assyria come up against all
he when he began to reign; and he the fenced cities of Judah, and took
Teigned twenty and nine years in them.
Jerusalem. His mother’s name also 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah
was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. sent to the king of Assyria to La-
3 And he did that which was
3 Ar chish, saying, I ha ff ;
right in the sight of the LorpD, ac- we or cudleds aay
turn from me: that which thou
cording to all that David his father puttest on me will I bear. And the
did. king of Assyria appointed unto
Revival under Hezekiah Fee Serato ive > pee fee |
(2 Chr. 29. 3-31. 21). ftalents of gold enya ee
4 He removed the high places, and 15 And Hezekiah egave him all
brake the images, and cut down the
the silver that was :
®groves, and brake in pieces the found in the
house of the Lorpb, and in the
brasen serpent that Moses had treasures of the king’
made: for unto those days the chil- 16 At that time Richtee! cut
dren of Israel did burn incense to off the gold from the doors of the
it: and he called it Nehushtan. temple of the Lorp, and from the
9 He “trusted in the LorD God of pillars which Hezekiah king of Ju-
18 17]
dah had overlaid, and gave it to the
king of Assyria.
Sennachertb seeks to terrify the
‘ae of Jerusalem (2 Chr.
. 9-19).
17 And the king of Assyria sent
Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-sha-
keh from Lachish to king Hezekiah
with a great host against Jerusa-
lem. And they went up and came
to Jerusalem. And when they were
come up, they came and stood by
the conduit of the upper pool, ¢which
isin the highway of the fuller’s field.
18 And when they had called to
the king, there came out to them
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which
was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son
of Asaph the recorder.
19 And Rab-shakeh said unto
them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah,
Thus saith the great king, the king
of Assyria, °What confidence is this
wherein thou trustest?
20 Thou sayest, (but they are
but ‘vain words,) I have counsel
and strength for the war. Now on
whom dost thou trust, that thou re-
bellest against me?
21 4Now, behold, thou trustest
upon the staff of this bruised reed,| j or, deceiv-
even upon Egypt, on which if a} eth
manlean, it will gointo his hand, and), » 4319.12:
pierce it: so 1s Pharaoh king of] 2 Chr.32.14;
Egypt unto all that trust on him. Isa.10.9-11.
22 But if ye say unto me, We!,, xi49 13
trust in the LorD our God: is not ext
that he, ‘whose high places and|m2 Ki.17.24,
whose altars Hezekiah hath taken| 4’?
away, and hath said to Judah and|» Dan.3.15.
Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before
this altar in Jerusalem? GLEE
23 Now therefore, I pray thee,
give fpledges to my lord the king of
Assyria, and I will deliver thee two
thousand horses, if thou be able on
thy part to set riders upon them.
24 How then wilt thou turn away
the face of one captain of the least
of my master’s servants, and put
thy trust on Egypt for chariots and
for horsemen? :
25 Am I now come up without;
the LorD against this place to de-;
stroy it? ~The LorD said to me, Go
up against this land, and destroy it.
The Jewish answer to Rab-sha-
keh’s threats.
26 Then said Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah, and Shebna, and_Joah,
unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I_ pray
thee, to thy servants in the Syrian
a {sa.7.3.
6 2 Chr.32.10.
the lips.
d Ezk.29.6,7. |
ev.4; 2 Chr.
31.1;-32.12.
Or,
hostages.
g 2 Chr.32.15,
h Or, seek my
favour.
# Deut.8.7,8.
445
II KINGS.
[18 37
language; for we understand it: and
talk not with us in the Jews’ lan-
/guage in the ears of the people that
are on the wall.
Rab-shakeh’s further insolence.
27 But Rab-shakeh said unto
them, Hath my master sent me to
thy master, and to thee, to speak
these words? hath he not sent me
to the men which sit on the wall,
c Heb. word of
that they may eat their own dung,
and drink their own piss with you?
28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and
cried with a loud voice in the Jews’
language, and spake, saying, Hear
the word of the great king, the king
of Assyria:
29 Thus saith the king, sLet not
Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall
not be able to deliver you out of his
hand:
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you
trust in the LORD, saying, The
LORD will surely deliver us, and
|this city shall not be delivered into
the hand of the king of Assyria.
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for
thus saith the king of Assyria,
hMake an agreement with me by a
present, and come out to me, and
then eat ye every man of his own
vine, and every one of his fig tree,
and drink ye every one the waters
of his cistern:
32 Until I come and take you
away to a land like your own land,
ig land of corn and wine, a land of
bread and vineyards, a land of oil
olive and of honey, that ye may live,
and not die: and hearken not unto
Hezekiah, when he Jpersuadeth you,
saying, The Lorp will deliver us.
33 Hath any of the gods of the
nations delivered at all his land out
of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 'Where are the gods of Ha-
math, and of Arpad? where are the
gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and
mIvah? have they delivered Sama-
ria out of mine hand?
35 Who are they among all the
gods of the countries, that have de-
livered their country out of mine
hand, “that the LorpD should de-
liver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
36 But the people held their
peace, and answered him not a
word: for the king’s commandment
was, saying, Answer him not.
37 Then came Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah, which was over the house-
hold, and Shebna the scribe, and
Joah the son of Asaph the recorder,
to Hezekiah °with their clothes
a
B19 1]
rent, and told him the words of
Rab-shakeh. :
CHAPTER 19.
Hezekiah’s message to Isaiah.
ND 4it came to pass, when king
Hezekiah heard it, that he rent
his clothes, and covered himself
with sackcloth, and went into the
house of the LORD. :
2 And he sent Eliakim, which was
| over the household, and Shebna
the scribe, and the elders of the
priests, covered with sackcloth, to
‘Tsaiah the prophet the son of
Amoz. ; ‘
3 And they said unto him, Thus
saith Hezekiah, This day is a day
of trouble, and of rebuke, and blas-
phemy: for the children are come to
the birth, and there is not strength
to bring forth.
4 ‘It may be the Lorp thy God
will hear all the words of Rab-
shakeh, whom the king of Assyria
his master hath sent to reproach
the living God; and will reprove
the words which the Lorp thy
God hath heard: wherefore lift up
thy prayer for the remnant that
are left.
5 So the servants of king Heze-
kiah came to Isaiah.
Isaiah’s answer.
6 And Isaiah said unto them,
Thus shall ye say to your master,
Thus saith the LorD, Be not afraid
of the words which thou hast heard,
with which the ¢servants of the king
of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will send a fblast upon
him, and he shall hear a rumour,
and shall return to his own land;
and I will cause him tq fall by the
sword in his own land.
. Sennacherib defies the God of
Hezekiah (2 Chr. 32.17).
8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and
found the king. of Assyria warring
against Libnah: for he had heard
that he was departed from ¢Lachish.
9 And £when he heard say of Tir-
hakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he
is come out to fight against thee:
he sent messengers again unto
Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Heze-
kiah king of Judah, saying, Let not
thy God in whom thou “trustest
deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem
shall not be delivered into the hand
a6 an a *{ :
Il KINGS.
B.C. 710.
a Isa.37.1.
b Lk.3.4, called
aias.
c 2 Sam.16.12
d Isa.37.6.
e 2 Ki.18.17.
f vs.35-37;
Jer.51.1.
g 1 Sam.23.27.
h Psa.2.12,
note.
i Bible
prayers
(O.T.). 2 Ki.
20.3. (Gen.
15.2; Hab.3.
1-16.)
j Psa.31.2.
k Psa.115.4;
Jer.10.3.
/ Psa.83.18.
m Isa.37.21.
n Lam.2.13.
of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what
the kings of Assyria have done to
all lands, by destroying them ut-
terly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations
delivered them which my fathers
have destroyed; as Gozan, and
Haran, and Rezeph, and the chil-
dren of Eden which were in The-
lasar?
13. Where is the king of Hamath,
and the king of Arpad, and the king
- lof the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena,
and Ivah? &
Hezekiah’s prayer (2 Chr. 32. 20).
14 And Hezekiah received the
letter of the hand of the messen-
gers, and read it: and Hezekiah
went up into the house of the Lorb,
and spread it before the Lorp.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before
the Lorp, and ‘said, O Lorp God
of Israel, which dwellest between
the cherubims, thou art the God,
even thou alone, of all the kingdoms
of the earth; thou hast made heaven
and earth. |
16 LorpD, Jbow down thine ear,
and hear: open, LorD, thine eyes,
and see: and hear the words of
Sennacherib, which hath sent him
to reproach the living God.
17 Of a truth, Lorp, the kings of
Assyria have destroyed the nations
and their lands,
18 And have cast their gods into
the fire: for they were no gods, but
‘the work of men’s hands, wood
and stone: therefore they have de-
stroyed them.
19 Now therefore, O LorpD our
God, I beseech thee, save thou us
out of his hand, ‘that all the king-
doms of the earth may know that
te: art the LoRD God, even thou
only.
Jehovah’s answer through
Isaiah.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz
sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus
saith the Lorp God of Israel,
™That which thou hast prayed to
me against Sennacherib king of As-
sytia I have heard.
21 This is the word that the
LorpD hath spoken concerning him:
The virgin "the daughter of Zion
hath despised thee, and laughed
thee to scorn; the daughter of Jeru-
salem hath shaken her head at thee.
22 Whom hast thou reproached
and blasphemed? and against whom
hast thou exalted thy voice, and
&
‘lifted up thine eyes on high? even
against the Holy One of Israel. _
23 By thy messengers thou hast
reproached the Lord, and hast said,
With the multitude of my chariots
I am come up to the height of the
mountains, to the sides of Lebanon,
and will cut down the tall cedar
trees thereof, and the choice fir
trees thereof: and I will enter into
the lodgings of his borders, and into
the forest of his Carmel.
24 I have’ digged and drunk
strange waters, and with the sole
of my feet have I dried up all the
rivers of besieged places.
25 Hast thou not heard long ago
how I have done it, and of ancient
times that I have formed it? now
have I brought it to pass, that thou
shouldest be to lay waste fenced
cities into ruinous heaps.
26 Therefore their inhabitants
were of small power, they were dis-
mayed and confounded; they were
as the grass of the field, and as the
green herb, as the grass on the
house tops, and as corn blasted
before it be grown up. r
27 But I know thy abode, and thy
going out, and thy coming in, and
thy rage against me.
28 Because thy rage against me
and thy tumult is come up into mine
ears, therefore ¢I will put my hook
in thy nose, and my bridle in thy
lips, and I will turn thee back by
the way by which thou camest.
29 And this shall be a °sign unto
thee, Ye shall eat this year such
things as grow of themselves, and
inthe second year that which spring-
eth of the same; and in the third
year sow ye, and reap, and plant
vineyards, and eat the fruits there-
of.
30 And the remnant that is es-
caped of the house of Judah shall
yet again take root downward, and
bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go
forth a remnant, and they that es-
cape out of mount Zion: the zeal of
the Lorb of hosts shall do this.
32 Therefore thus saith the LORD
concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor
shoot an arrow there, nor come be-
fore it with shield, nor cast a bank
against it.
33 By the way that he came, by
the same shall he return, and shall
not come into this city, saith the
Lorp.
34 For <I will defend this city, to
, } A
II KINGS.
B.C.'710.
a Job 41.2;
Ezk.29.4;
38.4; Amos
4.2.
b 1 Sam.2.34;
2 Ki.20.8,9;
Isa.7.11,14;
Lk.2.12.
c 2 Ki.20.6.
d1 Ki.11.12,
13.
e 2 Chr.32.21;
Isa.37.36.
Ff Heb.1.4,
note,
g Miracles
(O.T.). 2 Ki.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
i See 1 Ki.8,
61.
j 2 Ki.19.20;
Psa.65.2.
2 Psa.39.12;
56.8.
12 Ki.19,34,
|
447
i RN
[20 7
save it, for mine own sake, and
¢for my servant David’s sake.
Jehovah destroys the Assyrian
army (2 Chr. 32. 21, 22),
35 And “it came to pass_ that)...
night, that the fangel of the Lorp\/ ‘~~
went out, and smote in the camp
of the Assyrians an hundred four-
score and five thousand: and when
they arose early in the morning,
behold, they were all dead corpses.
Death of Sennacherib
OriChr Soars
36 So Sennacherib king
departed, and went and
and dwelt at Nineveh.
37 And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping in the house of Nis-
toch his god, that Adrammelech
and Sharezer his sons smote him
with the sword: and they escaped
into the land of Armenia. And
Eeeason his son reigned in his
stead.
of Assyria
returned,
CHAPTER 20.
Hezekiah’s illness and recovery
(2 Chr. 32. 24).
1 those days was Hezekiah sick
unto death. And the prophet
Isaiah the son of Amoz came to
him, and said unto him, Thus saith
the Lorpb, Set thine house in order;
for thou shalt die, and not live.
| 2 Then he turned his face to the
wall, and prayed unto the Lorpb,
saying,
3 I beseech thee, O Lorp, re-
member now how I have walked
before thee in truth and with a ‘per-
fect heart, and have done that
which is good in thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept sore.
4 And it came to pass, afore
Isaiah was gone out into the middle
court, that the word of the LorD
came to him, saying,
5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah
the captain of my people, Thus
saith the Lorp, the God of David
thy father, JI have heard thy prayer,
I have seen *thy tears: behold, I
will heal thee: on the third day
thou shalt go up unto the house of
the Lorp.
6 And I will add unto thy days
fifteen years; and I will deliver
thee and this city out of the hand
of the king of Assyria; and /I will
defend this city for mine own sake,
and for my servant David’s sake.
7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of
-<
20 8]
figs.
the boil, and he recovered. :
8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah,
eWhat shall be the sign that the
Lorp will heal me, and that I shall
go up into the house of the LoRD
the third day? . :
9 And Isaiah said, This sign
shalt thou have of the Lorb, that
the Lorp will do the thing that he
hath spoken: shall the shadow go
forward ten degrees, or go back
ten degrees? :
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is
a light thing for the shadow to go
down ten degrees: nay, but let the
shadow return backward ten de-
grees. :
11 And Isaiah the Fae cried
unto the Lorp: and ‘he brought
the shadow ten degrees “backward,
by which it had gone down in the
dial of Ahaz.
Hezekiah imprudently exposes
his treasures to men of Baby-
Jon (2 Chr. 32. 27-31).
12 At that time Berodach-bala-
dan, the son of Baladan, king of
Babylon, sent letters and a present
unto Hezekiah: for hehad heard that
Hezekiah had been sick.
13 And ‘Hezekiah hearkened unto
them, and shewed them all the
house of his precious things, the sil-
ver, and the gold, and the spices,
and the precious ointment, and all
the house of his armour, and all that
was found in his treasures: there
was nothing in his house, nor in all
his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed
them not.
14 Then came Isaiah the prophet
unto king Hezekiah, and said unto
him, What said these men? and from
whence came they unto thee? And
Hezekiah said, They are come from
a far country, even from Babylon.
15 And he said, What have they
seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All the things that are
in mine house have they seen: there
is nothing among my treasures that
I have not shewed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah,
Hear the word of the LoRD.
17 Behold, the days come, that
all that is in thine house, and that
which thy fathers have laid up in
store unto this day, /shall be carried
into Babylon: nothing shall be left,
saith the Lorp.
18 And of thy sons that shall issue
from thee, which thou shalt beget,
&shall they take away; “and they
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And they: took and laid it on}
a Jud.6.17,37,
39; Isa.7.11,
14; 38.22.
b Isa.38.7,8.
¢ Josh.10.12-
14; Isa.38.8.
d Miracles
f 2 Ki.24,.13;
25.13;
13;
Jer.27.21,22;
52.17.
& 2 Ki.24.12;
2 Chr.33.11.
h Fulfilled,
Dan.1.3.
7 Neh.3.16.
j 2 Chr.32.30.
k 2 Chr.32.33.
lie. nations.
m Deut.16.21.
n 2 Sam.7.13;
1 Ki.8.29;
9.3.
o Lev.18.21;
2
20.2;
2 Ki.16.3;
17.17,
p Lev.19.26;
Deut.18.10;
2 Ki.17.17,
(21 @
' shall be eunuchs in the palace of the
king of Babylon.
-:
7
1$ Then said Hezekiah unto Isa-
iah, Good is the word of the Lora
{which thou hast spoken. And he
said, Js it not good, if peace and
[truth be in my days?
Death of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 32.
32, 33).
20 And the rest of the acts of Hez-
ekiah, and all his might, and how
he ‘made a pool, and a conduit, and
Jbrought water into the city, are
ness not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
} 21 And #Hezekiah slept with his
fathers: and Manasseh his son
teigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 21.
Accession and reign of Manas-
se his evil ways (2 Chr. 33.
sO)
MANASSEH was twelve years
old when he began to reign,
and reigned fifty and five years in
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was Hephzi-bah.
2 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lorp, after
the abominations of the ‘heathen,
whom the LorD cast out before the
children of Israel.
3 For he built up again the high
places which Hezekiah his father
had destroyed; and he reared up
altars for Baal, and made a grove,
as did Ahab king of Israel; and
worshipped all the host of heaven,
and served them.
} 4 And he built altars in the house
of the LorD, of which the Lorp said,
In “Jerusalem will I put my name.
5 And he built altars for all the
host of heaven in the two courts of
\the house of the Lorp.
6 °And he made his son pass
through the fire,and observed ’times,
and used enchantments, and dealt
with familiar spirits and wizards:
he wrought much wickedness in the
sight of the Lorp, to provoke him
}to anger.
7 And he set a graven image of
the ™grove that he had made in the
thouse, of which the Lorp said to
David, and to Solomon his son, In
| this house, and in J erusalem, which
I have chosen out of all tribes of
Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I make the feet of
Israel move any more out of the
land which I gave their fathers ; only
a
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if they will observe to do according
to all that I have commanded them,
and according to all the law that my
servant Moses commanded them.
9 But they hearkened not: and
Manasseh seduced them to do more
evil than did the nations whom the
Lorp destroyed before the children
of Israel.
Jehovah’s message concerning
Manasseh’s idolatries.
10 And the Lorpb spake by his
seryants the prophets, saying,
11 *Because Manasseh king of Ju-
dah hath done these abominations,
band hath done wickedly above ail
that the Amorites did, which were
before him, and hath made Judah
also to sin with his idols:
12 Therefore thus saith the LorpD
God of Israel, Behold, I am bring-
ing such evil upon Jerusalem and
Judah, that whosoever heareth of
it, both ¢his ears shall tingle.
13 And I will stretch over Jeru-
salem the 4line of Samaria, and the
plummet of the house of Ahab: and
I will wipe Jerusalem as a man
wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turn-
ing it upside down.
14 And I will forsake the remnant
of mine inheritance, and deliver
them into the hand of their ene-
mies; and they shall become a prey
and a spoil to all their enemies;
15 Because they have done that
which was evil in my sight, and
have provoked me to anger, since
the day their fathers came forth out
of Egypt, even unto this day.
Manasseh’s continued reign and
; death (2 Chr. 33. 18-20).
16 “Moreover Manasseh shed in-
nocent blood very much, till he had
filled Jerusalem from one end to
another; beside his sin wherewith
he made Judah to sin, in doing that
which was evil in the sight of the
Lorp.
17 Now the ‘rest of the acts of
&’Manasseh, and all that he did, and
his sin that he sinned, are they not
written in the book of the chroni-
cles of the kings of Judah? :
18 And Manasseh slept with his
fathers, and was buried in the gar-
den of his own house, in the garden
of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned
in his stead.
Reign of Amon over Judah
(2 Chr. 33. 20-23).
19 “Amon was twenty and two
a 2 Ki.23.26,
27; 24.3,4;
Jer.15.4.
6 1 Ki.21.26.
¢1 Sam.3.11;
Jer.19.3.
d Isa.34.11;
Lam.?2.8;
Amos 7.7,8.
e 2 Ki.24.4,
f 2 Chr.33.11-
19.
g 2 Chr.33.20.
h 2 Chr.33.
21-23.
#1 Ki.11.33.
7 2 Chr.33.24,
25.
k Mt.1.10,
called Josias.
12 Chr.34.1.
m Josh.15.39.
n Deut.5.32.
o 2 Chr.34.8.
» 2 Ki.12.11,
12,14.
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years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned two years in Jeru-
salem. And his mother’s name
was Meshullemeth, the daughter of
Haruz of Jotbah.
20 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LoRD, as his:
father Manasseh did.
21 And he walked in all the way
that his father walked in, and
served the idols that his father
served, and worshipped them:
22 And he ‘forsook the LoRD God
of his fathers, and walked not in
the way of the Lorn.
Death of Amon: accession of
Josiah (2 Chr. 33. 24, 25).
23 jJAnd the servants of Amon
conspired against him, and slew the
king in his own house.
24 And the people of the land slew
all them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the
jland made Josiah his son king in
his stead.
25 Now the rest of the acts of
Amon which he did, are they not
written in the book of the chroni-
cles of the kings of Judah?
26 And he was buried in his
sepulchre in the garden of Uzza:
and *Josiah his son reigned in his
stead.
CHAPTER 22.
Reign of Josiah (2 Chr. 34. 1).
OSIAH was ‘eight years old
when he began to reign, and he
reigned thirty and one years in
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was Jedidah, the daughter of Ada-
iah of ™Boscath.
2 And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lorp, and
walked in all the way of David his
father, and “turned not aside to the
right hand or to the left.
The repairing of the temple
(2 Chr. 34. 8-13).
3 oAnd it came to pass in the
eighteenth year of king Josiah, that
the king sent Shaphan the son of
Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the
scribe, to the house of the Lorb,
saying,
4 Goup to Hilkiah the high priest,
that he may sum the silver which
is brought into the house of the
Lorp, which the keepers of
the door have gathered of the
people:
5 And let them ?deliver it into the
hand of the doers of the work, that
have the oversight of the house
of the Lorb: and let them give it to
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the doers of the work which is in|
the house of the LorD, to repair the
breaches of the heuse, ;
6 Unto carpenters, and builders,
and masons, and to buy timber and
hewn stone to repair the house.
7 Howbeit there was no reckoning
made with them of the money that
was delivered into their hand, be-
cause they dealt faithfully.
The law of Moses discovered
(2 Chr. 34. 14, 15).
8 And Hilkiah the high priest
said unto Shaphan the scribe, 21
have found the book of the law in
the house of the Lorp. And Hil-
kiah gave the book to Shaphan,
and he read it.
9 And Shaphan the scribe came
to the king, and brought the king
word again, and said, Thy servants
have gathered the money that was
found in the house, and have deliv-
ered it into the hand of them that
do the work, that have the over-
sight of the house of the Lorp.
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed
the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath delivered me a book. And
Shaphan read it before the king.
“By the law is the knowledge of
sin” (2 Chr. 34. 16-21).
11 And it came to pass, when the
king had heard the words of the
book of the law, that he rent his
clothes.
12 And the king commanded Hil-
kiah the priest, and Ahikam the son
of Shaphan, and °Achbor the son of
Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe,
and Asahiah a servant of the king’s,
saying,
13 Go ye, enquire of the Lorp for
me, and for the people, and for all
Judah, concerning the words ‘of
this book that is found: for great is
the ‘wrath of the LorD that is kin-
dled against us, because our fathers
have not hearkened unto the words
of this book, to do according unto
all that which is written concern-
ing us.
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahi-
kam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,
and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the
prophetess, the wife of Shallum
the son of ¢Tilkvah, the son of Har-
has, keeper of the wardrobe; (now
she dwelt in Jerusalem in the col-
hae ;) and they commumned with
er.
@ Deut.31.
24-26; 2 Chr.
34.14.
b 2 Chr.34.20.
c Deut.29.27.
d@ Tikvath,
2 Chr.34.22.
e Deut.29.27;
Dan.9.11-14.
f Deut.29.
25-27.
g 2 Chr.34.26.
h Psa.51.17;
Isa.57.15.
#1 Ki.21.29,
j 2 Chr.34.
29,30.
k 2 Ki.22.8.
12 Ki.11.14,17.
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The words of Huldah the proph-
etess (2 Chr. 34. 22-28).
15 And she said unto them, Thus
saith the LorD God of Israel, Tell
the man that sent you to me,
16 Thus saith the LorpD, Behold,
eI will bring evil upon this place,
and upon the inhabitants thereof,
even all the words of the book
which the king of Judah hath read:
17 ‘Because they have, forsaken
me, and have burned incense unto
other gods, that they might pro-
voke me to anger with all the
works of their hands; therefore my
wrath shall be kindled against this
place, and shall not be quenched.
18 But to the &king of Judah
which sent you to enquire of the
Lorp, thus shall ye say to him,
Thus saith the LorD God of Israel,
As touching the words which thou
hast heard;
19 ‘Because thine heart was ten-
der, and thou hast ‘humbled thyself
before the LORD, when thou heard-
est what I spake against this place,
and against the inhabitants thereof,
that they should become a desola-
tion and a curse, and hast rent thy
clothes, and wept before me; I also
have heard thee, saith the Lorp.
20 Behold therefore, I will gather
thee unto thy fathers, and thou
shalt be gathered into thy grave in
peace; and thine eyes shall not see
all the evil which I will bring upon.
this place. And they brought the
king word again.
CHAPTER 23.
The law read to the people
(2 Chr. 34, 29, 30).
Axe Jthe king sent, and they
gathered unto him all the el-
ders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 And the king went up into the
house of the LorD, and all the men
of Judah and all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem with him, and the priests,
and the prophets, and all the peo-
ple, both small and great: and he
read in their ears all the words of
the book of the covenant which
was found in the house of the
LORD.
The king’s covenant
(2 Chr. 34. 31, 32),
3 And the king /stood by a pillar,
and made a covenant before the
Lorp, to walk after the Lorp, and
to keep his commandments and his
i.
23 4] II KINGS. [23 19
testimonies and his statutes with
all their heart and all their soul,
to perform the words of this cove-
nant that were written in this book.
And all the people stood to the
covenant.
house of the Lorb, by the chamber
of Nathan-melech the chamberlain,
which was in the suburbs, and
burned the chariots of the sun with
e.
12 And the altars that were “on
the top of the upper chamber of
Ahaz, which the kings of Judah
had made, and the altars which
‘Manasseh had made in the two
courts of the house of. the Lorb,
did the king beat down, and brake
Josiah’s further reformations
_ (2 Chr. 34. 33).
4 And the king commanded Hil-
kiah the high priest, and the priests
of the second order, and the keepers
of the door, to bring forth out of the them down from thence, and cast
temple of the LORD all the vessels the dust of them into the brook
that were made for Baal, and for|,gcepeut. |Kidron.
the ¢grove, and for all the host of| 16.21; 2 Ki. 13 And the high places that were
heaven: and he burned them with-} 21-3,7- before Jerusalem, which were on
out J dete = ane rn <4 hee 52 Ki.21.3. the right hands of one mount of oor
ron, i as fo) em. ruption, ich ™ the ki
Rgganethcbouhar a ¢ See Deut. ©) lof tsrael had builded for *Ashtoreth
5 And ee put ake the sos Leet alle oa Bboranahibe hf thera eme
priests, whom the kings of Ju d2Chr.34.4. |and for emosh the abomination
had ordained to burn incense in the é of the Moabites, and for Milcom
ay ee fe the ates nl pase oe Seemann ac es he: children of
and in the places round about Jeru- on, did the king defile.
salem; them also that burned in-|/Ezk-16.16. 14 And he °brake in pieces the
cense unto Baal, to the sun, and to}, ..444.10- |images, and cut down the ‘groves,
the moon, and to the planets, and|" 14. and filled their places with the bones
6 ae icne Tote the ¢grove|* 1 Sam-2.36. nee Mareower the altar that was at
from the house of the LORD, with-|iJosh.1s.s. |Beth-el, and the high place which
out Jerusalem, unto the brook Kid-| . _|Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
ron, and burned it at the brook|/5veiaio; |made Israel to sin, had made, both
pocen. ee Gite Hocadan to Ezk.23.32, fai ee and he high, Race he
powder, and cast the powder there- - rake down, and burne e hig
of upon the 4graves of the children], j.,.1913; | |Place, and stamped it small to pow-
Bie oktno tenes) dosnt tre fi Fe ee Te ha eee
e brake down the houses a ;
eof the sodomites, that were by the|’? *+?1-5- _/he spied the sepulchres that were
house of the Lorp, ‘where the|m1xKi.11.5,7. |there in the mount, and sent, and
women wove hangings for the wae the paneer out of the sepulchres.
“grove. ; an urne: em upon the ar,
8 And he brought all the priests and polluted it, according to the
out of sdieicities ‘of Judah ahd de-| 0 Ex.23.24; aword of the LoRD which the man
filed the high places where the| Pe*?%5- lof God proclaimed, who proclaimed
bee “ees ati uncer eo) bUE12.28,
eba to eer-sheba, an rake D
down the high places of the gates), 4 xi.13.2. that that I see? And the men of the
that were in the entering in of the
gate of Joshua the governor of Ser r 1 Ki.13.31.
city, which were on a man’s left ’
hand at the gate of the city. EE igs ean gl
9 gNevertheless the priests of the
high places came not up to the altar
of the LorD in Jerusalem, “but they
did eat of the unleavened bread
among their brethren. ‘
10 And he defiled Topheth, which
is in the ‘valley of the children of
Hinnom, ‘that no man might make
his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire to Molech.
11 And he took away the horses
that the kings of Judah had given
to the sun, at the entering in of the
Judah, and proclaimed these things
that thou hast done against the
altar of Beth-el.
18 And he said, Let him alone; let
no man move his bones. So they
let his bones alone, with the bones
of the "prophet that came out of
Samaria.
19 And all the houses also of the
high places that were ‘in the cities
of Samaria, which the kings of Is-
rael had made to provoke the
Lorp to anger, Josiah took away,
and did to them according to all
the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
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20 And he 4slew all the priests of] B.c. 624.
the high places that were there
upon the altars, and burned men’s
bones upon them, and returned to
Jerusalem.
The passover kept
(2 Chr. 35. 1-19).
21 And the king commanded all
the people, saying, "Keep the pass-
over unto the LORD your God, “as
it 1s written in the book of this cove-
nant. :
22 Surely there was not holden
such a passover from the days of the
judges that judged Israel, nor in all
the days of the kings of Israel, nor
of the kings of Judah;
23 But in the eighteenth year of
king Josiah, wherein this Passover
was holden to the LorD in Jeru-
salem.
24 Moreover the workers with
familiar spirits, and the wizards,
and the images, and the idols, and
all the abominations that were
spied in the land of Judah and in
Jerusalem, did Josiah put away,
that he might perform the words of
the law which were written in the| ; > xi348.
book that Hilkiah the priest found| “
in the house of the Lorp. Jj 2 Chr.36.1.
25 And 4like unto him was there], Ki.24.18.
no king before him, that turned to
the Lorp with all his heart, and Pee eae
with all his soul, and with all his| iver) =
might, according to all the law of| $1940.
oses; neither after him arose
there any like him. ees
26 Notwithstanding the Lorp £6150, or
turned not from the fierceness of] $29,085.
his great wrath, wherewith his anger n2 Chr.36.4
was kindled against Judah, because 5
of all the provocations that Ma-|o2 Ki.24.17.
nasseh had provoked him withal. > Called
27 And the Lorp said, I will re- Jakim, Mt.1.
move Judah also out of my sight,| 11, marg.
as “I have removed Israel, and will q Jer.22.11:19-
cast off this city Jerusalem which I Ezk.19.3,4.
have chosen, and the house of
which I said, fMy name shall be "3
there.
Death of Josiah (2 Chr. 35. 20-27).
28 Now the rest of the acts of
Josiah, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
29 8In his days Pharaoh-nechoh
king of Egypt went up against the
king of Assyria to the river Eu-
phrates;: and king Josiah went
against him; and he slew him at
4Megiddo, when he ‘had seen him.
30 And his servants carried him
@1 Ki.13.2.
6 2 Chr.35.1.
¢ Ex.12.3;
Lev.23.5;
Num.9.2;
Deut.16.2.
d 2 Ki.18.5.
e 2 Ki.17.18,
20;18.11;
21.13.
f 1 Ki.8.29;
9.3; 2 Ki.21.
4,7.
g 2 Chr.35.20.
h Zech.12.11,
Chr.36.6;
er.25.1,9; -
Dan.1.1.
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in a chariot dead from Megiddo,
and brought him to Jerusalem, and
buried him in his own sepulchre.
jAnd the people of the land took
Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and
anointed him, and made him king
in his father’s stead.
Reign and dethronement of
Jehoahaz (2 Chr. 36-1, 2).
31 Jehoahaz was twenty and
three years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned three months
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s
name was *Hamutal, the daughter
of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lorp, ac-
cording to all that his fathers had
done.
33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him -
in bands at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, that he might not reign
in Jerusalem; and put the land to
a tribute of an hundred ‘talents of
silver, and a “talent of gold.
Jehoiakim made king
(2 Chr. 36. 4,5).
34 And *”Pharaoh-nechoh made
Eliakim the son of Josiah king in
the room of Josiah his father, and
‘turned his name to /Jehoiakim,
and took Jehoahaz away: and che
came to Egypt, and died there.
35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver
and the gold to Pharaoh; but he
taxed the land to give the money
according to the commandment of
Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and
the gold of the people of the land,
of every one according to his taxa-
tion,to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five
years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned eleven yeérs in
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was Zebudah, the daughter of
Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lorp, ac-
cording to all that his fathers had
done.
CHAPTER 24.
Jehoiakim tributary to Nebu-
chadnezzar (2 Chr. 36. 6, 7).
i oe this days Nebuchadnezzar king
- of Babylon came up, and Jehoia-
became his servant © three
years: then he turned and rebelled
against him,
2 And the Lorp sent against him
bands-of the Chaldees, and bands
of the Syrians, and bands of the
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14 And “he carried away all Jeru-
. : *
Moabites, and bands of the children
_of Ammon, and sent them against
Judah to destroy it, “according to
the word of the LorpD, which he
spake by his servants the prophets.
3 Surely at the commandment of
the LorD came this upon Judah, to
remove them out of his sight, for
the sins of Manasseh, according to
all that he did;
_ 4 And also for the innocent blood
that he shed: for he filled Jerusa-
lem with innocent blood; which the
LorpD would not pardon.
5 Now the rest of the acts of Je-
hoiakim, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Death of Jehoiakim (2 Chr. 36.
8): Brat of Jehoiachin (2 Chr.
. 8,9).
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his
fathers: and Jehoiachin his son
reigned in his stead.
7 And the king of Egypt came not
again any more out of his land: for
the king of Babylon had taken
from the river of Egypt unto the
river Euphrates all that pertained
to the kirig of Egypt.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years
old when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem three months.
And his mother’s name was Ne-
hushta, the daughter of Elnathan of
Jerusalem.
9 And he did that which was
evilin the sight of the LorD, accord-
ing to all that his father had done.
10 At that time the servants of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came up against ‘Jerusalem, and
the city was besieged.
The first deportation to Babylon.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came against the city, and
his servants did besiege it. —
12 ¢And Jehoiachin the king of
Judah went out to the king of
Babylon, he, and his mother, and
his servants, and his princes, and
his officers: and ¢the king of Baby-
lon took him in the eighth year of
his reign,
13 And he carried out thence all
the treasures of the house of the
Lorp, and the treasures of the
king’s house, and ‘cut in pieces all
the vessels of gold which Solomon
king of Israel had made in the
temple of the LorD, fas the LORD
had said.
a 2 Ki.20.17;
21.12-14.
b Cf.2 Chr,
36.9; see
1 Cor.10.8,
note,
c Israel (his-
tory). vs.10-
16; 2 Ki.25.
1-7. (Gen.12.
2,3; Rom.11.
26.)
d Jer.24.1;
29.1,2; Ezk.
17.12.
e Nebuchad-
nezzar’s
eighth year.
Jer.25.1.
{See Dan.5.
g Jer.20.5.
h Jer.24.1.
¢ 2 Chr.36.10;
Esth.2.6;
Jer.22.24.
j Jer.37.1,
k 2 Ki.23.34;
2 Chr.36.4.
12 Chr.36.
11; Jer.37.1;
52.1.
mi.e. January.
n Israel (his-
tory). vs.1-7;
Ezra 1.3-5.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
oi. July.
p Times of
the Gen-
tiles.
vs.1-21;
Dan.2.29-
45. (Lk.21.
24; Rev.16.
19.)
wo 453
salem, and all the princes, and alt
the mighty men of valour, even ten
thousand captives, and all the
craftsmen and smiths: none re-
mained, save the poorest sort of the
people of the land.
15 And he ‘carried away Jehoia-
chin to Babylon, and the king’s
mother, and the king’s wives, and
his officers, and the mighty of the
land, those carried he into captivity
from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 And ali the men of might, even
seven thousand, and craftsmen and
smiths a thousand, all that were
strong and apt for war, even them
the king of Babylon brought cap-
tive to Babylon.
Zedekiah made king
(2 Chr. 36. 10-18).
17 And the/’king of Babylon made
Mattaniah his father’s brother king
in his stead, and “changed his name
to Zedekiah.
18 ‘Zedekiah was twenty and one
years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was Hamutal, the daughter of Jere-
miah of Libnah.
19 And he did that which was
evilin the sight of the LORD, accord-
ing to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Zedekiah rebels against
Nebuchadnezzar.
20 For through the anger ‘of the
LorD it came to pass in Jerusalem
and Judah, until he had cast them
out from his presence, that Zede-
kiah rebelled against the king of
Babylon.
CHAPTER 25.
Siege of Jerusalem and final de-
portation (2 Chr. 36. 17-20; Jer.
39. 8-10).
ND it came to pass in the ninth
year of his reign, in the “tenth
month, in the tenth day of the
month, that Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon came, he, and all his
host, against “Jerusalem, and
pitched against it; and they built
forts against it round about.
2 And the city was besieged unto
the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
3 And on the ninth day of the
ofourth month the famine pre-
vailed in the city, and there was no
bread for the people of the land.
4 ?And the city was broken up,
| i ae § of) uf eh Viger: or on a a oe . ae! mgr et Ss Sate
25 3] II KINGS. [25
and all the men of war fled by night
by the way of the gate between two
walls, which is by the king’s gar-
den: (now the Chaldees were
against the city round about:) and
the king went the way toward the
plain.
5 And the army of the Chaldees
pursued after the king, and over-
took him in the plains of Jericho:
and all his army were scattered
from him. :
6 So they took the king, and
brought him up to the king of Baby-
Jon to Riblah; and they gave judg-
ment upon him:
7 And they slew the sons of Zede-
kiah before his eyes, and put out
the eyes of ¢Zedekiah, and bound
im with fetters of brass, and
carried him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, on the
seventh day of the month, which is
the ‘nineteenth year of king Nebu-
ehadnezzar king of Babylon, came
Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard,
a servant of the king of Babylon,
unto Jerusalem:
9 And he ¢burnt the house of the
Lorp, and the king’s house, and all
the houses of Jerusalem, and every
prcat man’s house burnt he with
re.
10 And all the army of the Chal-
dees, that were with the captain of
the guard, ‘brake down the walls
of Jerusalem round about.
11 Now the rest of the people
that were left in the city, and the
fugitives that fell away to the king
of Babylon, with the remnant of the
multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the
captain of the guard carry away.
12 But the captain of the guard
fleft- of the poor of the land to be
vinedressers and husbandmen.
13 And the pillars of brass that
were in the house of the Lorp, and
the bases, and the brasen sea that
was in the house of the Lorp, did
the Chaldees break in Pieces, and
cartied the brass of them to
Babylon.
414 And the pots, and the shovels,
and the snuffers, and the spoons,
and all the vessels of brass where.
with they ministered, took they
away.
15 And the firepans, and the
bowls, and such things as were of
gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver,
the captain of the guard took away.
16 The two pillars, one sea, and
the bases which Solomon had made
for the house of the LorD; the
B.C. 588.
a Kingdom
O.T.). Psa.
bie. August.
¢ v.27; 2 Ki.
24.12.
d 2 Chr.36.19;
Psa.79.1.
e Neh.1.3;
Jer.52.14.
f 2 Ki.24.14;
Jer.39.10;
40.7; 52.16.
g One cubit =
about 18 in.
h Jer.40.5.
tice. October.
454
brass of all these vessels was with-
out weight. :
17 The height of the one pillar
was eighteen cubits, and the chap-
iter upon it was brass: and the
height of the chapiter three cubits;
and the wreathen work, and pome-
granates upon the chapiter round
about, all of brass: and like unto
these had the second pillar with
wreathen work. :
18 And the captain of the guard
took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and
the three keepers of the door:
19 And out of the city he took an
officer that was set over the men of
war, and five men of them that were
in the king’s presence, which were
found in the city, and the principal
scribe of the host, which mustered
the people of the land, and three-
score men of the people of the land
that were found in the city: ;
20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of
the guard took these, and brought
them to the king of Babylon to
Riblah:
21 And the king of Babylon smote
them, and slew them at Riblah in
the land of Hamath. So Judah was
carried away out of their land.
Gedaliah made governor of
Palestine.
22 And as for the people that re-
mained in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
had left, even over them he made
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the
son of Shaphan, ruler.
23 And when all the captains of
the armies, they and their men,
heard that the king of Babylon had
made Gedaliah governor, there came
to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ish-
mael the son of Nethaniah, and Jo-
hanan the son of Careah, and Se-
raiah the son of Tanhumeth the Ne-
tophathite, and Jaazaniah the son
of a Maachathite, they and their
men.
24 And Gedaliah sware to them,
¥
and to their men, and said unto
them, Fear not to be the servants of
the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon: and it
shall be well with you.
Murder of Gedaliah and flight
of the people to Egypt.
25 But it came to pass in the ‘sev-
enth month, that Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama,
of the seed royal, came, and ten
7
.
Hog in Calbee ou ig A OEE halt rs et hee Ic ea YN
come JG ~UOCTP KINGS.’ © [25 30°
men with him, and smote Gedaliah,
that he died, and the Jews and the
cS that were with him at of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of
a prison;
26 6 And all the people, both small] c Jer.43.4,7. 28 And he spake kindly to him,
and great, and the captains of the Ria: Marah and set his throne above the
armies, arose, and “came to Egypt:|°*"° “"*""" |throne of the kings that were with
for they were afraid of the Chaldees.| c Gen.40.13, his tad pabyieg ‘ ee .
4 4 - changed his prison gar-
Jehoiachin released. d2Sam9.7, |Ments: and he did ¢eat bread con-
27 And it came to pass in the
tinually beford him all the days of
seven and thirtieth year of the cap- his life.
tivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, 30 And his allowance was a con-
in the “twelfth month, on the seven tinual allowance given him of the
and twentieth day of the month,
king, a daily rate for every day, all
that Evil-merodach king of Baby- the days of his life,
on in the year that he began
to reign ‘did lift up the head
we ASS
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
ve CHRONICLES. fe
THE two books of Chronicles (like the two books of Kings) are but one book in the
Jewish canon. Together they cover the period from the death of Saul to the cap-
tivities. They were written probably during the Babylonian captivity, and are
distinguished from the two books of the Kings in a fuller account of Judah, and in
the omission of many details. The blessing of God’s earthly people in connection
with the Davidic monarchy is probably the typical significance of these books.
First Chronicles is in three parts: I. Official genealogies, 1. 1-9. 44. II. From
the death of Saul to the accession of David, 10. i-12. 40. III. From the accession’
of David to his death, 13. 1-29. 30.
Excluding the genealogies (ch. 1.-9.) the events recorded in First Chronicles
cover a period of 41 years (Ussher).
B.C. 4004. 18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah,
CHAPTER 1. ~~ land Shelah begat Eber.
Adam’s line to Noah. 19 rae unto Ee were born wa
sons: the name of the one was ‘Pe-
pea she tee ered leg; because in his days the earth
Cutcndch: Mathissiah il aniech was po eaecs and his brother’s name
4 >Noah,Shem,Ham,and Japheth. a Oar
, 2 ’ 20 And Joktan begat Almodad,
The sons of Japheth. and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth,
5 The sons of <Japheth; Gomer,|? $£2:4;25: and Jerah,
end4Magog, and Madel, and Javan |) ae ' ee also, and Uzal, and
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. |? Gen.5.32; res :
6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashche-| 9:26?7- 22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and
naz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. |cGen.10.2, Sritire d Ophi :
7 ‘And the sons of Javan; Elishah,| etc. Jape. Mea
and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. @ Gen.10.2; Tole ese were the sons of
The sons of Ham. coors S eo TS
; 39.6; hem’s line to Abraham.
8 The sons of “Ham; Cush, and| ®*¥-70-6- 24 JShem, Arph a
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. e Gen.10.6. 25 Eber P 7 phaxad, Shelah,
9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and cr, Feleg, Reu,
Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, | Gen-10.8, as mae Nahor, Terah,
and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raa- ; 28 Th ram; the same is Abraham.
mah; Sheba, and Dedan. g Gen.10.15, atl Ishiaal s of Abraham; ‘Isaac,
10 And Cush begat fNimrod: he ‘ 2
pecan te Ber mebty eon ae earth i ETRE | Ishmael’s sons.
Z eee 1m,|.. Sat ‘ : -
and Anamim, and Lehabim, and|‘#* division. |) inese are their generations:
Naphtuhim, 7 L.3.36. then Ked dA , “14
- And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, rane sam, sirene Asbecl cau ae
icf cme the Philistines, ) and oe ee : 0 Misha, erid: Damen ante
: ; : -21.2,3; , and Tema,
sat af He net ae a. ear each eta
4 PPE reJebisitemcloeendaehe(” Gen.25.1,2. Tee € sons of Ishmael.
morite, and the Girgashite, € sons of Keturah.
15 And the Hivite, and the Ark- 32 Now the ™. i
ite, and the Sinite, Aube e pectin tae a ee
16 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- Zimran, and Jokshan, :
Marite, and the H thit idi ehishhek em
: e Hamathite, pod Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
The sons of Shean peeps sie of Jokshan; Sheba,
17 The sons of ‘Shem; Elam, and 33 And the: sons idian;
Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, Ephah, and Epher, phe pee
and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and and Abida, a
Gether, and Meshech. nd Eldaah. All these |
are the sons of Ket f
456 eturah
The sons of Abraham and Isaac.| 3-C. 4004
34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The
¢gons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
The sons of Esau.
35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz,
Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and
Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman,
and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Ke-
naz, and Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan,
and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
39 And the sons.of Lotan; Hori,
and Homam: and Timna was Lo-
tan’s sister.
40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and
_Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and
Onam. And the sons of Zibeon;
Aiah, and Anah.
41 Thesons of Anah; Dishon. And
the sons of Dishon; Amram, and
Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and
Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of
Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
Early kings of Edom.
; (Cf. Gen. 36. 1-43.)
42 Now these are the kings that
reigned in the land of Edom before
any king reigned over the children
of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and
the name of his city was Dinha-
bah. 16.9.
44 And when Bela was dead, Jo-|; 2 sam.2.18.
bab the son of Zerah of Bozrah|
reigned in his stead.
~45 And when Jobab was dead,
Husham of the land of the Teman-
ites reigned in his stead.
46 And when Husham was dead,
Hadad the son of Bedad, which
smote Midian in the field of Moab,
reigned in his stead: and the name
of his city was Avith.
47 And when Hadad was dead,
Samiah of Masrekah reigned in his
stead.
48 And when Samlah was dead,
Shaul of Rehoboth by the river
reigned in his stead.
49 And when Shaul was dead,
Baal-hanan the son of Achbor
reigned in his stead,
50 And when Baal-hanan was
dead, Hadad reigned in his stead:
and the name of his city was Pai;
and his wife’s name was Mehetabel,
the daughter of Matred, the daugh-
ter of Mezahab.
a Gen.25.25,
26.
¢ Gen.29.32;
18-22; 46.8,
etc.
d See Gen.32.
24-28.
e Ruth 4.19;
Mt.1.4.
f Num.1.7.
g Ruth 4.21;
Mt.1.5.
h 1 Sam.16.6.
4 Or, Sham-
457
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ta 1056.
bR.V. chiefs.
30.5,etc.; 35.
mah, 1 Sam.
k 2 Sam.17.25.
[217
The dukes of Edom.
51 Hadad died also. And the
bdukes of Edom were; duke Tim-
nah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah,
duke Pinon, ~ ;
53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman,
duke Mibzar,
54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram.
These are the dukes of Edom.
CHAPTER 2.
The sons of Jacob (Israel).
HESE are the ‘sons of 2Israel;
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Ju-
dah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
The sons of Judah.
3 The sons of Judah; Er, and
Onan, and Shelah: which three
were born unto him of the daughter
lof Shua the Canaanitess. And Er,
the firstborn of Judah, was evil in
the sight of the Lorp; and he slew
4 And Tamar his daughter in law
bare him Pharez and Zerah. Alt
the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron,
and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri,
and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,
and Dara: five of them in all.
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar,
the troubler of Israel, who. trans-
gressed in the thing accursed.
8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9 The sons also of Hezron, that
were born unto him; Jerahmeel,
and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And Ram “begat Amminadab;
and Amminadab ‘begat Nahshon,
fprince of the children of Judah;
11 And Nahshon begat Salma,
jand sSalma begat Boaz,
12 And Boaz begat Obed, and
Obed begat Jesse,
The posterity of Jesse.:
13 And “Jesse begat his firstborn
Eliab, and Abinadab the second,
and ‘Shimma the third,
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai
the fifth, ; :
15 Ozem the sixth, David the
seventh:
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah,
and Abigail. And the sons of Ze-
ruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asa:
hel, three.
1 17 And *Abigail bare Amasa: and
the father of Amasa was Jether the
ie Ishmeelite.
The posterity of Caleb.
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron
begat children of Azubah his wife,
and of Jerioth: her sons are these;
Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead,
Caleb took unto him Ephrath,
which bare him Hur. ;
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri
begat Bezaleel.
Posterity of Hezron, father of
Caleb, by the daughter of
Machir.
21 And afterward Hezron went in
to the daughter of Machir the father
of Gilead, whom he married when
he was threescore years old; and
she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had
three and twenty cities in the land
of Gilead.
23 And he took Geshur, and
Aram, with the towns of Jair, from
them, with Kenath, and the towns
thereof, even threescore cities. All
these belonged to the sons of
Machir the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was
dead in Caleb-ephratah, then
*Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him
Ashur the father of Tekoa.
Jerahmeel’s posterity.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the
firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the
firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren,
and Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had also another
wife, whose name was Atarah; she
was the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the first-
born of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and
Jamin, and Eker,
28 And the sons of Onam were,
Shammai, and Jada. And the sons
of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of
Abishur was Abihail, and she bare
him Ahban, and Molid.
30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled,
and Appaim: but Seled died with-
out children.
31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi.
And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And
’the children of Sheshan ; Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada the
brother of Shammai; Jether, and
Jonathan: and Jether died without
children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan ; Pe-
leth, and Zaza. These were the
sons of Jerdhmeel.
VT) Pa aT weenie en ats
Pe RSOeP ;
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B.C. 4004
to 1056.
a1 Chr.4.5.
6 See vs.34,35.
¢1 Chr.11.41.
d Josh.15.17.
ev.19.
f1 Chr.4.2.
458
[2 3
Sheshan’s posterity.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but
daughters. And Sheshan had a
servant, an Egyptian, whose name
was Jarha. j
35 And Sheshan gave his daugh-
ter to Jarha his servant to wife; and
she bare him Attai.
36 And Attai begat Nathan, and
Nathan begat ‘Zabad, __
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and
Ephlal begat Obed,
38 And Obed begat Jehu, and
Jehu begat Azariah,
39 And Azariah begat Helez, and
Helez begat Eleasah, ; {
40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai,
and Sisamai begat Shallum, ‘
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
Another branch of Caleb’s
posterity.
42 Now the sons of Caleb the
brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha
his firstborn, which was the father
of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah
the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron; Ko-
rah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the
father of Jorkoam: and Rekem be-
gat Shammai.
45 And the son of Shammai was
Maon: and Maon was the father of
Beth-zur.
46 And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine,
bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:
and Haran begat Gazez.
47 And the sons of Jahdai: Re-
gem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine,
bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49 She bare also Shaaph the
father of Madmannah, Sheva the
father of Machbenah, and the father
of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb
was 4Achsa.
The posterity of Caleb the son
of Hur.
50 These were the sons of Caleb
the son of Hur, the firstborn of
‘Ephratah; Shobal the father of
Kirjath-jearim,
51 Salmathefather of Beth-lehem,
Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kir-
jath-jearim had sons; fHaroeh, and
half of the Manahethites.
_93 And the families of Kirjath-
jearim; the Ithrites, and the Pu-
hites, and the Shumathites, and the
m4
reathites, and the Eshtaulites.
‘54 Thesons of Salma; Beth-lehem,
and the Netophathites, ¢Ataroth,
the house of Joab, and half of the
Manahethites, the Zorites.
55 And the families of the scribes
which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirath-
ites, the Shimeathites, and Suchath-
ites. These are the “Kenites that
came of Hemath, the father of the
house of “Rechab.
CHAPTER 3.
Family of David, born in Hebron
(2 Sam. 3. 2-5; 5. 13-16).
Now these were the sons of
David, which were born unto
him in Hebron; the firstborn ¢Am-
non, of Ahinoam the “Jezreelitess;
the second fDaniel, of Abigail the
Carmelitess:
2 The third, sAbsalom the son of
Maachah the daughter of Talmai
king of Geshur: the fourth, Adoni-
jah the son of Haggith:
3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital:
the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his
wife.
4 These six were born unto him
in Hebron; and there he reigned
seven years and six months: and
in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and
three years.
5 And these were born unto him
in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab,
and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of
Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and
Eliphelet,
7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and
Japhia,
8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and
Eliphelet, “nine.
9 These were all the sons of
David, beside the sons of the con-
cubines, and Tamar their sister.
David's line to Zedekiah.
10 And Solomon’s son was Reho-
boam, Abia his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his
son, Joash his son,
12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his
son, Jotham his son, ;
13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his
son, Manasseh his son,
14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
15 And the sons of Josiah were,
the firstborn ‘Johanan, the second
jJehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the
fourth Shallum.
MeO wt ee pa d
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Mishraites; of them came the Za-}.
B.C. 4004
to 1056.
aOr, Atarites,
or, crowns
of the house
of Joab.
b Jud.1.16.
¢ Jer.35.2.
d 2 Sam.3.2.
e Josh.15.56.
f 2 Sam.3.3.
g 2 Sam.13.37,
note.
h See 2 Sam.
5.14-16.
i 2 Ki.23.30,
j 2 Ki.23.34.
k Mt.1.11.
1 Heb. She-
altiel.
m Ezra 8.2.
n Gen.38.29;
46.12.
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i4 6
16 And the sons of *Jehoiakim: Je-
coniah his son, Zedekiah his son.
The successors of Jeconiah.
17 And the sons of Jeconiah; As-
sir, ‘Salathiel his son,
18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah,
and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama,
and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were,
Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the
sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam,
and Hananiah, and Shelomith their
sister:
20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and
Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-
hesed, five.
21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pe-
latiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of
Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the
sons of Obadiah, the sons of She-
chaniah.
22 And the sons of Shechaniah;
Shemaiah: and the sons of She-
maiah; “Hattush, and Igeal, and
Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat,
six.
23 And the sons of Neariah; Eli-
oenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,
three.
24 And the sons of Elioenai were,
Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,
and Akkub, and Johanan, and Da-
laiah, and Anani, seven.
CHAPTER 4.
The posterity of Judah by Caleb
the son of Hur.
fig sons of Judah; "Pharez,
Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur,
and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal
begat Jahath; and Jahath begat
Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the
families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of
Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Id-
bash: and the name of their sister
was Hazelelponi:
4 And Penuel the father of Gedor,
and Ezer the father of Hushah.
These are the sons of Hur, the
firstborn of Ephratah, the father of
Beth-lehem.
Of Ashur, the posthumous son
of Hezron.
5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa
had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam,
and Hepher, and Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons
of Naarah.
47]
7 And the sons of Helah were,
Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobe-
bah, and the families of Aharhel the
son of Harum.
Of Jabez, and his prayer.
9 And Jabez was more honourable}
than his brethren: and his mother
called his name Jabez, saying, Be-
cause I bare him with sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God
of Israel, saying, Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed, and en-
large my coast, and that thine hand
might be with me, and that thou
wouldest keep me from evil, that it
may not grieve me! And God
granted him that which he re-
quested.
11 And Chelub the brother of
Shuah begat Mehir, which was
the father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha,
and Paseah, and Tehinnah the
father of Ir-nahash. These are the
men of Rechah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz; ®Oth-
niel, and Seraiah: and the sons of
Othniel; Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah:
and Seraiah begat Joab, the father
of the ‘valley of Charashim ; for they
were craftsmen.
15 And the sons of Caleb the son
of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam:
and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehaleleel;
Zinh, and. Ziphah, Tiria, and Asa-
reel.
17 And the sons of Ezra were,
Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and
Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and
Shammai, and Ishbah the father of
Eshtemoa.
18 And his
wife Jehudijah bare
Jered the father of Gedor, and
Heber the father of Socho, and
Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
And these are the sons of Bithiah
the daughter of Pharaoh, which
Mered took,
19 And thesons of Ais wifeHodiah
the sister of Naham, the father of
Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa
the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were,
Rinnah, Ben-hanan,
And the sons of Ishi
were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
The Posterity of Shelah.
21 The sons of Shelah ¢the son of
Judah were, Er the father of Lecah,
and Laadah the father of Mareshah,
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B.C. 4004
to 1056.
a Bible
prayers
(O.T.).
1 Chr.29.10-
19. (Gen.15.
2; Hab.3.1-
16.)
b Josh. 15.17.
c Neh.11.35,
d Gen.38.1,
5; 46.12.
e Or, Jemuel,
Gen.46.10;
Ex.6.15;
iWum.26.12.
Ff Josh.19.2.
g Josh.19.3.
hk Or, Eltolad,
Josh.19.4,
i Or, Ether,
Josh.19.7,
460
} [4 9
and the families of the house of
them that wrought fine linen, of
the house of Ashbea, j ;
22 And Jokim, and the men of
Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph,
who had the dominion in Moab, and
Jashubi-lehem. And these are an-
cient things.
23 These were the potters, and
those that dwelt among plants and ~
hedges: there they dwelt with the
king for his work,
The posterity and cities of
Simeon.
24 The sons of Simeon were, ‘Ne-
muel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and
haul:
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his
son, Mishma hisson. ~
26 And the sons of Mishma; Ha-
muel his son, Zacchur his son, Shi-
mei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons
and six daughters; but his brethren
had not many children, neither did
all their family multiply, like to the
children of Judah.
28 And they dwelt at /Beer-sheba,
and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
29 And at ‘Bilhah, and at Ezem,
and at *Tolad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hor-
mah, and at Ziklag,
31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and
Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and
at Shaaraim. These were their
cities unto the reign of David. ;
32 And their villages were, ‘Etam,
and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and
Ashan, five cities:
33 And all their villages that
were round about the same Cities,
unto Baal. These were their habi.
tations, and their genealogy.
34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech,
and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of
Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the
son of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah,
and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and
Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the
son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the
son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 These mentioned by their
names were princes in their fami-
lies: and the house of their fathers
increased greatly.
The conquest of Gedor and of
the Amalekites in Mount Seir.
39 And they went to the entrance
of Gedor, even unto the east side of
4 40)
the valley, to seek pasture for their
flocks.
40 And they found fat pasture
and good, and the land was wide,
and quiet, and peaceable; for they
of Ham had dwelt there of old.
41 And these written by name
came in the days of Hezekiah king
of Judah, and ¢smote their tents,
and the habitations that were found
there, and destroyed them utterly
unto this day, and dwelt in their
rooms: because there was pasture
there for their flocks.
42 And some of them, even of the
sons of Simeon, five hundred men,
went to mount Seir, having for
their captains Pelatiah, and Nea-
riah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the
sons of Ishi,
43 And they smote %the rest of
the Amalekites that were escaped,
and dwelt there unto this day.
CHAPTER 5.
The line of Reuben (who lost his
birthright) unto the captivity.
Ne the sons of Reuben the first-
born of Israel, (for ‘he was the
firstborn; but, forasmuch as he ¢de-
filed his father’s bed, “his birthright
was given unto the sons of Joseph
the son of Israel: and the geneal-
ogy is not to be reckoned after the
birthright.
2 For fJudah prevailed above his
brethren, and of him came the
chief ruler; but the birthright was
Joseph’s:)
3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the
firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch,
and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his
son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaia his son,
Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son, whom /Tilgath-
pilneser king of Assyria carried
away captive: he was prince of the
Reubenites.
7 And his brethren by their fami-
lies, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned, were the
chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
g And Bela the son of Azaz, the
son of Shema, the son of Joel, who
dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and
Baal-meon:
Theit habitation and conquest
of the Haégarites.
9 And eastward he inhabited unto
the entering in of the wilderness
from the river Euphrates: because
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a 2 Ki.18.8.
61 Sam.15.8;
30.17;
2Sam.8.12.
c Gen.29.32;
49.3.
d Gen.35.22;
49.4.
e Gen.48.15,
22.
f Gen.49.8,10;
ane 108.
eg Gen.46.9;
Ex.6.14;
Num.26.5.
h Or, Tiglath-
15.29; 16.7.
3 Gen.25.12.
j Josh.13.11,
24.
k 1 Chr.27.29.
1 2 Ki.15.5,32.
m 2 Ki.14.16,
28.
n Gen.25,15;
1 Chr.1.31.
o Psa.2.12,
note.
461
pileser, 2 Ki.
[5 21
their cattle were multiplied in the
land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they
made war with the ‘Hagarites, who
fell by their hand: and they dwelt
in their tents throughout all the
east Jand of Gilead.
The chief men and habitations
of Gad.
11 And the children of Gad dwelt
over against them, in the land of
JBashan unto Salcah:
12 Joel the chief, and Shapharm
the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat
in Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the house
of their fathers were, Michael, and
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai,
and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,
seven.
14 These are the children of Abi-
hail the son of Huri, the son of
Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son
of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the
son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son
of Guni, chief of the house of their
fathers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in
Bashan, and in her towns, and in
all the suburbs of *Sharon, upon
their borders. :
17 All these were reckoned by
genealogies in the days of ‘Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of
mJeroboam king of Israel.
The number and conquests of
Reuben, Gad, and the half of
Manasseh.
18 The sons of Reuben, and the
Gadites, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, of valiant men, men able
to bear buckler and sword, and to
shoot with bow, and skilful in war,
were four and forty thousand seven
hundred and threescore, that went
out to the war.
19 And they made war with the
Hagarites, with ”Jetur, and Ne-
phish, and Nodab.
20 And they were helped against
them, and the Hagarites were de-
livered into their hand, and all that
were with them: for they cried to
God in the battle, and he was in-
treated of them; because they put
their “trust in him.
21 And they took away their
cattle; of their camels fifty thou-
sand, and of sheep two hundred
and fifty thousand, and of asses
two thousand, and of men an hun-
dred thousand.
a! of that half tribe.
x
22 For there fell down many slain,
_ because the war was of God. And
_ they dwelt in their steads until the
captivity.
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The habitations and chief men
23 And the children of the half
tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the
land: they increased from Bashan
unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and
unto mount Hermon. :
24 And these were the heads of
the house of their fathers, even
Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and
_ Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hoda-!
viah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of
valour, famous men, and heads of
the house of their fathers.
Their captivity for their sins.
_ 25 And they transgressed against
the God of their fathers, and went
a whoring after the gods of the
people of the land, whom God de-
stroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred
up the spirit of Pul king of 2As-
syria, and the spirit of Tilgath-
pilneser king of Assyria, and he
carried them away, even the Reu-
benites, and the Gadites, and the 4
half tribe of Manasseh, and brought|" OF Adaiah,
them unto Halah, and Habor, and| Y**
a Cf.2 Ki.15.
19.
b Lev.10.1.
c¢ 2 Sam.8.17.
d 2 Sam.15.27.
e 2 Ki.25.18.
fEx.6.16.
g Or, Ethan,
v.42.
Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto] i Or, Ethni,,
this day, v.41.
j See vs.35,36.
CHAPTER 6. Pe yore his
The sons of Levi.
‘THE sons of Levi; Gershon, Ko-|?1 Chr.16.1.
hath, and Merari.
2 And the sons of Kohath;
Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and)
Uzziel.
3 And the children of Amram;
Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam.
he sons also of Aaron; 'Nadab,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. |
The line of the Priests unto the
captivity.
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phine-
has begat Abishua,
9 And Abishua begat Bukki, and
Bukki begat Uzzi,
6 And Uzzi begat ‘Zerahiah, and
Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and
ariah begat Ahitub,
8 And ‘Ahitub begat Zadok, and
dZadok begat Ahimaaz,
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah,
n
and Azariah begat Johanan,
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10 And Johanan begat Azariah,
(he it is that executed the priest’s
office in the temple that Solomon —
built in Jerusalem:) :
11 And Azariah begat Amariah,
and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and
Zadok begat Shallum, Ok Of
13 And Shallum begat ‘Hilkiah,
and Hilkiah begat Azariah, :
14 And Azariah beget Seraiah,.
and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, ,
15 And Jehozadak went into
captivity, ‘when the LorD carried
away Judah and Jerusalem by the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
The families of Gershom, Me-
rari, and Kohath.
16 The sons of Levi; fGershom,
Kohath, and Merari.
17 And these be the names of the
sons of Gershom; Libni, and
Shimei.
18 And the sons of Kohath were,
Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron,
and Uzziel. ‘
19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and
Mushi. And these are the families
of the Levites according. to. their
fathers.
20 Of Gershom; Libni his son,
Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 £Joah his son, /Iddo his son,
Zerah his son, ‘Jeaterai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath; Ammina-
Sel his son, Korah his son, Assir
S$ son,
23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph
his son, and Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son,
zziah his son, and Shaul his son.
.25 And the sons of Elkanah;
jJAmasai, and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah: the sons of
Elkanah; *Zophai his son, and
|Nahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son,
Elkanah his son.
28 And the sons of Samuel; the
firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. *
29 The sons of Merari; Mahli,
ibni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza
S$ son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah ‘his
son, Asaiah his son.
31 And these are. they whom
David set over the service of song
in the house of the Lorp, after.that
the ‘ark had rest.
32 And they ministered before the
dwelling place of cue tabernacle of
€ congregation with singing, until
Solomon had built the Hotder of the
LorD in Jerusalem: and then they
;
waited on their office according to
their order.
33 Andthese arethey that *waited
with their children. Of the sons of
the Kohathites: Heman a singer,|.
the son of Joel, the son of Shem-
uel,
34 The son of Elkanah, the son of
Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son
Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the
son of Amasai,
36 The son of Elkanah, the son
of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son
of Zephaniah,
37 The son of Tahath, the son of
Assir, the son of “Ebiasaph, the son} Ex.6.24.
of Korah, ¢ Called
38 The son of Izhar, the son of| Jeduthun,
Kohath, the son of Levi, the son oe gt
of Israel. . hee
39 And his brother Asaph, whold Or, Kusha-
stood on his right hand, even Asaph = 1 Chr.
the son of Berachiah, the son-of cok
Shimea, e Lev.1.9.
40 The son of Michael, the son of adtiese
Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, if Soom
41 The son of Ethni, the son of} ”
Zerah, the son of Adaiah, g Josh.21.
42 The son of Ethan, the son of}, Josh.21.13
Zimmah, the son of Shimei, f ;
43 The son of Jahath, the son of eee?
Gershom, the son of Levi. ate
44 And their brethren the sons of} Or, Ain,
Merari stood on the left hand:| Josh.21.16.
¢Ethan the son of ¢Kishi, the son of}; 9,, Atmon,
Abdi, the son of Malluch, Josh.21:18.
45 The'son of Hashabiah, the son fee
of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, ged!
Ave ibe son of ae i, the son Of|m Josh.21.5.
ani, the son o: amet,
47 The son of Mahli, the son of preloatssais 7s *2
Mushi, the son of Merari, the son|o v.61.
of Levi. osh.21.21.
48 - Their brethren also the Levites|? 121.
were appointed unto all manner of
service of the tabernacle of the
house of God.
The office of Aaron and his line
unto Ahimaaz.
49 But Aaron and his sons offered
éupon the altar of the burnt-offer-
ing, and on the altar of incense,
and were appointed for all the
work of the place most holy, and
to make an fatonement for Israel,
according to all that Moses the ser-
vant of God had commanded.
50 And these are the sons of
Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas
his son, Abishua his son, _
51 Bukki his son,, Uzzi his son,
Zerahiah his son,
a Heb. stood.
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52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his
son, Ahitub his son,
53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
The cities of the priests and
Levites.
54 Now &these are their dwelling
places throughout their castles in
their coasts, of the sons of Aaron,
of the families of the Kohathites:
for their’s was the lot.
_55 And they gave them Hebron
in the land of Judah, and the sub-
urbs thereof round about it.
56 But the fields of the city, and
the villages thereof, they gave to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 And “to the sons of Aaron they
gave the cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, and Lib-
nah with her suburbs, and Jattir,
and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
58 And ‘Hilen with her suburbs,
Debir with her suburbs,
59 And JAshan with her suburbs,
aad Beth-shemesh with her sub:
urbs:
| 60 And out of the tribe of Ben-
jamin; Geba with her suburbs, and
kAlemeth with her suburbs, and
Anathoth with her suburbs.
their cities throughout their families
were thirteen cities.
61 And unto the sons of Kohatk,
lwhich were left of the family of
that tribe, were cities given out of
the half tribe, namely, out of the
half tribe of Manasseh, “by lot,
ten cities.
62 And to the sons of Gershom
throughout-their families out of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the
tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe
of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of
Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63 Unto the sons of Merari were
given by lot, throughout their fami-
lies, out of the tribe of Reuben, and
out of the tribe of Gad, and out of
the tribe of Zebulun, “twelve cities.
64 And the children of Israel gave
to the Levites these cities with
their suburbs.
65 And they gave by lot out of the
tribe of the children of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the children of
Simeon, and out of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin, these cities,
which are called by their names.
66 And the °residue of the fami-
lies of the sons of Kohath had
cities of their coasts out of the tribe
of Ephraim.
67 ?And they gave unto them, of
the cities of refuge, Shechem in
6 68]
mount Ephraim with her suburbs;
they gave also Gezer with her sub-
urbs,
68 And ¢Jokmeam with her sub-
urbs, and Beth-horon with her
suburbs, .
69 And Aijalon with her suburbs,
and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
70 And out of the half tribe of
Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs,
and Bileam with her suburbs, for
the family of the remnant of the
sons of Kohath.
71 Unto the sons of Gershom
were given out of the family of the
half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in
Bashan with her suburbs, and Ash-
taroth with her suburbs:
72 And out of the tribe of Issa-
char; Kedesh with her suburbs,
Daberath with her suburbs,
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs,
and Anem with her suburbs:
74 And out of the tribe of Asher;
Mashal with her suburbs, and
Abdon with her suburbs,
75 And Hukok with her suburbs,
and Rehob with her suburbs:
76 And out of the tribe of Naph-
tali; Kedesh in Galilee with her sub-
urbs, and Hammon with her suburbs,
and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
77 Unto the rest of the children of
Merari were given out of the tribe
of Zebulun, Rimmon with her sub-
urbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
78 And on the other side Jordan
by Jericho, on the east side of Jor-
dan, were given them out of the
tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wil-
derness with her suburbs, and
Jahzah with her suburbs,
79 Kedemoth also with her sub-
urbs, and Mephaath with her sub-
urbs:
80 And out of the tribe of Gad;
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,
and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81 And Heshbon with her sub-
urbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
CHAPTER 7.
The sons of Issachar.
New the sons of Issachar were,
* oTola, and Puah, Jashub, and
Shimrom, four,
2_ And the sons of Tola ; Uzzi, and
Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,
and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of
their father’s house, to wit, of Tola:
they were valiant men of might in
their generations; ‘whose number
was in the days of David two and
twenty thousand and six hundred,
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B.C. 4004
to 1056.
a See Josh.21.
22-35, where
many of
these cities
have other
mames,
6 Gen.46.13;
Num.26.23, °
c 2 Sam.24.1,
2; 1 Chr.27.1.
d Gen.46.21;
Num.26.38;
1 Car.8.1,
e Num.26.39;
Shupham
and Hup-
ham.
J Or, Iri, v.7.
g Or, Ahiram,
Num.26.38.
h Or, Shillem,
Gen.46.24,
[7 is
3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: —
and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,
and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five:
all of them chief men.
4 And with therm; by their gener-
ations, after the house of their
fathers, were bands of soldiers for
war, six and thirty thousand men:
for they had many wives and sons.
5 And their brethren among all
the families of Issachar were valiant
men of might, reckoned in all by
their genealogies fourscore and
seven thousand.
The sons of Benjamin.
6 The sons of “Benjamin; Bela,
and Becher, and Jediael, threé.
7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon,
and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,
and Iri, five; heads of the house of
their fathers, mighty men of valour;
and were reckoned by their genealo-
gies twenty and two thousand and
thirty and four.
8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira,
and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elio-
enai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and
Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth.
All these are the sons of Becher.
9 And the number of them, after
their genealogy by their genera-
tions, heads of the house of their
fathers, mighty men of valour,*was
twenty thousand and two hundred.
10 The sons also of Jediael; Bil-
han: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush,
and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Che-
naanah, and Zethan, and Thar-
shish, and Ahishahar.
12 eShuppim also, and Huppim,
the children of fIr, and Hushim, the
sons of Aher.
The sons of Naphtalj.
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel,
and Guni, and Jezer, and ‘Shallum,
the sons of Bilhah.
The sons of Manasseh.
14 The sons of Manasseh; Ash-
7 16]
16 And Maachah the wife of Ma-
chir bare a son, and she called his
name Peresh; and the name of his
brother was Sheresh; and his sons
were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the sons of Ulam; ¢Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead, the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh
bare Ishod, and 2Abiezer, and Ma-
halah.
19 And the sons of Shemidah
were, Ahian, and Shechem, and
Likhi, and Aniam.
The sons of Ephraim.
20 And the ‘sons of Ephraim;
Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and
Tahath his son, and Eladah his son,
and Tahath his son,
21 And Zabad his son, and Shu-
thelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead,
whom the men of Gath that were
born in that land slew, because
they came down to take away their
cattle.
22 And Ephraim their father
mourned many days, and his breth-
Ten came to comfort
23 And when he went in to his
wife, she conceived, and bare a son,
and he called his name Beriah, be-
cause it went evil with his house.
24 (And his daughter was Sherah,
who built Beth-horon the nether,
and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah. y
25 And Rephah was his son, also
Resheph, and Telah his son, and
Tahan his son,
26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his
son, Elishama his son,
27 4Non his son, Jehoshuah his
son.
Ephraim’s habitations.
28 And their possessions and hab-
itations were, Beth-el and the towns
thereof, and eastward ‘Naaran, and
westward Gezer, with the towns
thereof; Shechem also and the
towns thereof, unto Gaza and the
towns thereof:
29 And by the borders of the chil-
dren of /Manasseh, Beth-shean and
her towns, Taanach and her towns,
&Megiddo and her towns, Dor and
her towns. In these dwelt the chil-
dren of Joseph the son of Israel.
The sons of Asher.
30 The “sons of Asher; Imnah,
and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah,
and Serah "their sister.
31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber,
and Malchiel, who is the father of
Birzavith.
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to 1056.
a1 Sam.12.11
6 Num.26.30.
c Num.26.35.
d Or, Nun,
Num.13
8,16.
e Naarath,
Josh.16.7,
Ff Josh.17.7.
g Josh.17.11.
h Gen.46.17;
Num.26.44.
t Shamer,
v.34.
j Shomer,
v.32.
k Gen.46.21;
Num.26.38;
1 Chr.7.6.
1 Or, Ard,
Gen.46.21.
m Or, Shup-
ham, Num.
26.39. See
1 Chr.7.12.
1 Chr.2.52.
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[8 12
32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and
‘Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua
their sister.
33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pa-
sach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.
These are the children of Japhlet.
34 And the sons of JShamer; Ahi,
and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35 And the sons of his brother
Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and
Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah, Suah,
and Harnepher, and Shual, and
Beri, and Imrah,
37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma,
and Shilshah, and Ithran, and
Beera.
38 And the sons of Jether; Je-
phunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39 And the sons of Ulia; Arah,
and Haniel, and Rezia.
40 All these were the children of
Asher, heads of their father’s house,
choice and mighty men of valour,
chief of the princes. And the num-
ber throughout the genealogy of
them that were apt to the war and
to battle was twenty and six thou-
sand men.
CHAPTER 8.
The sons and chief men of
Benjamin.
Now Benjamin begat *Bela his
firstborn, Ashbel the second,
and Aharah the third,
2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha
the fifth.
3 And the sons of Bela were, /Ad-
dar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4 And Abishua, and Naaman,
and Ahoah,
5 And Gera, and ”Shephuphan,
and Huram.
6 And these are the sons of Ehud:
these are the heads of the fathers
of the inhabitants of Geba, and they
removed them to *Manahath:
7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and
Gera, he removed them, and begat
Uzza, and Ahihud.
8 And Shaharaim begat children
in the country of Moab, after he had
sent them away; Hushim and
Baara were his wives.
9 And he begat of Hodesh his
wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha,
and Malcham,
10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and
Mirma. These were his sons, heads
of the fathers.
11 And of Hushim he begat
Abitub, and Elpaal.
12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and
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Mi d Shamed, who built! B.c. 4004
EMG end Lod} with the towns} __to 1056.
thereof:
13 Beriah also, and *Shema, who
were heads of .the fathers of the
inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove
away the inhabitants of Gath:
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jere-
moth,
15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and
Ader,
16 And-Michael, and Ispah, and
Joha, the sons of Beriah; oh
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam,|* ¥**
and Hezeki, and Heber, b Or, Shema,
18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and| v-13-
Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; ed
19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and|° Soo,
Zabdi, 1 Chr.9.35.
20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and d1 Chr.9.35.
El,
21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and| Or, ee
Shimrath, the sons of ?Shimhi; ee 1 Chr.
22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and
Eliel, f Or, Shi-
am ily Abdon, and Zichri, and 1 che $38.
Re And Hananiah, and Elam, and] ¢ 1 Sam.14.51.
tothijah,
25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel,|* O,Js#>o
the sons of Shashak; 2 Sam.2.8.
26 And Shamsherai, and Sheha-| .
riah, and ‘Athaliah, Speaker
27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and| 2 Sam.4.4;
Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 2.020:
_ 28 These were heads of the fath-| ; or, Tahrea,
ers, by their generations, chief men.|" 1 Chr.9.41.
These-dwelt in Jerusalem. Rarer
29 And at Gibeon dwelt the|” 7‘Chro.42.
‘father of Gibeon; whose 4wife’s :
name was Maachah: equal
30 And his firstborn son Abdon, idee
and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and|m Ezra 2.59.
Nadab, Hera 2:70:
31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and|"Non773,
¢Zacher.
32 And Mikloth begat fShimeah.|¢ Josh.9.27;
And these also dwelt with their
prethren in Jerusalem, over against
em,
8.20.
> Neh.11,1,2.
The stock of Saul and Jonathan.
33 And &Ner begat Kish, and
Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat
Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and
Abinadab, and *Esh-baal.
34 And the son of Jonathan was
*Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat
Micah.
35 And the sons’ of Micah were,
Pithon, and Melech, and /Tarea,
and Ahaz,
36 And Ahaz begat *Jehoadah;
and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and
466
Ezra 2.43-54;
ee =
qi ge age) Coe rer Clee a
ci
Azmaveth; and Zimri; and Zimri
begat Moza, “
37 And Moza begat Binea: /Ra- |
pha was his son, Eleasah his son,
Azel his son:
38 And Azel had six sons, whose
names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and
Obadiah, and Hanan. All these
were the sons of Azel.
39 And the sons of Eshek his
brother were, Ulam his firstborn,
Jehush the second, and Eliphelet
the third.
40 And the sons of Ulam were
mighty men of valour, archers, and
had many sons, and sons’ sons, an
hundred and fifty. All these are of
the sons of Benjamin.
CHAPTER 9.
The original of Israel’s and
Judah’s genealogies.
S° mali Israel were reckoned by
genealogies; and, ‘behold, they
were written in the book of the
kings of Israel and Judah, who
were carried away to Babylon for
their transgression.
The Israelites,
2 Now the “first inhabitants that
dwelt in their possessions in their
cities were, the Israelites, the
priests, Levites, and the °Nethi-
nims.
3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the
children of Judah, and of the chil-
dren of Benjamin, and of the
ee ES of Ephraim, and Manas-
seh;
4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the
son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son
of Bani, of the children of Pharez
the son of Judah.
5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah
the firstborn, and his sons.
6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel,
and their brethren, six hundred and
ninety.
7. And of the sons of Benjamin;
Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son
of Hodaviah, ‘the son of Hase-
nuah,
8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham,
and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son
of Michri, and Meshullam the son
of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel,
the son of Ibnijah;
9 And their brethren, according
to their generations, nine hundred
and fifty and six. All these men
were chief of the fathers in the
house of their fathers.
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9 10]
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to 1056.
The priests.
10 And of the 4priests; Jedaiah,
and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
11 And “Azariah the son of Hil-
kiah, the son of Meshullam, the son
of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the
son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house
of God;
12 And Adaiah the son of Jero-
ham, the son of Pashur, the son of
Malchijah, and Maasiai the son
of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the
son of Meshullam, the son of Me-
shillemith, the son of Immer;
13 And their brethren, heads of
the house of their fathers, a thou-
sand and seven hundred and three-
score; very ‘able men for the work
of the service of the house of God.
b Called Se-
raiah, Neh.
And the Levites, with Nethi-| 72!
nims, who dwelt in Jerusalem. ‘
14 And of the Levites; Shema-
jah the son of Hasshub, the son
of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah,
of the sons of Merari;
15 And Bakbakkar, "Heresh, and
Galal, and Mattaniah the son of se
Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of| ~~”
Asaph; f 1 Chr.26,
16 And Obadiah the son of She-| 12:
maiah, the son of Galal, the son of| , 2 xi.11.4-7,
Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son] _
of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that ge ict
dwelt in the villages of the Netopha- -
7 Ex.30.22-25.
thites.
J Lev.2.5;
a Neh.11.10-
14,
c Heb. strong
courageous
men.
olds.
eCf.Num,
17 And the porters were, Shallum,
and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahi-}” 691
man, and their -brethren: Shallum
was the chief; k Lev.24.8.
18 Who hitherto waited in the}; 5.95.30,
king’s gate eastward: they were] note.
porters in the companies of the chil- in 1 Chr.6.31
dren of Levi. 32; 25.1-7.
19 And Shallum the son of Kore,
the son of Ebiasaph, the son -of
Korah, and his brethren, of the
house of his father, the Korahites,
were over the work of the service,
keepers of the ¢gates‘of the taber-
nacle: and their fathers, being over
the host of the LORD, were keepers,
of the entry.
20 And ‘Phinehas the son of
Eleazar was the ruler over them in
_ time past, and the LorD was with
m.
21 And Zechariah the son of Me-
shelemiah was porter of the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
22 All these which were chosen}
to be porters in the ¢gates were two
hundred and twelve. These were
reckoned by their genealogy in
n1 Chr.8.29,
etc.
467
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d Heb. thresh-
[9 36
their villages, whom /fDavid and
Samuel the seer did ordain in their
set office.
23 So they and their children had
the oversight of the gates of the
house of the LorpD, namely, the
house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24 In four quarters were the por-
ters, toward the east, west, north,
and south.
25 And their brethren, which
were in their villages, were to come
after seven days from time to time
with them.
The charge of certain Levites.
26 For these Levites, the four
chief porters, were in their set
office, and were over the “chambers
and treasuries of the house of God.
27 And they lodged round about
the house of God, because the
charge was upon them, and the
opening thereof every morning
pértained to them.
28 And certain of them had the
charge of the ministering ‘vessels,
that they should bring them in and
out by tale.
29 Some of them also were ap-
pointed to oversee the vessels, and
all the instruments of the sanctuary,
and the fine flour, and the wine, and
the oil, and the frankincense, and
the spices.
30 And some of the sons of the
.|priests made the ‘ointment of the
spices.
31 And Mattithiah, one of the
Levites, who was the firstborn of
Shallum the Korahite, had the set
joffice over the things that were
made in the pans.
32 And other of their brethren,
of the sons of the *Kohathites, were
over the /shewbread, to prepare it
every sabbath.
33 And these are the “singers,
chief of the fathers of the Levites,
who remaining in the chambers
were free: for they were employed
in that work day and night,
34 These chief fathers of the Le-
vites were chief throughout their
generations; these dwelt at Jeru-
salem.
The stock of Saul and Jonathan.
35 And .in Gibeon dwelt the
father’ of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose
wife’s name was *Maachah:
36 And his firstborn son Abdon,
then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and
Ner, and Nadab,
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37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and
Zechariah, and Mikloth. _
38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam.
And they also dwelt with their
brethren at Jerusalem, over against
their brethren. ;
39 And Ner begat Kish; and
Kish begat Saul; and Saul bega
Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and
Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
40 And the son of Jonathan was
Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat
Micah.
41 And the sons of Micah were,
Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,
band Ahaz.
42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and
Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azma-
veth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat
Moza;
43 And Moza begat Binea; and
Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son,
Azel his son.
44 And Azel had six sons, whose
names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and
Obadiah, and Hanan: these were
the sons of Azel.
CHAPTER 10.
Saul’s overthrow and death.
Now the Philistines fought
against Israel; and the men
of Israel fled from before the Philis-
tines, and fell down slain in mount
Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed
hard after Saul, and after his sons;
and the Philistines slew Jonathan,
and ¢Abinadab, and -Malchi-shua,
the sons of Saul,
3 And the battle went sore against
Saul, and the archers hit him, and
he was wounded of the archers.
4 °Then said Saul to his armour-
bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust
me through therewith: lest these
uncircumcised come and abuse me.
But his armourbearer would not;
for he was sore afraid. So Saul
took a sword, and fell upon it.
3S And when his armourbearer
saw that Saul was dead, he fell like-
Wise on the sword, and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three
Sons, and all his house died to-
gether.
7 And when all the men of Israel
that were in the valley saw that
they fied, and that Saul and his
sons were dead, then they forsook
their cities, and fled: and the Phi-
listines came and dwelt in them.
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B.C. 4004
to 1056.
@ 1 Chr.8.33.
b Added from
1 Chr.8.35.
¢ 1 Sam.31.1,
etc.
d Called Ishui,
-1 Sam.14.49,
e Cf.1 Sam.
31.4-7.
fCf.1 Sam.
31.9,10.
B.C. 1056.
g1Sam.31.
11-13.
A 1 Sam.13.13,
14; 15.22,26.
#1 Sam.28.7,
etc.
j 2 Sam.5.4,
etc.
Rk 1 Sam.16.
1-13; Psa.78.
70-72.
1 Cf.1 Sam,
16.1-13.
468
The Philistines triumph over
Saul.
8 And it came to pass on the mor-
row, when the Philistines came to
strip the slain, that they found Saul
and his sons fallen in mount
Gilboa. .
9 And when they had stripped
him, they ‘took his head, and ‘his
armour, and sent into the land of
the Philistines round about, to carry
tidings unto their idols, and to the
people.
10 And they put his armour in the
house of their gods, and fastened
his head in the temple of Dagon.
The kindness of Jabesh-gilead
toward Saul and his sons.
11 And 4when all Jabesh-giiead
heard all that the Philistines had
done to Saul,
12 They arose, all the valiant men,
and took away the body of Saul,
and the bodies of his sons, and
brought them to Jabesh, and buried
their bones under the oak in Jabesh,
and fasted seven days.
Saul’s sin for which he lost the
kingdom.
13 So Saul died for his “transgres-
sion which he committed against
the LORD, even against the word of
the LORD, which he kept not, and
talso for asking counsel of one that
hadafamiliar spirit, to enquire of it ;
14 And enquired not of the Lorp:
therefore he slew him, and turned
ee kingdom unto David the son of
esse.
CHAPTER 11.
David becomes king over Israe]
(2 Sam. 5..1-3),
‘THEN all Israel jgathered them-
selves to David unto Hebron,
saying, Behold, we are thy bone
and thy flesh.
2 And moreover in time past, even
when Saul was king, thou wast he
that leddest out and broughtest in
Israel: and the Lorp thy *God said
unto thee, Thou shalt feed my peo-
ple Israel, and thou shalt be ruler —
over my people Israel,
3 Therefore came all the elders of
Israel to the king to Hebron; and
David made a covenant with them
in Hebron before the Lorp; and
they ‘anointed David king over
Israel, according to the word of the
Lorp by Samuel,
_—
a:
11 4]
Jerusalem made the capital of
Eaten te kingdom (2 Sam. 5.
6-12). |
4 And David and all Israel went to
Jerusalem, which is *Jebus; where
the Jebusites were, the inhabitants
of the land.
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus
said to David, Thou shait not come
hither. Nevertheless David took
the 4castle of 1Zion, which is the
city of David.
6 And David said, Whosoever
smiteth the Jebusites first shall be
chief and captain. So Joab the son
of Zeruiah went first up, and was
chief.
7 And David dwelt in the castle;
therefore they called “it the city of
David.
8 Andhebuiltthecityround about,
even from Millo round about: and
Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9 So David waxed greater and
greater: for the LorD of hosts was
with him.
A catalogue of David’s mighty | 7°*5%
men. e Cf.2 Sam.5.
10 @These also are the chief of the] 38%! Chr.
mighty men whom David had, who c
strengthened themselves with him|/ One cubit =
in his kingdom, and with all Israel,| 2>°Ut 18 in.
to make him king, according to the
word of the LorD concerning Israel.
11 And this 7s the number of the
mighty men whom David had; Ja-
shobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief
of the captains: he lifted up his
spear against three hundred slain
by him at one time.
12 And after him was Eleazar the
--son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was
one of the three mighties.
13 He was with David at Pas-dam-
mim, and there the Philistines were
gathered together to battle, where
was a parcel of ground full of bar-
ley: and the people fled from before
the Philistines.
14 And they set themselves in the
midst of that parcel, and delivered
it, and slew the Philistines; and the
LorD saved them by a great deliv-
erance.
15 Now “three of the thirty cap-
a Cf.Jud.1.
21;19.10,11.
bv.7.
c See v.5.
d Cf.2 Sam,
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tains went down to the rock to ~
David, into the cave of Adullam;
and the host of the Philistines en-
camped in the valley of Rephaim.
16 And David was then in the
hold, and the Philistines’ garrison
was then at Beth-lehem.
17 And David longed, and said,
Oh that one would give me drink
of the water of the well of Beth-
lehem, that is at the gate!
18 And the three brake through
the host of the Philistines, and drew
water out of the well of Beth-lehem,
that was by the gate, and took if,
and brought it to David: but David
would not drink of it, but poured it
out to the LoRD,
19 And said, My God forbid it me,
that I should do this thing: shall I
drink the blood of these men that
have ‘put their lives in jeopardy?
for with the jeopardy of their
lives they brought it. Therefore
he would not drink it. These things
did these three mightiest.
20 And Abishai the brother of
Joab, he was chief of the three: for
lifting up his spear against three
hundred, he slew them, and had a
name among the three.
21 Of the three, he was more hon-
ourable than the two; for he was
their captain: howbeit he attained
not to the first three.
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
the son of a valiant man of Kab-
zeel, who had done many acts; he
slew two lionlike men of Moab: also
he went down and slew a lion in a
pit in a snowy day.
23 And he slew an Egyptian, a
man of great stature, five Scubits
high; and in the Egyptian’s hand
was a spear like a weaver’s beam;
and he went down to him with a
staff, and plucked the spear out of
the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him
with his own spear.
24 These things did Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and had the name
among the three mighties.
25 Behold, he was honourable
among the thirty, but attained not
to the frst three: and David set
[him over his guard.
1 Heb. castle. (1) Zion, the ancient Jebusite stronghold, is the southwest eminence
in Jerusalem, called in Scripture the city of David, and associated with the Davidic
soyalty both historically and prophetically (1 Chr. 11. 7; Psa. 2. 6; Isa. 2.3). The
word is often used of the whole city of Jerusalem .
in passages referring to the future kingdom-age (Isa. 1,
Zech. 1. 16, 17; 8. 3-8; Rom, 11. 26). oped
(2) In Deut. 4. 48 the name is given to a
(Psa. 48. 2, 3), especially
27; 2. 3; 4. 1-6; Joel 3. 16;
word is used symbolically of heaven.
projection or peak of Mount Hermon.
469
considered as the city of God
In Heb. 12. 22 the
nite,
jah the Pelonite, U
Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of
Beth-lehem,
27 Shainmoth the Harorite, Helez
‘the Pelonite,
98 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Te-|
koite, Abi-ezer the Antothite, i
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai
‘the Ahohite, :
30 Maharai the Netophathite, He-)
led the son of Baanah the Netopha-
te;
31 Ithaithe son of RibaiofGibeah,
that pertained to the children of
Benjamin, Benaiah the Piratho-
32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash,
Abiel the Arbathite, R
33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eli-
ahba the Shaalbonite,
34 The sons of Hashem the Gi-
zonite, Jonathan the son of Shage
the Hararite,
35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the
Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahi-
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai
the son of Ezbai,
38 Joel the brother of Nathan,
Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai
the Berothite, the armourbearer of} cic. April,
Joab the son of Zeruiah, ‘
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the
and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44 zzia the Ashterathite, Shama
and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the
45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and
Joha his brother, the Tizite,
46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeri-
bai, and Joshaviah, the sons of El-
naam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47 Hliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the
Mesobaite.
CHAPTER 12,
The companies that came to
David at Ziklas.
were among the mighty men, help-
ers of the war.
rhe ete Bey Ab? 2 a 9p: eas ete a (Sint yi yh Be ted ae
" ele St Mi e aes
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26 Also the valiant men of the] B.c. 1047.
armies were, Asahel the brother of|~ Perla
a1 Sam.27.6.
b Cf.Jud.20.
16.
2 They were armed with bows,
and could use both the right hand
and the left bin hurling stones and _
shooting arrows out of a bow, even
of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin,
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then
Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet,
the sons of Azmaveth; and Ber-
achah, and Jehu the Antothite,
4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a
mighty man among the thirty, and
over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and
Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josa-
bad the Gederathite,
5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bea-
liah, and Shemariah, and Shepha-
tiah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and Jesiah; and Aza-
reel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,
the Korhites,
7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the
sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
(In the order of the history
1 Chr. 12. 8-15 follows 2 Sam. 5.
i701 ‘Chr. 14. 8:)
8 And of the Gadites there sepa-
tated themselves unto David into
the hold to the wilderness men of
might, and men of war fit for the
battle, that could handle shield and
buckler, whose faces were like the
faces of lions, and were as swift as
the roés upon the mountains;
9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the sec- |
ond, Eliab the third,
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jere-
miah the fifth,
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the sev-
.enth,
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad
the ninth,
13. Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai
the eleventh.
14 These were of the sons of Gad,
Captains of the host: one of the
least was over an hundred, and the
greatest over a thousand.
15 These are they that went over
Jordan in the “first month, when it
had overflown all his banks; and
they put to flight all them of the
valleys, both toward the east, and
toward the west, f
16 And there came of the children
of Benjamin and Judah to the hold
unto David.
17 And David went out to meet
them, and answered and said unto
them, If ye be come peaceably unto
me to help me, mine heart shall be
knit unto-you: but if ye be cometo
betray.me to mine enemies, seeing
‘there ig no wrong in mine hands,
\
as’ Geel ame. | tell a | a a.
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the God of our fathers look thereon,
and rebuke it.
18 Then the “spirit came upon
>Amasai, who was chief of the cap-
tains, and he said, Thine are we,
David, and on thy side, thou son of
Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee,
and peace be to thine helpers; for
thy God helpeth thee. Then David
received them, and made them cap-
tains of the band.
19 And there fell some of “Manas-
seh to David, when he came with
the Philistines against Saul to bat-
tle: but they helped them not: for
the lords of the Philistines upon
advisement sent him away, 4say-
ing, He will fall to his master Saul
to the jeopardy of our heads.
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell
to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and
Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael,
and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai,
captains.of the thousands that were
of Manasseh.
21 Andthey helped David against
the band of the rovers: for they
were all mighty men of valour, and
were captains in the host.
22 For at that time day by day,
there came to David to help him,
until i¢ was a great host, like the
host of God.
The men of Israel who made
David king. (Cf. 2 Sam. 5. 1-3.)
23 And these are the numbers of
the bands that were ready armed
to the war, and came to David /to
Hebron, to turn the kingdom of
Saul to him, éaccording to the word
of the LORD.
24 The children of J udah that bare
shield and spear were six thousand
ee eight hundred, ready armed to
€ W:
25 Of the children of Simeon,
mighty men of valour for the war,
seven thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Levi four
thousand and six hundred.
27 And Jehoiada was the leader
of the Aaronites, and with him were
three thousand and seven hundred;
28 And “Zadok, a young man
mighty of valour, and of his father’s
house twenty and two captains.
29 And of the children of Benja-
min, the kindred of Saul, three
thousand: for hitherto the greatest
part of them had ‘kept the ward of
the house of Saul.
30 And of the children of Ephraim
twenty thousand and eight hun-
dred, mighty: men of valour, fa-
a Holy Spirit.
1 Chr.28.12.
(Gen.1.2;
Ma!l.2.15.)
b 2 Sam.17.25,
called
Amasa.
¢1 Sam.29.2.
d 1 Sam.29.4.
e1 Sam.30.
f 2 Sam.2.1-4;-
5.1-3.
g1Sam.16.
14.
h 2 Sam.8.17.
#2 Sam.2.4-7. .
j See 1 Ki.8.61.
k Cf.2 Sam.
6,1-10.
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mous throughout the house of their.
fathers.
31 And of the half tribe of Manas-
seh eighteen thousand, which were
expressed by name, to come and
make David king.
32 And of the children of Issachar,
.|which were men that had under-
standing of the times, to know what
Israel ought to do; the heads of
them were two hundred; and ail
their brethren were at their com-
mandment.
33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth
to battle, expert. in war, with all in-
struments of war, fifty thousand,
34 And of Naphtali a thousand
captains, and with them with shield
and spear thirty and seven thou-
sand.
35 And of the Danites expert in
war twenty and eight thousand and
six hundred.
36 And of Asher, such as went
forth to battle, expert in war, forty
thousand.
37 And on the other side of Jor-
idan, of the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and of the half tribe of
Manasseh, with all manner of in-
struments of war for the battle, an
hundred and twenty thousand.
38 All these men of war, that
could keep rank, came with a Jper-
fect heart ’to ‘Hebron, to make
David king over all Israel: and all
the rest also of Israel were of one
heart to make David king.
39 And there they were with
David three days, eating and drink-
ing: for their brethren had pre-
pared for them.
40 Moreover they that were nigh
them, even unto Issachar and Zebu-
lun and Naphtali, brought bread on
asses, and on camels, and on mules,
and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes
of figs, and bunches of raisins, and
wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep
abundantly: for there was joy in
Israel.
CHAPTER 13.
Doing a right thing in the
wrong Way.
| ‘Ane David consulted with the
captains: of thousands and
hundreds, and with every leader.
2 And *David said unto all the
congregation of Israel, If it seern
good unto you, and that it be of the
ILoRD our God, let us send abroad
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unto our brethren every where, that
are left in all the land of Israel,
and with them. a/so to the priests
and Levites which are in their
cities and suburbs, that they may
gather themselves unto us:
3 And let us bring again the ark
of our God to us: for we enquired
not at it in the days of Saul. ;
4 And all the congregation said
that they would do so: for the thing
was right in the eyes of all the
people.
5 So David gathered all Israel
together, from Shihor of Egypt
even unto the entering of Hemath,
to bring the ark of God from
*Kirjath-jearim.
6 And David went up, and all
Israel, to “Baalah, that is, to
Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to
Judah, to bring up thence the ark
of God the Lorp, that ‘dwelleth
between thecherubims, whosename
is called on it.
7 And they carried the ark of
God in a new cart out of the house
of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio
drave the cart.
8 And David and all Israel played
before God with all their might,
and with singing, and with harps,
and with. psalteries, and with tim-
brels, and with cymbals, and with
trumpets.
Uzza being smitten, the ark is
left at the house of Obed-
edom.
9 And when they came unto the
threshingfloor of ¢Chidon, Uzza put
forth his hand to hold the ark; for
the oxen stumbled.
10 And the anger of the LoRD was
kindled against Uzza, and he smote
him, fbecause he put his hand to
the ark: and there he died before
God.
11 And David was displeased, be-
cause the Lorp had made a breach
upon Uzza: wherefore that place is
called ¢Perez-uzza to this. day.
12 And David was afraid of God
that day, saying, How shall I bring
the ark of God home to me?
13 So David brought not the ark
home to himself to the city of|
David, but carried it aside into
the house of Obed-edom the Git-
tite.
14 And the ark of God ‘remained
with the family of Obed-edom in|
“his house three months. And the
Lorp ‘blessed the house of Obed-
edom, and all that he had.
B.C. 1045.
(B.C, 1043.)
a1 Sam.6.1-
2ES fel 2e
6 Josh.15.9,
etc.
c Ex.25.22.
d Cf.Num.4,
15; 1 Che,
15.2525.
e Cailed
Nachon,
2 Sam.6.6.
f See Num.4.
15°
gi.e. the
breach of
Uzza.
hk 2 Sam.6.11,
#1 Chr.26.4-8.
j2Sam.5.11,
12.
k Called El-
ada, 2 Sam,
5.16.
12 Sam.5.
17-21,
m 2 Sam.5,
22-25.
CHAPTER 14.
The prosperity of King David.
[14 is
;
OW /Hiram king of Tyre sent —
messengers to David, and tim- >
ber of cedars, with masons and car-
penters, to build him an house.
2 And David perceived that the
Lorp had confirmed him king over
Israel, for his kingdom was lifted
up on high, because of his people _
Israel.
3 And David took more wives at
Jerusalem: and David begat more
sons and daughters.
4 Now these are the names of Ars
children which he had in Jerusa-
lem; Shammua, and Shobab, Na-
than, and Solomon,
5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and
Elpalet,
6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and
Japhia,
7 And Elishama, and -Beeliada,
and Eliphalet.
8 And ‘when the Philistines heard
that David was anointed king over
all Israel, all the Philistines went
up to seek David. And David
heard of it, and went out against —
them.
9 And the Philistines came and
spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.,
10 And David enquired of God,
saying, Shall I go up against the
Philistines? and wilt thou deliver
them into mine hand? And the
LORD said unto him, Go up; for I
will deliver them into thine hand.
11 So they came up to Baal-pera-
zim; and David smote them there.
Then David said, God hath broken
in upon mine enemies by mine hand
like the breaking forth of waters:
therefore they called the name of
that place Baal-perazim.
12 And when they had left their
gods there, David gave a command-
ment, and they were burned with
re.
13 ™And the Philistines yet again
spread themselves abroad in the
valley.
*14. Therefore David enquired again
of God; and God said unto him, Go
not up after them; turn away from
them, and come upon them over
against the mulberry trees.
15 Andit shall be, when thou shalt
hear a sound of going in the tops of
the mulberry trees, that then thou
shalt go out to battle: for God is
gone forth before thee to smite the
host of the Philistines.
16 David therefore did as God
commanded him: and they smote
the host of the Philistines from
2Gibeon even to Gazer.
17 And the fame of David went!
out into all lands; and the Lorp
brought the fear of him upon all
nations, .
CHAPTER 15.
Doing a right thing in the right
way. (Cf.1 Chr. 13.)
AND David made him houses in
the city of David, and ‘pre-
pared a place for the ark of God,
and pitched for it a tent.
2 Then Davidsaid, 2Noneoughtto
carry the ark of God but the Levites:
for «them hath the LorD chosen to
carry the ark of God, and to minis-
ter unto him for ever.
3 fAnd David gathered all Israel
together to Jerusalem, to bring up
the ark of the LorD unto his place,
which he had prepared for it.
4 And David assembled the chil-
dren of Aaron, and the Levites:
5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the
chief, and his brethren an hundred
and twenty:
6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah
the chief, and his brethren two) vic. separate.
hundred and twenty:
7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the
chief, and his brethren an hundred
and thirty:
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; She-
maiah the chief, and his brethren
two hundred:
9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the
chief, and his brethren fourscore:
“10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Ammina-
dab the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and twelve.
11 And David called for Zadok and
Abiathar the priests, and for the
Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel,
ee ge and Eliel, and Ammina-
abd,
12 And said unto them, Ye are
the chief of the fathers of the Le-
vites: sanctify yourselves, both ye
and your brethren, that ye may
bring up the ark of the LorpD God
of Israel unto the place that I
have prepared for it. ,
13 For “because ye did it not at
the first, the LorD our God made a
breach upon us, for that we sought
him not after the due order. a
14 So the priests and the Levites
sanctified themselves to bring up|
the ark of the Lorp God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Levites
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(B.C. 1042.)
a Called Geba,
2 Sam.5.25.
b Cf.Deut.
2,25; 11.253.
2 Chr.20.29,
c1 Chr.16.1.
d Cf.2 Sam.6.
1-11,
e Num.4.2,
15; Deut.10.
8; 31.9.
f Cf.2 Chr.5.
3-14.
Ex.19.10;
28.41; Lev.
10.3; Josh.
7.13.
h 1 Chr.13.7-
11.
i Jaaziel, in
v.18.
jv.5; 1 Chr,
13.14.
ki Ki.8.1,
473
B.C... 1045.
[15 27
bare the ark of God upon their
shoulders with the staves thereon,
as Moses commanded according to
the word of the Lorpb.
16 And David spake to the chief
of the Levites to appoint their
brethren to be the singers with in-
struments of musick, psalteries and
harps and cymbals, sounding, by
lifting up the voice with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed He-
man the son of Joel; and of his
brethren, Asaph the son of Bere-
chiah; and of the sons of Merari
their brethren, Ethan the son of
Kushaiah;
18 And with them their brethren
of the second degree, Zechariah,
Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Matti-
thiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah,
and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the
porters.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph,
and Ethan, were appointed to
sound with cymbals of brass;
20 And Zechariah, and ‘Aziel,
and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and
Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah,
and Benaiah, with psalteries on
Alamoth;
21 And Mattithiah, and Eliph-
eleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-
edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with
harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the
Levites, was for song:,he instructed
about the song, because he was
skilful.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah
were doorkeepers for the ark.
| 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehosha-
phat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai,
and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and
Eliezer, the priests, did blow with
the trumpets before the ark of God:
and jObed-edom and Jehiah were
doorkeepers for the ark.
David brings up the ark
(2 Sami. 6. 12-23).
25 *So David, and the elders of
Israel, and the captains over thou-
sands, went to bring up the ark of
the covenant of the LorD out of
the house of Obed-edom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God
helped the Levites that bare the ark
of the covenant of the LorpD, that
they offered seven bullocks and
seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a
robe of fine linen, and all the Le-
vites that bare the ark, and the
_ of the song with the singers: David
also had upon him an ephod of
linen. ;
28 Thus 2all Israel brought up the
ark of the covenant of the Lorp
with shouting, and with sound of
the cornet, and with trumpets, and
with cymbals, making a noise with
psalteries and harps.
Michal despises David.
29 And it came to pass, as the ark
of the covenant of the LorpD came
to the city of David, that ‘Michal
the daughter of Saul looking out at
ry,
a1 Chr.13.8.
6 Num.23.21;
‘ ; s A h.6.5,20;
a window saw king David dancing pee
and playing: and she despised him! 1 Thes.4.16.
in her heart. ee Parse)
20,27; 19.11-
CHAPTER 16. 13 a bored
David’s festival sacrifice.
S° they brought the ¢ark of God,|¢ Chena
and set it in the midst of the nave
tent that David had pitched for it:] ¢ See tities of
and they offered burnt-sacrifices = 38
and peace-offerings before God. isc
} ‘2 And when David had made an| See 2 Sam.
end of offering the burnt-offerings| 23-1.
and the peace-offerings, he blessed gCE£Psa.105.
the people in the name of the Lorp.
3 And he dealt to every one of Is-|# Gen-15.18,
rael, both man and woman, to every| 7°fe
an one -a loaf of bread, and a good| #Gen.26.3;
‘ piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. ae: 35.11,
David orders a choir.
: jie. nations.
4 And he appointed certain of
the Levites to minister before the
ark of the LorD, and to ‘record,| ?Psa-19.9,
and to thank and praise the Lorp| 7°fe:
God of Israel: ] m Lev.19.4;
5S Asaph the chief, and next to| ef-1 Cor.10,
} him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemira-| 20
moth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah,
and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-
edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and
with harps; but Asaph made a
sound with cymbals;
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the
priests with trumpets continually
petare the ark of the covenant.of
od,
The psalm. of thanksgiving,
7 Then on that-day fDavid deliv-
ered first this psalm to thank the
LORD into the hand of Asaph and
4) his brethren.
8 &8Give thanks unto the Lorp,
call upon his name, make known his
deeds among the people.
9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto
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Bcc Novi uht bea at
45 28] I CHRONICLES.
singers, and Chenaniah the master] B.c. 1042.
ki.e. peoples.
him, talk ye of all his wondro
works.
10 Glory ye in his holy name: let
the heart of them rejoice that seek
the Lorp. ‘
11 Seek the Lorp and-= his
strength, seek his face continually.
12 Remember his marvellous
works that he hath done, his won-
ders,and the judgments of his mouth;
13 O ye seed of Israel his servant,
ye children of Jacob, his chosen
ones.
14 He is the LorpD our God; his
judgments are in all the earth. ;
15 Be ye mindful always of his
covenant; the word which he com-
manded to a thousand generations;
16 Even of the covenant which
he made with “Abraham, and of his
oath unto Isaac;
17 And hath ‘confirmed the same
to Jacob for alaw, and to Israel for
an everlasting covenant, ,
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give
the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance;
19 When ye were but few, even a
few, and strangers in it.
20 And when they went from na-
tion to nation, and from one king-
dom to another people:
21 He suffered no man to do them
wrong: yea, he reproved kings for
their sakes,
22 Saying, Touch not mine an-
ointed, and do my prophets no
harm.
23 Sing unto the Lorp, all the
earth; shew forth from day to day
his salvation.
24 Declare his glory among the
Jheathen; his marvellous works
among all nations. ;
25 For great is the Lorp, and
greatly to be praised: he also is to
be ‘feared above all gods.
26 For all the “gods of the people
are idols: but the Lorp made the
heavens.
27 Glory and honour are in his
presence; strength and gladness are
in his place.
28 Give unto the Lorp, ye kins
dreds of the people, give unto the
Lorp glory and strength.
29 Give unto the Lorp the glory
due unto his name: bring an offer-
ing, and come before him: worship
the Lorp in the beauty of holiness,
30 Fear before him, all the earth:
the world also shall be stable, that
it be not moved.
31 Let the heavens be glad, and
let the earth rejoice; and let men
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say among the nations, The LORD) _B:c. 1042. |bals: for those that should make a
reigneth. — 4 sound, and’ with musical instru-
32 Let the sea roar, and the ful- ments of God! And the sons of
ness thereof : let the fields rejoice, Jeduthun were porters.
and all that is therein: 43° sAnd: all the people departed
33 Then shall the trees’ of the every man to his house: and David
wood sing out at the presence of returned to bless his house:
the Lorn, because he ’cometh to
oS the ee CHAPTER 17.
for he BN eboas aE ae ah Dari desire to build the Lord’s
dureth for ever. a Isa.55.12,13. ouse (2 Sam. 7. 1-3).
35 And say ye, Save us, O God of eenh> Now it came to pass, as David
our salvation, and gather us to- b jot die, |+™ sat_in his house, that David
gether, and deliver us from the} Mt.25.31-46. |said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, If
cheathen, that we may give thanks] . t dwell in an house of ‘cedars, but
to thy holy name, and glory in thy] °i: mations. |the ark of the covenant of the Lorp
praise. dt Chr6.39; |remaineth under curtains.
36 Blessed be the Lorp Ged of| 15-17;.25.1- | 2 Then Nathan tgaid unto David,
Israel’ for ever and ever. And all 93 2 Chr.5- |Do all that is‘ in thine heart; for
the people said, Amen, and praised] 41” writer of|God' 1s with thee.
the Lorp. See 3 And it came to pass the same
David appoints ministers, por- 77,78,79,80, night, that the word of God came
t 5 sss 81,82,83- to Nathan, saying,
‘ers, priests, and musicians to oeeY :
attend continually on the ark.| ¢1 Chr.13.14 4: Go and tell David my servant,
ai 13.14 |/Thus saith the LorpD, Thou shalt
37 So he left there before the lark] ¢2 sam.g:17; |not build me an house’ to dwell in:
of the covenant of the Lord Asaph] 1524-36; 'S For havenot dwelt in an house
and his brethren, to minister before! } Ke) )2, |Since the day that I brought up Is-
the ark continually, as every day’s| Ezra 7.2;. rael unto this day; but have gone
work required: ghee _ | Ezk.40.46. |from tent to tent, and from one
Bo And eObed-edom with their e%Sams. tabernacle to another.
ethren, threescore and eight; 18-21. 6 Wheresoever I have walked
Obed-edom also the son of Jedu- with ali Israel, spake I a word to
thun and Hosah to be porters: h1Chr.i4.l. Jany of the judges of Israel, whom I
39° And fZadok the priest, and his} ; cf.vs.3;4; commanded to feed my people, say-
brethren the priests, before’ the tab-| the follyof jing, Why have ye not built me an
{ by human opin- |}
ernacle of the Lorp in the high) = wua7;b house of cedars?
place that was at Gibeon, Auneslok ares
40. To offer burnt-offerings unto God. wa ie Blass Pas ee
the LorpD upon the altar of the], o.046 Bor E Chr
burnt-offering continually morning|’ 17-13. 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou
and evening, and to do according say unto my servant David, Thus
to all that is written in the law of saith the Lorp of hosts, I took
the Lorp, which. he commanded thee Jfrom. the sheepcote, even
Israel; 2from following the sheep, that thou
41 And'with them Heman and Je- shouldest be ruler over my people
duthun, and the rest that were Israel: \
chosen, who were expressed by. 8 And I have been with thee
name, to give thanks to the Lorb, whithersoever thou’ hast walked,
because his mercy endureth for and have cut off all thine enemies
ever; from before thee, and have made
42. And with them Heman and thee a name like the name of the
Jeduthun with trumpets and cym- great men that are in the earth.
1 It will be understood that the ancient tabernacle was now divided; the ark was
brought into ‘‘Zion’” (1 Chr. 11. 5, note), while the brazen altar, at least, and prob-
ably the vessels of the holy place (Ex. 25. 23-40; 37. 10-25; 40) 22-27) were estab-
lished in the high-place at Gibeon. Asaph and the singers (1 Chr: 6. 31-39; 15. 16-19;
16. 5s; 25. 6) were “left before the ark” (1 Chr. 16, 37), while the priests ministered
in Gibeon “before the tabernacle” (I Chr. 16. 39). All this’ was’ mere confusion:
cf Heb. 9. 1-7. With the construction of the’ temple the divine order seems to
have been restored. ¢
“2 David is here, as often, a type of his Son after the flesh (Mt. 1. 1; Rom. 1. 3),
Jesus the Shepherd-King. At His first coming He took the shepherd’s place, first
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9 Also I will ordain a place for my
people Israel, and will ¢plant them,
and they shall dwell in their place,
and shall be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness
waste them any more, as at the
beginning, '
10 And %since the time that I
commanded ‘judges to be over my
people Israel. Moreover I will
subdue all thine enemies. Further-
more I tell thee that the LORD will
build thee an house.
11 And it shall come to pass,
é4when thy days be expired that-thou
must go to be with thy fathers, that
I will raise up ¢thy seed after thee,
which shall be of thy sons; and I
will establish his kingdom.
12 fHe shall build me an house,
i and I will stablish his throne for
‘ ever.
: 13 I will be his father, and he shall
be my son: and I will not take my
mercy away from him, gas I took it
from him that was before thee:
14 But I will settle him in mine
house and in my kingdom for ever:
and his throne shall be established
for evermore. ;
15 According to all these words,
and according to all this vision, so
did Nathan speak unto David.
David’s worship and prayer
(2 Sam. 7. 18-29).
16 And David the king came and
sat before the Lorp, and said, Who
am I, O Lorp God, and what is
mine house, that thou hast brought
me hitherto?
_17_ And yet this was a small thing
in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast
also spoken of thy servant’s house
for a great white to come, and hast
regarded me according to the estate
of a man of high degree, O LoRD
God.
18 What can David speak more
to thee for the honour of thy ser-
vant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19 O Lorpb, for thy servant’s
sake, and according to thine own
heart, hast thou done all this great-
ness, in making known all these
great things.
20 O Lorp, there is none like
thee, neither is there any God be-
in death (John 10. 11
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B.C. 1042.
a Deut.30.1-
9; Isa.11.
11-13; Jer.
16.14-16; 23.
5-8; 24.6;
Ezk.37.21-
27; Amos 9.
14.
6.1 Ki.2.1;
Acts 13.36.
c Or, as at the
beginning,
when I set
judges over
my peopie,
etc.
1 Chr.22.10,
etc.; 28.20.
f Psa.89.3,4,
20-37.
g1 Sam.15.
23-28.
h Deut.4.6-8,
33-38; Psa.
147.20.
# Ex.14.30,
note.
j 2 Sam.8.1.
k 2 Sam.8.2;
cf.Num.24.
17; Zeph.
2.9.
11 Sam.10.27.
m 2 Sam.8.3.
be
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side thee, according to all that we
have heard with our ears.
21 4And what one nation in the
earth ss like thy people Israel,
whom God went to ‘redeem to be
his own people, to make thee aname
of greatness and terribleness, by
driving out nations from before thy
people, whom thou hast ‘redeemed
out of Egypt? .
22 For thy people Israel didst
thou make thine own people for
ever; and thou, LoRD, becamest
their God.
23 Therefore now, LORD, let the
thing that thou hast spoken con-
cerning thy servant and concerning.
his house be established for ever,
and do as thou hast said.
24 Let it even be established, that
thy name may be magnified for
ever, saying, The Lorp of hosts
is the God of Israel, even a God to
Israel: and Jet the house of David
thy servant be established before
thee.
25 For thou, O my God, hast told
thy servant that thou wilt build
him an house: therefore thy servant
hath found in his heart to pray be-
fore thee. ,
26 And now, LorD, thou art God,
and hast promised this goodness
unto thy servant: ;
27 Now therefore let it please thee
to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may be before thee for ever:
for thou blessest, O Lorp, and it
shall be blessed for ever. :
‘
CHAPTER 18.
The full establishment of Da-
vid’s kingdom (2 Sam. 8. 1-18).
Now after this it came to pass;
Jthat David smote the Philis-
tines, and subdued them, and took
Gath and her towns out of the hand
of the Philistines.
2 And he smote *Moab; and the
Moabites became David’s servants,
and 'brought gifts.
3 ™And David smote Hadarezer
king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he
went to stablish his dominion by
the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a
thousand chariots, and seven thou-
), and now in resurrection power (Heb. 13. 20). At His return
He will take the place of “ruler over Israel” (Isa. 11, 10-12; Jer. 23. 5-8; Lk. 1. 32, 33;
Acts 15. 14-17),
This is
good Shepherd is
his the precise order of Psalms 22, 23, 24.
I is giving His life for the she
sheep; in the third He comes to reign as K
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In the first the
in the second He is caring for the
tai a ding) Bumeot Te Rae. ye 4 : emma eek Ms
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sand horsemen, and twenty thou-
sand footmen: David also houghed
all the chariot horses, but reserved
of them an hundred chariots.
5 ¢And when the Syrians of Da-
mascus came to help Hadarezer
king of Zobah, David slew of the
Syrians two and twenty thousand
men.
6 Then David put garrisons in
Syria-damascus; and the Syrians
became David’s servants, and
brought gifts. Thus the LorpD
the Pelethites; and the sons of
David were chief about the king.
CHAPTER 19,
The Ammonite-Syrian war (2
Sam. 10.1-19). First campaign
under Joab.
Now it came to pass after this,
that Nahash the king of the
children of Ammon died, and his
son reigned in his stead.
2 And David said, I will shew
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preserved David whithersoever he kindness unto Hanun the son of
went. a few mre ea oxipie We err because his da(vier wed
7 And David too e shields o indness to me. An avid sent
gold that were on the servants of messengers to comfort him concern-
Hadarezer, and brought them to salle ing his father. So the servants of
Be Likewise from Tibhath, and 5-7. See chaldsen aa | oe Ga
from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,| 23-25. comfort him.
brought David very much brass, 3 But the princes of the children
wherewith Solomon made the bra-|Galled lof Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest
sen sea, and the pillars, and the| Berothai, |thou that David doth honour thy
vessels of brass. 2Sam.8.8. |father, that he hath sent comforters
9 Now when Tou king of Hamath] - op 9 sam. unto thee? are not his servants
heard how David had smitten “ip 8.10-12. come unto thee fos to search, and He
the host of Hadarezer king ©: overthrow, and to spy out the
d Nephi
ao. oie sent Hadoram his son to of David ee Hanun took David’s
re er to
king David, to enquire of his wel- Joabs 2Sam. |servants, and shaved them, and cut
fare, and to congratulate sto7 ie oy deal oft thas cerments in fie mnastberd
cause he had fought against Hadar-} ~ ~ y their buttocks, and sen em
ezer, and smitten him; (for Hadar-] ¢ Gen.27. away. ;
ezer had war with Tou;) and with psp aon 5 Then there went certain, and
him all manner of ‘vessels of gold} 3.14.’ ‘\told waa tea oe ae ake
i ed. nd he sent to mee em:
at rahe oetagdertie th David dedi-|/v-12, ref for the men were greatly ashamed.
cated unto the Lorp, with the sil-|, one talent |And the king said, Tarry at Jericho
ver and the gold that he brought] of silver= until your beards be grown, and
from all these nations; from Edom, bier then return. en : :
and from Moab, and from the chil- 6 And when the children of Am
dren of Ammon, and from the mon saw that they had made them-
Philistines, and from Amalek. fibees ck ipten te hoes
12 Moreover @¢Abishai the son the children o nmon sent a thou-
of Zertiah slew of the Edomites sand étalents of silver to hire them
in the valley of salt eighteen thou- chariots and horsemen out of Meso-
sand. ae Hoon a of Syria-maachah,
13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and out of Zobah. __
eand all the Edomites became Da- 7 So they hired thirty and two
vid’s servants. Thus the LORD thousand chariots, and the king of
preserved David whithersoever he Sa ptr enya ae spar be are
tr and pitcne elore edeba. n
“a So David reigned over all Is- the children of Ammon gathered
rael, and executed judgment and Lacey a ele oh be their
justice among ail his people. cities, and came to battle. fh
M5 And fJoab the son of Zeruiah 8 And when David heard of it, he
was over the host; and Jehoshaphat rae Joab, and all the host of the
the son of Ahilud, recorder. | mighty men. ;
16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, 9 And the children of Ammon
and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, came out, and put the battle in
‘were the priests; and Shavsha was array before the gate of the city:
scribe; and the kings that were come were
17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoi- by themselves in the field.
ada was over the Cherethites and 10 Now when Joab saw that the
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battle was set against him before
and behind, he chose out of all the
choice of tree, ae put them in
array against the Syrians.
11 ac the rest of the people he
delivered unto the hand of Abishai
his brother, and they set them-
selves in array against the children
of Ammon. .
12 And he said, If the Syrians be
too strong for me, then thou ‘shalt
help me: but if the children of Am-
mon be too strong for thee, then I
will help thee. :
13: Be of good courage, and let us
behave ourselves valiantly for our
people, and for the cities of our
God: and let the Lorp do that
which is good in his sight.
14 So Joab and the people that
were with him drew nigh before the
Syrians unto the battle; and they
fled ‘before him.
15 And when the children of Am-
mon saw that the Syrians were fled,
they likewise fled before Abishai his
brother, and entered into the city.
Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 And when the Syrians saw that
they were put to the worse before
Israel, they sent messengers, and
drew forth the Syrians that were
beyond the river: and Shophach the
captain of the host of Hadarezer
went before them.
Second campaign under David
in person. |
17 And it was told David; and he
gathered all Israel, and passed over
Jordan, and came upon them, and
set the battle in array against
them. So when David had put the
battle in array against the Syrians,
they fought with him.
18 But the Syrians fled before Is-
rael; and David slew of the Syrians
seven thousand men which fought
in chariots, and forty thousand
footmen, and killed Shophach the’
captain of the host.
19 And when the servants of Had-
arezer saw that they were put to
the worse before Israel, they made
peace with David, and became his
servants: neither would the Syrians
help the children of Ammon any
more.
CHAPTER 20.
Joab and David take Rabbah
(2 Sam. 12. 26-31).
ND it came to pass, that after
“> the year was expired, at the
time that kings go out to battle,
a
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6 Here should
be read
2 Sam.11.2-
12.25, with
Psa.51.
c One talent of
gold = £6150,
or $29,085.
d 2 Sam.21.18.
e 2 Sam.21.20.
f Or, Sham-
mah, 1 Sam.
16.9.
g Satan, Job
1.6,7,8,9,12.
“Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
Joab led forth the power of the
army, and wasted the country of
the children of Ammon, and_ came
their king from off his head, and
found it to weigh a ‘talent of gold,
and there were precious stones in
it; and it was set upon David’s
head: and he brought also exceed-
ing much spoil out of the city.
3 And he brought out the people
that were in it, and cut them with
saws, and with harrows of iron, ‘and
with axes. Even so dealt David
with all the cities of the children of
Ammon. And David and all the
people returned to Jerusalem.
War with the Philistines.
4 ¢And it came to pass after this,
that there arose war at Gezer with
the Philistines; at which time Sib-
bechai the Hushathite slew Sippai,
that was of the children of the
giant: and they were subdued.
5 And there was war again with
the Philistines; and Elhanan the
son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother
of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear
staff was like a weaver’s beam.
6 And yet again there was war at
\¢Gath, where was aman of great
|stature, whose fingers and toes were
h 2 Sam.24.1-9. |
i Heb. en-
ticed.
j Cf.1-Chr.27.
23,24,
\
four and twenty, six on each hand,
jand six on each foot: and he also
was the son of the giant.
7 But when he defied Israel, Jona-
|than the son of /Shimea David’s
brother shew him.
8 These were born unto the giant
jin Gath; and they fell by the hand
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of David, and by the hand of his
servants:
CHAPTER 21.
David sins in numbering the
people (2 Sam. 24. 1-9).
Ape sSatan stood up against Is-
trael, “and ‘provoked David to
number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to
the rulers of the people, Go, num-
ber Israel from Beer-sheba even to
Dan; and ‘bring the number of
them to me, that I may know if.
Joab’s faithful protest.
3 And Joab answered, The LorD
make his people an hundred’ times
so many more as they be: but, my
lord the king, are they not all
q
my lord’s servants? why then doth
my lord require this thing? why will
he be a cause of trespass to Is-
rael?
4 Nevertheless the king’s word
prevailed against Joab. Wherefore
Joab ¢departed, and went through-
out all Israel, and came to Jeru-
salem.
5 And Joab gave the sum of the
number of the people unto David.
And all they of Israel "were a thou-
sand thousand and an hundred
thousand men that drew sword: and
Judah was four hundred threescore
and ten, thousand men that drew
sword.
6 But Leviand Benjamin counted
he not among them: for the king’s
word. was. abominable to Joab,
7 And God was: displeased with
this thing; therefore he smote
Israel.
David chooses his punishment
(2 Sam. 24. 10-17).
8 And David said unto God, I
have sinned greatly; because I have
done this thing: but now, I beseech
thee, do away the iniquity of thy
servant; for I have done very fool-
ishly.
9 And the LorD.spake unto Gad,
David’s ‘seer, saying,
10 Go. and. tell David, 4saying,
Thus saith the Lorpb,. I. offer thee
three things: choose thee one of
them, that I may do-#t unto.thee.
ll So Gad. came to. David, and
said unto him, Thus saith the LorpD;
Choose thee
12: Either three years’ famine; or
_three months to be destroyed, before
thy foes, while that the sword of
thine enemies overtaketh thee; or
else three days the sword of the
Lorb, even the pestilence, in the
land, and the “angel of the LorRD
destroying throughout all the coasts
of Israel. Now. therefore advise
thyself what word I shall bring
again to him that sent. me.
13. And’ David said unto Gad, I
am ina great strait: let me fall now
into the hand of the Lorpb; for very
great are his mercies: but let me
not fall into the hand of man.
14 So the Lorp sent. pestilence
upon Israel: and there fell of Israel
seventy thousand men.
15 fAnd God sent an éangel unto
Jerusalem.to destroy it: and as he
was destroying, the Lorp beheld,
and he repented him of the evil,
and said to the angel that destroyed,
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be read
2 Sam.24.4-9.
b C£.2 Sam.
24.9, note.
¢ 1Sam.9.9;
see 2 Ki.17.
13; 1 Chr.29.
29; 2: Chr.16.
7,10; Isa.
30.9,10;
Amos 7.12,13.
d 2Sam.24,
12-14.
e Heb.1.4,
note.
f Cf.2 Sam.
24.16.
g Called Arau-
nah, 2 Sam.
24.16.
h Lit. meal.
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It is enough, stay now thine hand.
And the angel of the LorD stood
by the threshingfloor of ¢Ornan the
Jebusite. ; ;
16 And David lifted up his eyes,
and saw the “angel of the Lorp ~
stand between the earth and the
heaven, having a drawn sword in
his hand stretched out over Jeru-
salem. Then David and the elders
of Israel, who were clothed in
sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
_1y And David said unto God, Is
it not I that commanded the peo-
ple to be numbered? even I it is:\that
have sinned and done evil indeed;
but as. for these sheep, what have
they done? let thine hand, I pray
thee, O LorD my God, be on me,
and on my father’s house; but not
on thy people, that they should be
plagued,
David buys Ornan’s threshing-
floor (2 Sam. 24. 18-25).
18 Then the “angel of the Lorp
‘commanded Gad to say to David,
that David should go up, and set up
an altar unto the LorD in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebu-
site.
19 And David: went up at the say-
ing of Gad, which he spake in the
name of the LORD.
20 And Ornan turned back, and
saw the “angel; and his four sons
with him, hid themselves. Now
Ornan. was. threshing wheat.
21 And as David came to Ornan,
Ornan looked and saw David, and
went.out of the threshingfloor, and
bowed. himself to David with his
face to the ground.
22 Then David said to Ornan,
Grant me the place of this thresh-
ingfloor, that I may build an altar
therein unto. the LORD; thou shalt
grant it me for the full price: that
the plague may be stayed from the
people,
23 And Ornan said unto David,
Take i¢ to thee, and let my lord the
king do that which is good in his
eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also
for burnt-offerings, and the thresh-
ing instruments for wood, and the
mess for the ‘meat-offering; I give
it all.
24 And king David said to Ornan,.
Nay; but I will verily buy it for
the full price: for I will not take
that which is thine for the
Lorb, nor offer burnt-offerings
without cost.
25 So David. gave to. Ornan for
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He instructs Solomon in God’s
, d hi [n.
26 And David built there an altar punlding Pied duty, im
unto the LorD, and offered burnt- Y
offerings and peace-offerings, and 6 Then he called for Solomon his
called upon the LorpD; and he an- son, and charged him to build an
swered him from heaven by fire house for the Lorp God of Is-
upon the altar of burnt-offering. rael. : d
27 And the LorD commanded the 7 And David said to Solomon, My
bangel; and he put up his sword son, as for me, Sit was in my mind
again into the sheath thereof. to build an house unto the name of
28 At that time when David the Lorp my God:
saw that the LoRD had answered 8 But the word of the LorpD came
him in the threshingfloor of Or- to me, “saying, Thou hast shed
nan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed blood abundantly, and hast made
there. great wars: thou shalt not build-an
29 ‘For the tabernacle of the house unto my name, because thou
LorD, which Moses made in the], one sheer {hast shed much blood upon the
wilderness, and the altar of the! Gold) = jearth in my sight.
burnt-offering, were at that season| £2. 1s., or 9. Behold, a son shall be born to
in the high place at Gibeon. $9.69. thee, who shall be a man of rest:
_30 But David could not go before!» Heb.1.4, ‘and I will give him rest from all
it to enquire of God: for he was| note. his enemies round about: for his
afraid because of the sword of the ¢1 Chr.16.37, |name shall be Solomon, and I will
angel of the Lorp. note; 1 Ki.3. |Zive peace and quietness unto Israel
4; 2 Chr.1.3. in here aed :
. |°10 JHe's uild an house for
CHAPTER 22. é ei: mi my name; and he shall be my son,
David prepares materia! for the| 18-25;.1 Chr. jand I will be his father: atid I will
.
‘
temple. rasan 2 establish the throne of his kingdom
‘ ; over Israel for ever.
aoe David said, ¢This is the|¢1Ki9.20,21.) 11 Now, my son, the Lorp be
- house of the Lorp God, and f1 Chr.29 with thee; and prosper thou, and
this is the altar of the burnt-offer- i ek ae build the house of the Lorp thy
ing for Israel. God, as he hath said of thee.
2 And David commanded _ to|£?Sa™.7-1,2. | 12 ‘Only the LoRD give thee kwis-
gather together the ‘strangers that]; 1 Chr.28.3; |dom and understanding, and give
were in the land of Israel; and he| 2 Sam.7.5,13. |thee charge concerning Israel, that
fo build the house of Gage ONE| sx ies. PRON mayest Keep the law of the
x eo eke plgiets cee in|j2Sam.7.13. | 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if
undance for the nails : -
doors of the gates, and for the jon Rl Ki3.9-12, aioe Sas SCBA: AGH LTS
ings; and brass in abundance with- charged Moses with concerning Is-
ne Nigar ub eae hbtatie ts Bee hg ae on good oa
cedas abundance: read not, nor be dismayed.
Hat aaah and they of Tyre 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I
ve much cedar wood to Da- have prepared for the house of the
ip ‘el SAN LorpD an hundred thousand talents
Share: vou Rew selqese i oF as os a Seer oe Bicol
p ler, an e alents of silver; and of brass and
house that is to be builded for the iron without weight; for it is in
Lorp must be exceeding magnifi- abundance: timber also and stone
cal, of fame and of glory throughout
L f have I prepared; and thou mayest
all Pacis: I wil therefore now add thereto. OF
make preparation for it. So David 15 Moreover there are workmen
‘Sale abundantly before his with thee in. abundance, hewers
deat . and workers of stone and timber,
1 A discrepancy has been imagined in the two accounts, 2 Sam 24
1 : ; - 24. 24, and 1 Chr.
21. 25. 2 Sam. 24. 24 records the price of the threshingfloor (Heb. Soren); 1 Chr.
21. 25, of the place (Heb. magom, lit. “home,” 1 Sam, 2. 20, same word) or area
a aoe afterward the great temple, with its spacious courts, was built (2 Chr.
ait , ues eave » shekels of silver for the “goren’’; six hundred shekels of
480
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and all manner of cunning men for
every manner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the
brass, and the iron, there is no
number. Arise therefore; and be
doing, and the LorpD be with thee.
The princes are charged to as-
sist Solomon.
17. David also commanded all the
princes of Israel to help Solomon
his son, saying,
18 Jsnot the LoRD your God with
you? and hath he not given you
rest on every side? for he hath
given the inhabitants of the land
into mine hand; and the land is
subdued before the Lorpb, and be-
fore his people.
19 Now set your heart and your
soul to seek the LorpD your God;
arise therefore, and build ye the
sanctuary of the LorpD God, to
*bring the ark of the covenant of
the Lorb, and the holy vessels of
God, into the house that is to be
built to the name of the LorpD.
CHAPTER 23.
David in his old age makes
Solomon king.
Sy when David was old and fuil
of days, he “made Solomon his
son king over Israel.
The number and distribution
of the Levites.
2 And he gathered together all the
princes of Israel, with the priests
and the Levites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered
from the ‘age of thirty years and
upward: and their number by their
polls, man by man, was thirty and
eight thousand.
4 Of which, twenty and four thou-
sand were to set forward the work
cf the house of the Lorp; and six
thousand were officers and 4judges:
5 Moreover four thousand were
porters; and four thousand praised
the LorpD with the instruments
which ¢I made, said David, to
praise therewith. ;
6 And David divided them_into
courses among the sons of Levi,
namely, Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari.
The families of the Gershonites.
(Cf. Num. 3. 25, 26.)
7 Ofthe Gershoniteswere, Laadan,
and Shimei.
8 The sons of Laadan; the chief!
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33-40;
Cc
Ki.1. 3
1 Chr.28.4,5.
c Num.4.1-3.
d Deut.16.18-
20.
e Cf.2 Chr.29.
25-27.
B.C. 1015.]
f Called Zizah,
v-ll.
g Ex.6.18,20.
h Ex.28.1;
Heb.5.4.
ti.e. cousins.
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[23 24
was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,
three.
9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith,
and Haziel,.and Haran, three.
These were the chief of the fathers
of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei were,
Jahath, fZina, and Jeush, and Be-
riah. These four were the sons of
Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief, and
Zizah the second: but Jeush and
Beriah had not many sons; there-
fore they were in one reckoning,
according to their father’s house.
The sons of Kohath.
(Cf, Num. 3. 27-31.)
12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, .
Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 The sons of Amram; Aaron
and Moses: and “Aaron was sepa-
rated, that he should sanctify the
most holy things, he and his sons
for ever,,to burn incense before the
LorD, to minister unto him, and to
bless in his name for ever.
14 Now concerning Moses the
man of God, his sons were named
of the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were, Ger-
shom, and Eliezer.
16 Ofthe sons of Gershom, Shebuel
was the chief.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were,
Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer
had none other sqns: but the sons
of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith
the chief.
19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah
the first, Amariah the second, Jaha-
ziel the third, and Jekameam the
fourth.
20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah
the first, and Jesiah the second.
The sons of Merart.
(Cf. Num. 3. 33-37.)
21 The sons of Merari; Mahli; and
Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Elea-
zar, and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no
sons, but daughters: and their
ibrethren the sons of Kish took
them.
23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and
Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
The new office of the Levites.
(Cf. Num. 3. 5-12.)
24 These were the sons of Levi
after the house of their fathers;
even the chief of the fathers, as
Ithey were counted by number of
23 25]
names by their polis, that did the
work for the service of the house of
the Lorp, from oe age of twenty
ears and upward.
*98 For David said, The Lorp
God of Israel hath given rest unto
his people, that they may dwell in
Jerusalem for ever: :
‘26 And also unto the Levites;
they shall no more carry the taber-
nacle, nor any vessels of it for the
service thereof. i
27 For by the last words of David
the Levites were numbered from
twenty years old and above:
28 Because their “office was to
wait on the sons of Aaron for fhe
service of the house of the Lorp, in
thecourts, and in the chambers, and
in the purifying of .all holy things,
and the work of the service of the
house of God;
29 Both for the *shewbread, and
for the fine flour for <meat-offering,
and for the unleavened cakes, and
for that which is baked in the
pan, and for that whichis fried, and
for all manner of measure and size;
30 And to stand every morning to
thank and praise the Lorp, and
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@ i.e. their
new Office,
since their
former office
of bearing
the taber-
nacle Was
ended.
6 Ex.25.30,
note.
c Lit. meal.
5 a 4 Lev.10.1-6;
likewise at even; , Num.26.60,
31 And to offer.all burnt-sacrifices| 61.
unto the Lorp in the sabbaths, in
the new moons, and on the set
feasts, by number, according to the
order commanded unto them, con-
e Num.3.1-4;
26.60,61,
fLi1.5.
tinually before the Lorp: g Called She-
32 And that they should keep the
charge of the tabernacle of the con-
gregation, and the charge of the
holy place, and the charge of the
sons of Aaron their brethren, in the
service of the house of the Lorp.
CHAPTER 24.
The divisions of the sons of
Aaron by lot into four and
twenty orders,
New these are the divisions of
the sons of Aaron. ‘The 4sons
of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Elea-
gar, and Ithamar,
2 ‘But Nadab and Abihu died be-
fore their father, and had no ‘chil-
dren: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar
executed the priest’s office.
3 And. David distributed them,
both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar,
and Ahimelech of the sons of Itha-
mar, according to their offices in
‘their service. |
4 And there were more-chief men
found of the sons of Eleazar than of|
the sons.of Ithamar; and thus were
buel, 1 Chr.
23.16.
482
|Shubael; Jehdeiah.
[24 22
they divided. Among the sons of
Eleazar there were sixteen chief
men of the house of their fathers,
and eight among the sons of itha-
mar according to the house of their
fathers.
The four and twenty orders.
5 Thus were they divided by lot,
one sort with another; for the gov-
ernors of the sanctuary, and govern-
ors of the house of God, were of
the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons
of Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah theson of Netha-
neel the scribe, one of the Levites,
wrote them before the king, and the
princes, and Zadok the priest; and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and
before the chief of the fathers of
the priests and Levites: one princi-
pal household being taken for Elea-
zar and one taken for Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came forth to
Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaigh,
8 The third to:Harim, the fourth
to Seorim,
9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth
to Mijamin,
10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the
eighth to fAbijah,
11 Theninthto Jeshuah, the tenth
to Shecaniah,
12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the
twelfth to Jakim,
13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the
fourteenth to Jeshebeah,
14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the
sixteenth to Immer,
15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the
eighteenth to Aphses,
16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah,
the twentieth to Jehezekel, ;
17 Theoneandtwentiethto Jachin,
the two and twentieth to Gamul,
18 The three and twentieth to
Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
Maaziah.
19 These were tthe orderings of
them jin their service to come into
theshouse of the Lorp, according ito
their manner, under Aaron their
father, as the Lord God:of Israel
had commanded him.
The Kohathites divided.
20 And the rest of the sons.of Levi
were these: Of the sons .of
Amram; &Shubael: of the sons of
21 Concerning Rehabiah: -of the
jsons of Rehabiah, the first was
|Isshiah.
| 22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth:
of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath,
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23 And the sons of Hebron; Je-|
tiah the first, Amariahthe second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the]
fourth.
24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michahz:})
of the sons of Michah;.Shamir:.
25 The brother of Micah was Is-|)
pa of the sons of Isshiah; Zech-||
ariah,
And the Merarites divided by Ict.
26 The sons of Merari were Mahlil|
and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;|)
Beno. |
27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah;)
Aaa and Shoham, and Zaccur, and/}
‘bri.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who}
had no sons.
29 Concerning Kish: the son of]
Kish was Jerahmeel.
man. the king’s seer in the words of
God, to lift up the horn. And. God
gave to Heman fourteen sons. and:
three: daughters.
6 All these were under the hands:
of their father for song in the house.
of the Lorp, with cymbals, psal-
teries, and harps, for the service of
the house of God, according to the
king’s) order to Asaph, Jeduthun,
and Heman.
| 7 So the number of them, with
their brethren that were instructed _
in the songs of the LORD, even. all
that were cunning, was. two hun-.
dred fourscore and: eight.
Their division by lot into four
and twenty orders.
8 And they cast lots, ward against
ward, as well the small as the
great, the teacher as the scholar.
9 Now the first lot came forth for
[Asaph to Joseph: the second to
Gedaliah, who with his brethren
and. sons were twelve:
| 10; The third to Zaccur, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:.
| 11 The fourth to Izri, he, his.sons,,
and. his brethren, were twelve:
| 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
113 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
| 15. The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
| 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he,
‘his' sons, and his. brethren, were
twelve:
'17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
| 18 The eleventh to, Azareel, he,,
his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
| 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he,
his sons, and. his brethren, were
‘twelve:
23. The sixteenth to Hananiah,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: .
24 The seventeenth to Joshbeka-
shah, he, his'sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
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the house of their fathers.
31 These likewise cast lots over},
against their brethren the sons of},
Aaron in the presence of David the];
king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech,|)
and the chief of the fathers of the],
priests and Levites, even the prin-
cipal fathers. over against their
younger brethren.
-CHAPTER 25.
The number and offices of the ||
singers.
4 tepemeloes David and the cap-
tains of the host separated to
the service of the sons of Asaph,
and of Heman, and of Jeduthun,}
who should prophesy with harps,}
with psalteries, and: with cymbals:)
and the number of the workmen|!
according to their service was: }
2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur,|)
and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asa-})
the LorpD.
4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman;
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, She-
buel; and Jerimoth, Hananiah,
Wanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, andj
Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mal-|
lothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
5 All these were the sons of He-
483
brethren, able men for strength for
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é ; *
25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he,|_B.C.1015._|the sons and brethren of Hosa
i i ,» were were thirteen. OAT 2 :
ee prepa ata a 12 Amongthese were the divisions
26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, of the porters, even among the chief
he, his sons, and his brethren, were men, having wards _one against
twelve: another, to minister in the house
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, of the Lorpb.
his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: i
28 The one and twentieth to Ho-
thir, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve: : i
_ 29 The two and twentieth to Gid-
dalti, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve: ;
30 The three and twentieth to
Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
31 The four and twentieth to Ro-
mamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve.
CHAPTER 26.
The division of the porters.
CONCERNING the divisions of
the porters: Of the Korhites
was Meshelemiah the son of Kore,
of the sons of Asaph.
2 And the sons of Meshelemiah
were, Zechariah the firstborn, Je-
diael the second, Zebadiah the
third, Jathniel the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the
sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4 Moreover, thesonsofObed-edom
were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehoz-
abad_the second, Joah the third,
and Sacar the fourth, and Nethan-
eel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the
seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for
God blessed him.
6 Also unto Shemaiah his son
were sons born, that ruled through-
out the house of their father: for
they were mighty men of valour.
7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni,
and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,
whose brethren were strong men,
Elihu, and Semachiah.
8 All these of the sons of Obed-
edom: they and their sons and their
The gates assigned by lot.
13 And they cast lots, as well the
small as the great, according to the
house of their fathers, for every
gate.
14 And the lot eastward fell to
Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his
son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots;
and his lot came out northward.
15 To Obed-edom southward; and
to his sons the house of Asuppim.
16 To Shuppim .and Hosah the
lot came forth westward, with the
gate Shallecheth, by the causeway
of the going up, ward against ward.
17 Eastward were six Levites,
northward four a day, southward
four a day, and toward Asuppim
two and two.
18 At Parbar westward, four at
the causeway, and two at Parbar.
19 These are the divisions of the
porters among the sons of Kore,
and among the sons of Merari.
The Levites that had charge of
the treasures.
20 And of the Levites, Ahijah
was over the treasures of the house
of God, and over the treasures of
the dedicated things.
21 As concerning the sons of
Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite -
Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laa-
dan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham,
and Joel his brother, which were
over the treasures of the house of
the Lorp.
23 Of the Amramites, and the
Izharites, the Hebronites, and the
Uzzielites:
24 And Shebuel the son of Ger-
shom, the son of Moses, was ruler
of the treasures.
25 And his brethren by Eliezer;
Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaigh his
son, and Joram his son, and Zichri
his son, and Shelomith his son.
26 Which Shelomith and_his
brethren were over all the treasures
of the dedicated things, which David
the king, and the chief fathers, the
captains over thousands and hun-
dreds, and the captains of the host,
had dedicated.
the service, were threescore and
two of Obed-edom.,
9 And Meshelemiah had sons and
brethren, strong men, eighteen,
10 Also Hosah, of the children of
Merari, had sons; Simri the chief,
(for though he was not the first.
born, yet his father made him the
chief;)
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah
the third, Zechariah the fourth: all
484
27 Out of the spoils won in battles
did they dedicate to maintain the
house of the Lorp.
28 And all that Samuel the seer,
and Saul the son of Kish, and Ab-
ner the son of Ner, and Joab the
son of Zeruiah, had dedicated;
and whosoever had dedicated any
thing, it was under the hand of
Shelomith, and of his brethren.
Officers and judges.
29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah
and his sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and
judges. ;
30 And of the Hebronites, Hasha-
biah and his brethren, men of val-
our, a thousand and seven hundred,
were officers among them of Israel
on this side Jordan westward in all
the business of the LorD, and in
the service of the king.
31 Among the Hebronites was Je-
rijah the chief, even among the
Hebronites, according to the gen-
erations of his fathers. In the for-
tieth year of the reign of Davi
they were sought for, and there
were found among them mighty
men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
32 And his brethren, men of val-
our, were two thousand and seven
hundred chief fathers, whom king
David made rulers over the Reu-
benites, the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh, for every matter
pertaining to God, and affairs of
the king.
CHAPTER 27
The twelve captains for every
several month
NO the children of Israel after
their number, to wit, the chief
fathers and captains of thousands
and hundreds, and their officers
that served the king in any matter
of the courses, which came in and
went out month by month through-
out all the months of the year, of
every course were twenty and four
thousand.
2 Over the first course for the
@first month was Jashobeam the
son of Zabdiel: and in his course
were twenty and four thousand.
3 Of the children of Perez was the
chief of all the captains of the host
for the first month.
4 And over the course of the bsec-
ond month was Dodai an Ahohite,
and of his course was Mikloth also
ok, oe. 12 el Phd of N: LA
the ruler: in his course likewise
were twenty and four thousand.
4
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ai.e. April;
also v.3.
bie. May.
ci.e. June.
die. July.
ei.e. August.
ji.e. Septem-
ber.
gi.e. October.
hi.e. Novermm-
ber.
ii.e. Decem-
ber.
jie. January.
k i.e. Febru-
ary.
lie. March.
485
5 The third captain of the host for
the ‘third month was Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and
in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
6 This is that Benaiah, who was
mighty among the thirty, and
above the thirty: and in his course
was Ammizabad his son.
7 The fourth captain for the.
@fourth month was Asahel the
brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his
son after him: and in his course
were twenty and four thousand.
8 The fifth captain for the ¢fifth
month was Shamhuth the Izrahite:
and in his course were twenty and
four thousand. i
9 The sixth captain for the fsixth
month was Ira the son of Ikkesh
the Tekoite: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand.
10 The seventh captain for the
seventh month was Helez the
Pelonite, of the children of Eph-
raim: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand,
11 The eighth captain for the
heighth month was Sibbecai the
Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in
his course were twenty and four
thousand.
12 Theninthcaptarn forthe ‘ninth
month was Abiezer the Anetothite,
of the Benjamites: and in his course
were twenty and four thousand.
13 The tenth captain for the
jtenth month was Maharai the
Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and
in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
14 The eleventh captain for the
keleventh month was Benaiah the
Pirathonite, of the children of
Ephraim: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand.
15 The twelfth captain for the
‘twelfth month was Heldai the Ne-
tophathite, of Othniel: and in his
course were twenty and four thou-
sand,
The princes of the twelve tribes.
16 Furthermore over the tribes of
Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites
was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the
Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of
Maachah: °
17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the
son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites,
Zadok:
18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the
brethren of David: of Issachar,
Omri the son of Michael:
19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son
27 20) I CHRONICLES. {28 8
the son of Azriel: |
20 Of the children of Ephraim,
Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the
half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son
of Pedaiah:
21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh
in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zecha-
riah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son
of Abner:
Jeroham. These were the princes|
of the tribes of Israel.
The numbering of the people is
hindered. |
23 But David took not the num-
ber of them from twenty years old
and under: because the LorpD had}? 1 Chr.27.1,2.
said he would increase Israel like to
the stars of the heavens.
24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began|d 1 Chr.11.10;
to number, but he finished not, be-
cause there fell wrath for it against
Israel; neither was the number put} ¢ 2 Sam.7.2,
in the account of the chronicles of} 24 refs.
king David.
David’s several officers.
25 And over the king’s treasures
was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:
and over the storehouses in the
fields, in the cities, and in the vil-
lages, and in the castles, was Jehon-
athan the son of Uzziah:
26 And over them that did the
work of the field for tillage of the
ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
27 And over the vineyards was
Shimei the Ramathite: over the
increase of the vineyards for the
wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiph-
mite: :
28 And over the olive trees and
the sycomore trees that were in the
low plains was Baal-hanan the
Gederite: and over the cellars of oil
was Joash:
30 Over the camels also was Obil
the Ishmaelite: and over the asses
was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
And over the flocks was Jaziz
the Hagerite. All these were the
Tulers of the substance which was
king David’s.
32 Also Jonathan David’s uncle
Was a counsellor, a wise man, and
a scribe: and Jehiel the son of
Hachmoni was with the king’s
sons:
33 And Ahithophel was the king’s
jcounsellor: and Hushai the Archite
was the king’s companion: .
CHAPTER 28.
|David in a solemn assembly
| gives counsel to Israel and to
| Solomon.
rate) David assembled all the
princes of Israel, the @princes
of the tribes, and the “captains of
the companies that ministered to
the king by course, and the captains
over the thousands, and captains
over the hundreds, and the “stew-
ards over all the substance and
possession of the king, and of ‘his
sons, with the officers, and with the
dmighty men, and with all the
|valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
2 Then David the king stood up
upon his feet, and said, Hear me,
my brethren, and my people: As
-|for me, I had in mine heart ¢to
build an house of rest for the ark
of the covenant of the Lorpb, and
for the ‘footstool of our God, and
had made ready for the building:
3 But God said unto me, Thou
Shalt not ‘build an ‘house for my
name, because thou hast been a
man of war, and hast shed blood.
4 Howbeit the Lorp God of Is-
rael chose me “before all the ‘house
of my father to be king over Israel
for ever: for he hath chosen ‘Judah
to be the ruler; and of the ‘house of
Judah, the house of my father; and
among the sons of my father he
jliked me to make me king:over all
Israel:
5 And of all my sons, (for the
Lorp hath given me many sons,)
he hath chosen #Solomon my-son to
sit upon the throne of the kingdom
of the Lorp over Israel,
6 ‘And he said unto me, Solonion
thy son, he shall build my ‘house
and my courts: for I have ichosen
him to be my son, and I will be his
father.
7 Moreover I will establish his
kingdom for ever, if he be constant
to do my commandments and my
judgments, as at this day.
8 Now therefore in ithe sight Of all
Israel the:congregation of the Lorp,
and an the audience of our ‘God,
keep and seek for all the command-
ments of the LorD your God: that
-°of all manner of service; silver also
ye may possess this good land, and
leave it for an inheritance for your
children after you for ever.
9 And thou, Solomon my son,
know thou the God of thy father,}
and serve him with a ¢perfect heart}
and with a willing mind: for the}
Lorp searcheth all hearts, and un-/!
derstandeth all the imaginations of||
the thoughts: if thou seek him, he}
will be found of thee; but if thou!
forsake him, he will cast thee off}
for ever. \
10° Take heed now; for the LoRD}),
hath chosen thee to build an house
tea the sanctuary: be strong, and
lo: it.
He gives him patterns for the
|a See 1 Ki.8.
6l.
form, and gold and silver for|b Holy Spirit.
rah 2 Chr.15.1.
the materials. Sashet
11 Then David gave to:Solomon} Mal.2.15.)
his son the pattern of the porch,| . 5, 95.39
and of the houses thereof, and: of} note. ’
the treasuries thereof, and of the
upper chambers thereof, and of the|? Cf E*25-40
inner parlours thereof, and of the] ¢1 Chr.22:13;
place of the mercy seat, Deut.31.7,83
12 And the pattern of all that he] Josh 1.6-9-
had by the °spirit, of the courts of| ¢cf. Josh.1.5.
the house of the Lorp, and of all
the chambers. round about, of the|*} orga
treasuries of the house: of God, and Len
of the treasuries of the: dedicated) One talent
things: ea
13° Also for the courses: of the] $29,085.
priests and the Levites, and for all
the work of the serviceiof the house] * One talent
of the Lorp; and for alk the vessels} £410, or
of service in the house: of the LORD. $1990 also
14 He gave of gold: by weight for)
things of gold, for all instruments
for all instruments of silver by
weight, for all instruments of every
weight, both for the candlestick,
and also for the lamps thereof, ac-
cording to the use of every candle-
stick. ,
16 And by weight he gave gold
for the tables of ‘shewbread, for)
every table; and likewise silver for |
the tables of silver: |
17 Also pure gold for the flesh-)
hooks, and the bowls, and the cups:)
and for the golden basons he gave)
gold by weight for every, bason;}
and likewise silver by weight for}
every bason of silver:
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18 And for the altar of incense
refined gold by weight; and gold
for the pattern of the chariot of
the cherubims,. that spread out
their wings, and covered the ark
lof the covenant of the Lorb.
| 19 4All this, said David, the
LorpD made me understand in
writing by Ais hand upon me, even
all the works of this pattern.
| David encourages Solomon to
! build the temple.
20 And David said to Solomon his:
son, ‘Be strong and of good courage,
and doit: fear not, nor be dismayed:
for the Lorp God, even my God,
will be with thee; fhe will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee, until thou
hast finished all the work for the
service of the house of the LorD.
21 And, behold, the courses of the
priests and the Levites, even they
shall be with thee for all the ser-
vice of the house of God: and there
shall be with thee for all manner of
workmanship every willing skilful
man, for any manner of service: also
the princes and all the people will
he wholly at thy commandment.
CHAPTER 29.
David exhorts the people.
Furt HERMORE David the
king said unto all the congrega-
tion, Solomon. my son, whom alone
God hath chosen, zs yet young and.
tender, and’ the work 1s. great: for
the palace is not for man, but for
the Lorp. God.
2 Now I have prepared with all
my might for the house of my God
the gold for things to be made of
gold, and the silver for things of sil-
iver, and the brass. for things of
brass, the iron for things of iron,
and wood for things of wood; onyx
stones, and stones to be set, glister-
ing stones, and of divers. colours,
and all manner of precious stones,
and marble stones in abundance.
3 Moreover, because I have set
my affection to the house of my
God, I have of mine own proper
good, of gold and silver, which I
have given to.the house of my God,
over and above all that I have pre-
pared for the holy house,
4 Even three thousand /talents of
gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven
thousand ‘talents of refined silver,
to overlay the walls of the houses
withal:
5 The gold for things of gold, and
_ the silver for things of silver, and
for all manner of work to be made
by the hands of artificers. And
who then is willing to consecrate
his service this day unto the LorD?
'The princes and people
offer willingly.
6 Then the chief of the fathers
and princes of the tribes of Israel,
and the captains of thousands and
of hundreds, with the rulers of the
king’s work, offered willingly,
7 And gave for the service of the
house of God of gold five thousand
talents and ten thousand 4drams,
- and of silver ten thousand talents,
and of brass eighteen thousand tal-
ents, and one hundred thousand
talents of iron.
8 And they with whom precious
stones were found gave them to the
treasure of the house of the Lorp,
by the hand of Jehiel the Ger-
Ny shonite.
9 Then the people rejoiced, for
i that they offered willingly, because
with ‘perfect heart they offered
willingly to the Lorp: and David
rad the king also rejoiced with great
joy.
David’s thanksgiving and prayer.
10 Wherefore David blessed the
LorD before all the congregation:
and David ¢said, Blessed be thou,
Ae Lorp God of Israel our father, for
Ald ith ever.
vhine, QO Lorp, is the great-
¢ 7 VAN A Ge eae
jpese, and the power, “and ‘the glory,
/ and the victory,"ahd the majesty:
| for all that is in the heaven and in
thé earth ‘is thine} thine is the
kingdom,"O Lorp, and thou art
‘exaltec as head above. all.
“Y2< Bot A Tiches and honour come
of thee, and thou reignest over all:
and. in’ thine hand ‘is* power and
f Inight; and-in thine hand it is to
make teat, and to give strength
unto’ all. >
‘T3 Now therefore, our God, we
thank thee, and praise thy glorious
name. .
| 14 But whoam I, and what is my
people, that we should be able to
offer So willingly after this sort? for
all things come of thee, and of
thine own have we given thee.
15 &For we are strangers before
{ ‘thee, and so} ners, as were all
our fathers: or days on the earth
| are as a shadow, and there is none|
abiding.
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B.C. 1015.
a One dram =
£1. 1s., or
$4.97.
b Cf.Ex.25.2;
2 Cor.8.12;
c See 1 Ki.8.61.
d Note the
order:
giving, vs.
3-8; joy, v.95
blessing,
v.10; prayer,
vs.11-19;
worship, v.20.
e Bible
prayers
O.T.).
2 Chr.6.14.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
f1 Tim.1,17.
& Psa.39.12;
Heb.11.13,
14; 1 Pet.2.
11,12.
=
h Trans. a
straight
way,
Jer.31.9.
i See 1 Ki.8.61,
ref,
j Cf.1 Sam.
10.1; 1 Ki.l.
32-35.
* a¥ ty J
ry —
16 OLorp our God, all this store
that we have prepared to build thee
an house for thine holy name com-
eth of thine hand, and is all thine
own.
17 I know also, my God, that thou
triest the heart, and hast pleasure
in uprightness. As for me, in the
Muprightness of mine heart I have
willingly offered all these things:
and now have I seen with joy thy
people, which are present here, to
offer willingly unto thee.
18 OLORD God of Abraham, Isaac,
and of Israel, our fathers, keep this
for ever in the imagination of the
thoughts of the heart of thy people,
and prepare their heart unto thee:
19 And give unto Solomon my son
a ‘perfect heart, to keep thy com-
mandments, thy testimonies, and
thy statutes, and to do all these
things, and to build the palace, for
the which I have made provision.
The people, having blessed God
and sacrificed, make Solomon
king.
20 And David said to all the con-
gregation, Now bless the Lorp
your:-God. And all the congrega-
tion blessed the LorD God of their
fathers, and bowed down their
heads, and worshipped the LorpD,
and the king. :
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices
unte the Lorp, and offered burnt-
offerings unto the Lorb, on the
morrow after that day, even a thou-
sand bullocks, a thousand rams,
and a thousand lambs, with their
drink-offerings, and sacrifices in
abundance for all Israel:
22 And did eat and drink before
the LorD on that day with great
gladness. And they made Solomon
the son of David king the jsecond
jtime, and anointed Aim unto the
LORD to be the chief governor, and
Zadok to be priest.
Accession of Solomon
(1 Ki. 2. 12),
23. Then Solomon sat on the
throne of the LorpD as king instead
of David his father, and prospered;
and all Israel obeyed him.
24 And all the princes, and the
mighty men, and all the sons like-
wise of king David, submitted
themselves unto Solomon the
ing.
25 And the LorD magnified Solo-
mon exceedingly in the sight of all
Israel, and bestowed upon him such
29 26] I CHRONICLES. [29 30
royal majesty as had not been on} _B.c. 1015. |full of days, riches, and honour:
any king before him in Israel. and Solomon his son reigned in his
. ° stead.
Reign ang eyeen ne David 29 Now the acts of David the
king, first and last, behold, they are
26 Thus David the son of Jesse octa Sam. |Written in the book of Samuel the
reigned over all Israel. 27.1
seer, and in the “book of Nathan the
27 And the time that he reigned febeg ated, prophet, and in the book of Gad the
over Israel was forty years; seven] have per-
seer.
years reigned he in *Hebron, and} ished.
30 With all his reign and his
thirty and three years reigned he might, and the times that went
in Jerusalem.
over him, and over Israel, and over
28 And he died in a good old age, all the kingdoms of the countries.
489
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE
Bayern CHRONICLES dad
TuIs book continues the history begun in First Chronicles. It falls into-eighteen
divisions, by reigns, from Solomon to the captivities: records the division of the
kingdom of David under Jeroboam and Rehoboam, and is marked by an ever
growing apostasy, broken temporarily by, reformations under Asa, 14—16.;
Jehoshaphat, 17. 1-19; Joash, 24.: Hezekiah, 29-32.; and Josish, 34., 35.
But the religious state of the people, even at the best, is described in Isaiah
1-5.
The events recorded in Second Chronicles cover a period of 427 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1. B.c.1015. |David my father, eset ee made
ue Sein. i i is stead.
Solomon established in his nO to OMOILEN God, let thy
kingdom. ‘promise unto David my father be
je @Solomon the son of David established: for thou hast made me
was strengthened in his king- king over a people like the dust of
dom, and the LorpD his God was the earth in multitude. |
with him, and magnified him ex- 10 Give me now wisdom and
ceedingly. knowledge, that I may go out and
Sol fi t Gib come in before this people: for who
olomon sacrifices at Gibeon can judge this thy people, that is
(1 Forse 4). so great?
2 Then Solomon spake unto all 11 And God said to Solomon, Be-
Israel, to the ‘captains of thousands at Ki.2.46. ore ve = ee ee
and of hundreds, and to the judges, ~ ou hast not asked riches, wealth,
and to every governor in all Israel,| 6 } eyes or peepee net the ae of oF —
the chief of the fathers. ED mies, neither yet hast asked long
3 So Solomon, and all the congre-|; 1 Chr.27. re put oat ieee gece i:
gation with him, went to the high] 1-34. owledge for thyself, that thou
place that was at Gibeon; for ¢there d1Chrig) |Mayest judge my people, over
was the tabernacle of the congrega- Z7enote: whom I have made thee king: ;
tion of God, which Moses the ser- 12 Wisdom and knowledge is
vant of the Lorp had made in the] eee granted unto thee; and I will give
Sa cic ce Gare 15.25-16.2.. |thee arenes: and See S Ee
ut the ¢ark of God had Davi ‘jour, such as none of the kings have
brought up from Kirjath-jearim tol SE*.27.2,2. had that have been before thee,
the place which David had pre- 21K13.4. neither shall there any after thee
pared for it: for he had pitched a : have the like.
tent for it at Jerusalem. hY Ki3.5-15.
13 Then Solomon came from his
Moreover the /brasen altar, that i 2 Sam.7.8-x6! |JOurney to the high place that was
Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before
Hur, had made, he put before the|#Cf1 Ki.10. the tabernacle of the congregation,
tabernacle of the Lorp: and Solo- il es (56 reigned over Israel.
mon and the congregation sought 14 And Solomon gathered char-
unto it. iots and ‘horsemen: and ‘he had a
6 And Solomon went up thither to thousand and four hundred char-
the brasen altar before the Lorpb, iots, and. twelve thousand horse-
which was at the tabernacle of the men, which he placed in the chariot
congregation, and offered a &thou- cities, and with the king at Jerusa-
sand burnt-offerings upon it, We ee
Fi ee : 1 nd the king made silver and
eeomon eae et ety ies gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as,
5-15) : os stones, and cedar trees made he as
y the sycomore trees that are in the
7 In that night did God happear vale for abundance.
unto Solomon, and said unto him, 16 And Solomon had horses
Ask what I shall’ give thee. brought out of Egypt, and linen
8 And Solomon said unto God, yarn: the king’s merchants received
Thou hast shewed great mercy unto the linen yarn ata price,
490
117]
17 And they fetched up, and
brought forth out of Egypt.a char-|
jot for six hundred shekels of silver,
and an horse for an hundred and
fifty: and so brought they out
horses for all the kings of the Hit-
tites, and for the kings of Syria, by
their means.
CHAPTER 2.
Solomon prepares to-‘build the
temple (1 Ki. 5. 1-18).
A ND ‘Solomon determined to
build an house for the name of
the Lorp, and an house for his
kingdom.
2 And ¢Solomon told out three-
score and ten thousand men to
bear burdens, and fourscore thou-
sand to hew in the mountain, and
three thousand and six hundred to
oversee them. a Cf.1 Ki.5.
3 And Solomon sent to 2Huram|} 13-18-
the king of Tyre, saying, As thou], cated
didst deal with David my father,| Hiram,
and didst send him cedars to build} 1 Ki5.1.
him an house to dwell therein, even} . sanctify,
so deal with me. i holy (O.T.).
4 Behold, I build an house to the rh mee
name of the LORD my God, to “ded-) {27333
icate it to him, and to burn before
him sweet incense, and for the con-|¢ Ex.25.30,
tinual ¢shewbread, and for the| 7°
burnt-offerings morning and even-| ¢ One meas-
ing, on the sabbaths, and on the| ure— about
new moons, and on the solemn|_ BDNSe
feasts of the LorD our God. This} One bath =
gs an ordinance for ever to Israel.
5 And the house which I build is 2Cf Kis.
great: for great is our God above] ‘13-18.
all gods. ‘ ; aoe
6 But.who is able to build him an" 7'Ghr91‘18-
“house, seeing the heaven and} 24.
heaven of heavens cannot contain
him? who am I then, that I should
build him an house, save only to
burn sacrifice before him?
7 Send me now therefore a man,
‘ cunning to workin gold, andinsilver,
and in brass, and in iron, and in
purple, and crimson, and blue, and
that can skill to grave with the
cunning men that are with me in
Judah and in Jerusalem, whom Da-
vid my father did provide.
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir
trees, and algum trees, out of Leb-
anon: for I know that thy servants
can skill to cut timber in Lebanon;
and, behold, my ‘servants shall be
with thy servants, j ;
9 Even to prepare me timber in
‘abundance: for the house which I
am about to build shall be wonder-
ful great. }
491-
II CHRONICLES.
B.C. 1015.
about 8 gals.
Bi
10 And, behold, I will give to thy
servants, the hewers that cut tim-
ber, twenty thousand «measures of
beaten wheat, and twenty thousand
measures of barley, and twenty
thousand fbaths of wine, and
twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre
answered in writing, which he sent
to Solomon, Because the LorD hath
loved his people, he hath made thee
king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed
be the Lorp God of Israel, that
made heaven and earth, who hath
given to David the king a wise'son,
fendued with prudence and under-
standing, that might build an house
for the Lorp, and an house for ‘his
kingdom.
13 ‘And now I have sent'a cunning
man, endued with understanding,
of Huram my father’s,
14 The son of a woman of the
daughters of Dan, and his father
was aman of Tyre, skilful ‘to work
in gold, and in silver, in brass, in
iron, in stone, and in timber, in pur-
ple, in blue, and in fine linen, and
in crimson; also to grave any man-
ner of graving, and to find out every
device which shall be put to him,
with thy cunning men, and with
the cunning men of my lord David
thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and
the barley, the oil, and the wine,
which my lord hath spoken of, let
him send unto his servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of
Lebanon, as much as thou shalt
need: and we will bring it to thee
in flotes by sea to Joppa; and thou
shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
1Z And &Solomon numbered all
|the strangers that were in the land
of Israel, afterthe numbering where-
with David his father had num-
|bered them; and they were found
an hundred .and fifty thousand and
three thousand and six hundred.
18 And he set threescore and ‘ten
thousand of them fo be bearers of
burdens, and fourscore thousand to
be hewers in the mountain, and
three thousand and six hundred
overseers to set the people a work.
CHAPTER 3.
Solomon begins to build the
temple (1 Ki. 6. 1, note).
Spee Solomon began to build
the house of the LorD at Jeru-
salem in mount “Moriah, where the
»
LorD appeared unto David his
father, in the place that David had
prepared in the threshingfloor of
Ornan the Jebusite.
2 And he began to build in the
second day of the “second month,
in the fourth year of his reign.
Dimensions and materials of
the temple (1 Ki. 6. 2-7. 51).
3 Now these are the things
wherein Solomon was ®%instructed
for the building of the house of God.
The length by ‘cubits after the first
measure was threescore cubits, and
the breadth twenty cubits.
4 And the ¢porch that was in the
front of the house, the length of it
was according to the breadth of the
house, twenty cubits, and the height
was an hundred and twenty: and
he overlaid it within with pure
gold.
5 And the ¢greater house he cieled
with fir tree, which he overlaid
with fine gold, and set thereon
palm trees and chains.
‘6 And he /fgarnished the house
with precious: stones for beauty:
and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
7 He overlaid also the house, the
beams, the posts, and the walls
thereof, and the doors thereof, with
gold; and graved cherubims on the
walls. 3
8 And he made the most holy
house, the length whereof was -ac-
cording to the breadth of the house,
twenty cubits, and the breadth
thereof twenty cubits: and he over-
laid it with fine gold, amounting
to six hundred talents.
9 And the weight of the nails was
fifty shekels of gold, And he over-
laid the upper chambers with
gold.
10 And in the most holy house he
made two cherubims of image work,
and “overlaid them with gold.
11 And the wings of the cheru-
ims were twenty cubits long: one
wing of the one cherub was five
cubits, reaching to the wall of the
house: and the other wing was
likewise five cubits, reaching to the
wing of the other cherub.
12 And one
cherub was five cubits, reaching to
the wall of the house: and the other
wing was five cubits also, joining
to the wing of the other cherub.
he wings of these cherubims
spread themselves forth twenty cu-
bits: and they stood on their feet,
and their faces were inward.
wing of the other
II CHRONICLES.
B.C. 1012.
ai.e. May.
61 Chr.28,
11-18.
¢ One cubit =
about 18 in.;
also vs.8,11,
12,13,15.
d1 Ki.6.3.
é1 Ki.6.17.
fice. covered.
g One talent
= £6150, or
$29,085.
h C£.Ex.25,
18,19.
# Ex.26.31;
Mt.27.51;
Heb.9.3.
j 1 Ki.7.15-22.
k Cf.Ex.27.1-8.
2 Cubit =
about 18 in.;
also vs.2,3.
m1 Ki.7.23;
cf.Ex.30.
17-21.
n Bath =
about 8 gals.
o Ex.30.19-21.
b Cf.Ex.25,
31-40.
492
14 And he made the ‘vail of blue,
and purple, and crimson, and fine
linen, and wrought cherubims
thereon.
15 JAlso he made before the house
two pillars of thirty and five cubits
high, and the chapiter that was on
the top of each of them was five
cubits. F
16 And he made chains, as in the
oracle, and put them on the heads
of the pillars; and made an hun-
dred pomegranates, and put them
on the chains. ,
17 And he reared up the pillars
before the temple, one on the right
hand, and ‘the other on the left;
and called the name of that on the
right hand Jachin, and the name of
that on the left Boaz.
CHAPTER 4.
The temple, continued.
MOREOVER he-made an “altar
of brass, twenty ‘cubits the
length thereof, and twenty cubits
the breadth thereof, and ten cubits
the height thereof. i
2 Also he made a molten sea of
ten cubits from brim to brim, round
in compass, and five cubits the
height thereof; and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about.
3 And under it was the similitude
of oxen, which did compass it round
about: ten in a cubit, compassing
the sea round about. Two rows
of oxen were cast, when it was
cast.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen,
three looking toward the north,
and three looking toward the west,
and three looking toward the south,
and three looking toward the east:
and the sea was set above upon
them, and all their hinder parts
were inward.
5 And the thickness of it was an’
handbreadth, and the brim of it
like the work of the brim of a cup,
with flowers of lilies; and it re-
ceived and held three thousand
baths.
6 He made also ten lavers, and.
put five on the right hand, and five
on the left, to wash in them: such
things as they offered for the burnt-
offering they washed in them; but
the sea was for the priests to wash
in.
7 And he made ten fcandlesticks
of gold according to their form, and
set them in the ternple, five on the
Iright hand, and five on the left.
And he made an hundred basons
of gold.
9 Furthermore he made the court
of the priests, and the great court,
and doors for the court, and over-
laid the doors of them with brass.
10 And he set the sea on the right
side of the east end, over against
the south.
11 And Huram made the pots,
and the shovels, and the basons.
And Huram finished the work that
he was to make for king Solomon
for the house of God;
12 To wit, the two pillars, and
the pommels, and the chapiters
which were on the top of the two
pillars, and the two wreaths to cover], or rx.o5.
the two pommels of the chapiters] 23-30.
pubich were on the top of the pil poe Fe
= nacle had no
13. And four hundred pomegran-| “court of
ates on the two wreaths; two rows] the priests.”
of pomegranates on each wreath,| .5 537.47.
to cover the two pommels of the ha
chapiters which were upori the|¢Ex.25.30,
pillars. note.
14 He made also bases, and lavers! ¢1 xi.6.4,
made he upon the bases; note.
15 One sea, and twelve oxen un- f Sanctify
der it. holy ©.5)-
16 The pots also, and the shovels,| 2 Chr.29.5.
and the fleshhooks, and ali their Sarr eys
instruments, did Huram his father oe
make to king Solomon for the}g1 Ki.8.1-11,
house of the Lorp of bright brass.) "°f*
17 In the plain of Jordan did the}; ic. October.
king cast them, in the clay groun
between Succoth and Zeredathah.
“18 cThus Solomon made all these
vessels in great abundance: for the
weight of the brass could not be
found out.
19 And Solomon made all the ves-
sels that were for the house of God,
the golden altar also, and the
tables whereon the ¢shewbread was
set; :
20 Moreover the. candlesticks
with their lamps, that they should
burn after the manner before the
oracle, of pure gold;
21 And the flowers, and the
lamps, and the tongs, made he of
gold, and that perfect gold;
22 And the snuffers, and the
basons, and the spoons, and the
censers, of pure gold: and the entry
of the house, the inner doors thereof
for the most holy place, and the
doors of the house of the temple,
were of gold.
493
{fT CHRONICLES.
: = nip jet saicieirs and| B.C. 1012. CHAPTER 5S.
placed them in the temple, five on :
the right side, and five on the left. The ark brought in: the glory
Aer id Rha
[5:12
fills the house (1 Ki. 8. 1-11). °
HUS all the work that Solomon
made for the house of the
LORD was finished: and Solomon
brought in ali the things that
David his father had Jdedicated;
and the silver, and the gold, and all
the instruments, put he among the ©
treasures of the house of God.
2 &Then Solomon assembled the
elders of Israel, and all the heads of
the tribes, the chief of the fathers
of the children of Israel, unto Jeru-
salem, to bring up the ark of the
covenant of the LorpD out of the
city of David, which is Zion.
3 Wherefore all the men of Israel
assembled themselves unto the king
in the feast which was in the
hseventh month.
4 And all the elders of Israel came;
and the Levites took up the ark.
5 And they brought up the ark,
and the tabernacle of the congrega-
tion, and all the holy vessels that
were in the tabernacle, these did the
priests and the Levites bring. up.
6 Also king Solomon, and all the
congregation of Israel that were
assembled unto him before the ark,
sacrificed sheep and oxen, which
could not be told nor numbered for
multitude.
7 And the priests brought in the
ark of the covenant of the Lorp
unto his place, to the oracle of the
house, into the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cher-
ubims:
8 For the cherubims spread forth
their wings over the place of the
ark, and the cherubims covered the
ark and the staves thereof above.
9 And they drew out the staves
of the ark, that the ends of the
staves were seen from the ark be-
fore the oracle; but they were not
seen without. And there it is unto
this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark
save the two tables which Moses
put therein at Horeb, when the
LorpD made a covenant with the
children of Israel, when they came
out of Egypt.
11 And-it came to pass, when the
priests were come-out of the holy
place: (for all the priests that
were present were sanctified, and
did not then wait by course:
12 Also the Levites which were
Ithe singers, all of them of Asaph, of
Heman, of Jeduthun, with their
sons. and their brethren, being
arrayed in white linen, having
cymbals and psalteries and harps,
stood at the east. end of the altar,
and with them an hundred and
twenty priests sounding with trum-
pets:)
13 It came even to pass, as the
trumpeters and singers were as one,
to make one sound to be heard in)
praising and thanking the Lorp;
and when they lifted up their voice
with the trumpets and cymbals and/|
instruments of musick, and praised!
the LorD, saying, For he is good;
for his mercy endureth for ever:
that then the house was filled’ with
a ‘cloud, even the house of the
Lorp;
14 So that the priests could not
stand to: minister by reason of the
cloud: for the glory of the Lorp d1Kis.14-21.
had filled the house of God.
II CHRONICLES.
Bic. 1004. |build the house; but thy son which
a vs.11-13;
Ex.40.34,
note,
b 1 Ki.8.12-21.
c Ex.19.93
20.21.
e 2 Chr.12.13;
shall come forth out of thy loins, he
shall build the house for my name.
10 The Lorp therefore hath per-
formed his word that he hath spo-
ken: for I am risen up in the room
of David my father, and am set on
the throne of Israel, as the LoRD
promised, and have built the house
for the name of the LorpD God of
Israel.
11 ‘And “in it have I put the ark,
wherein is the covenant of the
Lorpb, that he made with the chik
dren of Esrael.
Solomon’s prayer of dedication
(1 Ki, 8. 22-53).
12 #And he stood before the altar
of the Lorp in the presence of
fall the congregation of Israel, and
spread forth his hands:
13 ForSolomon hadmadea brasen
scaffold, of five Jcubits long, and
five cubits broad, and three cubits
Deut-12.5-7. |high, and had set it in the midst of
CHAPTER 6. f1Sam.16: the court: and upon it he stood, and
The sermon of Solomon (1 Ki, | 7,13:1 Chr. |kneeled down upon his knees be-
8. 12-21). Ae fore all the congregation of Israel,
and spread forth his hands toward
heaven,
14 And ¥said, O Lorp God of Is-
rael, ‘there is no God like thee in
the heaven, nor in the earth; which
keepest covenant, and shewest
about 18 in, |Mercy unto thy servants, that walk
g 2 Sam.7.2;
*PREN bsaid Solomon, The LorD] 1 Clir.17.1.
= hath ‘said that he would dwell h2 Chr.5.7,10.
in the thick darkness. u
2 But I have built an house of|i1Ki8.22-61.
habitation for thee, and a place for ig K cubic
thy dwelling for ever.
3 ¢And the king turned_his face,
and blessed the whole congregation
spake with his mouth to my father
avid, saying,
5 Since the day that I brought
forth my people out of the land of
Egypt I chose no. city among all the] n 2 chr.2.6;
tribes of Israel to build an house in,| CfIsa.66.1.
that my name might be there; nei-
ther chose I any man to be a ruler
9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not
k Bible
prayers
before thee with all their hearts:
1S Thou which hast kept with thy
es Sth ow all the congregation of: O-F). an ray ace ae oe re is
srael stood, = — thou has promise im; and spakest
Lon God of farsel wig hare wi] TeeoT1o) (Math thy mouth, and hast fulfilled
‘his hands fulfilled that which he tEx15.11; [day, ‘
16 Now therefore, OLorD God of
m 2 Chr.7.18; 2| Israel, keep with thy servant David
Sam.7.12-16;--my father that which thou hast
1 Ki.2.4,
494
promised him, ”saying, There shall
not fail thee a man in my sight to
sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so
that thy children take heed to their
way to walk in my law, as. thou
hast walked before me.
| 17 Now then, O Lorp God of
Israel, let thy word be verified,
which thou hast spoken unto thy
servant David.
cannot contain thee; how much less
‘this house which I have built!
| 19 Have respect therefore to the
prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O Lorp my God, to
arken unto the cry and the prayer
6 20] Il CHRONICLES. [6 39
his own sore and his own grief, and
shall spread forth his hands in this
house:
30 Then hear thou from heaven
thy dwelling place, and forgive, and
render unto’ every man according
unto all his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for “thou only knowest
the hearts of the children of men:)
31 That they may ‘fear thee, to
walk in thy ways, so long as they
live in the land which thou gavest
unto our fathers.
32 Moreover concerning the stran-
ger, which is not of thy people
Israel, but is come from a far coun-
try for thy great name’s sake, and
thy mighty hand, and thy stretched
out arm; if they come and pray in
this house; :
33° Then hear thou from the heav-
23 Then hear thou from heaven, ens, even from thy dwelling place,
and do, and judge thy servants, by and do according to all-that the
requiting the wicked, by recompens-|, peut.28.23, |Sttanger calleth to thee for; that all
ing his way upon his own head;| 24; 1 Ki.17.1;|people of the earth may know thy
thee:
upon this house day and night, upon
the place whereof thou hast said
that thou wouldest put thy name
there; to hearken unto the prayer
which thy servant prayeth toward
this place.
21 Hearkenthereforeuntothesup-
plications of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, which they shall make
toward this place: hear thou from
thy dwelling place, even from
heaven; and when thou hearest,
forgive. i
22 If aman sin against his neigh-
bour, and an oath be laid upon him
to make him swear, and the oath
come before thine altar in this
house;
and by justifying the righteous, by| 18-45- name, and fear thee, as doth thy
giving him according to his right-|,1 chr.28.9, |people Israel, and may know that
eousness. Prov.21.2;, |this house which I have built is
24 And if thy people Israel be put} 2442, ~ {called by thy name.
to the worse before the enemy, be-}, psa.19.9, 34 If thy people go out to war
cause they have sinned against thee;| note. against their enemies by the way
and calc eae nk, ee oy Fee ich rte thou nel Bante eric si
mame, and pray and make suppli-|" Fec1.7.20; ey pray unto thee towar sicity
cation before thee in this house; | Rom.3.9,i9, |which thou hast chosen, and the
25 Then hear thou from the heav- house which I have built for thy
ens, and forgive the sin of thy| jas.3.2; name;
people Israel, and bring them again] 1 John 1.8. 35 Then hear thou from the heav-
unto the land which thou gavest to} | 1 640 ens their prayer and their supplica-
them and ‘to their fathers. aia s tO, Aer pi their ene. (é
26 When the heaven is @shut up, 36 they sin against thee, (for
and there is no rain, because they) there is ¢no man which sinneth
thave sinned against thee; yet if not,) and thou be angry with them,
they pray toward this place, and and deliver them over before their
confess thy name, and turn from enemies,-and they carry them away
their sin, when thou dost afflict captives unto a land far off or near;
them; | 37 Yet if they bethink themselves
in the land whither they are:carried
captive, and turn and pray unto
thee in the land of their cap-
tivity, saying, We have sinned, we
have done amiss, and have dealt
wickedly;
38 If they return to thee with all
their heart and. with all ‘their soul
in the land of their captivity,
whither they have carried them
captives, and pray toward their
land, which thou gavest unto their
fathers, and toward the “city which
thou hast chosen, and toward the
house which I have built for thy
Iname:
39 Then hear thou from the heav-
ens, even from thy dwelling place,
their prayer and their supplications,
and forgive the sin of thy servants,
and of thy people Israel, when thou
hast taught them the good way,
wherein they should walk; and
‘send rain upon thy land, which thou
hast given unto thy people for an
inheritance.
28 If there be dearth in the land,
if there be pestilence, if there be
blasting, or mildew, locusts, or cat-
erpillers; if their enemies besiege
them in the cities of their land;
whatsoever sore or whatsoever sick-
ness there be:
29 Then what prayer or what
‘supplication soever shall be made
of any man, or of all thy people
Israel, when every one shall know
A95
=
eye iy
and maintain their cause, and for-
give thy people which have sinned
against thee.
40 Now, my God, let, I beseech
thee, thine eyes be open, and Jet
thine ears be attent unto the prayer
that is made in this place.
41 Now therefore ¢arise, O LorD
God, into thy resting place, thou,
- and the ark of thy strength: let thy
priests, O LorpD God, be clothed
with salvation, and let thy saints
rejoice in goodness.
42 O LorpD God, turn not away
the face of thine anointed: remem-
ber the mercies of David thy ser-
vant.
CHAPTER 7.
The divine acceptance.
OW when Solomon had made
an ‘end of praying, the fire
came down from heaven, and con-
sumed the burnt-offering and the
sacrifices; and the glory of the
Lorp filled the house.
2 ¢And the priests could not enter
into the house of the LorD, because
the glory of the Lorp had filled the
Lorp’s house.
3. And when all the children of Is-
rael saw how the fire came down,
and the glory of the Lorp upon
the house, they bowed themselves
with their faces to the ground upon
the pavement, and worshipped, and
praised the Lorpb, saying, fFor he
is good; for his mercy endureth for
ever,
Sacrifice and rejoicing
(1 Ki. 8. 62-66).
4 Then the king and all the peo-
ple offered sacrifices before the
ORD.
5 And king Solomon offered a sac-
rifice of twenty and two thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twenty
thousand sheep: so the king and all
cote ae dedicated the house of
od.
6 And the priests waited on their
offices: the éLevites also with in-
struments of musick of the Lorpb,
which David the king had made to
praise the LorD, because his mercy
endureth for ever, when Dayid
praised by their ministry; and the
priests sounded trumpets before
them, and all Israel stood.
7 Moreover Solomon “hallowed
the middle of the court that was
before the house of the Lorp: for
there he offered burnt-offerings, and
co
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a Psa.132.8,9,
10,16.
b Isu.55.3.
ci Ki.8.54.
d Lev.9.24;
Jud.6.21;
1 Ki.18.38;
1 Chr.21,26.
e 2 Chr.5.14.
f Psa.136.1.
g1 Chr.15.16.
|h 1 Ki.8.64.
t Lit. meal.
J 1 Ki.8.65.
71 Ki.9.1.
m1 Ki.9.2.
n Deut.12.5.
o 2 Chr.6.26,
refs.
?1 Ki.9.3.
k i.e. October.
the fat of the peace-offerings, be-
cause the brasen altar which Solo-
mon had made was not able to re- —
ceive the burnt-offerings, and the
‘meat-offerings, and the fat.
8 jAlso at the same time Solomon —
kept the feast seven days, and all
Israel with him, a very great con-
gregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
9 And in the eighth day they
made a solemn assembly: for they
kept the dedication of the altar
seven days, and the feast seven
days. :
10 And on the three and twentieth
day of the “seventh month he sent
the people away into their tents, ©
glad and merry in heart for the
goodness that the LorD had shewed
unto David, and to Solomon, and
to Israel his people.
11 Thus Solomon 4finished the
house of the Lorpb, and the king’s
house: and all that came into Solo-
mon’s heart to make in the house
of the LorD, and in his own house,
he prosperously effected.
Jehovah appears to Solomon
(1 Ki. 9. 1-9).
12 And the Lorp “appeared to
Solomon by night, and said unto
him, I have heard thy prayer, and
have "chosen this place to myself
for an house of sacrifice.
13 IfI °shut up heaven that there
be no rain, or if I command the
locusts to devour the land, or if
EEES pestilence among my peo-
ple;
14 If my people, which are called
by my name, shall humble them-
selves, and pray, and seek my face,
and turnefrom their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and
will forgive their sin, and will heal
their land.
15 Now mine eyes shall be open,
and mine ears attent unto the
prayer that is made in this place.
16 For now have I *chosen and
sanctified this house, that my name
may be there for ever: and mine
eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually.
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt
walk before me, as David thy father
walked, and do according to all
that I have commanded thee, and
shalt observe my statutes and my
judgments;
18 Then will I stablish the throne
of thy kingdom, according as I have
covenanted with David thy father,
, 3
saying, @There shall not fail thee a
man to be ruler in Israel.
19 But if ye turn away, and for-
sake my statutes and my command-
ments, which I have set before you,
and shall go and serve other gods,
and worship them;
20 4Then will I pluck them up by
the roots out of my land which I
have given them; and this house,
which I have sanctified for my
name, will I cast out of my sight,
and will make it to be a proverb
and a byword among all nations.
21 And ‘this house, which is high,
shall be an astonishment to every
one that passeth by it; so that he
shall say, Why hath the LorD done
thus unto this land, and unto this
house?
22 And it shall be answered, Be-
a 2 Chr.6.16,
refs.
6b Deut.28.63-
68; 2 Ki.25.
1-7.
¢ 2 Ki.25.9.
cause they forsook the LORD God| 1 xi.9.10-14.
of their fathers, which brought ;
them forth out of the land of Egypt,|¢ ! Ki-9-18-
and laid hold on other gods, and] ¢ Deut.20.
worshipped them, and served them:} 17; Josh.3.
therefore hath he brought all this
evil upon them. oes, 4.3:
g Cf.1 Ki.9.23.
CHAPTER 8.
The energy and fame of Solo-|.
mon (1 Ki. 9. 10-28). i ae
ND it came to pass @at the end] ; rey.23.1-43.
of twenty years, wherein Solo-
mon had built the house of the|* been
LorD, and his own house, -
2 That the cities which Huram| 7/1 Ki.9.26.
had restored to Solomon, Solomon) aod
built them, and caused the children|” Fjath, 2 Ki.
of Israel to dwell there. 14.22.
3 And Solomon went to Hamath-
zobah, and prevailed against it.
4 And he ¢built Tadmor in the
wilderness, and all the store cities,
which he built in Hamath.
5 Also he built Beth-horon the
upper, and Beth-horon the nether,
fenced cities, with walls, gates, and
bars;
6 And Baalath, and all the store
cities that Solomon had, and all
the chariot cities, and the cities of
the horsemen, and all that Solo-
mon desired to build in Jerusalem,
and in Lebanon, and throughout all
the land of his dominion. i
7 As for all the people that were
left fof the Hittites, and the Amo-
rites, and the Perizzites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites, which
were not of Israel,
8 But of their children, who were
jeft after them in the land, whom
the children of Israel consumed not,
n1 Ki.9.27.
o One talent
(gold) =
£6150, or
$29,085.
497
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i 5 qin A
them did Solomon make to pay trib-
ute until this day.
9 But of the children of Israel did
Solomon make no servants for his
work; but they were men of war,
and chief of his captains, and
captains of his chariots and horse-
men.
10 And these were the &chief of
king Solomon’s officers, even two
hundred and fifty, that bare rule
over the people.
11 And Solomon brought up the
hdaughter of Pharaoh out of the city
of David unto the house that he had
built for her: for he said, My wife
shall not dwell in the house, of Da-
vid king of Israel, because the
places are holy, whereunto the ark
of the LorD hath come.
12 Then Solomon offered burnt-
offerings unto the LoRD on the altar
of the Lorp, which he had built be-
fore the porch,
13 Even after a certain rate every
day, offering ‘according to the com-
mandment of Moses, on the sab-
baths, and on the new moons, and
on the solemn /feasts, three times
in the year, even in the feast of
unleavened bread, and in the feast
of weeks, and in the feast of taber-
nacles.
14 And he appointed, according
to the order of David his father, the
kcourses of the priests to their ser-
vice, and the Levites to their
charges, to praise and minister be-
fore the priests, as the duty of every
day required: the porters also by
their courses at every gate: for so
had David the man of God com-
manded:
15 And they departed not from
the commandment of the king unto
the priests and Levites concerning
any matter, or concerning the trea-
sures.
16 Now all the work of Solomon
was prepared unto the day of the
foundation of the house of the Lorb,
and until it was finished, So
the house of the LORD was per-
fected.
17 Then went Solomon to /Ezion-
geber, and to ”Eloth, at the sea side
in theland of Edom.
18 And Huram “sent him by the
hands of his servants ships, and
servants that had knowledge of the
sea; and they went with the ser-
vants of Solomon’to Ophir, and
took thence four hundred and fifty
talents of gold, and brought them
tg king Solomon.
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CHAPTER 9. and harps and psalteries for singers:
d there were none such, seen
polar. 5 ne mes BF before in the land of Judah.
12: And king yeeros sth
the: queen of Sheba queen of Sheba er desire, whnat~
) tabearery the iced of Solomon, soever she:asked, beside that which,
she came to prove Solomon: with: she had brought.unto the king. So
hard questions at Jerusalem, witha _Jshe turned, and went away to her
very great company, and camels own land, she and her servants.
that bare spices, and gold in abun-
5 Solomon’s revenue and splen-
dance, and precious stones: and
i. 10. 14-29).
when she was come to Solomon, dour (1 Hes Uy )
she communed: with him of all that 13 Now the weight of gold that
Pain is res Id her all h See hn epics tediny-,
2 And. Solomon: to! er a er six hundred an :
questions: and there was nothing talents of gold; 2
hid from Solomon which he told her 14 Beside that which chapmen
and merchants brought., And all
the kings of Arabia and governors
of the country brought gold. and
silver to Solomon.
15 And king Solomon made two
hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of beaten gold
gra een very dred. shields
ee hun shie
made he of beaten gold: three
of the Lorpy there was: no more hundred shekels of gold. went to
spirit in her. 2 x a1 Ki10.1-13, (OD¢ shield. And the king put them
5| And'she said to the king; Jt was in the houseoftheforest of Lebanon.
a true report which I heard’ in. mine] One talent |! 17 Moreover _ the king made a
ove land of thine: acts, and of thy| (gold) = ate throne by ivory, and overlaid it
wisdom: $29,085; also |W1LN pure gold,
6 Howbeit I believed not their] v3, ° 18 And there were six steps
words, until I came, and mine eyes Cand
had seen i#: and, behold, the one] ° almug, 1Ki.
half of the greatness of thy wisdom] 10.11. the throne, and stays om each side
was. my told oP ace betes exceed- { i
est the fame that eard.
Happy are thy men, and’ happy
are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and hear
thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be the Lorp thy God,
which delighted in thee to set thee
on his throne, to be king for the
Lorp thy God: because thy God]
loved Israel, to establish them for
ever, therefore made he thee king
over them, to do judgment and
justice.
9 And she gave the king an hun-
dred and twenty ¢talents of gold,
and of spices great abundance, and
precious stones: neither was there
any such spice as the queen of Sheba
gave king Solomon, y
1@ And the servants also of Hu-
ram, and the servants of Solomon,
which brought gold from Ophir,
brought “algum trees and precious
stones.
attendance of his ministers, and
their apparel; his cupbearers also,
and their apparel; and his: ascent
by which he went up into the house
21 For the king’s ships went to
Tarshish with the servants of Hu-
ram: every three years once came
the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold;
and silver, ivory, and apes, and pea-
cocks.
23 And all the kings of the earth
sought the presence of Solomon, to
hear his wisdom, that God had put
ah the king made Fess oe in his heart,
aigum trees terraces to the house o 24 And they b
the Lorp, and to the king’s palace, hi eat
S present, vessels of silver,
498 a
‘
9 25]
vessels of gold, and raiment, har-
ness, and spices, ‘horses, and mules,
va rate year by year.
25 And Solomon had four thou-
ssand stalls for horses and ‘chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen;!
whom he bestowed in the chariot
«ities, and with the king at Jeru-
lem.
26 And he reigned over all the
kings from the 4river even unto
tthe land of the Philistines, and to
the border of Egypt.
27 And the king made ®silver in
Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees
made he as the sycomore trees that
are inthe low plains in abundance.
28 And they “brought unto Solo-
‘mon ‘horses out of Egypt, and out
sof all Jands.
The death of Solomon
(i Ki. 12. 41-43).
29 Now the “rest of the acts of
Solomon, first and last, arethey not
written in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the prophecy of
‘Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the
visions of Iddo -the seer against
Jeroboam’the-son of Nebat?
30 And Solomon ‘reigned in Jeru-
salem over all Israel forty years.
31 And Solomon «slept with his
fathers, and he was buried in the
icity of David his father: and Reho-
-boam his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 10.
Accession and folly of Reho-
boam (1 Ki. 12, 1-15).
LAND &Rehoboam went to She-
* chem: for to Shechem were
all Israel come to make him king.
2 And it came to pass, when
hJeroboam the son of Nebat, who
was in Bgypt, whither he had ‘fled
from ‘the presence of Solomon the
king, theard it, that Jeroboam re-
turned out of Egypt.
3 And they sent and called him.
So Jeroboam and all Israel came
and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
4 sjThy father made our yoke
grievous: now therefore ease thou
somewhat the grievous servitude of
thy father, and his heavy yoke that
he put upon us, and we will serve
thee.
5 And he 4said unto them, Come
again unto me after three days.
And the people departed.
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a “The river,”
i.e. Euphra-
tes, to the
border of
Egypt, but
yet to be ful-
filled.
6 1KiL10.27.
c 1 Ki.10.28.
d1Ki141.
-€1 Ki.11.29.
These books
have per-
ished.
f1 Ki-11.42,
43.
g1 Ki.12.1-15.
B.C. 975.]
hk 1 Ki-11.26-
40; 12.3-20;
14.7-20.
71 Ki.11.40.
j1 Ki.12.4.
k1 Ki.12.5.
71 Ki.12.6.
m 1 Ki.12.7.
n1 Ki.12.8,9.
o1 Ki.12.10,11.
p 1 Ki.12.12-14.
qv-14; Jud.
14.4; 2 Chr.
10.15; 11.4;
22.7; 25.20.
[10 16
6 ‘And king Rehoboam ‘took
counsel with the old men that had
stood before Solomon his father
while he yet lived, saying, What
counsel give ye me to return answer
to this people?
7 And they :spakeunto him, “say-
ing, If thou be kind to this people,
and please them, and speak good
words to them, they will be thy
servants for ever.
8 *But he forsook the counsel
which the old men gave him, and
took counsel with the young men
that were brought up with him,
that stood before him.
9 And he said unto them, What
advice give ye that we may return
answer to this people, which thave
spoken to me, saying, Ease some-
what the yoke that thy father did
put upon us? ,
10 °And the young men that were
brought up with him spake unto
him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer
the people that spake unto thee,
saying, Thy father made our yoke
heavy, but make thou zt somewhat
lighter for us; thus shalt thou say
unto them, My little finger shall be
thicker than my father’s loins.
11 For whereas my father put a
heavy yoke upon you, I will put
more to your yoke: my father chas-
tised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
Division of the kingdom: acces-
sion of Jeroboam over Israel
(1 Ki. 12. 15-24).
12 So ?Jeroboam and all the peo-
ple came to Rehoboam on the third
day, as the king bade, saying, Come
again to me on the third day.
13 And the king answered them
roughly; and king Rehoboam for-
sook the counsel of the old men,
14 And answered them after the
advice of the young men, saying,
My father made your yoke heavy,
but I will add thereto: my father
chastised you with whips, but Iwill
chastise you with scorpions.
15 So the king hearkened not
unto the people: for tthe cause was
of God, that the LORD might per-
form his word, which he spake by
the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite
to Jeroboam the:son of Nebat.
16 And when all /Israel saw that
the king would not hearken unto
them, the people answered the king,
1“‘Ysrael,” the ten tribes other than Judah and Benjamin, often called “Israel”
in distinction from Judah. This division of the kingdom marks an epoch of great im-
499
a
_man to your tents, O Israel: and
saying, What portion have we in
David? and we have none inheri-
tance in the son of Jesse: every
now, David, see to thine own house.
So all Israel went to their tents.
17 But as for the children of Is-
rael that dwelt in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over
them. 2
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Ha-
doram that was over the tribute;
and the children of Israel stoned
him with stones, that he died. But
king Rehoboam made speed to get
him up to Ais chariot, to flee to
Jerusalem.
19 And 2Israel rebelled against
the house of David unto this day.
CHAPTER li.
Rehoboam returns to Jerusalem. |$ 1 Ki.12.21.
feND bwhen Rehoboam was — ¢ 2 Chr.12.15,
to Jerusalem, he gathered of|;;. Terobbera!
the house of Judah and Benjamin ; <
an hundred and fourscore thousand | ¢ Cf-1 Ki.12.31.
chosen men, which were warriors, FAD HES
to fight against Israel, that he
a1 Ki.12.19.
ones, i.e.
might bring the kingdom again to betas Isa.
Rehoboam, Papo
2 ‘But the word of the LorbD}|, Caled
came to Shemaiah the man of God,| Michaiah,
saying, 2 Chr.13.2.
3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son|; Or, Abisha-
of Solomon, king of Judah, and to| /om, 1 Ki.is.
all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,| 2:
saying,
4 Thus saith the Lorp, Ye shall
not go up, nor fight against your
brethren: return every man to his
house: for this thing is done of me.
And they obeyed the words of the
LorpD, and returned from going
against Jeroboam.
Rehoboam fortifies his kingdom.
5S And Rehoboam dwelt in Jeru-
salem, and built cities for defence
in Judah.
6 He built even Beth-lehem, and
Etam, and Tekoa,
7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and
Adullam,
8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and
Ziph,
9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and
Azekah,
10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and
¢ 2 Chr.13.1.
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Hebron, which are in Judah and
Benjamin fenced cities. .
11 And he fortified the strong
holds, and put captains in them,
and store of victual, and of oil and
wine. i
12 And in every several city he
put shields and spears, and made
them exceeding strong, having Ju-
dah and Benjamin on his side.
13 And the priests and the Le-
vites that were in all Israel resorted
to him out of all their coasts.
Jeroboam rejects the worship of
Jehovah.
14 For the Levites left their sub-
urbs and their possession, and
|came to Judah and Jerusalem: for
Jeroboam and his sons had cast
them off from executing the priest’s
office unto the Lorb:
15 And ¢he ordained him priests
for the high “places, and for the
fdevils, and for the calves which he
had made.
16 And after them out of all the
tribes of Israel such as set their
hearts to seek the LORD God of Is-
tael came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice
unto the Lorp God of their fathers.
17 So they strengthened the king-
dom of Judah, and made Rehoboam
the son of Solomon strong, three
years: for three years they’ walked
in the way of David and Solo-
mon.
Rehoboam’s family,
18 And Rehoboam took him Ma-
halath the daughter of Jerimoth the
son of David to wife, and Abihail
the daughter of Eliab the son of
Jesse; ;
19 Which bare him children;
Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
20 And after her he took
8Maachah the daughter of Absa-
lom; which bare him Abijah, and
Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah
the daughter of Absalom above all
his wives and his concubines: (for
he took eighteen wives, and three-
score concubines; and begat twenty
and eight sons, and threescore
daughters. )
22 And Rehoboam made ‘Abijah
the son of Maachah the chief, to be
portance in the history of the nation.
itself’? (Mt. 12. 25). 1
(Usaseatl+10-1ateeferaae?Saaisumess lize. 37.
ee 1. 26; Zech: 12. 8; (N.T.), Lk. 1. 31; 1 Cor. 1
30 26;
500
Henceforth it is “a kin
ms are to be reunited in the future kingdom
D828t
15-28). See
(O.T.),
“Tsrael,” , )
Gen, 12. 2,3: Rom,
a:
11 23]
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ruler among his brethren: for he|_B.c.974. _|away also the shields of gold which
thought to make him king.
23 ‘And he dealt wisely, and dis-
persed of all his children through-
out all the countries of Judah and
Benjamin, unte every fenced city:
and he gave them victual in abun-
dance. And he desired many wives.
CHAPTER 12.
Rehoboam’s apostasy (1 Ki. 14.
21-24),
ND it came to pass, when Reho-|
boam had established the king-
dom, and had strengthened him-
self, he *forsook the law of the
Lorp, and all Israel with hirs.
Invasion of Shishak
(1 Ki. 14. 25-28).
2 And it came to pass, that in the
fifth year of king Rehoboam Shi-
shak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem, because they had trans-
gressed against the LorbD,
3 With twelve hundred chariots,
and threescore thousand horsemen:
and the people were without num-
ber that came with him out cf
Egypt; the “Lubims, the Sukkiims,
and the Ethiopians.
4 And he took the fenced cities
which pertained to Judah, and
came to Jerusalem.
5 Then came ‘Shemaiah the
prophet to Rehoboam, and to the
princes of Judah, that were gath-
ered together to Jerusalem because
of Shishak, and said unto them,
Thus saith the LorD, “Ye have for-
saken me, and therefore have I also
Jeft you in the hand of Shishak.
6 éWhereupon the princes of Is-
rael and the king humbled them-
selves; and they said, The Lorp is
righteous.
7 And fwhen the LorD saw that
they humbled themselves, the word
of the LorD came to Shemaiah,
saying, They have humbled them-
selves; therefore I will not destroy
them, but I will grant them some
deliverance; and my wrath shall)
not be poured out upon Jerusalem
by the hand of Shishak. )
8 &Nevertheless they shall be his
servants; that they may know my
service, and the service of the king-
doms of the countries.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came
up against Jerusalem, and htook
away the treasures of the house of
the LorD, and the treasures of the
king’s house; he took all: he carried
a Cf.v.14.
6 2 Chr.16.8.
¢ 2 Chr.11.2.
d 2 Chr.15.2.
e 2 Chr.6.24.
f 2 Chr.6.25.
g Isa.26.13.
h1 Ki.14.25,
26. Cf.2 Ki,
24.13.
42 Sam.8.8.
j1 Ki.14.21.
k 2 Chr.6.6.
7 Cf.2 Chr.
27.6; 30.19;
1 Sam.7.3;
1 Chr.29.18.
m 1 Ki.14.30.
n Called Abi-
jam, 1 Ki.14
3k.
o1 Ki.15.1.
p 1 Ki.15.2.
q Cf.2 Chr.11.
20. Probably
a grandchild
of Absalom,
called Abi-
shalom,
1 Ki.15.2.
[B.C. 958.
501
Solomon had made.
10 Instead of which king Reho-
boam made shields of brass, and
icommitted thém to the hands of
the chief of the guard, that kept
the entrance of the king’s house.
_11 And when the king entered
into the house of the Lorpb, the
guard came and fetched them, and
brought them again into the guard
chamber.
i2 And when he humbied him-
self, the wrath of the LorD turned
from him, that he would not de-
stroy him altogether: and also in
Judah things went well.
Death of Rehoboam (1 Ki. 14.31).
13 So king Rehoboam strength-
ened himself in Jerusalem, and
reigned: for Rehoboam was Jone
and forty years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned seventeen
years in Jerusalem, the city which
the LorD had “chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, to put his name
there. And his mother’s name was
Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil; ‘because he
prepared not his heart to seek the
LORD.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam,
first and last, are they not written
in the ) of Shemaiah the
prophet, and of Iddo the seer con-
cerning genealogies? ™And there
_|were wars between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his
fathers, and was buried in the city
of David: and *Abijah his son
reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 13
Accession of Abijah over Judah
(CLS hiey 5h, 7))o
Now in the eighteenth year of
king Jeroboam °began Abijah ©
to reign over Judah.
2 He reigned *three years in Jeru-
salem, His mother’s name also was
gMichaiah the daughter of Uriel of
Gibeah. And there was war be-
tween Abijah and Jeroboam.
The war between Abijah and
Jeroboam (1 Ki. 15. 7).
3 And Abijah set the battle in
array with an army of valiant men
of war, even four hundred thousand
chosen men: Jeroboam also set the
battle in array against him with
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14 And when Judah looked back,
behold, the battle was before and
behind: and they cried unto the
LORD, and the priests sounded with
the trumpets.
15 Then the men of Judah gave a
shout: and as the men of Judah
shouted, it came to pass, that God
smote Jeroboam and all Israel be-
fore Abijah and Judah.
16 And the children of Israel fled
before Judah: and God delivered
them into their hand.
17. And Abijah and his people slew
them with a great slaughter: sa_
there fell down slain of Israel ‘five
hundred thousand chosen men.
13 4]
eight hundred thousand chosen
men, being mighty men of valour.
4 And Abijah stood up upon
mount ¢Zemaraim, which is in
mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me,
thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 Ought ye not to know that the
_ Lorp God of Israel gave the king-
dom over Israel to David for ever,
even to him and to his sons by a
covenant of salt?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
. the servant of Solomon the son of
David, is risen up, and hath 4¢re-
belled against his lord.
7 And there are gathered unto
him vain men, the children of Be-
lial, and have strengthened them- 18 Thus the children of Israef
selves against Rehoboam the son of|¢ Josh-18.22.. | werebrought under atthat time, and
Solomon, when Rehoboam was}, 2 sam.7.g-16.|the children of Judah prevailed,
young and tenderhearted, and could because they relied upon the LorRD
not withstand them. ¢Num.18.19. |God of their fathers.
8 And now ye think to. withstand] 41 xj.11.26, 19 And Abijah pursued after Jero=
the kingdom of the LorRD in the} etc. boam, and took cities from him,
fond of the srs of awe % and wel eee. aa with the towns thereof, and
e a great multitude, and there} *}49:¥os.g, |Jeshanah with the towns thereof,
are with you golden calves, ¢‘which| 4-6. cfex. jand Ephrain with the towns
Sesepoas made ee for ae 32.1-4. thereof.
Have ye not f/cast out the priests] ¢2 chr.11. D
of the Lorp, the sons of Aaron, and tA early piv Jerobers
; y 1 Ki. 14. 19, 20)
the Levites, and have made you : ( : Cee
Jpeg _| ¢ Ex.25.30, 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover
P s after the manner of the na-|” noje, strength again in the days of Abi-
tions of other lands? so that who- a : A
soever cometh to consecrate him-|/ Cf-Acts 5.39. jen. Recs ee Lorp /struck him,
e died.
self with a young bullock and seven] ; see 1 Cor.
ee, phe saree may Be a priest of] 10.8, note. The family of Abijah.
10, But one ates bond is.our}? 1 XG-24.20; SC ppt tee eerie Ei
God. ed ae ee ane ee cf.Acts 12.23. ee dela wives, and begat
him;;and the priests, which minister|* 2 Chr.12.15. Geeah cease plehindiaieeac! oe
unto the LorD are the sons of 1C£.T Ki An i
y _ = i as Ps au d the rest of the acts of Abi-
Aaron, and the Lev ites wait upon} note, and jah, and his Ways and his sayings,
>
their business: 15,14, note. : A
1 ; ae are written ki
11 And they burn unto the LORD], see Deut. prophet Iddo. S ieaaaeocna
every morning and every evening)! 16.21; Jud. ‘
burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense:| 3,7, note.
the sshewbread. also set they in Death ys ee si
order upon the pure table; and the ged of Abijah (1 Ki. 15. 7, 8).
can dlestick of acl Wahhelenies ccession of Asa (1 Ki. 15. 8-10),
1ereof, to burn every evening: for O Abijah sl i i :
we’ keep the charge of the Lorp S and SNe paar pace
pee God; but ye have forsaken of hie and Asa his son reigned
: : ; in his stead. In hi
a aa behold, God. cpa al ae was quiet ten se dayerkheiten
th us for our captain, and his 2 And Asa di q
priests with sounding trumpets to good and are cee =e pate
iat ree you:., Ochildren Lorpb his God: “
: srael, “fight ye not against the 3 For h |
ae God. of your fathers; for ye the eee Saas ne core
m3 not prosper. ‘places, and brake down the images;
b But Jeroboam. caused an am- and cut down the groves: a
Sloan to come about behind! 4 And commanded Judah to seek
pelbte poe mia icaetee thedsen God of their fathers, and.
© do the law and iand-
ies. _ hasan the command
“4 5
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5 Also he took away out of all the
cities of Judah the high places and
the “images: and the kingdom was
quiet before him.
6 And he built fenced cities in
Judah: for the land had rest, and
the had no war in those years; be-
cause the LorD had given him rest.
7 Therefore he said unto Judah,
Let us build these cities, and make
about them walls, and towers, gates,
and bars; wAile the land zs yet be-
fore us;. because we have sought
the Lorp our God, we have sought
him, and he hath given us rest on
every ‘side. ‘So they built and
prospered.
8 And Asa had an army of men
that bare targets and spears, out of
Judah *three hundred thousand;
and out of Benjamin, that ‘bare
shields and drew bows, two ‘hun-
dred and fourscore thousand: all
these were mighty men of valour,
Asa’s victory over Zerah.
« (See 2-Chr. 16.8.)
© And there came out against
them Zerah the Ethiopian with an
host of a “thousand thousand, and
three hundred chariots; and came
unto Mareshah.
10 Then Asa went out against
him, and they set the battle in
array in the valley of Zephathah
at Mareshah.
11 And Asa ‘cried unto the LORD
his God, and ‘said, LorD, it is
nothing with thee to help, ¢2whether
with many, or with them that have
no power: help us, O LorpD our
God: for we rest on thee, and ‘in
thy name we go against this multi-
tude. O Lorp, thou art our God;
let not man prevail against thee.
12 So the LorD smote the Ethio-
pians before Asa, and before Judah;
and the Ethiopians fled.
13 And Asa and the people that
were with him pursued them unto
Gerar: and the Hthiopians were
overthrown, that they could not
recover themselves; for they were
destroyed before the Lorp, and|
before his host; and they carried
away very much spoil.
14. And they smote all the cities
round about Gerar; for the ‘fear of
the Lorp came upon them: and
they-spoiled all the cities; for there
was exceeding much spoil in them.
15 They smote also the tents of
cattle, and carried away sheep and
camels in abundance, and returned
to Jerusalem.
B:C. 951.
a Heb. sun
Bods.
b See 1 Cor.
10.8, note.
c Bible
prayers
(O.T.).
2.Chr.20.6.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
41 Sam.14.6.
e 1 Sam.17.45.
f Deut.11.25;
Josh.2.9.
g Holy Spirit,
2 Chr.20.14.
(Gen.
Mal.
hv.8.
B.C. 941.)
#1 Ki.12.28-33.
j Chapter 14
describes the
outward
prosperity
of the king-
dom, and
Asa’s super-
ficial refor-
mation;
chapter 15
the true ref-
ormation,
kv.3.
lens
159
lie. June.
m 2°Chr.14.
13-15.
n 2 Chr.23.16.
a 808
CHAPTER 15.
The warning of the Prophet
Azariah.
eee the éSpirit of God came upon
Azariah the son of "Oded:
2 And he went out to meet Asa,
and said unto him, Hear ye me,
Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin;
The Lorp is with you, while ye be
with him; and if ye seek him, he
will be found of you; but if ye for-
sake him, he will forsake you.
3 Now for a long season ‘Israel
hath been without the true God,
and without a teaching priest, and.
without law.
4 But when they in their trouble
did turn unto the Lorp God of
Israel, and sought him, he was
found of them.
5 Andinthose times therewasno
peace to him that went out, mor to
him that came in, but great vexa-
tions were upon all the inhabitants
of the countries.
6 And nation was destroyed of
nation, and city of city: for
God did vex them with all adver- _
sity.
7 Be ye strong therefore, and let
not your hands be weak: for your
work shall be rewarded.
The reform under Asa.
8 And %when Asa heard these
words, and the prophecy of Oded
the prophet, he took courage, and
put away the abominable idols out
of all the land of Judah and Benja-
min, and out of the cities which he
had taken from mount Ephraim,
and renewed the altar of the Lorp,
that was before the porch of the
Lorpb.
9 And he gathered all Judah and
Benjamin, and the strangers with
them out of Ephraim and Manasseh,
and out of Simeon: for they fell to
him “out of Israel in abundance,
when they saw that the LorD his
God was with him.
10 So they gathered themselves
together at Jerusalem in the ‘third
month, in the fifteenth year of the
reign of Asa.
11 And they offered unto the LorD
the same time, of the "spoil which
they had brought, seven hundred
oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12 And “they entered into a cove-
nant to seek the LorD God of their
fathers with all their heart and
with all their soul;
13 That whosoever would not seek
the Lorp God of Israel ¢should be
.moved her from bering queen, be-
put to death, whether small or
great, whether man or woman.
14 And they sware unto the Lorp
with a loud voice, and with shout-
ing, and with trumpets, and with
cornets.
15 And all Judah rejoiced at the
oath: for they had sworn with all
their heart, and “sought him with
their whole desire; and he was
found of them: and the LORD gave
them rest round about.
16 Andalsoconcerning Maachah
the ‘mother of Asa the king, he re-
cause she had made an idol in a
@grove: and Asa cut down her idol,
and stamped it, and burnt it at the
brook Kidron.
17 But the high places were not
taken away out of ¢Israel: never-
theless the heart of Asa was /per-
fect all his days.
18 And he brought into the house
of God the things that his father
had dedicated, and that he himself
had dedicated, silver, and gold, and
vessels.
19 And there was no more war
unto the five and thirtieth year of
the reign of Asa.
CHAPTER 16.
War between Asa and Baasha
(1 Ki. 15. 16-22).
ibs the sixth and thirtieth year of
the reign of Asa ’Baasha king
of Israel came up against Judah,
and built Ramah, to the intent that
he might let none go out or come
in “to Asa king of Judah.
2 Then Asa brought out silver
and gold out of the treasures of
the house of the LorpD and of the
king’s house, and sent to Ben-hadad
king of Syria, that dwelt at Damas-
cus, saying,
3 There is a league between me
and thee, as there was between my
father and thy father: behold, I
have sent thee silver and gold; go,
break thy league with Baasha king
of Israel, that he: may depart from
me.
4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto
king Asa, and sent the captains of
his armies against the cities of Is-
rael; and they smote Ijon, and Dan,
and Abel-maim, and all the store
cities of Naphtali.
9 And it came to pass, when
>
At
II CHRONICLES.
a Ex.22.20;
Deut.13.
5-10.
bv.2.
cle. grand-
mother,
1 Ki.15.13.
d See Deut.16.
21; Jud.3.7,
note.
fSee 1 Ki.
8.61, ref
g1 Ki.15.
16-22.
hi.e. none of
his subjects.
See vs.5,6;
2 Chr.15.9.
4 2-Chr.19.1,2;
1 Ki.16.1.
J vs.2-4; Jer.
17.5.
k 2 Chr.14.9.
1 Job 34.21,22;
Prov.5.21;
Jer.16.17;
Zech.4.10..
m Cf. Jer.32.2,3;
Dan.6.16,17;
Mt.14.3.
n 1 Ki.15.23.
o Cf.2 Ki.20.
1-5.
p Cf.2 Chr.21.
18,19. *
Baasha heard it, that he left off
904
¥
building of Ramah, and let his wor!
cease.
6 Then Asa the king took all Ju-
dah; and they carried away the |
stones of Ramah, and the timber
thereof, wherewith Baasha was
building; and he built therewith
Geba and Mizpah. . |
Asa rebuked by Hanani.
7 And at that time *Hanani the
seer came to Asa king of Judah, and
said unto him, Because thou hast |
relied on the king of Syria, and
not relied on the LorpD thy God,
therefore is the host of the king
of Syria escaped out of thine
hand.
8 Were not *the Ethiopians and
the Lubims a huge host, with very
many chariots and horsemen? yet,
because thou didst rely on the
|
LORD, he delivered them into thine |
hand.
9 'For_the eyes.of the
1¢ LORD run
to And fro throughout the Wwhole™
earth, to shew himself strong in the |
behalf of them whose heart is fper- |
fect toward him. Herein thou hast |
done foolishly : therefore from hence-
forth thou shalt have wars.
Asa imprisons Hanani.
10 Then Asa was wroth with the
seer, and put him in a ™prison
house; for he was in a rage with
him because of this thing. And
Asa oppressed some of the people
the same time.
11 And, behold, the “acts of Asa,
first and last, lo, they are written
in the book of the kings of Judah
and Israel. ,
Asa’s illness and death
(1 Kil 15. 23,24):
12 And Asain the thirty and ninth
year of his reign was diseased in
his feet, until his disease was ex- _
ceeding great: yet in his disease he |
°sought not to the Lorpb, but to the
physicians.
13. And Asa slept with his fathers, |
and died in the one and fortieth
year of his reign.
14 And they buried him in his own
sepulchres, which he had made for
himself in the city of David, and
laid him in the bed which was filled
with sweet odours and divers kinds
.of spices prepared by the apoth-
ecaries’ art: and they made a very
great /burning for him, '
hiph
ney &]
CHAPTER 17.
Accession of Jehoshaphat
(1 Ki. 15. 24).
ND ‘Jehoshaphat his son
reigned in his stead, and
strengthened himself against Israel.
2 And he placed forces in all the
fenced cities of Judah, and set gar-
Tisons in the land of Judah, and in
the cities of Ephraim, which °Asa
his father had taken.
3 And the LorpD was with Jehosh-
aphat, because he walked in the
first ways of his ‘father David, and
sought not unto Baalim;
4 But sought to the LORD God of
his father, and walked in his com-
mandments, and not after the
doings of Israel.
5 Therefore the LorpD stablished
the kingdom in his hand; and all
Judah ‘brought to Jehoshaphat
presents; and he had riches and
honour in abundance.
The revival under Jehoshaphat.
6 And his heart was lifted up in|
the ways of the LorD: moreover he
took away the fhigh places and
groves out of Judah.
7 Also in the third year of his
reign he sent to his princes, even to
Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to
Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and
to Michaiah, to teach in the cities
of Judah.
8 And with them he sent Levites,
even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah,
and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and
Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-
‘adonijah, Levites; and with them
Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
9 And they taught in Judah, and
hhad the book of the law of the
LorpD with them, and went about
throughout all the cities of Judah,
and taught the people.
Jehoshaphat’s growing power.
10 And the fear of the LorD fell
upon all the kingdoms of the lands
that were round about Judah, so
that they made no war against
Jehoshaphat.
11 Also some of the Philistines
brought Jehoshaphat presents, and
tribute silver; and the Arabians
brought him flocks, seven thousand
and seven hundred rams, and seven
thousand and seven hundred he
goats.
12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great
Ii CHRONICLES.
B.C. 914.
a1 Ki.15.24.
6 2 Chr.15.8.
c After the
Jewish cus-
tom of call-
ing a family,
or tribal
head, father;
e.g. John 8.
Boe
di.e. the ten-
tribe king-
dom.
e1 Ki.10.25.
fi Ki.3.2,
note.
g Deut.16.21,
ref.; Jud.3.7,
note.
h vs.15-18;
1 Cor.10.8,
note.
tv.2.
j 2 Chr.17.5
k 2 Chr.19.1-3;
1 Ki.22.44
1 See 1 Ki.16.
29; 22.40. «
m1 Ki.22.
2-40,
n 1Sam.23.2-9,
2 Sam.2.1,2.
505
[18 5
exceedingly; and he built in Judah
castles, and cities of store.
13 And he had much business in
the cities of Judah: and the men of
war, mighty men of valour, were
in Jerusalem.
14 And these are the numbers of
them according to the house of their
fathers: Of Judah, the captains of
thousands; Adnah the chief, and
with him mighty men of valour
hthree hundred thousand.
15 And next to him was Jehoha-
nan the captain, and with him two
hundred and fqurscore thousand.
16 And next .him was Amasiahthe
son of Zichri, who willingly offered |
himself unto the LorD; and with
him two hundred thousand mighty
men of valour.
17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a
mighty man of valour, and with
him armed men with bow and
shield two hundred thousand.
18 And next him was Jehozabad,
and with him an hundred and four-
score thousand ready prepared for
the war.
19 These waited on the king, be-
side those whom the king ‘put in
the fenced cities throughout aH
Judah.
CHAPTER 18.
Jehoshaphat’s alliance with
Ahab (1 Ki. 22. 2).
No Jehoshaphat had /riches
and honour in abundance, and
kjoined affinity with ‘Ahab.
2 Andafter certain years he™went
down to Ahab to Samaria. And
Ahab killed sheep and oxen for
him in abundance, and for the peo-
ple that he had with him, and per-
suaded him to go up with him to
Ramoth-gilead.
3 And Ahab king of Israel said
unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-
gilead? And he answered him, I
am as thou art, and my people as
thy people; and we will be with
thee in the war.
The lying prophets of Ahab
(1 Ki, 22. 5-12).
4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the
king of Israel, "Enquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the LorD to day.
5 Therefore the king of Israel
gathered together of prophets four
hundred men, and said unto them,
Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to
battle, or shall I forbear? And they
18 6]
said, Go up; for God will deliver zt
into the king’shand. _
6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there
not here.a prophet of the Lorp
besides; that we might enquire of
him?
7 And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
by whom we may enquire: of the
Lorp: but I hate him; for he never
prophesied good unto me, but al-
ways evil: the same zs Micaiah the
son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat
said, Let not the king say so.
8 And the king of Israel called for
one of his officers, and said, Fetch
quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
9 And the king of Israel; and Je-
hoshaphat king: of Judah sat either
of them on his throne, clothed in
their robes, and they sat in-a void
place at the entering in of the gate
of Samaria; and ail the prophets
prophesied before them.
10. And Zedekiah the son of Che-
naanah had made him horns of
iron, and said, Thus saith the Lorn,
With these thou shalt push Syria
until they be consumed.
11 Andallthe prophets prophesied
80, Saying, Goup to Ramoth-gilead,
and prosper: for the LorpD shall
deliver it into the hand of the king.
Micaiah’s true prophecy
(1 Ki. 22. 13-28),
12 And the ¢messenger that went
to call Micaiah spake to him,
Saying, Behold, the words of the
prophets declare good to the king
with one assent; let thy word
therefore, I pray thee, be like one}
of their’s, and speak thou good:
13 And Micaiah said, As the LorD
liveth, even 'what my God saith,
that will I speak.
14 And when he was:come to the
king, the king said’ unto him,, Mi-
caiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead
to battle, or shalliI forbear? And
he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and
they shall be delivered: into your
hand.
15 And the king said to him, How
many times shall I adjure thee that
thou say nothing but the truth to
me in the name of the Lorp?
16 Then he said, I did see all
Israel ‘scattered wpon the moun-
tains, as sheep that have no shep-
herd: and the Lorp said, These
have no master; let them return!
therefore every man to his house
in peace.
17 And the king of Israel said to!
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B.C. 897:
a See vs.6-8.
b Num.22.18,
20335; 23:12,
26; 24.13.
¢ Jer.23.1-8;.
31.10.
d.Job 12:16;17;
Isa.19.12-14.
e 2 Chr.16.10,
refs.
f 1 Ki.22.29-40.
[18 30
Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee
that he would not prophesy good
unto me, but evil? ;
18 Again he said; Therefore hear
the word of the Lorp; I saw the
LorD sitting upon his throne, and
all the host of heaven standing on
his:right hand: and on his left.
19 And the LorD said, Who. shall
entice Ahab king of Israel, that he
may go up and fall at Ramoth-
gilead? And one spake saying after
this. manner, and another saying
after that manner. te
20: Then there came out a spirit;
and stood before the LorpD, and
said, I will entice him. And the
LorpD said unto him, Wherewith?
21 And he:said, I will go-out, and
be a lying spirit in the mouth of ali
his prophets: And the LorD said,
Thou shalt entice Arm, and thou
shalt also prevail: go out, and do
even so.
22 Now therefore, ¢behold, the
Lorp hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of these thy prophets, and
ae Lorp. hath spoken evil against
thee: .
23 Then Zedekiah the son of Che-
naanah came near, and smote Mi-
caiah upon the cheek, and said;
Which way went the Spirit of the
LORD from me to speak unto thee?
24 And Micaiah said, Behold thow
shalt see on that day when thow
shalt go into an inner chamber to
hide thyself. °
25. Then the king of Israel’ said,
Take ye Micaiah, and: carry hiny
back to Amon the governor of the
city, and to Joash the king’s son;
_26 And say, Thus saith the king,
fPut this fellow in the prison, and’
feed him with bread of affliction
and with water of affliction, until’ I
return in peace.
27 And Micaiah said, If thou cer-
tainly return in peace, then hath
not the LoRD spoken by me. And
,he. said, Hearken, all. ye people.
Battle of Ramoth-gilead: defeat
ar of Ahab (1 Ki. 22.
29-40).
28 So the king of Israel and Je-
hoshaphat the king of Judah fwent
up to: Ramoth-gilead,
29 And the king of Israel said
unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and will go to the battle:
‘but put thou on:thy robes; So the
king of Israel: disguised himself;,
and they went to the battle, i
30 Now the king of Syria had
A
=
~
18 31]
commanded the captains of the
chariots that were with him, say-
ing, Fight ye not with small or
great, save only with the king of
Israel.
31 And it‘came to pass, when the
captains of the chariots saw Je-
hoshaphat, that they said, It is
the king of Israel. Therefore they
compassed about him to fight: but
Jehoshaphat cried out, and the
Lorp helped him; and God moved
them to depart from him.
32 For it came to pass, that, when
the captains of the chariots per-
ceived that it was not the king of
Israel, they turned back again from
pursuing him.
33 And acertarn man drew a bow
at a-venture, and smote the king
of Israel between the joints of the
harness: therefore he said to his
chariot man, Turn thine hand, that|¢See Deut. —
thou mayest carry me out of the es
host; for I am wounded. note. ”
34 And the battle increased that F
day: howbeit the king of Israel] bev29-15:
stayed Aimself up in his chariot] Psa.58.1;°
against the Syrians until the even:| 1sa-11.3,4.
and about the time of the sun going] ¢ peut.32.4;
a 1 Ki.22.37,38.
6 Cf.Isa.7.1-9;
8.12.
c Psa.139.21.
down he @died. Rom.9.14.
Psa.19.9,
CHAPTER 19. s Eres
Jehu rebukes Jehoshaphat’s |), see 1 Ki.8.61,
ref.
alliance with Ahab.
my Jehoshaphat Ce king of|B.c. 896.}
Judah returned to his house].
in peace to Jerusalem. d vVChe 200.
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the] ; Bible
seer went out to meet him, and ’said a as
to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou (
2 Chr.30.18.
help the ungodly, and love them] (Gen.15.2;
that ‘hate the LoRpD? therefore is] Hab.3.1-16.)
wrath upon thee from before the
Lorp.
3 Nevertheless there are good
things found in thee, in that thou
hast taken away the “groves out of
the land, and hast prepared thine
heart to seek God.
Jehoshaphat restores order in
worship.
4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jeru-
salem: and he went out again
through the people from Beer-sheba
to mount Ephraim, and brought
them back unto the LorpD God of
their fathers.
5 And he set judges in the land
throughout all the fenced cities of
Judah, city by city,
6 And said to the judges, Take
heed what ye do: «for ye judge not Se
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for man, but for the LorD, who is
with you in the judgment.
7 Wherefore now let the fear of
the Lorp be upon you; take heed
and do it: for there is Jno iniquity
with the LorD our God, nor respect
of persons, nor taking of gifts.
8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Je-
hoshaphat set of the Levites, and of
the priests, and of the chief of the
fathers of Israel, for the judgment
of the LorD, and for controversies,
when they returned to Jerusalem.
9 And he charged them, saying,
Thus shall ye do in the fear of the
LorD, faithfully, and with a “per-
fect heart.
10 And what. cause soever shall
come to you of your brethren that
dwell in their cities, between blood
and blood, between law and com-
mandment, statutes and judgments,
ye shall even warn them that they
trespass not against the LorbD, and
so wrath come upon you, and upon
your brethren: this do, and ye shall
not trespass. :
11 And, behold, Amariah the chief
priest is over you in all ‘matters of
the Lorp; and Zebadiah the son
of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of
Judah, for all the king’s matters:
also the Levites shall be officers be-
fore you. Deal courageously, and
the LorD shall be with the good.
CHAPTER 20.
Judah invaded by Moab.
1* came to pass after this also,
that the children of Moab, and
the children of Ammon, and with
them other beside the Ammonites,
came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 Then there came some that told
Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh
a great multitude against thee from
beyond the sea on this side Syria;
and, behold, they be in Hazazon-
tamar, which is En-gedi.
Jehoshaphat’s prayer.
3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and
set himself to seek the Lorpb, and
proclaimed a fast throughout all
Judah.
4 And Judah gathered themselves
together, to ask help of the LorD:
even out of all the cities of Judah
they came to seek the Lorp.
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the
congregation of Judah and Jerusa-
lem, in the house of the LorRD, be-
fore the new court,
1 6 And Jsaid, O Lorp God of our
fathers, art not thou God in heaven?
and rulest not thou over all the
kingdoms of the “heathen? and in
thine hand is there not power and
might, so that none is able to with-
stand thee? i
7 Artnotthou our God, who didst
drive out the inhabitants of this
land before thy people Israel, and
bgavest it to the seed of Abraham
thy friend for ever?
8 And they dwelt therein, and
have built thee a sanctuary therein
for thy name, saying,
9 If, when evil cometh upon us,
as the sword, judgment, or pesti-
lence, or famine, we stand before
this house, and in thy presence, (for
thy name is in this house,) and cry
unto thee in our affliction, then thou
wilt hear and help.
10 And now, behold, the children
of Ammon and Moab and mount
Seir, whom thou wouldest not let
Israel invade, when they came out
of the land of Egypt, but they
turned from them, and destroyed
them not;
11 Behold, J say, how they re-
ward us, to come to cast us out of
thy possession, which thou hast
given us to inherit.
12 Oour God, wilt thou not judge
them? for we have no might against
this great company that cometh
against us; neither know we what
to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
13 And all Judah stood before the
LORD, with their little ones, their
wives, and their children.
Jehovah answers through
Jahaziel.
14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the
son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah,
a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came
the ‘Spirit of the Lorb in the midst
of the congregation:
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all
Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jeru-
salem, and thou king Jehoshaphat,
Thus dsaith the LORD unto you, Be
not afraid nor dismayed by reason
of this great multitude; ¢for the bat-
tle is not your’s, but God’s.
16 To morrow go ye down against
them: Behold, they come up by the
cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them
at the end of the brook, before the
wilderness of Jeruel.
17 Ye shall not need to fight in
this battle: set yourselves, stand ye!
still, and see the salvation of the
LORD with you, O Judah and Jeru-
ai.e. nations.
Dan.4.17,25,
325
b Gen.13.14-
Lie
2 Chr.24.20.
€ vs.24,25;
1 Sam.17.47;
Zech.14.3.
JHeb. _
praisers.
1 Chr.
16.29.
g Psa.29.2;
90.17; 96.9;
110.3.
t Jud.7.22;
1 Sam.14.20.
508
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¢ Holy Spirit.
d Deut.1.29,30.
h Psa.136.1-26.
salem: fear not, nor be dismayed;
1o morrow go out against them: for
the LorD will be with you. ;
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his
head with Ais face to the ground:
and all Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,
worshipping the LORD. :
19 And the Levites, of ‘the chil-
dren of the Kohathites, and of the
children of the Korhites, stood up
to praise the LorpD God of Israel
with a loud voice on high.
The invading armies stricken
with death,
20 And they rose early in the
morning, and went forth into the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they
went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye in-
habitants of Jerusalem; Believe in
the LoRD your God, so shall ye be
established; believe his prophets, so
shall ye prosper.
21 And when he had censulted
with the people, he appointed ‘sing-
ers unto the Lorp, and that should
praise the Sbeauty of holiness, as
they went out before the army, and
to say, Praise the Lorp; “for his
mercy endureth for ever.
22 And when they began to sing
and to praise, the LORD set am-
bushments against the children of
Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir,
which were come against Judah;
and they were smitten.
23 For the children of Ammon and
Moab stood up against the inhabi-
tants of mount Seir, utterly to slay
and destroy them: and when they
had made an end of the inhabitants
of Seir, ‘every one helped to de-
stroy another. :
24 And when Judah came toward
the watch tower in the wilderness,
they looked unto the multitude, and,
behold, they were dead bodies fallen
to the earth, and none escaped.
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his
people came to take away the spoil
of them, they found among them in
abundance both riches with the dead
bodies, and precious jewels, which
they stripped off for themselves,
more than they could carry away:
and they were three days in gather-
ing of the spoil, it was so much.
The triumphant return to
Jerusalem.
26 And on the fourth day they
assembled themselves in the valley
a
the Lorp: therefore the name of
the same place was called, The
valley of Berachah, unto this
ay.
27 Then they returned, every man}
of Judah and Jerusalem, and Je-
hoshaphat in the forefront of them,
to go again to Jerusalem with joy;
for the Lorp had made them to
Tejoice over their enemies.
28 And they came to Jerusalem
bwith psalteries and harps and
trumpets unto the house of the
Lorp.
29 And the fear of God was on
all the kingdoms of those coun-
tries, when they had heard that the
Lorp fought against the enemies
of Israel.
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat
was quiet: ‘for his God gave him
rest round about.
31 And Jehoshaphat ¢reigned over
Judah: he was thirty and five years
old when he began to reign, and
he reigned twenty and five years
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s
name was Azubah the daughter of
Shilhi.
32 And he walked in the way of
Asa his father, and departed not
from it, doing that which was
tight in the sight of the Lorb.
33 Howbeit the ~chigh places
were not taken away: for as yet
the people had not prepared their
hearts unto the God of their fa-
thers.
34 Now the rest of the acts of Je-
hoshaphat, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of
Jehu the son of Hanani, who is
mentioned in the book of the kings
of Israel.
Jehoshaphat’s trading venture
with Ahaziah, king of Israel
(1 Ki. 22. 47-49).
35 And after this did Jehoshaphat
king of Judah ‘join himself with
Ahaziah king of Israel, ¢who did
very wickedly: i
36 And he joined himself with
him /to make ships to go to Tar-
shish: and they made the ships in)
Ezion-gaber.
37 Then Eliezer the son of Doda-
vah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou
hast joined thyself with Ahaziah,
the Lorp hath broken thy works.
And the ships were broken, that
they were not able to go to Tar-
shish.
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of ¢Berachah; for there they blessed] _B.c. a96. CHAPTER 21.
[B.C. 839.
ai.e. blessing.
See also,
1 Chr.12.3.-
b Cf.v.21,
¢ Job 34.29.
d1 Ki.22.41.
e1 Ki.3.2,
note.
f 1 Ki.22.48,49.
g 1 Ki.22.51-53.
h 2 Cor.6.14-18.
#1 Ki.22.50.
j Jehoram
reigned fora
time as co-
king with
his father.
2 Ki.8.16.
k Began, that
is, as co-king.
v.1, ref.
C£.2 Chr.
22.2.
1 2 Sam.7.8-16.
509
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Jehoram’s reign over Judah
after his father’s death (2 Ki.
8. 16-24).
Noe Jehoshaphat ‘slept with
his fathers, and was buried
with his fathers in the city of
David. And /Jehoram his. son
reigned in his stead.
2 And he had brethren the sons
of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Je-
hiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah,
and Michael, and Shephatiah: all
these were the sons of Jehoshaphat
king of Israel.
3 And their father gave them great
gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities
in Judah: but the kingdom gave
he to Jehoram; because he was the
firstborn.
4 Now when Jehoram was risen
up to the kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself, and slew all
his brethren with the sword, and
divers also of the princes of Israel.
5 Jehoram was thirty and two
years old when he “began to reign,
and he reigned eight years in Jeru-
salem.
6 And he walked in the way of
the kings of Israel, like as did the
house of Ahab: for he had the
daughter of Ahab to wife: and he
wrought that which was evil in
the eyes of the LORD.
7 Howbeit the LoRD would not
destroy the house of David, be-
cause of the ‘covenant that he
had .made with David, and as he
promised to ‘give a light to him and
to his sons for ever.
Revolt of Edom (2 Ki. 8. 20-22).
8 In his days the Edomites re-
volted from under the dominion of
Judah, and made themselves a
king.
9 Then Jehoram went forth with
his princes, and all his chariots
with him; and he rose up by night,
and smote the Edomites which
compassed him in, and the captains
of the chariots.
Revolt of Libnah (2 Ki. 8. 22).
10 So the Edomites revolted from
under the hand of Judah unto this
day. The same time also did Lib-
nah revolt from under his hand; be-
cause he had forsaken the LorD
God of his fathers. f
11 Moreover he made ¢high places
in the mountains of Judah, and
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(22
caused the inhabitants of Jerusa-
lem to commit fornication, and com-
pelled Judah thereto.
The message of Elijah, written
before his translation
12 And there came a writing to
him from @Elijah the prophet, say-
ing, Thus saith the LorD God of
David thy father, Because thou
hast not walked in the ways of
Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the
ways of Asa king of Judah,
13 But hast walked in the way of
the kings of Israel, and hast made
Judah and the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem to go a whoring, ‘like to the
whoredoms of the house of Ahab,
and also hast 4slain thy brethren
of thy father’s house, which were
better than thyself:
14 Behold, with a great plague
will the LorD smite thy people, and
thy children, and thy wives, and all
thy goods:
15 And thou shalt have great
sickness ‘by disease of thy bowels,
until thy bowels fall out by reason
of the sickness day by day.
Invasion of Judah by Arabians
and Philistines.
16 Moreover the Lorn /stirred up
against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians,
that were near the Ethiopians:
17 And they came up into Judah,
and brake into it, and carried away
all the substance that was found in
the king’s house, and his gsons also,
and his wives; so that there was
never a son left him, save “Je-
hoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
Jehoram’s incurable
disease.
.18 And after all this the Lorp
‘smote him in his bowels with an
incurable disease.
19 And it came to pass, that in
process of time, after the end of two
years, his bowels fell out by reason
of his sickness: so he died of sore
diseases. And his people made no
Jburning for him, like the burning
of his fathers.
20 Thirty and two years old was
he when he began to reign, and he
Teigned in Jerusalem eight years,
and departed without being desired.
Howbeit they buried him in the city
of David, but not in the sepulchres
of the kings.
a See Elijah’s
history, 1 Ki.
17.1; 2 Ki.
2A2s
bv.11.
¢1 Ki.16.31-
34; 2 Ki.9.22.
dv.4.
é vs.18,19.
f 1 Ki.11.14-24.
g 2 Chr.24.7.
h Called Aha-
ziah, 2 Chr.
22.1, and
Azariah,
2 Chr.22.6.
iv.15.
j Cf£.2 Chr.
16.14.
k Cf.2 Chr.
21.17, where
he is called
Jehoahaz.
1See 2 Ki.9.
22-24.
m 2 Ki.9.27.
B.C. 885.]
510
| CHAPTER 22.
Accession of Ahaziah over
Judah (2 Ki. 8. 24-26).
:
ND the inhabitants of Jerusa-
lem made *Ahaziah his young-
est son king in his stead: for the
band of men that came with the
lAganians to the camp had slain all
the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of
Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Forty and two years old was
Ahaziah when he began to reign,
and he reigned one year in Jerusa-
lem. His mother’s name also was
Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 He also walked in the ways of
the house of Ahab: for his mother
was his counsellor to do wickedly.
4 Wherefore he did evil in the
sight of the LorD like the house of
Ahab: for they were his counsellors.
after the death of his father to his
destruction.
Ahaziah assists Jehoram‘in the
ane of Ramoth-gilead (2 Ki.
. 28).
5S He walked also after their coun-
sel, and went with Jehoram the.son
of Ahab king of Israel to war
against Hazael king of Syria at
Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians
smote Joram.
Ahaziah visits Jehoram at Jez-
reel (2 Ki. 8. 29). }
6 And he returned to be healed in
Jezreel because of the wounds
which were given him at Ramah,
lied he fought. with Hazael king
of Syria. And Azariah the son of
Jehoram king of Judah went down
to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at
Jezreel, because he was sick. :
| 7 And the ‘destruction of Ahaziah
was of God bycoming to Joram:
for when he was come, he went out
with Jehoram against Jehu the son
of Nimshi, whom the Lorp had
anointed to cut off the house of
Ahab.
The princes of Judah slain
(2 Ki. 10. 12-14).
1.8 And it came to pass, that, when
Jehu was executing judgment upon
the house of Ahab, and found the
princes of Judah, and the sons of
jthe brethren of Ahaziah, that min-
istered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
Ahaziah slain (2 Ki. 9. 27, 28).
9 ™And he sought Ahaziah: and
they caught him, (for he was hid in
Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu:
q
.
22 10)
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and when they had slain him, they
buried him: Because, said they, he
is the son of Jehoshaphat, who
4sought the LORD with all his heart.
So the house of Ahaziah had no
power to keep still the kingdom.
The seed royal of Judah de-
stroyed, save Joash (2 Ki.11.1-3).
10 But 6when Athaliah the mother
of Ahaziah saw that her son was
dead, she arose and destroyed all
the seed royal of the house of Judah.
11 But <Jehoshabeath, the daugh-
ter of the king, took Joash the son
of Ahaziah, and stole him from
among the king’s sons that were
slain, and put him and his nurse in
a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath,
the daughter of king Jehoram, the
wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she
was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him
from Athaliah, so that she slew him
not.
12 And he was with them hid in
the house of God six years: and
Athaliah reigned over the land.
CHAPTER 23.
Joash becomes king over Judah
(2 Ki. 11. 4-12).
Ax D in the ¢seventh year Jehoi-
ada strengthened himself, and
took the captains of hundreds, Aza-
riah the son of Jercham, and Ish-
mael the son of Jehohanan, and
Azariah the son of Obed, and Maa-
seiah the son of Adaiah, and Elish-
aphat the son of Zichri, into
covenant with him.
2 And they went about in Judah,
-and gathered the Levites out of all
the cities of Judah. and the chief of
the fathers of Israel, and they came
to Jerusalem.
3 And all the congregation made
a covenant with the king in the
house of God. And he said unto
them, Behold, the king’s son shall
reign, as the Lorp hath ‘said of the
sons of David.
4 This is the thing that ye shall
do; A third part of you /entering
on the sabbath, of the priests and
of the Levites, shal/ be porters of
the doors;
5 And athird part shal/ be at the
king’s house; and a third ‘part at
the gate of the foundation: and all
the people shall be in the courts
of the house of the LORD.
6 But Jet none come into the
house of the LORD, save the priests,
and &sthey that minister of the Le-
|
a 2 Chr.17.4.
b 2 Ki.11.1.
¢ 2 Ki.11.2.
d 2 Ki.11.4.
e 2 Sam.7.12;
1 Ki.2.4; 9.
5; 2 Chr.6.
16; 7.18;
2a7S
f 1 Chr.9.25.
g1 Chr.23.
28,32,
hl Chr.24.5-31.
B.C. 878.]
i Deut.17.18.
j1 Chr.25.8.
k Neh.3.28.
Sil
B.C. 884.
vites: they shall go in, for they are
holy: but all the people shall keep,
the watch of the LORD.
7 And the Levites shall compass
the king round about, every man
with his weapons in his hand; and
whosoever else cometh into the
house, he shall be put to death: but
be ye with the king when he cometh
in, and when he goeth out.
8 So the Levites and all Judah
did according to all things that Je-
hoiada the priest had commanded,
and took every man his men that
were to come in on the sabbath,
with them that were to go out on
the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest
dismissed not the “courses.
9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest
delivered to the captains of hun-
dreds spears, and bucklers, and
shields, that had been king Da-
vid’s, which were in the house of
God.
10 And he set all the people,
every man having his weapon in his
hand, from the right side of the
temple to the left side of the temple,
along by the altar and the temple,
by the king round about.
11 Then they brought out the
king’s son, and put upon him the
crown, and ‘gave him the testi-
mony, and made him king. And
Jehoiada and his sons anointed him,
and said, God save the king.
Execution of Athaliah (2 Ki.
S513=16)))
12 Now when Athaliah heard the
noise of the people running and
praising-the king, she came to the
people into the house of the LorD:
13 And she looked, and, behold,
the king stood at his pillar at the
entering in, and the princes and
the trumpets by the king: and ail
the people of the land rejoiced, and
sounded with trumpets, also the
singers with instruments of musick,
and Jsuch as taught to sing praise.
Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and
said, Treason, Treason.
14 Then Jehoiada the priest
brought out the captains of hun-
dreds that were set over the host,
and said unto them, Have her forth
of the ranges: and whoso followeth
her, let him be slain with the sword.
For the priest said, Slay her not in
the house of the LORD.
15 So they laid hands on her; and
when she was come to the entering
kof the horse gate by the king’¢
house, they slew her there.
11.
fe
y
'
23 16)
16 And Jehoiada made a covenant
between him, and between all the
people, and between the king, that
they should be the LORD’s people.
17 Then all the people went to the
house of Baal, and brake it down,
and brake his altars and his images
in pieces, and 4slew Mattan the
priest of Baal before the altars.
18 Also Jehoiada appointed the
offices of the house of the LorD by
the hand of the priests the Levites,
whom David had $distributed in the
house of the Lorp, to offer the
burnt-offerings of the LorD, as it is
written in the daw of Moses, with
Tejoicing and with singing, as it
was ordained by David.
19 And he set the “porters at the
gates of the house of the LorD, that
none which was unclean in any
thing should enter in.
20 ¢And he took the captains of
hundreds, and the nobles, and the
governors of the people, and all the
people of the land, and brought
down the king from the house of
the Lorp: and they came through
the high gate into the king’s house,
and set the king upon the throne of
the kingdom.
21 And all the people of the land
Tejoiced: and the city was quiet,
after that they had slain Athaliah
with the sword.
CHAPTER 24.
Reign of Joash (Jehoash)
(2 Ki. 1291-3),
abet Jwas seven years old
_ when he began to reign, and he
reigned forty years in Jerusalem.
His mother’s name also was Zibiah
of Beer-sheba.
2 And Joash did that which was
Tight in the sight of the Lorp all
the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two
wives; and he begat sons and
daughters.
The faithless priests(2 Ki.1 2.4-8).
4 And it came to pass after this,
that Joash was minded to repair
the house of the Lorp.
5 And he gathered together the
Priests and the Levites, and said
to them, Go out unto the cities of
Judah, and ¢gather of all Israel
money to repair the house of your
God from year to year, and see that
*
II CHRONICLES.
=
} The revival through Jehoiada B.C. 878.
4 (2 Ki. 11. 17-20). L
@ Deut.13.9.
61 Chr.23.6,
30,31; 24.1.
c Num.28.2.
d1 Chr.26.
e 2 Ki.11.19.
i hte ead
g 2 Ki.12.4,
h 2 Ki.12.7.
+ Ex.30.11-16.
j Num.1.50;
Acts 7.44.
k 2 Chr.21.17.
22 Ki.12.9.
m 2 Ki.i2.10.
512
ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the
evites hastened ié¢ not. ;
6 “And the king called for Jehoi-
ada the chief, and said unto him,
Why hast thou not required of the
Levites to bring in out of Judah and
out of Jerusalem the collection, ac-
cording to the commandment
of ‘Moses the servant of the Lorpb,
and of the congregation of Israel,
for the jtabernacle of witness?
7 For the “sons of Athaliah, that
wicked woman, had broken up the
house of God; and also all the ded-
icated things of the house of the
Lorp did they bestow upon Baalim.
The temple repaired
(2 Ki. 12. 9-16).
8 And at the king’s command-
ment ‘they made a chest, and set it
without at the gate of the house of
the Lorp.
9 And they made a proclamation
through Judah and Jerusalem, to
bring in to the Lorp the collection
that Moses the servant of God Jaid
upon Israel in the wilderness.
10 And all the princes and all the
people rejoiced, and brought in, and
cast into the chest, until they had
made an end.
11 Now it came to pass, that at
what time the chest was brought
unto the king’s office by the hand
of the Levites, and ™when they saw
that there was much money, the
king’s scribe and the high priest’s
officer came and emptied the chest,
and tock it, and carried it to his
place again. Thus they did day by
day, and gathered money in abun-
dance.
12 And the king and Jehoiada
gave it to such as did the work of
the service of the house of the Lorp,
and hired masons and carpenters to
repair the house of the Lorp, and
also such as wrought iron and brass
to mend the house of the Lorp.
13 So the workmen wrought, and
the work was perfected by them,
and they set the house of God in
his state, and strengthened. it.
14 And when they had finished /f,
they brought the rest of the nroney
before the king and Jehoiada,
whereof were made vessels for the
house of the LORD, even vessels to
minister, and to offer withal, and
spoons, and vessels of gold and sil-.
ver. And they offered burnt-offer-
ings in the house of the LorD
continually all the days of Jehoi-
ada.
fe "! _f
Death of Jehoiada the good
priest.
15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and
was full of days when he died; an
hundred and thirty years old was
he when he died.
16 And they buried him in the
city of David among the kings,
because he had done good in Israel,
ee toward God, and toward his
ouse.
The apostasy of the princes.
17 Now after the death of Jehoi-
ada came the princes of Judah, and
made obeisance to the king. Then
the king hearkened unto them.
18 And they left the house of the
Lorp God of their fathers, and
served “groves and idols: and
wrath came upon Judah and Jeru-
salem for this their trespass.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them,
to bring them again unto the LorD;
and they testified against them:
but they would not give ear.
Zechariah stoned.
20 And the Spirit of God came
upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
the priest, which stood above the
people, and said unto them, Thus
saith God, Why transgress ye the
commandments of the Lorp, that
ye cannot prosper? because ye have
forsaken the LORD, he hath also
forsaken you.
21 And they conspired against
him, and stoned him with stones at
the commandment of the -king in
the court of the house of the LorD.
92 Thus Joash the king remem-
bered not the kindness which Je-
hoiada his father had done to him,
but slew his son. And when he
died, he said, The Lorp look upon
it, and require it.
A Syrian invasion: Judah de-
feated.
23 And it came to pass at the end
of the year, that the host of Syria
came up against him: and they
came to Judah und J erusalem, and
destroyed all the princes of the
people from.among the people, and
sent all the spoil of them unto the
king of Damascus. ,
24 For the army of the Syrians
came with a small company of men,
and the Lorp delivered a very
great host into their hand, because
they had forsaken the LORD God of
their fathers. So they executed
judgment against Joash.
II CHRONICLES.
B.C. 839.]
a See Deut.
16.21; Jud.
3.7, note.
[B.C. 827.
b Holy Spirit.
Neh.9.20,30,
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
|c See 1 Ki.8.61.
513
[25 6
Death of Joash (2 Ki. 12. 19-21).
25 And when they-were departed
from him, (for they left him in great
diseases,) his own servants con-
spired against him for the blood of
the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and
slew him on his bed, and he died:
and they buried him in the city of
David, but they buried him not in
the sepulchres of the kings. i
26 And these are they that con-
spired against him; Zabad the son
of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and
Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a
Moabitess.
27 Now concerning his sons, and
the greatness of the burdens lard
upon him, and the repairing of the
house of God, behold, they are
written in the story of the book of
the kings. And Amaziah his son
reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 25.
The reign of Amaziah over Ju-
dah (2 Ki. 14. 1, 2).
ee ae was twenty and five
years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned twenty and
nine years in Jerusalem. And his
mother’s name was Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem.
2 And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lorp, but
not with a “perfect heart.
3 Now it came to pass, when the
kingdom was established’ to him,
that he slew his servants that had
killed the king his father.
4 But he slew not their children,
but did as it is written in the law
in the book of Moses, where the
Lorp commanded, saying, The fa-
thers shall not die for the children,
neither shall the children die for the
fathers, but every man shall die for
his own sin.
The expedition against Edom.
5 Moreover Amaziah gathered
Judah together, and made them
captains over thousands, and cap-
tains over hundreds, according to
the houses of their fathers, through-
out all Judah and Benjamin: and
he numbered them from twenty
years old and above, and found
them three hundred thousand
choice men, able to go forth to
war, that could handle spear and
shield.
6 He hired also an hundred thou-
sand mighty men of valour out of,
[25 2s
"25 7] II CHRONICLES.
e B.c. 827. |unto him, Art thou made of the
oo for an hundred @¢talents of iane’s counsel? forbear; hy
, re came a man of God to shouldest thou be smitten? Then
eer nee 0 king, let not the the prophet forbare, and see I
army of Israel go with thee; for the know that God hath ag ey Ke
Lorp is not with Israel, to wit, destroy thee, because thou has
with all the children of 1Ephraim. done this, and hast not hearkened
'8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be unto my counsel.
strong for the battle: God shall War between Judah and Israel
make ‘thee fall before she enemys (2 Ki. 14. 8-14).
0 . .
log ees ty eer [B.c. 826.| 17 Then Amaziah king of Judah
9 And Amaziah said to the man took advice, and sent to Joash, the
of God, But what shall we do for son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu,
the hundred talents which I ‘have jking of Israel, saying, Come, let us
given to the army of Israel? And see one another in the face.
the man of God answered, The 18 And Joash king of Israel sent
Lorp is able to give thee much to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
more than this. 6The thistle that was in Lebanon
10 Then Amaziah separated them, sent to the cedar that was in Leba-
to wit, the army that was come to non, saying, Give thy daughter to
him out of Ephraim, to go home my son to wife: and there passed
again: wherefore their anger was by a wild beast that was in Leba-
greatly kindled against Judah, and non, and trode down the thistle.
they returned home in great anger. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast
11 And Amaziah strengthened smitten the Edomites; and thine
himself, and led forth his people,|c One talent | heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide
and went to the valley of salt, and ives) = now at home; why shouldest thou
smote of the children of Seir ten| £(i2°° meddle to thine hurt, that thou
thousand. also v.9. shouldest fall, even thou, and
12 And other ten thousand left + Petes Judah with thee?
alive did the children of Judah carry|” (6-7). tsa. | 20. But Amaziah would not hear;
away captive, and brought them! 5.1-7. (Jud. for it came of God, that he might
unto the top of the rock, and cast| 9-7-15; Zech. |deliver them into the hand of their
them down from the top of the| 1:71* enemies, because they sought after
tock, that they all were broken in|cOne cubit= |the gods of Edom.
Pieces. about 18 in.
13 But the soldiers of the army
which Amaziah sent back, that
they should not go with him to
battle, fell upon the cities of Judah,
from Samaria even unto Beth-
horon, and smote three thousand
of them, and took much spoil.
14: Now it came to pass, after that
Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites, that he
brought the gods of the children of
Seir, and set them up to be his
gods, and bowed down himself be-
fore them, and burned incense unto
them.
15 Wherefore the anger of the
LORD was kindled against Ama-
ziah, and he sent unto him a
prophet, which said unto him, Why
hast thou sought after the gods of
the people, which could not- deliver
their own people out of thine
hand?
16 And it came to pass, as he
talked with him, that the king said
a AE Ne
21 So Joash the king of Israel
went up; and they saw one another
in the face, both he and Amaziah
king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh,
which belongeth to Judah.
22 And Judah was put to the
worse before Israel, and they fled
every man to his tent.
23 And Joash the king of Israel
took Amaziah king of Judah, the
son_of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz,
at Beth-shemesh, and brought him
to Jerusalem, and brake down the
wall of Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim to the corner gate, four
hundred “cubits.
24 And he took all the gold and
the silver, and all the vessels that
were found in the house of God
with Obed-edom, and the treasures
of the king’s house, the hostages
also, and returned to Samaria.
25° And Amaziah the son of Joash
king of Judah lived after the death
of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of
Israel fifteen years.
ett OT De ae
1 Used
ees in a collective sense for the northern ten-tribe kingdom, called also”
“Tsrael.
514
i
25 26]
Ii CHRONICLES.
[26 20
Death of Amaziah(?2 Ki. 14. 17-20).| B.C. 826.
26 Now the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, first and last, behold, are
they not written in the book of the
kings of Judah and Israel?
27 Now after the time that Ama-
ziah did turn away from following
the Lorp they made a conspiracy}
against him in Jerusalem; and he
fled to Lachish: but they sent to
Lachish after him, and slew him
there.
28 And they brought him upon
horses, and buried him with his
fathers in the city of Judah.
CHAPTER 26.
Accession of Uzziah (2 Ki. 14. 21).
eee all the people of Judah
took *Uzziah, who was sixteen
years old, and made him king in
the room of his father Amaziah.
2 He built Eloth, and restored it
to Judah, after that the king slept
with his fathers.
3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah
when he began to reign, and he
reigned fifty and two years in Jeru-
salem. His mother’s name also
was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4 And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LorDp,
according to all that his father
Amaziah did.
5 And he ’sought God in the days
of Zechariah, who ‘had understand-
ing in the visions of God: and as
long as he sought the Lorp, God
made him to prosper.
Uzziah successful in war: his
works and fame.
6 And he went forth and warred
against the Philistines, and brake
down the wall of Gath, and the wall
of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod,
and built cities about Ashdod, and
among the Philistines.
7 And God helped him against
4the Philistines, and against the
Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal,
and the Mehunims.
8 And the Ammonites ‘gave gifts
to Uzziah: and his name spread
abroad even to the entering in of
Egypt; for he strengthened Aim-
self exceedingly.
9 Moreover Uzziah built towers
in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and
at the valley gate, and at the turn-
ing of the wall, and fortified them.
10 Also he built towers in the
desert, and digged many wells: for
ut
B.C. 810.]
a 2 Ki.14.21,
22; 15.1.
6 2 Chr.24.2.
c¢ Gen.41.15;
Dan.1.17.
d 2 Chr.21.16.
e 2 Chr.17.11;
2 Sam.8.2.
f Cf.Num.16.
8-10; 1 Sam.
13.9-14.
g 2 Ki.16.12,13.)
h 1 Chr.6.10.
i Num.16.40.
J Ex.30.7,8.
Jon.2.1-10.)
__ SiS
he had much cattle, both in the
low country, and in the plains:
husbandmen also, and vine dressers
in the mountains, and in Carmel:
for he loved husbandry.
11 Moreover Uzziah had an host
of fighting men, that went out to
war by bands, according to the num-
ber of-their account by the hand
of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the
ruler, under the hand of Hananiah,
one of the king’s captains.
12 The whole number of the chief
of the fathers of the mighty men
of valour were. two thousand and
six hundred.
13 And under their hand was an
army, three hundred thousand and
seven thousand and five hundred,
-|that made war with mighty power,
to help the king against the enemy.
14 And Uzziah prepared for them
throughout all the host shields, and
spears, and helmets, and haber-
geons, and bows, and slings to cast
stones.
15 And he made in Jerusalem en-
gines, invented by cunning men, to
be on the towers and upon the bul-
warks, to shoot arrows and great
stones withal. And his name
spread far abroad; for he was mar-
vellously helped, till he was strong.
Uzziah’s intrusion into the
priest’s office: his punishment,
16 But when he was strong, his
heart was lifted up to his destruc-
tion: for he ‘transgressed against
- ithe LorpD his God, and £went into
the temple of the LoRD to burn
incense upon the altar of incense.
17 And “Azariah the priest went
in after him, and with him four-
score priests of the LORD, that
were valiant men:
18 And they withstood Uzziah the
king, and said unto him, Jt ‘apper-
taizieth not unto thee, Uzziah, to
burn incense unto the LORD, but to
the Jpriests the sons of Aaron, that
are consecrated to burn incense: go
out of the sanctuary; for thou hast
trespassed; neither shall it be for
thine honour from the LorD God.
19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and
had a censer in his hand to burn
incense: and while he was wroth
with the priests, the ‘leprosy even
rose up in his forehead before the
priests in the house of the Lorp,
from beside the incense. altar.
20 And Azariah the chief priest,
and all the priests, looked upon
him, and, behold, he was leprous
26 21]
in his forehead, and they thrust
him out from thence; yea, himself
hasted also to go out, because the
Lorp had smitten him. —
21 And 4Uzziah the king was a
leper unto the day of his death, and
dwelt in a “several house, being a
leper; for he was cut off from the
house of the LorD: and Jotham
his son was over the king’s house,
judging the people of the land.
Death of Uzziah: accession of
Jotham over Judah (2 Ki. 15.32).
22 Now the rest:of the acts of
Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah
the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
23 4So Uzziah slept with his fath-
ers, and they buried him with his
fathers in the field of the burial
which belonged to the kings; for
they said, He is a leper: and Jo-
tham his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 27.
Reign of Jotham over Judah
(2 Ki. 15. 32-38).
OTHAM ¢was twenty and five
years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned sixteen years
in Jerusalem. His mother’s name
also was Jerushah, the daughter of
Zadok.
2 And he did that which was:
tight in the sight of the Lorp, ac-
cording to all that his father Uzziah
did: howbeit he entered not into the
temple of the Lorp. fAnd the peo-
ple did yet corruptly.
3 He built the high gate of the
house of the Lorp, and on the
wall of Ophel he built much.
4 Moreover he built cities in the
mountains of Judah, and in the
forests he built castles and towers.
5S He fought also with the king
of the Ammonites, and prevailed
against them, And the children of
Ammon gave him the same year an
hundred étalents of silver, and ten
thousand ‘measures of wheat, and
ten thousand of barley. So much
did the children of Ammon pay
unto him, both the second year,
and the third.
6 So Jotham became mighty, be-
cause he ‘prepared his ways before
the LorD his God.
Death of Jotham king of Judah
(2 Ki. 15. 36-38),
TE
Now the rest of the acts of Jo-
tham, and all his wars, and his
ways, lo, they are written in the
II CHRONICLES.
B.C. 765.
[B.C. 742.
a 2 Ki.15.5.
b Lev.13.46;
Num.5.2.
cIsa.1.1,
d 2 Ki.15.7;
TIsa.6.1.
e 2 Ki.15.33.
f 2 Ki.15.35.
B.C. 758.]
g One talent
(silver) =
£410, or
$1940.
h One meas-
ure = about
10 bu.
i Or, estab-
lished.
j 2 Ki.15:38.
k 2 Ki.16.2.
1 Ex.34.17;
Lev.19.4.
m 2 Chr.33.6.
ni.e. nations.
o 2 Ki.16 5,6.
p 2 Ki.15.27;
Isa.7.1-17.
q 2 Chr.11.4,
516
[28
book of the kings of Israel “a
Judah. .
8 He was five and twenty year
old when he began to reign, and
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9 jAnd Jotham slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in the
city of David: and Ahaz his son
reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 28.
Reign of Ahaz (2 Ki. 16. 1).
fy eZ kwas twenty years old
when he began to reign, and
he reigned sixteen years in Jeru-
salem: but he did not that which
‘was right in the sight of the Lorp,
like David his father:
2 For he walked in the ways of
the kings of Israel, and made also
‘molten images for Baalim.
3 Moreover he burnt incense in
the valley of the son of Hinnom,
and burnt his children in the fire,
after the abominations of the “hea-
then whom the Lorp had cast out
before the children of Israel.
4 He sacrificed also and burnt in-
cense in the high places, and on
the hills, and under every green
ferees
War between Ahaz and Pekah
(2 Ki. 16. s, 6).
5 Wherefore the Lorp his God
delivered him into the hand of the
king of Syria; and othey smote him,
and carried away a great multitude
of them captives, and brought
them to Damascus. And he was
also delivered into the hand of the
Aing of Israel, who smote him with
a great slaughter.
6 For ?Pekah the son of Remaliah
slew in Judah an hundred and
twenty thousand in one day, which
were all valiant men; because they
had forsaken the Lorp God of
their fathers.
7 And Zichri, a mighty man of
Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s
son, and Azrikam the governor of
the house, and Elkanah that was
next to the king.
8 And the children of Israel car-
tied away captive of ‘their brethren
two hundred thousand, women,
sons, and daughters, and took also
away much spoil from them, and
brought the spoil to Samaria.
The intercession of Oded.
9 But a prophet of the Lorp was
there, whose name was Oded: and
&
he went out before the host that
came to Samaria, and said unto
them, Behold; ¢because the Lorp
God of your fathers was wroth with
Judah,-he hath delivered them into
your hand, and ye have slain them
in a rage that “reacheth up unto
heaven.
10 And now ye purpose to keep
under the children of Judah and
Jerusalem for bondmen and bond-
women unto you: but are there not
with you, even with you, sins
against the LORD your God?
11 Now hear me therefore, and
deliver the captives again, which
ye have taken captive of your
brethren: for ‘the fierce wrath of
the LorD is upon you.
12 Then certain of the heads of
the children of Ephraim, Azariah
the son of Johanan, Berechiah the
son of Méshillemoth,.and Jehizkiah
the son of Shallum, and Amasa the
son of Hadlai, stood up against
them that came from the war,
13. And said unto them, Ye shall
not bring in the captives hither:
for whereas we have offended
against the LorD already, ye in-
tend to add more to our sins and
to our trespass: for our trespass is
great, and there is fierce wrath
against Israel.
14 So the armed men left the cap-
tives and the spoil before the princes
and all the congregation.
15 And the men ¢which were ex-
pressed by name rose up, and took
the captives, and with the spoil
clothed all that were naked among
them, and arrayed them, and
shod them, and ‘gave them to eat
and to drink, and anointed them,
and carried all the feeble of them
upon asses, and brought them to
Jericho, the ‘city of palm trees, to
their brethren: then they returned
to Samaria.
Edomite and Philistine inva-
sions of Judah.
16 sAt that time did king Ahaz
send unto the kings of Assyria to
help him.
17 For again the Edomites had
come and smitten Judah, and car-
tied away captives. 7
18 The “Philistines also had in-
vaded the cities of the low country,
and.of the south of Judah, and had
taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon,
and Gederoth, and Shocho with the
villages thereof, and Timnah with
the villages thereof, Gimzo also
II CHRONICLES.
B:C.- 741.
a Psa.69.26;
15; 26.2;
Zech.1.15.
b Ezra 9.6.
c Jas.2.13.
d v.12.
é 2 Ki.6.22.
f Deut.34.3;
Jud.1.16.
g Cf.2 Ki.16.7.
h Ezk.16.27,57.
4 2 Chr.21.2.
j Ex.32.25.
k 2 Ki.15.29.
12 Chr.25.14.
m Jer.44.17,18.
n 2 Chr.29.3,7.
o 2 Ki.16.19,20.
[B.C. 726.
517
ee Al
[29 2
and the villages thereof: and they
dwelt there.
19 For the Lorp brought Judah
low because of Ahaz king of ‘Is-
rael; for he jmade Judah naked,
and transgressed sore against the
Lorpb.
20 And “Tilgath-pilneser king of
Assyria came unto him, and dis-
tressed him, but strengthened him
not.
21 For Ahaz took away a portion
out of the house of the Lorp,
and out of the house of the king,
and of the princes, and gave rt unto
the king of Assyria: but he helped
him not.
22 And in the time of his distress
did he trespass yet more against
‘the Lorp: this is that king Ahaz.
23 For he ’sacrificed unto the gods
of Damascus, which smote him:
and he said, Because the gods of the
kings of Syria help them, therefore
will I sacrifice to them, that “they
may help me. But they were the
ruin of him, and of all Israel.
24 And Ahaz gathered together
the vessels of the house of God,
and cut in pieces the vessels of the
house of God, “and shut up the
doors of the house of the LorD, and
he made him altars in every cor-
ner of Jerusalem.
25 And in every several city of
Judah he made high places to burn
incense unto other gods, and pro-
voked to anger the LorD God of
his fathers.
Death of Ahaz: accession of
Hezekiah (2 Ki. 16. 19, 20).
26 Now °the rest of his acts and
of all his ways, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of the
kings of Judah and Israel.
27 And Ahaz slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in the
city, even in Jerusalem: but they
brought him not into the sepul-
chres of the kings of Israel: and
Hezekiah his son reigned in his
stead.
CHAPTER 29.
Reign of Hezekiah over Judah
(2 Ki. 18.1. Cf. Isa. 36.-39.).
|S Lcaacamiele began to reign
when he was five and twenty
years old, and he reigned nine and
twenty years. in Jerusalem. And
his mother’s name was Abijah, the
daughter of Zechariah.
2 And he did that which was
29 3]
' right in the sight of the LorD, ac-
cording to all that David his father
had done.
The revival under Hezekiah
(2 Ki. 18. 3-7).
3 He in the first year of his reign,
in the first month, opened the
doors of the house of the LORD, and
repaired them. : :
4 And he brought in the priests
and the Levites, and gathered them
together into the east street,
5 And said unto them, Hear me,
ye Levites, sanctify now your-
selves, and ‘sanctify the house of
the LorpD God of your fathers, and
carry forth the filthiness out of the
holy place.
6 For our fathers have trespassed,
and done that which was evil in
the eyes of the LorD our God, and
have forsaken him, and have turned
away their faces from the habita-
tion of the Lorp, and turned their
backs.
7 Also they have shut up the
doors of the porch, and put out the
lamps, and have not burned in-
cense nor offered burnt-offerings in
the holy place unto the God of
Israel.
8 Wherefore the ¢wrath of the
LORD was upon Judah ard Jeru-
salem, and he hath delivered them
to trouble, to astonishment, and to
ehissing, as ye see with your eyes.
9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen
by the sword, and our sons and our
daughters and our wives are in
captivity for this.
10 Now it is in mine heart to
make a covenant with the Lorp
God of Israel, that his fierce wrath
may turn away from us.
11 My sons, be not now negligent:
for the Lorp hath chosen you to
stand before him, to serve him, and
that ye should minister unto him,
and burn incense.
12 Then the Levites arose, Ma-
hath the son of Amasai, and Joel
the son of Azariah, of the sons of
the Kohathites::and of the sons of
Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and
Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and
of the Gershonites; Joah the son of
Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
13 And of the sons of Elizaphan;
Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons
of Asaph; Zechariah, and Matta-
niah: .
14 And of the sons of Heman; Je-
hiel, and Shimei: and of the sons
of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
II CHRONICLES.
aie. April.
b Heb. godesh.
c Sanctity,
holy (O.T.).
Psa. 2.6.
(Gen.2.3;
Zech.8.3.)
d 2 Chr.24.18.
e1 Ki.9.8;
Jer.18.16;
19.8; 25.9,
18; 29.18.
f Ex.25.30,
note,
g Or, an offer-
ing. See
Dan.9.24,
note,
h See Ex.29.
33, note,
518
[29 24
15 And they gathered their breth-
ren, and sanctified themselves, and
came, according to the command-
ment of the king, by the words of
the Lorpb, to cleanse the house of
the LorpD. ;
16 And the priests went into the
inner part of the house of the LORD,
to cleanse it, and brought out all
the uncleanness that they found in
the temple of the LORD into the
court of the house of the LORD.
And the Levites took it, to carry it
out abroad into the brook Kidron.
17 Now they began on the first
day of the @first month to sanctify,
and on the eighth day of the month
came they to the porch of the
Lorp: so they sanctified the house
of the LorD in eight days; and in
the sixteenth day of the first month
they made an end. ,
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah
the king, and said, We have
cleansed all the house of the Lorp,
with all the vessels thereof, and
vessels thereof.
19 Moreover all the vessels, which
king Ahaz in his reign did cast
away in his transgression, have we
prepared and sanctified, and, be-
hold, they are before the altar of
the Lorpb.
The temple worship restored.
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose
early, and gathered the rulers of
the city, and went up to the house
of the Lorp.
21 And they brought seven bul-
locks, and seven rams, and seven
lambs, .and seven he goats, for a
sin-offering for the kingdom, and
for the sanctuary, and for Judah.
And he commanded the priests the
sons of Aaron to offer them on the
altar of the Lorp.
22 So they killed the buliocks,
and the priests received the blood,
and sprinkled i# on the altar: like-
wise, when they had killed the
trams, they sprinkled the blood upon
the altar: they killed also the lambs,
and they sprinkled the blood upon
the altar.
goats for the sin-offering before the
king and the congregation; and they
laid their hands upon them:
24 And the priests killed them,
‘their blood upon the altar, to make
‘an /atonement for all Israel: for the
é
and the altar of burnt-offering,
the fshewbread table, with all the
23 And they brought forth the he —
jand they made £reconciliation with
Je i
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Il CHRONICLES.
[30 9
king commanded that the burnt-
offering and the sin-offering should
be made for all Israel.
25 2And he set the Levites in the
house of the LorD with cymbals,
with psalteries, and with harps,
baccording to the commandment of
David, and of ‘Gad the king’s seer,
and Nathan the prophet: for ¢so
was the commandment of the
LORD by his prophets.
_26 And the Levites stood with the
instruments of David, and the
priests with the trumpets.
27 And Hezekiah commanded to
offer the burnt-offering upon the
altar. And when the burnt-offering
began, ‘the song of the LORD began
also with the trumpets, and with
the instruments ordained by David
king of Israel.
28 And all the congregation wor-
shipped, and the singers sang, and
the trumpeters sounded: and all
this continued until the burnt-
offering was finished.
29 And when they had made an
end of offering, ‘the king and all
that were present with him bowed
themselves, and worshipped.
30 Moreover Hezekiah the king
and the princes commanded the
Levites to sing praise unto the
Lorp with the words of David, and
_of Asaph the seer. And they sang
praises with gladness, and they
bowed their heads and worshipped.
31 Then Hezekiah answered and
said, Now ye have consecrated
yourselves unto the LORD, come
mear and bring sacrifices and
éthank-offerings into the house of
the Lorp. And the congregation
brought in sacrifices and thank-
offerings; and as many as were of
a free heart burnt-offerings.
32 And the number of the burnt-
offerings, which the congregation
brought, was threescore and ten
bullocks, an hundred rams, and
two hundred lambs: all these were
for a burnt-offering to the LorD.
33 And the consecrated things
were six hundred oxen and three
thousand sheep.
34 But the priests were too few,
so that they could not flay all the
burnt-offerings: wherefore ‘their
brethren the Levites did help them,
till the work was ended, and until
the other priests had sanctified |
themselves: ‘for the Levites were)
more upright in heart to sanctify
themselves than the priests.
35 And also the burnt-offerings
B.C. 726.
a 1 Chr.16.4;
25.6.
6 1 Chr.23.5;
25.1.
c 2 Sam.24.
Ls
d 2 Chr.30.12.
e 2 Chr.23.18.
f 2 Chr.20.18.
g Lev.7.12.
h 2 Chr.35.11,
#2 Chr.30.3.
j Psa.7.10.
k Lev.3.16.
lice. May;
also vs.
1s; i5-
m Ex.12.6,18.
n 2 Chr.29.34.
o Jer.4.1;
Joel 2.13.
pb 2 Ki.15.
19,29.
q Ezk.20.18.
y 2 Chr.29.10.
s Psa.106.46.
519
were in abundance, with the “fat of
the peace-offerings, and the drink-
offerings for every burnt-offering.
So the service of the house of the
LORD was set in order.
36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all
the people, that God had prepared
the people: for the thing was done
suddenly.
CHAPTER 30.
Preparations for the passover.
Ave Hezekiah sent to all Israel
and Judah, and wrote letters
also te Ephraim and Manasseh, that
they should come to the house of the
LorD at Jerusalem, to keep the pass-
over unto the LorD God of Israel.
2 For the king had taken counsel,
and his princes, and all the con-
gregation in Jerusalem, to keep the
passover in the ‘second month.
3 For they could not keep it ™at
that time, “because the priests
had not sanctified themselves suffi-
ciently, neither had the people
gathered themselves together to
Jerusalem.
4 And the thing pleased the king
and all the congregation.
5 So they established a decree to
make proclamation throughout all
Israel, from Beer-sheba even to
Dan, that they should come to keep
the passover unto the LorD God of
Israel at Jerusalem: for they had
not done it of a long time in such
sort as it was written.
6 So the posts went with the let-
ters from the king and his princes
throughout all Israel and Judah,
and according to the commandment
of the king, saying, Ye children of
Israel, °turn again unto the Lorp
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
and he will return to the remnant
of you, that are escaped out of the
hand of the ?kings of Assyria.
7 And be not ye “like your fathers,
and like your brethren, which tres-
passed against the LorD God of
their fathers, who therefore gave
them up to desolation, as ye see.
8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as
your fathers were, but yield your-
selves unto the LORD, and enter
into his sanctuary, which he hath
sanctified for ever: and serve the
Lorp your God, “that the fierce-
ness of his wrath may turn away
from you.
9 For if ye turn again unto the
LorpD, your brethren and your chil-
dren shall find ‘compassion before
them that lead them captive, so
that they shall come again into this
land: for the LoRD your God is
@gracious and merciful, and will
not turn away his face from you,
if ye return unto him. :
10 So the posts passed from city to
city through the country of Ephraim
and Manasseh even unto Zebulun:
but they %laughed them to scorn,
and mocked them.
11 Nevertheless divers of Asher
and Manasseh and of Zebulun
humbled themselves. and came to
Jerusalem.
12 Also in Judah the hand of God
was to give them one heart to do
the commandment of the king and
of the princes, “by the word of the
Lorp.
13 And there assembled at Jeru-
salem much people to keep the feast
of unleavened bread in the second
month, a very great congregation.
14 And they arose and took away
the “altars that were in Jerusalem,
and all the altars for incense took
they away, and cast them into the
brook Kidron.
The passover kept.
15 Then they killed the passover
on the fourteenth day of the second
month: and the priests and the
Levites were ‘ashamed, and sanc-
tified themselves, and brought in
the burnt-offerings into the house
of the Lorp.
16 And they stood in their -place
after their manner, according to the
law of Moses the man of God: the
priests sprinkled the blood, which
they received of the hand of the
evites.
17 For there were many in the
congregation that were not sancti-
fied: therefore the Levites had the
charge of the killing of the passovers
for every one that was not clean, to
sanctify them unto the’Lorp.
18 For a multitude of the people,
éven many of Ephraim, and Manas-
seh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not
cleansed themselves, fyet did they
eat the passover otherwise than it
was written. But Hezekiah prayed
for them, saying, The good Lorp
pardon every one
19 That "prepareth his heart to
seek God, the Lorp God of his
fathers, though he be not cleansed
according to the purification of the
sanctuary.
20 And the Lorp hearkened to
Hezekiah, and healed the people.
II CHRONICLES.
B.C. 726.
a Ex.34.6.
6 2 Chr.36.16.
¢ 2 Chr.29.25.
d 2 Chr.28.24.
e 2 Chr.29.34.
f Ex.12.43;
Num.9.10.
g Bible
prayers
(.T.).
h 2 Chr.19:3;
Ex.12.15;
13.6.
#1 Ki.8.65.
j Heb. to the
heart of all.
k 2 Chr.17.9;
2 Chr.35.3;
Deut.33.10.
1 Ezra 10.11.
m 2 Chr.35.
17,18.
n 2 Chr.29,3-9.
o Jud.3.7,
note.
> 1 Chr.23.6;
24.1,
520
21 And the children of Israel that _
were present at Jerusalem kept ‘the
feast of unleavened bread seven
days with great gladness: and the
Levites and the priests praised the
LorpD day by day, singing with
loud instruments unto the LorpD.
22 And Hezekiah spake Jcomfort-
ably unto all the Levites *that
taught the good knowledge of the
LorbD: and they did eat throughout
the feast seven days, offering peace-
offerings, and ‘making confession
to the LorpD God of their fathers.
“Other seven” days kept.
23 And the whole assembly took.
counsel to keep- “other seven days:
and they kept other seven days
with gladness.
24 For Hezekiah king of Judah
"did give to the congregation a
thousand bullocks and seven thou-
sand sheep; and the princes gave to
the congregation a thousand bul-
locks and ten thousand sheep: and
a great number of priests ‘sanctified
themselves.
25 And all the congregation of
Judah, with the priests and the Le-
vites, and all the congregation that
came out of Israel, and the strangers
that came out of the land of Israel,
and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26 So there was great joy in Jeru-
salem: for since the time of Solomon
the son of David king of Israel there
was not the like in Jerusalem.
27 Then the priests the Levites
arose and blessed the people: and
their voice was heard, and their
prayer came up to his holy dwelling
place, even unto heaven,
CHAPTER 31.
Idols destroyed (2 Ki. 18. 4).
Now when all this was finished,
' all Israel that were present
went out to the cities of Judah, and
brake the images in pieces, and cut
down the °groves, and threw down
the high places and the altars out of
all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim
also and Manasseh, until they had
utterly destroyed them all. Then
all the children of Israel returned,
every man to his possession, into
their own cities.
Hezekiah’s further religious
reforms.
2 And Hezekiah appointed ?the
courses of. the priests and the Le-
vites after their courses, every man
4
f
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according to his service, the priests
and Levites for ¢burnt-offerings and
for peace-offerings, to minister, and
to give thanks, and to praise in the
gates of the tents of the Lorp.
3 He appointed also the king’s
portion ‘of his substance for the
burnt-offerings,
morning and_ evening burnt-offer-
ings, and. the burnt-offerings for the
sabbaths, and for the new moons,
and for the set feasts, as it is writ-
ten in the Slaw of the Lorp.
4 Moreover he commanded the
people that dwelt in Jerusalem to
give the “portion of the priests and
the Levites, that they might be en-
couraged in the law of the LORD.
5 And as soon as the command-
ment came abroad, the children of
Israel brought in abundance the
dfrstfruits of corn, wine, and oil,
and honey, and of all the increase of
the field; and the tithe of all things
brought they in abundantly.
6 And concerning the children of
Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, they also brought
in the tithe of oxeh and sheep, and
the ¢tithe of holy things which, were
consecrated unto the Lorp their
God, and laid them by heaps.
7 In the /third month they began
to lay the foundation of the heaps,
and finished them in the seventh
month.
8 And when Hezekiah and the
princes came and saw the heaps,
they blessed the Lorp, and his
people Israel.
9 Then Hezekiah questioned with
the priests and the Levites concern-
ing the heaps.
10 And Azariah the chief priest of
the house of Zadok answered him,
and said, Since the people began to
bring the offerings into the house
of the Lorp, we have had enough
to eat, and have left plenty: for the
Lorp hath blessed his people; and
that which is ieft is this great
store.
11 Then Hezekiah commanded to
prepare chambers in the house of
the Lorp; and they prepared them,
12 And brought in the offerings
and the tithes and the dedicated
things faithfully: over which "Co-
noniah the Levite was ruler, and
Shimei his brother was the next.
13. And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and
Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth,
and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Isma-
chiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah,
were overseers under the hand of
to wit, for the
II CHRONICLES.
a1 Chr.23.
30,31.
b Num.28.,29.
c Num.18.8;
Neh.13.10.
d Ex.22.29;
Neh.13.12.
e Lev.27.30;
Deut.14.28.
fie. June.
gi.e. October.
h Neh.13.13.
t Josh.21.9.
j 1 Chr.9.22,
etc.
k Lev.25.34,
35; Num.35.
1-4.
1 2 Ki.20.3.
m 2 Ki.18.13,
(B.C. 713.
521
[32 2
Cononiah and Shimei his brother,
at the commandment of Hezekiah
the king, and Azariah the ruler of
the house of God.
14 And Kore the son of Imnah the
Levite, the porter toward the east,
was over the freewill-offerings of
God, to distribute the oblations
of the Lorp, and the most holy
things.
15 And next him were Eden, and
Miniamin, and Jeshua, and She-
jmaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, ‘in
the cities of the priests, in their set
joffice, to give to their brethren by
courses, as well to the great as to
the small:
16 Beside their genealogy of males,
from three years old and upward,
even unto every one that entereth
into the house of the Lorp, his
daily portion for their service in,
\their charges according to their
courses;
17 Both to the genealogy of the
priests by the house of their fathers,
and the Levites from twenty years
old and upward, in their charges by
their courses;
18 And to the genealogy of all
their little ones, their wives, and
their sons, and their daughters,
through all the congregation: for
in their set office they sanctified
themselves in holiness:
19 Also of the sons of Aaron the
priests, which were “in the fields of
the suburbs of their cities, in every
several city, the men that were
expressed by name, to give portions
to all the males among the priests,
and to all that were reckoned by
genealogies among the Levites.
20 And thus did Hezekiah through-
out all Judah, ’and wrought that
which was good and right and
truth before the LorD his God.
21 And in every work that he
began in the service of the house of
God, and in the law, and in the
commandments, to seek his God, he
did it with all his heart, and pros-
pered.
CHAPTER 32.
Sennacherib invades Judah ‘(2
Ki. 18. 13-19. 37; Isa. 36. 1-22).
Aaees these things, and the
establishment thereof, ”Senna-
cherib king of Assyria came, and
entered into Judah, and encamped
against the fenced cities, and
thought to win them for himself,
2 And when Hezekiah saw that
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Sennacherib was come, and that he
was purposed to fight against Jeru-
salem, State
3 He took counsel with his princes
and his mighty men to stop the)
waters of the fountains which were
without the city: and they did help
him.
4 So there was gathered much
people together, who stopped all the
fountains, and the brook that ran
through the midst of the land,
saying, Why should the kings of
Assyria come, and find much
water? :
5 @Also he strengthened himself,
tand built up all the wall that was
broken, and raised if up to the
towers, and another wall without,
and repaired “Millo in the city of
David, and made darts and shields
in abundance.
6 And he set captains of war
over the people, and gathered them
together to him in the street of the
gate of the city, and spake ¢com-
fortably to them, saying,
7 Be strong and courageous, be
not afraid nor dismayed for the
king of Assyria, nor for all the mul-
titude that zs with him: ¢for there
be more with us than with him:
8 With him is an farm of flesh; but
with us is the LorD our God to help
us, and to fight our battles. And
the people rested themselves upon
the words of Hezekiah king of
Judah.
Sennacherib seeks to terrify the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. (2
Ki. 18. 17-25).
9 After this did Sennacherib king
of Assyria send his servants to Je-
rusalem, (but he Aimself Jaid
siege against Lachish, and all his
power with him,) unto Hezekiah
king of Judah, and unto all Judah
that were at Jerusalem, ésaying,
10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of
Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that
ye abide in the siege in Jerusa-
lem?
11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade
you to give over yourselves to die
by famine and by thirst, gsaying,
The LorD our God shall deliver us
out of the hand of the king of
Assyria?
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah
htaken away his ‘high places and
his altars, and commanded Judah
and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall
worship before one altar, and burn
incense upon it?
II CHRONICLES.
B.C. 713.
a Cf.Isa.22.
1-13, the di-
vine view at
this time.
b 2 Chr.25.
22-24.
c 2 Sam.5.9;
1 Ki.9.15,
1 Chr. 11.8;
2 Chr.32.5.
d Heb. to the
heart.
e Rom.8.31.
f Jer.17.5.
g 2 Ki.18.19.
h 2 Ki.18.22.
11 Ki.3.2,
note.
j Cf.2 Ki.18,
29-35.
k 2 Ki.19.9.
12 Ki.19.12.
m 2 Ki.18.
26-31.
n Cf.Isa.37.
15-20.
o Isa.37.33-37.
See, also,
Zech.14.3.
b Cf.2 Ki.19,
37.
522
[32 21
13 Know ye not Jwhat I and my
fathers have done unto all the
people of other lands? were the
'gods of the nations of those lands —
any ways able to deliver their lands
out of mine hand?
14 Who was there among all the
gods of those nations that my fa-
thers utterly destroyed, that could
deliver his people out of mine hand,
that your God should be able to
deliver you out of mine hand?
15 Now therefore let not Heze-
kiah deceive you, nor persuade you
on this manner, neither yet believe
him: for no god of any nation or
kingdom was able to deliver his
people out of mine hand, and out of
the hand of my fathers: how much
less shall your God deliver you out
of mine hand?
16 And his servants spake yet
more against the LorD God, and
against his servant Hezekiah.
Sennacherib defies the God of
Hezekiah (2 Ki. 19. 9-13).
17 He wrote also letters to rail
on the Lorp God of Israel, and to
speak against him, ‘saying, As the
gods of the nations of other lands
have not delivered their people out
of mine hand, so shall not the God
of Hezekiah deliver his people out
of mine hand.
18 ™Then they cried with a loud.
voice in the Jews’ speech unto the
people of Jerusalem that were on
the wall, to affright them, and to
trouble them; that they might take
the city.
19 And -they spake against the
God of Jerusalem, as against the ;
gods of the people of the earth,
which were the work of the hands
of man.
Hezekiah’s prayer (2 Ki. 19.
14-19),
20 “And for this cause Hezekiah
the king, and the prophet Isaiah
the son of Amoz, prayed and cried
to heaven.
Jehovah destroys the Assyrian
army (2 Ki. 19. 35, 36).
21 And the Lorp °sent an angel,
which cut off all the mighty men of
valour, and the leaders and captains
in the camp of the king of Assyria.
So he returned with shame of face
to his own land. And when he
was come into the house of his god,
they that came forth of his own
| bowels slew him there with the
‘sword.
32 22]
Hezekiah again prosperous.
22 Thus the LorpD saved Heze-
kiah and the inhabitants of Jerusa-
lem from the hand of Sennacherib
the king of Assyria, and from the
hand of all other, and guided them
on every side.
23 And many “brought gifts unto
the LorpD to Jerusalem, and presents
to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that
he was magnified in the sight of all
nations from thenceforth.
Hezekiah’s illness and recovery
(2 Ki. 20. 1-11).
24 In those days Hezekiah was
bsick to the death, and prayed unto
the LorpD: and he spake unto him,
and he gave him a sign.
25 But Hezekiah rendered not
again according to the benefit done
unto him; for his ‘heart was lifted
up: therefore there was 4wrath
upon him, and upon Judah and
Jerusalem.
26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah
humbled himself for the pride of
his heart, both he and the inhabi-
tants of Jerusalem, so that the
wrath of the LORD came not upon
them in the days of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah’s wealth.
27 And Hezekiah had exceeding
much riches and honour: and he
made himself treasuries for silver,
and for gold, and for precious stones,
and for spices, and for shields, and
for all manner of pleasant jewels;
28 Storehouses also for the in-
_-erease of corn, and wine, and oil;
and stalls for all manner of beasts,
and cotes for flocks.
29 Moreover he provided him cit-
jes, and possessions of flocks and
herds in abundance: for God had
given him substance very much,
30 This same Hezekiah also
estopped the upper. watercourse of
Gihon, and brought it straight
down to the west side of the city of
David. And Hezekiah prospered
in all his works.
Hezekiah receives an embassy
from Babylon (2 Ki. 20. 12-19).
31 Howbeitin the business of the
ambassadors of the princes of Baby-
Jon, who sent unto him to enquire
of the wonder that was done in the
Jand, God left him, to try him, that
he might know all that-was in his
heart.
a
II CHRONICLES.
B.C. 710.
a 2 Chr.17.5.
b 2 Ki.20,1;
Isa.38.1-22.
¢ 2 Chr.26.16;
Hab.2.4.
d 2 Chr.24.18.
e Is&.22.9-12.
f I1sa.36.-39.
g 2 Ki.20.21.
h 2 Ki.21.1.
i 2 Chr.28.3;
Deut.138.9.
jie. nations.
k See Deut,
16.21.
1 Deut.17.3.
m 2 Chr.6.6;
n 2 Chr.4.9.
o 2 Chr.28.3;
Lev.18.21;
Deut.18.10;
2 Ki.23.10;
Ezk.23.
37,39.
p Deut.18.10,
11.
q 2 Ki.21.6,
r 2 Ki.21.7.
s Psa.132.14.
t 2 Sam.7.10.
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[33 8
Death of Hezekiah: accession of
Manasseh (2 Ki. 20. 20, 21).
32 Now the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold,
they are fwritten in the vision of
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,
and in the book of the kings of
Judah and Israel.
33 And Hezekiah ‘slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in the
chiefest of the sepulchres of the
sons of David: and all Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem did
him honour at his death. And
Manasseh his son reigned in his
stead,
CHAPTER 33.
Accession ef Manasseh: his evil
ways (2 Ki. 21. 2-9).
ie hwas twelve years
old when he began to reign,
and he reigned fifty and five years
in Jerusalem:
2 But did that which was evilin
‘the sight of the LorD, like unto the
iabominations of the Jheathen, whom
[the LorD had cast out before the
children of Israel.
3 For he built again the high
places which Hezekiah his father
had broken down, and he reared
up altars for Baalim, and made
kgroves, and worshipped /all the
host of heaven, and served them.
4 Also he built altars in the house
of the LorpD, whereof the LorD had
said, In Jerusalem shall my name
be for ever.
| 5 And he built altars for all the
host of heaven “in the two courts of
\the house of the LORD.
| 6 °And he caused his children to
pass through the fire in the valley
of the son of Hinnom: ?also he ob-
served times, and used enchant-
ments, and used witchcraft, and
ddealt with a familiar spirit, and
with wizards: he wrought much
evil in the sight of the LORD, to,
'provoke him to anger.
|"7 And he “set a carved image, the
idol which he had made, in the
house of God, of which God had
said tu David and to Solomon his
son, In ‘this house, and in Jeru-
salem, which I have chosen before
all the tribes of Israel, will I put my
name for ever:
8 ‘Neither will I any more remove
the foot of Israel from out of the
land which I have appointed for
your fathers; so that they will take
|
33 9) II CHRONICLES. [34 :
sins, and his trespass, and the
places wherein he built high places,
and set up Jgroves and graven im-—
ages, before he was humbled: be-
hold, they are written among the
sayings of the seers.
20 So *Manasseh slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in his
own house: and Amon his son
heed to do all that I have com-
manded them, according to the
whole law and the statutes and the
ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err,
whom the LorD had destroyed be-
fore the chiidren of Israel.
yo ad the a See aa arenes reigned in his stead.
seh, and to his people: but they . an
would not hearken. Reign of uae (2 Ki. 21.
18-22).
bh’ ivi d
Manansel Sennhriy. an 21 ‘Amon was two and twenty
: : years old when he began to reign,
11 45Wherefore the Lorp brought|/*** nares. and reigned two years in Jerusalem,
upon them the captains of the host/5 Deut.28.36. 22 But he did that which was
of the king of Assyria, which took| , 4.59, evil in the sight of the Lorn, as did
Manasseh among the thorns, and|°pxa'g93, Manasseh his father: for Amon sac-
bound him with fetters, and carried Pron ae rificed unto all the carved images
him to Babylon. : ty ~~“ lwhich Manasseh his father had
12 And when he was in affliction,| .2 chr27.3. |made, and served them;
he besought the Lorpb his God, and 23 And humbled not himself be-
humbled himself greatly before the) fvs-3,5,7- fore the Lorp, as Manasseh his
God of his fathers, ; g Lev.7.12. father had humbled himself; but
13 And prayed unto him: and he Amor: trespassed more and more.
was ‘intreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again hUCE S282) Death of Amon: accession of
a Jerusalem into his kingdom.|:1Sam.9.9. Josiah (2 Ki, 21. 23-26).
pa genni io gory that the jee Deut. | 24, And skis petvants consi
21. against him, and slew him in his
Manasseh’s continued reign, |, 2 xi211g, |own house.
and death (2 Ki, 21. 17, 18). 25 But the people of the land
5 Z : i 2 Ki.21.19. lew all them that had ired
14 Now after this he built a-walll | Sore : Se oe a
without the city of David, on the|"2Ki21. |@gainst king Amon; and the people
west side of 4Gihon, in the valley,| 2°24” of the land made Josiah his son
even to oe rutin’ in at the fish)» 2 Ki.22.1. king in his stead.
gate, and compassed “about Ophel,
and raised it up a very great height,|°? te CHAPTER 34.
pod put captains of war in all the!» 1 Ki.13.2. Reign of Josiah (2 Ki, 22. 1-23.30). |
z - 30).
nced cities of Judah.
15 And he took away the /strange (B.C. 641. i Neer “was eight years old when
gods, and the idol out of the house| ¢ 2 Chr.33. i he began to reign, and he reigned
of the Lorp, and all the altars that| 17,22. in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
he had built in the mount of the|,seepeut, | 2 And he did that which was
house of the Lorp, and in Jerusa-|’ 16.21; Jud. |tight in the sight of the Lorp, and
lem, and cast them out of the city.| 3.7, cote. |walked in the ways of David his
16 And he repaired the altarof the father, and declined nerther to the
Lorp, and sacrificed thereon peace- right hand, nor to the left..
offerings and sthank-offerings, and
commanded Judah to serve the Josiah’s early reformations,
Lorp God of Israel. 3 For in the eighth yecr of his
17 Nevertheless the people did reign, while he eae vee young, he
sacrifice still in the high places, yet began to seek after the God of
unto the Lorp their God only. _ David his father: and in the twelfth
18 Now the rest of the acts of year he began to purge Judah and
Manasseh, and his prayer unto his Jerusalem “from the high places
God, and the words of ‘the seers and the ‘groves, and the carved
that spake to him in the name of
the LORD God of Israel, behold, mp Ree, Gnd the molten images.
4 And they brake down the altars
they are written in the book of the of Baalim in his i
b c presence; and the
kings of Israel. images, that were on high above
19 His prayer also, and how God them, he cut down; and the *groves
was intreated of him, and all his and the carved images, and the
524
molten images, he brake in pieces,
and made dust of them, and
estrowed if upon the graves of
them. that had sacrificed unto
them. 3
5. And he burnt the bones of the
priests upon their altars, and
cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
6 And so did he in the cities of
Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Sim-
eon, even unto Naphtali, with their
mattocks round about.
7 And when he had broken down
the altars and the ‘groves, and had
@beaten the graven images into
powder, and cut down all the idols
throughout all the land of Israel,
he returned te Jerusalem.
The repairing of the temple |*? Ki.23.6.
(2 Ki. 22. 3-7). 5 1 Ki.13.2.
8 Now 4in the eighteenth year of|B.c. 624.]
his reign, when he had purged the
land, and the house, he sent|°
Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and! 7, note.
Maaseiah the governor of the city, perked
and Joah the son of Joahaz the|*?°t??*
recorder, to repair the house of the} e 2 Ki.22.3.
Lorp his Gad. een rie
9 And when they came to Hilkiah|7 3°? *'1?
the high priest, they delivered /the
money that was brought into the ss ees.
house of God, which the Levites} °”
that kept the doors had gathered); 2 Ki.22.8.
of the hand of Manasseh and
Ephraim, and of all the remnant of
See Deut.
16.21; Jud.3.
i Heb. poured
out, or
Israel, and of all Judah and Benja-| melted.
as taro they returned to Jeru- j ChNchs.
10 And they put-it in the hand of i
the workmen that had the over- giroteas
sight of the house of the LorD, and|- ”’ sev
“they gave it to the workmen that} ?2 Ki.22.14.
wrought in the house of the LORD,
to repair and amend the house:
11 Even to the artificers and
builders gave they it, to buy hewn
stone, and timber for couplings, and
to floor the houses which the kings
of Judah had destroyed.
12 And the men did the work
faithfully: and the overseers of
them were Jahath and Obadiah,
the Levites, of the sons of Merari;
and Zechariah and Meshullam, of
the sons of the Kohathites, to set it
forward; and other of the Levites,
all that could skill of instruments
of musick.
13 Also they were over the bear-
ers of burdens, and were overseers
of all that wrought the work in any
manner of service: and éof the
Levites there were scribes, and
officers, and porters.
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The law of Moses discovered
(2 Ki, 22. 8).
14 And when they brought out
the money that was brought into
the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the
priest “found a book of the law of
the LorD given by Moses.
15 And Hilkiah answered and
16 And Shaphan carried the book
to the king, and brought the king
word back again, saying, All that
was committed to thy servants,
they do it. ‘
17 And they have ‘gathered to-
gether the money that was found
in the house of the LorD, and have
delivered it into the hand of the
overseers, and to the hand of the
workmen.
“By the law is the knowledge of
sin” (2 Ki. 22. 9-13).
18 Then Shaphan the scribe told
the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath given me a book. And Sha-
phan Jread it-before the king.
19 And it came to pass, when the
king had “heard the words of the
law, that he rent his clothes.
20 And the king commanded Hil-
kiah, and Ahikam the son of Sha-
phan, and Abdon the son of Micah,
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah
a servant of the king’s, saying,
21 Go, enquire of the Lorp for
me, and for them that are left in Is-
rael and in Judah, concerning the
words of the book that is found: for
great is the wrath of the LorD that
is poured out upon us, because our
fathers have not kept the word of
the Lorpb, to do after all that is
written in this book.
The words of Huldah the proph-
etess (2 Ki. 22. 14-20).
22 And Hilkiah, and they that
the king had appointed, went to
Wuldah the prophetess, the wife of
hel the son of /Tikvath, the
on of Hasrah, keeper of the ward-
robe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem
in the college:) and they spake to
her to that effect.
23 And she answered them, Thus
\saith the LorD God of Israel, Tell
jye the man that sent you to me,
| 94 Thus saith the Lorp, Behold,
rf will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even
34 25]
all the curses that are written in the
book which they have read before
the king of Judah:
25 Because they have forsaken
me, and have burned incense unto
other gods, that they might provoke
me to anger with all the works of
their hands; therefore my wrath
shall be poured out upon this place,
and shall not be quenched.
26 And as for the king of Judah,
who sent you to enquire of the
Lorp, so shall ye say unto him,
Thus saith the Lorp God of Israel
concerning the words which thou
hast heard: |
27 Because thine heart was ten-
der, and thou didst humble thyself,
before God, when thou heardest his
words against this place, and
against the inhabitants thereof, and
humbledst thyself before me, and
didst rend thy clothes, and weep
before me; I have even heard thee
also, saith the Lorp.
28 Behold, I will gather thee to
thy fathers, and thou shalt be
gathered to thy grave in peace,
neither shall thine eyes see all the
evil that I will bring upon this|
place, and upon the inhabitants of
the same. So they brought the
king word again,
The law read to the people (2 Ki. |
23. dei2)a
29 Then the king sent and gath-
ered together all the elders of Judah
and Jerusalem,
house of the LorD, and all the men|
of Judah, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and the priests, and the
Levites, and all the people, great
and small: and he read in their ears
all the words of the book of the
covenant that was found in thel
house of the Lorp.
The king’s covenant (2 Ki. 23. 3).
31 And the king stood in chis
place, and made a covenant before
the Lorp, to walk after the Lorp,
and to keep his commandments,
and his testimonies, and. his stat.
utes, with all his heart, and with all
his soul, to perform the words of the
covenant which are written in this
book. \
32 And he caused all that were
present in Jerusalem and Benjamin
to stand tot. And the inhabitants
of Jerusalem did according to the
covenant of God, the God of their
fathers.
30 And the king went up into the!
II CHRONICLES.
B.C. 624.
a 2 Ki.11.14,
b Cf.2 Chr.6.
13.
¢1 Ki.11.5,
d Jer.3.10.
e Ex.12.6.
fice. April.
g 2 Chr.23.18.
h Cf.2 Chr.29,
5-12.
7 Deut.33.9,
10.
j 2 Chr.5.7;
Ex.40.20.
k 1 Chr.9.10.
11 Chr.23 -
26., incl.
m Cf.Ezra 6,
n Cf.2 Chr.30,
24,
526
* [35.9
The further reforms of Josiah
(2 Ki, 23. 4-24).
33 And Josiah took away all the
‘abominations out of all the coun-
tries that pertained to the children
of Israel, and made all that were
present in Israel to serve, even to
serve the Lorp their God. ¢And
all his days they departed not from
following the Lorp, the God of
their fathers.
CHAPTER 35.
The passover kept (2 Ki. 23. 21-23),
[WICREOVER Josiah kept a pass-
over unto the LorpD in Jerusa<
lem: and they killed the passover
on the ‘fourteenth day of the /first
month. ‘
2 And he set the priests in their
Scharges, and “encouraged them to
the service of the house of the Lorp,
_3 And said unto the Levites that
‘taught all Israel, which were holy
unto the Lorn, Put the holy ark in
the Jhouse which Solomon the son
of David king of Israel did build: i¢
shall not be a burden upon your
shoulders: serve now the Lorp
your God, and his people Israel,
4 And prepare yourselves kby
the houses of your fathers, after
your courses, according to the
writing of David king of Israel, and
according to the writing of Solomon
his son.
5S And stand in the holy place ac-
cording to the divisions of the fam-
ilies of the fathers of your brethren
the people, and after the division
of the families of the Levites.
6 So «kill the Passover, and
™sanctify yourselves, and prepare
your brethren, that they may do
according to the word of the Lorp
- rere a Moses.
nd Josiah "gave to-the peo le,
of the flock, lambs and kids, all for
the passover offerings, for all that
were present, to the number of
thirty thousand, and three thou-
sand bullocks: these were of the
ng’s substance.
8 And his princes
tiah and Jehiel, rulers of the house
of God, gave unto the priests for
the Passover offerings two thousand
and six hundred small cattle, and
es hundred oxen,
~ Conaniah also, and Shemaiah
and Nethaneei, his brethren, and
35 10]
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[36 3
‘
Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad,| B.c. 623. Death of Josiah (2 Ki. 23.
chief of the Levites, gave unto the
Levites for passover offerings five
thousand small cattle, and five
hundred oxen.
10 So the service was prepared,
and the “priests stood in their place,
and the 4Levites in their courses,
according to the king’s command-
ment.
11 And they ‘killed the passover,
and the priests sprinkled the blood
from their hands, and the Levites
flayed them.
12 And they removed the burnt-
Offerings, that they might give
according to the divisions of the
families of the people, to offer unto
the Lorp, as it is ‘written in the
book of Moses. And so did they
with the oxen.
13 And they froasted the passover
with fire according to the ordinance:
but the other holy offerings sod
they in pots, and in caldrons, and in
pafis, and divided them speedily
among all the people.
14 And afterward they made
Tteady for themselves, and for the
pfiests: because the priests the sons
of Aaron were busied in offering of
burnt-offerings and the fat until
night; therefore the Levites pre-
pared for themselves, and for the
priests the sons of Aaron.
15 And the singers the sons of
Asaph were in their place, Saccord-
ing to the commandment of David,
and Asaph, and Heman, and Jedu-
thun the king’s seer; and the porters
waited at every gate; they might
not depart from their service; for
“their brethren the Levites prepared
for them.
16 So all the service of the LorD
was prepared the same day, to keep
the passover, and to offer burnt-
offerings upon the altar of the
Lorp, according to the command-
ment of king Josiah.
17 And the children of Israel that
were present kept the passover at
that time, and the “feast of unleav-
ened bread seven days.
18 And there was no passover ‘like
to that kept in Israel from the days
of Samuel the prophet; neither did
all the kings of Israel kéep such a
passover as Josiah kept, and the
priests, and the Levites, and all Ju-
dah and Israel that were present,
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19 In the eighteenth year of the
reign of Josiah was this passover
kept.
|
[B.C. 610.
a Heb.9.6.
b 2 Chr.5.12;
7.6; 8.14,15;
13.10; 29.
25-34.
cv. 6, ref.
@ Cf.Ex.12.
22.
e Lev.3.3.
f Ex.12.8,9.
g 1 Chr.25.1-6.
h Ex.12.15;
1 Cor.5.8.
42 Ki.23.
22,23.
j 2 Ki.23.29;
Jer.46.1-12.
Rk Cf. 2 Ki.23.
29,30.
1 Lam.4.20.
[B.C. 610.
52/7
ee
28-30).
20 After all this, jwhen Josiah
had prepared the temple, Necho
king of Egypt came up to fight
against Charchemish by Euphrates:
and Josiah went out against him.
21 But he sent ambassadors to
him, saying,What have I to do with
thee, thou king of Judah? J come
not against thee this day, but
against the house wherewith I have
war: for God commanded me to
make haste: forbear thee from
meddling with God, who is with
me, that he destroy thee not.
22 Nevertheless Josiah would not
turn his face from him, but dis-
guised himself, that he might fight
with him, and hearkened not unto
the words of Necho from the mouth
of God, and came to fight in the
valley of Megiddo.
23 And the archers shot at king
Josiah; and the king said to his
servants, Have me away; for I am
sore wounded.
24 His servants therefore *took
him out of that chariot, and put him
in the second chariot that he had;
and they brought him to Jerusalem,
and he died, and was buried in one
of the sepulchres of his fathers.
And all Judah and Jerusalem
mourned for Josiah.
25 And Jeremiah ‘lamented for
Josiah: and all the singing men
and the singing women spake of
Josiah in their lamentations to this
day, and made them an ordinance
in Israel: and, behold, they are
written in the lamentations.
26 Now the rest of the acts of
Josiah, and his goodness, according
to that which was written in the
law of the LorD,
27 And his deeds, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book
of the kings of Israel and Judah.
CHAPTER 36.
Reign and dethronement of Je-
hoahaz (2 Ki. 23. 30-33).
a! the people of the land
took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
and made him king in his father’s
stead in Jerusalem.
2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three
years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned three months in
Jerusalem.
3 And the king of Egypt put him
‘down at Jerusalem, and condemned
evil in the sight of the Lorp his
36 4] ‘
It CHRONICLES.
the land in an hundred “talents of
silver and a “talent of gold.
4 And the king of Egypt made
Eliakim his brother king over Judah
and Jerusalem, and turned his name
to Jehoiakim. » And Necho took Je-
hoahaz his brother, and carried him
to Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim was “twenty and five
years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned eleven years in Jeru-
salem: and he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LorD his God.
6 Against him ¢came up Nebu-
chadnezzar king of Babylon, and
bound him in fetters, to carry him
to Babylon. ;
7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of
the vessels of the house of the LorD
to Babylon, and put them in his
temple at Babylon.
Accession and reign of Jehoia-
chin (2 Ki. 24: 6-10).
8 Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoiakim, and his abominations
which he did, and that which was
found in him, behold, they are
written in the book of the kings of
Israel and Judah: and Jechoiachin
his son reigned in his stead..
9 Jehoiachin was “eight years old
when he began to reign, and he
teigned three months and ten days
in Jerusalem: and he did that which
was evil in the sight of the Lorp.
10 And when the year was ex-
pired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent,
and brought him to Babylon, with
the goodly vessels of the house of the
Lorpb,and madeZedekiahhis brother
king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah made king
(2 Ki. 24. 17, 18).
11 Zedekiah was one and twenty
years old when he began toreign, and
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem,
12 And he did that which was
God, and humbled not himself be-
fore Jeremiah the prophet speak-
ing from the mouth of the Lorp.
13 And he also rebelled against
king Nebuchadnezzar, who had
made him swear by God: but he
stiffened his neck, and hardened his
heart from turning unto the LoRD
God of Israel.
14 Moreover all the chief of the
priests, ahd the people, transgressea
very much after all the abomina-
tions of the heathen; and polluted
B.C. 610. lRinalidesortdtion : the captivity 4
B.C. 607.)
a One talent
(silver) =
£410, or
$1940.
6 One talent
(gold) =
£6150 or
$29,085.
This was the
first deporta-
tion of Judah.
See vs.15-21,
the final
deportation,
B.C. 599.]
e Cf.2 Ki.
24.8.
f Cf.Deut.
28.36,37.
Jer.25.
9-12; 27.6-8;
29.10.
h Lev.26.
34-43.
i Ezra 1.1;
Isa.44.28;
45.1; Jer.25.
12; Dan.S.2.
Jj Ezra 1.2,3.
B.C, 593,]
the house of the Lorp which he
had hallowed in Jerusalem. \
528
Thisss ome in Babylon (2 Ki. 25.
1-17).
15 And the Lorp God of their
fathers sent to them by his messen-
gets, rising up betimes, and send-
ing; because he had compassion on
his people, and on his dwelling
place: ‘
16 But they mocked the messen-
gers of God, and despised his words,
and misused his prophets, until the
wrath of the LorD arose against his
people, till there was no remedy.
17 Therefore he brought upon
them the king of the Chaldees, who
slew their young men with the
sword in the house of their sanctu-
ary, and had no compassion upon
young man or maiden, old man, or
him that stooped for age: he gave
them all into his hand.
18 And all the vessels of the house
of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the LorbD,
and the treasures of the king, and
of his princes; all these he brought
to Babylon. 4
19 And they burnt the house of
God, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces
thereof with fire, and destroyed ali
the goodly vessels thereof.
20 And them that had escaped
from the sword carried he away to
Babylon; where they were servants
to him and his sons until the reign
of the kingdom of Persia:
21 To fulfil the word of the Lorp
by the smouth of Jeremiah, until
the “land had enjoyed her sab-
baths: for as long as she lay deso-
late she kept sabbath, to full
threescore and ten years,
Decree of Cyrus for rebuilding
the ternple.
22 Now in the first year of Cyrus
king of Persia, that the word of the
LorD spoken by the mouth of Jere-
miah might be accomplished, the
Lor stirred up the spirit of iCyrus
king of Persia, that he madea procia-
mation throughout all his kingdom,
and put it also in writing, saying,
23 Thus Jsaith Cyrus King * of
Persia, All the kingdoms of the
earth hath the Lorp God of heaven
given me; and he hath charged me
to build him an house in J erusalem,
which is in Judah. Who is there
among you of all his people? The
Lorp his God be with him, and let
him go up,
:
Pan
oe EZRA. lee
Ezra, the first of the post-captivity books (Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai,
Zechariah, and Malachi), records the return to Palestine under Zerubbabel, by
decree of Cyrus, of a Jewish remnant who: laid the templé foundations (B.c. 536).
Later (B.c. 458) Ezra followed, and restored the law and ritual. But the mass of
the nation, and most of the princes, remained by preference in Babylonia and As-
syria, where they were prospering. The post-captivity books deal with that feeble
Temnant which alone had a heart for God.
The book is in two parts: I. From the decree of Cyrus to the dedication of the
restored temple, 1. 1-6. 22. II. The ministry of Ezra, 7. 1-10. 44.
The events recorded in Ezra cover a period of 80 years (Ussher).
=—
CHAPTER 1. B.C. 536. a And ali eae Sere rahi ES
em &strengthene eir hands
Renree of Oe use op tne Pia dared with vessels of silver, with gold,
oe fi ‘: td P “ vase goods, and ne beaste. and
in the first year of Cyrus with precious things, beside
king of Persia, that the ¢word|¢2 Chr.36.22, |that was willingly offered.
of the LORD by the mouth of Jere-) 23: me r.|.7 Also Cyrus the king “brought
cater be erage Poa pe 95/12; 29.10; fortis the woe os tbe Beaver of fhe
stirred up the spirit o yrus king} 33.7-13. ORD, whic ebuchadnezzar ha
of Persia,. that he made a proclama-|, 5. 4s 4. brought forth out of Jerusalem, and
tion throughout all his king-|"E7rasi3, |had put them in the house of his
dom, and put it also in writing,| 14. gods; ‘ ,
i 8 Even those did Cyrus king of
saying, : ;
2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, poet Dan2. /Persia bring forth by the hand of
‘The Lorp God of heaven hath Mithredath the treasurer, and num-
¢given me all the pepe of the Bice bered oo oe tSheshbazzar, the
earth; and he hath ¢charged me to meant prince of Judah.
build him an house at Jerusalém,|¢ Jsrael (his-_ | 9 And this is the number of them:
which is in Judah. tory). vs.1-5;|thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
3 Who is there among you of “all eerie chargers of silver, nine and twenty
his people? his God be with him,] 3;Rom.11. |knives, | "
and let him go up to Jerusalem,| 2°) 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver
which is in Judah, and build the|;cfpans. |basons of a second sort four hun-
house: of the LorpD God of Israel,|” 26. dred and ten, and other vessels a
fhe is the God,) which is in Jeru-| . thousand.
‘Sisie gic. helped .| 11 ‘All the vessels of gold and of
4 And whosoever remaineth in j silver were five thousand_and tour
any place where he sojourneth, let Lp inl rai hundred. All these did Sheshbaz-
the men of his place help him with) 97223." |zar bring up with them of the cap-
silver, and with gold, and with] _ tivity that were brought up from
goods, and with beasts, beside the Mere Ezra |Babylon unto Jerusalem.
freewill-offering for the house of} ~ ™
God that is in Jerusalem. 4 OLNeh.7, CHAPTER 2.
ion for th turn of | ___ The returning remnant:
Leased 5 fornhante. Ree else (1) the people.
5 Then rose up the chief of the 19-21. OW /these Jare the children of
fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the province that went up out
the priests, and the Levites, with of the captivity, of those which had
all them whose spirit God had been carried away, whom _*Nebu-
raised, to go up to build the house chadnezzar the king of Babylon
of the LoRD which is in Jerusalem. had carried away unto Babylon,
1 sndividuals from all of the tribes returned to Jerusalem under Zerub-
en eee Nebentah, but speaking broadly, the dispersion of the ten tribes
529
2 2] EZRA. [2 #3
and came again unto Jerusalem| B.c.536. |Chephirah, and MBeeroth, seven
“and Judah, every one unto his city; hundred and forty and three.
2 Which came with @Zerubbabel: 26 The children of Ramah and
Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Ree- Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
laiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, 27 The men of Michmas, an hun-—
Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The num- dred twenty and two. a
ber of the men of the people of 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai,
Israel: two hundred twenty and three.
3 The children of Parosh, two 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and
thousand an hundred seventy and two. :
two. 30 The children of Magbish, an
4 The children of Shephatiah, hundred fifty and six.
three hundred seventy and two. 31 The children of the other
5 The children of Arah, seven Elam, a thousand two hundred
hundred seventy and five. fifty and four.
_ 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of 32 The children of Harim, three
the children of Jeshua and Joab, two hundred and twenty.
thousand eight hundred and twelve. 33 The children of Lod, Hadid,
7 The children of Elam, a thou- and Ono, seven hundred twenty and
sand two hundred fifty and four. ve.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hun- 34 The children of Jericho, three
dred forty and five. hundred forty and five.
9 The children of Zaccai, seven 35 The children of Senaah, three
hundred and threescore. thousand and six hundred and
10 The children of Bani, six hun- thirty. ;
dred forty and two. i
11 The children of Bebai, six hun- The returning remnant: (2) the
priests.
36 The priests: the children of
dred twenty and. three.
12 The children of Azgad, a thou-|7 S2led Zore-
sand two hundred twenty and two.| 12,13-
13 Th : ‘ : Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
Pee i ee ead S28 nine hundred seventy and three.
14 The children of Bigvai, two 37 The children of Immer, a thou-
thousand fifty and six. sand ity and two:
15 ‘The children oP Adimtour heat 38 The children of Pashur, a thou-
dred: fiftsandhteun! sand two hundred forty and seven.
16 The children of Ater of Heze- 39 | The children of Harim, a thou-
Se and eight. sand and seventeen.
17 The children of Bezai, three . :
hundred twenty and three. he (3) the ae rites neni
i a yee ae of Jorah, an hun- SE) eid Ans
red and twelve. 40 The Levites: i
“ere cee = emer two tare aha TRadeoieiea aekutel
undred twenty and three, _ of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
a Hee children of Gibbar, ninety) re ne Sere the childten of
1 Rite grate of Behe ae ache: Resirety aca eR aaa
undred twenty and three. 42 The children of the porters:
a aes men of Netophah, fifty the children of Shallum, the chil-
i dren of Ater, the children of Tal-
23 The men of Anathoth, an hun- mon, the childr
ose AG pagel tans me a abcde of Hatita, pecs
e. children o zmaveth, Lomeli i
forty and two. eee Pee a
25 The children of Kirjath-arim, 43 The Nethinims: the children of
(Ephraim—Israel) still continues; nor can they now be iti i i
are. ass) Heep distinct from other peoples Be Seip nae au
Ho, 3. eve % penne: few in number, know Him not (Deut. 28. 62; Isa. 11. 11-13;
he order of the restoration was as follows: (1) Th
ment under Zerubbabel and Jeshua (B.c. 536), peed Le6ih eadthe {Sioa eer
and Zechariah; (2) the expedition of Ezra (B.c. 458), seventy-eight years fated
(Ezra 7.-10.); (3) th issi f i
ere ee pete Gena es f Nehemiah (8.c, 444), fourteen years after
530
2 44]
[32
Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
44 The children of Keros, the
children of Siaha, the children of
Padon,
45 The children of Lebanah, the
children of Hagabah, the children
of Akkub,
46 The children of Hagab, the
children of Shalmai, the children of
Hanan,
47 The children of Giddel, the
children of Gahar, the children of
Reaiah,
48 The children of Rezin, the chil-
dren of Nekoda, the children of
Gazzam,
49 The children of Uzza, the chil-
dren of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 The children of Asnah, the
children of Mehunim, the children
of Nephusim,
51 The children of Bakbuk, the
children of Hakupha, the children|
of Harhur,
52 The children of Bazluth, the
children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha,
53 The children of Barkos, the
children of Sisera, the children of
Thamah,
54 The children of Neziah, the
children of Hatipha.
The returning remnant: (4) de-
scendantsofSolomon’sservants.
55 The children of Solomon’s ser-
vants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children
of Peruda,
56 The children of Jaalah, the
children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
57 The children of Shephatiah,
the children of Hattil, the children
of Pochereth of Zebaim, the chil-
dren of Ami.
58 All the Nethinims, and the
children of Solomon’s servants,were
three hundred ninety and two.
59 And these were they which
went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa,|
Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but
they could not shew their father’s
house, and their seed, whether they
were of Israel:
60 The children of Delaiah, the
children of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
The returning remnant: (5)
priests whose pedigrees were
Jost.
61 And of the children of the
priests: the children of Habaiah,
the children of Koz, the children of
Barzillai; which took a wife of the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite,
and was called after their name:
62 These sought their register
lamong those that were reckoned
jby genealogy, but they were not
found: therefore were they, as pol-
tuted, put from the priesthood.
63 And the Tirshatha said unto
them, that they should not eat of
the most holy things, till there stood
up a priest with ¢Urim and with
Thummim.
The returning remnant: (6) the
total number.
64 The whole congregation to-
gether was forty and two thousand
lthree hundred and threescore,
65 Beside their servants and their
maids, of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty and
seven: and there were among them
two hundred singing men and sing-
ing women,
The returning remnant: (7)
their substance and Sifts.
66 Their horses were seven hun-
dred thirty and. six; their mules,
two hundred forty and five;
67 Their camels, four hundred
thirty and five; their asses, six
thousand seven hundred and
twenty.
68 %And some of the chief of the
fathers, when they came to the
house of the LoRD which 7s at Jeru-
salem, offered freely for the house
of God to set it up in his place:
69 They gave after their ability
unto the treasure of the work three-
score and one thousand ‘drams of
gold, and five thousand pound of
silver, and one hundred priests’
garments.
70 So the priests, and the Levites,
and some of the people, and the
|singers, and the porters, and the
‘Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,
land all Israel in their cities.
CHAPTER 3.
The altar is set up.
ND when the ¢seventh month
was come, and the children of
Israel were in the cities, the people
gathered themselves together as
an to Jerusalem.
Spee stood up Jeshua the son
of Jozadak, and ‘his. brethren the
priests, and Zerubbabel the son of
|Shealtiel, and his brethren, and
builded the altar of the God of
Israel, to offer burnt-offerings
thereon; as 1¢ is written in the law
of Moses the man of God. ;
3 And they set the altar upon his
bases; for fear was upon them be-
cause of the people of those coun-
tries: and they offered burnt-offer-
ings thereon unto the LorpD, even
burnt-offerings morning and even-
ing.
The ancient worship estab-
lished.
4 Theykept also the feast of taber-
nacles, as it is written, and offered
the daily burnt-offerings by num-
EZRA.
B.C. 536.
aie. May.
4
to set forward the workmen in the
house of God: the sons of Henadad,
with their sons and their brethren
the Levites. ¥ ‘
10 And when the builders laid the
foundation of the temple of the
Lorp, they 4set the priests in their
apparel with trumpets, and the Le-
vites the sons of Asaph with cym-
bals, to praise the LORD, after the
ordinance of David king of Israel.
11 And they ‘sang together by
course in praising and giving thanks
unto the LORD; ‘because he is good,
for his mercy endureth for ever
toward Israel. And all the people
shouted with a great shout, when
: b 1 Chr.23. ; th
ber, according to the custom, as the 27. they praised the Lorn, because the
duty of every day required; phe foundation of the house of the LoRD
5 And afterward offered the con-| ¢ vs.2,8; was laid. ,
tinual burnt-offering, both of the Foes 12 But émany of the priests and
new moons, and of all the set feasts) Neh.7.7; Levites and chief of the fathers,
of the LorD that were consecrated,| 12.1,7,10, who were ancicnt men, that had
and of every one that willingly ier: seen the first house, when the foun-
offered a freewill-offering untothe| Zech3.1-3; |dation of this house was laid be-
Lorp. 6.11. fore their eyes, wept with a loud
He jen er Gn Dace Reg eerie 41 Gazeais | fronee ens aaah Gute ealee Ga
burnt-offerings unto the Lorp.| ~~ 13 So that che people could not
But the foundation of the temple of} ¢ poe discern the noise of the shout of joy
the LORD was not yet laid. WNch.12.24. |from the noise of the weeping of the
7 They gave money also unto the
people: for the people shouted with
masons, and to the carpenters; and|/Psa-136.1.
meat, and drink, and oil, unto them| , ceHag.2.3.
of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to
a loud shout, and the noise was
heard afar off.
pene Soe from Lebanon ae h vs.7-9. CHAPTER 4.
the sea of Joppa, according to the] ; 2 xi. 7.32. : .
grant that they had of Cyrus king 72 Ki17.32. | Adversaries Seer he hinder the
of Persia. Wort:
Temple foundations laid in
mingled joy and mourning.
8 Now in the second year of their
coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the ¢second month,
began Zerubbabel the son of Sheal-
tiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak,
and the remnant of their brethren
the priests and the Levites, and all
they that were come out of the cap-
tivity unto Jerusalem; and ap-
pointed the “Levites, from twenty
years old and upward, to set for-
ward the work of the house of the
LORD.
9 Then stood ‘Jeshua with his
sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and!
his sons, the sons of Judah, together,
jv-10; 2 Ki.
17.24,
k Cf.Neh.2,
20.
Now when the “adversaries of
Judah and Benjamin heard
that the children of the captivity
builded the temple unto the LorD
God of Israel;
2 Then they came to Zerubbabel,
and to the chief of the fathers, and
said unto them, Let us build with
you: lfor ‘we seek your God, as ye
do; and we do sacrifice unto him
since the days of Esar-haddon king
of Assur, which jbrought us up
hither.
3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua,
and the rest of the chief of the
fathers of Israel, said unto them,
FYe have nothing to do with us to
build an house unto our God; but
we ourselves together will build
1 The people of the land sought to hinder the work i
to draw the Jews into an:unreal union, v. 3 - 17. 32); (2 3s i
the hands of the people of Judah,” v. 4, i.e. by withholding su )s 2) by “weakening
accusations lodged with Ahasuerus and Darius, The fir:
The lives of Ezra and i
See 2 Cor. 6. 14-18; 2 Tim. 2, 19-21,
subtle and dangerous.
of true separation.
532
(cf. 2 Ki
‘
4 4]
EZRA
[4 24
unto the Lorp God of Israel, ¢as}__B.c. 534. 14 Now: because we have main-
king Cyrus the king of Persia hath
commanded us.
4 Then the peopie of the land
weakened the hands of the people
of Judah, and troubled them in
building,
5 And hired counsellors against
them, to frustrate their purpose, all
the days of Cyrus king of Persia,
even until the reign of $Darius king
of Persia.
6 And in the reign of <Ahasuerus,
in the beginning of his reign, wrote
they unto him an accusation
against the inhabitants of Judah
and Jerusalem.
7 And in the days of @Artax-
erxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath,
Tabeel, and the rest of their com-
panions, unto Artaxerxes king of
Persia; and the writing of the let-
ter was written in the Syrian
tongue, and interpreted in the
Syrian tongue.
8 Rehum the chancellor and
Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter
against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the
king in this sort:
9 Then wrote Rehum the chan-
cellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and
the rest of their companions; the
Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the
Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Ar-
chevites, the Babylonians, thé Su-
sanchites, the Dehavites, and the
Elamites,
10 And the rest of the nations
whom the great and noble Asnap-
per bfought over, and set in the
cities of Samaria, and the rest that
are on this side the river, and at
Such a,time.
The adversaries’ Jetter to
Artaxerxes.
a Sec Ezra 1.
1-3.
b Ezra 6.1.
c The Cam-
byses of sec-
ular history
(529-521
B.C.);
not the
Ahasuerus
of Esther,
who is the
Xerxes of
secular his-
tory (485
B.C.).
See Dan.
5.31, note.
byses of pro-
fane history.
The Artax-
erxes of Ezra
7.1 is the
Longimanus
of secular
history, B.C.
418. But
see Dan.5. .
31, note.
e1 Ki.4.21;
Psa.72.8. .
f Gen.15.18;
Josh.1.4.
11 This is the copy of the letter|B.c. 522.)
that they sent unto him, even unto
Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants
the men on this side the river, and
at such a time.
12 Be it known unto the king,
that the Jews which came up from
thee to us are come unto Jerusalem,
building the rebellious and the bad
city, and have set up the walls
thereof, and joined the founda-
tions. 4
13 Beit known now unto the king,
that, if this city be builded, and the
walls set up again, then will they
not pay toll, tribute, and custom,
g Chald.
make a new
decree.
[B.C. 520.
and so thou shalt endamage the).
revenue of the kings.
tenance from the king’s palace, and
it was not meet for us to see the
king’s dishonour, therefore have we
sent and certified the king;
15 That search may be made in the
book of the records of thy fathers:
so shalt thou find in the book of
the records, and know that this
city is a rebellious city, and hurtful
unto kings and provinces, and that
they have moved sedition within
the same of old time: for which
cause was this city destroyed.
16 Wecertify the king that, if this
city be builded again, and the walls
thereof set up, by this means thou
shalt have no portion on this side
the river.
Decree of Artaxerxes.
17 Then sent the king an answer
unto Rehum the chancellor, and to
Shimshai the scribe, and to the
rest of their companions that dwell
in Samaria, and unto the rest be-
yond the river, Peace, and at such
a time.
18 The letter which ye sent unto
us hath been plainly read before
me.
19 And I commanded, and search
hath been made, and it is found
that this city of old time hath made
insurrection against kings, and that
rebellion and sedition have been
made therein.
20 There have been mighty kings
also over Jerusalem, which have
eruled over all countries beyond
the river; and toll, tribute, and
custom, was paid unto them.
21 &8Give ye now commandment
to cause these men to cease, and
that this city be not builded, until
another commandment shall be
given from me.
22 Take heed now that ye fail not
to do this: why should damage
grow to the hurt of the kings?
The work suspended.
23 Now when the copy of king
Artaxerxes’ letter was read before
Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe,
and their companions, they went up
in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews,
and made them to cease by force
and power.
24 Then ceased the work of the
house of God which is at Jerusalem.
So it ceased unto the second year of
the reign of Darius king of Per-
sia.
CHAPTER 5.
The prophets encourage the
vince and the priest; work
begun again.
HEN the prophets, “Haggai the
prophet, and Zechariah the
son of Iddo, prophesied unto the
Jews that were in Judah and Jeru-
salem in the name of the God of
Israel, even unto them,
2 Then rose up ‘Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son
of Jozadak, and began to build the
house of God which is at Jerusalem:
and with them were the prophets of
God helping them.
3 At the same time came to them
@Tatnai, governor on this side the
river, and Shethar-boznai, and their
companions, and said thus unto
them, ‘Who hath commanded you
to build this house, and to make up
this wail?
4 fThen said we unto them after
this manner, What are the names
of os men that make this build-
ing
5 But ¢the eye of their God was
upon the elders of the Jews, that
they could not cause them to cease,
till the matter came to Darius: and
then they returned answer by letter)
concerning this matter.
5 The copy of the letter that ‘Tat-
nai, governor on this side the river,
and Shethar-boznai, and his #com-
panions the Apharsachites, which
were on this side the river, sent
unto Darius the king:
The adversaries’ letter to Darius.
7 They sent a letter unto him,
wherein was written thus; Unto
Darius the king, all peace.
8 Beit known unto the king, that
we went into the province of Judea,
to the house of the great God, which
is builded with ‘great stones, and
timber is laid in the walls, and this
work goeth fast on, and prospereth
in their hands:
9 Then asked we those elders,
and said unto them thus, 7Who
commanded you to build this house,
and to make up these walls?
10 We asked their names also, to
certify thee, that we might write
the names of the men that were the
chief of them.
il And thus they returned us an-
swer, saying, We are the servants of
the God of heaven and earth, and
build the house that was builded
these many years ago, which a
B.C. 520.
a Hag.1.1.
6 Zech,1,1.
c Ezra 3.2.
d v.6; Ezra
6.6.
ev.9.
f v.10.
g See Ezra 7.
6,28; Psa.
33.18.
h Bzra 4.9.
i Chald.
stones of
rolling.
[B.C. 519.
J vs.3,4.
k1 Ki.6.1.
12 Chr.36.16,
X75
m 2 Ki.24.2;
25.8,9,11.
n Ezra 1.1.
o Hag.1.14;
1.
2
p Ezra 3.8,10,
q Ezra 6.15.
r Ezra 6.1,2.
s Ezra 5.17.
[B.C. 519.
534
great king of Israel builded and
kget up. 4
12 But /after that our fathers had
provoked the God of heaven unto
wrath, he gave them into the hand
of ™Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, the Chaldean, who de-
stroyed this house, and carried the
people away.into Babylon.
13 But in the first year of "Cyrus
the king of Babylon the same
king Cyrus made a decree to build
this house of God.
14 And the vessels also of gold
and silver of the house of God,
which Nebuchadnezzar took out of
the temple that was in Jerusalem,
and brought them into the temple
of Babylon, those did Cyrus the
king take out of the temple of
Babylon, and they were delivered
unto one, °whose name was Shesh-
bazzar, whom he had made gov-
ernor;
15 And said unto him, Take these
vessels, go, carry them into the
temple that is in Jerusalem, and let
the house of God be builded in his
place.
16 Then came the same Sheshbaz-
zar, and ?laid the foundation of the
house of God which is in Jerusalem:
and since that timé even until now
hath it been in building, and ¢ye¢ it
is not finished.
17 Now therefore, if 7t seem good
to the king, “let there be search
made in the king’s treasure house,
which zs there at Babylon, whether
it be so, that a decree was made of
Cyrus the king to build this house
of God at, Jerusalem, and let the
king send his pleasure to us con-
cerning this matter,
CHAPTER 6.
Darius confirms the decree of
Cyrus.
fPHEN Darius the king made a
decree, Sand search was made in
the house of the rolls, where the
treasures were laid up in Babylon.
2 And there was found at Ach-
metha, in the palace that is in
the province of the Medes, a roll,
rae therein was a record thus writ-
en:
3 In the first year of Cyrus the
king the same Cyrus the king made
a decree concerning the house of
God at Jerusalem, Let the house be
builded, the place where they offered
sacrifices, and let the foundations
thereof be strongly laid: the height
5
6 4]
thereof threescore ¢cubits, and the
breadth. thereof threescore cubits;
4 With three rows of great
stones, and a row of new timber:
and let the expenses be given out
of the king’s house:
5 And also let the ‘golden and
silver vessels of the house of God,
which Nebuchadnezzar took forth
out of the temple which is at Jeru-
salem, and brought unto Babylon,
be restored, and brought again unto
the temple which zs at Jerusalem,
every one to his place, and place
them in the house of God.
6 4Now therefore, Tatnai gov-
ernor beyond the river, Shethar-
boznai, and “your companions the
Apharsachites, which are beyond
the river, be ye far from thence:
7 Let the work of this house of
God alone; let the governor of the
Jews and the elders of the Jews
build this house of God in his
place.
8 Moreover I make a decree what
ye shall do to the elders of these
Jews for the building of this house
of God: that of the king’s goods,
even of the tribute beyond the
river, forthwith expenses be given
unto these men, that they be not
hindered.
9 And that which they have need
of, both young bullocks, and rams,
and lambs, for the burnt-offerings
of the God of heaven, wheat, salt,
wine, and oil, according to the ap-
pointment of the priests which are
at Jerusalem, let it be given them
day by day without fail: f
10 /That they may offer sacrifices
of sweet savours unto the God of
heaven, and “pray for the life of the
king, and of his sons.
11 Also I have made a decree, that
whosoever shall alter this word, let
timber be pulled down from his
house, and being set up, let him be
hanged thereon; and “let his house
be made a dunghill for this. :
12 And the God that hath caused
ihis name to dwell there destroy all
kings and people, that shall put to
their hand to alter and to destroy
this house of God which is at Jeru-
salem. I Darius have made a de-}
cree; let it be done with speed.
EZRA.
BX. 519.
a One cubit =
about 18 in.
b 1 Ki.6.36.
¢ Ezra 1.7,8;
5.14.
d Ezra 5.3.
e Chald. their
societies.
f Ezra 7.23;
Jer.29.7.
(B.C. 515.
g1 Tim.2.1,2.
hk Dan.2.5;
3.29.
i1 Ki.9.3.
j Ezra 5.1,2.
kv.3; Ezra
1.1; 5-132
1 Ezra 4.24;
6.12.
m Ezra 7.1.
n Israel (his-
tory), VS.
15-18; Neh.
2.1-9. (Gen.
12.2,3; Rom.
11.26.)
loie. March.
p 1 Chr.24.1.
q1 Chr.23.6.
+ Ex.12.6.
sie. April.
¢ 2 Chr.30.15.
u Separation.
Ezra 9.10-12.
(Gen.12.1;
2 Cor.6.
14-17.)
v i.e. nations.
w Ex.12.15;
13.6; 2 Chr.
30.21; 35.17.
[6 22
13 Then Tatnai, governor on this
side the river, Shethar-boznai, and
their companions, according to that
which Darius the king had sent, so
they did speedily.
14 jAnd the elders of the Jews
builded, and they prospered through
the prophesying of Haggai the
prophet and Zechariah the son of
Iddo. And they builded, and !fin-
ished z¢, according to the com-
mandment of the Ged of Israel, and
. faccording to the commandment of
kCyrus, and ‘Darius, and ™Artax-
erxes king of Persia.
The restoration temple finished
and dedicated.
15 And this *house was finished
on the third day of the month
oAdar, which was in the sixth year
of the reign of Darius the king.
16 And the children of Israel, the
priests, and the Levites, and the
rest of the children of the captivity,
kept the dedication of this house of
God with joy,
17 And offered at the dedication
"lof this house of God an hundred bul-
_llocks, two hundred rams, four hun-
“!dred lambs; and fora sin-offering
for all Israel, twelve he goats, ac-
cording to the number of the tribes
of Israel.
18 And they set the priests in
itheir divisions, and the Levites din
their courses, for the service of God,
‘which is at Jerusalem; as it is writ-
ten in the book of Moses.
The passover restored.
19 And the children of the cap-
tivity kept the passover "upon the
fourteenth day of the ‘first month.
20 For the priests and the Levites
were ‘purified together, all of them
were pure, and killed the passover
for all the children of the captivity,
and for their brethren the priests,
and for themselves.
21 And the children of Israel,
hich were come again out of cap-
ivity, and all such as had “sepa
ated themselves unto them fro
he filthiness of the *heathen o
he land, to seek the LoRD God o
srael, did eat,
22 And kept the “feast of unleav-
1 The worship of Jehovah was thus re-established in Jerusalem, but the theoc-
racy was not restored. The remnant which
tivity lived in the land by Gentile sufferance,
care of Jehovah, till Messiah came, and
Gentile world-empire (Rome, Dan. 2. 40; 7.7).
the city and temple.
See “Times of the Gentiles”
“— 535
returned from the Babylonian cap-
though doubtless by the providential
was crucified by soldiers of the fourth
Soon after (A.D. 70:) Rome destroyed
(LE. 21, 24; Rey. 16. 19).
73
oa
ened bread seven days with joy: for
the LorD had made them joyful,
and turned the heart of the king of
Assyria unto them, to strengthen
their hands in the work of the
house of God, the God of Israel.
CHAPTER 7.
The expedition of Ezra: his
descent and companions.
mNCY after these things, in the
teign of bArtaxerxes king of
Persia, Ezra ‘the son of Seraiah,
the son of Azariah, the son of Hil-
kiah,
2 The son of Shallum, the son of
Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 The son of Amariah, the son of
Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of
Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 The son of Abishua, the son of
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the
son of Aaron the chief priest:
6 This Ezra went up from Baby-
lon; and he was 4a ready scribe
in the law of Moses, which the
Lorp God of Israel had given: and
the king granted him all his re-
quest, according to the hand of the
LORD his God upon him.
7 And there went up some of the
children of Israel, and of the priests,
and the Levites, and the singers,
and the porters, and the Nethinims,
unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year
of Artaxerxes the king.
8 And he came to Jerusalem in
the «fifth month, which was in the
seventh year of the king.
9 For upon the first day of the
first month began he to go up from
Babylon, and on the first day of the
efifth month came he to Jerusalem,
according to the good hand of his
God upon him.
10 For Ezra had prepared his
heart to seek'the law of the LORD,
and to do tf, and &to teach in Israel
statutes and judgments.
Decree of Artaxerxes in Ezra’s
behalf.
/11 Now this fs the copy of the let-
ter that the king Artaxerxes gave
unto Ezra the priest, the scribe,
even a scribe of the words of the
commandments of the Lorp, and
of his statutes to Israel.
12 Artaxerxes,’king of kings, unto
Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law
of the God of heaven, perfect peace,
and at such a time.
B.C. 457.]
a v.6; Ezra 1,
15:2 Bras:
b Neh.2.1.
c1 Chr.6.14.
d vs.11,12,21.
ei. August.
fice. April.
g vs.6,25;
Deut.33.10;
Neh.8.1-8;
Mal.2.7.
hk Ezk.26.7;
Dan.2.37.
¢ Esth.1.14.
j 1 Chr.29.
6,9.
k Lit. meal.
1 One talent
(silver) =
£410, or
$1940.
m One meas-
ure = about
10 bu.
n One bath =
about 8 gals.
536
¥
13 I make a decree, that all they
of the people of Israel, and of his
priests and Levites, in my realm,
which are minded of their own free-
will to go up to Jerusalem, go with
thee.
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of
the king, and of his ‘seven coun-
sellors, to enquire concerning Judah
and Jerusalem, according to the law
of thy God which is in thine hand;
15 And to carry the silver and
gold, which the king and his coun-
sellors have freely offered unto the
God of Israel, whose habitation is
in Jerusalem,
16 And ail the silver and gold
_ |that thou canst find in all the prov-
ince of Babylon, with the Jfreewill-
offering of the people, and of the
priests, offering willingly for the
house of their God which js in Je-
rusalem:
17 That thou mayest buy speedily
with this money bullocks, rams,
lambs, with their ‘meat-offerings
and their drink-offerings, and offer
them upon thé altar of the house of
your God which is in Jerusalem.
18 And whatsoever shall seem
good to thee, and to thy brethren,
to do with the rest of the silver and
the gold, that do after the will of
your God.
19 The vessels also that are given
thee for the service of the house of
thy God, those deliver thou before
the God of Jerusalem. ,
20 And whatsoever more shall be
needful for the house of thy God,
which thou shalt have occasion to
bestow, bestow it out of the king’s
treasure house.
21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the
king, do make a decree to all
the treasurers which are beyond
the river, that whatsnever Ezra the
priest, the scribe of the law. of the
God of heaven, shall Tequire of you,
it be done speedily,
22 Unto an hundred ’talents of sil-
ver, and to an hundred ™measures
of wheat, and to an hundred baths
of wine, and to an hundred baths of
oil, arid salt without prescribing
how much.
23 Whatsoever is commanded by
the God of heaven, let it be dili-
gently done for the house of the
God of heaven: for why should
there be wrath against the realm
of the king and his sons?
_24 Alsowe certify you, that touch- |
ing any of the priests and Levites,
Singers, porters, Nethinims, or min-
isters of this house of God, it shall
not be lawful to impose toll, tribute,
or custom, upon them.
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wis-
dom of thy God, that is in thine
hand, “set magistrates and judges,
which may judge all the people
that are beyond the river, all such
as know the laws of thy God; and
bteach ye them that know them not.
26 And whosoever will not do the
law of thy God, and the law of
the king, let judgment be executed
speedily upon him, whether it be
unto death, or to banishment, or to
confiscation of goods, or to impris-
enment,
zra’s thanksgiving.
97 ‘Blessed be the LorD God of
our fathers, ¢which hath put sucha
thing as this in the king’s heart,
to beautify the house of the LoRD
which zs in Jerusalem:
28 And hath extended mercy unto
me before the king, and his coun-
sellors, and before all the king’s
mighty princes. And Iwas strength-
ened as “the hand of the Lorp my
God was upon me, and I gathered
together out of Israel chief men to
‘go up with me.
CHAPTER 8&8.
List of Ezra’s companions.
HESE are now the chief of their
fathers, and this is the gene-
alogy of them that went up with
me from Babylon, in the reign of
Artaxerxes the king.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Ger-
shom: of the sons of Ithamar;
Daniel: of the sons of David; fHat-
tush.
3 Ofthe sons of Shechaniah, of the
sons of ¢Pharosh; Zechariah: and
with him were reckoned by gene-
NS of the males an hundred and
fty.
4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab;
Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and
with him two hundred males.
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the
son of Jahaziel, and with him three
hundred males. "
6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed
the son of Jonathan, and with him
fifty males.
7 And of the sons of Elam; Je-
shaiah the son of Athaliah, and)
with him seventy males. ,
8 And of the sons of Shephatiah;
Zebadiah the son of Michael, and
with him fourscore males.
EZRA.
a Ex.18.21,22;
Deut.16.18.
6 v.10;
2 Chr.17.7;
Mail.2.7.
ci Chr.29.10.
d Ezra 6.22.
e See vs.6,9;
Ezra 5.5;
8.18.
f1 Chr.3.22.
g Ezra 2.3.
h Neh.2.8.
i Neh.8.7;
9.4,5.
j See Ezra 2.
43.
k 2 Chr.20.3.
1 Lev.16.29;
23.29; Isa.
58.3,5.
m Paa.5.8.
537
lAriel, for Shemaiah, and for
[8 2
9 Of the'sons of Joab; Obadiah
the son of Jehiel, and with him two
hundred and eighteen males.
10 And of the sons of Shelomith;
the son of Josiphiah, and with him
an hundred and threescore males.
11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zech-
ariah the son of Bebai, and with
him twenty and eight males.
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Jo-
hanan theson of Hakkatan, and with
him an hundred and ten males.
13 And of the last sons of Adoni-
kam, whose names are these, Eli-
phelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and
with them threescore males.
14 Of the sons also of Bigvai;
Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them
seventy males.
Ezra sends for Levites and
Nethinims.
15 And I gathered them together
to the river that runneth to Ahava;
and there abode we in tents three
days: and I viewed the people, and
the priests, and found there none
of the sons of Levi.
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for
Elna-
than, and for Jarib, and for El-
nathan, and for Nathan, and for
Zechariah, and for Meshullam,
chief men; also for Joiarib, and for
Elnathan, men of understanding.
17 And I sent them with com-
mandment unto Iddo the chief at
the place Casiphia, and I told them
what they should say unto Iddo,
and to his brethren the Nethinims,
at the place Casiphia, that they
should bring unto us ministers for
the house of our God.
18 And by the #good hand of our
God upon us they ‘brought us a
man of understanding, of the sons
of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons
and his brethren, eighteen;
19 And Hashabiah, and with him
Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his
brethren and their sons, twenty;
20 jAlso of the Nethinims, whom
David and the princes had ap-
pointed for the service of the Le-
vites, two hundred and twenty
Nethinims: all of them were ex-
pressed by name.
The fast at the river Ahava.
21 Then I “proclaimed a fast
there, at the river of Ahava, that
we might /afflict ourselves before
our God, to seek of him a “right
8 22]
way for us, and for our little ones,
and for all our substance. ?
22 For I was ashamed to require
of the king a band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the!
enemy in the way: because we had)
spoken unto the king, saying, ¢The!|
hand of our God is upon all them
for good that seek him; but his
power and his wrath 7s against all
them that forsake him.
23 So we fasted and besought our
God for this: and he was ‘intreated
of us.
The treasure committed to
twelve priests.
24 Then I separated twelve of the
chief of the priests, Sherebiah,
Hashabiah, and ten of their breth-
ren with them,
25 And weighed unto them the
silver, and the gold, and the ves-
sels, even the offering of the house
of our God, which the king, and
his counsellors, and his lords,
and all Israel there present, had
offered:
26 I even weighed unto their hand
six hundred and fifty ¢talents of
silver, and silver vessels an hundred
talents, and of gold an hundred
talents;
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of
a thousand ¢drams; and two vessels
of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are
holy unto the Lorp; the vessels are
holy also; and the silver and the
gold are a freewill-offering unto the
LorpD God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keep them,
until ye weigh them before the
chief of the priests and the Levites,
and chief of the fathers of Israel, at
Jerusalem, in the chambets of the
house of the Lorb.
30 So took the priests and the
Levites the weight of the silver,
and the gold, and the vessels, to
bring them to Jerusalem unto the
house of our God.
The arrival of Ezra at
Jerusalem.
31 Then we departed from the
river of Ahava on the twelfth day
of the /first month, to go unto Jeru-
salem: and the hand of our God
was upon us, and he delivered us
from the hand of the enemy, and of
such as lay in wait by the way.
32 And we écame to Jerusalem,
and abode there three days.
EZRA.
B.C. 457.
a Ezra 7.6,9,
28.
6 Psa.33.18,
19; 34.15,22.
¢1 Chr.5.20;
2 Chr.33.13;
Isa.19.22.
$29,085.
e One dram =
£i5f1s., or
$4.97.
fie. April.
g Neh.2.11.
h vs.26,30.
t Ezra 6.17.
j Ezra 6.21;
Neh.9,2.
Rk Deut.12.
30,31.
1 Ex.34.16;
Deut.7.3;
Neh.13.23.
m Ex.19.6;
22.31; Deut.
7.6; 14.2.
n Ezra 10.3.
538
[9 :
The treasure 1s brought into —
the temple. i
33 Now on the fourth day was the
silver and the gold and the vessels
‘weighed in the house of our God
by the hand of Meremoth the son of
Uriah the priest; and with him was
Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and
with them was Jozabad the son of
Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of
Binnui, Levites; ;
34 By number and by weight of
every one: and all the weight was
’ |written at that time.
35 Also the children of those that.
had been carried away, which were
come out of the captivity, ‘offered
burnt-offerings unto the God of Is-
rael, twelve bullocks for all Israel,
ninety and six rams, seventy and
seven lambs, twelve he goats for a
sin-offering: all this was a burnt-
offering unto the LorbD.
The king’s decree delivered to
. the governors.
36 And they delivered the king’s
commissions unto the king’s lieu-
tenants, and to the governors on
this side the river: and they fur-
paced the people, and the house of '
od.
CHAPTER 9,
The remnant loses its separated
position,
INC when these things were
| done, the princes came to me,
saying, The people of Israel, and
the priests, and the Levites, have
not Jseparated themselves from the
people of the lands, «doing accord-
ing to their abominations, even of
the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Am-
monites, the Moabites, the Egyp-’
tians, and the Amorites,
2 For they have ‘taken of their
daughters for themselves, and for
their sons:.so that the holy seed.
have mingled themselves with the
people of those lands: yea, the hand
of the princes and rulers hath been
chief in this trespass.
3 And when I heard this thing, I
rent my garment and my mantle,
and plucked off the hair of my head
and of my beard, and sat down
astonied.
4 Then were assembled unto me
every one that “trembled at the
words of the God of Israel, because
of the transgression of those that
]
*
EZRA.
astonied until the “evening sacrifice.
The- prayer and confession of
zra.
5 And at ‘the evening sacrifice I
aroseup frommy heaviness; andhav-
ing rent my garment and my mantle,
I fell upon my knees, and spread out
my hands unto the LorD my God,
6 And ®said, O my God, I am
ashamed and blush to lift up my
face to thee, my God: for our ini-
quities are increased over our head,
and our trespass is grown up unto
the heavens.
7 Since the days of our fathers|¢ Ex.29.39.
have we been in a great trespass), Bible
unto this day; and for our iniquities| prayers
have we, our kings, and our priests, {QetenNeh
been delivered into the hand of the) 45.2; Hob”
kings of the lands, to the sword, to) 3.1-16.)
captivity, and to a spoil, and to
confusion of face, as it is this day.
8 And now for a little space grace
hath been shewed from the LorD
our God, to leave us a remnant to
escape, and to give us.a nail in his
holy place, that our God may lighten
our eyes, and give us a little reviv-
ing in our bondage. ‘
9 For we were bondmen; yet our
God hath not forsaken us in our
bondage, but hath extended mercy
unto us in the sight of the kings of
Persia, to give us a reviving, to set
up the house of our God, and to
repair the desolations thereof, and
to give us a wall in Judah and in
vs.10-12,
Ezra 10.10.
(Gen.12.1;
2 Cor.6.
14-17.)
d Deut.9.8.
e Neh.9.33;
Dan.9.14.
f 2-Chr.20;9,
g Neh.13.27.
j Neh.5.12.
k Deut,9.18,
by thy servants the prophets, say-
ing, The land, unto which ye go to
possess it, is an unclean land with
the filthiness of the people of the
ands, with their abominations,
hich have filled it from one end
‘o another with their uncleanness.
12 Now therefore ‘give not your
daughters unto their sons, neither
ke their daughters unto your
ons, nor seek their peace or their
ealth for ever: that ye may be
trong, and eat the good of the land,
and leave it for an inheritance to
our children for ever.
13 And after all that is come upon
us for our evil deeds, and for our
great trespass, seeing that thou our
God hast punished us less than our
iniquities deserve, and hast given
us such deliverance as this;
539
had. been carried away; and Isat} B.c. 457.
c Separation.
h 2 Chr.34.31.
i 1 Chr.28.10.
14 ‘Should we again break thy
commandments, and join in affinity
with the people of these abomina-
tions? wouldest not thou be danery
with us till thou hadst consumed
‘us, so that there should be no
remnant mor escaping?
15 O Lorp God of Israel, “thou
art righteous: for -we remain yet es-
caped, as it is this day: behold, we
are before thee in our trespasses:
for we cannot stand before thee be-
cause of this.
CHAPTER 10.
Separation restored.
INC! when Ezra had prayed,
and when he had confessed,
weeping and casting himself down
fbefore the house of God, there as-
sembled unto him out of Israel a
very great congregation of men and
women and children: for the people
wept very sore. ‘
2 And Shechaniah the son of Je-
thiel, one of the sons of Elam, an-
lswered and said unto Ezra, We
have £trespassed against our God,
and have taken strange wives of
‘the people of the land: yet now
there is hope in Israel concerning
this thing.
3 Now therefore let us make a
kcovenant with our God to put
away all the wives, and such as are
born of them, according to the
counsel of my lord, and of those
that tremble at the commandment
of our God; and let it be done.ac-
cording to the law.
4 Arise; for this matter belong-
eth unto thee: we also will be with
thee: ‘be of good courage, and do zt.
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the
chief priests, the Levites, and all
Israel, Jto swear that they should
do according to this word. And
they sware.
6 Then Ezra rose up from before
the house of God, and went into
the chamber of Johanan the son of
Eliashib: and when he came thither,
he ‘did eat no bread, nor drink
water: for he mourned because of
‘the transgression of them that had
been carried away.
7 And they made proclamation
throughout Judah and Jerusalem
unto all the children of the captiv-
ity, that they should gather them-
selves together unto Jerusalem;
8 And that whosoever would not
lcome within three days, according
to the counsel of the princes and
10 9] EZRA. [10 4
wives; and being guilty, they of-
fered a ram of the flock for their
trespass. .
20 And of the sons of Immer; Ha-
nani, and Zebadiah. :
21 And of thesons of Harim; Maa-
seiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,
and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 And of the sons of Pashur;
Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Ne--
thaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad,
and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same
is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and
Eliezer.
24 Of the singers also; Eliashib:
and of the porters; Shallum, and
the elders, all his substance should
be forfeited, and himself separated
from the congregation of those that
had been carried away.
9 Then all the men of Judah and
Benjamin gathered themselves to-
gether unto Jerusalem within three
days. It was the ¢ninth month, on
the twentieth day of the month;
and 4all the people sat in the street
of the house of God, trembling be-
cause of this matter, and for the
great rain.
10 And Ezra the priest stood up,
and said unto them, Ye have trans-
gressed, and have taken strange
wives, to increase the trespass of
Israel. Telem, and Uri.
11 Now therefore make confession] _ 25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons
unto the LoRD God of your fathers, |¢ ae Decem- |of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and
and do his pleasure: and ‘separate| °°" Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar,
yourselves from the people of the|)See1Sam. [and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
land, and from the strange wives. 12.18. 26 And of the sons of Elam; Mat-
12 Then all the congregation an-] ; separation. |taniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and
swered and said with a loud voice,| vs.10,11; Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
_As thou hast said, so must we do. pose 1, |.27, And of the sons of Zattu; Elio-
13 But the people are many, and § Cor6i4- |enai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jere-
it is a time of much rain, and weare] 17.) moth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
not able to stand without, neither 28 Of the sons also of Bebai:; Jeho-
is this a work of one day or two: hanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and
for we are many that have trans-!¢i.e. April. Athlai: a
gressed in this thing. f2Ki10.15% 29 And of the sons of Bani; Me-
poneicuctian Mandl nd letell then] Geechee a eee aelooee
n stand, and le em] marg.; s]ub, an eal, and Ramoth.
which have taken strange wives in| 30.8. 30 And of the sons of Pahath-
Bnd with: them the elders of every| "POSS merce keenly Bensiay
1 em the e every aaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, an
city, and the judges thereof, until]/ Or, Mabna- |Binnui, and Manasseh.
di.e. January.
the fierce wrath of our God for this oleae 31 And of the sons of Harim;
ae Pe pats gy 5a some copies. parted Ishijah, Malchiah, Shem-
nly Jonathan the son of Asa- aiah, Shimeon, )
hel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah 32 Benjamin, Malluch, andShem-
were employed about this matter: ariah.
GaSe es ae and Shabbethai the 33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mat-
pate elas them. . tenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,
pail eal Ana ee ee Bae» ea OFihe oe eee
HN 5 € so ;
with certain chief of the fathers, Amram, and Ue rie es
after the house of their fathers, and 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh
all of oe Py pes ert wae 36 Vaniah, Meremoth Eliashib
separated, and sat down in the first 37 Mattani ‘ai as
ay of the ¢tenth month to examine sau, f ovie oe aioe ee
e matter, 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei
17 And they made an end with all 39 And Shelemi : ’
the men that had taken strange and Ataae eg
eda the first day of the ¢first 40 #Machnadebai,Shashai,Sharai,
"18. And among the sons of the samasient Sie ee
priests there were found that had 42 § i
taken strange wives: namely, of 43 Sones hat one
the sons of Jeshua the son of Joza- Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebin "y, dau,
ee and his brethren; Maaseiah, and and Joel, Benaiah. : ames
fO"And ty Meayeneae Bea, iiekataad Come ee ae a
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THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH.
[238
FOURTEEN years after the return of Ezra to Jerusalem, Nehemiah led u
t 27a to. m, : p a compan
(B.c..444) and restored the walls and the civil authority. Of those events this ook
is the record.
8. 1-11. 36.
of the wall, 12. 27-43.
The legal order restored, 13. 1-31.
prophet Malachi.
It is in eight divisions:
Il. The building of the wall, 3. 1-6. 19. -III. The census, 7. 1-73.
V. The census of the priests and Levites, 12. 1-26.
VII. Restoration of the temple worship, 12. 44-47.
the written word (e.g. 1. 8, 9; 13. 1).
The events recorded in Nehemiah cover a period of 11 years (Ussher).
I. The journey to Jerusalem, 1. 1-2. 20.
IV. The revival,
VI. Dedication
Vill.
The moral state of the time is disclosed by the
This book affords many instances of individual faith acting on
It is the principle of 2 Tim. 2.
CHAPTER 1.
Nehemiah learns of the distress
of the remnant in Jerusalem.
ae words of #Nehemiah the son
of Hachaliah. And it came to
pass in the month @Chisleu, in the
twentieth year, as I wasin ‘SShushan
the palace,
2 That Hanani, one of my breth-
ren, came, he and certain men of
Judah; and I asked them concern-
ing the Jews that had escaped,
which were left of the captivity,
and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said unto me, The
remnant that are left of the captiv-
ity there in the province are in
great affliction and reproach: the
wall of Jerusalem also is broken
down, and the gates thereof are
burned with fire.
4 And it came to pass, when I
heard these words, that I sat down
and wept, and mourned certain
days, and fasted, and prayed before
the God of heaven,
Nehemiah’s prayer.
5 And 4dsaid, I beseech thee, O
Lorp God of heaven, the great and
terrible God, that keepeth covenant
and mercy for them that love him
and observe his commandments:
6 Let thine ear now be attentive,
and thine eyes open, that thou may-
est hear the prayer of thy servant,
which I pray before thee now, day
and night, for the children of Israel
thy servants, and confess the sins
of the children of Israel, which we
have sinned against thee: both I
and my father’s house have sinned.
7 We have dealt very corruptly
against thee, and have not kept the
commandments, nor the statutes,
B.C. 446.
a Neh.10.1.
bi.e. Decem-
ber.
cOr, Susa, |
ancient capi-
tal of Persia.
d Bible
prayers
(O.T:). sNeh-
4.4. (Gen.15.
2; Hab.3.
1-16.)
e Deut.28.
63-67; 30.1-5.
f Ex.14,30,
note.
g Psa.19.9,
note.
h Neh.2.1.
tie. April.
j See Ezra
4.6; 7.1.
541
nor the judgments, which thou com-
mandedst thy servant Moses.
8 Remember, I beseech thee, the
word that thou commandedst thy
servant Moses, ‘saying, Jf ye trans-
gress, I will scatter you abroad
among the nations:
9 But if ye turn unto me,andkeep
my commandments, and do them;
though there were of you cast out
unto the uttermost part of the
heaven, yet will I gather them from
thence, and will bring them unto
the place that I have chosen to set
my name there.
10 Now these are thy servants
and thy people, whom thou hast
fredeemed by thy great power, and
by thy strong hand. ‘
11 OLord, I beseech thee, let now
thine ear be attentive to the prayer
of thy servant, and to the prayer
of thy servants, who desire to ‘fear
thy name: and prosper, I pray thee,
thy servant this day, and grant him
mercy in the sight of thisman. For
I was the king’s /cupbearer.
CHAPTER 2.
Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to
Jerusalem.
ND it came to pass in the month
iNisan, in the twentieth year
of JArtaxerxes the king, that wine
was before him: and I took up the
wine, and gave it unto the king.
Now I had not been beforetime
sad in his presence.
2 Wherefore the king said unto
me, Why is thy countenance sad,
seeing thou art not sick? this is
nothing else but sorrow of heart.
Then I was very sore afraid,
3 And said unto the king, Let the
king live for ever: why should not
2 4)
my countenance be sad, ¢when the
city, the place of my fathers’ sepul-
chres, lieth waste, and the gates
thereof are consumed with fire?
4 Then the king said unto me,
For what dost thou make request?
So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 And I said unto the king, If it
please the king, and if thy servant
have found favour in thy sight, that
thou wouldest send me unto Judah,
unto the city of my fathers’ sepul-
chres, that I may build it.
6 And the king said unto me, (the
queen also sitting by him,) For how
long shall thy journey be? and when
wilt thou return? So it pleased the
king to send me; and I set him a
>time.
7 Moreover I said unto, the king,
If it please the king, let letters be
given me to the governors beyond
the river, that they may convey me
over till I come into Judah:
8 And a letter unto Asaph the
keeper of the king’s forest, that he
may give me timber to make beams
for the gates of the palace which ap-
pertained to the house, and for the
wall of the city, and for the house
that I shall enter into. And the
king granted me, according to “the
good hand of my God upon me.
9 Then I came to the governors
beyond the river, and gave them
the king’s letters. Now the king
had sent captains of the army and
horsemen with. me.
10 When Sanballat the Horonite,
and !Tobiah the servant, the Am-
monite, heard of if, it grieved them
exceedingly that there was come a
man to seek the welfare of the chil-
dren of Israel.
Nehemiah views the ruined
walls.
11 So I came ¢to Jerusalem, and
was there three days.
12 And I arose in the night, I and
some few men with me; neither
told I any man what my God had
put in my heart to do at Jerusalem:
neither was there any beast with
me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13 And I went out by night by the
‘gate of the valley, even before the
NEHEMIAH.
B.C. 445.
a Israel (his-
tory). vs.1-9;
Neh.8.1-8.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
6 Neh.5.14;
13.6.
¢ v.18; 6.9;
Ezra 5.5;
7.6,9,28.
d Cf.Ezra 8.
32.
e 2 Chr.26.9.
f Neh.3.15.
g Isa.7.3.
h 2 Sam.15.
23.
iv.8, etc.
j Cf.Ezra
4.4.
k The obstacle
of ridicule.
1 CfEzra
4.3.
m vs.20,21;
Neh.13.4,7,
28.
n John 5.2,
marg. The
sheep for sac-
rifice were
brought in
here.
o The towers
appear to
have been on
either side
the sheep
gate.
p Jer.31.38.
dragon well, and to the dung port,
and viewed the walls of eer
which were broken down, and the
1 Two Tobiahs are distinguished
ite,’ Neh. 2. 10, 19; 4. 3, 7; 6. 1, 12,
But the reference to the latter
2
gates thereof were consumed with
e.
14 Then I went on to the /gate of
the fountain, and to the ¢king’s pool:
but there was no place for the
beast that was under me to pass.
15 Then went I up in the night by
the brook, and viewed the wall,
and turned back, and entered by
the gate of the valley, and so re-
turned. :
16 And the rulers knew not
whither I went, or what I did;
neither had I as yet told z# to the
Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the
|nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the
\rest that did the work.
\Nehemrah encourages the peo-
ple to build the walls.
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see
the distress that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth waste, and the
gates thereof are burned with fire:
come, and let us build up the wall of
Jerusalem, that we be no more a
reproach.
18 Then I told them of ‘the hand
of my God-which was good upon
me; as also the king’s words that
he had spoken unto me. And they
said, Let us rise up and build. So
they Jstrengthened their hands for
this good work.
19 But when Sanballat the Ho-
ronite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Ara-
bian, heard it, they ‘laughed us to
scorn, and despised us, and said,
What is this thing that ye do? will
ye rebel against the king? :
20 Then answered I them, and
said unto them, The God of heaven,
he will prosper us; therefore we
his servants will arise and build:
but ‘ye have no portion, nor right,
nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 3.
The builders of the wall.
HEN ™Eliashib the high priest
= rose up with his brethren. the
priests, and they builded the sheep
\gate; they sanctified it, atid set up
the doors of it; even unto the
°tower of Meah they sanctified it,
unto the tower of Hananeel.
2 And next unto him builded the
by many? (1)
(2) A Jew, unable to
(Neh. 7. 62) indicates that
But one Tobiah, and he the Ammonite, is active in this bok;
4.
542
“Tobiah the servant, the Ammon-
prove his genealogy.
he was already dead.
,
ean
33]
men of Jericho. And next to them
builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
3 But the @fish gate did the sons
of Hassenaah build, who also laid
the beams thereof, and set up the
doors thereof, the locks thereof, and
the bars thereof.
4 And next unto them repaired
Meremoth the son of Urijah, the
son of Koz. And next unto them
repaired Meshullam the son of Ber-
echiah, the son of Meshezabeel.
And next unto them repaired Zadok
the son of Baana.
5 And next unto them the Teko-
ites repaired; but their nobles put
not their necks to the work of their
Lord.
6 Moreover the old gate repaired
Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and
Meshullam the son of Besodeiah;
they laid the beams thereof, and set
up the doors thereof, and the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof,
7 And next unto them repaired
Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon
the Meronothite, the men of Gib-
eon, and of Mizpah, unto the
throne of the governor on this side
the ‘river.
8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel
the son of Harhaiah, of the gold-
smiths. Next unto him also re-
paired Hananiah the son of one of
the apothecaries, and they fortified
Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
9 And next unto them repaired
Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler
of the half part of Jerusalem.
10 And next unto them repaired
Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even
over against his house. And next
‘unto him repaired Hattush the son
of Hashabniah.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim,
and Hashub the son of Pahath-
moab, repaired the other piece, and
the tower of the furnaces.
12 And next unto him repaired
Shallum the son of Halohesh, the
ruler of the half part of Jerusalem,
he and his daughters.
13 The valley gate repaired Ha-
nun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;
they built it, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the
NEHEMIAH.
a Zeph.1.10.
b Neh.2.9.
c i.e. Euphra-
tes.
d Cubit =
about 18 in.
e Isa.8.6;
John 9.7.
f Jer.32.2; 37.
2¢
gie. dedi-
cated
(persons),
probably de-
scendants
of the Gib-
eonites (2
Sam.21.1-3)
devoted to
the service of
the Levites.
But see Josh.
9.17-21.
h Trans.
tower, 2 Ki.5.
24. C£.2 Chr.
27.3; 33.14.
Perhaps part
of the fort
called Millo,
1 Ki.9.15:
2 Chr.32.5.
bars thereof, and a thousand 4cubits| .
on the wall unto the dung gate.
14 But the dung gate repaired
Malchiah the son of Rechab, the
ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he
built it, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the
bars thereof.
15 But the gate of the fountain
543
a
repaired Shallun the son of Col-
hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah:
he built it, and covered it, and set
up the doors thereof, the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof, and
the wall of the “pool of Siloah by
the king’s garden, and unto the
stairs that go down from the city of
David.
16 After him repaired Nehemiah
the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the
half part of Beth-zur, unto the
place over against the sepulchres
of David, and to the pool that was
made, and unto the house of the
mighty.
17 After him repaired the Levites,
Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto
him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler
of the half part of Keilah, in his
part,
18 After him repaired their breth-
ren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the
ruler of the half part of Keilah.
19 And next to him repaired Ezer
the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Miz-
pah, another piece over against the
going up to the armoury at: the
turning of the wall.
20 After him Baruch the son of
Zabbai earnestly repaired the other
piece, from the turning of the wall
unto the door of the house of Elia-
shib the high priest.
21 After him repaired Meremoth
the son of Urijah the son of Koz
another piece, from the door of the
house of Eliashib even to the end
of the house of Eliashib.
22 And after him repaired the
priests, the men of the plain.
23 After him repaired Benjamin
and Hashub over against their
house. After him repaired Azariah
the son of Maaseiah the son of
Ananiah by his house.
24 After him repaired Binnui the
son of Henadad another piece, from
the house of Azariah unto the turn-
ing of the wall, even unto the
corner.
25 Palal the son of Uzai, over
against the turning of the wall, and
the tower which lieth out from the
king’s high house, that was by the
fcourt of the prison. After him Pe-
daiah the son of Parosh.
96 Moreover the &Nethinims
dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over
against the water gate toward the
east, and the tower that lieth out.
27 After them the Tekoites re-
paired another piece, over against
the great tower that lieth out, even
unto the wall of “Ophel.
28 From above the horse gate re-
paired the priests, every one over
against his house.
29 After them repaired Zadok the
son of Immer over against his house.
After him repaired also Shemaiah
the son of Shechaniah, the keeper
of the east gate. 5
30 After him repaired Hananiah
the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun
the sixth son of Zalaph, another
piece. ‘After him repaired Meshul-
lam the son of Berechiah over
against his chamber.
31 After him repaired Malchiah
the goldsmith’s son unto the place
of the Nethinims, and of the mer-
chants, over against the gate Miph-
kad, and to the going up of the
corner.
32 And between the going up of
the corner unto the sheep gate re-
paired the goldsmiths and the mer-
chants.
CHAPTER 4.
Opposition by ridicule.
Bu it came to pass, that when
4Sanballat heard that we
builded the wall, he was wroth, and
took great indignation, and mocked
the Jews.
2 And he spake before his breth-
ten and the army of Samaria, and
said, What do these feeble Jews?
will they fortify themselves? will
they sacrifice? will they make an
end in a day? will they revive the
stones out of the heaps of the rub-
bish which are burned?
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was
by him, and he said, Even that
which they build, if a fox go up, he
eet even break down their stone
wall.
Nehemiah answers by prayer.
4 Hear, O our God; for we are.
despised: and ‘turn their reproach
upon their own head, and give them
for a prey in the land of captivity:
29 And cover not their iniquity,
and let not their sin be blotted out
from before. thee: for they have
provoked thee to anger before the
builders.
6 So built we the wall; and all
the wall was joined together unto
the half thereof: for the people had
a mind to work.
Opposition by anger: the
resource of prayer.
7 But it came to pass, that when
Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
Pe
NEHEMIAH. ‘
B.C. 445.
a Neh.2.10,19.
c Psa.69.4-7.
544
7]
Arabians, and the Ammonites, and
the Ashdodites, heard that the walls
of Jerusalem were made up, and
that the breaches began to be
stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 And conspired all of them to-
gether to come and to fight against
Jerusalem, and to hinder it. :
9 Nevertheless we made our
prayer unto our God, and set a
watch against them day and night,
because of them.
Opposition by discouraged
brethren: the resource of
faith (vs. 14, 20).
10 And Judah said, The strength
of the bearers of burdens is decayed,
and there is much rubbish; so that
we are not able to build the wall. /
11 And our adversaries said, They
shall not know, neither see, till we
come in the midst among them, and
slay them, and cause the work to
cease.
12 And it came to pass, that when
the Jews which dwelt by them
came, they said unto us ten times,
From all places whence ye shall
.|feturn unto us they will be upon
you.
13 Therefore set I in the lower
places behind the wall, and on the
higher places, I even set the people
after their families with their
swords, their spears, and their
bows.
14 And I looked, and rose up, and
said unto the nobles, and to the
rulers, and to the rest of the people,
Be not ye afraid of them: remember
the Lord, which is great and tere
rible, and fight for your brethren,
your sons, and your daughters,
your wives, and your houses.
15 And it came:to pass, when our
enemies heard that it was known
unto us, and God had brought their
counsel to nought, that we returned
all of us to the wail, every one unto
his work.
16 And it came to pass from that
time forth, that the half of my ser-
vants wrought in the work,- and
the other half of them held both the
spears, the shields, and the bows,
and the habergeons; and the rulers
were behind all the house of Judah.
17 They which builded on the
wall, and they that bare burdens,
with those that laded, every one
with one of his hands wrought in
the work, and with the other hand
held a weapon. ¢ ;
18 For the builders, every one had.
Fr
his sword girded by his side, and so
builded. And he that sounded the
trumpet was by me.
19 And I said unto the nobles,
and to the rulers, and to the rest
of the people, The work is great
and large, and we are separated
upon the wall, one far from an-
other.
20 In what place therefore ye
hear the sound of the trumpet, re-
sort ye thither unto us: our God
shall fight for us.
21 So we laboured in the work:
and half of them held the spears
from the rising of the morning till
the stars appeared.
22 Likewise at the same time said
I unto the people, Let every one
with his servant lodge within Jeru-
salem, that in the night they may
= a guard to us, and labour on the
ay.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren,
nor my servants, nor the men of the
guard which followed me, none of
us put off our clothes, saving that
‘every one put them off for washing.
CHAPTER 5.
Opposition by greed and heart-
lessness: the resource of resti-
tution.
AND there was a great cry of
the people and of their wives
against their “brethren the Jews.
2 For there were that said, We,
many: therefore we take up corn
.. them, that we may eat, and
ive.
“3 Some also there were that said,
We have mortgaged our lands,
vineyards, and houses, that we
might buy corn, because of the
dearth.
4 There were also that said, We
have borrowed money for the king’s
tribute, and that upon our lands
and vineyards.
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh
of our brethren, our children as
their children: and, lo, we bring
jnto bondage our sons and our
daughters to be servants, and some
of our daughters are brought unto
bondage already: neither is i¢ in
our power to redeem them; for
other men have our lands and
vineyards. :
6 And I was very angry when I
heard their cry and these words.
7 Then I consulted with myself,
and I rebuked the nobles, and the
Ps
Lo! J
NEHEMIAH.
a Isa.5.7,8.
b Ex.14.30,
note; Lev,
25.48.
ci.e. nations.
d Psa.19.9,
note.
€ One shekel
= 2s.
our sons, and our daughters, are} ¢5 ent Seis aa
545
rulers, and said unto them, Ye
exact usury, every one of his
brother. And I set a great assem-
bly against them.
8 And I said unto them, We after
our ability have redeemed our
brethren the Jews, which were sold
unto the cheathen;.and will ye
even sell your brethren? or shall
they be sold unto us? Then held
they their peace, and found nothing
to answer. :
9 Also I said, It is not good that
ye do: ought ye not to walk in the
dfear of our God because of the re-
proach of the ‘heathen our ene-
mies?
10 I likewise, and my brethren,
and my servants, might exact of
them money and corn: I pray you,
let us leave off this usury.
11 Restore, I pray you, to them,
even this day, their lands, their
vineyards, their oliveyards, and
their houses, also the hundredth
part of the money, and of the corn,
the wine, and the.oil, that ye exact
of them. ]
.12 Then said they, We will restore
them, and will require nothing of
them; so will we do as thou sayest.
Then I called the priests, and took
an oath of them, that they should
do according to this promise.
13 Also I shook my lap, and said,
So God shake out every man from
his house, and from his labour, that
iperformeth not this promise, even
thus be he shaken out, and emptied.
And all the congregation said,
Amen, and praised the Lorp. And
the people did according to this
promise.
Nehemiah’s example of
unselfishness.
14 Moreover-from the time that I
was appointed to be their governor
in the land of Judah, from the
twentieth year even unto the two
and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes
the king, that is, twelve years, I
and my brethren have not eaten the.
bread of the governor. :
15 But the former governors that
had been before me were charge-
able unto the people, and had taken
of them bread and wine, beside
forty ¢shekels of silver; yea, even
their servants bare rule over the
people: but so did not I, because of
the ¢fear of God.
16 Yea, also I continued in the
work of this wall, neither bought
we any land: and all my servants
ies
5 17]
NEHEMIAH.
[6 1
were gathered thither unto the
work.
17 Moreover there were at my
table an hundred and fifty of the
Jews and rulers; beside those that
came unto us from among the “hea-|
then that are about us.
18 Now that which was prepared
for me daily was one ox and six
choice sheep; also fowls were pre-
pared for me, and. once in tem days
store of all sorts of wine: yet for all
this required not I the bread of the}
governor, because the bondage was}
heavy upon this people.
19 Think upon me, my God, for}
good, according to all that I have]
done for this people.
CHAPTER 6.
Oppositionby craft: theresource|
of manly firmness.
Now it.came to pass, when}? Neh,2:10,
tN Sanballat, and Tobiah, and cae
¢Geshem the Arabian, and the rest} Calied
of our enemies, heard that I had] Gsm.
builded the wall, and that there| ~~”
was no breach left therein; (though|¢ ee
at that time I had not set up the} S#@™, ¥-2-
doors upon the gates;)
e Ezra 4.4.
2 That Sanballat and Geshem
sent unto me, saying, Come, let|/? Cor11.26,
us meet together in some one
of the villages in the plain of|¢ Neh.13.29.
Ono. But they thought to do me
mischief.
3 And I sent messengers unto} |
them, saying, I am doing a great peerage
work, so that I cannot come ‘
down: why should the work cease,
whilst I leave it, and come down to
you? }
4 Yet they sent unto me four
times after this sort; and I answered]
them after the same manner.
5| Then sent Sanballat his servant}
unto me in like manner the fifth}
er.
cause thou buildest the wall, that!
thou mayest be their king, accord-!
ing to these words.
Come now therefore, andj
let us take counsel together.
8 Then I sent unto him, saying,
546
B.C. 445.
aie. nations.
lh i.e. Septem-
There are no such things done as
thou sayest, but thou feignest them
out of thine own heart.
9 For they all made us afraid, say-
ing, Their ¢hands shall be weakened
from the work, that it be not done.
Now therefore, O God, strengthen
my hands.
10 Afterward I came unto the
house of Shemaiah the son of Dela-
iah the son of Mehetabeel, who was
shut up; and he said, Let us meet
together in the house of God; within
|the temple, and let us shut the
idoors of the temple: for they wilk
come to slay thee; yea, in the night
will they come to:slay thee:
; It And I said, Should such a man
as I flee? and who is there, that,
being as I am, would go into the
itemple to save: his life? I wilk not
go im.
12 And, lo, I perceived that God
had not sent him; /but that he pro-
nounced this prophecy against me:
for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired
13 Therefore was he hired, that I
ishould be afraid, and do so, and
sin, and that they might have mat-
ter for an evil report, that they
might reproach me.
14 My God, think thou upon To-
biah and Sanballat gaccording to
these their works, and on the proph-
etess Noadiah, and the rest of the
prophets, that would have put me
in fear.
The wail is finished.
15 So the wall was finished in the
twenty and fifth day of the month
+EAui, in fifty and two days.
| 16 And it came to pass, that when
alt our enemies heard thereof, and
all the ¢heathen that were about us
saw these things, they were much
cast down in their own eyes: for
they perceived that this work was
wrought of our God.
17 Moreover in those days the
nobles of Judah sent many letters
junto *Tobiah, and the Jetters of
Tobiah came unto them,
18 For there were many in Ju-
ah. sworn unto him, because he
was the son in law of Shechaniah
the son of Arah; and his son
Johanan. had taken the daughter
lof Meshullam the son of Bere-
chiah.
19 Also they reported his good
ideeds before me, and uttered. my
words to him. And Tobiah sent
letters to put me in fear.
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CHAPTER 7.
Jerusalem given in charge to
Hanani and Hananiah.
nNOw it came to pass, when the
wall was built, and I had set up)
the doors, and the porters and the
singers and the Levites were ap-}
pointed,
2 That J gave my brother Ha-
nani, and Hananiah the ruler of|
the palace, charge over Jerusalem:
fot he was a faithful man, and
“feared God above many.
3 And I said unto them, Let not
the gates of Jerusalem be opened
until the sun be hot; and while they
stand by, let them shut the doors,
and bar them: and appoint watches
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem,|
every one in his watch, and every)
one to be over against his house.
4 Now the city was large and
great: but the people were few
therein, and the houses were not;
builded.
Register of the genealogy of the
first remnant: the people.
5 And my God put into mine
heart to gather together the nobles,
and the rulers, and the people, that
they might be reckoned by geneal-
ogy. And I found a register of the
genealogy of them which came
up bat the first, and found written)
therein, H
6 These are the children of the
province, that went up out of the!
captivity, of those that had been
carried away, whom Nebuchadnez-
zar the king of Babylon had carried
_away, and came again to Jerusalem
and to Judah, every one unto his
city;
7 Who came with ‘Zerubbabel,
Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raa-
miah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bil-
shan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,
Baanah. The number,/ say,of the
men of the people of Israel was this;
8 Thechildrenof Parosh, two thou-
sand an hundred seventy and two.
9 The children of Shephatiah,
three hundred seventy and two.
10 The children’of Arah, six hun-
dred fifty and two.
11 The children of Pahath-moab,
of the children of Jeshua and Joab,
two thousand and eight hundred
and eighteen.
12 The children of Elam, a thou-
sand two hundred fifty and four
13 The children of Zattu, eight
hundred forty and five
NEHEMIAH.
[7 41
B.C. 445.
a Psa.19.9,
note.
b€f.Ezra 2.
1-64.
c Called Zoro-
babel, Mt.1.
12,13.
547
14 The children of Zaccai, seven
hundred and threescore.
15 The children of Binnui, six
hundred forty and eight.
16 The children of Bebai, six hun-
dred twenty and eight.
17 The children of Azgad, two
thousand three hundred twenty and
two.
18 The children of Adonikam, six
hundred threescore and seven.
19 The children of Bigvai, two
thousand threescore and seven.
20 The children of Adin, six hun-
dred fifty and five.
21 The children of Ater of Heze-
kiah, ninety and eight.
22 The children of Hashum, three
hundred twenty and eight.
23 The children of Bezai, three
hundred twenty and four.
24 The children of Hariph, an
hundred and twelve.
25 The children of Gibeon, ninety
and five.
26 The men of Beth-lehem and
Netophah, an hundred fourscore
and eight.
27 Themen of Anathoth, an hun-
dred twenty and eight.
28 The men of Beth-azmaveth,
forty and two.
29 The men of Kirjath-jearim,
Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hun-
dred forty and three.
30 The men of Ramah and Gaba,
lsix hundred twenty and one.
| 31 The men of Michmas, an hun-
idred and twenty and two,
32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, an
hundred twenty and three.
33 The men of the other Nebo,
fifty and two.
34 The children of the other
Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty
and four.
| 35 The children of Harim, three
jhundred and twenty.
| 36 The children of Jericho, three
lhundred forty and five.
{37 The children of Lod, Hadid,
land Ono, seven hundred twenty
land one. 2
| 38 The children of Senaah, three
thousand nine hundred and thirty.
Register of the priests of
the remnant.
39 The priests: the children of
Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
nine hundred seventy and three.
40 The children of Immer, a thou-
sand fifty and two.
41 The children of Pashur, a thou-
sand two hundred forty and seven.
42 The children of Harim, a thou-
sand and seventeen.
Register of the Levites of the
remnant,
43 The Levites: the children. of
Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the chil-
dren of Hodevah, seventy and four.
44 The singers: the children of
Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
45 The porters: the children of
Shallum, the children of Ater, the
children of Talmon, the children of
Akkub, the children of Hatita, the
children of Shobai, an hundred
thirty and eight.
Register of the Nethinims
of the remnant.
46 The Nethinims: the children
of Ziha, the children of Hashupha,
the children of Tabbaoth,
47 The children of Keros, the chil-
dren of Sia, the children of Padon,
48 The children of Lebana, the
children of Hagaba, the children of
Shalmai,
49 The children of Hanan, the
children of Giddel, the children of
Gahar,
50 The children of Reaiah, the
children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda,
51 The children of Gazzam, the
children of Uzza, the children of
Phaseah,
52 The children of Besai, the chil-
dren of Meunim, the children of Ne-
phishesim,
53 The children of Bakbuk, the
children of Hakupha, the children
of Harhur,
54 The children of Bazlith, the
children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha,
55 The children of Barkos, the
children of Sisera, the children of
Tamah,
56 The children of Neziah, the
children of Hatipha.
Register of the children of
Solomon’s servants.
57 The children of Solomon’s ser-
vants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children
of Perida,
58 The children of Jaala, the chil-
dren of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
59 The children of Shephatiah,
the children of Hattil, the children
of Pochereth of Zebaim, the chil-
dren of Amon.
60 All the Nethinims. and the
NEHEMIAH.
B.C. 445.
ai.e. overnor.
Neh.8.9.
b See Ex.28.
30, note.
ec One dram =
£1. 1s., or
$4.97; also
vs.71,72.
children of Solomon’s servants,
were three hundred ninety and two.
61 And these were they which
went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-
haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Im-
mer: but they could not shew their
father’s house, nor their seed,
whether they were of Israel.
62 The children of Delaiah, the
children of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
Register of the priests without
pedigree.
63 And of the priests: the chil-
dren of Habaiah, the children of
Koz, the children of Barzillai, which
took one of the daughters of Bar-
zillai the Gileadite to wife, and was
called after their name.
64 These sought their register
among those that were reckoned
by genealogy, but it was not found:
therefore were they, as polluted,
put from the priesthood.
65 And the ¢Tirshatha said unto
them, that they should not eat of
the most holy things, till there
stood up a priest with SUrim and
Thummim.
Total number of the remnant.
66 The whole congregation to-
gether was forty and two thousand
three hundred and threescore,
67 Beside their manservants and
their maidservants, of whom there
were-seven thousand three‘hundred
thirty and seven: and they had
jtwo hundred forty and five singing
;men and singing women.
Their substance and Sifts.
68 Their horses, seven hundred
thirty and six: their mules, two
hundred forty and five:
69 Their camels, four hundred
thirty and five: six thousand seven
hundred and twenty asses.
70 And some of the chief of the
fathers gave unto the work. The
Tirshatha gave to the treasure a
thousand ‘drams of gold, fifty ba-
sons, five hundred and _ thirty
|priests’ garments. i ,
71 And some of the chief of the
|fathers gave to the treasure of the
\work twenty thousand «drams of
gold, and two thousand and two
hundred pound of silver, ;
72 And that which the rest of the
people gave was twenty thousand
¢drams of gold, and two thousand
pound of silver, and threescore and
seven priests’ garments.
eke sale |
7 73]
73 So the priests, and thé Levites,
and the porters, and the singers,
and some of the people, and the
Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in
their cities; and when the ¢seventh
month came, the children of Israel
were in their cities.
CHAPTER 8. -
The law read and explained.
AN? all the people gathered
themselves together as oneman
into the street that was before the
water gate; and they spake unto
bEzra the scribe to bring the “book
of the law of Moses, which the
NEHEMIAH. .
B.C. 445.
9 And Nehemiah, which is the
Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the
scribe, and the Levites that taught
the people, said unto all the people,
This day is holy unto the LorD
your God; mourn not, nor weep.
For all the people wept, when they
heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said unto them, Go
your way, eat the fat, and drink
the sweet, and send ‘portions unto
them for whom nothing is prepared:
for this day is holy unto our Lord:
neither be ye sorry; for the joy of
the Lorp is your strength.
11 So the Levites stilled all the
people, saying, Hold your peace,
Lorp had commanded to Israel. [ai.c. October; |for the day is holy; neither be ye
2 And Ezrathe priest brought the) also Neh.8. | grieved.
law before the congregation both of} 2.14- 12 And ail the people went their
men and women, and all that could); 7.,2e7 (nis- | Way, to eat, and to drink, and to
hear with understanding, upon the! tory). vs.1-8; send portions, and to make great
first day of the ¢seventh month. Portes mirth, because they had under-
er ode read neh late vel 2 Rom. 11. sree ae words that were declared
stree at was before the water| 26.) unto them.
gate from the morning until midday, 13 And on the second day were
before the men and the women, and) ‘ Cie |gathered together the chief of the
those that could understand; and fathers of all the people, the priests,
the ears of all the aay ete at-|¢ Cf.v.2. and eas Levites, vata Bae ihe
tentive unto the book of the law. Deut.33.10; |SCTi even to understand the
4 And Ezra the dscribe stood upon ° Mal.2.7. words of the law.
peer Eee We tsbccics j Esth.9.19, Feast of tabernacles restored.
him stood Mattithiah, and Shema,| 11.10. — 14 And they found written in the
and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hil- Sag law which the Lorp had com-
kiah, and Maaseiah, on his right/* °°" ~ manded by Moses, that the chil-
hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, |; Lev.28. a ae! ; ie Suds dwell ck
and Mishael, and Malchiah, and) 34-42. ‘booths in the feast o e sevent
ae d MI sesh eae TE ce Moan that they should publish
ariah, an eshullam. that ould |
5 And Ezra opened the book in|? Ce bere and proclaim in all their cities, and
the sight of all the people; (for he 2 Chr.8.13. in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto
was above all the people;) and when the mount, and fetch olive branches,
he opened it, all the people stood up: and pine branches, and myrtle
6 And Ezra blessed the LorD, the branches, and palm branches, and
great God. And all the people branches of thick trees, to make
answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting
up their hands: and they bowed
their heads, and worshipped the
Lorpwith their faces to the ground.
7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and She-
rebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,}
Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah,
Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the
Levites, ‘caused the people to un-
derstand the law: and the people
stood in their place. .
8 So they read in the book in the’
Jaw of God distinctly, and gave the
sense, and caused them to under-
stand the reading.
‘1 It is not meant that ther
tabernacles (cf. 2 Chr. 8. 13;
since Joshua’s days.
booths, as 1t is ‘written.
16 So the people went forth, and
brought them, and made them-
selves booths, every one upon the
roof of his house, and in their courts,
and in the courts of the house of
God, and in the street of the water
gate, and in the street of the gate
of Ephraim.
17 And all the congregation of
them that were come again out of
the captivity made booths, and sat
under the booths: !for since the
days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto
that day had Jot the children of
e had not been some formal observance of the feast of
Ezra 3. 4), but that the people had not dwelt in booths
549
8 18} ,
Israel done so. And there was very
eat gladness.
18 Also day by day, from the first
day unto the last day, he read in
the book of the law of God. And
they kept the feast seven days;
and on the eighth day was a sol-
emn assembly, according unto the
manner.
{a See Neh.
8.14.
CHAPTER 9,
The people fast and repent. aga
No in the twenty and fourth] 2 Sort
day of ¢this month the children| 14-17-)
' of Israel were assembled with fast- ¢ Neh.8.7,8.
ing, and with sackclothes, and pene
earth upon them. a raped
2 And theseed of Israel ’separated| 46.1). Psa
themselves from all strangers, and| 51. i
stood and confessed their sins, and) 357; 48
the iniquities of their fathers.
3 And they stood up in their e Gen.11.31;
place, and ‘read in the book of the| 12-1-3: 17-5.
law of the LorpD their God one f Gen.22.1-3;
fourth part of the day; and another} Jas.2.21-23.
fourth part they confessed, and gGen.15.18
worshipped the Lorp their God. note.
Confession of the priests and h Josh.23.14.
Levites. =
1 Ex.2.25;
4 Then stood up upon the stairs,| 3.7
of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,
Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sher-
ebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and|k Ex.14.20-28.
cried with a loud voice unto the Mx 13°91
Lorp their God. pay
5S Then the Levites, Jeshua, and|m Ex.19.-24.
Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Shere- SabHath
biah, Hodijah, Shebaniah and Peth-|’ vs.13,14,
J Ex.7 -14.
ahiah, said, Stand up and 4bless| Mt.i2.1
€ LORD your God for ever and errs
ever: and blessed be thy glorious
name, which is exalted above all|o Ex.16.14-
blessing and praise, aye gone 6.
hou, even thou, art Lorp eas
alone; thou hast made heaven, the] Num.20.8,
heaven of heavens, with all their| 1 Cor 104
host, the earth, and all things that q Deut.1.8.
are therein, the seas, and all that is
therein, and thou preservest them|" E*-32-1-10.
all; and the host of heaven wor-
shippeth thee.
7 Thou aré the Lorp the God,
who didst ‘choose Abram, and
broughtest him forth out of Ur of
the Chaldees, and gavest him the
name of Abraham;
8 And foundest his heart /faithful
NEHEMIAH.
b Separation,
nant with him to give the land of
the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Jebusites, and the Girgashites,
to give it, I say, to his seed, and
hast “performed thy words; for
thou art righteous: rice ;
9 And didst ‘see the affliction of
our fathers in Egypt, and heardest
their cry by the Red sea;
10 And shewedst /signs and won-
ders upon Pharaoh, and on all hi
servants, and on all the people of
his land: for thou knewest that
they dealt proudly against them.
So didst thou get thee a name, as
it is this day.
11 And thou didst *divide the sea
. |before them, so that they went
through the midst of the sea on the
dry land; and their persecutors thou
threwest into the deeps, as a stone
into the mighty waters.
12 Moreover thou “leddest them
in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in
the night by a pillar of fire, to give
them light in the way wherein they
should go. ;
13. Thou camest down also upon
mount Sinai, and spakest with them
from heaven, and gavest them right
judgments, and true laws, good
statutes and commandments:
14 And Imadest known unto
them thy holy sabbath, and com-
mandedst them precepts, statutes,
and laws, by the hand of Moses thy
servant: ‘ :
15 And °gavest them bread from
heaven for their hunger, and
broughtest forth *water for them
out of the rock for their thirst, and
¢promisedst them that they should
go 1n to possess the land which thou
hadst sworn to give them.
16 But they and our fathers dealt
proudly, and hardened their necks,
and hearkened not to thy com-
mandments,
[ 17 And refused to obey, neither
‘were mindful of thy wonders that
thou didst among them: but hard-
ened their necks, and in their
febellion appointed a captain ‘to
return to their bondage: but thou
arta God. ready to pardon, gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and forsookest them
not.
before thee, and madest a écove- 18 Yea, "when they had made
Se ea
1 This important passage fixes beyond all cavil t
God’s rest (Gen. 2. 1-3), was given to man.
Mt. 12. 1, note.
550
st : Cf. Ex. 20. 9-11,
sabbath is invested with the character of a sign between Jehoy
he time when the sabbath,
In Ex. 31. 13-17 the
ah and Israel. See
ie:
¢
9 19) —
‘them a molten calf, and said, This
is thy God that brought thee up out
of Egypt, and had wrought great
provocations;
19 Yet thou in thy manifold mer-
cies forsookest them not in the
wilderness: the ¢pillar of the cloud
departed not from them by day, to
lead them in the way; neither the
pillar of fire by night, to shew them
light, and the way wherein they
should go.
20 Thou gavest also thy good
‘bspirit to instruct them, and with-
heldest not thy “manna from their
mouth, and gavest them water for
their thirst.
21 Yea, torty years didst thou
sustain them in the wilderness, so
that they lacked nothing; ¢their
clothes waxed not old, and their
feet swelled not.
22 Moreover thou gavest them
kingdoms and nations, and didst
‘divide them into corners: so they
possessed the land of Sihon, and
the land of the king of Heshbon,
and the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 Their children also multipliedst
‘thou as the stars of heaven, and
‘ proughtest them into the land, con-
cerning which thou hadst promised
to their fathers, that they should go
in to possess it.
24 So the children ‘went in and
possessed the land, and thou sub-
duedst before them the inhabitants
of the land, the Canaanites, and
gavest them into their hands, with
their kings, and the people of the
land, that they might do with them
as they would.
25 And they took strong cities,
and a fat land, and possessed houses
full of all goods, wells digged, vine-
yards, and oliveyards, and fruit
trees in abundance: so they did
eat, and were filled, and became fat.
and delighted themselves in thy
great goodness.
26 Nevertheless they were disobe-
dient, and rebelled against thee, and
cast thy law behind their backs, and
fslew thy prophets which testified
against them to turn them to thee,
andtheywroughtgreat provocations.
27 Therefore thou deliveredst
them into the hand of their enemies,
who vexed them; and in the time of
their trouble, ‘when they cried unto
thee, thou heardest them from
heaven, and according to thy mani-
fold mercies thou gavest them
saviours, who saved them out of
the hand. of their enemies.
NEHEMIAH.
B.C. 445.
a Ex.13.20-
23; 1 Cor.
10.1.
b Holy Spirit.
vs.20,30.
Job 26.13.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
o Ex.16.14-
16;John 6.
22-60.
d.Deut.29.5.
e Josh.1.2.
f 1 Ki.18.4;
19.10; Mt.
23.37; Acts
7.52.
g Jud.2.18.
h 2 Ki.17.13-
18; 2 Chr.36.
11-20.
i Deut.28.48;
Ezra 9.9,
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[9 37
28 But after they had rest, they
did evil again before thee: therefore
‘leftest thou them in the hand of
their enemies, so that they had the
dominion over them: yet when
they returned, and cried unto thee,
thou. heardest them from heaven;
and many times didst thou deliver
them according to thy mercies;
29 And testifiedst against them,
that thou mightest bring them
again unto thy law: yet they dealt
proudly, and hearkened not unto
thy commandments, but sinned
against thy judgments, (which if a
man do, he shall live in them;) and
withdrew the shoulder, and hard-
ened their neck, and would not
hear.
30 Yet many years didst thou for-
bear them, and testifiedst against
them by thy %spirit in thy proph-
ets: yet would they not give ear:
‘therefore gavest thou. them into
the hand of the people of the lands.
31 Nevertheless for thy great mer-
cies’ sake thou didst not utterly con-
sume them, nor forsake them; for
thou art a gracious and merciful
God.
32 Now therefore, our God, the
great, the mighty, and the terrible
God, who keepest covenant and
mercy, let not all the trouble seem
little before thee, that hath come
upon us, on our kings, on our
princes, and on our priests, and on
our prophets, and on our fathers,
and on all thy people, since the
time of the kings of Assyria unto
this day.
33 Howbeit thou art just in all
that is brought upon us; for thou
hast done right, but we have done
wickedly:
34 Neither have our kings, our
princes, our priests, nor our fathers,
kept ‘thy law, nor hearkened unto
thy commandments and thy testi-
monies, wherewith thou didst tes-
tify against them.
35 For they have not served thee
in their kingdom, and in thy great
goodness that thou gavest them,
and in the large and fat land which
thou gavest before them, neither
turned they from their wicked
works.
36 Behold, we are ‘servants this
day, and for the land that thou
gavest unto our fathers to eat the
fruit thereof and the good thereof,
behold, we are servants in it:
37 And it yieldeth much increase
unto the kings whom thou hast set
over us because of our sins: also
they have dominion over our bodies,
and over our cattle, at their pleas-
ure, and we are in great distress.
38 And because of all this we
make a sure covenant, and write
it; and our princes, Levites, and
priests, ?seal unto it.
CHAPTER 10.
The covenant signers: the
covenant.
H OW those that sealed were, Ne-
; hemiah, the &Tirshatha, the
’ son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
i 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
| 5 Harini, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah:
these were the priests.
9 And the Levites: both Jeshua
the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the
sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
10 And their brethren, Shebaniah,
Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
14 The chief of the people; Parosh,
Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
j 21 Meshezabeel, Zadok; Jaddua,
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
And the rest of the people, the
priests, the Levites, the porters, the
singers, the ‘Nethinims, and all
they that had separated themselves
from the people of the lands unto
the law of God, their wives, their
sons, and their daughters, every
one having knowledge, and having
understanding;
29 They clave to their brethren,
their nobles, and entered into a
curse, and into an oath, to walk in
God’s law, which was given by|’
Moses the servant of God, and to
observe and do all the command-
ments of the Lorp our Lord, and
his judgments and his statutes;
30 And that we would not give
B.C. 445.
a Weh.10.1.
6 Neh.7.65,
ref,
¢ Neh.3.26,
ref.
d One shekel
=2s. 9d., or
65 cts.
e Ex.25.30,
note.
f Lit. meal.
g See Ex.29.
33, note. /
h Ex.23.19;
34.26; Deut.
6.1,2.
t Ex.13.1-15;
Lev.27.26,27.
j Lev.27.30;
Mal.3.10.
k Heb.10.25.
952
NEHEMIAH.
our daughters unto the people of th
land, nor take their daughters for
our sons: j
31 And if the people of the land
bring ware or any victuals on the
sabbath day to sell, that we would
not buy it of them on the sabbath,
or on the holy day: and that we
would leave the seventh year, and
the exaction of every debt.
32 Also we made ordinances for
us, to charge ourselves yearly with
the third part of a “shekel for the
service of the house of our God;
33 For the ‘shewbread, and for
the continual /meat-offering, and for
the continual burnt-offering, of the
sabbaths, of the new moons, for the
set feasts, and for the holy things,
and for the sin-offerings to make an
gatonement for Israel, and for all
the work of the house of our God.
34 And we cast the lots among the
priests, the Levites, and the people,
for the wood-offering, to bring it
into the house of our God, after the
houses of our fathers, at times ap-
pointed year by year, to burn upon
the altar of the Lorp our God, as
it 1s written in the law:
35 And to bring the “firstfruits of
our ground, and the firstfruits of all
fruit of all trees, year by year, unto
the house of the Lorb:
36 Also the ‘firstborn of our sons,
and of our cattle, as it is written in
the law, and the firstlings of our
herds and: of our flocks, to bring #0
the house of our God, unto the
priests that minister in the house of
our God:
37 And that we should bring the
firstfruits of our dough, and our of-
ferings, and the fruit of all manner
of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the
priests, to the chambers of the house
of our God; and the Jtithes of our
ground unto the Levites, that the
same Levites might have the tithes
in all the cities of our tillage.
38 And the priest the son of Aaron
shall be with the Levites, when the
Levites take tithes: and the Levites
shall bring up the tithe of the tithes
unto the house of our God, to the
chambers, into the treasure house.
39 For the children of Israel and
the children of Levi shall bring the
offering of the corn, of the new
wine, and the oil, unto the cham-
bers, where are the vessels of the
sanctuary, and the priests that min-
ister, and the porters, and the sing-
ers: and we will not “forsake the
house of our God. i
i
ty * NIBHEMTAH! ang
CHAPTER 11.
The dwellers at Jerusalem.
son of Ahasai, the son of Meshille-
moth, the son of Immer,
14 And their brethren, mighty
men of valour, an hundred twenty
and eight: and their overseer was
Zabdiel, the son of one of the great
men.
15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah
the son of Hashub, the son of Azri-
kam, the son of Hashabiah, the son
of Bunni;
16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad,
of the chief of the Levites, had the
oversight of the outward business,
of the house of God.
17 And Mattaniah the son of
Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son
of Asaph, was the principal to
begin the thanksgiving in prayer:
and Bakbukiah the second among
his brethren, and Abda the son of
dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of
the people also cast lots, to bring
one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem
the “holy city, and nine parts to
dwell in other cities.
2 And the people blessed ali the
men, that willingly offered them-
selves to dwell at Jerusalem.
3 Now these are the chief of the
province that dwelt in Jerusalem:
but in the cities of Judah dwelt
every one in his possession in their
cities, to wit, Israel, the priests,
and the Levites, and the %Nethi-
nims, and the ‘children of Solc-
mon’s servants.
4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain
of the children of Judah, and of the Shammua, the son of Galal, the
children of Benjamin. Of the chil- son of Jeduthun.
dren of Judah; Athaiah the son of 18 All the Levites in the holy city
Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the were two hundred fourscore and
son of Amariah, the son of Shepha- four.
tiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the], v.18: mt.4.5; |_19 Moreover the porters, Akkub,
children of Perez; 5.35. Cf£Rev.|Talmon, and their brethren that
5 And Maaseiah the son of Ba-| 21-2- kept the gates, were an hundred
hey the oy - trent pie ao b Neh.3.26 seventy and two.
of Hazaiah, the son o aiah, the] ref. ¥ " 4
son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, =i lea The dwellers in the other cities.
the son of Shiloni. cSee 1 Ki9.21.| 99 And the residue of Israel, of
6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt|d Nch.3.26, the priests, and the Levites, were
at Jerusalem were four hun-] re in all the cities of Judah, every one
dred threescore and eight valiant], josn.14.15, [im his inheritance.
men. 21 But the 4Nethinims dwelt in
7 And these are the sons of Ben- Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were
jamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, over the Nethinims.
the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, 22 The overseer also of the Levites
the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maa- at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of
seiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son
Jesaiah. f : of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of
8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, the sons of Asaph, the singers were
nine hundred twenty and eight. over the business of the house of
9 And Joel the son of Zichri was God.
23 For it was the king’s com-
their overseer: and Judah the son L
mandment concerning them, that
of Senuah was second over the city.
10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son a certain portion should be for the
of Joiarib, Jachin. singers, due for every day.
11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the 24 And Pethahiah the son of Me-
son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, shezabeel, of the children of Zerah
the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahi- the son of Judah, was at the king’s
tub, was the ruler of the house of ‘ hand in all matters concerning the
God. people. J ' ;
12 And their brethren that did the 25 And for the villages, with their
work of the house were eight hun- fields, some of the children of Judah
dred twenty and two: and Adaiah dwelt at ‘Kirjath-arba, and in the
the son of Jeroham, the son of Pe- villages thereof, and at Dibon, and
Jaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of in the villages thereof, and at
Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the Jekabzeel, and in the villages there-
son of Malchiah, of,
13 And his brethren, chief of the 96 And at Jeshua, and at Mola-
fathers, two hundred forty and two: dah, and at Beth-phelet,
and Amashai the son of Azareel, the 27 And at Hazar-shual, and at
11 28]
NEHEMIAH.
[12
Beer-sheba, and im the villages
thereof,
28 And at Ziklag, and at Meko-
nah, and in the villages thereof,
29 And at En-rimmon, and at
Zareah, and at Jarmuth, :
30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their
villages, at Lachish, and the fields
thereof, at Azekah, and in the vil-
lages thereof. And they dwelt from
B.C. 445.
Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hin-|
nom.
31 The children also of Benjamin
from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and
Aija, and Beth-el, and fn their vil-}
lages,
32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ana-
niah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35. Lod, and Ono, the valley of
craftsmen.
36 And of the Levites were divi-
sions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
CHAPTER 12.
The priests and Levites who
went up with Zerubbabel.
NOW “these are the priests and
the Levites that went up with
>Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah,
Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.
These were the chief of the priests
and of their brethren in the days of
Jeshua.
8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua,
Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,
and Mattaniah, which wasoverthe
thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their
brethren, were over against them in
the watches.
Descent of the priests.
10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Jo-
iakim also begat Eliashib, and Eli-
ashib begat Joiada,
11 And Joiada begat Jonathan,
and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
12 And in the days of Joiakim
were priests, the chief of the frthers:
of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah,
Hananiah;
13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Ama-
riah, Jehohanan;
14. Of Melicu, Jonathan; of She-
baniah, Joseph;
}a Cf£.Ezra 2,
1-61.
b Called Zoro-
babel, Mt.
1.12,13.
¢1 Chr.9.
14-22,
d 1 Chr.23.-25.
554
15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth,
Helkai; ;
16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginne-—
thon, Meshullam; f
17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Minia-
min, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shem-
aiah, Jehonathan; ;
19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of
Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok,
Eber; : §
| 21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Je-
daiah, Nethaneel.
The chief Levites.
| 22 The Levites in the days of
Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and
\Jaddua, were recorded chief of the
fathers: also the priests, to the
Teign of Darius the Persian.
23 The sons of Levi, the chief of
the fathers, were ‘written in the
book of the chronicles, even until
the days of Johanan the son of
|Eliashib.
24 And the chief of the Levites:
Hashabiah, , Sherebiah, and Jeshua
the son of Kadmiel, with their
brethren over against them, to
praise and to give thanks, ¢accord-
ing to the commandment of David
the man of God, ward over against
ward.
25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah,
Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Ak-
kub, were porters keeping the ward
at the thresholds of the gates.
26 These were in the days of Joia-
kim the son of Jeshua, the son of
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehe-
miah the governor, and of Ezra the
priest, the scribe.
The dedication of the walls.
27. And at the dedication of the
wall of Jerusalem they sought the
Levites out of all their places, to
bring them to Jerusalem, to keep
the dedication with gladness, both
with thanksgivings, and with sing-
ing, with cymbals, psalteries, and
with harps.
28 And the sons of the singers
gathered themselves together, both
out of the plain country round
about Jerusalem, and from the
villages of Netophathi; :
29 Also from the house of Gilgal,
and out of the fields of Geba and
Azmaveth: for the singers had
builded them villages round about
Jerusalem.
30 And the priests and the Le-
vites purified themselves, and puri-
7
\
12:31]
NEHEMIAH.
[13's
fied the people, and the gates, and| B.c. 445." lof Jerusalem was heard even afar
the wall. -
31 Then I brought up the princes
of Judah upon the wall, and ap-
pointed two great companies of
them that gave thanks, whereof
one went on the right hand upon
the wall toward the dung gate:
_32 And after them went Hosha-
jah, and half of the princes of
Judah,
33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Me-
shullam, |
34 Judah, and Benjamin, and
Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
35 And certain of the priests’
sons with trumpets; namely, Zech-
ariah the son of Jonathan, the son
of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah,
the son of Michaiah, the son of
Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
36 And his brethren, Shemaiah,
and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani,
éwith the musical instruments of
David the man of God, and Ezra
the Sscribe before them.
37 And at the fountain gate,
which was over against them, they
went up by the stairs of the ‘city of
a
1 Chr.23.5.
b v.26.
c2Sam,5.
7-9.
d 1 Chr.25.1-7;
2 Chr.29.30.
e Deut.23.3,4.
f Num.22.-24.
g Separation.
David, at the going up of the wall,| John 15.18, -
above the house of David, even| 122 Gg”
unto the water gate eastward. 14-17.)
38 And the other company of y
them that gave thanks went over|” Be ees,
against them, and I after them,
i Lit. meal,
and the half of the people upon
the wall, from beyond the tower of
the furnaces even unto the broad
wall;
39 And from above the gate of|
Ephraim, and above the old gate,|
and above the fish gate, and the
tower of Hananeel, and the tower
of Mesh, even unto the sheep gate:}
and they stood still in the prison
gate. |
40. So stood the two companies}
of them that gave thanks in the}
house of God, and I, and the half}
of the rulers with me:
41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maa-
seiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioe-
nai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with
trumpets; ;
42 And Maaseiah,and Shemaiah,|
and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jeho-}
hanan, and Malchijah, and Elam,}
and Ezer. And the singers sang]
loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.|
43 Also that day they offered]
great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for}
God had made them rejoice with]
great joy: the wives also and the}
children rejoiced: so that the joy’
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off.
Restoration of the temple order.
44 And at that time were some
appointed over the chambers for
the treasures, for the offerings, for
the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to
gather into them out of the fields of
the cities the portions of the law
for the priests and Levites: for
Judah rejoiced for the priests and
for the Levites that waited.
45 And both the singers and the
porters kept the ward of their God,
and the ward of the purification,
according to the commandment of
David, arid of Solomon his son.
46 For 4in the days of David and
Asaph of old there were chief of
the singers, and songs of praise and
thanksgiving unto God.
47 And all Israel in the days of
Zerubbabel, and in the days of Ne-
hemiah, gave the portions of the
singers and the porters, every day
his portion: and they sanctified
holy things unto the Levites; and
the Levites sanctified them unto
the children of Aaron.
CHAPTER 13.
The law, and separation.
‘Oy that day they read in the
ebook of Moses in the audience
of the people; and therein was
found written, that the Ammonite
and the Moabite should not come
into the congregation of God for
ever;
2 Because they met not the chil-
dren of Israel with bread and with
water, but hired /Balaam against
them, that he should curse them:
howbeit our God turned the curse
into a blessing.
3 Nowit came to pass, when they
had heard the law, that they ¢sep-
arated from Israel all the “mixed
multitude.
Cleansing of the temple.
4 And before this, Eliashib the
priest, having the oversight of the
‘chamber of the house of our God,
was allied unto Tobiah:
5 And he had prepared for him a
great chamber, where aforetime
they laid the ‘meat-offerings, the
frankincense, and the vessels, and
the tithes of the corn, the new
wine, and the oil, which was com-
manded to be given to the Levites,
and the singers, and the porters;
and the offerings of the priests.
o~ “2
oA
Ja» Se
13 6]
NEHEMIAH.
[13 *27e
6 But in all this time was not I|_ Buc. 434. Nabhan unto the children of Judah,
at Jerusalem: ¢for in the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of
Babylon came I unto the king, and
after certain days obtained I leave
of the king:
Nehemiah’s second visit to
Jerusalem.
7 And I came to Jerusalem, and
understood of the evil that Eliashib
did for “Tobiah, in preparing him a
chamber in the courts of the house
of God.
8 And it grieved me sore: there-
fore I cast forth all the household
stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
9 Then I commanded, and they
cleansed the chambers: and thither
brought I again the vessels of the
house of God, with the ‘meat-offer-
ing and the frankincense.
The order of God’s house.
10 And I perceived that the por-
tions of the Levites had ¢not been
given them: for the Levites and
the singers, that did the work, were
fled every one to his field.
11 Then contended I with the
rulers, and said, Why is the house
of God forsaken? And I gathered
them together, and set them in
their place,
12 Then brought all Judah the
tithe of the corn and the new wine
and the oil unto the treasuries.
13 And I made treasurers over the
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest,
and Zadok the scribe, and of the
Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them
was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the
son of Mattaniah: for they were
counted faithful, and their office was
to distribute unto their brethren.
14 Remember me, O my God,
concerning this, and wipe nof out
my good deeds that I have done
for the house of my God, and for
the offices thereof.
Violation of the sabbath rest,
15 In those days saw I in Judah
some treading wine presses on the
‘sabbath, and bringing in sheaves,
and lading asses; as also wine,
grapes, and figs, and all manner of
burdens, which they brought into
Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and
I testified against them in the day
wherein they sold victuals.
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also
therein, which brought fish, and all
manner of ware, and sold on the
a Neh.5.14-16,
b Neh.2.10,
note.
cv.5, ref.
d Cf.Mal.3.
7-10.
e Ex.20.10.
f Neh.12.30.
2 Ex.34.16;
Deut.7.3,4.
hi Ki.11,1,2.
#1 Ki.11.4-8.
556
i
and in Jerusalem. ’
17 Then I contended with the no-
bles of Judah, and said unto them,
What evil thing is this that ye do,
and profane the sabbath day?
18 Did not your fathers thus, and
did not our God bring all this evil
upon us, and upon this city? yet ye
bring more wrath upon Israel by
profaning the sabbath.
19 And it came to pass, that when
the gates of Jerusalem began to be
dark before the sabbath, I com-
manded that the gates should be
shut, and charged that they should
not be opened till after the sabbath:
and some of my servants set I at
the gates, that there should no bur-
den be brought in on the sabbath
day.
20 So the merchants and sellers
of all kind of ware lodged without
Jerusalem once or twice.
21 Then I testified against them,
and said unto them, Why lodge ye
about the wall? if ye do so again,
I will lay hands on you. From that
time forth came they no more on
the sabbath.
22 And I commanded the Levites
‘that they should cleanse them-
selves, and that they should come
and keep the gates, to sanctify the
sabbath day. Remember me, Omy
God, concerning this also, and
spare me according to the greatness
of thy mercy.
Intermarriage with other races
rebuked.
23 In those days also saw I Jews
that had gmarried wives of Ashdod,
of Ammon, and of Moab:
24 And their children spake half
in the speech of Ashdod, and could
not speak in the Jews’ language,
but according to the language of
each people.
25 And I contended with them,
and cursed them, and smote certain
of them, and plucked off their hair,
and made them swear by God, say-
ing, Ye shall not give your daugh-
ters unto their sons, nor take their
daughters unto your sons, or for
yourselves.
26 Did not Solomon king of Is-
rael sin by these things? yet among
many nations was there no king
like him, who was beloved of his
God, and God made him king over
all Israel: nevertheless ‘even him
did outlandish women cause to sin,
27 Shall we then hearken unto
Sie wade ei as a al a
a ia
you to do all this great evil, to
transgress against our God in mar-
Tying strange wives?
28 And one of the 4sons of Joiada,
the son of Eliashib the high priest,
was son in law to °Sanballat the
Horonite: therefore I chased him
from me.
- 29 Remember them, O my God,
because they have defiled the
NEHEMIAH.
B.C. 434.
a Neh.12.10.
b Neh.4.1,7;
6.1,2.
c Mal.2.4,11,
12.
557
verge Le
priesthood, and the covenant ‘of
the priesthood, and of the Levites.
30 Thus cleansed I them from all
strangers, and appointed the wards
of the priests and the Levites, every
one in his business;
31 And for the wood-offering, at
times appointed, and for the first-
fruits. Remember me, O my God,
for good.
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THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
[1 16
THE significance of the Book of Esther is that it testifies to the secret watch care
of Jehovah over dispersed Israel.
The name of God does not once occur, but in no
; SF ease . : team
book of the Bible is His providence more conspicuous. A mere remnant r
Dencd to Jerusalem. The mass of the nation preferred the easy and lucrative life
under the Persian rule.
I. The story of Vashti, 1. 1-22.
spiracy of Haman, 3. 1-15.
V. The vengeance, 8. 1-9. 19.
10. 1-3.
But God did not forsake them. What Hehere does for
i ing for all the covenant people.
Pernd store ob Wena te II, Esther made queen, 2. 1-23,
IV. The courage of Esther brings deliverance, 4. i= / 410.
VI. The feast of Purim, 9. 20-32. VII. Epilogue,
The book is in seven parts:
III. The con-
The events recorded in Esther cover a period of 12 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1°
The story of Vashti.
Now it came to pass in the days
of ¢Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasu-
erus which reigned, from %India
even unto Ethiopia, ‘over an hun-
dred and seven and twenty Prov-|
inces:)
2 That in those days, when the
king Ahasuerus ¢sat on the throne
of his kingdom, which was in ¢Shu-
shan the palace,
3 In the third year of his reign, he
‘made a feast unto all his princes
and his servants; the power of
Persia and Media, the nobles and
princes of the provinces, being be-
fore him:
4 When he shewed the riches of
his glorious kingdom and _ the
honour of his excellent majesty
many days, even an hundred and
fourscore days.
5 And when these days were ex-
pired, the king made a feast unto
all the people that were present in
Shushan the palace, both unto great
and small, seven days, in the court
of the garden of the king’s palace;
6 Where were white, green, and
blue, Aangings, fastened with
cords of fine linen and purple to
silver rings and pillars of marble:
the beds were of gold and silver,
upor a pavement of red, and blue,
and white, and black, marble.
7 And they gave them drink in
vessels of gold, (the vessels being|
diverse one from another,) and
royal wine in abundance, according
to the state of the king.
8 And the drinking was according
to the law; none did compel: for so
the king had appointed to all the
officers of his house, that they
B.C. 521.
SS ee
Dan.9.1.
6 Esth.8.9.
¢ Dan.6.1.
@1 Ki.1.46.
e Neh.1.1.
f Gen.40.20.
g 2 Sam.13.28.
h Esth.7.9,
# Or, eunuchs,
j1 Chr.12.32.
k Ezra 7.14.
12 Ki,25.19.,
558
should do according to every man’s
pleasure.
9 Also Vashti the queen made a
feast for the women in the royal —
house which belonged to king
Ahasuerus.
10 On the seventh day, when the
Sheart of the king was merry with
wine, he commanded Mehuman,
Biztha, *Harbona, Bigtha, and
Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the
seven ‘chamberlains that served in
the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
11 To bring Vashti the queen be-
fore the king with the crown royal,
to shew the people and the princes
her beauty: for she was fair to look
on.
12 But the queen Vashti refused
to come at the king’s commandment
by his chamberlains: therefore was
the king very wroth, and his anger
burned in him.
13 Then the king said to the wise
men, Jwhich knew the times, (for so
was the king’s manner toward all
that knew law and judgment:
14 And the next unto him was
Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tar-
shish, Meres, Marsena, and Memu-
can, the ‘seven princes of Persia’
and Media, ‘which saw the king’s
face, and which sat the first in the
kingdom;
15 What shall we do unto the
queen Vashti according to law, be-
cause she hath not performed the
commandment of the king Ahasue-
tus by the chamberlains?
16 And Memucan answered be-
fore the king and the princes,
Vashti the queen hath not done
wrong to the king only, but also to
all the Princes, and to all the people
that are in all the provinces of the
king Ahasuerus,
Pi ESTHER. [2 33
eth the king be queen instead of
Vashti. And the thing pleased the
king; and he did so.
5 Now in Shushan the palace
there was a certain Jéw, whose
name was Mordecai, the son of
Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of
Kish, a Benjamite;
6 ¢Who had been carried away
from Jerusalem with the captivity
which had been carried away with
éJeconiah king of Judah, whom
Webuchadnezzar the king of Baby-
lom had carried away.
7 And he brought up Hadassah,
that is, Esther, ‘his uncle’s daugh-
ter: for she had neither father
nor mother, and the maid was
17 For this deed of the queen
shall come abroad unto all women,
so that they shall despise their hus-
bands in their eyes, when it shall be
reported, The king Ahasuerus com-
manded Vashti the queen to be
brought in before him, but she
came not.
18 Likewise shall the ladies of
Persia and Media say this day unto
all the king’s princes, which have
heard of the deed of the queen.
Thus shail there arise too much
contempt and wrath.
19 If it please the king, let there
go a royal commandment from him,
and let it be written among the laws
it be not altered, That Vashti come fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai,
no more before king Ahasuerus; when her father and mother
and let the king give her royal), pongo. were dead, took for his own
estate unto another that is better daughter.
than she. » Esth.1.19,20. | § So it came to pass, when the
20 And when the king’s decree}. 5,, Hegai, |King’s commandment and his de-
Boek ne sal nie Be cic be pub-| v.s. men was heard, aad me sises
s oughout Ss empire, maidens were gathered together
(for it is great,) all the wives shall 7 Ging6, [unto Shushan the palace, to the
give to their husbands honour, both| 10,20; Jer. | |custody of Hegai, that. Esther was
to great and small. 24.1. brought also unto the king’s house,
21 And the saying pleased the),o,, sehoia. |to the custody of Hegai, keeper of
king and the princes; and the king| chin;2 Ki. |the women.
did according to the word of Me-| 24.6. 9 And the maiden pleased him,
mucan: fvAs. and she obtained kindness of him;
22 For he sent letters into all the and he speedily gave her her “things
king’s provinces, into every prov-|é v-3- for purification, with such things as
ince according to the writing); ,.3 12. belonged to her, and seven maidens,
thereof, and to every people after 4 which were meet to be given her,
their language, that every man yew fe. her, (CUt of the king’s house: and he ‘pre-
should bear rule in his own house,| “#"4°¢"*"|ferred her and her maids unto the
and that it should be published) j v.20. best place of the house of the
according to the language of every) women,
Hy 10 JEsther had not shewed her
ople,
ae * people nor her kindred: for Mor-
decai had charged her that she
should not shew it.
11 And Mordecai walked every
day before the court of the women’s
wrath of king Ahasuerus was house, to know how Esther did, and
appeased, he remembered Vashti, what should become of her.
and what she had done, and ’what 12 Now when every maid’s turn
was decreed against her. as come to go in to king Ahas-
. 2 Then said the king’s servants uerus, after that she had been
that ministered unto him, Let there twelve months, according to the
be fair young virgins sought for the manner of the women, (for so were
king: the days of their purifications ac-
3 And let the king appoint officers
complished, to wit, six months
in all the provinces of his kingdom, with oil of myrrh, and six months
that they may gather together all with sweet odours, and with other
the fair young virgins unto Shu-
things for the purifying of the wo-
shan the palace, to the house of the
men;) | ‘
women, unto the custody of “Hege 13 Then thus came every maiden
the king’s chamberlain, keeper of
unto the king; whatsoever she de-
the women; and let their things f sired was given her to go with her
purification be given them:
out of the house of the women unte
4 And let the maiden which pleas-
CHAPTER 2.
Esther made queen.
FTER these things, when the
the king’s house.
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4
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tained grace and favour in his sight
_ had charged her: for Esther did the
. 23 And when
2 14]
14 In the evening she went, and
on the morrow she returned into
the second house of the women, to)
the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s|
chamberlain, which kept the con-
cubines: she came in unto the king
no more, except the king delighted
in her, and that she were called by
name.
15 Now when the turn of Esther,
“the daughter of Abihail the uncle
of Mordecai, who had taken her for
his daughter, was come to go in
unto the king, she required nothing
but what Hegai the king’s chamber-
lain, the keeper of the women, ap-
pointed. And Esther obtained fa-
vour in the sight of all them that
looked upon her.
16 So Esther was taken unto king
Ahasuerus into his house royal in
the tenth month, which is the
month Tebeth, in the seventh year
of his reign.
17 And the king loved Esther
above all the women, and she ob-
more than all the virgins; so that
he set the royal crown upon her
head, and made her queen instead
of Vashti.
18 Then the king «made a great
feast unto all his princes and his
servants, even Esther’s feast; and
he made a 4release to the provinces,
and gave gifts, according to the
state of the king.
19 And when the virgins were
gathered together the second time,
then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
20 Esther had not yet shewed her
kindred nor her people; as Mordecai
commandment of Mordecai, like as
when she was brought up with
him,
Mordecai saves the king’s life.
21 In those days, while Mordecai!
Sat in the king’s gate, two of the
king’s chamberlains, ¢Bigthan and
Teresh, of those which kept the
door, were wroth, and sought to lay
hand on the king Ahasuerus.
22 And the thing was known. to
Mordecai, fwho told it unto Esther
the queen; and Esther certified
the king thereof in Mordecai’s
name.
inquisition was
made of the matter, it was found
out; therefore they were both
hanged on a tree: and it was written
£in the book of the chronicles before
the king.
he
ESTHER.
av.7.
bie. January.
c Esth.1.3.
d Heb. rest.
e Or, Big-
thana, Esth.
6.2.
f Esth.6.2.
g Esth.6.1.
h Num.24.7;
1 Sam.15.8.
tv.5.
j Psa.83.4.
ki.e. April;
also v.12.
lice. March;
also v.13.
(B.C. 510.
m One talent
(silver) =
£410, or
$1940.
n Esth.8.2,8.
o Or, op-
pressor.
Esth.7.6.
560
Ne ae)
. q
+ ts
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CHAPTER 3.
The conspiracy of Haman.
AFIER these things did king
oe
Ahasuerus promote Haman the ©
son of Hammedatha the “Agagite,
and advanced him, and set his seat
above all the princes that were with
him.
2 And all the king’s servants,
that were in the king’s gate, bowed,
and reverenced Haman: for the
king had so commanded concerning
him. But Mordecai ‘bowed not,
nor did Aim reverence.
3 Then the king’s servants, which
were in the king’s gate, said unto
|Mordecai, Why transgressest thou
the king’s commandment?
4 Now it came to pass, when they
spake daily unto him, and he heark-
ened not unto them, that they told
Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s
matters would stand: for he had
told them that he was a Jew.
5 And when Haman saw that
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence, then was Haman full of
wrath.
6 And he thought scorn to lay
hands on Mordecai alone; for they
had shewed him the people of Mor-
decai: wherefore Haman Jsought to
destroy all the Jews that were
throughout the whole kingdom of
Ahasuerus, even the people of Mor-
decai. -
7 In the *first month, that is, the
month Nisan, in the twelfth year of
king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that
is, the lot, before Haman from day
to day, and from month to month,
to the ‘twelfth month, that is, the
month Adar.
8 And Haman said unto king
Ahasuerus, There is a certain people
scattered abroad and dispersed
among the people in all the prov-
inces of thy kingdom; and their
laws are diverse from all people;
neither keep they the king’s laws:
therefore it is not for the king’s
profit to suffer them.
9 If it please the king, let it be
written that they may be destroyed:
and I will pay ten thousand talents
of silver to the hands of those that
have the charge of the business,
to bring it into the king’s treas-
‘uries.
10 And the king took “his ring
from his hand, and gave it unto
Haman the son of Hammedatha the
Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
11 And the king said unto Haman, -
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3:12]
The silver is given to thee, the
people also, to do with them as it
seemeth good to thee.
12 Then were the king’s scribes
called on the thirteenth day of the
first month, and there was written
according to all that Haman had
commanded unto the king’s lieu-
tenants, and to the governors that
were over every province, and to
the rulers of every people of every
province @according to the writing
thereof, and to every people after
their language; in the name of king
Ahasuerus was it written, and
sealed with the king’s ring.
13 And the letters were ‘sent by
posts into all the king’s provinces,
to destroy, to kill, and to cause to
perish, all Jews, both young and old,
little children and women, in one
day, even upon the thirteenth day
of the twelfth month, which is the
month Adar, and ¢to take the spoil
of them for a ‘prey.
14 The copy of the writing for a
commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all
people, that they should be ready
against that day.
15 The posts went out, being has-
tened by the king’s commandment,
and the decree was given in Shu-
shan the palace. And the king and
Haman sat down to drink; but
éthe city Shushan was perplexed.
CHAPTER 4.
Fasting among the Jews.
VAN feoeaa Mordecai perceived all
that was done, Mordecai /rent
his clothes, and put on sackcloth
with ashes, and went out into the
midst of the.city, and cried with a
loud and a bitter cry;
2 And came even before the king’s
gate: for none might enter into the
king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 And in every province, whither-
soever the king’s commandment
and -his decree came, there was
great mourning among the Jews,
and fasting, and weeping, and wail-
ing; Sand many lay in sackcloth
and ashes.
4 So Esther’s maids and her
chamberlains came and told it her.
Then was the queen exceedingly}
grieved; and she sent raiment to
clothe Mordecai, and-to take away
his sackcloth from him: but he re-
ceived it not.
5 Then called Esther for Hatach,
one of the king’s chamberlains,
ESTHER.
B.C. 510.
a Esth.1.22;
8.9.
b Esth.8.8,10;
1 Ki.21.8.
c Esth.8.10.
d Esth.8.11.
e Esth.8.15.
f 2 Sam.1.11.
g Heb. sack-
cloth and
ashes were
Jaid under
many. Isa.
58.5; Dan.
9.3,
h Esth.3.9.
4 Esth.5.1.
j Dan.2.9.
k Esth.5.2; 8.4.
1 Esth.5.1.
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whom he had appointed to attend
upon her, and gave him a command-
ment to Mordecai, to know what it
was, and why it was.
6 So Hatach went forth to. Mor-
decai unto the street of the city,
which was before the king’s gate.
7 And Mordecai told him of all
that had happened unto him, and
of ‘the sum of the money that
Haman had promised to pay to the
king’s treasuries for the Jews, to
destroy them.
8 Also he gave him the copy of
the writing of the decree that was
given at Shushan to destroy them,
to shew 1t unto Esther, and to de-
clare it unto her, and to charge her
that she should go in unto the king,
to make supplication unto him, and
to make request before him for her
people.
9 And Hatach came and told Es-
ther the words of Mordecai.
10 Again Esther spake unto Ha-
tach, and gave him commandment
unto Mordecai;
11 All the king’s servants, and the
people of the king’s provinces, do
know, that whosoever, whether
man or woman, shall come unto the
king ‘into the inner court, who is
not called, jthere is one law of his
to put Aim to death, except such
kto whom the king shall hold. out
the golden sceptre, that he may
live: but I have not been called to
come in unto the king these thirty
days.
12 And they told to Mordecai Es-
ther’s words.
13. Then Mordecai commanded to
answer Esther, Think not with thy-
self that thou shalt escape in the
king’s house, more than all the
Jews.
14 For if thou altogether holdest
thy peace at this time, then shall
there enlargement ‘and deliverance
arise to the Jews from another
place; but thou and thy father’s
house shall be destroyed: and who
knoweth whether thou art come to
the kingdom for such a time as
this?
15 Then Esther bade them re-
turn Mordecai this answer,
16 Go, gather together all the
Jews that are present in Shushan,
and fast ye for me, and neither eat
nor drink /three days, night or day:
I also and my maidens will fast like-
wise; and so will I go in unto the
king, which is not according to the
law: and if I perish, I perish.
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17 So Mordecai went his way, and
did according to all that Esther
had commanded him,
CHAPTER 5.
The courage of Esther,
OW it came to pass on “the
third day, that Esther put on
her royal apparel, and stood in the
inner court of the king’s house,
over against the king’s house: and
the king sat upon his royal throne
in the royal house, over against the
gate of the house.
2 And it was so, when the king
saw Esther the queen standing in
the court, that she obtained fa-
vour in his sight: and “the king held
out to Esther the golden sceptre
that was in his hand. So Esther
drew near, and touched the top of
the sceptre. ;
3 Then said the king unto her,
What wilt thou, queen Esther?
and what is thy request? it shall
be even given thee to the half of
the kingdom.
4 And Esther answered, If it
seem? good unto the king, let the
king and Haman come this day
unto the banquet that I have
prepared for him.
5 Then the king said, Cause Ha-
man to make haste, that he may do
as Esther hath said. So the king
and Haman came to the banquet
that Esther had prepared.
6 And the king said unto Esther
at the banquet of wine, ¢What is
thy petition? and it shall be granted
thee: and what is thy request? even
to the half of the kingdom it shall
be performed.
7 Then answered Esther, and
said, My petition and my request
is;
‘ 8 If I have found favour in the
‘Sight of the king, and if it please
the king to grant my petition, and
to perform my request, let the king
and Haman come to the banquet
that I shall prepare for them, and I
ee do to morrow as the king hath
said. -
9 Then went Haman. forth that
day joyful and with a glad heart:
but when Haman saw Mordecai in
the king’s gate, ¢that he stood not
up, nor moved for him, he was full
of indignation against Mordecai.
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained
himself: and when he came home,
he sent and called for his friends,
and Zeresh his wife.
\
ESTHER.
a Esth.4.16,
b Prov.21.1,
c Esth.4.11;
8.4.
d Esth:s.12,
e Esth.3.5.
f Esth.9.7-10.
g Esth.3.1.
h One cubit =
about 18 in.
# Esth.7.9.
j Esth.7.10,
k Heb. the
king’s sleep
fled away.
i Esth.2.21,
m Esth.5.1.
n Esth.5.14.
{6 57
11 And Haman told them of the
glory of his riches, and /the multi-
tude of his children, and all the
things wherein the king had pro-
moted him, and how he had éad-
vanced him above the princes and
servants of the king.
12 Haman said moreover, Yea,
Esther the queen did let no man
come in with the king unto the
banquet that she had prepared but
myself; and to morrow am I invited
unto her also with the king.
13 Yet all this availeth me
nothing, so long as I see Mordecai
the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and
all his friends unto him, Let a gal-
lows be made of fifty ‘cubits high,
and to morrow ‘speak thou unto
the king that Mordecai may be
hanged thereon: then go thou in
merrily with the king unto the ban-
quet. And the thing pleased Ha-
man; and he caused the gallows ta
be made.
CHAPTER 6,
Haman compelied to exalt
Mordecai.
ON that night -could not the king
sleep, and he commanded to
bring the book of records of the
chronicles; and they were read be-
fore the king.
2 And it was found written, that
Mordecai had told of “Bigthana and
Teresh, two of the king’s chamber-
lains, the keepers of the door, who
sought to lay hand on the king
Ahasuerus,
3 And the king said, What honour
and dignity hath been done to Mor-
decai for this? Then said the king’s
‘\servants that ministered unto him,
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There is nothing done for him,
4 And the king said, Who is in
the court? Now Haman was come
into ”the outward court of the
king’s house, to “speak unto the
king to hang Mordecai on the gal-
lows that he had prepared for him.
5 And the king’s servants said
unto him, Behold, Haman standeth
in the court. And the king said,
Let him come in.
6 So Haman came in. And the
king said unto.him, What shall be
done unto the man whom the king
delighteth to honour? Now Haman
thought in his heart, To whom
would the king delight to do hon-
our more than to myself?
7 And Haman answered the king,
6 8]
For the man whom the king de-
lighteth to honour,
8 Let the royal apparel be brought
which the king useth to wear, and
the horse that the king rideth upon,
and the crown royal which: is set
upon his head:
9. And let this apparel and horse
be delivered to the hand of one of
the king’s most noble: princes, that
they may array the man withal
whom the king delighteth to, hon-
our, and bring him on horseback
through the street of the city, and
proclaim before him, Thus shall it
be done to the man whom the king
delighteth to honour.
10 Then the king said to Haman,
Make haste, and take the apparel
and the horse, as thou hast said,
and.do-even so to Mordecai the Jew,
that sitteth at the king’s gate: let
nothing fail of all that thou hast
spoken.
11 Then took Haman the apparel
and the horse, and arrayed. Morde-
cai, and brought him on horseback
through the street of the city, and
proclaimed before him, Thus: shall
it be done unto the man whom the
king delighteth to honour.
12 And Mordecaicameagaintothe
king’s gate. But Haman ¢hasted to
his house mourning, Sand. having
his head covered.
13 And Haman told Zeresh his
wife and all his friends every thin&| i
that had befallen him. Then said
his wise men and Zeresh his wife
unto him, If Mordecai be of the
seed of the Jews, before whom thou
hast begun to fall, thou shalt not
_ prevail against him, but shalt surely
fall before him.
14 And while they were yet talk-
ing with him, came the king’s cham-
berlains, and hasted to bring Haman
unto ‘the banquet that Esther had
‘prepared.
CHAPTER 7.
Esther’s banquet: Haman
hanged.
S° the king and Haman came to
banquet with Esther the queen.
2 And the king said again unto
Esther on the second day ¢at the
banquet of wine, What is. thy peti-
tion, queen Esther? and it shall be
granted thee: and what is thy re-
“quest? and it shall be performed,
even to the half of the kingdom.
3 Then Esther the queen answered
and said, If I have found favour in
thy sight, O-king, and if it please!
ESTHER.
a 2 Chr.26.20.
6b 2 Sam.15.30;
Jer.14.3,4.
c Esth.5.8.
d Esth.5.6.
e Esth.3.9; 4.7:
f Esth.1.6.
g Esth.5.14;
Psa.7.16;
Prov.11.5,6.
h One cubit =
about 18 in.
j Esth.2.7.
k Esth.3.10.
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the king, let my life be given me at
my petition, and my people at my
request:
4 For we are ¢sold, I and my peo-
ple, to be destroyed, to be: slain,
land to perish. But if we had been
sold for bondmen and bondwomen,
I had held my tongue, although the
enemy could not countervail the
king’s damage. i i
5 Then the king Ahasuerus an-
swered and said wnto Esther the
queen, Who is he, and where is he,
that durst presume in his heart to
do so?
6 And Esther said, The adversary
and enemy is this wicked Haman.
‘Then Haman was afraid before the
king and the queen.
7 And the king arising from the
banquet of wine in his wrath went
into the palace garden: and Haman
stood up to make request’ for his
life to Esther the queen; for he
saw that there was evil determined
against him by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of
the palace garden into the place of
the banquet of wine; and Haman
was fallen upon ‘the bed whereon
Esther was. Then said the king,
Will he force the queen also before
me in the house? As the word
went out of the king’s mouth, they
covered Haman’s face.
9 And Harbonah, one of the
chamberlains, said before the king,
Behold also, &the gallows fifty
hkeubits high, which Haman had
made for Mordecai, who had spoken
good for the king, standeth in the
house of Haman. Then the king
said, Hang him thereon.
10: So they ‘hanged Haman on the
gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then was the king’s
wrath pacified.
CHAPTER 8.
The vengeance ordered,
ON that day did the king Ahas-
uerus give the house of Haman
the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the
queen. And Mordecai came before
the king; for Esther had told jwhat
he was unto her. 5
2 And the king took off *his ring,
which he had taken from Haman,
and gave it unto Mordecai. And
Esther set Mordecai over the house
of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again be-
fore the king, and fell down at his
feet, and besought him with tears to
put away the mischief of Haman
the Agagite, and his device that he
had devised against the Jews.
4 Then “the king held out the
golden sceptre toward Esther. So
Esther arose, and stood before the
king, : ;
5 And said, If it please the king,
and if I have found favour in his
sight, and the thing seem right be-
fore the king, and I be pleasing in
his eyes, let it be written to reverse
the letters devised by Haman the
son of Hammedatha the Agagite,
which he wrote to destroy the Jews
which are in all the king’s prov-
inces: :
6 For how can I endure to see ®the
evil that shall come unto my peo-
ple? or how can I endure to see the
destruction of my kindred?
7 Then the king Ahasuerus said
unto Esther the queen and to Mor-
decai the Jew, Behold, <I have
given Esther the house of Haman,
and him they have hanged upon
the gallows, because he laid his
hand upon the Jews.
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it
liketh you, in the king’s name, and
seal it with the king’s ring: for the
writing which is written in the
king’s name, and sealed with
the king’s ring, ¢may no man re-
verse.
9 Then were the king’s scribes
called at that time in the e¢third
month, that is, the month Sivan, on
the three and twentieth day thereof
and it was written according to all
that Mordecai commanded unto the
Jews, and to the lieutenants, and
the deputies and rulers of the Prov-
inces which are from ‘India unto
Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and
seven provinces, unto every prov-
ince faccording to the writing
thereof, and unto every people after
their language, and to the Jews
according to their writing, and
according to their language.
10 #And he wrote in the king
Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with
the king’s ring, and sent letters by
posts on horseback, and riders on
mules, camels, and young drome-
daries:
11 Wherein the king granted the
Jews which were in every city to
gather themselves together, and
to stand for their life, to destroy,
to slay, and to cause to perish,
all the power of the people and
province that would assault them,
both little ones and women, and
ESTHER.
a Esth.4.11;
5.2.
b Esth.7.4;
Neh.2.3.
¢ v.1; Prov.
13.22.
d Esth.1.19;
Dan.6.8,12,
15.
€i.e. June.
f Esth.1.1.
‘| g Esth.1.22;
3.12.
h Esth.3.12,
13; 1 Ki.21.8.
i Esth.9.10,
15,16.
9 Esth.3.13;
9.1.
k i.e. March;
also vs.15,17,
19,21,22.
7 Esth.3.15.
Prov.29.2.
m Psa.97.11,
n Esth.9.2;
Gen.35.5;
Ex.15.16;
Deut.2.25,
11.25.
o Esth.3.13.
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ito take the spoil of them for a
prey, :
12 JUpon one day in all the prov-
inces of king Ahasuerus, namely,
upon the thirteenth day of the
twelfth month, which is the month
Adar.
13 The copy of the writing for a
commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all
people, and that the Jews should be
ready against that day to avenge
themselves on their enemies.
14 So the posts that rode upon
mules and camels went out, being
hastened and pressed on by the
king’s commandment. And the de-
cree was given at Shushan the ©
palace.
15 And Mordecai went out from
the presence of the king in royal
apparel of blue and white, and with
a great crown of gold, and with
a garment of fine linen and purple:
fand the city of Shushan rejoiced
and was glad.
16 The Jews had “light, and glad-
ness, and joy, and honour.
17 And in every province, and in
every city, whithersoever the king’s
commandment and his decree came,
the Jews had joy and gladness, a
feast and a good day. And many of
the people of the land became Jews;
“for the fear of the Jews fell upon
them.
CHAPTER 9.
The vengeance executed.
OW in the twelfth month, that
is, the month Adar, on the thir-
teenth day of the same, °when the
king’s commandment and his decree
drew near to be put in execution,
in the day that the enemies of the
Jews hoped to have power over
them, (though it was turned to the
contrary, that the Jews had rule
over them that hated them;)
2 The Jews gathered themselves
together in their cities throughout
all the provinces of the king Ahas-
uerus, to lay hand on such as
sought their hurt: and no man
could withstand them; for the fear
of them fell upon all people.
3 And all the rulers of the prov-
inces, and the lieutenants, and the
deputies, and officers of the king, :
helped the Jews; because the fear
of Mordecai fell upon them.
4 For Mordecai was great in the
|King’s house, and his fame went
out throughout all the provinces:
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for this man Mordecai waxed| B.c.s09. |the fourteenth thereof; and on the
greater and greater.
5 Thus the Jews smote all their
enemies with the stroke of the
sword, and slaughter, and destruc-
tion, and did what they would unto
those that hated’ them.
6 And in Shushan the palace the
Jews slew and destroyed five hun-
dred men.
7 And Parshandatha, and Dal-
phon, and Aspatha,
8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and
Aridatha,
9 And Parmashta, and Arisai,
and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10 The ten sons of Hanian the son
of Hammedatha, the enemy of the
Jews, slew they; ¢but on the spoil
laid they not their hand.
11 On that day the number of
those that were slain in Shushan
the palace was brought before the
king.
12 And the king said unto Esther
the queen, The Jews have slain and
destroyed five hundred men in Shu-
shan the palace, and the ten sons
of Haman; what have they done in
the rest of the king’s provinces?
bnow what is thy petition? and it
shall be granted thee: or what is
thy request further? and it shall be
done.
13 Then said Esther, If it please
the king, let it be granted to the
Jews which are in Shushan to do
to morrow also ‘according unto this
day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten
sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14 And the king commanded it so
to be done: and the decree was
_-given at Shushan; and they hanged
Haman’s ten sons. :
15 For the Jews that were in Shu-
shan @gathered themselves together
on the fourteenth day also of the
month Adar, and slew three hun-
dred men at Shushan; “but on the
prey they laid not their hand.
16 But the other Jews that were
jn the king’s provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for
their lives, and had rest from their
enemies, and slew of their foes sev-
enty and five thousand, fput they
laid not their hands on the prey,
17 On the thirteenth day of the
month Adar; and on the fourteenth
day of the same rested they, and
made it a day of feasting and glad-
ness.
18 But the Jews that were at
Shushan assembled together on
the thirteenth day thereof, and on
a See Esth.
8.11.
b Esth.5.6; 7.2.
c Esth.8.11.
dv.2; Esth.
8.11.
ev.10.
{See Esth.
8.11.
g vs.11,15.
hie. March;
also vs.15,17.
? Deut.16.
11,14.
j v.22; Neh.
8,10,12.
k Psa.30.11.
1 Esth.7.10;
Psa.7.16.
m Esth.8.17;
Isa.56.3,6;
Zech.2.11.
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fifteenth day of the same they
rested, and made it a day of feasting
and gladness.
19 Therefore the Jews of the vil-
lages, that dwelt in the unwalled
towns, made the fourteenth day of
the *#month Adar ‘a day of glad-
ness and feasting, and a good day,
and of jsending portions one to
another.
The feast of Purim instituted.
20 And Mordecai wrote these
things, and sent letters unto all
the Jews that were in all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus,
both nigh and far,
21 To stablish this among them,
that they should keep the four-
teenth day of the month Adar, and
the fifteenth day of the same,
yearly,
22 As the days wherein the Jews
rested from their enemies, and the
month which was turned unto
them from sorrow to joy, and from
mourning into a good day: that
they should make them days of
feasting and joy, and of sending
portions one to another, and gifts
to the poor.
23 And the Jews undertook to do
as they had begun, and as Mordecai
had written unto them;
24 Because Haman the son of
Hammedatha, the Agagite, the en-
emy of all the Jews, had devised
against the Jews to destroy them,
and had cast Pur, that is, the lot,
to consume them, and to destroy
them;
25 But when Esther came before
the king, he commanded by letters
that his wicked device, which he
devised against. the Jews, should
lreturn upon his own head, and
that he and his sons should be
hanged on the gallows.
26 Wherefore they called these
days Purim after the name of Pur.
Therefore for all the words of this
letter, and of that which they had
seen concerning this matter, and
which had come unto them,
27 The Jews ordained, and took
upon them, and upon their seed,
and upon all such “as joined them-
selves unto them, so as it should
not fail, that they would keep these
two days according to their writing,
and according to their appointed
time every year;
298 And that these days should
be remembered and kept through-
9 29]
ESTHER.
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out every generation, every family,| B.C. 509.
every province, and every city; and
that these days of Purim should
not fail from. among the Jews, nor
the memorial of them perish from A Sees iia
their seed.
29 Then Esther the queen, “thelé See v.20;
daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai] Esth.8.10.
the Jew, wrote with all authority, | . msin.4.3,16,
to confirm this second letter of|
Purim. d i.e. coasts.
30 And he sent the letters unto}, Beth. 15:
all the Jews, to the hundred twenty
and seven provinces of the king
dom of Ahasuerus, with words of Z Eee 9.
, peace and truth,
;, 31 Toconfirm these days of Purim
.in their times appointed, accord-
ing as Mordecai the Jew and Esther
the queen had enjoined them, and
as they had decreed for themselves
and for their seed, the matters of
‘the fastings and their cry.
32 And the decree of Esther con-
firmed these matters of Purim; and
it was written in the book.
CHAPTER 10.
Mordecai prime minister.
aoe the king Ahasuerus laid a
stribute upon the land, _and
upon the 4isles of the sea.
2 And all the acts of his power
and of his might, and the declara-
tion of the greatness of Mordecai,
ewhereunto the king advanced him,
are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Media
and Persia?
3 For Mordecai the Jew was next
unto king Ahasuerus, and great
among the Jews, and accepted of the
multitude of his brethren, ‘seeking
the wealth of his people, and speak-
ing peace to all his seed.
THE POETICAL BOOKS,
THE books classed as poetical are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sony of
Solomon, Lamentations. The term “poetical” is not to be taken as implying fan-
cifulness or unreality, but as relating to form only. They are the books of the
human experiences of the people of God under the various exercises of earthly life;
but those experiences are, apart from the mere external setting, wrought in them by
the Spirit, interpreted to us by the Spirit, and written by holy men of God as they
were moved by the Spirit. While this is true of all these books, the Psalms in-
cluded, the latter have also a prophetic character.
The Hebrew poetic form is peculiar, and demands a word of explanation. Rhythm
is not achieved by repetition of similar sounds, as in rhymed verse; nor by rhyth-
mic accent as in blank verse, but by repetition of ideas. This is called parallel-
ism; e.g.
“The Lorp also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.” (Psa. 9. 9.)
Parallelism is called synonymous when the thought is identical, as in the above
instance; antithetic when the primary and the secondary ideas are in con-
trast; e.g.
“For the LorD knoweth the way of the righteous:
But the way of the ungodly shall perish’ (Psa. 1. 6);
and synthetic when the thought is developed or enriched by the parallel; e.g.
“And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope;
Yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take
thy rest in safety.”’ (Job 11. 18.)
Under this method the Poetical Books are epic, lyric, and drarnatic, and supply
examples of literary expression unmatched in uninspired literature.
ioat
a
a |
HOW TO USE THE SUBJECT REFERENCES.
: a THE subject references lead the reader from the first clear mention of a great truth
_ to the last. The first and last references (in parenthesis) are repeated each time,
so that wherever a reader comes upon a subject he may recur to the first reference
a and follow the subject, or turn at once to the Summary at the last reference.
wy
“as . ILLUSTRATION
(at Mark 1. 1.)
ie Here Gospel is the subject; vs. 1, 14, 15 show where it is at that particular place:
_ Mk. 8. 35 is the next reference in the chain, and the references in parenthesis are
wt
.
se the first and last.
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THE BOOK OF JOB.
Jos is in form a dramatic poem. It is probably the oldest of the Bible books, and
was certainly written before the giving of the law. It would have been impossible,
in a discussion covering the whole field of sin, of the providential government of
God, and of man’s relation to Him, to avoid all reference to the law if the law had
then been known. Job was a veritable personage (Ezk. 14. 20; James 5. 11), and
the events are historical. The book sheds a-remarkable light on the philosophic
breadth and intellectual culture of the patriarchal age. The problem is, Why do
the godly suffer?
II. Job and his wife, 2.9,10. III.
Job is in seven parts: I. Prologue, 1. 1-2. 8.
Job and his three friends, 2. 11-31. 40.
VI. Job’s final answer, 42. 1-6.
and Job, 38. 1-41. 34.
IV. Job and Elihu, 32. 1-37. 24.
3 V. Jehovah
VII. Epilogue, 42. 7-17.
The events recorded in Job cover a period of within 1 year.
a ae een Pore ne eee Tn aT?
(4) Satan’s theory: Job was g00d
CHAPTER 1.
Part I. Prologue: (1) The char-
acter of Job.
HERE was a man in the lard
of 2Uz, whose name was °Job;
B.C. 1520.
because prosperous.
6 Now there was a day when the
fgons of God came to present them-
selves before the LorD, and ¢Satan
came also among them.
7 And the LorD said unto “Satan,
and that man was “perfect. and _up- 25.20.
right, and one thats dfeared God, @ See Jer.25-20. |v7hence comest thou? Then Satan
and eschewed evil. bEzk.14.14; |answered the Lorp, and said, From
Jas.5.11. going to and fro in the earth, and
(2) The family and prosperity | see 1 Ki.8.61./ffom walking up and down in it.
of Job. Seciées if age the ORD end unto Satan,
: Saag ‘Hast thou considered my servant
Sac aergeS ae ela app aes Job, that there is none like him in
a e1 Ki.21.10,13./the earth, a (perfect and an upright
3 His substance also was seven
thousand sheep, and three thousand
f This scene
is in heaven.
man, one that ¢feareth God, and
escheweth evil?
ee Cf.Job 21-7. | 9 Then Satan answered the Lorp,
and a very great household; so that @ Satan. vs. pes Doth Job “fear God for
; -9,12; Jo! £
_Saaeeone greatest of all the 21-3.) 10 Hast not thou made, an hedge
: k : 3.15 about him, and about his house, and
4 rena ie Sons ee anh ee pees 00:) about all that he hath on every
Bed a icy Be ipepes three|Heb. the —|side? thou hast blessed the work
ey eee an e a Ms d ink ith Fete H of his hands, and his substance is
te SEN ee ee eee ee itl Rey.i2.9,10. |ancreased in the,land,
em. Bite 3) 11 But eal thie hand now,
- -. |?Heb. has and touch all that he hath, and he
(3) The piety of Job and his thou set thy/ 11 curse thee to thy face.
household. heart on. :
. Job 2.3. 12 And the LorD said unto Satan,
5 And it was so, when the days of Fane te Behold, all that he hath is in thy
their feasting were gone about, that
Job sent and sanctified them, and
rose up early in the morning, and
offered burnt-offerings according
to the number of them all: for Job
said, It may be that my sons
have sinned, and ‘cursed God in
their hearts. Thus did Job contin-
ually.
power; only upon himself put not
forth thine hand. So Satan went
forth from the presence of the LorD.
(5) In the sieve of Satan: mys-
tery of God’s permissive will.
(See “Satan,” Gen. 3. 1; Rev.
20. 10.)
13 And there was a day Jwhen his
1A region at the south of Edom, and west of the Arabian desert, extending to
Chaldea.
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sons and his daughters were eating
and drinking wine in their eldest
brother’s house:
14 And there came a messenger
unto Job, and said, The oxen were
plowing, and the asses feeding ~be-
side them:
15 And the Sabeans fell upon
them, and took them away; yea,
they have slain the servants with
the edge of the sword; and I only
am escaped alone'to tell thee. _
16 While he was yet speaking,
there came also another, and said,
The fire of God is fallen from
heaven, and hath burned up the
sheep, and the servants, and con-
sumed them; and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee. :
17 While he was yet speaking,
there came also another, and said,
The Chaldeans made out three
bands, and fell upon the camels,
and have carried them away, yea,
and slain the servants with the
edge of the sword; and I only am
escaped alone to tell thee.
18 While he was yet speaking,
there came also another, and ‘said,
@Thy sons and tHy daughters were
eating and drinking wine in their
eldest brother’s house:
19 And, behold, there came a
great wind from the wilderness, and
smote the four corners of the house,
and it fell upon the young men, and
they are dead; and I only am
escaped alone to teil thee.
20 Then Job arose, and rent his
mantle, and shaved his head, and
fell down upon the ground, and
worshipped.
21 And said, Naked came I out
of my mother’s womb, and naked
shall I return thither: the Lorp
gave, and the Lorp hath taken
away; blessed be the nameof the
Lorp.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor
charged God foolishly.
CHAPTER 2.
(6) Again in Satan’s sieve: fam-
ily, property, health gone.
GAIN °there was a day when
the sons of‘God came to pre-
sent themselves before the LorD|
and Satan ‘came also among them
to present himself before the
Lorp.
2 And the Lorp said unto Satan,
From whence comest thou? And
dSatan answered the LorD, and
JOB.
B.C. 1520.
a vs.4,13.
b Job 1.6.
c Satan. vs.2,
d Job 1.7.
e See 1 Ki.8.61,
f Psa.19.9,
note.
g Job 27.5,6.
h Heb. to swal-
low him up.
Job 9.17.
# Job 1.11.
J Job 19.20.
R Job 1.12.
l Job 1.21;
Jas.5.10,11.
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said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and
down in it.
3 And the LorD said unto Satan,
Hast thou considered my servant
\Job, that there is none like him in
the earth, a “perfect and an upright
man, one that /feareth God, and es-
icheweth evil? and still he sheldeth
fast his integrity, although thou
movedst me against him, to /de-
stroy him without cause.
4 And Satan answered the Lorp,
and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that
a man hath will he give for his life.
5 *But put forth thine hand now,
and touch his Jbone and his flesh,
and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 #And the LorD said unto Satan,
Behold, he zs in thine hand; but
save his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the
presence of the LORD, and smote
- |Job with sore boils from the sole of
his foot unto his crown. -
8 And he took him a potsherd to
scrape himself withal; and the ‘sat
down among the. ashes.
Part i. Job and his wife.
9 Then said his wife unto him,
Dost thou still retain thine integ-
rity? curse God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou
speakest as one of the foolish
women speaketh. What? /shall we
receive good at the hand of God,
and shall wenot receive evil? In all
this did not Job sin with his lips.
Part III. Job and his three
friends: scene, the ash ‘heap
outside an oriental village.
(1) The friends arrive.
11 Now when Job’s three friends
heard of all this evil that was come
upon him, they came every one
from his own place; Eliphaz the
Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite,
and Zophar the Naamathite: for
they had made an appointment to-
gether to come to mourn with him
and to comfort him.
12 And when they lifted up their
eyes afar off, and knew him not,
they lifted up their voice, and wept:
and they rent every one his mantle,
and_ sprinkled dust upon their
heads toward ‘heaven.
13 So they sat down with ‘him
upon the ground seven days and
seven nights, and none spake a
word unto him: for they saw that
his grief was very great,
3 1) JOB.
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CHAPTER 3.
(2) Job’s first discourse: he tells
his misery and despair.
el TER this opened Job his
4 mouth, and cursed his day.
2 And Job spake, and said,
3 “Let the day perish wherein I
was born, and the night in which
it. was said, There is a man child
conceived.
4 Let that day be darkness; let
not God regard it from above,
neither let the light shine upon it,
of death stain it; let a cloud dwel
upon it; let the blackness of the|‘ Hs}. s#2,
day terrify it. the morn-
6 As for that night, let darkness
seize upon it; let it not be joined
unto the days of the year, let it not|¢ Job 10.18.
come intothe number of the months.
7 Lo, let that night be solitary,
let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the
day, who are ready to raise up
their mourning.
9 Let the stars of the twilight] _
thereof be dark; let it look for light,| * } $am-1,20:
but Aave none; neither let it see the] Prov.31.6.
¢dawning of the day: ¢ ;
10 Because. it shut not up the|/ Heb wait.
doors of my mother’s womb, nor THR
hid sorrow from miné eyes.
1i ¢Why died I not from the
womb? why did I not give up
the ghost when I came out of the
belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent
me? or why the breasts that I
should suck?
13 For now should I have lain
_still and been quiet, I should have
slept: then had I been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellors of
the earth, ‘which built desolate
places for themselves;
15 Or with princes that had gold,
who filled their houses with silver:
16 Or fas an hidden untimely
birth I had not been; as infants
which never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from
troubling; and there the weary be
at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest to-
gether; éthey hear not the voice of!
the oppressor.
e Job 15.28.
f Psa.58.8.
g Job 39.7.
h Jer.20.18.
k Job 19.8;
Lam.3.7.
1 1sa.35.3.
m i.e. by His
15.30; Isa.
2.8.
B.C. 1520.
a Job 10.18,19.
5 Let darkness and the ’shadow}» Job 10.21,22.
ing. Job 41.
18.
11.4; 2 Thes,
19 The small and great are there;
and the servant is free from his
master.
20 #Wherefore is light .given to
him that is in misery, and life unto
the *bitter in soul;
21 Which Ylong for death, but it
cometh not; and dig for it more
than for hid treasures;
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and
are glad, when they can find the
grave?
23 Why is light given to aman
whose way is hid, and *~whom God
hath hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before
I eat, and my roarings are poured
out like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly
feared is come upon me, and that
which I was afraid of is come unto
me.
26'I was not in safety, neither
had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet
trouble came.
CHAPTER 4.
(3) First discourse of Eliphaz.
HEN !Eliphaz the Temanite
answered and said,
2 If we assay to commune with
thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who
can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed
many, and thou hast strengthened
the weak hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him
that was falling, and thou ‘hast
strengthened the feeble knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee,
and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,
and thou art troubled.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confi-
dence, thy hope, and the upright-
ness of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who
ever perished, being innocent? or
where were the righteous cut off?
‘8 Even as I have seen, they that
plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,
reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish,
and by the “breath of his nostrils
are they consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and
the voice of the fierce lion, and the
teeth of the young lions, are broken,
1 Eliphaz is a religious dogmatist whose dogmatism rests upon a mysterious and
remarkable experience (vs. 12-16).
Did a spirit ever pass before Job’s face? Did
fob’s hair of his flesh ever stand up? Then let him be meek while one so superior
as Eliphaz declares the
causes of his misfortunes.
Eliphaz says many true things
(as do the others), and often rises into eloquence, but he remains hard and cruel, a
dogmatist who must be heard because of one remarkable experience,
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11 The old lion perisheth for lack
of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps
are scattered abroad.
12 Now a thing was 4secretly
brought to me, and mine ear re-
ceived a little thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions of
the night, when deep sleep falleth
on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trem-
bling, which made all my bones to
shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my
face; the hair of my flesh stood
up:
16 It stood still, but I-could not
discern the form thereof: an image
was before mine eyes, there was
silence, and I heard a voice, say-
ing,
17 Shall mortal man be more just
than God? shall a man be more
pure than his maker?
18 Behold, he put no ®trist in his
servants; and his ‘angels he charged
with folly:
19 How much less in them
that dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
which are crushed before the
moth?
20 They are destroyed from morn-
ing to evening: they perish for ever
without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency
which is in them go away? they
die, even without wisdom.
CHAPTER 5.
(First discourse of Eliphaz,
continued.)
Gan now, if there be any that
will answer thee; and to which
of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish
man, and envy slayeth the silly
one.
3 4T have seen the foolish taking
root: but suddenly I cursed his
habitation.
4 ‘His children are far from
safety, and they are crushed in
the gate, ‘neither is there any to
deliver them.
5S Whose harvest the hungry eat-
eth up, and taketh it even out of
the thorns, and the robber swal-
loweth up their substance.
6 Although affliction cometh not
forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is éborn unto trouble,
as the sparks fly upward,
JOB.
B.C. 1520.
a Heb. by
stealth.
b Psa.2.12,
note,
c Heb.1.4,
note.
d Psa.37.35,
36; Jer-12.
250
e Psa.119 155.
J Psa.109.12.
g Gen.3.17-19.
h Job 28.26.
1 Or, cannot
perform
anything.
j1 Cor.3.19.
k Psa.35.10.
11 Sam.2.8;
Psa.107.42.
m Psa.94.12;
Prov.3.11,
12; Heb.12.
5; Jas.1.12;
Rev.3.19.
n Deut.32.39;
1 Sam.2.6;
Isa.30.26;
Hos.6.1.
o Psa.34.19;
91.3; Prov.
24.16; 1 Cor.
10.13.
> Psa.91.10.
q Psa.33.19;
37.19.
r Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59.
20, note.
s Psa.31.20.
tIsa.11.9;
35.9; 65.25;
Ezk.34.25,
u Hos.2.18.
v Or, that
peace is thy
tabernacle,
w Psa.72.16.
x Prov.9.i1;
10.27.
y Psa.111.2.
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8 I would seek unto God, and unto
‘God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and
unsearchable; marvellous things
without number:
10 #Who giveth rain upon the
earth, and sendeth waters upon the
fields:
11 Toset up on high those that be
low; that those which mourn may
be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the de-
vices of the crafty, so that their
hands ‘cannot perform their enter-
prise. k
13. He taketh the Jwise in their
own craftiness: and the counsel of
the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in
the daytime, and grope in the
noonday as in the night.
15 But he “sayeth the poor from
the sword, from their mouth, and
from the hand of the mighty.
16 ‘So the poor hath hope, and
iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 ™Behold, happy 1s the man
whom God correcteth: therefore
despise not thou the chastening of
the Almighty:
18 For he *maketh sore, and bind-
eth up: he woundeth, and his hands
make whole.
19 °He shall deliver thee in six
troubles: yea, in *seven there shall
no evil touch thee.
20 In %famine he shall tredeem
thee from death: and in war from
the power of the sword.
21 SThou shalt be hid from the
scourge of the tongue: neither shalt
thou be afraid of destruction when
it cometh.
22 At destruction and’ famine
thou shalt laugh: ‘neither shait
thou be afraid of the beasts of the
earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league
with the stones of the field: “and
the beasts of the field shall be at
peacé with thee.
24 And thou shait know tHat *thy
tabernacle shall be in peace: and
thou shalt visit thy habitation, ‘and
shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that
thy seed shall be great, arid thine
offspring “as the grass of the
earth,
26 *Thou shalt come to thy grave
in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have Ysearched it,
so it 7s; hear it, and know thou it
for thy good.
CHAPTER 6.
(4) Job’s answer to Eliphaz: a
touching appeal for pity.
UT Job answered and said,
2 Oh that my grief were
throughly weighed, and my calam-
ity laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier
than the sand of the sea: therefore
my words are swallowed up.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty
are within me, the poison whereof
drinketh up my spirit: ¢the terrors
of God do set themselves in array
against me.
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he
hath grass? or loweth the ox over
his fodder?
6 Can that which is unsavoury be
eaten without salt? or is there any
taste in the white of an egg?
7 The things that my soul re-
fused to touch are as my sorrowful
meat.
8 Oh that I might have my re-
quest; and that God would grant
me the thing that I long for!
9 Even that it would please God
to destroy me; that he would
A loose his hand, and cut me
off!
10 Then should I yet have com-
fort; yea, I would harden myself in
sorrow: let him not spare; for I
have not concealed othe words of
the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I
should hope? and what is mine
end, that I should prolong my
life?
12 Is my strength the strength of
stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Is not my help in me? and is
wisdom driven quite from me?
14 ©To him that is afflicted pity
should be shewed from his friend;
but he forsaketh the ¢fear of the
Almighty. :
15 ¢My brethren havedealt deceit-
fully as a brook, and as the stream
of brooks they pass away;
16 Which are blackish by reason
of the ice, and wherein the snow is
hid:
17 What time they wax warm,
they vanish: when it is hot, they
are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are
turned aside; they go to nothing,
and perish.
19 The troops of Tema looked,
the companies 4of Sheba waited
for them.
20 They were confounded because
JOB.
a Psa.88.15,16.
6 Inspiration.
Job 32.18.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19)
¢ Heb. to him
that melt-
eth, Prov.
WAT.
d Psa.19.9,
note.
e Psa.38.11;
41.9.
f Gen.25.15.
g 1 Ki.10.1;
Psa.72.10;
Ezk.27.22,23.
h Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.
59.20, note.
t Job 17.10.
Jj Job 14.5,13,
14; Psa.39.4.
k Heb. gapeth
after.
1 Job 17.12;
Deut.28.67.
m Isa.14.11.
n Job 9.25;
16.22; 17.11;
Psa.90.5;
102.11; 103.
15; 144.4;
Isa.38.12;
40.6; Jas.4.
14.
o Psa.78.39;
89.47.
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B.C. 1520.
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they had hoped; they came thither,
and were ashamed.
21 .For now ye are nothing; ye see
my casting down, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or,
Give a reward for me of your sub-
stance?
23 Or, Delivermefromtheenemy’s
hand? or, “Redeem me from the
hand of the mighty?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my
tongue: and cause me to understand
wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are right words!
but what doth your arguing re-
prove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove
words, and the speeches of one
that is desperate, which are as
wind?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the father-
less, and ye dig a pit for your
friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look
upon me; for it is evident unto you
if I lie.
29 *Return, I pray you, let it not
be iniquity; yea, return again, my
righteousness is in it.
30 Isthere iniquity in my tongue?
cannot my taste discern perverse
things?
CHAPTER 7.
(Job’s answer to Eliphaz,
continued.)
[s there not jan appointed time
to man upon earth? are not his
days also like the days of an hire-
ling?
2 Asaservant “earnestly desireth
the shadow, and as an hireling look-
eth for the reward of his work:
3 So am I made to possess months
of vanity, and wearisome nights are
appointed to me.
4 When I lie down, I say, When
shall I arise, and the night be gone?
and I am full of tossings to and fro
unto the dawning of the day,
5 My-flesh is *clothed with worms
and clods of dust; my skin is broken,
and become loathsome.
6 My days are swifter than a
weaver’s shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
7 O remember that °my life is
wind: mine eye shall no more see
good. ;
8 The eye of him that hath seen
me shall see me no more: thine
eyes are upon me, and I am not.
9 As the cloud is consumed and
vanisheth away: so he that goeth
¥
down to the “grave shall come up
no more. {
10 He shall return no more to his
house, neither shall his place know
him any more. ;
11 Therefore I will not refrain my
mouth; I will speak in the anguish
of my spirit; I will complain in the
bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that
thou settest a watch over me?
13. When I say, My bed shall com-
fort me, my couch shall ease my
complaint; :
14 Then thou scarest me with
dreams, and terrifiest me through
visions:
15 So that my soul chooseth
strangling, and death rather than
my life.
16 I loathe it; I would not live
alway: let me alone; for my days
are vanity.
17 *Whatisman,thatthoushould-
est magnify him? and that thou
shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18 And that thou shouldest visit
chim every morning, and try him
every moment?
19 How long wilt thou not depart
from me, nor let me alone till I
swallow down my spittle?
20 I have sinned; what shall I do
unto thee, O thou preserver of men?
why hast thou set me as a mark
against thee, so that I am a burden
to myself?
21 And why dost thounot pardon
my transgression, and take away
mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep
in the dust; and thou shalt seek
me in the morning, but I shall
not be.
CHAPTER 8.
(5) First discourse of Bildad: he
thinks Job a hypocrite.
words of thy mouth be like a strong
wind? : ¢
3 DothGod pervert judgment? or
doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy children have sinned
against him, and he have cast them
away for their transgression;
5. If thou wouldest seek unto God
betimes, and make thy supplication
to the Almighty:
B.C: 1520.
6 If thou wert pure and upnght;
surely now he would awake for
thee, and make the habitation of
thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was
small, yet thy latter end should
greatly increase.
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the
former age, and prepare thyself to
the search of their fathers:
9 (For 4we are but of yesterday,
and know nothing, because our
days upon earth are a shadow:)
10 Shall not they teach thee; and
tell thee, and utter words out of
their heart?
11 Can the rush grow up without
aHeb Sheof, |Mire?_can the flag grow without
‘See Hab. water?
2.5, note, 12 Whilst it is yet in his green-
Meanie ness, and not cut down, it withereth
144.35 Heb. |before any other herb. :
2.6. 13 So are the paths of all that for-
¢ Job 34.12 get God; and the ¢hypocrite’s hope
17; Gen.18.. {shall perish:
25; Deut.32. | 14 Whose hope shall be cut off,
187:Den, [and whose Strust shall be a spider’s
9.14; Rom. |web.
3.5. 15 He shall lean upon his house,
d Job 7.6; but it shall not stand: he shall hold
Gen.47.9; it fast, but it shall not endure.
1 Chr.29.15; | 16 He is green before the sun, and
eriaaiee a his branch shooteth forth in his
garden.
¢ Job 11.20; ‘17 His roots are wrapped about
Peciiniet the heap, and seeth the place of
Prov.10.28, |Stones.
sd 18 If he destroy him from his
i eee place, then it shall deny him, say-
ing, I have not seen thee.
g Heb. take 19 Behold, this is the joy of his
Hast ey ed way, and out of the earth shall
others grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away
a perfect man, neither will he thelp
the evil doers:
h Psa.35.26;
109.29,
# Psa.143.2;
Rom.3.20. 21 Till he fill thy mouth with
<p fefore laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee shall be
clothed with shame; and the
dwelling place of the wicked shall
come to nought.
CHAPTER 9,
(6) Job answers Bildad: he is a
sinner,andknowsnot how tobe
Justified—but not a hypocrite.
he Job answered and said,
2 I know it is.so of a truth:
ook pow, should ‘man be just with
‘O
1 Bildad is a religious dogmatist of the superficial kind, whose dogmatism rests
upon tradition (e.g. 8. 8-10) and
upon proverbial wisdom and approved pious
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9 3]
3 If he will contend with him, he
cannot answer him one of a thou-
sand.
4 *He is wise in heart, and mighty
in strength: who hath hardened
himseif against him, and hath
prospered?
5 Which removeth the mountains,
and they know not: which over-
tutneth them in his anger.
6 4Which shaketh the earth out
of her place, and the pillars thereof
tremble.
7 Which commandeth the sun,
and it riseth not; and sealeth up the
stars.
8 Which alone spreadeth out the
heavens, and treadeth upon the
waves of the sea.
9 ‘Which maketh ¢Arcturus,
Orion, and Pleiades, and the cham-|°‘Géo;1" and
bers of the south. Cimah.
10 Which doeth great things past .
finding out; yea, and wonders) * {9P7612
without number. pres
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see} f Job 2.3.
him not: he passeth on also, but I),5.. 1 xis.61.
perceive him not. as
12 Behold, he taketh away, who}? Eccl.9.2,3;
can hinder him? who will say unto) ©7*#!+-
him, What doest thou? i Job 7.6,7.
13 If God will not withdraw his| . )
anger, ‘the proud helpers do stoop|/ Qr,s/ips of.
under him. ‘
14 How much less shall I answer|* Job 7.13.
him, and choose out my words to} ; 5; 20.7,
reason with him?
15 Whom, though I were right-
eous, yet would I not answer, but I
would make supplication to my
judge.
16 If I had called,. and he had
answered me; yet would I not be-
lieve that he had hearkened unto
my voice.
17 For he breaketh me with a
tempest, and multiplieth my
wounds fwithout cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take
my breath, but filleth me with bit-
terness.
19 if I speak of strength, lo, he is
strong: and if of judgment, who
shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, mine own
mouth shall condemn me: if I say,
I am £perfect, it shall also prove me
perverse.
21 Though I were £perfect, yet
would I not know my soul: I would
despise my life.
JOB.
B.C. 1520.
a Job 36.5.
6 Isa.2.19,21;
Hag.2.6,21;
Heb.12.26.
¢ Job 38.31;
Gert.1.16;
Amos 5.8.
d Heb. Ash,
mJer.2.22.
n 1sa.45.9;
Jer.49.19;
Rom.9.20.
0 v.19;
1 Sam.2.25,
pl Sam.16.7.
phrases. These abound in all his discourses.
then every one knows them (Job 9. 4, 2;
a problem as Job’s.
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22 This is one thing, therefore I
said it, He destroyeth the ‘perfect
and the wicked.
| 23 If the scourge slay suddenly,
he will laugh at the trial of the
innocent.
24 The earth is given into the
hand of the wicked: he covereth the
faces of the judges thereof; if not,
where, and who is he?
25 Now ‘my days are swifter than
a post: they flee away, they see no
good. .
_26 They are passed away as the
Jswift ships: as.the eagle that hast-
eth to the prey.
27 *IfI say, I will forget my com-
plaint, I will leave off.my heaviness,
and comfort myself:
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows,
I know that ‘thou wilt not hold me
innocent,
29 If I be wicked, why then la-
bour I in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow
water, and make my hands never
so clean;
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in
the ditch, and mine own clothes
shall abhor me.
32 For he isnot aman, as! am,
that I should answer him, and we
should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any daysman
betwixt us, that might lay his hand
upon us both. ;
34 Let him take his rod away from
me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35 Then would I speak, and not
fear him; but if is not so with me.
CHAPTER 10.
(Job’s answer to Bildad,
continued. )
MY’ soul is weary of my life; I
will leave my complaint upon
myself; I will speak in the bitter-
ness of my soul.
2 I willsay unto God, Do not con-
demn me; shew me wherefore thou
contendest with me.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou
shouldest oppress, that thou should-
est despise the work of thine hands,
and shine upon the counsel of the
wicked?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? ?or
seest thou as man seeth?
5 Are thy days as the days of
man? are thy years as man’s days,
His platitudes are true enough, but
nor do they shed any light on such
10. 6}
‘
JOB.
6 That thou enquirest after mine
iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 Thou knowest that I am not
wicked; and there is none that can
deliver out of thine hand.
8 *Thine hands have made me
and fashioned me together round
about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that
thou hast made me as the clay; and
wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10 Hast thou not poured me out
as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with
skin and flesh, and hast fenced me
with bones and sinews.
12 Thou hast granted me life and
favour, and thy visitation hath pre-
served my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou
hid in thine heart: I know that this
is with thee.
14 If I sin, “then thou markest
me, and thou wilt not acquit me
from mine iniquity.
15 IfI be wicked, woeuntome; and
if I be righteous, yet will I not lift
up my head. fam full of confusion;
therefore see thou tine affliction:
16 Foritincreaseth. Thou huntest
me as a fierce lion: and again thou
shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses
against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; changes and
war are against me.
18 Wherefore then hast thou
brought me forth out of the womb?
Oh that I had given up the ghost,
and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I
had not been; I should have been
carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? cease
then, and let me alone, that I may
take comfort a little,
21 Before I go whence I shall not
return, even ‘to the land of dark-
ness ¢and the shadow of death;
22 A land of darkness, as dark-
ness itself; and of the shadow of
death, without any order, and
where the light is as darkness.
CHAPTER i1.
(7) Zophar’s first discourse: he
thinks Job both hypocrite
and Iiar,
PL HEN answered 1Zophar the
Naamathite, and said,
B.C. 1520.
a Psa.119.73.
6 Psa.139.1.
c Psa.88.12.
d Psa.23.4.
e Ezra 9.13.
f Eccl.3.11;
Rom.11.33.
g Heb. the
heights of
heaven.
h Psa.10.11,
14; 35.22;
94.11.
t Lev.26,16;
Deut.28.65.
j Or, a puff of
zreath.
1 Zophar is
: a religious dogmatist
will do in any gi
given case, why He will do it,
forms of dogmatism this is most irreverent,
i
2 Should not the multitude of.
words be answered? and should a
man full of talk be justified?
3 Should thy lies make men hold
their peace? and when thou mock-
est, shall no man make thee
ashamed?
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine
1s pure, and 1 am clean in thine
eyes.
5 But oh that God would speak,
and open his lips against thee;
6 And that he would shew thee
the secrets of wisdom, that they are
double to that which is! Know
therefore that «God exacteth of
thee Jess than thine iniquity de-
serveth.
7 fCanst thou by searching find
out God? canst thou find out the
Almighty unto perfection?
8 It is as %high as heaven: what
canst thou do? deeper than hell;
what canst thou know?
9 The measure thereof is longer
than the earth, and broader than
the sea.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or
gather together, then who can hin-
der him?
11 “For he knoweth vain men: he
seeth wickedness also; will he not
then consider it?
12 For vain man would be wise,
though man be born Iike a wild
ass’s colt.
13 Ifthou prepare thine heart, and
stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand,
put it far away, and let not wicked-
ness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt.thou lift up thy
face without spot; yea, thou shalt
be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy
misery, and remember jé as waters
that pass away:
17 And thine age shall be clearer
than the noonday; thou shalt shine
forth, thou shalt be as the morning,
18 And thou shalt be secure, be-
cause there is hope; yea, thou shalt
dig about thee, and thou shalt
take thy rest in safety,
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and
none shall make thee afraid; yea,
many shall make suit unto thee.
20 But ‘the eyes of the wicked
shall fail, and they shall not escape,
and their hope shall be jas the
giving up of the ghost
who assumes to know all about God; what God
576
and all His thoughts about it.
and least open to reason,
Of all
JOB.
CHAPTER 12.
(8) Job answers the three: he is
familiar with their platitudes.
ARP Job answered and said,
2 No doubt but ye are the peo-
ple, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I have understanding as
well as you; I am not inferior to
you: yea, who knoweth not such
things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his
neighbour, ¢who calleth upon God,
and he answereth him: the just
upright man is laughed to scorn.
5 4He that is ready to slip with
his feet is as a lamp despised in the
thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers pros-
per, and they that provoke God are|¢ Psa-91.15.
secure; into whose hand God], proy-14.2.
bringeth abundantly. Oe
7 Butask now the beasts, and they] ¢ Num.16.22;
Dan.5.23;
shall teach thee; and the fowls of] acts 17.28.
the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it/¢ic. with
shall teach thee: and the fishes of} 7
the sea shall declare unto thee. e Job 11.10.
9 Who knoweth not in ail these ee bs
that the hand of the Lorp hath)? }/4'835
wrought this?
10 «In whose hand is the soul of|¢ Gen.7.11.
every living thing, and the breath], p,, 107.40;
of all mankind. Dan.2.21.
11 Doth not the ear try words?| |, *
and the mouth taste his meat? y ren eas
12 With the ancient zs wisdom:) 1 Cor.4.5.
and in length of days understand-) .
: 3 Psa.23.4;
Prov.14.32.
ing.
13 ¢With him fs wisdom and
strength, he hath counsel and
understanding.
14 Behold, che breaketh down,
and it cannot be built again: he
shutteth up a man, and there can be
no opening.
15 Behold, fhe withholdeth the
waters, and they dry up: éalso he
sendeth them out, and they over-|
turn the earth. : |
16 With him is strength and wis-
dom: the deceived and the deceiver
are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away
spoiled, and maketh the judges
fools. q
18 He looseth the bond of kings,
and girdeth their loins with a gir-
e.
19 He leadeth princes away
spoiled, and overthroweth the
mighty.
20 He removeth away the speech
of the trusty, and taketh away the
understanding of the aged. a7
B.C. 1520. |
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21 4He poureth contempt upon
princes, and weakeneth the strength
of the mighty.
22 ‘He discovereth deep things
out of darkness, and bringeth out
to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and
destroyeth them: he enlargeth the
nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 He taketh away the heart of
the chief of the people of the earth,
and causeth them to wander in a
wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark with-
out light, and he maketh them to
stagger like a drunken man.
CHAPTER 13.
(Job’s answer, continued.)
L2: mine eye hath seen all this,
mine ear hath heard and un-
derstood it.
2 What ye know, the same do I
know also: I am not inferior unto
you.
3 Surely I would speak to the
Almighty, and I desire to reason
with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye
are all physicians of no value.
5 Othat ye would altogether hold
your peace! and it should be your
wisdom.
6 Hear now my reasoning, and
hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will ye speak wickedly for God?
and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Will ye accept his person? will
ye contend for God?
9 Isit good that he should search
you out? or as one man mocketh
another, do ye so mock him?
10 He will surely reprove you, if
ye do secretly accept persons.
jl Shall not his excellency make
you afraid? and his dread fall upon
you?
12 Your remembrances are like
unto ashes, your bodies to bodies
of clay.
13 Hold your peace, let me alone,
that I may speak, and let come on
me what will.
14 Wherefore do I take my flesh
in my teeth, and put my life in
mine hand?
15 jThough he slay me, yet will I
trust in him: but I will maintain
mine own ways before him.
16 Healso shall be my salvation:
for an hypocrite shall not come
before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech, and
my declaration with your ears,
J3 18]
JOB.
18 Behold now, I have ordered] B.c. 1520. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth
my cause; I know that I shall be
justified. .
: 19 Whois he that will plead with
me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I
shall give up the ghost. ;
20 Only do not two things unto!
me: then will I not hide myself
from thee.
21 ¢Withdraw thine hand far
from me: and let not thy dread
make me afraid.
22 Then call thou, and I will an-
swer: or let me speak, and answer
thou me. 1 Daa, MN,
23 How many are mine iniquities}
and sins? make me to know my
transgression and my sin.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy
face, and holdest me for thine
enemy?
25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven
to and fro? and wilt thou pursue
the dry stubble?
26 For thou writest bitter things
against me, and makest me to pos-
sess the iniquities of my youth.
27 Thou puttest my feet also in
the stocks, and lookest narrowly
unto all my paths; thou settest a
print upon the heels of my feet.
28 And he, as a rotten thing, con-
sumeth, as a garment that is moth
eaten.
CHAPTER 14.
(Job’s answer, continued.)
AN that is born of a woman is
of few days, “and fulloftrouble,
2 ¢He cometh forth like a flower,
and is cut down: he fleeth also as a
shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes
upon such an one, and bringest me
into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a clean thing
Out of an unclean? not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined,
the number of his months are with
thee, thou hast appointed his
bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Turn from ‘him, that he may
rest, till he shall accomplish, as an
hireling, his day.
./ For there is hope of a tree, if
it be cut down, that it will sprout
again, and that the tender branch
thereof will not cease,
8 Though the root thereof wax
old in the earth, and .the stock
thereof die in the ground;
2 Yet through the‘scent of water
it will bud, and bring forth boughs
like a plant,
a Psa.39.10.
6 Deut.32.20;
Psa.13.1;
¢ Job 5.7;
Eccl.2.23.
d Job 8.9;
Psa.90.
1 Pet.1.24.
e Psa.102.26;
Isa.51.6;
f Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5,
note.
g Job 10.6,14;
13.27; 31.4;
Prov.5.21;
Jer.32.19.
h Deut.32.34;
Hos,.13.12.
i Lk.19.22.
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away: yea, man giveth up the
ghost, and wheré is he?
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:
11 As the waters fail from the sea,
and theflood decayeth and driéth up:
12 So man Heth down, and riseth
not: ¢till the heavens be no more,
they shall not awake, nor be raised
out of their sleep.
13 O that thou wouldest hide me
in the /grave, that thou wouldest
keep me secret, until thy wrath be
past, that thou wouldest appoint
me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he tive
again? all the days of my appointed
time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will an-
swer thee: thou wilt have a desire
to the work of thine hands.
16 sFor now thou numberest my
Steps: dost thou not watch over my
sin:
17 ‘My transgression is sealed up
in a bag, and thou sewest up mine
iniquity.
18 And surely the mountain fall-
ing cometh to nought, and the rock
is removed out of his place.
19 The waters wear the stones:
thou washest away the things
which grow out of the dust of the
earth; and thou destroyest the hope
of man.
20 Thou prevailest for ever
against him, and he passeth: thou
changest his countenance, and send-
est him away.
21 His sons come to honour, and
he knoweth it not; and they are
brought low, but he perceiveth it
not of them.
22 But his flesh upon him shall
have pain, and his soul within him
shall mourn.
CHAPTER 15.
(9) Second discourse of Eliphaz:
again rests upon superior expe-
rience(v.8) and tradition(v.10).
‘HEN answered Eliphaz the
Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man utter vain
knowledge, and fill his belly with
the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofit-
able talk? or with speeches where-
with he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and
restrainest prayer before God.
2 For thy mouth uttereth thine
iniquity, and thou choosest the
tongue.of the ‘crafty.
6 ‘Thine own mouth condemneth
15 7] JOB.
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thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips! B.c. 1520. | 27 Because he covereth his face
testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was
born? or wast thou made before the
hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of
God? and dost thou restrain wis-
dom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we
know not? what understandest
thou, which ss not in us?
10 With us- are both the gray-
‘headed and very aged men, much
elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God
small with thee? is there any secret
thing with thee?
12 Why doth thine heart carry
thee away? and what do thy eyes|c Psa.2.12,
wink at, note.
13 That thou turnest thy spirit, Job 4.19;
against God, and lettest such words} Psa.14.3;
go out of thy mouth? 53.3.
14 What is man, cha he should| ; teb. A
be.clean?..and.he_w. [n_Of| sound of
fears.
COS: d Job 18,12.
3° Behold, he putteth no ¢trust 4
in his saints; yea, the heavens are|¢ Psa-17-10.
not clean in his sight. ’ f Job 4.9.
16 *How much more abominable
and filthy zs man, which drinketh ise
iniquity like water? Hos.10.13,
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and
that which I have seen I will de-|# Or trouble
clare; some.
18 Which wise men have told from]| i Psa.22.13;
their fathers, and have not hid z¢;| 39-21-
19 Unto whom alone the earth
was given, and no stranger passed
among them.
20 The wicked man travaileth
with pain all his days, and the
“number of years is hidden to the
oppressor.
21 cA dreadful sound is in his
ears: in prosperity the destroyer
shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall
return out of darkness, and he is
waited for of the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad _ for
bread, saying, Where is it? he
knoweth that ¢the day of darkness
is ready at his hand. .
24 Trouble and anguish shall
make him afraid; they shall pre-
vail against him, as a king ready to
the battle. ,
25 For he stretcheth out his hand
against God, and strengtheneth
himself against the Almighty.
26 He runneth upon him, even
on his neck, upon the thick bosses
of his bucklers:
with his fatness, and maketh col-
lops of fat on Ars flanks. ‘
28 And he dwelleth in .desolate
cities, and in houses which no man
inhabiteth, which are ready to be-
come heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, neither
shall his substance continue, neither
shall he prolong the perfection
thereof upon the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of
darkness; the flame shall dry up his
branches, and /by the breath of his
mouth shall he go away.
31 Let not him that is deceived
trust in vanity: for vanity shall be
his recompence.
32 It shall be accomplished before
his time, and his branch shall not
be green. ,
33 He shall shake off his unripe
grape as the vine, and shall cast off
his flower as the olive.
34 For the congregation of hypo-
crites shall be desolate, and fire
shall consume the tabernacles of
bribery. ,
35 &They conceive mischief, and
bring forth vanity, and their belly
prepareth deceit. i
CHAPTER 16.
(10) Job’s fourth answer: Eli-
phaz has but heaped up words,
hp Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such
things: ’miserable comforters are
ye all.
3 Shall vain words have an end?
or what emboldeneth thee that thou
answerest?
4 I also could speak as ye do: if
your soul were in my soul’s stead,
I could heap up words against you,
and shake mine head at you.
5 But I would strengthen you
with my mouth, and the moving of
my lips should asswage your Srief.
6 Though I speak, my grief is not
asswaged: and though I forbear,
what am I* eased?
7 But now he hath made me
weary: thou hast made desolate all
my company.
8 And thou hast filled me with
wrinkles, whichis a witnessagainst
me: and my leanness rising up in
me beareth witness to my face.
9 He teareth me in his wrath,
who hateth me: he gnasheth upon
me with his teeth; mine enemy
sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
‘10 They have ‘gaped upon me
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with their mouth; they have smit-
ten me upon the cheek reproach-
fully; they have gathered them-
selves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the
ungodly, and turned me over into
the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath
broken me asunder: he hath also
taken me by my neck, and shaken
me to pjeces, and set me up for his
mark,
13 His archers compass me’round
about, he cleaveth my reins asun-
der, and doth not spare; he poureth
out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach
upon breach, he runneth upon me
like a giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon
my skin, and ¢defiled my horn in
the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping,
and on my eyelids is the shadow of
death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine
hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my
blood, and let my cry have no
place. ©
19 Also now, behold, 'my witness
is in heaven, and my record is on
high.
20 My friends scorn me: but mine
eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 O that one might plead for a
“man with God, as a man pleadeth
fcr his neighbour!
22 When a few years are come,
then I shall go the way whence I
shall not return.
CHAPTER 17. |
(Job’s fourth answer, continued. )
MY breath is corrupt, my days
are extinct, the graves are
ready for me.
2 Are there not mockers with
me? and doth not mine eye continue
in their provocation?
ay down now, put me in a
surety with thee; ¢who is he that
will strike hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart
from understanding: therefore shalt
thou not exalt them.
5 He that speaketh flattery to
Ais friends, even the eyes of his
children shall fail.
6 He hath made me also a by-
word of the people; and aforetime I
was as a tabret.
ine eye also 1s dim by reason!
B.C. 1520.
a Job 30.19;
Psa.7.5.
6 Rom.1.9.
¢ Job 31.35.
d Prov.6.1; 17.
18; 22.26.
e Psa.24.4.
f Heb, Sheol.
g Prov.13.9;
20.20; 24.20.
h Job 21,17,
Psa.18.28.
i Heb. hidden.
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of sorrow, and all my members are
as a shadow. ies,
8 Upright men shall be astonied ©
at this, and the innocent shall stir
up himself against the hypocrite.
9 The righteous also shall hold
on his way, and he that hath
éclean hands shall be stronger and
stronger.
10 Butas for you all, do ye return,
and come now: for I cannot find
one wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes *
are broken off, even the thoughts
of my heart.
12 They change the night into
day: the light is short because of
darkness.
13 If I wait, the grave is mine
house: I have made my bed in the
darkness.
14 I have said to corruption,
Thou art my father: to the worm,
Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15 And where is now my hope? —
as for my hope, who shall see it?
16 They shall go down to the bars
of the fpit, when our rest together
1s in the dust.
CHAPTER 18.
(11) Bildad’s second discourse:
a string of oriental proverbs.
ALN answered Bildad the Shu-
hite, and said,
2 How long will it be ere ye
make an end of words? mark, and
afterwards we will speak.
3 Wherefore are we counted as
beasts, and reputed vile in your
sight?
4 He teareth himself in his anger:
shall the earth be forsaken for
thee? and shall the rock be removed
out of his place?
5 Yea, &the light of the wicked
shall be put out, and the spark of
his fire shall not shine. ;
6 The light shall be dark in his
tabernacle, and “his candle shall be
put out with him.
7 The steps of his strength shall
be straitened, and his own counsel
shall cast him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his
own feet, and he walketh upon a
snare.
9 The gin shall take Aim by the
heel, and the robber shall prevail
against him.
10 The snare is ‘laid for him in
the ground, and a trap for him in
the way.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid
on every side; and shall drive him
to his feet.
12 His strength shall be hunger-
bitten, and ¢destruction shall be
ready at his side.
13 It shall devour the strength of}
his skin: even the firstborn of
death shall devour his strength.
14 His confidence shall be rooted
out of his tabernacle, and it shall
bring him to the king of terrors.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle,
because st ys none of his: brimstone
shall be scattered upon his habita-
tion.
16 His roots shall*be dried up)
beneath, and above shall his branch
be cut off.
17 His “remembrance shall perish|
from the earth, and he shall have
no name in the street.
18 He shall be driven from light!
into darkness, and chased out of
the world.
19 He shall neither have son nor
nephew among his people, nor any
remaining in his dwellings.
20 ‘They that come after Aim
shall be astonied ¢at his day, as they
that went before were affrighted.
21 Surely such are the dwellings
of the wicked, and this is the place
of him that knoweth not God.
CHAPTER 19.
(12) Job’s fifth answer: his sub-
lime faith (vs. 25-27). |
pe geht Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my
soul, and break me in pieces with
_words?
3 These ten times have ye re-
proached me: ye are not ashamed
that ye ‘make yourselves strange
to me.
4 And be it indeed that I have
erred, mine error remaineth with
myself,
5 Ifindeed ye will magnify your-
selves against me, and plead
against me my reproach: |
6 Know now that God hath over-
thrown me, and hath compassed
me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but
I am not heard: I cry aloud, but
there 1s no judgment.
8 fHe hath fenced up my way
that I cannot ‘pass, and he hath set
darkness in my paths.
Q &He hath stripped me of my
glory, and taken the crown from
my head.
JOB.
a Job 15.23.
b Job 29.19.
c Psa.34.16.
d Psa.37.13.
e Or, harden
yourselves
against me.
f Job 3.235
Psa.88.8.
g Psa.89.44.
h Psa.31.11;
38.11; 69.8;
88.8,18.
i Job 1.11;
Psa.38.2.
j Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
k Resurrec-
tion.
vs.25-27;
Gen.22.5.
(Job 19,25;
1 Cor.15.52.)
1 Psa.17.15;
i Cor.13.12;
1 John 3.2.
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10 He hath destroyed me on every
side, and I am gone: and mine
hope hath he removed like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath
against me, and he counteth me
unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His troops come together, and
Taise up their way against me, and
encamp round about my taber-
nacie, ;
13 *He hath put my brethren far
from me, and mine acquaintance
are verily estranged from me.
14. My kinsfolk have failed, and
my familiar friends have forgotten
me.
15 They that dwell in mine house,
and my maids, count me for a
stranger: I am an alien in their
sight.
16 I called my servant, and he
gave me no answer; I intreated
him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my
wife, though I intreated for the
children’s sake of mine own
body.
18 Yea, young children despised
me; I arose, and they spake against
me.
19 All my inward friends ab-
horred me: and they whom I
loved are turned against me.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin’
and to my flesh, and I am escaped
with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity
upon me, O ye my friends; ‘for the
hand of God hath touched me,
22 Why do ye persecute me as
God, and are not satisfied with my
flesh?
23 Oh that my words were now
written! oh that they were printed
in a book! :
24 That they were graven with
an iron pen and lead in the rock
for ever. !
25 ForI know that my Jredeemer
liveth, and that he shall *stand at
the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin
worms destroy this body, yet ‘in
my flesh shall I see God:
27. Whom I shali see for myself,
and mine eyes shall behold, and
not another; though my reins be
consumed within me.
28 But ye should say, Why perse-
cute we him, seeing the root of the
matter is found in, me?
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for
wrath bringeth the punishments
of the sword, that ye may know
there is a judgment.
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CHAPTER 20. 20 Surely he shall not feel quiet-—
ness in his belly, he shall not save
(23) Zophar’s second discourse:
tradition and proverb.
HEN answered Zophar the Naa-
mathite, and said,
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause
me to answer, and for this I make
haste.
3 I have heard the check of my
reproach, and the spirit of my un-
derstanding causeth me to answer.
4 Knowest thou not this of old,
since man was placed upon earth,
5 That ¢the triumphing of the
wicked is short, and the joy of the
hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount
up to the heavens, and his head
Teach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like
his own dung: they which have
seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 He shall fly away %as a dream,
and shall not be found: yea, he
shall be chased away as a vision of
the night.
9 The eye also which saw him
shall see him no more: neither
hell his place any more behold
m,
10 His children shall seek to
please the poor, and his hands
‘shall restore their goods.
11 His bones are full of the sin of
his youth, which shall lie down
with him in the dust.
12 Though wickedness be sweet
in his mouth, though he hide it
under his tongue;
13. Though he spare it, and for-
sake it not; but keep it still within
his mouth:
14 Yet his meat in. his bowels is
turned, it is the gall of asps within
him,
15 He hath swallowed down
Tiches, and he shall vomit them up
again: God shall cast them out of
his belly.
16 He shall suck the poison of
ee the viper’s tongue shall slay
im.
17 He shall not see the rivers, the
floods, the brooks of honey and
butter.
18 That which he laboured for
shall he restore, and shall not
swallow it down: according to his
substance shal/ the restitution be,
and he shall not rejoice therein.
19:.-Because he hath oppressed
and hath forsaken the poor; be-
cause he hath violently taken away
an house which he builded not;
a Psa.37.35,
36.
b Psa.73.20;,
90.5.
cv.18.
d Heb.
crushed,
e Psa,21.9.
f Job 27.13;
31.2,3.
g Job 12.6;
Psa.17.10,
14; 73.3,12;
pa
982,
of that which he desired.
21 There shall none of his meat be
left; therefore shall no man look for
his goods. : é
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency
he shall.be in straits: every hand
of the wicked shall come upon him.
23 When he is about to fill his
belly, God shall cast the fury of
his wrath upon him, and shall rain
it upon him while he is eating.
24 He shall flee from the iron
weapon, and the bow of steel shall
strike him through.
25 Itis drawn, and cometh out of
the body; yea, the glittering sword
cometh out of his gall: terrors are
upon him.
26 All darkness shall be hid in
his secret places: ¢a fire not blown
shall consume him; it shall go ill
with him that is left in his taber-
nacle.
27 The heaven shall reveal his
iniquity; and the earth shall rise
up against him.
28 The increase of his house shail
depart, and his goods shall flow
away in the day of his wrath.
29 fThis is the portion of a wicked
man from God, and the heritage
appointed unto him by God.
CHAPTER 21.
(14) Job’s sixth answer: the
prosperity of the wicked re-
futes the view that he jis
afflicted because a secret sin-
ner,
Be Job answered and said,
2 Hear diligently my speech,
and let this be your consolations.
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and
after that I have spoken, mock on.
4 As for me, is my complaint to
man? and if it were so, why should
not my spirit be troubled?
5 Markme, and beastonished, and
lay your hand upon your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am
afraid, and trembling taketh hold
on my flesh.
7 &Wherefore do the wicked live,
become old, yea, are mighty in
power?
8 Their seed is established in
their sight with them, and their
offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear,
ineither is the rod of God upon
them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and fail-
a
21 11]
eth not; their cow calveth, and
casteth not her calf. ‘
11 They send forth their little
ones like a flock, and their chil-
dren dance.
12 They take the timbrel and
harp, and rejoice at the sound of
the organ.
13 They spend their days ¢in
wealth, and in a moment go down
to the %grave.
14 Therefore they say unto God,
Depart from us; for we desire not
the knowledge of thy ways.
15 ‘What is the Almighty, that
we should serve him? and ¢what
profit should we have, if we pray
unto him?
16 Lo, their good is not in their
hand: ‘the counsel of the wicked is
far from me.
17, How oft is the candle of the
wicked put out! and how oft com-
eth their destruction upon them!
{God distributeth sorrows in his
anger.
18 They are as stubble before the
wind, and as chaff that the stotm
&carrieth away.
19 God layeth up his “iniquity for
his children: he rewardeth him, and
he shall-know it.
20 His eyes shall see his destruc-
tion, and ‘he shall drink of the
wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what pleasure hath he in
his house after him, when the num-
ber of his months is cut off in the
midst?
22 iShall any teach God know-
ledge? seeing he judgeth those that
are high.
23 One dieth in his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet. _
- 24 His breasts are full of milk,
and his bones are moistened with
marrow. ‘
25 And another dieth in the bit-
terness of his soul, and never eateth
with pleasure. hodt
296 They shall lie down alike in
the dust, and the worms shall cover
them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts,
and the devices which ye wrong-
fully imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where is the house
of the prince? and where are the
kdwelling places of the wicked?
29 Have ye not asked them that
go by the way? and do ye not
know their tokens,
30 That the wicked is reserved to
‘the day of destruction? they shall
be brought forth to the day of wrath.
JOB.
b Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.
2.5, note.
c Job 34.9;
Ex.5.2.
d Job 35.3;
Mal.3.14.
e Job 22.18;
Psa.1.1;
f Lk.12.46.
g Heb. steal-
eth away.
hi.e. the pun-
ishment of
his iniquity.
i Psa.75.8;
Isa.51.17};
Jer.25.15;
Rev.14.10;
19.15.
j 1sa.40.13;
45.9; Rom.
11.34; 1 Cor.
2.16.
k Heb. the
tent of the
tabernacles
of the
wicked.
l Day (of de-
struction).
Isa.34.1-9.
(Job 21.30;
Rev.20.11-
15.)
m Job 35.7;
Psa.16.2;
Lk.17.10.
n Ex.22.26,27;
Deut.24.10.
0 Job 31.17;
Deut.15.7;
Isa.58.7;
Ezk.18.7;
Mt.25.42.
p Or, what.
q Psa.139.
ph de
B.C. 1520.
a Or, in mirth.
31 Who shall declare his way to
this face? and who shall repay him
remain in the
tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall
be sweet unto him, and every man
shall draw after him, as there are
innumerable before him.
34 How then comfort ye me in
vain, seeing in your answers there
remaineth falsehood?
CHAPTER 22.
(15) Eliphaz’ third discourse:
the old theory—Job hag
sinned (vs. 6, 7, 9).
Cte Eliphaz the Temanite an-
swered and said,
2 Can a man be profitable unto
God, as he that is wise may be
profitable unto himself?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Al-
mighty, that thou art righteous?
or is it gain to him, that thou
makest thy ways perfect?
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of
thee? will he enter with thee into
judgment?
5 Is not thy wickedness great?
and thine iniquities infinite?
6 For thou hast “taken a pledge
from thy brother for nought, and
stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Thou hast not given water to
the weary to drink, and thou hast
withholden bread from the hungry.
8 But as for the mighty man, he
had the earth; and the honourable
man dwelt in it.
9 Thou hast sent widows away
empty, and the arms of the father-
less have been broken.
10 Therefore snares are round
about thee, and sudden fear troub-
leth thee;
11 Or darkness, that thou canst
not see; and abundance of waters
cover thee.
12 Is not God in the height of
heaven? and behold the height of
the stars, how high they are!
13 And thou sayest, *How doth
God know? can he judge through
the dark cloud?
14 @Thick clouds are a covering
to him, that he seeth not; and he
walketh in the circuit of heaven.
15 Hast thou marked the old way
which wicked men have trodden?
16 Which were cut down out of
time, whose foundation was over-
flown with a flood:
22 17]
JOB.
[24.7
17 Which said unto God, Depart
from us: and what can the Al-
mighty do for them? f
18 Yet he filled their houses with
good things: but the counsel of the
wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it, and are
giad: and the innocent laugh them
to scorn. 2
20 Whereas our substance is not
cut down, but the remnant of them
the fire consumeth. : t
21 Acquaint now thyself with him,
and be at peace: thereby good shall
come unto thee.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law
from his mouth, and 4lay up his
words in thine heart.
23 >ifthoureturn tothe Almighty,
thou shalt be built up, thou shalt
put away iniquity far from thy
tabernacles.
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as
dust, and the gold of Ophir as the
stones of the brooks.’
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy
defence, and thou shalt have plenty
of silver.
26 For then shalt thou have thy
delight in the Almighty, and shalt
lift up thy face unto God.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer
unto him, and he shall hear thee,
and thou shalt pay thy vows.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing,
and it shall be established unto
thee: and the light shall shine upon
thy ways.
29 When men are cast down,
then thou shalt say, There is
lifting up; and he shall save the
chumble person.
30 He shall deliver the ¢island of
the innocent: and it is delivered by
the pureness of thine hands.
CHAPTER 23.
(16) Job’s seventh answer: he
longs for God.
aL HEN Job answered and said,
~ 2 Even to day is my complaint
bitter: my stroke is heavier than
my groaning.
3 ‘Oh that I knew where I might
find him! ¢ha¢ I might come even
to his seat!
4 I would order my cause before
him, and fill my mouth with argu-
ments.
5 I would know the words which
he would answer me, and under-
stand what he would say unto
me.
6 /Will he plead against me with
B.C. 1520.
@ Psa.119.11.
b Job 8.5,6;
11.13,14.
¢ Prov.29.23;
Jas.4.6;
2) Pet.3.5.
Heb. him
that hath
low eyes.
d i.e. coast.
2 Job 13.3;
16.21,
f Isa.27.4,8;
57.16.
g Job 9.11.
h Psa.139.1,
PE
zt Psa.17.3;
66.10; Jas.
1.12.
j Acts 1.7.
584
his great power? No; but he would
put strength in me. i i
7 There the righteous might dis-
pute with him; so should I be de-
livered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he
is not there; and backward, but I
cannot perceive him:
9 On the left hand, where he doth
work, but I cannot behold Aim: he
hideth himself on the right hand,
that I cannot see Aim:
10 But “he knoweth the way that
I take: ‘when he hath tried me, I
shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his
way have I kept, and not de-
clined.
12 Neither have I gone back from
the commandment of his lips: I
have esteemed the words of his
mouth more than my necessary
food.
13 But he is in one mind, and
who can turn him? and what his
soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing
that is appointed for me: and
many such things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his
presence: when I consider, I am
afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft,
and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Because I was not cut off be-
fore the darkness, nefther hath he
covered the darkness from my face.
CHAPTER 24,
(Job’s seventh answer, con-
tinued.)
WEY: seeing Jtimes are not hid-
den from the Almighty, do
they that know him not see his days?
2 Some remove the landmarks;
jthey violently take away flocks,
and feed thereof.
3 They drive away the ass of the
fatherless, they take the widow’s
ox for a pledge.
4 They turn the needy out of the
way: the poor of the earth hide
themselves together.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the
desert, go they forth to their work ;
rising betimes for a prey: the wil-
derness yieldeth food for them and
for their children.
6 They reap every one his corn in
the field: and they gather the vin-
tage of the wicked.
7 They cause the naked to lodge
without clothing, that they have
‘NO Covering in the cold,
8 They are wet with the showers
of the mountains, and “embrace the
rock for want of a shelter.
9 They pluck the fatherless from
the breast, and take a pledge of the
poor.
10 They cause hin to go naked
without clothing, and they take
away the sheaf from the hun-
ery;
11 Which make oil within their
walls, and tread their winepresses,
and suffer thirst.
12 Men groan from out of the
city, and the soul of the wounded
crieth out: yet God layeth not folly
to them.
13 They are of those that rebel
against the light; they know not
the ways thereof, nor abide in the
paths thereof.
14 The murderer rising with the
light killeth the poor and needy,
and in the night is as a thief.
15 The eye also of the adulterer
waiteth for the twilight, saying,
No eye shall see me: and disguiseth
his face.
16 In the dark they dig through
houses, which they had marked for
themselves in the daytime: they
know not the light.
17 For the morning is to them
even as the shadow of death: if one
know them, they are in the ter-
rors of the shadow of death.
18 He is swift as the waters; their
portion is cursed in the earth: he
beholdeth not the way of the vine-
yards.
19 Drought and heat consume the
snow waters: so doth the ‘grave
those which have sinned.
20 The womb shall forget him;
the worm shall feed sweetly on him;
dhe shall be no more remembered;
and wickedness shall be broken as
fl etrees
21 He evil entreateth the barren
that beareth not: and doeth not
good to the widow.
22 We draweth also the mighty
with his power: he riseth up, and
no man is sure of life.
23 Theuégh it be given him to be
in safety, whereon he resteth; “yet;
his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little
while, but are gone and brought
low; they are taken out of the way)
as all other, and cut off as the tops
of the ears of corn.
25 And if it be not so now, who
will make me a liar, and make my
speech nothing worth?
JOB.
a Lam.4.5.
6b Prov.7.9.
c Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.
2.5, note.
d Prov.10.7.
e Psa.11.4;
Prov.15.3.
f Jas.1.17.
g Job 4.17;
15.14;
Psa.130.3;
143.2.
h Psa.22.6.
? Psa.139.8,
11; Prov.15.
11; Heb.4.
13. Heb.
Sheol.
j Job 38.8;
Psa.33.7;
104.9;
Prov.8.29;
Jer.5.22.
k Holy Spirit.
Job 33.4,
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
585
B.C. 1520.
CHAPTER 25.
(17) Bildad’s third discourse:
sententious sayings.
HEN answered Bildad the Shu-
hite, and said,
2. Dominion and fear are with him,
he maketh peace in his high places.
3 Is there any number of his ar-
mies? and upon whom doth not his
flight arise?
4 sHow then can man be iustified
with Sore oe ek can | - e clean
hat.is..born..of a woman?"
_5 Behold even to the moon, and
it shineth not; yea, the stars are not
pure in his sight.
6 How l,
wor ECTS a eee |
¢
1S o2e/ WOT?
CHAPTER 26.
(18) Job’s eighth answer: Bil-
dad’s view leads to despair.
Job’s faith in God.
Bu Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him
that is without power? how savest
thou the arm that hath no
strength?
3 How hast thou counselled him
that hath no wisdom? and how
hast thou plentifully declared the
thing as it is?
4 To whom hast thou uttered
words? and whose spirit came from
thee?
5 Dead things are formed from
under the waters, and the inhabi-
tants thereof.
6 ‘Hell is naked before him, and
destruction hath no covering.
7 He stretcheth out the north
over the empty place, and hangeth
the earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his
thick clouds; and the cloud is not
rent under them.
9 He holdeth back the face of his
throne, and spreadeth his cloud
upon it.
10 #He hath compassed the waters
with bounds, until the day and
night come to an end.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astonished at his reproof.
12 He divideth the sea with his
power, and by his understanding he
smiteth through the proud.
13 By his “spirit he hath gar-
nished the heavens; his hand hath
formed the crooked serpent.
14 Lo, these are parts of his ways:
but low little a portion is heard of
27 14
JOB.
[28 18
hin? but the thunder of his power| B.c. 1520.
who can understand?
CHAPTER 27.
(Job’s eighth answer, continued.)
TUL Ce LOcER Job continued his
parable, and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken
away my judgment; and the Al-
mighty, who hath ¢vexed my soul;
3 All the while my breath is in
me, and the spirit of God is in my
nostrils; :
4 My lips shalt not speak wicked-
ness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 God forbid that I should justify
you: till I die I will not remove
mine integrity from me.
6 My righteousness I hold fast,
and will not let it go: my heart shall
not reproach me so long as I live.
Let mine enemy be as the
wicked, and he that riseth up
against me-as the unrighteous.
8 ‘For what is the hope of the
hypocrite, though he hath gained,
when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when
trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the
Almighty? wil) he always call upon
God?
11 I will teach you by the hand of
God: that which;is with the Al-
mighty will I not: conceal.
12 Behold, ail ye yourselves have
seen it; why then are ye thus alto-
gether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked
man with God, and the heritage of
oppressors, which they shall re-
ceive of the Almighty.
14. If his children be multiplied, it
is for the sword: and his offspring
shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall
be buried in death: and his widows
shall not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as
the dust, and prepare raiment as
the clay;
_17 He may prepare it, ¢but the
just shall put zt on, and the inno-
cent shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as a
moth, and as a booth that the
keeper maketh.
19 The rich man shall lie down,
but he shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 *Terrors take hold on him as
waters, a tempest stealeth him
away in the night.
21 The east wind carrieth him
a Heb. made
my soul
bitter.
6 Gen.2.7.
c Mt.16.26;
Lk.12.20.
d Prov.28.8;
Eccl.2.26.
e Job 18.11.
f Or, a mine.
g Heb. from
weeping.
h v.20; Eccl.
7.24.
# Prov.3.15.
586
away, and he departeth: and as a ©
storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 For God shall cast upon him,
and not spare: he would fain flee
out of his hand.
23 Men shall clap-their hands at
him, and shall hiss him out of his
place.
CHAPTER 28.
(Job’s eighth answer, continued.)
URELY there is a fvein for the
silver, and a place for gold
where they fine it.
2. Iron is taken out of the earth,
and brass is molten out of the stone.
3 He. setteth an end to darkness,
and searcheth out all perfection:
the stones of darkness, and the
shadow of death.
4 The flood breaketh out from the
inhabitant; even the waters for-
gotten of the foot: they are dried
up, they are gone away from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it
cometh bread: and under it is
turned up as it were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of
sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl
knoweth, and which the vulture’s
eye hath not seen:
8 The lion’s whelps haye not
trodden it, nor the fierce lion
passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon
the rock; he overturneth the moun-
tains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among
the rocks; arid his eye seeth every
precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods £from
overflowing; and the thing that
is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12 But ’where shall wisdom be
found? and where is the place of
understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the ‘price
thereof; neither is it found in the
land of the living.
14 The depth saith, It is not in
me: and the sea saith, It is not
with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for: gold,
neither shall silver be weighed for
the price thereof. :
16 It cannot be valued with the
gold of Ophir, with the precious
onyx, or the sapphire,
17 The gold and the crystal can-
not equal it: and the exchange of
it shall not be for jewels of fine
gold. i
18 No mention shall be made of
28. 19] oes
coral, or of pearls: for the price of
wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall
not equal it, neither shall it be
valued with pure gold.
50 *Whence then cometh wis-
dom? and where is the place of
understanding?
.2i Seeing it is hid from the eyes of
all living, and kept close from the
fowls of the air.
22 +Destruction and death say,
We have heard the fame thereof
with our ears.
23 God understandeth the way
thereof, and he knoweth the place
the earth, and seeth under the
whole heaven;
25 ‘To make the weight for the
winds; and he weigheth the waters
by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the
[30 4
| 10 The nobles held their peace,
and their tongue cleaved to the roof
of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard me, then
it blessed me; and when the eye
saw me, it gave witness to me:
12 Because I delivered the poor
that cried, and the fatherless, and
him that had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him that was
ready to perish came upon me: and
I caused the widow’s heart to sing
for joy.
14 I put on frighteousness, and it
clothed me: my judgment was as a
robe and a diadem.
i5 I was eyes to the blind, and
feet was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor: and
the cause which I knew not I
searched out.
17 And I brake the jaws of the
wicked, and plucked the spoil out
of his teeth.
rain, and a way for the lightning of] v.12. 18 Then I said, I shall die in my
the thunder: nest, and I shall multiply my days
27 Then did he see it. and declare]? ¥-1* as the sand.
it; he prepared it, yea, and searched| ¢ Psa.135.7. 19 My root was spread out by the
it out. , waters, and the dew lay all night
28 And unto man he said, Behold, |? eis ge upon my branch.
the “fear of the Lord, that is wis- 20 My glory was fresh in me, and
dom; and to depart from evil is|¢ Psa-25-14. my bow was renewed in my hand.
understanding. / Righteous: 21 Unto me men gave ear, and
ness (gar- |Waited, and kept silence at my
CHAPTER 29. meee ae vil fs — ‘
. ’ Hf oe 22) ter my words they spake not
(Job’s eighth answer, continued.| 3.21; Rev. ageinvand a speech dang apn
He answers the false charges 19.8.)
of Eliphaz, Job 22. 69.)
pt dee Job continued his
parable, and said,
2° Oh that I were as in months
_past, as in the days when God pre-
served me;
3 When his candle shined upon
my head, and when by his light I
walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the, days of my
youth, when ¢the secret of God
was upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty was yet
with me, when rny children were
about me; .
6 When I washed my steps with
butter, and the rock poured me out
Trivers of oil;
7 When f went out to the gate
through the city, when I prepared
my seat in the street!
8 The young men saw me, and
hid themselves: and the aged arose,
and stood up. ; .
9 The princes refrained talking,
and laid their hand on their
mouth.
them.
23 And they waited for me as for
the rain; and they opened their
mouth wide as for the latter
rain.
24 If I laughed on them, they
believed i¢ not; and the light of my
countenance they cast not down
25 I chose out their way, and sat
chief, and dwelt as a king in the
army, as one that comforteth the
mourners.
CHAPTER 30.
(Job’s eighth answer, continued. )
Be now they that are younger
than I have me in derision,
whose fathers I would have dis-
'dained to have set with the dogs of
|my flock.
2 Yea, whereto might the
strength of their hands profit me, in
whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were
solitary; fleeing into the wilderness
in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the
bushes, and juniper roots for their
meat.
5 They were driven forth from
among men, (they cried after them
as after a thief;)
6 To dwell in the cliffs of the val-
leys, in caves of the earth, and in
the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they brayed;
under the nettles they were gath-
ered together.
8 They were children of fools, yea,
children of base men: they were
viler than the earth. f
9 ¢And now am I their song, yea,
I am their byword. :
10 They abhor me, they flee far
from me, and spare not “to spit in
my face.
11 Because he hath loosed my
cord, and afflicted me, they have
also let loose the bridle before me.
12 Upon my right hand rise the
youth; “they push away my feet,
and they raise up against me the
ways of their destruction.
13 They mar my path, they set
forward my calamity, they have no
helper.
14 They came upon me asa wide
breaking in of waters: in the deso-
lation they rolled themselves upon
me.
15 Terrors are turned upon me:
they pursue my soul as the wind:
and my welfare passeth away as a
cloud.
16 «And now my soul is poured
out upon me; the days of affliction
have taken hold upon me.
17 My bones are pierced in me in
the night season: and my sinews
take no rest.
18 By the great force of my dis-
ease is my garment changed: it
bindeth me about as the collar of
my coat.
19 He hath cast me into the mire,
and I am become like dust and
ashes.
20 Icry unto thee, and thou dost
not hear me: I stand up, and thou
regardest me not.
21 Thou art become cruel to me:
with thy strong hand thou opposest}
thyself against me,
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind;
thou causest me to ride upon it,!
and dissolvest my substance.
23 For I know that thou wilt
bring me fo death, and to the house
Jappointed for all living.
24 Howbeit he will not stretch
out his hand to the grave, though
they cry in his destruction. {
B.C. 1520.
a Job 17.6;
6 Num.12.14;
Deut.25.9;
Isa.50.6;
Mt.26.67;
27.30.
cSee Job 12.
18.
d Job 19,12.
e Psa.42.4,
f Heb.9.27.
g Jer.8.15.
h Psa.38.6;
42.9; 43.2,
# Psa.102.6,
Mic.1.8.
J Psa.119.83;
Lam.4.87
5.10
k Psa.102.3,
1 Heb. Let
him weigh
me in bal-
ances of
Justice.
m Lev.26.16,
Deut.28,
30,38
n 2 Sam.12.
11;. Jer.8.10.
o Gen.38.24,
Lev.20.10,
Deut.22.22;
see v.28.
P Psa.44.21,
588
25 Did not I weep for him that
was in trouble? was not my soul
grieved for the poor?
26 &When I looked for good, then
evil came unto me: and when I
waited for light, there came dark-
ness.
27 My bowels boiled, and rested
not; the days of affliction prevented
me.
28 4I went mourning without the
sun: I stood up, and I cried in the
congregation.
29 *I am a brother to dragons,
and a companion to owls.
30 7My skin is black upon me,
and *my bones are burned with
heat.
31 My harp also is turned to
mourning, and my organ into the
voice of them that weep.
CHAPTER 31.
(Job’s eighth answer, continued.)
I MADE a covenant with mine
eyes; why then should I think
upon a maid?
2 For what portion of God. is
there from above? and what inher-
itance of the Almighty from on
high?
3 Isnot destruction tothe wicked?
and a strange punishment to the ©
workers of iniquity?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and
count all my steps?
5 If I have walked with vanity, or
if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6 ‘Let me be weighed in an even
balance, that God may know mine
integrity.
7 If my step hath turned out of
the way, and mine heart walked
after mine eyes, and if any blot
hath cleaved to mine hands;
8 ™Then let me sow, and let an-
other eat; yea, let my offspring be
rooted out.
9 If mine heart have been de-
ceived by a woman, or 7f I have laid
wait at my neighbour’s door;
10 Then let my wife grind unto
"another, and let others bow down
upon her,
11 For this is an heinous crime;
yea, %t is an iniquity to be pun-
ished by the judges.
12° For it is a fire that consumeth
to destruction, and would root out
all mine increase.
13 IfI did despise the cause of my
Mmanservant or of my maidservant,
when they contended with me;
-
14 What then shall I do *when )
31 15] ki JOB. [32 2)
God riseth up? and when he visit-
eth, what shall I answer him?
15 @Did not he that made me in
the womb make him? and did not
B.c. 1520. | 30 Neither have I suffered my
mouth to sin by wishing a curse to
his soul.
31 If the men of my tabernacle
one fashion us in the womb? said not, Oh that we had of his
16 If I have withheld the poor flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
de thest Resins or nee causes fa The stranger did not lodge in
he eyes of the widow to fail; the street: but I opened my doors
17 Or have eaten my morsel .my- to the traveller.
self alone, and the fatherless hath 33. If I covered my transgressions
not ee thereof; oe as Adam. by hiding mine iniquity
18 or from my yout e was in my bosom:
brought up with me, as with a fa- 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or
ther, and I have guided her from did the contempt of families terrify
my mother’s womb;) : 'me, that I kept silence, and went
- 19 If I have seen any perish for not out of the door?
want of clothing, or any poor with-|a Job 34.19; 35 ¢Oh that one would hear me!
out covering; Prov.14.31; /behold, my desire 1s, that the Al-
20 If his loins have not blessed} 37;2>M*" mighty would anawet se, and that
me, and if he were not warmed mine adversary had written a
with the fleece of my sheep; b Deut.24.13._ | book. ee
21 If I-have lifted up my hand 36 Surely I would take it upon my
‘against the fatherless, when I saw|c Job 22.9 shoulder, and bind it as a crown
my help in the gate: to me.
92 Then let mine arm fall from|? 27 }95 37 I would declare unto him the
my shoulder blade, and mine arm number of my steps; as a prince
be broken from the bone. e Job 33.6. would I go near unto him,
23 For 4destruction from God f1 Ki.21.19. 38 If my land cry against me, or
was a terror to me, and by reason |that the furrows likewise thereof
of his highness I could not en-|¢ Job 33.9. cgunplaits E I odo@ EF
dure, ave eaten e. fruits
24 If I have made gold my hope, hGen.22.21. |+hereof without money, for have
or have said to the fine gold, Thou race ne owners thereof to lose
art my confidence; itheir life: _ '
25 If lrejoiced because my wealth | 40 Let thistles grow instead of
was great, and because mine hand} wheat, and cockle instead of barley.
had gotten much; The words of Job are ended.
26 If I beheld the sun when it
shined, or the moon walking in CHAPTER 32.
brightness; °
27 And my heart hath been se- Part IV. Job and Elihu,
cretly enticed, or my mouth hath "So these three men ceased to
kissed my hand: , ~ cans en ak because he was
28 This also were an iniquity to Srighteous im his own eyes.
be punished by the judge: for I egibes :
should have denied’the God) that G) Elche s' discouer
is above. 2 Then was kindled the wrath of
99 If I rejoiced at the destruction 2Elihu the son of Barachel the
of him that hated me, or lifted up ABuzite, of the kindred of Ram:
myself when evil found him: lagainst Job was his wrath kindled,
1 Despite minor differences, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar have one view of the
problem of Job’s afflictions. He is a hypocrite. Outwardly good, he is, they hold,
really a bad man. Otherwise, according to their conception of God, Job’s sufferings
would be unjust. Job, though himself the sufferer, will not so accuse the justice of.
God, and his self-defence is complete. Before God he is guilty, heipless, and un-
done, and there is no daysman (9.), Later, his faith is rewarded by a revelation
of a coming Redeemer, and of the resurrection (19.). But Eliphaz, Bildad, and
Zophar are: sinners also as before God, and yet they are not afflicted. Job refutes
the theory of the three that he is a secret sinner as against the common moralities,
but the real problem, Why are the righteous afflicted? remains. It is solved in
the last chapter. i : i
2 Elihu “he a far juster and more spiritual conception of the problem than Eliphaz,
Bildad, and Zophar because he has an infinitely higher conception of God, The
God of Eliphaz and the others, great though they perceive Him to be in His works,
; 589
32 3] JOB. 7 [33 1
20 I will speak, that I may be
because he justified himself rather
than God. A
3 Also against his three friends
was his wrath kindled, because they
had found no answer, and yet had
condemned Job. .
4 Now Elihu had waited till Job
had spoken, because they were
elder than he.
5 When Elihu saw that there
B.C. 1520.
answer.
give flattering titles unto man.
ing titles; ir: so doing my maker
would soon take me away.
was no answer in the mouth of CHAPTER 33.
cee Hance men, then his wrath (Elihu’s discourse, continued.)
6 And Elihu the son of Barachel VV HEREFORE, Job, I pray
the Buzite answered and said, I am|, rey. pis thee, hear my speeches, and
young, and 4ye are very old; where-| soul. hearken to all my words.
fore I was afraid, and durst not 5 2 Behold, now I have opened my
shew you mine opinion. b Job 15.10, | outh, my tongue hath spoken in
7 I:said, Days should speak, and} < Job 35.11; |my mouth. .
multitude of years should teach] 3836;1Ki. | 3 My words shall be of the up-
wisdom, 3. 32? |rightness of my heart: and my lips
8 But there is a spirit in man:} Eccl.2.26; shall utter knowledge clearly.
and the ‘inspiration of the Almighty} Dan.1.17; 4 The Spirit of God shath made
giveth them understanding. Meit.2s; {me, and the breath of the Almighty
9 Great men are not always wise:| Jas.1.5. hath given me life.
neither do the aged understand 3 5 Ifthou canst answer me, set thy
judgment. @ Jer.9-23;. | words in-order before me, stand up.
10 Therefore I said, Hearken to $L, 6 Behold, I am according to thy
me; I also will shew mine opinion.|¢ Inspiration. |wish in God’s stead: I also am
11 Behold, I waited for your) FS2¢8t!- formed out of the clay.
aor ; I gave ess to ea oo Rev.22.19.) (test ee et He not
whilst ye searched out what to say. .., |mMake thee afraid, neither s my
nt Yea, I attended unto you, and,|/ uae Fis ‘* thand be heavy upon thee. ee
ehold, there was none of you that| 12. (Gen.1.2; | 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine
Se aie Job. or that answered] Mal.2.15.) oo om I have heard the voice
is words: 27. fo) y words, saying,
13 4¢Lest ye should say, We have Bore! 9 *I am clean without transgres-
os foe wisdom. God thrusteth h Job eR ig I am ‘ee neither is
: mtatise ae | 16:17; 23.40, ere iniquity in me.
14 Now he hath not directed his Hees 29. | 10 Behold, he findeth occasions
words se gs eee seen I} 14; 31.1. against me, he counteth me for his
3. enemy,
15 They were amazed, they an- 11 He putteth my feet in the
Ge no more: they left off speak- eis ei to all my paths.
; ehold, in this thou art not
16 When I had waited, (for they just: I will answer thee, that God
spake not, but stood still, and an- is greater than man. ‘
Pert Sori answer also my Heeaaoeine ct an Nadee
} : i c
part, I also will shew mine opinion. any of his nigereds! ve nolecuneee
18. For I am full of matter, the 14 For God speaketh once, yea
an ad ve) ioe eee Ring pire ehh ec perceiveth it ein
: ; y i is in a dream, in a vision of the
ec no Aisi it is ready to night, when deep sleep falleth upon
ike new bottles, men, in slumberings upon the bed:
becomes in their thought petty and exacting in His relations with mankind. It is
the fatal misconception of all religious externalists and moralizers. Their God is
always a small God. Elihu’s account of God is noble and true, and it is noteworthy
that at the last Jehovah does not class him with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar (cf.
Job 42. 7); but he is still a dogmatist, and his eloquent discourse is marred by self-
assertiveness (e.g. 32. 8,9; 33.3). Jehovah’s judgment of Elihu is that he darkened
counsel by words (38. 2); the very charge that Elihu had brought against Job (34. 35;
35. 16). Furthermore, the discourse of Jehovah is wholly free from the accusations
of Job with which even Elihu’s lofty discourse abounds.
590
refreshed: I will open my lips and-
21° Let me not, I pray you, accept”
any man’s person, neither let me
22 For I know not to give flatter- ©
JOB.
[34 23
16 Then he openeth the ears of
men, and sealeth their instruction,
17 That he may withdraw man
from his purpose, and hide pride
m man.
18 He keepeth back his soul from
the pit, and his life from perishing
by the sword.
19 He is chastened also with pain
upon his bed, and the multitude of
his bones with strong pain:
20 2So that his life abhorreth
bread, and his soul dainty meat. -
21 His flesh is consumed away,
that it cannot be seen; and his
bones that were not seen stick out.
22 Yea, his soul draweth near
unto the grave, and his life to the
destroyers.
23 If there be a messenger with
him, an interpreter, one among a
thousand, to shew unto man his
uprightness:
24 Then he is gracious unto him,
and saith, Deliver him from going
down to the pit: I have found a
bransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than
a child’s: he shall return to the
days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and
he will be favourable unto him:
and he shall see his face with joy:
for he will render unto man his
righteousness.
27 He looketh upon men, and if
any “say, I have sinned, and per-
verted that which was right, and
it profited me not;
28 He will deliver his soul from
going into the pit, and his life shall
see the light.
29 Lo, all these things worketh
God oftentimes with man,
30 To bring back his soul from
the pit, to be enlightened with the
light of the living.
31 Mark well, O Job, hearken
unto me: hold thy peace, and I will
speak.
32 If thou hast any thing to say,
answer me: speak, for I desire to
justify thee.
33 If not, hearken unto me: hold
thy peace, and I shall teach thee
wisdom. ,
CHAPTER 34.
(Elihu’s discourse, continued. )
URI BEE MORE Elihu an-
swered and said, .
2 Hear my words, O ye wise men,
and give ear unto me, ye that have
knowledge.
B.C. 1520.
a Psa.107.18.
6 Or, an
atonement.
c 2 Sam.12.13;
Prov.28.13;
Lk.15.21;
1 John 1.9.
d Job 6.30;
12.11.
e Job 33.9.
f Job 8.3; 36.
23; Gen.18.
25; Deut.32.
4; 2 Chr.19.
7; Psa.92.15;
Rom.9.14.
g Psa.104.29.
hk Gen.3.19;
Eccl.12.7.
# Job 31.15.
j Job 31.4;
2 Chr.16.9;
591
3 4For the ear trieth words, as the
mouth tasteth meat.
4 Let us choose to us judgment:
let us know among ourselves what
is good.
5 For Job hath said, «I am right-
eous: and God hath taken away my
judgment.
6 Should I lie against my right?
my wound is incurable without
transgression.
7 What man is like Job, wha
drinketh up scorning like water?
8 Which goeth in company with
the workers of iniquity, and walk-
eth with wicked men.
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a
man nothing that he should delight
himself with God.
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye
men of understanding: /far be it
from God, that he should do wick-
edness; and from the Almighty,
that he should commit iniquity.
11 For the work of a man shall he
render unto him, and cause every
man to find according to his ways.
12 Yea, surely God will not do
wickedly, neither will the Almighty
pervert judgment.
13 Who hath given him a charge
over the earth? or who hath dis-
posed the whole ‘world?
14 If he set his heart upon man,
if he égather unto himself his spirit
and his breath;
15 All flesh shall perish together,
and man shall turn again unto dust.
16 If now thou hast understand-
ing, hear this: hearken to the voice
of my words.
17 Shall even he that hateth right
; |govern? and wilt thou condemn
him that is most just?
18 Is it fit tosay to aking, Thou
art wicked? and to princes, Ye are
ungodly?
19 How much less to him that
accepteth not the persons of princes,
nor regardeth the rich more than
the poor? ‘for they all are the work
of his hands.
20 In a moment shall they die,
and the people shall be troubled at
midnight, and pass away: and the
mighty shall be taken away without
hand.
21 JForhis eyes are upon the ways
of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor
shadow of death, where the workers
of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man
more than right; that he should
enter into judgment with God.
5
1
he
34 24]
24 *He shall break in pieces
mighty men without number, and
set others in their stead.
25. Therefore he knoweth their
works, and he: overturneth them
in the night, so that they are de-
stroyed. :
26 He striketh them as wicked
men in the open sight of others;
27 “Because they turned back
from him, and would not consider
_ any of his ways:
28 So that they ‘cause the cry of
the poor to come unto him, ¢and he
heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giveth quietness,
who then can make trouble? and
when he hideth Ais face, who then
can behold him? whether it be
done against a nation, or against a
man only:
30 That the hypocrite reign not,
. lest the people be ensnared.
31 Surely it is meet to be said
unto God, I have borne chastise-
ment, I will not offend any more:
32 That which I see not teach
thou me: if I have done iniquity, I
will do no more.
33 Should it be according to thy
mind? he will recompense it,
whether thou refuse, or whether
thou choose; and not I: therefore
speak what thou knowest.
34 Let men of understanding tell
me, and let a wise man hearken
unto me.
35 Job hath spoken without know-
ledge, and his words were without
wisdom.
36 My desire is that Job may be
tried unto the end because of his
answers for wicked men.
37 For he addeth rebellion unto
his sin, he clappeth his hands
among us, and multiplieth his words
against God.
CHAPTER 35.
(Elihu’s discourse, continued. )
[;, LIAMU spake moreover, and said,
-/ 2 Thinkest thou this to be
tight, that thou saidst, My right-
cousness ys more than God’s?
3 For fthou saidst, What advan-
tage will it be unto thee? and,
What profit shall I haver if I be
cleansed from my sin?
4 I will answer thee, and éthy
companions with thee.
hLook unto the heavens, and
see; and behold the clouds which
are higher than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou
JOB.
B.C. 1520.
a Dan.2.21,
61 Sam.15.11.
¢ Job 35.9;
Jas.5.4.
d Ex.22.23.
e Or, My fa-
ther, let Job
be tried,
f Job 21,15;
34.9.
g Job 34.8.
h Job 22.12.
# Isa.51.13.
j Psa.42.8;
77.6; 149.5;
Acts 16,25.
k Job 9.4; 12.
13,16; 37.23;
Psa.99.4.
1 Psa.107,10.
592
[36 3
against him? or if thy transgres-_
sions be multiplied, what doest thou
unto him? }
7 Ifthou berighteous, what givest
thou him? or what receiveth he of
thine hand? {
8 Thy wickedness may hAurt a
man as thou art; and thy right-
eousness may profit the son of
man.
9 By reason of the multitude of -
oppressions they make the op-—
pressed to cry: they cry out by
reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saith, ‘Where is God
my maker, Jjwho giveth songs in
the night;
11 Who teacheth us more than
the beasts of the earth, and maketh
us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 There they cry, but none
giveth answer, because of the pride
of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear van-
ity, neither will the Almighty re-
gard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou
shalt not see him, yet judgment is
Hr sesigh him; therefore trust thou in
im.
15 But now, because it is not so,
he hath visited in his anger: yet he
knoweth it not in great extrem-
ity:
16 Therefore doth Job open his
mouth in vain; he multiplieth
words without knowledge.
CHAPTER 36.
(Elihu’s discourse, continued.’
| Sesh also proceeded, and said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will
shew thee that I have yet to speak
on God’s behalf.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from
afar, and will ascribe righteousness
to my Maker.
4 For truly my words shall/ not
be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with. thee.
5 Behold, God is mighty, and de-
spiseth not any: *he is mighty in
strength and wisdom.
6 He preserveth not the life of the
wicked: but giveth right to the
poor.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes
from the righteous: but with kings
are they on the throne; yea, he
doth establish them for ever, and
they are exalted.
8 And Jif they be bound in fetters,
and be holden in cords of affliction:
9 Then he sheweth them their
61 :
work, and their transgressions that
they have exceeded.
10 ?He openeth also their ear to
discipline, and commandeth that
they return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve him,
they shall spend their days in pros-
perity, and their years in pleas-
ures.
12 Butif they obey not, they shall
perish by the sword, and they shall
die without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites in heart
bheap up wrath: they cry not when
he bindeth them.
14 They die in youth, and their
life 7s among the unclean.
15 He delivereth the poor in his
affliction, and openeth their ears in
oppression.
16 Even so would he have re-
moved thee out of the strait “into
a broad place, where there is no
straitness; and that which should
be set on thy table should be full
of fatness.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the
judgment of the wicked: judgment
and justice take hold-on thee.
18 Because there is wrath, be-
ware lest he take thee away with
his stroke: then a great ransom
cannot deliver thee.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no,
not gold, nor aH the forces of
strength.
20 Desire not the night, when
people are cut off in their place.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity:
for “this hast thou chosen rather
than affliction.
22 Behold, God exalteth by his
power: who teacheth like him?
23 Who hath enjoined him his
way? or who can say, Thou hast
wrought iniquity? !
24 Remember that thou magnify
his work, which men behold.
25 Every man may see it; man
may behold #t afar off.
26 Behold, God is great, and we
eknow him not, neither can the
number of his years be searched
out.
27 For he maketh small the drops
of water: they pour down rain ac-
cording to the vapour thereof:
28 Which the clouds do drop and
distil upon man abundantly.
29 Also can any understand the
spreadings” of the clouds, or the
noise of his tabernacle? me!
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light
upon it, and -covereth the bottom
of the sea.
[37 16
31 For by them judgeth he the
people; he giveth meat in abun-
ance.
_ 32. With fclouds he covereth the
light; and commandeth it not to
shine by the cloud that cometh
betwixt.
33 The noise thereof sheweth con-
cerning it, the cattle also concern-
ing the vapour.
CHAPTER 37.
(Elihu’s discourse, continued.)
JOB.
B.C. 1520.
Ae this also my heart trembleth,
a Job 33.16. and is moved out of his
D Remotes ae Pee : :
sates 2 Hear attentively the noise of
¢Psa.1g.19; |his voice, and the sound that goeth
31.8; 118.5. |out of his mouth.
dSee Heb, | 3 He directeth it under the whole
251 heaven, and his lightning unto the
ends of the earth.
e1Cor-13.12. | 4 After it a voice roareth: he
fPsa.147.8. |thundereth with the voice of his
; exceilency; and he will not stay
= ices them when his voice is heard.
Rev.15.3. peers thundereth martellovaly
wi is voice; ‘great things
hPsa.147-16, ldoeth he, which we cannot com-
prehend.
6 4For he saith to the snow, Be
thou on the earth; likewise to the
small rain, and to the great rain of
i Psa.109.27.
j Psa.104.22.
k Job 38.29, | his strength.
Piebigrarrt 7 He sealeth up the hand of every
aa man; ‘that all men may know his
1Psa.14&.8. |work. 1
m Job 36.31, 8 Then the beasts Jgo into dens,
x.9.18,23; |and remain in their places.
1Sam.i12.18, | 9 Out of the south cometh the
Pate ty whirlwind: and cold out of the
ir north.
10 #By the breath of God frost is
nPsa.1l1.2. given: and the breadth of the
waters is straitened.
11 Also by watering he wearieth
the thick cloud: he scattereth his
bright cloud:
12 And it is turned round about
by his counsels: ‘that they may do
whatsoever he commandeth them
upon the face of the world in the
earth.
13 ™He causeth it to come,
whether for correction, or for his
land, or for mercy.
14 Hearken unto this, O Job:
stand still, and "consider the won-
drous works of God.
15 Dost thou know when God dis-
posed them, and caused the light of
his cloud to shine?
16 Dost thou know the balancings
: of the clouds, the wondrous works
59,
37 17]
of him which is perfect in know-
ledge?
17 How thy garments are warm,
when he quieteth the earth by the
south wind?
18 Hast thou with him ¢spread
out the sky, which is strong, and
as a molten looking glass?
19 Teach us what we shall say
unto him; for we cannot order our
speech by reason of darkness.
20 Shall it be told him that I
speak? if a man speak, surely he
shall be swallowed up.
21 And now men see not the
bright light which is in the clouds:
but the wind passeth, and cleanseth
them.
22 Fair weather cometh out of the
north: with God is terrible majesty.
23 Touching the Almighty, we
cannot find him out: he is excellent
in power, and in judgment, and in
plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
24 Men do therefore ‘fear him: he
Tespecteth not any that are wise
of heart.
CHAPTER 38.
Part V. Jehovah and Job.
HEN the Lorp lanswered Job
“ fout of the whirlwind, and
sai
2 ‘Who is this that darkeneth
counsel by words without know-
ledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a
man; for I will demand of thee,
and answer thou me.
4 fWhere wast thou when I laid
the foundations of the earth? de-
clare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures
thereof, if thou knowest? or who
hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations
thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang
together, and ali the gsons of God
shouted for joy?
8 “Or who shut up the sea with
doors, when it brake forth, as if it
had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the gar-
ment thereof, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband for it,
JOB.
B.C. 1520.
a Gen.1.6;
Isa.44.24.
61 Tim.6.16.
c Mt.10.28.
d So Ex.19.16,
18; 1 Ki.19.
1i; Ezk.1.4;
Nah.1.3.
e Job 34.35;
42.3.
f Psa.104.5;
Prov.8.29;
30.4.
g Heb.1.4,
note.
h Gen.1.9;
Psa.33.7;
104.9; Prov.
8.29; Jer,
5.22.
# Psa.89.9;
93.4.
j Psa.74.16;
148.5.
k Psa.77.19.
1 Psa.9.13.
m Psa.147.16.
n Ex.9.18;
Josh.10.11;
Isa.30.30;
Ezk.13.11,
13; Rev.16,
21.
o Psa.147.8;
Jer.14,22.
10 And brake up for it my decreed
place, and set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou —
come, but no further: and here shall —
‘thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou Jcommanded the —
i since thy days;
caused the dayspring to know his
place;
13. That it might take hold of the
ends of the earth, that the wicked
might be shaken out of it?
14 It is turned as clay to the
seal; and they stand as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their
light is withholden, and the high
arm shall be broken.
16 *Hast thou entered into the
springs of the sea? or hast thou
walked in the search of the depth?
17 ‘Have the gates of death been
opened unto thee? or hast thou
seen the doors of the shadow of
death?
18 Hast thou perceived the
breadth of the earth? declare if
thou knowest it all.
19 Where is the way where light
dwelleth? and as for darkness,
where is the place thereof,
20° That thou shouldest take it to.
the bound thereof, and that thou
shouldest know the paths to the
house thereof?
21 Knowest thou it, because thou
wast then born? or because the
number of thy days is great?
22 ™Hast thou entered into the
treasures of the snow? or hast thou
seen the treasures of the hail,
23 "Which I have reserved
against the time of trouble, against.
the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light
parted, which scattereth the east
wind upon the earth?
25 Who hath divided a water-
course for the overflowing of wa-
ters, or a way for the lightning of
thunder;
26 Tocauseit to rain on the earth,
where no man is; on the wilder-
ness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and
waste round ; and to cause the bud
of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 °Hath the rain a father? or who
hath begotten the drops of dew?
1 The words of Jehovah have the effect of bri
Hitherto the discussions hav.
ence (Job 42. s).
conceived of as absent:
that Job does not answer Elihu.
truly about God that Job remains
silent.
Jehovah answered for {or on behalf of] Job.”
nging’ Job consciously into His pres-
e been
Now Job and the Lorn are face to face,
about God, but He has been
It is noteworthy
Despite his harsh judgment he has spoken so
594
Job 38. 1 might be paraphrased, ‘‘Then
38 29]
_29 Out of whose womb came the
ice? “and the hoary frost of heaven,
who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a
stone, and the face of the deep is
frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet in-
fluences of 5Pleiades, or loose the
bands of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazza-
roth in his season? or canst thou
guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou “the ordinances
of heaven? canst thou set the do-
minion thereof in the
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to
the clouds, that abundance of wa-
ters may cover thee?
+ 35 Canst thou send lightnings,
that they may go, and say unto
thee, Here we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the
inward parts? or who hath given
understanding to the heart?
37 Who can number the clouds in
‘wisdom? or who can stay the bottles
of heaven,
_38 When the dust groweth into
hardness, and the clods cleave fast
together?
39 ¢Wilt thou hunt the prey for
the lion? or fill the appetite of the
young lions,
40 When they couch in their
dens; and abide in the covert to lie
in wait?
41 ¢Who provideth for the raven
his food? when his young ones cry
unto God, they wander for lack of
meat.
CHAPTER 39.
_(Jehovah and Job, continued.)
NOWEST thou the time when
the wild goats of the rock bring
forth? or canst thou -mark when
the hinds do calve?
2 Canst thou number the months
that they fulfil? or knowest thou
the time when they bring forth?
3 They bow themselves, they
bring forth their young ones, they
cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young ones are in good
liking, they grow up with corn;
they go forth, and return not unto
them.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass
free? or who hath loosed the bands
of the wild ass?
6 fWhose house I have made the
wilderness, and the barren land
his dwellings.
7 He scorneth the multitude of
JOB.
B.C. 1520. __
a Psa.147.16.
6 Or, the
seven stars.
Job 9.9
Amos 5.8.
¢ Jer.31.35.
d Psa.104.21;
145.15.
¢ Psa.147.9;
Mt.6.26.
f Job 24.5;
Jer.2.24;
Hos.8.9.
g Heb. salt
places.
hk Num.23.22;
Deut.33.17.
1 Lam.4.3.
j Jer.49.16;
Oba.4.
595
[39 28
the city, neither regardeth he the
crying of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains is
his pasture, and he searcheth after
jevery green thing.
9 AWill the unicorn be willing to
serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn
with his band in the furrow? or
will he harrow the valleys after
thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because
his strength is great? or wilt thou
leave thy labour to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he
‘will bring home thy seed, and
gather it into thy barn?
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings
unto the peacocks? or wings and
feathers unto the ostrich?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the
earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot
may crush them, or that the wild
beast may break them.
16 She is *hardened against her
young ones, as though they were
not her’s: her labour is in vain
without fear;
17 Because God hath deprived
her of wisdom, neither hath he im-
parted to her understanding.
18 What time she lifteth up her-
self on high, she scorneth the horse
and his rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse
strength? hast thou clothed his
neck with thunder?
20 Canst thou make him afraid
as a grasshopper? the glory of his
nostrils zs terrible.
21 He paweth in the valley, and
rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth
on to meet the armed men.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not
affrighted; neither turneth he back
from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against
him, the glittering spear and the
shield.
24 Heswalloweth the ground with
fierceness and rage: neither beliey-
eth he that it is the sound of the
trumpet.
25 He saith among the trumpets,
Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle
afar off, the thunder of the captains,
and the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wis-
dom, and stretch her wings toward
the south? '
27 Doth the eagle Jmount up at
thy command, and make her nest
on high?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on
39 29)
the rock, upon the crag of the rock,
and the strong place.
29 From thence she seeketh the
prey, and her eyes behold afar
off.
30 Her young ones also suck up
blood: and where the slain are,
there is she.
CHAPTER 40.
(Jehovah and Job, continued.)
OREOVER the LorpD answer-
ed Job, and said,
2 Shall he that contendeth with
the Almighty instruct him? he
that reproveth God, let him an-
swer it.
3 Then Job answered the Lorp,
and said.
4 ¢Behold, I am vile; what shall
I answer thee? I will lay mine hand
upon my mouth. :
5 Once have I spoken; but I will
not answer: yea, twice; but I will
proceed. no further.
6 Then ’answered the LorpD unto
Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird up thy loins now like a
man: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me.
8 Wilt thou also disannul my
judgment? wilt thou condemn me,
that thou mayest be righteous?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or
canst thou thunder with a voice
like him?
10 Deck thyself now with ma-
jesty and excellency; and array thy-
self with glory and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy
wrath: and behold every one that
is proud, and abase him.
12 Look on every one that is
‘proud, and bring him low; and
tread down the wicked in their
place.
13 Hide them in the dust together:
and bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confess unto
thee that thine own right hand can
save thee.
15 Behold now ¢behemoth, which
I made with thee; he eateth grass
as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his
loins, and his force is in the navel
of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar:
the sinews of his stones are wrapped
together.
13 His bones are as strong pieces
of brass; his bones are like bars
of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of
JOB.
B.C. 1520.
a Job 42.6;
Ezra 9.6;
Psa.51.4.
b Job 38.1.
c Isa.2.12;
Dan.4.37
d Or, thé ele-
phant, as
some think.
é Psa.104.14.
f Rom.11.35.
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God: he that made him can mak
his sword to approach unto him. —
20 Surely the mountains ‘bring
him forth food, where all the beasts
of the field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees,
in the covert of the reed, and
fens.
22 The shady trees cover him
with their shadow; the willows of
the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river,
and hasteth not: he trusteth that
he can draw up Jordan into his
mouth. :
24° He taketh it with his eyes: Ais
nose pierceth through snares.
CHAPTER 41
(Jehovah and Job, continued.)
oes thou draw out leviathan
with an hook? or his tongue
with a cord which thou lettest
down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his
nose? or bore his jaw through with
a thorn?
3 Will he make many supplica-
tions unto thee? will he speak soft
words unto thee?
4 Will he make a covenant with
thee? wilt thou take him for a ser-
vant for ever?
5 Wilt thou play with him as
with a bird? or wilt thou bind him
for thy maidens?
6 Shall the companions make a
banquet of him? shall they part
him among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with
barbed irons? or his head with fish
spears?
8 Lay thine hand upon him, re-
member the battle, do no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in
vain: shall not one be cast down
even at the sight of him?
10 None is so fierce that dare stir
him up: who then is able to stand
before me?
11 Who hath prevented me, that
I should repay him? whatsoever
is under the whole heaven is fmine.
12 I will not conceal his parts,
nor his power, nor his comely pro-
portion.
13. Who can discover the face of
his garment? or who can come fo
him with his double bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his
face? his teeth are terrible round
about.
15 His scales are his pride, shut
up together as with a close seal.
41 16) JOB. 424
ed 16 One is so near to another, that] B.c. 1520. CHAPTER 42.
No air.can come between them. Part VI. Job’s self-judgment.
17 They are joined one to another, é
they stick together, that they can- EN ek answered the LORD,
and said,
not be sundered.
-18. By his neesings a light doth 2 I know that thou canst do
shine, and his eyes are like the eye- every thing, and that no thought
lids of the morning. can be withholden from thee.
19 Out of his mouth go burning 3 Who is he that hideth counsel
lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. without knowledge? therefore have
I uttered that I understood not;
20 Out of his nostrils goeth
smoke, as out of a seething pot or things too wonderful for me, which
I knew not.
caldron.
a His amen indies eoalss and 4 Blears I beseech thee, and I will
a flame goeth out of his mouth. speak: I will demand of thee, and
22 Inhisneck remaineth strength, fe ee declare thou unto me.
and or ow is turned into joy be-|" rejoiceth. e I have ened of thee by the
- ft .
a The flakes of his flesh are Bor preest: ene see eine
joined together: they are firm in| °** 6 1Wherefore I abhor myself,
- yagtpee : a Sarmade be mere. ‘tee and ‘repent in dust and ashes.
is heart is as firm as a stone; 5 ; ae
yes, aghard ana piece of thenether] PT! (P80! (ated and honoured:
25 When he raiseth up himself,| ave them- | 7 And it was so,‘that after the
the mighty are afraid: by rea-| 9” |Lorp had spoken these words unto
son of breakings they purify them- Job, the Lorp said to Eliphaz the
on “The sword of him that layeth pete Aisi s phere a: ae ee
at him cannot hold: the spear, the|/Num.23.1. _|friends: for ye have not spoken of
dart, nor the “habergeon. See vig me the thing that is right, as my
27 He esteemeth iron as straw,|*jo¢1.'~—« [servant Job Aath.
and brass as rotten wood. 8 Therefore take unto you now
28 The arrow cannot make him| a Job19. |fseven bullocks and seven rams,
flee: slingstones are turned with : and go to my servant Job, and offer
him into stubble. up for yourselves. a burnt-offering;
29 Darts are counted as stubble: and my servant Job shall pray for
he laugheth at the shaking of a you: for him will I accept: lest I
spear. deal with you after your folly, in
30 ‘Sharp stones are under him: that ye have not spoken of me the
he spreadeth sharp pointed things thing which 1s right, like my ser-
upon the mire. vant Job. .
31 He maketh the deep to boil 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and
Vike a pot: he maketh the sea like a Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
pot of ointment. Naamathite went, and did accord-
32 He maketh a path to shine ing as the LorD commanded them:
after him; one would think the the LorD also accepted Job.
deep to be hoary. 10 sAnd the Lorp turned the
33 Upon earth there is not his captivity of Job, when he prayed for
like, 4who is made without fear. his friends: also the LORD gave Job
34 He beholdeth ali high things: twice as much as he had before.
he is a king over all the children of 11 Then came there unto him “all
pride. his brethren, and all his sisters,
1 The problem, of which the book of Job is the profound discussion, finds here its
solution. Brought into the presence of God, Job is revealed to himself. In no sense
a hypocrite, but godly and possessing a faith which all his afflictions couid not
shake, Job was yet self-righteous and lacking in humility. Chapter 29 fully dis-
closes this. But in the presence of God he anticipates, as it were, the experience of
Paul (Phil. 3. 4-9), and the problem is solved. The godly are afflicted that they
may be brought to self-knowledge and self- judgment. Such afflictions are not
penal for their sins, but remedial and purifying. The book of Job affords a sublime
illustration of the truth announced in 1 Cor. 11. 31, 32, and Heb. 12. 7-11. Best of
all, such self-knowledge and self-judgment is the prelude to greater fruitfulness (vs.
7-17; John 15.2). Cf. Josh. 5. 13, 14; Ezk. 1. 28; 2. 1-3; Dan. 10. 5-11; Rev. 1. 17-19.
597
42 12]
and all they that had been of his
. acquaintance before, and did eat
bread with him in his house: and)
they bemoaned him, and comforted
him over all the evil that the LorD
had brought upon him: every. man
also gave him a piece of money, and
every one an earring of gold.
12 So the LorD blessed “the
latter end of Job more ‘than his
beginning: for he had “fourteen
thousand sheep, and six thousand
camels, and a thousand yoke of
oxen, and a thousand she asses.
13 ‘He had also seven sons and
three daughters,
|
B.C. 1520.
a Job 8.7;
Jas.5.11.
b Job 1.3.
¢ Job 1.2.
d Job 5.26;
Prov.3.16,
e Gen,25.8.
14 And he called the name
of the first, Jemima; and the
name of the second, Kezia; and
the name of the third, Keren-
happuch.
15 And in all the land were no
women found so fair as the daugh-
ters of Job: and their father gave
them inheritance among their
brethren.
16 After this 4lived’ Job an hun-
dred and forty years, and saw his
sons, and his sons’ sons, even four
nh So sided) beings and
o Jo e eing old an
full of days. ‘
11]
THE BOOK OF PSALMS.
[25
THE simplest description of the five books of Psalms is that they were the inspired
prayer-and-praise book of Israel. They are revelations of truth, not abstractly, but
in the terms of human experience. The truth revealed is wrought into the emo-
tions, desires, and sufferings of the people of God by the circumstances through
which they pass. But those circumstances are such as to constitute an anticipation
of analogous conditions through which Christ in His incarnation, and the Jewish
remnant in the tribulation (Isa. 10. 21, refs.), should pass; so that many Psalms are
prophetic of the sufferings, the faith, and the victory of both. Psalms 22. and 60.
are examples. The former—the holy of holies of the Bible—reveals all that was in
the mind of Christ when He uttered the desolate cry, “My God, My God, why hast
Thou forsaken Me?”’’
Israel when she shall turn to Jehovah again (Deut. 30. 1, 2).
The latter is an anticipation of what will be in the heart of
Other Psalms are
directly prophetic of “the sufferings of Christ, and the glories which should follow”
(Luke 24. 25-27, 44).
Psa. 2. is a notable instance, presenting Jehovah’s Anointed as
rejected and crucified (vs. 1-3; Acts 4. 24-28), but afterward set as Kingin Zion. -
The great themes of the Psalms are, Christ, Jehovah, the Law, Creation, the
future of Israel, and the exercises of the renewed heart in suffering, in joy, in per-
plexity. The promises of the Psalms are primarily Jewish, and suited to a people
under the law, but are spiritually true in Christian experience also, in the sense that
they disclose the mind of God, and the exercises of His heart toward those who are
perplexed, afflicted, or cast down.
‘The imprecatory Psalms are the cry of the oppressed in Israel for j ustice—a cry
appropriate and right in the earthly people of God, and based upon a distinct prom-
ise in the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 15. 18, refs.); but a cry unsuited, to the church,
a heavenly people who have taken their place with a rejected and crucified Christ
(Luke 9. 52-55).
The Psalms are in five books,
II. Psalms 42.—72.
each ending in a doxology:
III. Psalms 73.-89. IV. Psalms 90.—106.
BOOK I.
PSALM 1.
“Psalm of the two ways: intro-
ductory to entire Psalter.
LESSED is the man that walk-
eth not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of
the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the “law of
the Lorpb; and in his law doth he
-meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his sea-
son; his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but
are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous.
a Law (of Mo-
. Psa.
¢ Sacrifice
(prophetic).
vs.1-3; Psa.
22.1-18.
(Gen.4.4;
Heb.10.18.)
d Mt.12.14;
26.3,4,47,57,
Lk.6.11;
John 5.16,18;
8.40,59; 10.
e Christ
(First Ad-
vent). Psa.
3.15; Acts
1.9.)
599
I. Psalms 1.-41.
V. Psalms 107.-150.
6 For the LorpD knoweth the way
of the righteous: but the way of the
ungodly shall perish.
PSALM 2.
. |Psalm of the King: (1) rejected;
(2) established, (3) reigning
over the nations.
HY %do the heathen rage,
and the people imagine ‘a
vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set them-
selves, and the rulers take counsel
together, against the Lorp, and
’ lagainst his ‘anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asun-
der, and cast away their cords from
us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh: the Lord shall have
*ithem in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them
PSALMS.
in his wrath, and ¢vex them in his
sore displeasure. $
6 Yet have I set my ‘king upon
my °choly hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the oe cece
Lorp hath said unto me, ¢Thou) Jer.30.4-7.
art my Son; this day have I begot- 7 Fy
ten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I ee ee thee} } Heb.qodesh.
the heathen for thine inheritance, ;
and the uttermost parts of the a narok ae
earth for thy possession. a Psa.20.2.
9 eThou shalt break them with enna.
a rod of iron; thou shait fdash =
them in pieces like a potter’s ves-|d Acts 13.33;
sel. Heb.1.5;
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye! >>
kings: be instructed, ye judges of| ¢ Christ (Sec-
ond Advent).
Pec 7 Psa.24.1-10
11 Serve the LorpD with 4fear, (Deut.30.3;
and rejoice with trembling. Acts 1.9-11.)
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,
and ye perish from the way, when|* an a bid
his wrath is kindled but a Hittle.! Rev.6.15.17.
Blessed are all they that "put their} (sa.2.10-22;
2trust in him. peach
PSALM 3. £ Psa.19.9,
note,
A Psalm of David, when he fled :
from Absalom his son, Bee ee
LORD. how are they increased} 3293 teb-
that trouble me! many are they
that rise up against me. # Eph.4.26.
2 Many there be which say of 5 Psa.2.12
my soul, There is no help for him|” note. ”
in God. Selah.
3 But thou, O Lorp, art a shield
for me; my glory, and the lifter up
of mine head.
4 Icried unto the LorpD with my
1 The second Psalm gives the order of the establishment of the kingdom.
voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept; I
selves against me round about.
7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my
God: for thou hast smitten all mine
hast broken the teeth of the un-
godly.
8 Salvation belongeth unto the
Lorpb: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.
PSALM 4.
To the chief Musician on 3Negi-
noth, A Psalm of David.
i SH BS me when I call, O God of
enlarged me when I was in dis-
tress; have mercy upon me, and
hear my prayer.
2 Oye sons of men, how long will
Iong will ye love vanity, and seek
after leasing? Selah.
set apart him that is godly for him-
self: the Lorp will hear when I
call unto him.
4 Stand in awe, ‘and sin not: com-
awaked; for the LorpD sustained
me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thou-
sands of people,that have set them-
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou —
my righteousnéss: thou hast
ye turn my glory into shame? how
3 But know’ that the Lorp hath
mune with your own heart upon
your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of right-—
eousness, and put your Jtrust in the
LORD.
6 There be many that say, Who
Itisin
six parts: (1) The rage of the Gentiles, the vain imagination of “the people” (Jews),
and the antagonism of rulers against Jehovah’s anointéd (vs. 1-3).
The inspired
interpretation of this is in Acts 4. 25-28, which asserts its fulfilment in the cruci-
fixion of Christ.
possible to set aside His covenant (2 S
(2) The derision of Jehovah (v. 4) that men should suppose it
am. 7. 8-17), and oath (Psa. 89. 34-37).
(3) The vexation (v. 5) fulfilled, frst in the destruction of Jerusalem, A.D. 70; and in
the final dispersion of the
the tribulation (Mt. 24. 29) which immediatel
(Mt. 24. 30).
Jews at that time; and to be fulfilled more completely in
1 y precedes the return of the King
(4) The establishment of the rejected King upon Zion (v. 6).
(5) The subjection of the earth to the King’s rule (vs. 7-9); and (6) the present
appeal to the world-powers (vs. 10-12).
Psalms. (Note.
102.; 110.; 118., are classed: as Messianic.
Psalms also refer to Christ.)
2 Trust is the characteristic O. T. word for the N. T. “faith,” “believe.”
152 times in the O.
upon (e.g. Job 35. 14).
It occurs
T., and is the rendering of Heb. words signifying to take refuge
(e.g. Ruth 2. 12); to lean on (e.g. Psa. 56. 3); to roll on (e.g. Psa. 22. 8)
; to stay
° Neginoth: stringed instruments mentioned in connection with Psalms 3. $1535
93.; 54.; 60.; 66.; 75., where it seems clear that the musical directions now appear-
ing as titles of Psalms 4.; 6.; 54.; 55.; 61 ;
67
to the preceding Psalms.
600
, and 76., were anciently appended
See Psa. 8., next in order of the Messianic
Psalms 2.; 8.; 16.; 22.; 23.; 24.: 40.: 41.; 45.;.68.; 69.; 72.; 89.;
It is not questioned that many other.
will shew us any good? Lorn, 4lift
thou up the light of thy counte-
mance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my
heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine in-
creased,
8 <I will both lay me down in
peace, and sleep: for thou, Lorp,
Sonly makest me dwell in safety.
PSALM 5.
To the chief Musician upon 1Nehi-
loth, A Psalm of David.
IVE ear to my words, O LorpD,
consider my meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my
cry, my King, and my God: for unto
thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the
morning, O LorRD; in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee,
and will look up.
4 For thou art not a God that
hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee.
5 eThe foolish shall not stand in
thy sight: thou hatest all workers
of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that
speak leasing: the LorpD will abhor
the bloody and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come into
thy house in the multitude of
thy mercy: and in thy /fear will
I worship toward thy holy tem-
ple.
8 Lead me, O Lorp, in thy right-
€ousness because of mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my
face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in
their mouth; their inward part is
very wickedness; &their throat zs an
open sepulchre; they flatter with
their tongue.
10 Destroy thou them, O God; let
them fall by their own counsels;
east them out in the multitude of
their transgressions; for they have
tebelled against thee. i
11 But let all those that put their
Atrust in thee rejoice: let them ever
shout for joy, because thou defend-
est them: let them also that love
thy name be joyful in thee.
12 For thou, Lorp, wilt bless
the righteous; with favour wilt
thou compass him as with a
shield,
PSALMS.
a Num.6.26;
Psa.80.3,7,
19; 119.135.
6 Isa.9.3.
¢ Job 11.18,19;
Psa.3.5.
d Lev.25.18,
19; 26.5;
Deut.12.10.
e Hab.1.13.
f Psa.19.9,
note.
g Rom.3.13.
h Psa.2.12,
note.
i Stringed in-
struments,
j The word
means “the
eighth”—in
music an
octave.
k Mt.7.23.
1 Shiggaion
= praise.
m Psa.31.15.
n Heb. nota
deliverer.
o 2 Sam.16.
7,8.
p Psa.94.2.
Fok (Ben
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PSALM 6.
To the chief Musician on ‘Negincth
upon JSheminith, A Psalm of
David.
LORD, rebuke me not in thine
anger, neither chasten me in
thy hot displeasure.
2 Have mercy upon me, O Lorp;
for I am weak: O Lorn, heal me;
for my bones are vexed.
3 My soul is also sore vexed: but
thou, C Lorp, how long?
4 Return, O Lorp, deliver my
soul: oh save me for thy mercies’
sake.
5 For in death there is noremem-
brance of thee: in the grave who
shall give thee thanks?
6 I am weary with my groaning;
all the night make I my bed to
swim; I water my couch with my
tears.
7 Mine eye is consumed because
of grief; it waxeth old because of all
mine enemies.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers
of Ainiquity; for the Lorp hath
heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The Lorp hath heard my sup-
plication; the LorD will receive my
prayer.
10 Let all mine enemies be
ashamed and-sore vexed: let them
return, and be ashamed suddenly.
PSALM 7.
IShiggaion of David, which he sang
unto the LORD, concerning the
words of Cush the Benjamite.
LORD my God, in thee do I
put my “trust: “save me from
all them that persecute me, and
deliver me:
2 T.est he tear my soul like a lion,
rending it in pieces, while there is
mnone to deliver.
3 O Lorp my God, *%f I have
done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands;
4 If I have rewarded evil unto
him that was at peace with me;
(yea, I have delivered him that
without cause is mine enemy:)
5 Let the enemy persecute my
soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and
lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, O Lorp, in thine anger,
P\lift up thyself because of the rage
1 Nehiloth is not a musical instrument, but means “inheritance,” and indicates
the character of the Psalm. ‘The righteous are the Lord’s inheritance,
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me to the judgment that thou hast
commanded. _
7 So shall the congregation of the
people compass thee about: for
their sakes therefore return thou
on high. ‘
8 The Lorp shall judge the peo-
ple: judge me, O LORD, “according
te my righteousness, and accord-
ing to mine integrity that 1s in
me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the)
wicked come to an end; but estab-}
lish the just: for the righteous God
trieth the hearts and reins. :
10 My ‘defence is of God, which
saveth the upright in heart. ios
11 God judgeth the righteous,}’ 79°."
and God is angry with the wicked| upon God.
every day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his) ©Mt21-16-
sword; ke hath bent his bow, and|¢ Heb.2.6-8.
made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for i png
him_the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the
persecutors.
14 Behold, he travaileth with ini-
quity, and hath conceived mischief,
and brought forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and digged it,
and is fallen inte the ditch which
he made,
16 His mischief shall return upon
his own head, and his violent deal-
ing shail come down upon his own
pate.
_17 I will praise the Lorn accord-
ing to his righteousness: and will
sing praise to the name of the LorpD
most high.
a Psa.18.203
35.24,
f 1 Cor.15.27.
gi.e. nations.
PSALM 8,
To the chief Musician upon !Gittith,
A Psalm of David.
LORD our Lord, how exce!-
lent is thy mame in all the
PSALMS.
of mine enemies: and awake for| learth! who hast set thy glory above
the heavens.
2 Qut of the mouth of babes and”
‘suckings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine enemies,
that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast
ordained;
4 What is ¢man, that thou art
mindful of him? and the son of
man, that thou visitest him?
5 2For thou hast made him a little
lower than the ‘angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and
honour.
6 Thou madest him to have do-
Minion over the works of thy
hands; thou hast put fall things
under his feet: :
7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the
beasts_of the field;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish
of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the seas.
9 OLorpD our Lord, how excellent
is thy name in all the earthi
PSALM 9,
To the chief Musician upon 3Muth-
labben, A Psalm of David.
I WILL praise thee, O Lorp, with
my whole heart; I will shew forth
ali thy marvellous works.
2 Iwill be glad and rejoice in thee:
I will sing praise to thy name, O
thou most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned
back, they shall fall and perish at
thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my
right and my cause; thou satest in
the throne judging right.
5 Thouhastrebuked the 2heathen,
1 Gittith = “winepress,’”’ and so, of the harvest, in the sense of judgment (Isa.
63. 3; Rev. 19. 1s).
Psalm of judgment.
Psalm 7., to which the title of Psalm 8. properly belongs, is a
2In Psa. 2. Christ was presented as Jehovah’s Son and King, rejected and cruci-
fied but yet to reign in Zion.
Psa. 110. with Mt. 22. 41-46),
a little [while] lower than the
tion (Heb. 2. 6-11).
divine as in Psa.
second man and
In Psa. 8., while His deity is fully recognized (v. 1;
He is seen as Son of man (vs. 4~6) who, ‘“‘made for
angels,” is to have dominion over the redeemed crea-
The authority here is racial and Adamic, rather than purely
2., or Davidic as in Psa. 89. That which the first man lost, the
“last Adam” more than regained. Heb. 2. 6-11, in connection with
Psa. 8., and Rom. 8. 17-21, show that the “naany sons” whom He is bringing to glory,
are joint heirs with
Heb. 2.
Him in both the royal right of Psa. 2. and the human right of
See Psa. 16., next in order of the Messianic Psalms.
3 Muth-labben, “death of the son,” is not a musical instrument but the title of
the Psalm. Possibly connected with 2
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Sam, 12. 20.
ahi :
Abe el
9 6]
PSALMS.
[10 18
thou hast destroyed the wicked,
thou hast put out their name for
ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy, destructions are
come to a perpetual end: and thou
hast destroyed cities; their memo-
rial is perished with them.
7 «But the LorD shall endure for
ever: he hath prepared his throne
for judgment. ’
8 And he shall judge the world
in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in upright-
ness. i
9 ©The LorD also will be a refuge
for the oppressed, a refuge in times
of trouble.
10 And they that know thy name
will put their ¢trust in thee: for
thou, Lorp, hast not forsaken them
that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lorp,
which dwelleth in Zion: declare
among the people his doings.
12 “When he maketh inquisition
for blood, he remembereth them: he
eco not the cry of the fhum-
e.
13 Have mercy upon me, O
Lorp; consider my trouble which
I suffer of them that hate me,
thou that liftest me up from the
gates of death:
14 That I may shew forth all thy
praise in the gates of the daughter
of Zion: £I will rejoice in thy salva-
tion.
15 The “heathen are sunk down
in the pit that they made: in the
net which they hid is their own foot
taken.
16 The Lorp is known by the
judgment which he_ executeth:
the wicked is snared in the work
of his own hands. Higgaion.
Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned
into hell, and all the nations that
forget God.
18 For the meedy shall not
alway be forgotten: the expecta-
tion of the poor shall not perish
for ever.
19 Arise, O Lorp; let not man
prevail: let the “heathen be judged
in thy sight.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD:
that the nations may know them-
selves to be but men. Selah.
PSALM 10.
HY standest thou afar off, O
Lorp? why hidest thou thy-
self in times of trouble?
a Psa.102.12,
26; Heb.
1-11.
6 Psa.96.13;
98.9; Acts
17.31.
¢ Psa.32.7;
37.39; 46.1;
91.2.
d Psa.2.12,
note.
e Gen.9.5.
f Or, afflicted.
g Psa.13.5;
20.5; 35.9.
hive. nations.
1 Meditation.
j Rom.3.14.
k Heb. hide
themselves.
Or, into his
strong
parts.
m Mic.5.9,
n Psa.68.5;
Hos.14.3.
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2 The wicked in Ais pride doth
persecute the poor: let them be
taken in the devices that they have
imagined. 3
3 For the wicked boasteth of his
heart’s desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the Lorpb abhor-
reth.
4 The wicked, through the pride
of his countenance, will not seek
after God: God is not in all his
thoughts.
5 His ways are always grievous;
thy judgments are far above out of
his sight: as for all his enemies,
he puffeth at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall
not be moved: for J shall never be
in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of Jcursing and
deceit and fraud: under his tongue
is mischief and vanity.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places
of the villages: in the secret places
doth he murder the innocent: his
eyes “are privily set against the
poor.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a
lion in his den: he lieth in wait to
catch the poor: he doth catch the
poor, when he draweth him into
his net.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth
himself, that the poor may fall ‘by
his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God
hath forgotten: he hideth his face;
he will never see it.
12 Arise, O LorD; O God, lift up
Bae hand: forget not the hum-
le.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked
contemn God? he hath said in
his heart, Thou wilt not require
it.
14 Thou hast seen 1t; for thou
beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand: the poor
committeth himself unto thee;
nthou art the helper of the father-
less.
15 Break thou the arm of the
wicked and the evil man: seek
out his wickedness ftil/ thou find
none.
16 The Lorp is King for ever
and ever: the “heathen are perished
out of his land.
17 Lorp, thou hast heard the
desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause
thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the
oppressed, that the man of the
earth may no more oppress,
a) 5 it
Bl 2] PSALMS.
PSALM 11.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.
N the Lorpb put I my ¢trust: how
say ye to my soul, Flee asia bird
to your mountain?
2 For, lo; the wicked bend therr
bow, they make ready their arrow
upon. the string, that they may rien
bprivily shoot at the upright in} 7°°*
heart. b Heb. in
3 ‘If thefoundations be destroyed,| ¢arkness.
what can the righteous do?
‘c Psa.82.5.
-4 The Lorp js in his holy tem-|° ~~
ple, the Lorp’s ¢throne 73 in pease
heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids} yri5°34
try, the children of men. 23.22; Acts
5 The Lorp ‘¢trieth the right- Laken
eous: but the wicked and him
that loveth violence his soul hat-|¢ Gen.22:1;
eth. Jas.4.12.
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain O ‘ck
snares, fire and brimstone, and an ee
horrible tempest: sthis shall be| coals.
the portion of their cup. See Gen.43.
7 For the righteous LorD loveth an Ses
Tighteousness; his countenance aoa Psa.
doth behold the upright. Bar
h See Psa.6,
title.
PSALM 12. rae
z, nye ¢ Psa.17.10;
To the chief Musician upon “Shem-| 1Sam.2:3;
Dan.7.8,25.
inith, A Psalm of David.
HEL: Lorp; for the godly Cael
<* man ceaseth; for the faithful} Aim.
fail from among the children of k Psa.18.30:
men. 119.140;
2 They speak vanity every one| Prov.30.5.
with his neighbour: with flattering
lips and with a double heart do
they speak.
3 The LorD shall cut off all flate/™ Rom.3.11.
tering lips, and ‘the tongue that], Rom.3.12.
speaketh proud things:
# Who have said, With our|° Jer10.25;
tongue will we prevail; our lips are] yic3.3.
our own: who rs lord! over us?
5 For,the oppression of the poor,|? Sera
for the sighing of the needy, now| 977°"
will I arise, saith the Lorp; I will
set him in safety from him that
Jpuffeth at him.
6 The words of the Lorp are
kpure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven
times,
7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lorp,
thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every]
side, when the vilest men are ex-
alted.
Uv.3; Rom:
3.10.
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PSALM. 13.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David. ;
HOw long wilt thou forget me,
O Lorp? for ever? how long
wilt thou hide thy face from me? _
2 How long shall I take counsel
in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart daily? how. long shall mine
enemy be exalted over me? :
| 3 Consider and hear me,,Q Lorp.
my God: lighten mine eyes, Iest TI
sleep the sleep of death; :
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have
prevailed against him; and’ those
that trouble me rejoice when I am
moved.
5 But I have “trusted in thy
mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
6 I will sing unto the Lorb, be-
cause he hath dealt bountifully
with me.
PSALM 14.
To the chief Musician, A Psaim of
David.
(are fool hath said in his heart,
There is no God. /They are
corrupt, they have done abomina-
ble works, there is none that:
doeth good.
2 The Lorp looked down from
heaven Upon the-childrén 6! men,.
to. Seed ESS were. any, that di
understand, and seek God.
3 PaaS EST i
one..aside,, they _
ar l r...become filthy:
here.is none, th at. locth good, no,
ne.
ave all the workers of iniquity
no knowledge? owho eat up my
people as they eat bread’ and call
not. upon the Lorp. :
5S There were they in great fear;
for God is in the generation. of “he
righteous.
6 Ye have shamed the counsel of
the poor, because the Lorp js his
refuge.
7 ?Qh that the salvation of Israel
were come out of Zion! when the
LorD bringeth back the captivity
of his people, Jacob shall Tejoice,
and Israel shall be glad,
PSALM 15,
A Psalm of David.
ORD, who shall abide in thy
tabernacle? who shall dwell in
‘thy holy hill?
a
15 2] PSALMS. [17 18
2 He that walketh uprightly, and
he Sdn mets and speak- PSALM 17.
the truth in his heart. ;
3 He that backbiteth not with Sb Ug ae rye
his tongue, nor doeth evil to his Hy the right, O Lorb, attend
neighbour, nor taketh up.a reproach unto my cry, give ear unto my
against his neighbour. prayer, that goeth not out of
4 In whose eyes a vile person is feigned lips.
contemned; but he honoureth them 2 Let my sentence come forth
that “fear the Lorp. He that from thy presence; let thine eyes
sweareth to his own hurt, and behold the things that are equal.
cchangeth not. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart;
5 He that putteth not out his|c Psa.19.9, thou hast visited me in the night;
money to usury, nor ‘taketh reward) note. thou hast tried me, and shalt find
against the innocent. He that do-|, p...219 nothing; I am purposed that my
eth these things shall never be] note. ” mouth shall not transgress.
moved. pos 4 Concerning the works of men,
Camere by the word of thy lips I have kept
PSALM 16. 1 1 Hee “yi ae the paths of the nae
Ing: P * -20. mn. | old up my goings in ithy paths,
1Michtam of David. 1.26; Zech. that my footsteps slip not.
TDRESERVE me, O God: for in i 6 I have called upon thee, for thou
thee do I put my “trust. @Resurrec- |wilt hear me, O God: incline thine
2 O my soul, thou hast said unto| {/2%.,%29 lear unto me, and hear my speech.
the Lorp, Thou art my Lord: my} 19. (Job19.| 7 Shew thy marvellous loving-
goodness extendeth not to thee; 25; 1 Cor. kindness, O thou that savest by thy
3 But tothe saints that areinthe| 15?) right hand them which put their
okt and to the excellent, in whom eve8-11 is ‘trust in chee from those that rise
is all my delight. cts 2.25- up against them.
4 Their sorrows shall be multi-| 28 19-3- 8 Keep me as the apple of the
plied . that se after os f Christ Pigst ae: hide me under the shadow of
god: their drink-offerings of bloo vent). thy wings, ;
will I not offer, nor take up their] fQ27345.° | 9 From the wicked that oppress
names into my lips. ; Acts 1.9.) me, from my shire enemies, who
Be adebetite ware tee sities berg mg “10 They : ol inclosed in their own
thou a eee lot. note. fat: tte their mouth they speak
6 The lines are fallen unto me in|. proudly.
pleasant places; yea, I have al"* c#rth. 11 They have now compassed us
goodly heritage. in our steps: they have set their
7 L-will bless the LorbD, who hath eyes bowing down to the earth;
given me counsel: my reins also | 12 Like asa lion that is greedy of
anstruct me in the night seasons. |his prey, and as it were a young
~8 I have set the LorpD always be- lion lurking in secret places. _
fore me: because he zs at my right 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint
hand, I shall not be moved. Jhim, cast him down: deliver my
9 Therefore my heartis glad, and soul from the wicked, which 1s thy
joiceth: 2my flesh also |sword: f
sees aa hope: “hs |] 14 Frommenwhich are thy hand,
10 For thou wilt not <leave my O Lorp, from men of the /world,
‘soul in ehell; neither wilt thou suf- which have their portion in this
fer thine Holy One to see corrup- life, and whose belly thou fillest
tion. with thy hid treasure: they are
1i Thou wilt shew me the path of full of children, and leave the
life: in thy presence is fulness of rest of their substance to their
joy; at thy right hand there are babes.
pleasures for eyermore. 15 As for me, I will behold thy
1 Mi “aq prayer,” or “meditation.” See Psa. 56.; 57.5 58.; 59.; 60.
2 me eae ae prediction of the resurrection of the King. As a prophet
David understood that, not at His first advent, but at some time subsequent to His
death and resurrection Messiah would assume the Davidic throne. See Acts 2. 25-31,
with Lk. 1. 32, 33, and Acts 15. 13-17. See “Davidic Covenant, 2 Sam. 7. 14, refs. ;
“Kingdom (O. T.),” Zech. 12. 8. See Psa. 22., next in order of the Messianic
Psalms.
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“me about: the snares of death pre-
face in righteousness: I shall be
satished, when I awake, with thy
likeness.
PSALM 18.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David, the servant of the Lorb,
who spake unto the LorpD the
words of this song in the day
that the Lorp delivered him
from the hand of all his enemies,
and from the hand of Saul: And
he said,
a | WILL love thee, O LorD, my
strength.
2 The LorD ts my rock, and my
fortress, and my deliverer; my God,
my strength, %in whom I will trust;
my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lorb, ‘who
is worthy to be praised:’so shall I
be saved from mine enemies.
4 ¢The sorrows of death com-
passed me, and the floods of ¢un-
godly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of Shell compassed
vented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the
Lorp, and cried unto my God: he
heard my voice out of his temple,
and my cry came before him, even
into his ears.
7 &Then the earth shook and
trembled; the foundations also of
the hills moved and were shaken,
because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke “out of
his nostrils, and fire out of his
mouth devoured: coals were kin-
dled by it.
9 ‘He bowed the heavens also,
and came down: and darkness was
under his fee't. .
10 ZAnd he rode upon a cherub,
and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the
wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret
place; “his pavilion round about
him were dark waters and thick
clouds of the skies.
12 ‘At the brightness that was
before him his thick clouds passed,
hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The Lorp also thundered in
the heavens, and the Highest gave
™his voice; hail stones and coals of
re.
14 "Yea, he sent out his arrows,
and scattered them; and he shot
out lightnings, and discomfited
them.
15 Then the channels of waters
“ee
PSALMS.
a Psa.144.1,
b Heb.2.13.
c Rev.5.12.
d Psa.116.3.
e Heb. Belial.
f Sheol. See
Hab.2.5,
note.
g Mt.27.45-51.
h Heb. by his.
i Psa.144.5.
j Psa.99.1.
k Psa.97.2.
1 Psa.97.3.
m Psa.29.3.
n Psa.144.6;
Josh.10.10;
Isa.30.30.
o Psa.144.7.
p Psa.31.8;
118.5.
q 1 Sam.26.23.
r Job 18.6;
29.3.
Ss Psa.12.6;
119.140;
Prov.30.5.
1 Psa.2.12,
note,
u 2 Sam.2.18;
Hab.3.19.
v Deut.32.13;
33.29,
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were seen, and the foundations of
the world were discovered at th:
rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the
breath of thy nostrils. q
16 °He sent from above, he took
me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my
strong enemy, and from them
which hated me: for they were too
strong for me.
18 They prevented me in the day
of my calamity: but the Lorp was
my stay.
19 *He brought me forth also into
a large place: he delivered me, be-
cause he delighted in me.
20 The Lorp rewarded me ac-
cording to my righteousness: ac-
cording to the cleanness of my
hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of
the Lorp, and have not wickedly
departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were
before me, and I did not put away
his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before him,
and I kept myself from mine ini-
quity.
24 9Therefore hath the Lorp
recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to the
cleanness of my hands in his eye-’
sight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt
shew thyself merciful; with an up-
right man thou wilt shew thyself
upright;
26 With the pure thou wilt shew
thyself pure; and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 .For thou wilt save the afflicted
people; but wilt bring down high
looks.
28 7For thou wilt light my candle:
the Lorp my God will enlighten
my darkness,
29 For by thee I have run through
a troop; and by my God have I
leaped over a wall,
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
sthe word of the Lorb is tried: he
is a buckler to ail those that ‘trust
in him.
31 For whois God save the Lorp?
or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with
strength, and maketh my way
Se
Jd “Fie maketh my feet like
hinds’ feet, and *setteth me upon
my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war,
so that a bow of steel is broken by
Mine arms.
be! eee
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PSALMS.
Tele. tee Fhe
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35 Thou hast also given me the | 2 Day unto day uttereth speech,
shield of thy salvation: and thy and night unto night sheweth
right hand hath holden me up, and
thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps
under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 I have pursued mine enemies,
and overtaken them: neither did I
turn again till they were consumed.
38 I have wounded them that
they were not able to rise: they are,
fallen under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with
strength unto the battle: thou hast
“subdued under me those that rose
up against me. :
40 Thou hast also given me the
necks of mine enemies; that I might
destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was
none to save them: even unto the
LorpD, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them smail as
the dust before the wind: I did ¢cast
them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from
the strivings of the people; and
thou hast made me the head of the
cheathen: a ¢people whom I have
not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me,
they shall obey me: the strangers
shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away,
and be afraid out of their ciose
‘places.
46 The Lorn liveth; and blessed
be my rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avengeth me,
and subdueth the people under me.
48 He delivereth me from mine
enemies: yea, thou liftest me up
above those that rise up against
me: thou hast delivered me from
the violent man.
49 Therefore will I give ‘thanks
unto thee, O Lorp, among the
cheathen, and sing praises unto thy
name. .
50 Great deliverance giveth he to
his king; and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, to David, and to his seed
for evermore.
PSALM 19.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm
of David.
oe heavens declare the glory of
God; and the firmament shew-
eth his handywork.
a Heb. caused
to bow.
6 Zech.10.5.
{
ci.e. nations.
d Isa.52.15;
55.5.
|¢ Rom.15.9.
f Cited in
Rom.i0.18.
g Eccl.1.5.
|h Law (of Mo-
ses). vs.7,8;
Psa.37.31.
(Ex.19.1;
Gal.3,1-29.)
+ Psa.12.6.
j Psa.119.72,
127; Prov.8.
10,11,19.
k Lev-4.2.
1 Psa.119.133;
Rom.6.12,14.
m Psa.51.15.
2 Heb. my
rock.
o Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
pb Heb. set
thee on an
high place.
q Heb. qodesh
(tr. “holy,”
v.6).
knowledge.
3 Thereisnospeechnor language,
where their voice is not heard.
4 fTheir line is gone out through
all the earth, and their words to the
end of the world. In them hath he
set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which zs as a bridegroom com-
ing out of his chamber, and £rejoic-
eth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end
of the heaven, and his circuit unto
the ends of it: and there is nothing
hid from the heat thereof.
7 The law of the LorD is per-
fect, converting the soul: the testi-
mony of the LORD is sure, making
wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LorRD are
right, rejoicing the heart: ‘the com-
mandment of the LORD 1s pure, en-
lightening the eyes.
9 The !fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring for ever: the judgments of
the LorD are true and righteous
altogether.
10 More to be desired are they
than gold, Zyea, than much fine
gold: sweeter also than honey and
the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy ser-
vant .warned: and in keeping of
them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his er-
rors? “cleanse thou me from secret
faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also
from presumptuous sins; ‘let them
not have dominion over me: then
shall I be upright, and I shall be in-
nocent from the great transgression.
14 mLet the words of my mouth,
and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lorn,
my “strength, and my °redeemer.
PSALM 20.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm
of David.
plese Lorp hear thee in the day
of trouble; the name of the God
of Jacob ?defend thee;
2 Send thee help from the %sanc-
tuary, and strengthen thee cut of
Zion;
3 Remember all thy offerings, and
accept thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah.
4 Grant thee according to thine
own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Fs
1 The “fear of the Lord,” a phrase of the O.T. piety, meaning reverential trust.
with hatred of evil.
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and in the name of our God we will
set up our banners: the Lorp fulfil
all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the Lorp!
saveth his anointed; he will hear
him ‘from his “holy heaven with
the saving strength of his right
hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and
some in horses: “but we will remem-
ber the name of the Lorp our God.)
8 They are brought down and
fallen: but we are risen, and stand
upright.
9 Save, Lorb: let the king hear
us when we call.
PSALM 21.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm
of David.
HE king shall joy in thy
it strength, O Lorp; and in thy
salvation how greatly shall he re-
joice!
2 Thow hast given him his heart’s
desire, and hast not withholden the}
request of his lips. Selah. i
3. For thou preventest him with
the blessings of goodness: thou set-
test a crown of pure gold on his/
head.
4 ¢He asked life of thee, and thou
gavest it him, even length of days’
for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salva-|
tion: honour and majesty hast thou
laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most
blessed for ever: ‘thou hast made
him exceeding glad with thy coun-
tenance.
7 For the king ftrusteth in the
Lorp, and through the mercy of
the most High he shall not be
moved,
2
3 Psalm 22. isa
Christ.
ness of verse 2 (Mt. 27
the casting lots of verse 18 (Mt.
remembered that ¢
proof of inspiration is irresistible.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation,
PSALMS.
a Heb. from
the heaven
of his
holiness.
b Sanctify,
holy (O.T.).
Psa.89.20.
(Gen.2.3;
Zech.8.3.)
c 2 Chr.32.8.
d Psa.61.5,6.
e Psa.16.11;
45.7.
f Psa.2.12,
note.
g Mt.27.46;
Mk.15.34.
h Sacrifice
(prophetic).
vs.1-18;
| (Gen.4.4;
| Heb.10.18.)
t Christ (First
Advent). vs.
9 V%7,8, 11-13;
Psa.109.25;
Mt.27.39-44,
1 Or, Ay-ys-leth Shachar, “hind of the morning,”
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8 Thine hand shall find out all
thine enemies: thy right hand shalt
find out those that hate thee.
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5
q
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery
oven in the time of thine anger: the
Lorp shall swallow them up in
his wrath, and the fire shail devour
them. ;
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy
from the earth, and their seed from
among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against
thee: they imagined a mischievous
device, which they are not able to
perform.
12 Therefore shalt thow make
them turn their back, when thou
shaltmakeready thinearrowsupon
thy strings against the face of them.
13 Be thou exalted, Lorpb, in
|thine own strength: so will we sing
and praise thy power.
PSALM 22,
To the chief Musician upon lAije-
leth Shahar, A Psalm of David.
"M*. &God, ‘my God, why hast
thou forsaken ‘me? why art
thou so far from helping me, and
from the words of my roaring?
2 Omy God, I cry in the daytime,
but thou hearest not; and‘ in the
night season, and am not silent.
_3 But thou art holy, O: thou that
inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they
trusted, and thoudidst deliver them.
5. They cried unto thee, and were
delivered: they trusted in thee, and
were not confounded.
6 But Iam aworm, and no man;
a reproach of men, and Jdespised-
of the people.
7 3All they that see me laugh me
to scorn: they shoot out the lip,
they shake the head, saying,
a title, not a musical instrument.
Psalms 22., 23., and 24. form a trilogy. In Psalm 22. the good Shepherd gives
His life for the sheep (John 10. 11); in Psalm 23,
again from the dead through the blood of the everlasting covenant”
tenderly cares for the sheep; in Psalm 24. the
glory to own and reward the sheep (1 Pet. 5. 4)
graphic picture of death by crucifixion.
and pelvis) out of joint (v. 14); the profuse perspiration caused
(Heb. 13. 20),
chief Shepherd appears as King of
The bones (of the hands,
affected (v. 14); strength
crucifixion was a Roman, not Jewish, form of execution, the
the great Shepherd, “Drought >
PSALMS.
[24.1
the great congregation: I will pay
my vows before them that Jfear him.
him, seeing he delighted in him. 26 The meek sh e
9 But thou art he that took me|” eee isfied: they. shail peng es
eut of the womb: thou “didst make| > Psa.71.6. that seek him: your heart shall live
me hope when I was upon my|.o,, reptest |for ever.
mother’s breasts. me in 27 Ali the ends of ithe world shall
es . — cast rpaeet = eae the} safety. remember and turn unto the LorD:
womb: thou art my rom My], p.a6g.30: {and all the kindreds of the nations
mother’s belly. Deut32.14; |shall worship before thee.
11 Bemot far from me; for trouble} Ezk.39-18; 28 2For ‘the kingd I
is near; for there is none to help. Amos4.1. |Torp»s: and me Ke ‘the! one
12 @Many bulls have compassed|e Job 16.10. {among the nations.
a cescne vaaiiie of Bashan have f Rev.22.15. 29 All they that be fat ‘upon
13 aii eeabed upon me with) ¢ Isa.53.7 tn ce Fos
x S$a.03./. :
their mouths, as a ravening and a : before him: and ena an heap
foaring lion. ; h Mt 2723 lalive chis own soul. as
14 I am poured out like water,| 1:23.34; 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall
ie my Lee are out of Sorts pers 19.23, |be accounted to the Lord for a:gen-
my heart is like wax; it is melted in H leration.
he adstro: my ewe oae av i Heb.2.12. Pe They shall come, and shall de-
Ee oherelt and Ga tongue eave j By rags Spode pear that be hath
to my Janes and Sem hast brought done this.
int ith. k Isa.40.11;
26 ft For dogs have Cesta weib me: Jer.28.45 PSALM 23.
the assembly of the wicked have in-| 12,93; ” .
closed me: éthey pierced my hands} Jobn 10.11; A Psalm of David.
and my feet. Ree EY HE Lorp is *my shepherd; 4I
17 I may tell ail my bones: they: ipa shall not want.
look and stare upon me. 1 Phil.4.19. 2 ™He maketh me to lie down in
oes They pat my garmentsamong|,,, mar34.14, |reen pastures: he leadeth me be-
em, and “cast lots upon my| Heb.pas- {side the “still waters.
vesture. ag of ten-| 3 He restoreth my soul: °he lead-
19 But be not thou far from me,| %° 8°45: leth me in the paths of righteousness
© Lorp: O my strength, haste thee], Heb. waters |for his name’s sake.
to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the
sword; my darling from the power
of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth:
for thou hast heard me from the
of quietness.
Rev.7.17.
o Psa.5.8;
31.3; Prov.
8.20.
b Job 3.5; 10.
4 Yea, though I walk through the
valley of ?the shadow of death, 9I
will fear no evil: "for thou art with
me; thy rod:and thy staff they com-
fort me.
5 ‘Thou preparest a table before
thorns of the unicorns. 21,22; 24.17; |me in the presence.of mine enemies:
92 11 will declare thy name unto] P*4419- |thou ‘anointest my head with oil;
my ‘brethren: in the midst of the}q Psa.3.6; 27. |my cup runneth over.
congregation will I praise thee. 1; 118.6. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall
23 Ye thatJfear the LORD, praise], 1.5.43.2. follow me all the days of my life:
him; all ye the seed .of Jacob, glorify : and I will dwell in the house of the
him; and fear him, all ye the seed) sPsa-104.15. /LORD for ever.
of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor
abhorred the affliction of the af-
flicted; neither hath he hid his face
from him; but when he cried unto
him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in
t Heb.makest
u 1 Cor.10,26.
PSALM 24.
A Psalm of David.
epee tearth is the Lorp’s, and
the fulness thereof; the world,
and they that dwell therein.
1 At verse 22 the Psalm breaks from crucifixion to resurrection; fulfilled in the
Go to my brethren,” etc., of John 20. 17,
the name, “Father.”
2Cf. y. 30. The kingdom is Jehovah’s.
The risen Christ declares to His brethren
In verse 30 Adonai is in view as ruling
on behalf of Jehovah. See Psa. 110., with Mt. 22..42-45. The great end and object
of the rule of Adonai (Lord) is the restoration of the kingdom to Jehovah (LorpD).
See 1 Cor. 15. 23, 24. See “Names of Deity,” Gen. 2. 4, note; Gen, 15. 2, note.
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2 For he hath founded it upon
the seas, and established it upon
the floods. ” ;
3 1Who shall ascend into the hill
of the LorpD? of who shall stand in
his holy place:
4 He that hath clean hands, and
a pure heart; who hath not lifted
up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
deceitfully. ; ;
5 He shall receive the blessing
from the Lorp, and righteousness
from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them
that seek him, that seek thy face,
O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates;
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall
come in.
8 Who fs this King of glory? The
LorbD strong and mighty, the Lorp
mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates;
even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall
come in.
10 Who is this *King of glory?
The Lorp of hosts, he is the King
of glory. Selah.
PSALM 25.
A Psalm of David.
(pei thee, O Lorn, do I lift up
my soul.
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let
me not be ashamed, ‘let not mine
enemies triumph over me.
3 Yea, let none that wait on thee
be ashamed: let them be med
which transgress without cause.
4 dShew me thy ways, O Lorp;
teach me thy paths.
5S Lead me in thy truth, and teach
me: for thou art the God of my
aves ; on thee do I wait all the
ay.
6 Remember, O Lorn, ethy ten-
der mercies and thy lovingkind-
nesses; forthey have beeneverofold.
7 Remember not /the sins of my
youth, nor my transgressions: gac-
cording to thy mercy remember
thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O
Loro.
8 Good and upright is the Lorp:
therefore will he teach sinners in
the way.
PSALMS.
a Christ (Sec-
ond Advent).
Psa.50.1-5.
(Deut.30.3;
Acts 1.9-11.)
6 Psa.2.12,
note.
c Psa.13.4.
d Ex.33.13;
Psa.5.8; 27.
119.10; 143.
8,10.
é Psa.103.17;
106.1; 107.1;
Isa.63.15;
Jer.33.11.
f Job 13.26;
20.11; Jer.
3.25.
g Psa.51.1.
h Psa.31.3;
79.9; 109.21;
143.11.
# See Rom.5.
20.
j Psa.19.9,
note,
k Heb. shall
lodge in
goodness,
1 Prov.3.32;
see John 7,
17; 15.15.
m Heb. bring
forth.
n Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59.
20, note.
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9 The meek will he guide in judg-
ment: and the meek will he teach
his way.
10 All the paths of the LorD are
mercy and truth unto such as keep
his covenant and his testimonies.
11 “For thy name’s sake, O Lorp,
pardon mine iniquity; ‘for it is
great.
12 What man is he that /feareth
the Lorp? him shall he teach in
the way that he shall choose.
13 His soul ‘shall dwell at ease;
and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14 ‘The secret of the Lorp js
with them that fear him; and he will
shew them his covenant.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the
Lorp; for he shall “pluck my feet
out of the net.
16 Turn thee unto me, and have
mercy upon me; for I am desolate
and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are
enlarged: O bring thou me out of
my distresses.
18 Look upon mine affliction and
my pain; and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider mine enemies; for
they are many; and they hate me
with cruel hatred.
20 O keep my soul, and deliver
me: let me e ashamed; for ly
put my °trust in thee:
21 Let integrity and uprightness
preserve me; for I wait on thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of
all his troubles.
PSALM 26.
A Psalm of David.
U sfeties me, O Lorn; for I have
walked in mine integrity: I
have °trusted also in the LorpD;
therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, OLorp, and prove
me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy lovingkindness is be-
fore mine eyes: and I have walked
in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain per-
sons, neither will I go in with dis-
semblers.
5 I have hated the congregation
of evil doers; and will not sit with
the wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in inno-
1 The order is:
(1) the deciarati
(2) Who shat] rule
the earth? (vs.
one is worthy but the Lamb. Cf. Dan. 7
glory takes the throne of earth (
King of
the Messianic Psalms.
on of title,
3-6).
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“The earth is the Lorp’s”
It is a question of worthiness, and no
- 13, 14; Rev. 5. 3-10; Mt. 25. 31.
vs. 7—10),
vst 2ya
(3) The
See Psa. 40., next in order of
PSALMS.
so will I compass thine
altar, O LorD:
7. That I may publish with the
voice of thanksgiving, and tell of
all thy wondrous works.
8 Lorp, I have loved the habita-
tion of thy house, and the place|c Ex.14.30,
where thine honour dwelleth. . note; Isa.59.
9 Gather not my soul with sin-| 7% 70%
ners, nor my life with bloody men: |b Psa.84.11;
10 In whose hands is mischief,| 1s2-60.19,
and their right hand is full of| 7°) Mic7*
bribes. c Psa.62.2,6;
11 But as for me, I will walk inj 118.14,21;
mine integrity: ¢redeem me, and be| 18*22-?-
merciful unto me. d Psa.3.6.
12 My foot standeth in an even
place: in the congregations will I ee
bless the LoRD. f Psa.65.4;
Lk.2.37.
Psa.31.20;
PSALM 27. oat SLs
A Psalm of David. ese
‘jie Lorp is °my light and my fade ch ~:
salvation; whom shall I fear?| ‘Or, My heart
cthe LORD is the strength of my) $70 47Pmy
life; of whom shall I be afraid? face seek
2 When the wicked, even mine} ‘hy face.
enemies and my foes, came upon) ; psa.69.17;
me to eat up my flesh, they stum-| 143.7.. :
bled and fell. | ‘
3 ¢Though an host should encamp * na)
against me, my heart shall not fear:) 1sa.40.11.
though war should rise against me,| :
in this will I be confident. Pere ces
4 «One thing have I desired of} 33.
the Lorp, that will I seek after; eaten
that I may ‘dwell in the house of the) "in op.
Lorp all the days of my life, to) serve me.
behold the beauty of the LORD, and
to enquire in his temple. Cre eras
5 &For in the time of trouble he) 2Sam.16.
shall hide me in his pavilion: in| 7%
the secret of his tabernacle shall), psa.31.24:
he hide me; “he shall set me up) 62.1,5: 130.
upon a rock. a ae Ry
6 And now shall mine head be) “*"~
lifted up above mine enemies round |p Psa.138.2.
about me: therefore will I offer in|. 7.0414:
his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I|"Ra tg.”
will sing, yea, I will sing praises ,
unto the LORD. r Fore fee
7 Hear, O LORD, whenIcry with) 340; Heb.
my voice: have mercy also upon, 11.39.)
me, and answer me.
8 iWhenthou saidst, Seek ye my
face; my heart said unto thee, Thy)
face, LORD, will I seek.
9 sjHide not thy-face far from me;
put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me
not, neither forsake me, O God of
my salvation.
10 When my father and my
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mother forsake me, then the Lorp
kwill take me up.
11 /Teach me thy way, O Lorn,
and lead me in a plain path, be-
cause of ™mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the
will of mine enemies: “for false wit-
nesses are risen up against me, and
such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had
believed to see the goodness of the
LORD in the land of the living.
14 oWait on the LorD: be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen
thine heart: wait, I say, on the
LORD.
PSALM 28.
A Psalm of David.
NTO thee will I cry, O Lorp
my rock; be not silent to me:
lest, if thou be silent to me, I be-
come like them that go down into
the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplica-
tions, when I cry unto thee, when I
lift up my hands ?toward thy holy
oracle.
3 Draw me not away with the
wicked, and with the workers of
iniquity, which speak peace to
their neighbours, but mischief is
in their hearts.
4 «Give them according to their
deeds, and according to the wicked-
ness of their endeavours: give them
after the work of their hands; ren-
der to them their desert.
5 Because they regard not the
works of the LORD, nor the opera-
tion of his hands, he shall destroy
them, and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because
he hath heard the voice of my sup-
plications.
7 The Lorp is my strength and
my shield; my heart ‘trusted in
him, and I am helped: therefore
my heart greatly rejoiceth; and
with my song will I praise him.
8 The Lorp is their strength,
and he is the saving strength of his
anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine
inheritance: feed them also, and
lift them up for ever.
PSALM 29.
A Psalm of David.
Give unto the Lorp, O ye
mighty, give unto the LORD
glory and strength.
2 Give unto the Lorp the glory
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due unto his name; worship the
Lorp in the beauty of holiness.
3. The voice of the LORD is upon
the waters: the God of glory thun-
dereth: the LORD. is upon many
waters. ;
4 The voice of the LORD is power-
ful; the voice of the LorD. is full of
ajesty.
"3 "The voice of the LorD breaketh
the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh
the cedars of Lebanon. :
6 He maketh them. also to skip
like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like
a young unicorn. Ly
7 The voice of the LorpD divideth
the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lorp shaketh
the wilderness; the LorD shaketh
the wilderness of Kadesh.
9. The voice of the Lornp maketh
the hinds. to. calve, and) discovereth
the forests: and in his temple doth’
every one speak of Ars glory.
10 “The LorD sitteth upon the]
flood; yea, ‘the LORD sitteth King
for ever.
11 ‘The Lorp will give strength
unto his people; the LorpD will bless
his. people with peace.
PSALM 30.
A Psalm and Song at the
dedication of the house
of David.
WILL extol thee, O Lorn: for
thou hast lifted me up, and hast
I
not made my foes to reioice over|
me. _
2 O Lorp my God, I cried unto
thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O Lorn, thou hast brought up
my soul from the ¢grave: thou. hast!
kept me alive, that
down to the pit.
4 JSing unto the Lorp, O ye
saints of his, and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
5 &For his anger endureth but a
moment; in his favour fs life: weep-
ing may endure “for a night, ‘but
Joy-cometh in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I
shall never be moved.
I should not go)
_7 Lorp, by thy favour thou hast|
Jmade my Mountain to stand
strong: thou didst hide thy face,|
and I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O Lorp; and
unto the Lorp I made supplication.
9 What profit is «there in my
blood, when I go dawn to the pit?
Shall the dust praise thee? shall it
declare thy truth?
[31 14
10 Hear, O Lorn, and have mercy:
upon me: LorD, be thou my helper.-
11 #Thow hast turned for me my
mourning into dancing: thou hast —
put off my sackcloth, and girded
PSALMS.
me with gladness;
12 Tothe end that 4my glory may’
sing praise to thee, and not be,
silent. OLoRD my God, I willgive
aGen.6.17; _ |thanks unto thee for ever.
Job 38.8,25.
b Psa.10.16. PSALM 31.
¢Psa.288- To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
d Psa.6.2; David..
103.3.
bis thee, O Lorp, do I put my
e Bebashect mtrust; let me never be ashamed:
5, note. deliver me in thy righteousness.
! 2 Bow down thine ear to me; de-
f ees liver me speedily: be thou my
“—” |strong rock, for an house of defence
g Psa.103.9; to save me.
pea so20; 3 For thou art my rock and my
2 Cor.4.17. |fortress; therefore for thy name’s
; sake lead me, and guide me.
h Heb. fovene 4 Pull me out of the net that they
ieee have laid privily for me: for thou
i Heb. sing- art my strength.
ings 5 Into thine *hand I commit my
j Heb. settled |Spirit: thou hast °redeemed me, O
strendth Lorp God a truth. i f
ON IEAY ae 6 I have hated them that regar
mountei™ living vanities: but I trust in the
k 2 Sam.6.14; |LORD.
=o 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy 4
cae he mercy: for thou hast considered
lie. ys ane fouble: thou hast known my'
ORaUe; soul in adversities;
Ge aoe ai 8 And hast not shut me up into
Psa.16.9; the hand of the enemy: *thou hast
| 57.8. set my feet in a large room.
mm Psa.2.12, 9. Have mercy upon me, O LORD,
note. for I am in trouble: mine eye is
bLk23.46. consumed with grief, yea, my soul
and my belly.
o Ex.14.30, 10 For my life is spent with grief,
50 os 5% land my years with sighing: my
¢ strength faileth because of mine ini-
p Psa.4.1; quity, and my bones are consumed.
18.19. 11 I was a reproach among all
qJob 19.13; |mine enemies, but especially
Poa.38. 11; among my neighbours, and a fear to
mine acquaintance: they that did
see me without fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man
out of mind: I am like a broken
vessel.
¥3 For I have heard the slander
| of many: fear was on every side:
while they took counsel’ together
against me, they devised to: take
away my life,
| 14 But I trusted in thee, O Lorp:.
I said, Thou art my God.
612
15 My times are in thy hand:
deliver me from the hand of mine
enemies, and from them that perse-
cute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon
thy servant: save me for thy mer-
cies’ sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O
Lorn; for I have called upon thee:
let the wicked be ashamed, and let
them be silent in the grave.
18 Let theslying lips be put to
silence; . which speak grievous
things proudly and contemptuously
against the righteous.
19 Oh how great is thy good-
PSALMS.
a Psa.19.9,
note.
b Psa.27.5;
32.7.
ness, which thou hast laid up for
them that @fear thee; which thou
hast wrought for them that trust in
thee before the sons of men!
20 >Thou shalt hide them in the
secret of thy presence from the
pride of man: thou shalt keep them
secretly in a pavilion from the:strife
of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lorn: for he
hath shewed me his marvellous
kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am
cut off from before thine eyes:
nevertheless thou heardest the
voice of my supplications when I
‘cried unto thee.
23 O love the Lorp, all ye his
saints: for the Lorp preserveth
the faithful, and plentifully reward-
eth the proud doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he
shall strengthen your heart, all ye
that hope in the LORD-
PSALM 32.
A Psalm.of David, “Maschil.
PgLesseb is he whose trans-
: gression as forgiven, whose sin
is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom
the Lorp 4imputeth not iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no
guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones
waxed old through my roaring all
the day tong.
4 For day and night thy hand was
‘heavy upon me: my moisture 1s
turned into the drought of summer.
Selah. f |
5 I acknowledged my sin unto
thee, and mine iniquity have I not
hid. I-said, I will confess my trans-
gressions unto the LoRD; and thou
forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Selah.
d Imputation.
vs.1,2;
Lk.22.37.
(Lev.25.50;
Jas.2.23.)
e Forgiveness.
Psa.99.8.
(Lev.4.20;
Mt.26.28.)
f Faith. Psa.
37.3-5.
(Gen.3.20;
Heb.11.39.)
g Psa.32.11;
97.12.
h Psa.119.64.
i Gen.1.6,7;
Heb.11.3;
2 Pet.3.5.
j Gen.2.1,
k Job 26.13.
1 Gen.1.9;
Job 26.10;
38:8.
m Gen.1.3;
Psa.148.5.
n Isa.8.10;
19.3.
oie. nations,
Heb. Sheol.
p
See Hab. 2.
5, note.
613
[33 12
6 For this shall every one that is
godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mayest be found: surely in
the floods of great waters they
shall not come nigh unto hiin.
7 Thou art my hiding place;thou
shalt preserve me from trouble;
thou shalt compass me about with
songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach
thee in the way which thou shalt
go: I will guide thee
a. Be ye not as the horse, or.as the
mule, which have no understand-
ing: whose mouth must be held in
‘with bit and bridle, lest they come
near unto thee. *
10 Many ‘sorrows shall be to the
wicked: but he that /trusteth in
the LORD, mercy shall compass him
about.
11 Be glad in the Lorpb, and re-
joice, ye righteous: and shout for
joy, all ye that are upright in
heart,
PSALM 33.
REO in the LorpD, O ye
righteous: for praise is comely
for the upright.
2 Praise the LoRD with harp:
sing unto him with the psaltery
and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play-
skilfully with.a loud noise.
4 For the word of the LORD is
right; and all his works are done
in. truth.
5 He loveth righteousness and
judgment: “the earth is full of the
goodness of the LORD.
6 *By the word of the LORD were
the heavens made; Jand all the
host of them “by the breath of his
mouth.
7 tHe gathereth the waters of the
sea together as an heap: he layeth
up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the
Lorp: let all the inhabitants of
the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was
done; he commanded, and it stood
fast.
10 The LorD bringeth the coun-
sel of the “heathen to nought: he
maketh the devices of the people of
none effect.
11 The counsel of the LorpD
standeth for ever, the thoughts of
his heart to.all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose
God is the LorD; and the people
33 13]
whom he hath ¢chosen for his own
inheritance.
13 TheLorDlooketh from heaven;
he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habita-
h,
_
Pe “
oe
tion he looketh upon all the inhabi-
~ tants’ of the earth. :
15 He fashioneth their hearts
: alike; he considereth all their
works.
vA 16 There is no king saved by the
‘
multitude of an host: a mighty man
is not delivered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vain thing for
safety: neither shall he deliver any
by his great strength. f
18 Behold, Dae of.the 2D is
upon them that féat “himy upon
' them that hope in his mercy;
19 Todeliver their soul from death,
and to keep them alive in famine.-
20 Our soul waiteth for the LorD:
he zs our help and our shield. ny
21 For our heart shall rejoice in
Cr 2 Si =
a Tyres
ak ae
him, because we have ‘trusted in|
his holy name.
22 Let thymercy,O LorD, beupon
as, according as we hope in thee.
PSALM 34.
\ A Psalm of David, when he
: changed his behaviour before
Abimelech; who drove him away,
and he departed.
if WILL bless the Lorp at all
times: his praise shall continu-
ally be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in
the Lorp: the humble shall hear
thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnify the LorD with me,
and let us exalt his name together.
4 47 sought the Lorp, and he
heard me, and delivered me from
all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and
were lightened: and their faces
srs not ashame
This poor man cried, and the
LorD heard him, and saved him
out of all his troubles.
7 ‘The angel of the Lorp en-
v campeth round about them that
fear him, and delivereth them.
.8 O taste and see that the Lorp
1s good: blessed is the man fhat
‘trusteth in him.
9 O fear the LorpD, ye his saints:
for there is no want to them that
‘fear him.
10 The young lions do Jack, and
suffer hunger: but they that seek
the LorD shall not want any good
f thing.
PSALMS.
a Election
(corporate).
Psa.105.43.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2.)
6 Psa.19.9,
note.
c Psa.2.12,
note.
a Mt.7.7;
Lk.11.9.
e Heb.1.4,
note.
Ff vs.12-16;
HPeesa.
10-12.
g Ex.12.46;
John 19.36,
h Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.
59.20, note.
i Isa.42.13.
j v.26; Psa.
40.14,15;
70.2,3.
k Psa.129.5,
11 Thes.5.3.
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11 Come, ye children, hearken
unto me: I will teach you the /fear
of the Lorp. y :
12 What man is he that /desireth -
life, and loveth many days, that he
may see good? : 19
13 Keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.
15) 5E eyes..of the RD are
upon eaten Saisie ears”
are open unto their cry. :
16 The face of the LORD fs against
them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the
earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the
Lorp heareth, and delivereth them
out of all their troubles.
18 The LorpD is nigh unto them
that are of a broken heart; and
saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the
righteous: but the Lorp delivereth
him out of them all.
20 &sHe keepeth all his bones: not
one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and
they that hate the righteous shall
be desolate.
22 The Lorp /redeemeth the soul
of his servants: and none of them
that ‘trust in him shall be desolate.
PSALM 35.
A Psalm of David.
PLEAD my cause, O LorD, with ©
them that strive with me: fight
against them that fight against me.
2 ?#Take hold of shield and buck-
ler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and
stop the way against them that
persecute me: say unto my soul, I
am thy salvation.
4 jLet them be confounded and
put to shame that seek after my
soul: let them be *turned back and
prose to confusion that devise my
urt. ;
5 Let them be as chaff before the
wind: and let the ceangel of the
LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slip:
pery: and let the “angel of the LorpD
persecute them.
7 For without cause have they
hid for me their net ina pit, which
without cause they have digged for
my soul.
8 Let ‘destruction come upon him
at unawares; and let his net that
PSALMS.
[36 12
he hath hid catch himself: into that
very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in
the Lorp: it shall rejoice in his
salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, Lorp,
bwho is like unto thee, which de-
liverest the poor from him that is
too strong for him, yea, the poor
and the needy from him that spoil-
eth him?
11 ‘False witnesses did rise up;
they laid to my charge things that
I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for
good to the spoiling of my soul.
13 But as for me, ¢when they
were sick, my clothing was sack-
cloth: I humbled my soul with fast-
ing; ‘and my prayer returned into
mine own bosom.
14 I fbehaved myself as though
he had been my friend or brother:
I bowed down heavily, as one that
mourneth for his mother.
15 Butin mine adversity they re-
joiced, and. gathered themselves to-
gether: yea, the abjects gathered
themselves together against me,
and I knew :t not; they did tear me,
and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in
feasts, they gnashed upon me with
their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou 4look
on? rescue my soul from their de-
structions, #my darling from the
lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the
great congregation: I will praise
thee among much people.
19 ‘Let not them that are mine
-enemies wrongfully rejoice over
me: neither let them wink with
the eye that hate me without a
cause.
20 For they speak not peace:
but they devise deceitful matters
against them that are quiet in
the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth
wide against me, and said, Aha,
aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O LORD:
keep not silence: O Lord, be not
far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to
my judgment, even unto my cause,
my God and my Lord.
24 Judze me, O Lorp my God,
jaccording to thy righteousness;
and let them not rejoice over
me. .
25 Let them not say in their
hearts, Ah, so would we have it:
a Psa.51.8.
b Ex.15.11;
Psa.71.19.
c Heb. wit-
nesses of
wrong.
d Job 30.25;
Psa.69.10,11.
e Mt.10.13;
Lk.10.6.
f Heb. walked.
g Hab.1.13.
h Heb. my
only one.
Psa.22.20.
t Psa.69.4;
109.3; 119.
161; Lam.
3.52; John
15.25.
j 2 Thes.1.6.
k Rev.16.5-7;
18.20.
1 Rom.3.18.
m Psa.2.12,
note.
n Heb. wa-
tered. Psa.
65.4.
o Jer.2.18;
John 4.10,14,
p Heb. draw
out at
length.
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heavens;
let them not say, We have swal-
lowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and
brought to confusion together that
rejoice at mine hurt: let them be
clothed with shame and dishorour
that magnify themselves against
me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and
be glad, that favour my righteous
cause: yea, let them say continually,
Let the LorD be magnified, which
hath pleasure in the prosperity of
his servant.
28 And my tongue shall speak of
thy righteousness and of thy praise
all the day long.
PSALM 36.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David the servant of the Lorp.
HE transgression of the wicked
saith within my heart, that
there is ‘no fear of God before his
eyes.
2 For he flattereth himself in his
own eyes, until his iniquity be
found to be hateful.
3 The words of his mouth are ini-
quity and deceit: he hath left off to
be wise, and to do good.
4 He deviseth mischief upon his
bed; he setteth himself in a way
ber is not good; he abhorreth not
evil.
5 Thy mercy, O Lorn, is in the
and thy faithfulness
reacheth unto the clouds" """
6 Thy righteousness is like the
great mountains; thy judgments
are a great deep: O Lorp, thou
preservest man and beast.
7 How excellent is thy loving:
kindness, O God! therefore the
children of men put their “trust
under ,the shadow of thy wings.
8 They shall be “abundantly sat-
isfied with the fatness of thy house;
and thou shalt make them drink of
the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountain
of life: in thy light shall we see
light.
10 £O continue thy lovingkind-
ness unto them that know thee; and
thy righteousness to the upright in
heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come
against me, and let not the hand of
the wicked remove me.
12 There are the workers of ini-
quity fallen: they are cast down,
and shall not be able to rise.
PSALMS.
37 1]
PSALM 37.
A Psalm of David.
RET “not thyself because of evil-
doers, neither be-thou envious
against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down
a v.7; Psa.
73.3; Prov.
like the grass, and wither as the] 23.17; 24.19.
een herb. .
73 PDrust. in the LORD, and. dol? Feith. Esa.
good; so shalt thou dwell in the| 3.20; Heb.
land, and verily thow shalt be fed. 11,39.)
4 ‘Delight thyself also in the}. ya5¢14.
Lorp; and he shall give thee the
desires of thine heart. psec
5 ¢Commit thy way unto the| Jay (Per
Lorp; trust also in him; and he
shall bring i# to pass. e Pao
6 ¢And he shall bring forth thy a
righteousness as the light, and| sHeb. be
thy judgment as the noonday., _| silent to the
7 fRest in the LorpD, and wait
patiently for him: fret not thyself
because of him who prospereth in
his way, because of the man who
bringeth wicked devices to pass.
& Cease from anger, and) forsake
wrath: “fret not thyself in any
wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off:
but those that wait upon the Lorb,
they shall inherit the earth.
10 For ‘yet a little while, and the
wicked sha/IJ not be: yea, thou
shalt diligently consider his place,
and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the
earth; and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plotteth against
the just, and gnasheth upon him
with his teeth.
13. The Lord shall laugh at him:
for he seeth that his day is coming. |
14 The wicked have drawn out
the sword, and have bent their
bow, to cast down the poor and
needy, and to slay such as*be of
upright conversation.
15 “Their sword shall enter into
their own heart, and their bows|
shall be broken.
16 /A little that a righteous man
hath is better than the riches of
many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked
shall be broken: but the LoRD
upholdeth the righteous. |
18 The Lorp knoweth the days
of the upright: and their inheri-|
tance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in|)
the evil time: and in the days of]
famine they shall be satisfied.
rd. Psa
62.1.
g vs.1,8; Jer.
12.1,
h Psa.73.3;
Eph.4.26,
# Heb.10.36,
37.
7 Mt.s.5.
k 1 Sam.17.
50,51.
1 Prov.15.16;
16.8; 1 Tim.
6.6.
m Heb. the
precious-
ness of
lambs.
n Law (of
Moses). Psa.
40.8. (Ex.19.
1; Gal.3.
1-29.)
ov.9; Psa.
27.14; Prov.
20.22.
p Or, a green
tree that
groweth in
his own soil.
q See 1 Ki.8.61.
r Psa.2.12,
note.
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[37 40
20: But the wicked shall perish,
and the enemies of the LORD shall
be as ™the fat of lambs: they shall
consume; inte smoke shall they
consume away.
‘
‘
21 The wicked borroweth, and
payeth not again: but the right-
eous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22 For such as be blessed. of him
shall inherit the earth; and they
that be cursed of him shall be cut.
off.
23 The steps of a good man: are
ordered by the Lorb: and he de-
lighteth in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be
utterly cast down: for the Lorp
upholdeth Aim with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now
am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed
begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lend-
eth; and. his seed is blessed.
27 Depart from evil, and do good;
and: dwell for evermore.
28 For the LorpD loveth judgment,
and forsaketh not his saints; they
are preserved for ever: but the seed
of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the
land,.and dwell therein for ever.
30 The mouth of the righteous
speaketh wisdom, and his tongue
talketh. of judgment.
31 The law of his. God is in his
heart; none of his steps shall slide.
32 The wicked watcheth the right-
eous, and seeketh to slay him.
33. The Lorp will not leave him
in his hand, nor condemn him when
he is judged.
34 Wait on the Lorp, and keep
his way, and he shall exalt thee to
inherit the land: when the wicked
are cut off, thou shalt see it.
35 Ihave seen the wicked in great
power, and spreading himself like
?a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo,
he was not: yea, I-sought him, but
he could not be found.
37 Mark the %perfect man, and
behold the upright: for the end of
that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be
destroyed together: the end of the
wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the right-
eous is of the Lorp: he is their
strength in the time of trouble,
40 And the LorD shall help them,
and deliver them: he shall deliver
them from the wicked, and save
them, because they ‘trust in him,
PSALMS.
PSALM 38.
A Psalm of David, to bring to
remembrance.
LORD, rebuke me not in thy
wrath: neither chasten me in
thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in
me, and thy hand presseth me
sore.
3 There is no soundness in my
flesh because of thine anger; neither
is there any “rest in my ‘bones be-|} Lk.23.49.
cause.ofmysin, Aoiseaie:
4 For mine iniquities are gone} 7,8.
over mine head: as an heavy bur-
den they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are -cor-|¢ Psa. 51.3.
rupt because of my foolishness,
6 I am troubled; I am bowed|f? ©o-7-910-
down, greatly; I go mourning allj¢See 1 Pet.3.
the day long. 14; 1 John 3.
7 For my loins are filled with a
loathsome disease: and there 1S|) Psa.35.22.
no soundness in my flesh. ‘ :
8 I am feebie and sore broken: I] * 2b: 2 b+
a Heb. peace,
or health,
d Or, answer.
have roared by reason of the dis- mae ao
quietness of my heart. mouth.
9 Lord, :all my desire is before ; Jer.20.9
thee; and my groaning is not hid|’*""
from thee. k Bene ts
10 Myheartpanteth,my strength
faileth me: as for the light of mine} jor, what
eyes, it also is gone from me. time I have
11 Myloversand my friends stand| ¢re-
aloof from my sore; *and my kins-]» Heb. an
men stand afar off. image.
12 They also that seek after my janie”
life lay snares for me: and they a i
that ne my Ask aire feo naa n Psa.38.15.
ous things, and imagine deceits ‘
the day long. oeeras
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard ;
‘not; and J was as a dumb man|? Lev-25.23;
that openeth not his mouth. cucceg
14 Thus I was as a man that! 2 Cor.5.6;
hheareth not, and in whose mouth ieee
are no reproofs. pee ae
15 Feorinthee,O Lorn, dol hope:
thou wilt ¢hear, O Lord my God.
16 Forlsaid,Hearme, lestother-
wise they should rejoice over me:
when my foot ‘slippeth, they mag-
nify themselves against me.
17 ©For I am ready to halt, and
my sorrow is-continually before me.
18 For I will declare my iniquity;
FI will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively,
and they are strong: and they that
hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
[39 13
20 They also that render evil for
good are mine:adversaries; because
I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O LorbD: O
my God, "be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord
my salvation.
PSALM 39.
To the chief Musician, even to
1Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
I SAID, I will take heed to my
ways, that I sin not with my
tongue: I will ‘keep my mouth
with a bridle, while the wicked is
before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held
my peace, even from good; and my
sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me,
while I was musing Jthe fire burned:
then spake I with my tongue,
4 Lorp, #make me to:know mine
end, and the measure of my days,
what it is; that I may know thow
frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast mademy days
as an handbreadth; ‘and mine age
fs as mothing ‘before ‘thee: verily
every man at his best state zs ialto-
gether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in ™q
vain shew: surely they are disqui-
eted in vain: he heapeth up riches,
and knoweth not who shall gather
them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I
for? “my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my trans-
gressions: make me not the re-
proach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my
mouth; because thou didst st.
10 “Remove thy stroke away from
me: I am consumed by the blow of
thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost
correct man for iniquity, thou mak-
est his beauty to consume away
like a moth: surely every man 1s
vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O,LorD, and
give ear unto my cry; hold not thy
peace at my tears: ?for I ama
stranger with thee, and a so-
jougn r, as all my fathers were.
13 spare me, that I may recover
strength, before I go hence, and be
no more.
1 Jeduthun, a Levite,
25.1, 3,16; 2 Chr, 5. 12; 35. 15; Neh. 11. 17.
Jeduthun was first called Ethan. Ae
chief singer and instructor. See 1 Chr. 9. 16; 16. 38, 41, 423
He is mentioned in Psalms 39.; 62., 77,
;
Fy
;
401) PSALMS. _ [41s
PSALM 40. 13 Be pleased, O LorD, to deliver
: ice me: O LorD, make haste to help me.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm 14 Let them be ashamed and con-
of David. ska pian she — a
1 ITED tiently for the my soul to destroy it; let them be
7 ees 3; and Sine anchised unto Sriven baciawiaré and put to shame
d heard my cry. that wish me evil.
Die proushe ee a also out of 15 Let them be desolate for a re-
fan horrible pit, out of the miry werd os one shame that say unto
feet upon a rock,|aHeb.a pit j|me, Aha, aha.
oa ea ieee! ees. y * of noise. _16 Let all those that seek thee re-
3 And he hath put a new song in}, psa.19.9, joice and be glad in thee: let such
my mouth, even praise bend our| note. _ eye my eon mor contin
God: many shall see it, and fear, ally, The i
and shall trust in the Lorp. My oe tae 17 ButI am poor and needy; “yet
4 Blessed 1s that man that maketh the Lord thinketh upon me: thou
the Lorp his ‘trust, and respecteth/|¢ aay et
not the proud, nor such as turn it
aside to lies. € vs.7,8; Mt.
5 Many, O LorpD my God, are} 26.39; John PSALM 41.
thy wonderful works which thou| }2¢3,93%
art my help and my deliverer;
make no tarrying, O my God.
hast done, and thy thoughts which Se ae eee ie eae Ua
are to us-ward: they cannot be|fLaw (of | 4 5 tn
reckoned up in order unto thee: if I] 9°49) ES°| IQLESSED iis he that consider-
would deciare and speak of them,| 109.1: Gal. ’ eth the poor: the Lorp will
they are more than can be num-| 1-29.) deliver him in time of trouble.
bered. Acts 30 2 The Lorp will preserve him,
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst|” 20,27. and keep him alive; and he shall
not desire; mine ears hast thou be blessed upon the earth: and thou
opened: burnt-offering and sin-|/1 Pet-S.7. wilt not deliver him unto the will
offering hast thou not required. |; Prov.14.21; |of his enemies.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the| or, the weak,) 3 The Lorp will strengthen him
volumeofthe book it iswrittenofme,| °% sick: upon the bed of languishing: thou
8 I delight to do thy ¢will, O my|jPpsa.6.2; wilt make all his bed in his sick-
God:yea,/thy law is within my heart.| 147.3; 2 Chr. ness.
9 I have preached righteousness| 3°-20- 4 I said, Lorp, be merciful unto
in the great congregation: lo, I havelz Heb. a thingjme: Jheal my soul; for I have.
not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou| of Belial. sinned against thee.
knowest. 1 Psa.55.12-14; |_ 2. Mine enemies speak evil of me,
10 &I have not hid thy righteous-| " mt.26.14-16, |When shall he die, and his name
ness within my heart; I have] 21-25,47-50; |perish?
declared thy faithfulness and thy iissiu3. | © And if he come to see me, he
salvation: I have not concealed] 45:LK22. |speaketh vanity: his heart gather-
thy lovingkindness and thy truth] 3-6,21-23,47, eth iniquity to itself; when he
from the great congregation. Sayre 13 |goeth abroad, he telleth it.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender| 3:’Actsiie. | 7 All that hate me whisper to-
mercies from me, O Lorp: let thy gether against me: against me do
lovingkindness and thy truth con- they devise my hurt.
tinually preserve me. 8 FAnevil disease, say they, cleav-
12 For innumerable evils have eth fast unto him: and now that he
compassed me about: mine iniqui- lieth he shall rise up no more.
ties have taken hold upon me, so 9 “Yea, mine own familiar friend,
that I am not able to look up; they in whom I trusted, which did eat of
are more than the hairs of.mine my ‘bread, hath lifted up Ais heel
head: therefore my heart faileth me. against me.
1The 40th Psalm speaks of Messiah, Jehovah’s Servant, obedient unto death.
The Psalm begins with the joy of Christ in resurrection (vs. 1, 2). He has been in
the horrible pit of the grave, but has been brought up. Verses 3-5 are His resur-
tection testimony, His ‘new song.’’ Verses 6 and 7 are retrospective. When sacri-
fice and offering had become abominable because of the wickedness of the people
(Isa. 1. Tee then the obedient Servant came to make the pure offering (vs. 7-17;
Hebs10%5=17); _ See Psalm 41., next in order of the Messianic Psalms.
2 Psalm 41. is the Psalm of the betrayal of the Son of man, as Jesus Himself taught
(John 13. 18, 19). See Psa. 45., next in order of the Messianic Psalms.
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12 And as for me, thou upholdest
me in mine integrity, and 4settest
me before thy face for ever.
13 oBlessed be the LORD God of
Israel from everlasting, and to ever-
lasting. Amen, and Amen.
10 But thou, O Lorn, be merciful|a Psa.34.15;
unto me, and raise me up, that I| Job 36.7.
may requite them. b Psa.106.48.
11 By this I know that thou fa- on
vourest me, because mine enemy
doth not triumph over me,
BOOK IL.
id
PSALM 42. PSALM 43.
To the chief Musician, “Maschil,| , yascnit, DGE me, O God, and plead my
for the sons of Korah. “instruc- cause against an ungodly nation:
tion.” O deliver me frorn the deceitful
As the ie sc eee the
water brooks, so panteth my :
soul after thee, O God. Et aOR:
2 4dMy soul thirsteth for God, ¢for
the living God: when shall I come|¢ 1 Thes-1.9.
0 and unjust man.
eomee 2 For thou art the God of my
strength: why dost thou cast me
off? why go I mourning because of
lthe oppression of the enemy?
and appear before God? f Psa.80.5; :
B°VAly tears have been my meat|/TORSS |, 5,0. send out thy, light and thy
day and night, while sthey continu-|,, 19, psa, {bring me unto thy holy hill, and to
* g v.10; -
ay, oe unto me, Where is thy)” 79.10; 115.2. |thy tabernacles.
hHeb. bowed | 4 Then will I go unto the altar of
4 When I remember these things, down. God, unto God my exceeding joy:
I pour out my soul in me: for I had : 4
gone with the multitude, I went| iLam.3.24. tess pe ime le will I praise
with them to the house of God,|. ;
P - : “442/45 Or, give 5 Why art thou cast down, O my
SEONG GARIN a thanks. soul? and why art thou_disquieted
iy art thd feast dows © my| Or, the little within me? hope in God: for I
iit? And who ait thou dis “nieted| Til, Psa shall yet praise him, who is the
7m ao ager io ta Go aL et 133.3. health of my countenance, and my
shall yet Jpraise him for the help|/Psa-1338; got
of his countenance. Deut.28.8. PSALM 44.
6 Omy God, my soul is cast down
within me: therefore will I remem- es ay a To the chief Musician for the sons
ber thee from the land of Jordan,) job 35.10. of Korah, “Maschil.
and of the Hermonites, from the j
hil¥ #Mizar. Dilan, E have heard with our ears,
51, Deep galleth unto deep at the) 7101 | TN OP cork thou cidst ia thes
A aterspouts: 5 I
Boies and ia enous are gone|? V-5; Psa- days, in the times of old.
over me. abo) 2 How thou didst drive out the
8 Yet the Lorp will command|>p Heb. the sheathen with thy hand, and plant-
his lovingkindness in the daytime, gladness of |edst them; how thou didst_ af-
and ™in the night his song shall be| ™”/7°” flict the people, and cast them
ith me, and my prayer unto the} Psa.42.5,11. jout. :
God of MERITS ao. it 3 ‘For they got not the land in
9 I will say unto God my rock, Dees pear possession by their own sword,
hou forgotten me? why neither did their own arm save
ied aa ee of the op-|sie- nations. |them: but thy right hand, and thine
arm, and the light of thy counte-
ression of the enemy? 1 Deut.8.17;
PTO As with a sword in my pone Josh.24.12. mene Re ae thou hadst a favour
mine enemies reproach me; “while _ junto : ’
they say daily unto me, Where is aera OGRE 1 2p hours Los: t Godscoms
mand delivera’ ‘
Hy Pee art thou cast down, O}” Dan.8.4. 5 Through thee *will we push
1? and why art thou dis- io. down our enemies: through thy
Bras within ae hope thou in A Sore - name _ will we tread them under
God: for I shall yet praise him, who that rise up against us. —
countenance, 6 For I will not “trust in my bow,
pees apg neither shall my sword save me.
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44 7]
7 But'thou hast savedius from-our
‘enemes, and hast put them to
shame that hated us.
8 4In God we boast all the day
long, and praise thy mame forever.
Selah.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put
us to shame; and goest not forth
with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back
from the enemy: and they which
hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep
appointed for meat; and hast scat-
tered us among the ‘heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people ¢for
nought, and dost not increase thy
wealth by their price.
13 «Thou makest us a.reproach to
our neighbours, a scorn and a de-
rision to them that.are round about
us.
14 Thou makest us a byword
among the ‘heathen, a shaking of
the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually
before me, and the shame of my
face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that re-
proacheth and blasphemeth; by rea-
son of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet
have we not forgotten thee, neither
have we dealt falsely in thy cove-
nant.
18 Our heart is not turned back,
neither have our steps declined
from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken
us in the place of dragons, and
covered us with the shadow of
death.
20 If we have forgotten the name
of our God, or stretched out our
hands to a strange god;
21 J/Shall not God search this out?
for he knoweth the secrets of the
heart.
22 Yea, “for thy sake are we
PSALMS.
a Psa.34.2;
Jer.9.24;
Rom.2.17.
6 Rom.8.36.
ci.e. nations.
d Heb. with-
out riches.
e Psa.79.4;
80.6; Deut.
28.37.
f Psa.139.1;
Job 31.14;
Jer.17.10.
g Psa.119.25,
h Heb. a helo
for us.
7 Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59,
20, note.
7 Lk.4.22.
k Psa.93.2;
Heb.1.8.
| 2 Psa.21.6;
Heb.1.8,9.
m Song 1.3.
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(vs. 9-13), and in
),.as in verse 6, but Adonai, the husband name of
[45°
killed all the day Jong; we are’
counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O
Lord? arise, cast us not off for
ever. ;
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
and forgettest our affliction and our
oppression?
25 8For our soul is bowed down, to
the dust: our belly cleaveth unto
the earth. :
26 Arise ‘for our help, and ‘re-
deem us for thy mercies’ sake.
PSALM 45.
To the chief Musician upon 1Sho-
shannim, for the sons of Korah,
Maschil, A Song of loves.
M* heart is inditing a good mat-
ter: I speak of the things which
I have made touching the 2king:
my tongue zs the pen of a ready
writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the chil-
dren of men: Jgrace is poured into
thy lips: therefore God ‘hath blessed
thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh,
|O most mighty, with thy glory and
thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride pros-
perously because of truth and meek-
ness and righteousness; and thy
right hand shall teach thee terrible
things.
S Thine arrows are sharp in the
heart of the king’s enemies; where-
by the people fall under thee.
| 6 *Thy throne, © God, is for ever
and ever: the sceptre of thy king-
|dom is a right sceptre,
7 Thou lovest tighteousness, and
hatest wickedness: therefore God,
thy God, hath anointed thee with
‘the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.
8 ™AIl thy garments smel{ of
myrrh, and aloes, and cassta, out
the Shoshannim Psalms were prob-
hence reminders of redemption out
, obviously looks forward ‘to
not so much to the anointing
‘Cf. Isa. 41. 1,2,
(2) the coming
e King and the
(4) as associated with Him
that relation the King is
. 15);
45 9]
of the ivory palaces, whereby they
have made thee glad.
9 eKings’ daughters were among
thy honourable women: upon thy
right hand did stand the queen in
gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and con-
sider, and incline thine ear; ‘forget
also thine own people, and thy
father’s house;
11 So shall the king greatly desire
thy beauty: ¢for he is thy Lord;
and worship thou him. :
12 And the daughter of Tyre
shall be there with a gift; even
the rich among the people shall
intreat ‘thy favour.
13 The king’s daughter is all
glorious within: her clothing is of
wrought gold.
14 &She shall be brought-unto the
king in raiment of needlework: the
virgins her companions that follow
her shall be brought unto thee.
15 With gladness and rejoicing
shall they be brought: they shall
enter into the king’s palace. :
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be
thy children, whom thou mayest
make princes in all the earth.
17 *I will make thy name to be re-
membered. in all generations: there-
fore shall the people praise thee for
ever and ever.
PSALM 46.
‘To the chief Musician for the sons
of Korah, A Song upon: !Alamoth.
Go? is our ‘refuge and strength,
ja very present help in trouble.
_2 Therefore will not we fear,
“though the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be carried
jnto the *midst of the sea;
3 Thouéh the waters thereof roar
and be troubled, though the moun-
tains shake with the swelling thereof.
Selah
-
4 (There is a river, the streams
whereof shall make glad the city
of God, the holy place of the taber-
nacles of the most High.
5 God is *in the midst of her; she
shall not be moved: God shall help
her, and that right early. t
6 The °heathen raged, the king-
doms were moved: he uttered his
voice, the earth melted. ’
7 ?The LoRv of hosts is with us;
1 Alamoth, “soprano,” from a
“virgins,” were a temple choir,
choir. See Psa. 6., title, note.
Inoah, a virgin.
singing antiphona
But contra, see 1 Chr. 15. 20.
PSALMS. [48 2
the God of Jacob is Your refuge.
Selah. ‘
8 Come, behold the works of the
LorpD, what desolations he hath
made in the earth. i
Q@ 7*He maketh wars to céase unto
‘a Song 4.8.
ib See 1 Ki.2.19.
c See Deut.21.
13.
d Psa.95.6;
Tsa.54.5. the end of the earth; She breaketh
eHeb. thy the bow, and cutteth the spear in
face. ~ ae the burneth the chariot in
the fire ,
Rev.19.7,8. 20%
ee 10 Be still, and know that I am
'g Song 1.4. God: I will be exalted among the
by Mald.it. cheathen, I will be exalted in the
earth.
i Psa.62.7,83 11 The Lorp of hosts is with us;
91.2;142.5. |the God of Jacob is our refuge.
j Deut.4.7; Selah.
Psa.145.18. PSALM 47.
k Heb. the To the chief Musician, A Psalm for
heart of the
seas.
the sons of Korah.
CLAP your hands, all ye peo-
1 See Ezk.47. O d
ne ple; shout unto God with the
‘voice of triumph.
Psa.48.1,8; i é
goers 2 For the LoRD most high “is
‘ terrible; “he is a great King over
p Deus 145 all the earth.
Esk.43.7; 3 He shall subdue the people
Hos.11.9; under us, and the nations under
dost 2a our feet.
Zech2.510, |.4 He shall choose *our inheritance
11; 8.3. for us, the excellency of Jacob whom
he loved. Selah.
oue, nations. | 5 »God is gone up with a shout,
pv.l;Num. |the LoRD with the sound of a
| 14.9;2 Chr. |trumpet. :
ie. 6 Sing praises to. God, sing praises:
q Heb. an sing praises unto our King, sing
high place praises.
for us. Psa. |'7 For 2God is the King of all the
xual earth: sing ye praises with under-
ues 8 standing.
s Psa.76.3. 8 God eles ie ie shen:
God sitteth upon the throne of his
t Ezk.39.9. holiness.
u Psa.76.12; 9 The princes. of the people are
Deut.7.21; |gathered together, “even the peo-
Rania ple of the God of Abraham: ?for
vy Mal.1.14. the shields of the earth belong
unto God: he is greatly exalted.
w Psa.18.47.
x1 Pet.1.4. PSALM 48.
y Psa.68.24.25. | A Song and Psalm for the sons
[ of Korah.
z Zech.14.9.
REAT is the Lorp, and greatly
ere Ths to be praised in ‘the city of
[ene our God, in the mountain of his
'b Psa.89.18. holiness.
c¢ Psa.46.4; 9? Beautiful for situation, the joy
87.3. of the whole earth, 7s mount Zion,
Some have thought the alamoth,
lly to the sheminith, or male
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48 3]
on the sides of the north, “the city
of the great King. 3
3 God is known in her palaces for
a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were as-
sembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they mar-
velled; they were troubled, and
hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there,
and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 &Thou breakest the ships of
Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we
seen in the city of the LorpD of
hosts, in the city of our God: 4God
will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy loving-
kindness, O God, in the midst of thy
temple.
10 According to thy name, O God,
so is thy praise unto the ends of the
earth: thy right hand is full of
righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the
daughters of Judah be glad, because
of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round
' about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 ¢Mark ye well her bulwarks,
consider her palaces; that ye may
tell 7¢ to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for
ever and ever: fhe will be our guide
even unto death.
PSALM 49.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for
the sons of Korah.
EAR this, all ye people; give
ear, all ye inhabitants of the
éworld:
2 Both low and high, rich and
poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wis-
dom; and the meditation of my
heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a para-
ble: I will open my dark saying
upon the harp.
5S Wherefore should I fear in the
days of evil, when the iniquity of
my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth,
and boast themselves in the multi-
tude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any
means ‘redeem his brother, nor
give to God a ransom for him:
8 (Forthe ‘redemption oftheir soul
1s precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That he should still live for
ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men
i
PSALMS. |
a Mt.5.35.
h Ezk.27.26.
¢ vs.1,2.
d Isa.2.2;
Mic.4.1.
e Heb. set
your heart
to her
bulwarks.
f Isa.58.11.
gi.e. earth.
h Psa.2.12,
note.
# Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59.
20, note.
J Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5,
note.
k Christ
(Second Ad-
vent). Psa.
96.10-13.
(Deut.30.3;
Acts 1.9-11.)
l Judgments
(the seven).
vs.3,4,22;
Ezk.20.33-
(2 Sam.
7.14; Rev.
22.12.)
m Lev.10.2;
Num.16.35;
Dan.7.10.
n Psa.97.6.
o Ex.20.2.
44.
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die, likewise the fool and the brut-
ish person perish, and leave their
wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that
their houses shall continue for
ever, and their dwelling places to
all generations; they call their lands
after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man being in
honour abideth not: he is like the
beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly:
yet their posterity approve their
sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the
jgrave; death shall feed on them;
and the upright shall have domin-
ion over them in the morning; and
their beauty shall consume in the
grave from their dwelling.
15 But God will ‘redeem my soul
from the power of the Jgrave: for he
shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one
,|is made rich, when the glory of his
house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall
carry nothing away: his glory shall
not descend after him,
18 Thoughwhilehelivedheblessed ©
his soul: and men will praise thee,
when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of
his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man that is in honour, and
understandeth not, is like the beasts
that perish.
PSALM 50.
A Psalm of Asaph.
aR mighty God, even the Lorp,
hath spoken, and called the
earth from the rising of the sun
unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of
beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall “come, and shall
not keep silence: /a fire shail ™de-
vour before him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth, that
he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto
me; those that have made a cove-
nant with me by sacrifice. .
6 And the “heayens shall declare
his righteousness: for God is judge
himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will
speak; O Israel, and I will testify
rast: thee: °I am God, even thy
81 will not reprove thee for thy
50 9] PSALMS. oo StH
sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings, to] c vs.9-16.
have been continually before me.
get God, lest I Jtear you in pieces,
and there be none to deliver.
9 I will ¢take no bullock out of}, pos 241; 23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth
thy house, nor he goats out of thy| Ex.i9.5; me: and to him that ordereth his
folds. Deut.10.14; |conversation aright will-I shew the
10 For every beast of the forest! J@4113, [salvation of God.
is ere the cattle upon a thou-
sand hills. c¢ Hos.14.2; PSALM 51.
11 I know all the fowls of the| Heb-15-15- To th : ne
mountains: and the wild beasts of!¢ Psa.91.15; o the chief Musician, A Psalm of
Bee field ars mine: 107.6,13: David, when Nathan the prophet
12 If I were hungry, I would not| Job 22:27: came unto him, after he had gone
tell thee: ‘for the world is mine, cain in to Bath-sheba.
and the fulness thereof. e Neh.9.26. “HAVE kmercy upon me, O God,
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or according to thy lovingkind-
drink the blood of goats? bee ness: according unto the multitude
14 ‘Offer unto God thanksgiving;|¢1Tim.5.22. jof thy tender mercies blot out my
and pay thy vows unto the most], >... Rom.24. Hirde sata ang
igh: 2 ash me oughly from mine
15 And 4call upon me in the day} : Psa.90.8. iniquity, and cleanse me from my
of trouble: I will deliver thee, and]... 54 sin,
thou shalt glorify me. ; cpa 3 For I acknowledge my trans-
16 But unto the wicked God saith, |k Bible gressions: and my sin 1s ever be-
What hast thou to do to declare my Ot). Isa. |fore me.
statutes, or that thoushouldesttake| 37.15. (Gen. | 4 Against thee, thee only, have I
my covenant in thy mouth? 15.2;Hab. sinned, and done this evil in thy
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction,} 3-1-1) sight: that thou mightest be /justi-
and ¢castest my words behind}; Rom.3.4. fied when thou speakest, and be
thee. clear when thou judgest.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then ne Te 5m in in-
thou fconsentedst with him, and Toh 3.6: iquity; and “in sin my mother
hast been gpartaker with adul-| Rom.5.12; poser me. tesitnectnabeabneiaent
terers. Eph.2.3. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil,|,, Job 14.4. the inward parts: and in the hidden
a Wig sine Paces o Heb. warm ap lieaper See ne eee
against thy brother; thou slander-| ™* 7 #Purge me with 2hyssop, and I
ara a dons |" erie MR anor Wear ce OE
and I kept silence; *thou thoughtest| 18 #°P-1% |g” Make me to hear joy and glad-
that I was altogether such an one|qIsa.1.18. ness; that the bones which thou
as thyself: hut I will reprove thee, MtLs4 hast broken may rejoice.
and set them in order before thine|” ~~” 9 Hide thy face from my sins,
eyes. E s Acts 15.9; jand blot out all mine iniquities.
“22 Now consider this, ye that for-| Epbh-2-10- 10 sCreate in me a clean heart, O
1 This Psalm must ever be, in its successive steps, the mould of the experience of
a sinning saint who comes back to full communion and service. The steps are:
(1) sin thoroughly judged before God (vs. aes (2) forgiveness and cleansing
through the blood (v. 7, f.c.); (3) cleansing (v. 7, lc. to 10. Cf. John 13. 4-10; Eph.
5.26; 1 John 1.9); (4) Spirit-filled for joy and power (vs. 11, 12); (5) service (v. 13);
(6) worship (vs. 14-17); (7) the restored saint in fellowship with God, not about
self, but about the blessing of Zion. Personally, it was David’s pathway to restored
communion after his sin with Bathsheba. Dispensationally, it will be the pathway
of returning Israel (Deut. 30. 1-10, refs.).
2Hyssop was the little shrub (1 Ki. 4. 33) with which the blood and water of
purification were applied (Lev. 14. 1-7; Num. 19. 1-19).
Cleansing in Scripture is twofold: (1) Of a sinner from the guilt of sin; the
blood (“hyssop”’) aspect; (2) of a saint from the defilement of sin—the water (“wash
me’) aspect. Under grace the sinner is purged by blood when he believes (Mt. 26. 28;
Heb. 1. 3; 9. 12; 10. 14). Both aspects of cleansing, by blood and by water, are
brought out in John 13. 10, and Eph. 5. 25, 26: ‘““He that is bathed needeth not save
to wash his feet”; “Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it [redemption
by blood, “hyssop,” the “bath”] that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word’’: answering to the ‘‘wash me”’ of verse 7.
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God; and renew a right spirit within
me.
11 Cast me not away from thy
presence; and lItake not thy holy
4spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy
salvation; and uphold me with thy
‘free spirit.
13. Then will I teach transgres-
sors thy ways; and sinners shall be
converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguilti-
ness, O Gad, thou 'God of my salva-
tion: and my tongue shall sing
aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips;)
and my mouth shall shew forth thy
praise. =
16 For thou desirest not sacri-
fice; else would I give 1¢: thou de-
lightest not in burnt-offering.
17 ©The sacrifices of God are a
broken spirit: a broken and a con-
trite heart, O God, thou wilt not
despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure
unto Zion: build thou the walls of
Jerusalem,
19 Then shalt thou be pleased
with the 4sacrifices of righteous-
ness, with burnt-offering and whole
burnt-offering: then shall they offer
bullocks upon thine altar.
PSALM 52.
To the chief Musician, ‘Maschil, A
Psalm of David, when Doeg the
Edomite came and told Saul, and
said unto him, David is come to
the house of Ahimelech.
WHE: boastest thou thyself in
mischief, O mighty man? the
goodness of God endureth contin-
ually.
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs p
like a sharp razor, working deceit-
fully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than
good; and lying rather than to
speak righteousness. Selah.
Thou lovest all devouring
words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise fdestroy thee
for ever, he shall take thee away,
and pluck thee out of thy dwelling
place, and root thee out of the land
of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and
fear, and shall laugh at him:
7 Lo, this is the man that made
PSALMS.
a Holy Spirit.
vs.11,12;
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
b 2 Cor.3.17.
¢ Psa.34.18;
f Heb. beat
thee down.
g Psa.2.12,
note,
h Mahalath,
apparently a
temple choir.
i Psa.10.4;
14.1.
j Rom.3.10.
k 2 Chr.15.2;
19.3.
1 Lev.26.17,36;
Prov.28.1.
m Psa.14.7.
n Neginoth,
stringed
instruments.
oOr, Ziphites.
f. 1 Sam.
23.19.
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not God his strength; but “trusted
in the abundance of his riches, and
strengthened himself in his wicked-
ness.
8 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God: I trust in the
thercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, be-
cause thou hast done it: and I will
wait on thy name; for it is good
before thy saints.
PSALM 53.
To the chief Musician upon #Maha-
lath, ‘Maschil, A Psalm of David.
HE ‘fool hath said in his heart,
There isno God. ‘Corrupt are
they, and have done abominable
iniquity: Jthere is none that doeth
good.
2 God looked down from heaven
upon the children of men, to see if
there were any that did understand,
that did “seek God.
3 Every one of them is gone back:
they are altogether become filthy;
there is none that doeth good, no,
not one. 7
4 Have the workers of iniquity no
knowledge? who eat up my people
as they eat bread: they have not
called upon God.
5 /!There were they in great fear,
where no fear was: for God hath
scattered the bones of him that en-
campeth against thee: thou hast
put them to shame, because God
hath despised them.
6 ™Qh that the salvation of Israel
were come out of Zion! When ‘God
bringeth back the captivity of his
people, Jacob :shall rejoice, and
Israel shall be glad.
PSALM 54.
To the chief Musician on “Neginoth,
e‘Maschil, A Psalm of David,
when the °Ziphims came and said
to Saul, Doth not David hide him-
self with us? ;
Save me, O'God, by thy name,
and judge me by thy strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God; give
ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen “up
against me, and oppressors -seek
after my soul: they have not set
God before them. ‘Selah.
4. Behold, God is mine helper: the
'No believer of this dispensation, aware of the promise of His abiding (John
14. 16), should pray, “take not Thy Holy Spirit from me”
(Eph. 4. 30); but, while
Christian position is not found here, Christian experience in essence is.
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Lord fs with them that uphold my
soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine
fenemies: cut them off in thy
truth. ;
6 I will-freely sacrifice unto thee:
I will praisé thy name, O LorD;
for if 7s good. : :
7 For he hath delivered me out of
all trouble: ’and mine eye hath seen:
‘his desire upon mine enemies.
PSALM 55.
To the chief Musician on ‘Neginoth,
@Maschil, A Psalm. of David.
IVE ear to my prayer, O God;
and hide not thyself from my
supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I
mourn in. my complaint, and make
a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the
enemy, because of the oppression
of the wicked: for they cast. ini-
quity upon me, and in wrath they
hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within
me: and the terrors of death are
fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are
come upon me, and horror hath
eoverwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings
like a dove! for then would I fiy
away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far
off, and remain in the wilderness.
Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from
the windy storm and tempest. |
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide
their tongues: for I have.seen vio-
tence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about
it upon the walls thereof: mischief)
also and sorrow are in the midst
Of it. ‘
11 Wickedness is’ in the midst
thereof: deceit and guile depart not
from her streets.
12 fFor it was not an enemy that
reproached me; then I could have
borne it: neither was it he that
hated me that did ‘magnify him-
self against me; then I would have
hid myself from him: f
13 But it was thou, a man mine
equal, my guide, and mine “ac-
quaintance..
14 We took sweet counsel to-
PSALMS.
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a Heb. those
that ob-
serve me.
b Psa.59.10;
92.11.
ci.e. stringed
instruments.
d i.e. instruc-
tion.
e Heb: covered
me,
f Psa.41.9.
g Psa.35.26;
38.16.
h Psa.41.9;
Jer.9:4.
i Or, the
grave:
4 2 Chr-32-7,8.
k Deut.33.27.
1 Acts 12.1.
m Psa.7.4.
n Heb. he
hath. pro-
faned.
o Psa.2&3;
57.4; 62.45:
64.3; Prov.
5.3545 12.08.
p Psa.37-S5
Mt.6.25;
Lk.121225
1 Pet.S.7.
iq Psa.37.24.
iv Meaning,
“the cry of
the dove of
distant tere-
binth trees.”
s Michtam, a
prayer.
1 Psa.57.1.
u Psa.2.12,
note.
v Psa.118.6,
IsaSU3sic
Heb.13.6.
gether, and: walked unto the house}
of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon
them,
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and let them go down quick, into
hell: “for wickedness is in their
dwellings, and among them.
16 As forme, I will call upon God;
and the Lorpb shall save me.
| 17 Evening, and morning, and at
noon, will I pray, and ery aloud:
and he shall hear my voice.
| 18 He hath delivered my soul in
peace from the battle that was
against me: Jfor there were many.
with. me.
| 19 God shall hear, and afflict
them, “even he that abideth of old.
Selah. Because they have no:
changes,therefore they fear not God.
20° ‘He hath put forth his hands
against such as “be at peace with
him: *he hath broken his cove-
nant.
21 °The words of his: mouth
were smoother than: butter,, but war
was in his heart: his words were
softer than oil, yet were they drawn
swords:
| 22 »Cast. thy burden upon the
LorpD, and he: shall sustain thee:
the shall never suffer the righteous
to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring
them down into the pit of destruc-
tion: bloody, and deceitful men shall
not livé out half their days; but I
will trust in thee.
PSALM 56.
To the chief Musician upon ‘Jo-
nath-elem-rechokim, SMichtam of
David, when the Philistines took
him in Gath.
‘DE merciful unto me, O God: for
man would swallow me up; he
fighting daily oppresseth me.
2. Mine enemies would daily swal-
low me up: for they be many that
fight against me, O thou most
High.
3 What time I am afraid, I willl
“trust in thee. ;
| 4 In God I will praise his word,
in God I have put my trust; +I
will not fear what flesh can do
unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my
words: ali their thoughts are against
me for evil.
| 6 They gather themselves to-
gether, they hide themselves, they
mark my steps, when they wait for
my soul. .. eb
| 7 Shall they escape by iniquity?
in thine anger cast down the peo-
ple, O God.
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8 Thou tellest my wanderings:
put thou my tears into thy bottle:
fare they not in thy book?
9 When I cry unto thee, then
shall mine enemies turn back: this I
know; for “God is for me. —
10 In God will I praise his word:
in the Lorp will I praise Ais word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I
will not be afraid what man can do
unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render praises unto thee.
13. “For thou hast delivered my
soul from death: wilt not thou de-
liver my feet from falling, that I
may walk before God in the light of
the living?
PSALM 57.
To the chief Musician, ¢Al-taschith,
éMichtam of David, when he fled
from Saul in the cave.
E merciful unto me, O God, be
merciful unto me: for my soul
Strusteth in thee: ¢yea, in the shadow
of thy wings will I make my refuge,
huntil these calamities be overpast.
2 I will cry unto God most high;
unto God that performeth al]
things for me.
3 +He shall send from heaven, and
save me from the reproach of him
that would swallow me up. Selah.
God shall send forth his mercy and
his truth.
4 My soul is among lions: and I
lie even among them that are set
on fire, even the sons of men, whose
teeth are spears and arrows, and
their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens; Jet thy glory be above
all the earth.
6 They have prepared a net for
my steps; my soul is bowed down:
they have digged a pit before me,
into the midst whereof they are fal-
len themselves. Selah.
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my
heart is fixed: I will sing and give
praise.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake,
psaltery and harp: I myself will
awake early.
9 I will praise thee, O Lord,
among the people: I will sing unto
thee among the nations.
10 For thy mercy is great unto
the heavens, and thy truth unto the
clouds.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens: Jet thy glory be above
all the earth.
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PSALMS.
a Mal.3.16.
b Rom.8.31.
c Psa.116.8.
d Al-taschith,
destroy not.
e Michtam, a
prayer.
f Psa.2.12,
note.
g Psa.17.8;
63.7.
h Isa.26.20.
i Psa.144.5,7.
j Psa.112.10;
Josh.7.5.
k Heb. as liv-
ing as
wrath.
1 Psa.68.23.
m 1 Sam.24.11.
ni.e. nations.
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PSALM 58.
To the chief Musician, ¢Al-taschith,
eMichtam of David.
ips ye indeed speak righteous-
ness, O congregation? do ye
judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wicked-
ness; ye weigh the violence of your
hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from
the womb: they go astray as soon
as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison zs like the poison
of a serpent: they are like the deaf
adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the
voice of charmers, charming never
so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in
their mouth: break out the great
teeth of the young lions, O Lorp.
7 JLet them melt away as waters
which run continually: when he
bendeth his bow to shoot his ar-
rows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snail wAich melteth, let
every one of them pass away: like
the untimely birth of a woman,
that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the
thorns, he shall take them away as
with a whirlwind, *both living, and
in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice
when he seeth the vengeance: “he
shall wash his feet in the blood of
the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily
there is a reward for the righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in
the earth.
PSALM. 59.
To the chief Musician, ¢Al-taschith,
eMichtam of David; when Saul
sent, and they watched the house
to kill him.
DELIVER me from mine ene-
mies, O my God: defend me
from them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers
of iniquity, and save me from
bloody men.
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my
soul: the mighty are gathered
against me; “not for my transgres-
sion, nor for my sin, O Lorp.
4 They run and prepare them-
selves without my fault: awake to
help me, and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O Lorp God of
hosts, the God of Israel, awake to
visit all the heathen: be not merci-
| a ol
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PSALMS.
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3
ful to any wicked transgressors. 3 #Thou hast shewed thy people
Selah.
6 They return at evening: they
make a noise like a dog, and go
round about the city:
7 Behold, they belch out with
their mouth: swords are in their
lips: for who, say they, doth
hear?
8 But thou, O Lorp, shalt laugh
at them; thou shalt have all the
“heathen in derision.
9 Because of his strength will I
wait upon thee: for God is “my de-
fence.
10 The God of my mercy shall
prevent me: God shall let ‘me see
my desire upon mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people
forget: scatter them by thy power;
and bring them down, O Lord our
shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth and
the words of their lips let them
even be taken in their pride: and
for cursing and lying which they
speak.
13 ¢Consume them in wrath,
consume them, that they may not
be: and ¢let them know that God
ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the
earth. Selah.
14 And at evening let them re-
turn; and let them make a noise
like a dog, and go round about the
city.
15 Let them wander up and down
for meat, and grudge if they be not
satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy power;
yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy
in the morning: for thou hast been
my defence and refuge in the day
of my. trouble.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will
I sing: for God is my defence, and
the God of my mercy.
PSALM 60.
To the chief Musician upon /Shu-
shan-eduth, *Michtam of David,
to teach; “when he strove with
Aram-naharaim and with Aram-
zobah, when Joab returned, and
smote of Edom in the valley of
salt twelve thousand.
GOD, thou hast cast us off,
thou hast scattered us, thou
hast been displeased; O turn thy-
self to us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to
tremble; thou hast broken it: heal
Ee breaches thereof; for it shak-
eth.
ai.e. nations.
6 Heb. my
high place.
c Psa.54.7;
92.11; 112.8.
d Psa.7.9.
e Psa.83.18.
f Shushan-
eduth, the
lily of
speech.
g Michtam,a
prayer.
h 2 Sam.8.
3-13.
t Psa.71.20.
jlsa. Si. 17, 22;
Jer-25
k Psa.19.9,
note.
1Vs.5-12 are
identical
with Psa.108.
6-13.
m Josh.1.6.
» Gen.12.6.
o Josh.13.27,
p See Deut.
33,17.
g Gen.49.10.
\y 2Sam.8.2,
5 2Sam.8.14;
Psa.108.9.
{2 Sam.8.1.
u Pre a
46.3.
v Heb. salva-
tion.
w Or, Negi-
noth,
stringed
instruments.
ix Psa.2.12,
note.
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hard things: /thou hast made us to
drink the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a banner to
them that fear thee, that it may
Seba because of the truth.
5 /That thy beloved may be deliv-
ered; save with thy right hand, and
hear me.
6 God hath spoken in his holi-
ness; I will rejoice, I will divide
nShechem, and mete out the valley
oof Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is
mine; ?Ephraim also is the strength
of mine head; %Judah is my law-
giver;
8 *Moab is my washpot; Sover
Edom will I cast out my shoe:
‘Philistia, triumph thou because of
me.
9 Who will bring me into the
strong city? who will lead me into
Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which
hadst cast us off? and thou, O God,
which didst not go out with our
armies?
11 Give us help from trouble: “for
vain is the *help of man.
12 Through God we shall do val-
iantly: for he it is thaf shall tread
down our enemies.
PSALM 61.
To the chief Musician upon “Negi-
nah, A Psalm of David.
HEAR my cry, O God; attend
unto my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth will I
cry unto thee, when my heart is
overwhelmed: lead me to the rock
that is higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a shelter for
me, and a strong tower from the
enemy.
4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for
ever: I will *trust in the covert of
thy wings. Selah.
5 For thou, O God, hast heard
my vows: thou hast given me
the heritage of those that fear thy
name.
6 Thou wilt prolong the king’s
life: and his years as many genera-
tions.
7 He shall abide before God for
ever: O prepare mercy and truth,
which may preserve him.
8 So will I sing praise unto thy
name for ever, that I may daily
perform my vows.
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PSALM 62.
To-the chief Musician, to *Jedu-
thuh, A Psalm of David.
7EXYRULY my ‘soul owaiteth upon
God: from him cometh my sal-
vation.
2 He only 7s my rock and my sal-
vation; he is my ‘defence; I shall
not be greatly moved. 4 ;
3 How long will ye imagine mis-
chief against a man? ye shall be
stain all of you: as a bowing wall
shall ye be, and as a tottering
fence, .
4 They only consult to cast him
down from his excellency: they
delight in lies: they bless with their
mouth, but they curse inwardly.
Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upen
God; for my expectation is from
him.
6 He only ts my rock and my sal-
vation: he is my defence; I shall
not be ‘moved.
7 In God fs my salvation and my
glory: the rock of my strength, and
my refuge, zs in God.
8 ¢Trust in him at all times; ye
people, ‘pour out your heart before
gen: God zs a refuge for us. Se-
Tah.
9 Surely men of low degree are
vanity, and men of high degree are
a lie: to be laid in the balance, they
are altogether lighter than van-
tty.
10 Trust not in oppression, and
become not vain in robbery: if
Tiches increase, set not your heart
upon them.
11 God hath spoken once; twice}
have I heard this; that power be-
Jongeth unto ‘God.
12 Also untothee, OLord, belong-
eth mercy: for thou renderest to
every man according ‘to his work.
PSALM 63.
A Psalm of David, when he was in
the wilderness of Judah.
GOD, thou art my God; early
will I seek thee: ‘my soul
thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth
for thee in a dry and thirsty land,
where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory,
so as I have seen thee in the sanc-
tuary.
3 8Because thy lovingkindness is
peer than life,.my lips shall praise
ee,
PSALMS.
a See Psa.39,
title, note.
6 Heb. is
silent.
Psa.65.1.
c Heb. high
place.
d Psa.2.12,
note.
e Psa.42.4;
1 Sam.1.15;
Lam.2.19.
f Psa.42.2;
84.2; 143.6.
g Psa.30.5.
h Psa.42.8;
j Or, we are
consumed
by that
which they
have thor-
oughly
searched.
k Psa.32.11;
58.10; 68.3.
4
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119.55; 149.5.
i See 1 Ki.8.61.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I
live: I will lift up my hands in thy
name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as
with marrow and fatness; and my
apomth shall praise thee with joyful
lips:
6 When ‘I remember thee upon
my bed, and meditate on thee in
the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my
help, therefore in the shadow of thy
wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after
thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to
destroy it, shall go into the lower
parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword:
they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in
|God; every one that sweareth by
him ‘shall glory: ‘but the mouth of
them that speak lies shall be
stopped.
PSALM 64.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David
FEAR my voice, O God, in my
prayer: preserve my life from
jfear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel
of the wicked; from the insurrection
of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a
sword, and bend their bows to
shoot their arrows, even bitter
words:
4 That they may shoot in secret
at the ‘perfect: suddenly do they
shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in
an evil, matter: they commune of
laying snares privily; they say,
Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities;
Jthey accomplish a diligent search:
both the inward thought of every
one of them, and the heart, is
deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them
with an arrow; suddenly shall they
be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own
tongue to fall upon themselves: all
that see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall
declare the work of God; for they
shall wisely consider of his doing.
10 The righteous shall be glad in
the Lorp, and shall “trust in him:
aed all the upright in heart shall
lglory.
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PSALM 65.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm and
Song of David.
RAISE waiteth for thee, O
God, in Sion: and unto thee
shall the vow be performed.
2 O thou that hearest prayer,
@unto thee shall all flesh come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me:
as for our transgressions, thou
shalt “’purge them away.
4 Blessed is the man whom
thou choosest, and causest to ap-
proach unto thee, that he may
dwell in thy courts: ‘we shall be sat-
isfied with the goodness of thy
house, even of thy holy temple.
5 By terrible things in righteous-
ness wilt thou answer us, O God of
our salvation; who art the confi-
dence of all the ends of the earth,
and of them that are afar off upon
the sea:
6 Which by his strength setteth
fast the mountains; being girded
with power:
7 Which stilleth the noise of the
seas, the noise of their waves, and
the tumult of the people:
8 They also that dwell in the
uttermost parts are afraid at thy
tokens: thou makest the outgoings
of the morning and’ evening to re-
joice.
9 Thou ¢visitest the earth, and
waterest it: thou greatly enrichest
it ‘with the river of God, which is
full of water: thou preparest them
corn, when. thou hast so provided
for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges
thereof abundantly: thou settlest
the furrows thereof: fthou makest
“it soft with showers: thou blessest
the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with
thy goodness; and thy paths drop
fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures
of the wilderness: and the little hills
Tejoice on every side. .
13 The pastures are clothed with
flocks; the valleys also are covered
over with corn; they shout for joy,
they also sing.
PSALM 66.
To the chief Musician, A Song
or Psalm.
AKE a joyful noise unto God,
all ye lands: 1
2 Sing forth the honour of his
PSALMS.
a Isa.66.23.
b Psa.51.2;
79.93 Isa.6.7;
c Psa.36.8.
d Deut.11.12.
e Psa.46.4.
f Heb. thou
dissolvest
it.
g Psa.65.5.
h Psa.18.44.
i Ex.14.21.
j Josh.3.14,16.
k Heb. put-
teth.
1 Zech.13.95
1 Pet.1.6,7.
m Psa.100.4;
116.14,17-19.
n Psa.19.9,
note.
o Job 27.9;
Prov.15.29;
28.9; Isa.l.
15; John 9.
31; Jas.4.3.
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[66 20
name: make his praise glori-
ous.
3. Say unto God, How %terrible
art thou in thy works! through
the greatness of thy power shall
thine enemies submit themselves
unto thee.
4 All the earth shall worship
thee, and shall sing unto thee;
they shall sing to. thy name.
Selah.
5 Comeand see the works of God:
he 1s terrible in his doing toward
the children of men.
6 *He turned the sea into dry
land: Jthey went through the flood:
on foot: there did we rejoice in
him.
7 He ruleth by his power for ever;
his eyes behold the nations: let not
the rebellious exalt themselves.
Selah.
8 O bless our God, ye people, and
make the voice of his praise to be
heard:
| 9 Which *holdeth our soul in life,
and suffereth not our feet to be
moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved
us: ‘thou hast tried us, as silver is
tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the
net; thou laidst affliction upon our
loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride
over our heads; we went through
fire and through water: but thou
broughtest us out into a wealthy
place.
13 I will go into thy house with
burnt-offerings: I will pay thee my
vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered,
and my mouth hath spoken, when I
was in trouble.
15 I will offer unto thee burnt-
sacrifices of fatlings, with the in-
cense of rams; I will offer bullocks
with goats. Selah.
16 Come and hear, all ye
that "fear God, and I will de-
clare what he hath done for my
soul.
17 I cried unto him with my
mouth, and he was extolled with
my tongue.
18 olf I regard iniquity in my.
heart, the Lord will not hear
me:
19 But verily God hath heard
me; he hath attended to the voice
of my prayer. ‘
20 Blessed be God, which hath
not turned away my prayer, nor his
mercy from me.
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PSALM 67.
To the chief Musician on ¢Neginoth,
A Psalm or Song.
OD be merciful unto us, and
bless us; and cause his face to
shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known
upon earth, thy saving health
among ail nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O
God; let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad and
sing for joy: >for thou shalt judge
the people righteously, and ‘govern
the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise-thee, O
God; let all the people praise thee.
6 ¢Then shall the earth yield her
increase; and God, even our own
God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us; and all the
ends of the earth shall ‘fear him.
PSALM 68.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm
or Song of David.
*L=Et God arise, let his enemies be
scattered: let them also that
hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so
drive them away: fas wax melteth
before the fire, so let the wicked
perish at the presence of God.
3 But 4let the righteous be glad;
let them rejoice before God: yea,
let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to
his name: extol him that rideth
upon the heavens *by his name
JAH, and rejoice before him.
5 JA father of the fatherless, and
a judge of the widows, is God in his
holy habitation.
6 *God setteth the solitary in
families: ‘he bringeth out - those
which are bound with chains: but
the rebellious dwell in a dry Jand.
7 OGod, when thou wentest forth
before thy people, when thou didst
march through the wilderness;
Selah:
8 The earth shook, the heavens
also dropped at the presence of
PSALMS.
a Neginoth,
stringed
instruments.
b Psa.96.10,13;
98.9,
c Heb. lead.
d Lev.26.4;
Psa.85.12;
Ezk.34.27.
e Psa.19.9,
note.
f Psa.97.5;
Mic.1.4.
g Psa.32.11;
58.10; 64.10. Ss
h v.33; Deut.
33.26.
4 Ex.6.3.
j Psa.10.14,
18; 146.9.
k 1 Sam.2.5;
Psa.113.9.
1 Psa.107.10,
14; 146.7;
Acts 12.7.
m Deut.26.5,9;
Psa.74.19.
n Inspiration.
Isa.6.5-9.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
o Heb.1.4,
note,
pb Eph.4.8.
q Acts 2.4,33;
10,44-46;
1 Cor.12.
4-11; Eph.
4.7-12.
r Deut.30.1-9.
God: even Sinai itself was moved
at the presence of God, the God of
Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a
plentiful rain, whereby thou didst
confirm thine inheritance, when it
was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt
therein: “thou, O God, hast pre-
pared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the "word:
great was the company of those
that published /t.
12 Kings of armies did flee apace:
and she that tarried at home
divided the spoil. ;
13 Though ye have lien among
the pots, yet shall ye be as the
wings of a dove covered with silver,
and her feathers with yellow gold.
14. When the Almighty scattered
kings in it, it was white as snow in
on.
15 The hill of God is as the hill
of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of
Bashan. :
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills?
this 1s the hill which God desireth
to dwell in; yea, the Lorp will
dwell in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are 4
twenty thousand, even thousands| =
of “angels: the Lord is among them,”
as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on high,
thou. hast led captivity ?captive:
thou hast received @gifts for men;
yea, for the rebellious also, that the
LorD God might dwell among
them.
| 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily
loadeth us with benefits, even the
God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that is our God is the God
of salvation; and unto Gop the
Lord belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head
of his enemies, and the hairy scalp
of such an one as goeth on still in
his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, I will bring
ragain from Bashan, I will bring
my people again from the depths
of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped
in the blood of thine enemies, and
the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
1 The entire Psalm is pervaded by the joy of Israel in the kingdom, but a stricter
18. This is quoted (Eph. 4. 7-16) of Christ’s
order of events begins with verse
ascension ministry. Verses 21-23 refer to th
(See “Be
don,” Rev. 16. 16; Rev. 19. 17-19, noée.)
(See “Kingdom
See Psalm 69., next in order of the Messianic
tion of the Beast and his armies.
universal kingdom blessing.
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e regathering of Israel, and the destruc:
ast,” Dan. 7. 8; Rev. 19. 20; “Armaged-
Verses 24-35 are descriptive of full and
” (O.T.), Gen. 1. 26;
Psalms,
Zech. 12. 8.)
68 24] PSALMS. [69 17
24 They have seen thy goings, O
3 I am weary of my crying: my
God; even the goings of my God, throat is dried: mine eyes fail while
my King, in the sanctuary. I wait for my God.
25 The singers went before, the 4 ¢They that hate me without a.
players on instruments followed cause are more than the hairs of
after; among them were the dam- mine head: they that would de-
sels playing with timbrels. stroy me, being mine enemies
26 Bless ye God in the congrega- wrongfully, are mighty: then I re-
tions, even the Lord, “from the stored that which I took not away.
fountain of Asrael. Ge 5 O God, thou knowest my fool-
27 There is ‘little Benjamin with ishness; and my sins are not hid
their ruler, the princes of Judah from thee.
and their council, the princes of 6 Let not them that wait on thee,
Zebulun, and the princes of Naph- O Lord Gop of hosts, be ashamed
tali. for my sake: let not those that seek
28 Thy God hath commanded thy thee be confounded for my sake, O
strength: strengthen, O God, that God of Israel.
which thou hast wrought for us. 7 Because for thy sake I have
29 Because of thy temple at Jeru- borne reproach; shame hath cov-
salem shall kings bring presents ered my face.
unto thee. a Onyeithat 8 «I am become a stranger unto
30 Rebuke beet a eas ee are of the ee Edah ead an alien unto my
men, the m ude o: e s,| fountain mother’s c en.
with the calves of the people, tili| °* Israel. 9 fFor the zeal of thine house
every one submit himself with|s1sam.9.21. |hath eaten me up; and the ére-
pieces of silver: scatter thou the auroras proaches of them that reproached
SP Petia come out beg] Meme cag! Wed I wens arid okaatened
Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch|¢ Psa.35.19; my soul with fasting, that was to
out her hands unto God. John 15.25. |my reproach.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms Of| ¢ John 7.3-5. 11 I made sackcloth also my gar-
the earth; O sing praises unto the ment; and I became a proverb to
Lord; Selah: f John 2.17. \them.
33 To him that rideth upon the], Rom.15.3. 12 They that sit in the gate speak
heavens of heavens, which were of against me; and I was the song of
old; lo, he doth send out his voice, the drunkards.
and that a mighty voice. 13 But as for me, my prayer is
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: unto thee, O LORD, in an accept-
his excellency is over Israel, and able time: O' God, in the multitude
his strength is in the clouds. of thy mercy hear me, in the truth
35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy salvation.
of thy holy places: the God of 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and
Israel is he that giveth strength let me not sink: let me be delivered
and power unto his _ people. from them that hate me, and out of
Blessed be God. the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood over-
PSALM 69. flow me, neither let the deep swal-
To the chief Musician upon ‘Sho- ey PRCiTt oe ere oe
shannim, A Psalm of David. | 16 Hear me, O Lorn; for thy lov-
SAVE Ime, O God; for the wa- ingkindness is good: turn unto me
ters are come in unto my soul. according to:the multitude of thy
2 Isink in deep mire, where there tender mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy .
servant; for I am in trouble: hear
me speedily.
gs no standing: I am come into
deep waters, where the floods over-
flow me.
1 The N.T. quotations from, and references to, this Psalm indicate in what way
it adumbrates Christ. It is the Psalm of His humiliation and rejection (vs. 4, 7, 8,
10-12). Verses 14-20 may well describe the exercises of His holy soul in Geth-
semane (Mt. 26. 36-45); while verse 21 is a direct reference to the cross (Mt. 27.
34, 48; John 19. 28). The imprecatory verses (22-28) are connected (Rom, 11. 9, 10)
with the present judicial blindness of Israel, verse, 25 having special reference to
Judas (Acts 1. 20), who is thus made typical of his generation, which shared his
guilt. See Psalm 72., next in order of the Messianic Psalms.
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69 18] PSALMS.
{71 13 :
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and
“redeem it: deliver me because of
mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach,
and my shame, and my dishonour:
mine adversaries are all before
thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my
heart; and I am full of heaviness:
and I looked for some to take
pity, but there was none; and
for comforters, but I found|? ae
none. | (Kinsman
21 They gave me also gall for my] type). Isa.
meat; and in my thirst they gave| °9-20 o¢e-
‘me vinegar to drink. b Mt.27.34,48.
22 ‘Let their table become a snare
before them: and that which|¢R0m-11.9,10.
should have been for their wel-|¢ Mt.23.38:
fare, let it become a trap. Acts 1.20.
23 Let their eyes be darkened,| ,..35 35
that they see not; and make their] ppii.43-
loins continually to shake. Rev.3.5;
24 Pour out thine indignation| 1-5
upon them, and let thy wrathfull ¢psaso.13,
anger take hold of them. 14,23.
25 Let their habitation be ¢deso-
late; and let none dwell in their
tents.
g Psa.34.2.
h Psa:22.26.
26 For they persecute him whom] . J
thou hast smitten; and they talk to| ’ Hg? cree?
the grief of those whom thou hast|
j Psa:51.18;
wounded. MOOI Tsa.44296:
27 Add imiquity unto their ini- we
quity; and let them not come into|s Heb. to my
thy righteousness. help.
28 Let them “be blotted out of the 1 Psa.40.15.
book of the living, and not be writ-
ten with the righteous. m Psa.40.17;
29 But I am poor and sorrowful:},, psa.141.1.
let thy salvation, O God, set me up
on high. eta
30 I will praise the name of God| "°°
with a song, and will magnify him|p Heb: be
with thanksgiving. ice tone
31 JThis also shall please the| oO; Aabsea.
Lorp better than an ox or bullock] tion.
that hath horns and hoofs. Ae
32 8The humble shall see this.|? 727'3 5.
and be glad: and "your heart shall] 1 Cor.4.9.
live that seek God.
33 For the LorD heareth the
poor, and despiseth not his prison-
ers,
34 Let the heaven and earth
praise him, the seas, and every
thing that ‘moveth therein.
35 JFor God will save Zion, and
will build the cities of Judah: that
they may dwell there, and have it
in possession.
36 The seed also of .his serv-
r Psa.22.11,19;
35.22; 38.
21522:
ants shall inherit it: and they
that love his name shall dwell
therein.
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PSALM 70.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David, to bring to remembrance.
[VAABE haste, O God, to deliver
me; make haste *to help me,
O Lorpb.
2 Let them be ashamed and con-
founded that seek after my soul: let
them be turned backward, and put
to confusion, that desire my hurt.
3 ‘Let them be turned back for a
reward of their shame that say,
Aha, aha.
4 Let all those that seek thee re-
joice and be glad in thee: and let
such as love thy salvation say con-
tinually, Let God be magnified.
5 “But I am poor and needy:
"make haste unto me, O God: thou
art my help and my deliverer; O
LorbD, make no tarrying.
PSALM 71.
qN thee, QOLORD,doIputmy trust:
let me never be put to confusion.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness,
and cause me to escape: incline
thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 *Be thou my strong habitation,
whereunto I may continually re-
sort: thou hast given command-
ment to save me; for thou art my
rock and my fortress.
4 Deliverme,O my God, out of the
hand of the wicked, out of the hand
of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord
Gop: thou art my “trust from my
youth.
6 By thee have I been holden up
fromthe womb: thouarthethattook
me out of my mother’s bowels: my
praise shall be continually of thee.
7 91 am as a wonder unto many;
but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with
thy praise and with thy honour
all the day.
9 Cast me’ not off in the time of
old age; forsake me not when my
strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak
against me; and they that lay wait
for my soul take counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken
him: persecute and take him: for
there 1s none to deliver Aim.
12 *O God, be not far from me: O
my God, make haste for my help.
13 Let them be confounded and
consumed that are adversaries to
my soul; let them be covered with
reproach and dishonour that seek
my hurt.
71 14)
14 But I will hope continually,and
will yet praise thee more and
more.
15 My mouth shall shew forth thy
righteousness and thy salvation all
the day; for I know not the num-
bers. thereof.
16 i will go in the strength of the
Lord Gop: I will make mention of
thy righteousness, even of thine
only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me
from my youth: and hitherto have
I declared thy wondrous works.
18 *Now also when I am old and
greyheaded, O God, forsake me not;
until I have shewed thy strength
unto this generation, and thy
power to every one that is to.come.
19 4Thy righteousness also, O
God, is very high, who hast done
great things: O God, who is like
unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast. shewed me
great and sore troubles, shalt
quicken me again, and shalt. bring
me up again from the depths of the
earth.
21 Thou shalt increase my great-
ness, and comfort me on every
side.
22 I will also praise thee with the
psaltery, even thy truth, O my
God unto thee will I sing with the
harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice
when I sing unto thee; and my
soul, which thou hast ‘redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of
thy righteousness all the day long:
for they are confounded, for they
are brought unto shame, that seek
my hurt.
PSALM 72.
A Psalm for Solomon.
I@XIVE the ¢king thy judgments,
O God, and thy righteousness
unto the king’s son. °
2 He shall judge thy people with
righteousness, and thy poor with
judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace
to the people, and the little hills, by)
righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the
people, he shall! save the children of
PSALMS.
a Heb. unto
old age and
grey hairs.
6 Psa.57.10.
c Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59.
20, note.
d Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.1-
20;: Psa.89.
3,4,21,28-36.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12:8.)
e Psa.19:9,
note.
fi.e. coasts.
g Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
h 1 Ki.4.20,
1 Psa.89.36.
j Heb. shall
be.
k Heb. shall
be as a son
to continue
his father’s
name for
ever.
1 Num.14.21;
Zech.14.9.
m Lit. to be
ended, i.e. in
complete an-
swer. 2 Sam.
23.1-4,
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the needy, and shall break in pieces
the oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as
the sun and moon endure, through-
out all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain
upon the mown grass: as showers
that water the earth. ;
7 In his days shall the righteous
flourish; and abundance of peace so
long as the moon endureth.
8 He shall have dominion also
from sea to sea, and from the river
unto the ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilder-
ness shall bow before him; and his
enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of
the fisles, shall bring presents: the
kings of Sheba and Seba shallk offer
gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall. down
petoEe him: all nations shall serve
m.
12 For he shall deliver the needy
when he crieth, the poor also, and
him that hath no helper.
13. He shall spare the poor and
needy, and shall save the souls of
the needy.
14 He shall sredeem their soul
from deceit and violence: and. pre-
cious shall their blood be in his sight.
15. And he shall live, and. to him:
shall be given of the gold of Sheba:
prayer also shall be made for him
continually; and daily shall he be:
praised.
16 There shall be an handful of
corn in the earth upon the top of the
mountains; the fruit thereof shall
shake like Lebanon: ’and they of
the city shall flourish like grass of
the earth. :
17 ‘His name Jshall endure for
ever: “his name shall be continued
as long as the sun: and men shall.
be blessed in him: all nations shail
call him blessed. ;
18 Blessed be the Lord God,.the
God of Israel, who. only doeth won-
drous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious
mame for ever: ‘and let the whole
earth be filled with his glory; Amen,.
and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son
of Jesse are “ended. ;
1 The Psalm as a whole forms a complete vision. of Messiah’s kingdom so far as
.T. revelation extended. All David’s prayers will find their fruition in the
are fe 205 2 Sam. 23. 14). Verse 1-refers to the investiture of the King’s
Son with the kingdom, of which investiture the formal description is given in Dan.
7. 13, 14; Rev. 5. 5-10,
Verses. 2-7, 12-14 give the character of the kingdom.
(Cf. Isa. 11. 3-9.) The emphatic word is righteousness. .The Sermon on the
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‘
ZS 1) PSALMS. {74 4
BOOK III.
slippery places: thou castedst them
PSALM 73. down into destruction. j
A Psalm of Asaph. ate bch are iy. brought ne
esolation, as in a moment! ey
peels God is good 5 ister are utterly consumed with ter-
even to such as are of a clean rere
heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were
almost gone; my steps had well
nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish,
when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their
death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as
20 Asadream when one awaketh;
so, O Lord, when thou awakest,
thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved,
and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant:
I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually
aHeb. with. |with thee: thou hast holden me
by my right hand.
other men; neither are they) 2 Pet.2.18; : .
plagued “like other men. |” Jude 16. 24 hou se guide ice with thy
oy J ber efore Bride | compere ¢ Revie: Pio? an erward receive me
em about as-a chain; violence 95 Wh ;
d Job 22.13; om have I in heaven but
covereth them as a garment. Pei thee? and there is none upon
7 Their eyes stand out with fat-) 94:7. . :
ness: they have more’ than heart earth that I desire beside thee.
could wish + anti. | 20 My Seah at sae heat
8 Th a t, : A
ical conconanatupadhiod canaeen ae Abang.
RA nag mouth against] Ps2:2-12, thee shall perish: thou hast de-
the heavensil'and” their ttenene note. stroyed all them that go a whoring
. from thee.
h Maschil, od
Liane ear ae aaa Leiak ‘instruction.| 28 But it is good for me to draw
hither: and waters of a full cup are|iHeb. goer, |P°2" to God: I have put my trust
Redemp. |in the Lord Gop, that I may declare
Mian Ape they OS litiow doth God (Kinsman all thy works.
know? and is there knowledge in| 5020, note.
me most High? pana PSALM 74.
2 Behold, these are the ungodly, ion :
who prosper ¢in the world; they|s Dan.6.27. “Maschil of Asaph.
increase in riches. O GOD, why hast thou cast us
13 Verily fI have cleansed my off for ever? why doth thine
eat in vain, and washed my gaa pricks against the sheep of
ands in innocency. y pasture?
14 For all the day long have I 2 Remember thy congregation,
been plagued, and chastened every which thou hast purchased of old;
See roth Heine fe for rs pane nee which
say, will spea US; ou hast ‘redeemed; this mount
behold, I should offend againsz the Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
generation of thy children. 4 3 Lift up thy feet unto the per-
ya aires I ea to know this, od hess See even He see,
was too painful for me; enemy hath do ickedly i
17_Until I went into the sanctuary the sanctuary. sateen
of God; then understood I their 4 JThine enemies roar in the midst
eng 2 } | of thy congregations; ‘they set up
urely thou didst set them in their ensigns for signs.
Mount describes the kingdom righteousness. Verses 8-11 speak of the universality
of the kingdom. Verse 16 hints at the means by which universal blessing is to be
brought in. Converted Israel will be the “handful of corn” (Amos 9. 9) as the
King Himself in death and resurrection was the single grain, the “corn of wheat”
(John 12. 24). “To the Jew first” is the order alike of Church and kingdom (Rom.
1. 16; Acts 13. 46; 15. 16, 17). It is through restored Israel that the kingdom is to
be extended over the earth (Zech. 8. 13, 20-23). See Psa. 89., the next in order of
the Messianic Psalms.
634.
:
74 5}
5 A man was famous according
as he had lifted up axes upon the
thick trees.
6 But now they break down the
carved work thereof at once with
axes and hammers.
7 2They have cast fire into thy
sanctuary, they have defiled by
casting down the dwelling place
of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us
destroy them together: they have
burned up all the synagogues of
God in the land.
9 We see not our signs: there is
no bmore any prophet: neither is
there among us any that knoweth
how long.
10 O God, how long shall the ad-
versary reproach? shall the enemy
blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy
hand, even thy right hand? pluck
it out of thy bosom.
12 For ‘God is my King of old,
working salvation in the midst of
the earth.
13 Thou didst ¢divide the sea by
thy strength: thou brakest the heads
of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of levi-
athan in pieces, and gavest him to
be meat to the people inhabiting
the wilderness.
15 ¢eThou didst cleave the foun-
tain and, the flood: /thou driedst up
mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, the night
also is thine: &thou hast prepared
the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast “set all the borders
of the earth: ‘thou hast made sum-
mer and winter.
18 Rememberthis, thattheenemy
‘hath reproached, O Lorn, and that
the foolish people have blasphemed
thy name. ;
19 O deliver not the soul jof thy
turtledove unto the multitude of
the wicked: forget not the con-
gregation of thy poor for ever.
20 *Have respect unto the cove-
nant: for the dark places of the
earth are full of the habitations of}
cruelty.
21 O let not the oppressed return
ashamed: let the poor and needy
praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own
cause: remember how the foolish
man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voice of thine
enemies: the tumult of those that
rise up against thee /increaseth
continually.
- PSALMS.
a Heb. they
have sent
thy sanc-
tuary into
the fire.
61 Sam.3.1;
Amos 8.11.
¢ Psa.44.4.
d Heb. break.
e Ex.17.5,6;
Num.20.11;
Psa.105.41;
Isa.48.21.
F Josh.3.13.
g Gen.1.14,
h Acts 17.26.
# Gen.8.22.
j Song 2.14.
k Gen.17.7,8;
Lev.26.44,45.
1 Heb. as-
cendeth.
Jon.1.2.
m Al-taschith,
destroy not.
n Zech.1.21.
pb Psa.101.8;
Jer.48.25.
q Psa.89:17;
148.14.
r Neginoth,
{Ex.15.1,21;
Ezk.39.20;
Nah.2.13;
Zech.12.4.
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PSALM 75.
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
jE eae! thee, O God, do we give
thanks, unto thee do we
give thanks: for that thy name is
near thy wondrous works declare.
2 When I shall receive the con-
gregation I will judge uprightly. _
3 The earth and all the inhabi-
tants thereof are dissolved: I bear
up the pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the fools, Deal not
foolishly: and to the wicked, nLiit
not up the horn:
5 Lift not up your horn on high:
speak not with a stiff neck.
6 For promotion cometh neither
from the east, nor from the west
nor from the south.
7 But God ‘s the judge: he putteth
down one, and setteth up another.
8 For °in the hand of the Lorp
there is a cup, and the wine is red;
it is full of mixture; and he poureth
out of the same: but the dregs
thereof, all the wicked of the earth
shall wring them out, and drink
them.
9 But I will declare for ever; I
will sing praises to the God of
Jacob.
10 *All the horns of the wicked
also will I cut off; %but the horns
of the righteous shall be exalted.
PSALM 76.
To the chief Musician on *Neginoth,
A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
i he: Judah is God known: his name
is great in Israel.
2 In Salem also is his tabernacle,
and his dwelling place in Zion.
3 There brake he the arrows of
the bow, the shield, and the sword,
and the battle. Selah.
4 Thou art more glorious and ex-
cellent than the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are spoiled,
they have slept their sleep: and
none of the men of might have
found their hands.
6 ‘At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both the chariot and horse are cast
‘into a dead sleep.
7 Thou, even thou, art to be
feared: and who may stand in thy
sight when once thou art angry?
8 Thou didst cause judgment to
be heard from heaven; the earth
feared, and was still,
9 When God arose to judgment,
praise thee: the remainder of wrath
shalt thou restrain.
11 Vow, and pay unto the LorpD
your God: let all that be round
about him bring presents unto him
that ought to be feared. k
12 He shall cut. off the spirit. of
princes: he is terrible to the kings
of the earth.
PSALM 77. 2 See Psa.39,
Tothe chief Musician, to 7Jeduthun,| ttle, note.
A Psalm of Asaph. ' b Hebagoalt
I CRIED unto God with my voice, ae =
even unto God with my voice;| type). Isa.
and he gave ear unto me. 59.20, note.
2 Inthe day of my trouble I sought
the Lord: my sore ran in the night,
and ceased not: my soul refused to
be comforted.
struction.
d Israel (his-
tory). vs.1-
3 I remembered God, and was} 72; Psa.106.
troubled:. I complained, and my| 1;46-, (Gen.
spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. Rom.11.26.)
4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking:
I am so troubled that I cannot] ¢Mt-13.35.
speak. f Psa.147.19.
5 I have considered the days of
old, the years of ancient times. g SS
6 I call to remembrance my song| °“*? ~***"
in the night: I commune with mine]; Heb. that
own heart: and my spirit made dili-| P moana
gent search. jake poet
7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? 1
and will he be favourable no more?} #2 Ki.17.15.
8 Is his mercy clean gone for] ; yaw (of
ever? doth Ais promise fail for|’ Moses). vs.
evermore? 7 Toe
9 Hath God forgotten to be gra- Gist x
cious? hath he in anger shut up his} Gall3.1-29.)
tender mercies? Selah.
10 And I said, This 7s my infirm-
ity: but I willremember the years
of the right hand of the most High.
11 I will remember the works of
the Lorp: surely I will remember
thy wonders of old.
12 I will meditate also of all thy
work, and talk of thy doings.
13 Thy way, O God, is in the
sanctuary: who is so great a God
as our God?
14 Thou art the God that doest
wonders: thou hast declared thy
strength among the people.
15 Thou hast with thine arm ¢re-
deemed thy people, the sons of
Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw thee, O God,
the waters saw thee; they were
ps the depths also were trou-
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PSALMS.
c¢ Maschil, in-
17 The clouds poured out water:
the skies sent out a sound: thine
arrows also went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was
in the: heaven: the lightnings light-
ened the world: the earth trembled
and shook.
19 Thy way 1s in the sea, and thy
path in the great waters, and thy
footsteps are not known.
20 Thou leddest thy people like
a flock by the hand of Moses and
Aaron.
PSALM 78.
‘Maschil of Asaph.
Gwe ear, O my people, to my
law: incline your ears to the
words of my ¢mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a ¢para-
ble: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3 Whichwe have heard andknown,
and our fathers have told us.
4 Wewillnot hide them fromtheir
children, shewing to the generation
to come the praises of the Lorpb,
and his strength, and his wonder-
ful works that he hath done.
5 fFor he established a testimony
in Jacob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our
fathers, &that they should make
them known to their children:
6 That the generation to come
might know them, even the chil-
dren which should be born; who
should arise and declare them to
their children:
7 That they might set their hope
in God, and not forget the works of
God, but keep his commandiments:
8 And might not beas their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious genera-
tion; a generation “that set not
their heart aright, and: whose spirit
was not stedfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim, being
armed, and carrying bows, turned
back in the day of battle.
10 ‘They kept not the covenant
of God, and refused to walk in his
Naw;
11 And forgat his works, and his
wonders that he had shewed' them.
12 Marvellous things did hein the
sight of their fathers, in the land of
Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He divided'the sea, and caused
them to pass through; and he made
the waters to stand as an heap:
14 In the daytime also he led
them with a cloud, and all the night
with a light of fire.
15 He clave the rocks in the wil-
78 16]
derness, and gave them drink as
out of the great depths.
16 He brought streams also out of
the rock, and caused waters to run
down like rivers.
17 And they sinned yet more
against him by provoking the most
High in the wilderness.
18 Andthey *tempted Godin their
heart by asking meat for their lust.
19 Yea, they spake against God;
they said, Can God furnish a table
in the wilderness?
20 Behold, he smote the rock,
that the waters gushed out, and
the streams overflowed; can he give
bread also? can he provide flesh
for his people?
21 Therefore the LorpD heard
this, and was wroth: so a fire was
kindled against Jacob, and anger
also came up against Israel;
22 Because they believed not in
God, and “trusted not in his salva-
tion:
23 Though he had commanded the
clouds from above, and opened the
doors of heaven,
24 And had rained down manna
upon them to eat, and had given
them of the corn of ‘heaven.
25 Man did eat ¢angels’ food: he
sent them meat to the full.
26 “He caused an east wind to
blow in the heaven: and by his
power he brought in the south
wind.
27 Herained flesh also upon them
as dust, and feathered fowls like as
the sand of the sea:
28 And he let it fall in the midst
of their camp, round about their
habitations.
29 fSo they did eat, and were well
filled: for he gave them their own
desire;
30 They were not estranged from
their lust. But while their meat
was yet in their mouths,
31 The wrath of God came upon
them, and slew the fattest of them,
and smote down the chosen men
of Israel. 3 :
32 For all this they sinned still,
and believed not for his wondrous
works. :
33 Therefore their days did he
consume in vanity, and their years
in trouble.
34 tWhen he slew them, then
they sought him: and they returned
and enquired early after God.
35 And they remembered that
' God was their rock, and the high
God their ‘redeemer.
PSALMS.
a Tempta-
tion. vs.
18,41,56;
Psa.95.9.
(Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.2.)
6 Psa.2.12,
note.
c John 6.31.
d Heb.1.4,
note.
e Num.11.31.
f Num.11.20.
g Num.11.33.
h Hos.5.15.
7 Bx.15.13;
Deut.7.8;
Isa.41.14;
44.6; 63.9.
j Ezk.33.31.
k Num.14:18,
20.
1 Psa.103.14,
16.
m Job 7.7,16;
Jas.4.14.
n Num.14.22;
Deut.6.16.
0 i.e. nations.
pb Psa.136.21;
Josh.13.7;
19.51.
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36 Nevertheless they did /flatter
him with their mouth, and they lied
unto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not right
with him, neither were they sted-
fast in his covenant.
38 But he, being full of compas-
sion, forgave their iniquity, and de-
stroyed them not: yea, many a
time turned he his anger away, and
did not stir up all his wrath.
39 /'For he remembered that they
were but flesh; ”a wind that pass-
eth away, and cometh not again.
40 How oft did they provoke him
in the wilderness, and grieve him
in the desert!
41 Yea, “they turned back and
tempted God, and limited the Holy
One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand,
nor the day when he delivered them
from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs
in Egypt, and his wonders in the
field of Zoan:
44 And had turned their rivers
into blood; and their floods, that
they could not drink.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies
among them, which devoured them;
and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave also their increase
unto the caterpiller, and their
labour unto the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with
hail, and their sycomore trees with
frost.
48 He gave up their cattle also to
the hail, and their flocks to hot
thunderbolts.
49 He cast upon them the fierce-
ness of his anger, wrath, and indig-
nation, and trouble, by sending evil
angels amoné them.
50 He made a way to his anger;
he spared not their soul from death,
but gave their life over to the pes-
tilence;
51 And smote all the firstborn in
Egypt; the chief of their strength
in the tabernacles of Ham:
52 But made his own people to go
forth like sheep, and guided them
in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he led them on safely, so
that they feared not: but the sea
overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to the
border of his sanctuary, even to
this mountain, which his right hand
lad purchased.
55 He cast out the “heathen also
|before them, and ?divided them an
inheritance by line, and made the
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PSALMS.
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tribes of Israel to dwell in their
tents.
56 *Yet they tempted and pro-
voked the most high God, and kept
not his testimonies:
57 But °turned back, and dealt
unfaithfully like their fathers: they
were turned aside like a deceitful
bow. :
58 For they provoked him to an-
ger with their chigh places, and
moved him to jealousy with their
graven images.
59 When God heard this, he was
wroth,-and greatly abhorred Israel:
60 4¢So that he forsook the taber-
nacle of Shiloh, the tent which he
placed among men;
61 And delivered his strength into
captivity, and his glory into the
enemy’s hand.
62 «He gave his people over also
unto the sword; and was wroth
with his inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young
men; and ftheir maidens were not
given to marriage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword;
and their widows made no lamenta-
tion.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one
out of sleep, and likea mighty man
that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his enemies in
the hinder parts: he put them to a
perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover he refused the taber-
nacle of Joseph, and chose not the
tribe of Ephraim:
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
the mount Zion &which he loved.
69 And he built his sanctuary like
high palaces, like the earth which
he hath established for ever.
70 *He chose David also his ser-
vant, and took him from the sheep-
folds:
71 From following the ewes great
with young he brought him ‘to feed
Jacob his people, and Israel his
inheritance.
72 So he fed them according to
the Jintegrity of his heart; and
guided them by the skilfulness of
his hands.
PSALM 79.
A Psalm of Asaph.
O GOD, the *heathen are come
into thine inheritance; thy
holy temple have they defiled;
‘they have laid Jerusalem on
eaps.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants
@ Jud.2.11,12.
6 v.41; Ezk.
20.27,28;
Hos.7.16.
c Deut.12.2,4;
1 Ki.11.7;
1.
d 1 Sam.4.11;
Jer.7.12,14;
6,9.
ei Sam.4.10.
f Jer.7.34;
16.9; 25.10.
g Psa.87.2.
k 1 Sam.16.
11,12; 2 Sam.
7.8.
¢ 2 Sam.5.2;
1 Chr.11.2.
j1Ki.9.4,
ki.e. nations,
1 2 Ki.25.9,10;
2 Chr.36.19;
Mic.3.12.
m Psa.44.13;
80.6.
n Isa.45.4,53
2 Thes.1.8.
o Jer.14.7,21.
p Psa.74.13;
95.7; 100.3.
q See Psa.45,
title, note.
y Ex.25.20,22;
1 Sam.4.4;
2 Sam.6.2;
Psa.99.1.
s Psa.4.6;
67.1; Num.
6.25.
t Psa.42.3;
102.9; Isa,
30.20,
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have they given to be meat unto
the fowls of the heaven, the flesh
of thy saints unto the beasts of the
e ‘
3 Their blood have they shed like
water round about Jerusalem; and
there was none to bury them.
4 ™We are become a reproach to
our neighbours, a scorn and derision
to them that are round about us.
5 How long, Lorp? wilt thou be
angry for ever? shall thy jealousy
burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the
Eheathen that have “not known
thee, and upon the kingdoms that
have not called upon thy name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob,
and laid waste his dwelling place.
8 Oremember not against us for-
mer iniquities: let thy tender mer-
cies speedily prevent us: for we are
brought very low.
§ Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of thy name: and
deliver us, and purge away our
isins, for thy name’s sake.
| 10 Wherefore should the “heathen
say, Where is their God? let him
be known among the “heathen in
our sight by the revenging of the
blood of thy servants which is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner
come before thee; according to the
greatness of thy power preserve
oe those that are appointed to
€;
12 And render unto our neigh-
bours sevenfold into their bosom
their reproach, wherewith they
have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people and sheep of
thy pasture will give thee thanks
for ever: we will shew forth thy
praise to all generations.
PSALM 80.
To the chief Musician upon ¢Sho-
shannim-Eduth, A Psalm of
Asaph.
han ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
thou that leadest Joseph like
a flock; ‘thou that dwellest be-
tween the cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin
and Manasseh stir up thy strength,
and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and
Scause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
4 OLorpD God of hosts, how long
wilt thou be angry against the
prayer of thy people?
5 ‘Thou feedest them with the
80 6] PSALMS.
bread of tears; and givest them
tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto
our neighbours: and our enemies
laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts,
and cause thy face to shine; and
we shall be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a ¢vine out
of Egypt: thou hast cast out the
+heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst room before it,
and didst cause it to take deep
root, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with), y..537;
the shadow of it, and the boughs] Jer.2.21;'
thereof were like the goodly cedars.| Ezk-15.6;
11 She sent out her boughs unto) 17-6 19-10-
the sea, and her branches unto the|6 ice. nations.
river.
12 Why hast thou then broken! ¢ 12-63-15.
down, her poets so eae ok they 41sa.49.5.
which pass e Wi o pluc
eesti ae SUN oper
13 The boar out of the wood doth ‘ x
waste it, and the wild beast of the} fLev.23.24;
field doth devour it. miarmte 20;
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God | ¢ Ex.2.23;
cf hosts: ‘look down from heaven,| 14-16;
and behold, and visit this vine; 50.15.
15 And the vineyard which thy), z#x.19.19.
right hand hath planted, and the].
branch that thou madest strong| ‘ $™17.6.75,
¢for thyself. i ae
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut} 7 Deut.32.12;
down: they perish at the rebuke of| %52-45-12-
_-thy countenance. k Ex.20.2.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man
of thy right hand, upon the son of|/ Acts 7.42)
man neg thou madest strong for] 1.24,26.
thyself.
18 So will not we go back from|™Psuts.29;
thee: quicken us, and we will call) 32:29; isa.
upon thy name. 48.18.
19 Turn us again, O Lorn God of |,» cnr 19.6:
hosts, cause thy face to shine; and| feels. *
we shall be saved. cae
PSALM 81.
To the chief Musician upon ¢Gittith,
A Psalm of Asaph.
ING aloud unto God our
strength: make a joyful noise
unto the God of Jacob. !
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither
the timbrel, the pleasant harp with
the psaltery. A
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new
moon, in the time appointed, on
our solemn feast day.
4 For /this was a statute for Is-
rael, and a law of the God of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for
a testimony, when he went out
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through the land of Egypt: where
I heard a language that I under-
stood not.
6 Iremoved his shoulder from the
burden: his hands were delivered
from the pots.
7 &Thou calledst in trouble, and
I delivered thee; 7I answered thee
in the secret place of thunder: I
iproved thee at the waters of
Meribah. Selah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will
testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou
wilt hearken unto me;
_9 There shall Jno strange god be
in thee; neither shalt thou worship
any strange god.
10 *I am the Lorp thy God,
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt: open thy mouth wide,
and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not
hearken to my voice; and Israel
would none of me.
12 ‘SoI gave them up unto their
own hearts’ lust: and they walked
in their own counsels.
13 ™Oh that my people had heark-
ened unto me, and Israel had
walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued
their enemies, and turned my hand
against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LorD should
have submitted themselves unto
him: but their time should have
endured for ever.
16 He should have fed them also
with the finest of the wheat: and
with honey out of the rock should
I have satisfied thee.
PSALM 82.
A Psalm of Asaph.
OD *standeth in the congrega-
tion of the mighty; he judgeth
among the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly,
and accept the persons of the
wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the afflicted and
needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid
them out of the hand of the
wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they
understand; they walk on in dark-
ness: all the foundations of the
earth are out of course.
6 I have said, °Ye are gods; and
all of yon are children of the most
High.
827)
7 But ye shall die like men, and
| fall like one of the princes:
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth:
bfor thou shalt inherit all nations.
PSALM 83.
A Song or Psalm of Asaph.
EEP not thou silence, O God:
hold not thy peace, and be not
still, O God.
2 For, lo, ‘thine enemies make a
tumult: and they that hate thee
have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel
against thy people, and consulted
against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and 4let
us. cut them off from being a nation:
that the name of Israel may be no
more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted to-
gether with one ‘consent: they are
confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and
the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the
Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Ama-
lek; the Philistines with the inhabi-
tants of Tyre;
8 Assur also is joined with them:
they have fholpen the children of
Lot. Selah. :
9 Do unto them as unto the
eMidianites; as to ‘Sisera, as to
Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10° Which perished at En-dor:
they became as dung for the
earth.
11 Make their nobles like ‘Oreb,
and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes
as JZebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who said, Let us take to our-
selves the houses of God in posses-
sion,
13° O my God, make them like a
wheel; as the stubble before the
wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and
as the flame setteth the mountains
on fire;
15 So persecute them with thy
tempest, and make them afraid
with thy storm.
16. Fill their faces with shame:
that they may seek thy name, O
Lorpb.
17 Let them be confounded and
troubled for ever; yea, let them be
put to shame, and perish:
18 That men may know that
thou, whose ‘name alone is JE-
HOVAH, art the most high over
all the earth,
PSALMS.
a Mic.7.2,7.
6 Psa.2.8;
Rev.11.15.
¢ Psa.2.1;
Acts 4.25.
d See Esth.3.
6,9; Jer.11.
19; 31.30.
e Heb. heart.
f Heb. they
have been
an arm to
the children
of Lot.
g Num.31.7;
Jud.7.22.
h Jad.4.15,24;
5.21.
# Jud.7.25.
Jj Jud.8,12,21.
k Ex.6.3:
|] See Psa.8,
title, note.
m Psa.27.4.
n Psa:42.1,2;
63.1; 73.26;
119.20.
o Or, weep-
ing. Nota
literal valley,
but any place
of tears. Cf.
Psa.23.4.
> Gen.15.1.
q Heb. I would
choose
rather to
sit at the
threshold.
r Psa.34.9,10.
s Faith, Psa.
125.1. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.
11.39.)
t Psa.14.7;
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PSALM 84.
To the chief Musician upon /Gittith,
A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
How mamiable are thy taberna-
cles, O LorD of hosts!
2 "My soul Iongeth, yea, even
fainteth for the courts of the Lorb:
my heart and my flesh crieth out
for the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an
house, and the swallow a nest for
herself, where she may lay her
young, even thine altars, O Lorp
of hosts, my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in
thy house: they will be still prais-
ing thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose
strength zs in thee; in whose heart
are the ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley
of “Baca make it a well; the rain
also filleth the pools.
7 They go from strength to
strength, every one of them in
Zion appeareth before God.
8 O LorD God of hosts, hear my
prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.
Selah.
9 Behold, ?0 God our shield, and
look upon the face of thine
anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts fs bet-
ter than.a thousand. 4I had rather
be a doorkeeper in the house of my
God, than to dwell in the tents of
wickedness.
11 For the LorD God isa sun and
shield: the Lorp will give grace
and glory: ’no good thing will he
withhold from them that waik up-
rightly.
12 OLorRD of hosts, blessed is the
man that Strusteth in thee.
PSALM 85,
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for
the sons of Korah.
T-ORD, thou hast been favourable
unto thy land: thou hast
‘brought back the captivity of
Jacob.
2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity
of thy people, thou hast covered all
their sin. Selah.
3 Thou hast taken away all thy
wrath: thou hast turned thyself
from the fierceness of thine
anger.
4 Turn us, O God of our salvation,
and cause thine anger toward us to
cease,
85 5]
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for
ever? wilt thou draw out thine
anger to all generations?
6 Wilt thou not revive us again:
that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lorpb,
and grant us thy salvation.
8 I will hear what God the LorD
will speak: for he will speak peace
unto his people, and to his saints:
but let them not turn again to folly.
9 Surely ‘his salvation zs nigh
them that ¢fear him; that glory may
dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met
together; “righteousness and peace
have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall spring out of the
earth; and righteousness shall look
down from heaven.
12 Yea, the LorD shall give that
which is good; and our land shall
yield her increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before
him; and shall set us in the way of
his steps.
PSALM 86.
A Prayer of David.
Bow down thine ear, O Lorb,
hear me: for I am poor and
needy.
2 Preserve my soul; for I am
holy: O thou my God, save thy ser-
vant that ‘trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord:
for I cry unto thee-daily.
4 Rejoice the soul.of thy servant:
@for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up
my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and
ready to forgive; and plenteous in
mercy unto all them that call upon
“thee,
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my
prayer; and attend to the voice of
‘my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will
call upon thee: for thou wilt answer
‘me.
8 fAmong the gods there js none
like unto thee, O Lord; neither are
there any works like unto thy
works.
9 All nations whom thou hast
made shall come and worship be-
fore thee, O Lord; and shall glorify
thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest
wondrous things: thou art God
alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O Lorp; I
will walk in thy truth: unite my
heart to “fear thy name.
PSALMS.
a Psa.19.9,
note.
b Psa.72.3;
Isa.32.17;
Lk.2.14.
¢ Psa,2.12,_
note.
d Psa.25.1;
143.8.
ev-15; Psa.
130.7; 145.9;
Joel 2.13.
f Ex.15.11;
Psa.89.6.
g Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5,
note.
h v.5; Psa.
i Psa.89.10;
Isa.51.9.
j Ezk.13.9.
k Or, M’hé-
16th, mean-
ing dancing
with glad
noises.
| Maschil, in-
struction.
m Lk.18.7.
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[88 3
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my
God, with all my heart: and I will
glorify thy name for evermore.
13 For great zs thy mercy toward
me: and thou hast delivered my
soul from the lowest ‘hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen
against me, and the assemblies of
violent men have sought after my
soul; and have not set thee before
them.
15 “But thou, O Lord, art a God
full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering, and plenteous in
merey and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have
mercy upon me; give thy strength
unto thy servant, and save the son
of thine handmaid.
17 Shew mea token for good; that
they which hate me may see it, and
be ashamed: because thou, LORD,
hast holpen me, and comforted me.
PSALM 87.
A Psalm or Song for the sons.
of Korah.
Hs foundation is in the holy
mountains.
2 The Lorp loveth the gates of
Zion more than all the dwellings
of Jaccb.
3 Glorious things are spoken of
thee, O city of God. Selah,
4 I will make mention of ‘Rahab
and Babylon to them that know
me: behold Philistia, and Tyre,
with Ethiopia; this man was born
there. ;
5 And of Zion it shall be said,
This and that man was born in
her: and the highest himself shall
establish her.
6 The LorpD shall count, when he
jwriteth up the people, that this
man was born there. Selah.
7 As well the singers as the
players on instruments shall be
there: all my springs are in thee.
PSALM 88.
A Song or Psalm for the sons of
Korah, to the chief Musician
upon *Mahalath Leannoth, ‘Mas-
chil of Heman the Ezrahite.
LORD God of my salvation, T
have “cried day and night be-
fore thee:
2 Let my prayer come before
thee: incline thine ear unto my
cry;
3 For my soul is full of troubles:
88 4]
PSALMS.
ee a
i th ni to the}c Heb. Sheol. | 4 Thy seed will I establish for
goates eas ah ie dias eon * See Hab. ever, and build up thy throne “to
4 +I am counted with them that
' go down into the pit? “I am as a
man that hath no strength:
5 Free among the dead, like the
slain that lie in the grave, whom
thou rememberest no more: and
they are cut off from thy hand.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest
pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
and ¢thou hast afflicted me with all
thy waves. Selah.
8 ‘Thou hast put away mine ac-
quaintance far from me; thou hast
made me an abomination unto
them: ST am shut up, and I cannot
come forth.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason
of affliction: SLorp, I have called
daily upon thee, I have stretched
out my hands unto thee.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the
dead? shall the “dead arise and
praise thee? Selah.
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be
declared in the grave? or thy faith-
fulness in destruction?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in
the dark? and thy righteousness
in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But unto thee have I cried, O
Lorp; and in the morning shall
my prayer prevent thee.
14 LorD, why castest thou off my
soul? ‘why hidest thou thy face
from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die
from my youth up: while I suffer
thy terrors I am distracted.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over
me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They came round about me
daily like water; they compassed
me about together.
18 jLover and friend hast thou
put far from me, and mine ac-
quaintance into darkness.
PSALM 89.
RMaschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
T WILL sing of the mercies of the
Lorp for ever: with my mouth
will I make known thy faithfulness
to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy. shall be
built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very
heavens.
3 I have made a /covenant with
my chosen, I have sworn unto
David my servant,
2.5, note.
6 Psa.28.1.
¢ Psa.31.12.
d Psa.42.7.
e Psa.31.11;
142.4; Job
19.13,19.
f Lam.3.7.
g Psa.86.3.
h Eccl.9.10,
note.
i Mt.27.46;
Mk.15.34.
j Psa.31.11;
38.11; Job
19.13.
k Maschil, in-
struction.
| Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.
3,4,20,21,28-
36; Isa.1.25,
m 2 Sam.7.11;
1 Chr.17.10.
See Jer.30.9;
Ezk.34.23;
Hos.3.5.
nv.1; Lk.1.
«32,33.
o Psa.40.5;
71.19; 86.8;
113.5.
> Psa.35.10;
71.19; Ex.15.
11; 1 Sam.
es
q Psa.65.7; 93.
3,4; 107.29.
r Psa.87.4; Ex.
14.26-28; Isa.
30.7; 51.9.
s Or, Egypt.
t Josh.19.22.
u Josh.12.1.
v Heb. an arm
with might.
w Psa.98.6;
Num.10.10;
23.21.
x v.24; Psa.
75.10; 92.10;
132.17.
¥ v.33; 1 Ki.
11.34.
z Acts 13.22.
a Reb.
qgodesh,
b Sanctify,
holy (O.T.).
Jer.1.5.
(Gen.2.3;
Zech.8.3.)
642
all generations. Selah. 3
5 And the heavens shall praise
thy wonders, O Lorp: thy faithful-
ness also in the congregation of the
saints.
6 °For who in the heaven can be
compared unto the LorD? who
among the sons of the mighty can
be likened unto the LorD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in
the assembly of the saints, and to
be had in reverence of all them
that are about him.
8 O LorD God of hosts, who is a
strong LORD ?like unto thee? or
to thy faithfulness’ round about
thee?
9 @Thou rulest the raging of the
sea: when the waves thereof arise,
thou stillest them.
10 *Thou hast broken sRahab in
pieces, as one that is slain; thou
hast scattered thine enemies with
thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the
earth also 1s thine: as for the world
and the fulness thereof, thou hast
founded them.
12 The north and the south thou
hast created them: ‘Tabor and
“Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a "mighty arm:
strong is thy hand, and high is thy
right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne: mercy
and truth shall go before thy
face.
15 Blessed ss the people that
know the “joyful sound: they shall
walk, O Lor», in the light of thy
countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice
all the day: and in thy righteous-
ness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their
strength: *and in thy favour our
horn shall be exalted,
18 For the Lorp /s our defence;
and the Holy One of Israel is our
king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to
thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid
help upon one that is mighty; I
have exalted one ‘chosen out of the
people.
20 I have found David my ‘ser-
vant; with my “holy 4oil have I
anointed him:
21 With whom my hand shall be
established: mine arm also shall
strengthen him.
! 22 The enemy shall not exact upon
~ok
89 23} PSALMS. | [89 82
5 ;
him; nor the son of wickedness horred, thou hast been wroth with
afflict him: | : thine anointed.
23 And I will beat down his foes 39 Thou hast made void the cove-
before his face, and plague them nant of thy servant: thou hast pro-
that hate him. | faned his crown by casting it to the
24 But my faithfulness and my ground.
mercy shall be with him: and in 40 Thou hast broken down all his
my name shall his horn be ex- hedges; thou hast brought his
ated ‘ L strong holds to ruin.
2501 ie set his hand also in the 41 All that pass by the way spoil
sea, and his right hand in the him: he is a reproach to his neigh-
Tivers. bours. :
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou 42 Thou hast set up the right
art my father, my God, and the hand of his adversaries; thou
rock of my salvation. | hast made all his enemies to re-
27 Also I will make him my first- joice.
born, higher 1than the kings of the 43 Thou hast also turned the edge
earth. 5 r of his sword, and hast not made him
28 My mercy will I keep for him to stand in the battle.
for evermore, and my covenant shall 44 Thou hast made his glory to
stand fast with him. cease, and cast his throne down to
29 His seed also will I make to en-|a Heb. Sheoi. |the ground
dure for ever, and his throne as the See Sab) 45 The days of his youth hast
days of heaven, ; thou shortened: thou hast covered
30 If his children forsake my})Psa41.13. {him with shame. Selah.
led walk not in my jude- 46 How long, Lorp? wilt thou
31. If they break my statutes, and ie eee ke Bree ae ae
keep not my commandments;
32 Then will I visit their trans-
gression with the rod, and their raeHine wenn
Se tien lovingkind- 48 What man is he that liveth,
ness will I not utterly take from ae sell not if deat tea
: H ‘ eliver his soul from the hand 0:
him, nor suffer my faithfulness to the “grave? Selah,
47 Remember how short my time
is: wherefore hast thou made all
fail.
i hy former
34 My covenant will I not break, 49 Lord, where are t
nor alter the thing that is gone out elise 4 wien) ae
of my lips. swarest unto David in thy
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach
of thy servants; how I do bear in
my bosom the reproach of all the
35 Once have I sworn by my holi-
ness that I will not lie unto Da-
vid. J
36 His seed shall endure for ever, mighty people; :
and his throne as the sun before 51 Wherewith thine enemies have
me. reproached, O LorpD; wherewith
37 It shall be established for ever they have reproached the footsteps
as the moon, and as a faithful wit- of thine anointed.
ness in heaven. Selah. 52 Blessed be the LorD for ever-
38 But thou hast cast off and ab- more. Amen, and Amen.
1 The eighty-ninth Psalm is at once the confirmation and exposition of the Davidic
Covenant (2 Sam. 7. 9-14). That the covenant itself looks far beyond David and
Solomon is sure from verse 27. “Higher than the kings of the earth” can only refer
to Immanuel (Isa. 7. 13-15; 9. 6, 7; Mic. 5. 2). The Psalm is in four parts: (1) The
covenant, though springing from the lovingkindness of Jehovah, yet rests upon His
oath (vs. 1-4). (2) Jehovah is glorified for His power and goodness in connection
with the covenant (vs. 5-18). (3) The response of Jehovah (vs. 19-37). This
is‘in two parts: (a), it confirms the covenant (vs. 19-29), but, (b), warns that
disobedience in the royal posterity of David will be punished with chastening (vs.
30-32). Historically this chastening began in the division of the Davidic kingdom
(1 Ki. 11. 26-36; 12. 16-20) and culminated in the captivities and that subordina-
tion of Israel to the Gentiles which still continues. See “Gentiles, times of” (Lk.
21. 24; Rev. 16. 14). (4) The plea of the Remnant (Isa. 1. 9; Rom. 11.5) who urge
the severity and fong continuance of the chastening (vs. 38-52). See Psa. 102.,
next in order of the Messianic Psalms.
g 643
“# ; i
90 1] PSALMS. [91 16 —
BOOK IV.
Lorp our God be upon us: and
Restablish thou the work of our
hands upon us; yea, the work of
our hands establish thou it.
PSALM 90.
A Prayer of Moses the man of
God.
a Deut.33.27;
ORD, thou hast been our dwell-| ©7*-11-16-
ing place in all generations. _ |» Prov.8.25,26. get of
2 'Before the mountains were ars E ‘that dwelleth in the secret:
brought forth, or ever thou hadst|° oa y37° 4 place of the most High shall
formed the earth and the world, abide under the shadow of the
even from everlasting to. everlast-|¢ 2 Pet.3.8. Almighty. :
ing, thou art God. 4 ePsa.103.15: || 2 2 ee say - the Orme He is
3 Thou turnest man to destruc-] Isa.40.6..’ |my refuge and my fortress:. my
tion; and sayest, “Return, ye chil- Psa.so.21, |GOd: in him will I trust.
dren of men. f Jer.16.17. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee
4 4For a thousand. years in thy from the snare of the fowler, and:
sight are but as yesterday when it}£Psa-19.12._ |from the noisome pestilence. :
Baht Gan he oe Pe eed elie eee
agnt. ie ;
5 Thou carriest them. away as Se sgoadh pag oat his truth shall be thy:
with.a flood; they are as. a sleep: 2 shield and buckler.
in the morning ¢they are like grass| j Psa.27.4. 5 ?Thou shalt not be afraid. for
which groweth up. ‘ ? Dre acae the terror by night; nor for the
6 In the morning it flourisheth,}* *S*-7°+*- arrow that flieth by day;
and groweth up; in the evening it] 7 Psa.27.s; 6 Nor for the pestilence that
is cut down, and withereth. 31.20; 32.7. |walketh in darkness; nor for the
7 For we are consumed by thine m Psa.2.12, destruction that wasteth at noon-
enact ane by thy wrath are wel note. ones a pox ah
troubled. ousand sha all at th
8 /Thou hast set our iniquities be-|” REE side, and ten thousand at tn
Hag thee, Sour secret sins in the|o Psa.17.8; right eae but it shall not come
ight of thy countenance. 57.1; 61.4. |nigh thee.
9 For all our days are passed p Psa.112.7; 8 Only ¢with thine eyes shalt thou
away in thy wrath: we spend our] 121.7: Job behold and see the reward of the
years as a tale that is told. 5.19; Prov. |wicked.
ay The days of our years are| 3.23243 9 Because thou hast made the
threescore years and ten; and if by ae LorpD, which is: my refuge, ever
reason of strength they be fourscore er EO Y the most High, ’thy habitation;
peers yet is ae strength labour ee “5 a Es evil befall thee,
and -sorrow; tor it 1s soon cut}, Psa.71.3; neither shall any plague come nigh
off, and we fly away. "90.1. thy dwelling. ait a \,
1i Who knoweth the power of]. p.oy19.21. | 11 ‘For he shall give his “angels |
thine anger? even according to thy charge over thee, to keep thee in all
fear, so is thy wrath. 'Psa.34.7; _ ithy ways.
12 "So teach us to number our Pecan ae 12 They shallbear thee up intheir
days, that we may apply our hearts] Heb.1.14.’ |hands, *lest thou dash thy foot
unto wisdom, against a stone.
13 Return, O Lorp, how long?|* Heb-1-4, 13, Thou shalt tread upon the lion
and let it ‘repent thee concerning i and “adder: the young lion and the
thy servants. » Mt.4.6; dragon shalt thou trample under
14 O satisfy us early with thy} ©4111. |feet,
mercy; that we may rejoice and be} w Or, asp. 14 Because he hath set his love
glad all our days. , upon me, therefore will I deliver
15 Make us glad according to. the|* Ps2-9-10- him: I will set him on high, because
days wherein thou hast afflicted us,|) Psa.so1s. |he hath *known my name,
and the years wherein we have 15 He shall call upon me, and I
seen evil. = Isa.43.2. will answer him: 2I will be with
16 Let thy work appear unto thy him in trouble; I will deliver him
servants, and thy glory unto their and honour him: j
children. 16 With long life will I satisfy
17 /And let the beauty of the him, and shew him my salvation,
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92 1) PSALMS. [94 18
their voice; the floods lift up their
PSALM 92. Bs ee
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath 4 The LorpD on high is mightier
day. than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure:
holiness becometh thine house, O
Lorp, for ever.
T is a %good thing to give
* thanks unto the Lorp, and to
sing praises unto thy name, O most
High:
2 6To shew forth thy lovingkind-
ness in the morning, and thy faith-
fulness ‘every night,
3 Upon an instrument of ten|¢ Psa-147.1.
strings, and upon the psaltery;), p.ag9.1,
PSALM 94.
LORD “God, to whom ven-
geance belongeth; O God, to
whom vengeance belongeth, °shew
upon the harp with a solemn Heb. in the |thyself
in t ey :
a or thou, Lorp, hast made me “nights. | 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of
Ptironch, two Tad ee uPates! His Sates render a reward ‘to the
umph in the works of thy hands. 139.17. : :
5 ¢Q Lorp, how great are thy], toa.08.20; 3 LorpD, how long shall the
works! and thy thoughts are very Rom-I1. eee long shall the wicked
deep. 134. an How
E : ow Iong shall they ?utter and
6_A brutish man knoweth not:| ¢psa.37.1,2, |speak hard things? and all the
neither doth a fool understand this.}° 35,38; Job workers of iniquity boast them-
; ; 12.6; 21.7;
7 When /the wicked spring as the 12-6 ol ae a leaigesp
FES, ad en an ere Chat they| Mal345- | 8 They break in pieces thy people,
shall be destroyed for ever: ___ |g Psa.89.17,24. Cores ipraeaeet pe
8 But thou, Lorb, art most high) ; psa.23.s, stranger, and murder the fatherless.
for evermore. 7 Yet they say, The Lorp shall
i i D,| ¢ Psa.54.7; ;
<2, or Jo thine enemies, OLORD.|/E538 fina, |not see, neither shall the God of
220> ES a) acob regard it. ‘
all the workers of iniquity shall be j Psa52.8; 8 Understand, ye brutish among
scattered. Hos.14.5,6, |the people: and ye fools, when will
10 sBut my horn shalt thou exalt ; ee wise?
like the aes a elaciee I shall! Heb. green. 9 «He that planted the ear, shall
PE FR eye oie chet ase my de-| ! Rom.9.14. he ngt heats pe ees formed the
5 : : : eye, shall he not see?
sire on mine enemies, and Fi aa TARE DMs) 10 Hethatchastiseththe heathen,
ears shall hear my desire 0 €| . Heb. God of |Shall not he correct? he that teach-
wicked that rise up against me. — : alge lohan ate
12 jThe righteous shall flourish Ube Sere knowledge,
like the palm tree: he shall grow/|° Heb. shine li The Lorp ‘knoweth “the
like a cedar in Lebanon. ey that they are
13 Those that be planted in the!» Psa.31.18; homens ge eed, if
house of the LORD shall flourish in} Jude 1s. oe is the man whom thou
the courts of our God. qEx.4.11; chastenest, O LorD, and teachest
14 They shall stillbring forth fruit} Prov.20.12, |pim out of thy law;
in old age; they shall be fat and [ 13 That thou mayest give him rest
yi.e. nations.
‘flourishing; out from the days of adversity, until the
15 To shew that the LORD js up-|s1Cor.3.20. | Hit be digged for the wicked.
right: he is my rock, and ‘there is 14 For the Lorp will not cast off
no unrighteousness in him. his people, neither will he forsake
his inheritance.
PSALM 93. 15 Butjudgment eal return unig
igneth, he is clothed righteousness: and all the upright
4 Wp at ht the LoRD is in heart shall follow it. .
clothed- with strength, wherewith 16 Who will rise up for me against
he hath girded himself: ™the world theevildocrshar who wills am aes
i i i e against the workers of iniquity?
ered Se i) orate 17 Unless the LorD had been
eT: hy throne is established of old: my “eee my soul had almost dwelt
f ing. in silence. ‘ q
SS the PH ivaeaateeaserts up, O 18 When I said, My foot slippeth;
Lorp, the floods have lifted up thy mercy, O LorD, held me up.
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94 19}
19 Inthemultitudeofmy thoughts
within me thy comforts delight my
soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity
have fellowship with thee, which
frameth mischief by a law?
21 They gather themselves to-
gether against the soul of the
righteous, and condemn the inno-
cent blood.
22 But the Lorpb is my defence;
and my God is the rock of my
refuge.
23 And he shall bring upon them
their own iniquity, and shall cut
them off in their own wickedness;
yea, the LoRD our God shall cut
them oif.
PSALM 95.
COME, let us sing unto the
Lorp: let us make a joyful
noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence
with thanksgiving, and make a joy-
ful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LorpD is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places
of the earth: the strength of the
hills zs his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it:
and his hands formed the dry Jand.
6 Ocome, let us worship and bow
down: let us kneel before the LorD
our maker,
7 For he is our God; and we are
the people of his pasture, and the
sheep of his hand. °To day if ye
will hear his voice, >
8 Harden not your heart, as in
the provocation, and as in the day
of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers (tempted me,
proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved
with this generation, and said, It is
a people that do err in their heart,
and they have not known my ways:
11 Unto whom I ‘sware in my
wrath that they should not enter
into my rest.
PSALM 96.
O SING unto the Lorp a new
song: sing unto the Lorp, all
the earth.
2 Sing unto the Lorp, bless his
name; shew forth his salvation from
day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the
theathen, his wonders among all
people.
4 For the Lorp is great, and
PSALMS.
197 “04
a vs.7-11;
Heb.3.7-11.
b Tempta-
tion. Psa.
106.14.
(Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.2.)
c Heb.4.3.
di.e. nations.
e Psa.19.9,
note.
f See Jer.10.
11,12.
g Psa.115.15;
Isa.42.5.
h Heb. of his
name.
1 Or, in the
glorious
sanctuary.
97.1; Rev.
11.15; 19.6.
k Christ
(Second Ad-
vent). Psa.
110.1.
(Deut.30.3;
Acts 1.9-11.)
lice. coasts.
m Heb.1.6.
n Psa.95.3;
sot Ex.18,
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greatly to be praised: he is to be
efeared above all gods. x
5 For fall the gods of the nations
are idols: but the LoRD made the
heavens.
6 Honour and majesty are before
him: strength and beauty are in
his sanctuary. :
7 Give unto the LorpD, O ye kin-
dreds of the people, give unto the
Lorp glory and strength.
8 Give unto the Lorp the glory
hdue unto his name: bring an offer-
ing, and come into his courts.
9 OQ worship the LorpD ‘in the
beauty of holiness: fear before him,
all the earth.
10 Say among the “heathen that
jthe LORD reigneth: the world also
shali be established that it. shall
not be moved: he shall judge the
people righteously.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and
let the earth be glad; let the sea
roar, and the fulness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all
that is therein: then shall all the
trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the Lorn: for he *com-
eth, for he cometh to judge the
earth: he shall judge the world
with righteousness, and the people
with his truth.
PSALM 97.
A Rests Lor reigneth; let the earth
Tejoice; let the multitude of
4sles be glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round
about hirn: righteousness and judg-
ment are the habitation of his
throne.
3 A fire goeth before him, and
burneth up his enemies round
about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the
world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the
presence of the Lorp, at the pres-
ence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens declare his right-
eousness, and all the people see his
glory.
7 Confounded be all they that
serve graven images, that boast
themselves of idols: "worship him, —
all ye gods. :
8 Zion heard, and was glad; and
the daughters of Judah rejoiced be-
cause of thy judgments, O Lorp.
9 For thou, LorD, art high above
all the earth: “thou art exalted far
above all gods.
10 Ye that love the Lorp, hate
_ 97 11]
evil: ¢he preserveth the souls of his
saints; he delivereth them out of
the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in
heart.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye right-
eous; and give thanks at the re-
membrance of his holiness.
PSALM 98.
A Psalm,
bSING unto the LoRD a new
song; for ‘he hath done mar-
vellous things: his right hand, and
his holy arm, hath gotten him the
victory.
2 @¢The Lorp hath made known
his salvation: his righteousness
hath he openly shewed in the
sight of the “heathen.
3 He hath remembered his mercy
and his truth toward the house of
Israel: fall the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise unto the
Lorp, all the earth: make a loud
noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5 Sing unto the LoRD with the
harp; with the harp, and the voice
of a psalm.
6 With trumpets and sound of
cornet make a joyful noise before
the LorpD, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness
thereof; the world, and they that
dwell therein.
8 Let the floods clap their hands:
let the hills be joyful together
9 Before the LORD; ¢for he com-
eth to judge the earth: with right-
eousness shall he judge the world,
~ and the people with equity.
PSALM 99.
ay
HE Lorp reigneth; let the peo-
ple tremble: “he sitteth*be-
tween the cherubims; let the earth
be moved.
2 The Lorp is great in Zion; and
he is high above all the people.
3 Let them praise ‘thy great and
terrible name; for it is holy.
4 The king’s strength also loveth
judgment; thou dost establish
equity, thou executest judgment
PSALMS.
a Psa.31.23;
37.28; 145.20;
Prov.2.8.
6 Psa.33.3;
96.1; Isa.42.
10.
¢ Ex.15.11;
Psa.77.14;
86.10; 105.5;
136.4; 139.14.
d Isa.52.10;
Lk.2.30,31.
ei.e. nations.
f 13a.49.6;
52.10; Lk.2.
30,31; 3.6;
Acts 13.47;
28.28.
g Psa.96.10,13.
h Psa.80.1;
Ex.25.22.
# Deut.28.58;
Rev.15.4.
(Lev.4.20;
Mt.26.28.)
k Psa.119.73;
139.13; 149.2;
Eph.2.10
1 Psa.95.7;
Ezk.34.30,31.
m Psa.66.13;
116-17-19.
n Heb. to gen-
eration and
&eneration.
o See 1 Ki.8.
61; also v.6.
p Psa.75.10;
Jer.21.12.
and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the Lorp our God,
and worship at his footstool; for
he is holy. é
6 Moses and Aaron among his
priests, and Samuel among them
that call upon his name; they called
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. [101 8
upon the LORD, and he answered
them.
7 He spake unto them in the
cloudy pillar: they kept his testi-
monies, and the ordinance that he
gave them.
8 Thou answeredst them, OLoRD
our God: thou wast a God that Jfor-
gavest them, though thou tookest
vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the Lorp our God, and
worship at his holy hill; for the
Lorp our God is holy.
PSALM 100.
A Psalm of praise.
MARE a joyful noise unto the
Lorp, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LorpD with gladness:
come before his presence with sing-
ing.
3 Know ye that the Lorp he is
God: “it is he that hath made us,
and not we ourselves; we are his
people, and the sheep of his pas-
ture.
4 mEnter into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his courts
with praise: be thankful unto him,
and bless his name.
5 For the Lorp 1s good; his
mercy is everlasting; and his truth
endureth “to all generations.
PSALM 101.
A Psalm of David.
WILL sing of mercy and judg-
ment: unto thee, O Lorp, will
Leal
sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a
operfect way. O when wilt thou
come unto me? I will walk within
my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before
mine eyes: I hate the work of them
that turn aside; zt shall not cleave
to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart
from me: I will not know a wicked
person.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his
neighbour, him will I cut off; him
that hath an high look and a proud
heart will not I suffer.
6 Mine eyes shali be upon the
faithful of the land, that they may
dwell with me: he that walketh in
a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not
dwell within my house: he that
telleth lies shall not tarry in my
sight.
8 I will *early destroy all the
102 1} -
PSALMS.
[103 7
wicked of the land: that I may cut
off all wicked doers ¢from the city
of the LorD.
PSALM 102.
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he
is overwhelmed, and poureth out
his complaint before the Lorpb.
HEA Imy prayer, O LorD, and
let my cry come unto thee.
2 %Hide not thy face from me in
the day when I am in trouble; in-
cline thine ear unto me: in the day
when I call answer me speedily.
3 For my days are consumed like
smoke, and my bones are burned as
an hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and with-
ered like grass; so that I forget to
eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my
groaning my bones cleave to my
skin.
6 Lam like a pelican of the wilder-
ness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow
alone upon the house top.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all
the day; and they that are mad
against me are sworn against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like
bread, and mingled my drink with
Weeping,
10 Because of thine indignation
and thy wrath: for thou: hast lifted
me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like a shadow
that declineth; and I am withered
like grass.
12 But thou, O Lorp, shalt en-
dure for ever; and thy remem-
brance unto all generations.
13 Thou shalt arise, and have
mercy upon Zion: for the time to
favour her, yea, the set time, is
come.
_14 For thy servants take pleasure
a Psa.48.2,8.
b Psa.27.9;
69.17,
ci.e. nations,
d Psa.19.9,
note.
e Neh.1.6,11;
2.8.
J Psa.79.11.
g Heb. the
children of
death.
h vs.25-27;
Heb.1.10-12.
7 Isa.34.4;
51.6; 65.17;
66.22;
j Mal.3.6;
Heb.13.8;
Jas.1.17.
k Psa.130.8;
Isa.33.24;
Mt.9.2,6;
Mk.2.5,10,
11; Lk.7.47.
1 Ex.15.26;
Psa.147.3;
Jer.17.14,
m Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note,
n Isa.40:31.
in her stones, and favour the dust}.
thereof.
15 So the cheathen shall ¢fear the
name of the LorD, and all the kings
of the earth thy glory.
16 When the LorD shall build up
Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17 ‘He will regard the prayer of
the destitute, and not despise their
prayer.
18 This shall be written for the
generation to come: and the people
1 The reference of verses 25-27 to Christ
preceding verses of Psalm 102, we have, prop
in the days of His humiliation and rejection,
Messianic Psalms
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which shall be created’ shall praise
the Lorp.
19 For he hath looked down from
the height of his sanctuary; from
heaven did the Lorp behold the
earth;
20 #To hear the groaning of the
prisoner; to loose &those that are
appointed to death:
21 To declare the name of the
LorD in Zion, and his praise in
Jerusalem;
22 When the people are gathered
together, and the kingdoms, to
serve the LorD.
23 He weakened my strength in
the way; he shortened my days.
24 I said, O my God, take me not
away in the midst of my days: thy
years. are throughout all genera-
tions.
25 Of old hast thou laid the
rfoundation of the earth: and the
heavens are the work of thy
hands.
26 They shall perish, but ‘thou
shalt endure: yea, all of them shall
wax old like a garment; as a ves-
ture shalt thou change them, and
they shall be changed.
27 JBut thou art the same, and
thy years shall have no end.
28 The children of thy servants
shall continue, and their seed shall
be established before thee,
PSALM. 103.
A Psalm of David.
BESS the LorbD,.O my soul: and
all that is within me, bless his
holy name.
2 Bless the Lorp, O my soul, and
forget not all his benefits:
3 Who #forgiveth all thine ini-
quities; who /healeth all thy
diseases;
4 Who ”redeemeth thy life from
destruction; who crowneth thee
with lovingkindness and tender
mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with
good things; "so that thy, youth
is renewed like the eagle’s,
6 The LorD executeth righteous-
ness and judgment for all that are
oppressed.
7 He made known his ways junto
Moses, his acts unto the children of
Israel.
(Heb. 1. 10-12) assures us that in the
hetically,
the exercises of His holy soul
See Psa. 110., next in order of the
.
‘
103 8] PSALMS. (104 22
8 “The LorpD is merciful and
: ‘who walketh upon the win
gracious, slow to anger, and plen- iP gs of
the wind:
teous in mercy. 4 Who. maketh his angels Sspir-
9 5He will not always chide: its; his ministers a flami u
y 1 alw : $ c ming fire:
neither will he keep this anger for 5 Who laid ithe foundations of the
Meo pes bombay hit, O° poe that it should not be removed
t ‘or-ever.
cae od pains: ee wpomarsiass us 6 Thew coveredst af with the deep
F as witha garment: t g
11 For as the heaven is high above}, p.a 36.15: above “ee Sec ae walernereeS
a Ene Sp ercet is pis mercy Ex.34.6,7;, 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the
to’ c um.14.18; T
Bias BE a eA SEY Dears 10, (MRSC MOP NUR Cee
west, so far hath he ¢removed Jour] Jer.32.18: 8 They go up by the mountains;
transgressions from us. they go down: by the valleys unto
13 Like as a father pitieth Ais pies the place which thow hast founded
ony so the LorD pitieth them) Jer.3.5; for them. p “.
that fear him. Mic.7.18. 9 sThou hast set a bound that
a elatne te cae ign Por aa Peres Seenteg ee 8
e¢ . sa.19.9, urn not again to.cover the earth.
15 As for man, his days are as| 7°fe- 10 He sendeth the springs into the
Gs) as a flower of the field, so he] 7 rorgive- valleys, which run among the hills.
ourisheth. F : ness. Jer. 11 They give drink to every beast
16 For the wind passeth over it, 31.34. (Lev. lof the field: the wild asses quench
one (a is gone; and the place thereof ae their thirst.
shall know it no more. 12 By them shall the fowls of the
17 But the mercy of the LorD is] ¢ Heb-1-4, heaven have their habitation, which
from everlasting to everlasting ery sing among the branches. ¢
upon them that fear him, and his} fHeb.1.7. 13 ‘He watereth the hills from his
Hy teousbase unto children’s chil- 2 Psal33.7% chambers: the earth is satisfied with
ren; F e610; |the fruit of thy works.
18 Tosuch as keep his covenant, sep ooo. 14 He causeth the grass to grow
and to those that remember -his for the cattle, and herb for the ser-
commandments to do them. hGen.9.11,15: |Vice of man: that he may bring
19 The Lorp hath prepared his| : Psa.147.8. forth food out of the earth;
throne in the heavens; and his! . : 15 And Jwine that maketh glad
kingdom ruleth over all. UP cer tapss the heart of man, an@ oil to make
5 20 Biss the LorD, ye his separ Prov.31.6. his send to apne. and bread which
that excel in strength, that do his strengtheneth man’s heart.
mena, heatksging gsol oe os 1p The pe pre bore ae full
t ice is word. 1Gen.1.14. of sap; the cedars of Lebanon,
2 areoe. AG one all ye his ts ais Ewhich-he hath planted; nee
hosts; ye ministers of his, that do MID 17 Where the birds make their
his oe ? 7 Ri n Isa.4527. Bests 2° for the stork, the fir trees
22 Bless the LorD, all his works _ are her house.
in all places of his dominion: bless ee pe 18 The high hills are a refuge for
the LorpD, O my soul. the wild goats; and the rocks for
the Fey se casa
' , 19 e appointed the moon for
PSALM 104. seasons: ”the sun knoweth his go-
LESS the Lorp, O my soul. O ing down.
B Lorp my God, thou art very 20 “Thou makest darkness, and it
is night: wherein all the beasts of
great; thou art clothed with honour
the forest do creep forth.
and majesty.
2 Whocoverest thyself with light 21 °The young lions roar after
as with a garment: who stretchest their prey, and seek their meat
out the heavens like a curtain: from God. :
3 Who layeth the beams of his 22 The sun ariseth, they gather
chambers in the waters: who themselves together, and lay them
maketh the clouds his chariot: down in their dens.
TEE ne ee Oe i*
1 Three Hebrew words are trans. forgive, forgiven: kaphar, to cover; nasa, to
lift away; salach, to send away (cf. Lev. 16. 21, 22), the fundamental O.T. idea of
forgiveness being not the remission of penalty, but the separation of the sinner from
his sin, . Psa. 103. 12 expresses this.
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104 23]
23 Man goethforth unto @his work
and. to his labour until the evening.
24 OLorD, how manifold are thy
works! in wisdom hast thou made
them all: the earth is full of thy
riches.
25 So is this great and wide sea,
wherein are things creeping innu-
merable, both small and great
beasts. .
26 There go the ships: there is
that leviathan, whom thou hast
made to play therein.
27 >These wait all upon thee; that
thou mayest give them their meat
in due season.
28 That thou givest them they
gather: thou openest thine hand,
they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are
troubled: thou takest away their
breath, they die, and return to their
dust.
30 ‘Thou sendest forth thy spirit,
they are created: and thou renew-
est the face of the earth.
31 The glory of the Lorp shall
endure for ever: the LORD shall re-
joice in his works.
' 32 He looketh on the earth, and it
4trembleth: he toucheth the hills,
and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the Lorp as
long as I live: I will sing praise to
my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be
sweet: I will be glad in the Lorpb.
35 Let the sinners be consumed
out of the earth, and let the wicked
be no more, Bless thou the Lorp,
O my soul. Praise ye the Lorp.
PSALM 105.
O ‘GIVE thanks unto the Lorp;
call upon his name: make
known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto
him: talk ye of all his wondrous
works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let
the heart of them rejoice that seek
the Lorp.
4 Seek the Lorp, and his strength:
Jseek his face evermore.
5S @Remember his marvellous
works that he hath done; his
wonders, and the judgments of
his mouth;
6 O ye seed of Abraham his ser-
vant, ye children of Jacob his
chosen.
_7 He is the Lorp our God: “his
judgments are in all the earth.
& He hath ‘remembered his cove-
PSALMS.
a Gen,3.19.
5 Psa.136.25;
145.15; 147.9.
¢ Isa.32.15;
Ezk.37.9.
d Hab.3.10.
e 1 Chr.16.8-
36; Isa.12.4.
f Psa.27.8.
g Psa.77.11.
h Isa.26.9.
# LK.1.72.
j Gen.17.2;
22.16; 26.3;
28.13; 35.11;
LE-1.73;3
Heb.6.17.
k Gen.13.15;
15.18.
1 Heb. the
cord.
m Gen.34.30;
Deut.7.7;
26.5.
n Heb,11.9.
o Gen.35.5.
> Ex.1.7.
q Ex.1.8.
ry Ex.3.10;
4.12,14;
Num.16.5;
L7.5-
s Ex.7.-12.;
Psa.78.43.
t Ex.7.20;
Psa.78.44.
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[105 31
nant for ever, the word which he
commanded to a thousand genera-
tions.
9 JWhich covenant he made with
Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10 And confirmed the same unto
Jacob for a law, and to Israel for
an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, ‘Unto thee will I give
the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance:
12 ™When they were but a few
men in number; yea, very few, and
“strangers in it.
13 When they went from one na-
tion to another, from one kingdom
to another people;
14 °He suffered no man to do
them wrong: yea, he reproved kings
for their sakes;
15 Saying, Touch not mine an-
ointed, and do my prophets no
harm.
16 Moreover he called for a famine
upon the land: he brake the whole
staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them,
even Joseph, who was sold for a
servant:
18 Whose feet they hurt with fet-
ters: he was laid in iron:
19 Until the time that his word
ao the word of the Lorp tried
m.
20 The king sent and loosed him;
even the ruler of the people, and let
him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all his substance:
22 To bind his princes at his
pleasure; and teach his senators
wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt;
end Jacob sojourned in the land of
am
24 And he ?increased his people
greatly; and made them stronger
than their enemies.
25 9He turned their heart to hate
his people, to deal subtilly with his
servants.
26 *He sent Moses his servant;
and Aaron whom he had chosen,
27 sThey shewed his signs among
them, and wonders in the land of
Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it
dark; and they rebelled not against
his word.
29 ‘He turned their waters into
blood, and slew their fish.
_30 Their land brought forth frogs
in abundance, in the chambers of
their kings.
31 Hespake, and therccame divers
105 32]
PSALMS.
[106 26
sorts of flies, and lice in all their
coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and
their fig trees; and brake the trees
of their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts
came, and caterpillers, and that
without number,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in|
their land, and devoured the fruit
of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn
in their land, the chief of all their
strength.
37 ¢He brought them forth also
with silver and gold: and there
was not one feeble person among
their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they de-
parted: for the fear of them fell
upon them.
39 5He spread a cloud for a cover-
ing; and fire to give light in the
night.
40 The people asked, and he
brought quails, and satisfied them
with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and -the
waters gushed out; they ran in the
dry places Jike a river.
42 For he remembered his holy
promise, and Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his peo-
ple with joy, and his ‘chosen with
gladness:
44 And: gave them. the lands of
the ¢heathen: and -they inherited
the labour of the people;
45 That they might observe his
‘statutes, and keep his laws. Praise
ye the LorD.
PSALM. 106.
PEASE ye the Lorp. O give
thanks unto the LorpD; for he
zs good: for his mercy endureth
for ever. 4
2 Who can’ utter the mighty acts
of the Lorp? who can shew forth
all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep
judgment, and he that doeth right-
eousness at ‘all times.
4 Remember me, O LorD, with
the favour ¢that thou bearest
unto thy people; O visit me with
thy salvation;
5 That I may see the good of thy
fchosen, that I may rejoice in the
gladness of thy nation, that I may
glory with thine inheritance.
6 8We have sinned with our fa-
a Ex.12.35,
6 Ex.13.21;
Neh.9.12.
c Election
(corporate).
Psa.106.5.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2.)
di.e. nations.
e Israel (his-
tory). VS.
1-45; Isa.1.
24-26. (Gen.
12.2,3; Rom.
11.26.)
f Election
(corporate).
Isa.43.20.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2, J
g Lev.26.40;
1 Ki.8.47;
Dan.9.5.
h Ex.14.11,12.
¢ Ezk.20.14.
j Ex.9.16.
k Ex.14.21;
Psa.18.15;
Nah.1.4,
1 Isa.63.11-14.
m Ex.14.30.
n Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
o Temptation.
Isa.7.12.
(Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.2.)
p Isa.10.16,
q Num.16.3.
r Num.16.31,
32; Deut.
11.6.
s Ex.32.4.
t Jer.2,11;
Rom.1.23.
u Heb.3.18.
v Num.14.2,27.
w Psa.95.11;
Num.14.28;
Ezk.20.15;
Heb.3.11,18.
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thers, we have committed iniquity,
we have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers understood not thy
wonders in Egypt; they remem-
bered not the multitude of thy mer-.
cies; but provoked Aim at the sea,
heven at the Red sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them ‘for
his name’s sake, Jthat he might
make his mighty power to be
known.
9 kHe rebuked the Red sea also,
and it was dried up: /so he led them
through the depths, as through the
wilderness.
10 And he saved them from the
hand of him that hated them, and
nredeemed them from the hand of
the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their
ae there was not one of them
eft
12 Then believed they his words:
they sang his praise.
13 They soon forgat his works;
they waited not for his counsel:
14 But lusted exceedingly in the
wilderness, and °tempted God in
the desert.
15 And he gave them their re-
aa but ?sent leanness into their
so
16 9They envied Moses also in
the camp, and Aaron the saint of
the Lorb.
17 ‘The earth opened and swal-
lowed up Dathan, and covered the
company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their
company; the flame burned up the
wicked. '
19 sThey made a calf in Horeb,
and worshipped the molten image.
20 !Thus they changed their glory
into the similitude of an ox that
eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour,
which had done great things in
Egypt;”
22 Wondrous works in the land
of Ham, and terrible things by the
Red sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would
destroy them, had not Moses his
chosen stood before him in the
breach, to turn away his wrath,
lest he should destroy them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant
land, “they believed not his word:
25 *But murmured in their tents,
and hearkened not unto the voice
of the LorbD.
.26 ’Therefore he lifted up his
hand against them, to overthrow
them in the wilderness:
\
106 27]
[107 16 q
SALMS.
27 “To overthrow their seed also
among the nations, and to scatter
them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also
unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacri-
fices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked Aim to
anger with their inventions: and
the plague brake in upon them.
30 °Then:stood up Phinehas, and
executed judgment: and so the
plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto
him ¢for righteousness unto all gen-
erations for evermore.
32 ¢They angered Aim also at the
waters of ‘strife, ‘so that it went ill
with Moses for their sakes:
33 fBecause they provoked his}
spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly
with his lips.
34 &They did not destroy the na-
tions, concerning whom the LorpD
commanded them:
35 But were mingled among the
hheathen, and learned their works.
36 And they served their idols:
which were a snare unto them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons
and their daughters unto ‘devils,
38 And shed innocent blood, even
the blood of their sons and of their
daughters, whom they sacrificed
unto the idols of Canaan: and the
land was polluted with blood.
1
a Psa.44.11;
Lev.26.33;
Ezk.20.23.
b Num.25.7,8.
¢ Num.25.
11-13
d Psa.81.7;
Num.20.3,13.
e Num.20.12;
Deut.1.37;
3.26.
f Num.20.10.
2g Deut.7.2,16;
Jud.2.2.
hie. nations.
i Lit. sporlers,
destroyers.
PSALM 107.
GIVE thanks unto the Lorp,
for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
2 Let the “redeemed of the Lorp
say so, whom the hath redeemed
from the hand of the enemy;
3 And ?gathered them out.of the
lands, from the east, and from the
west, from the north, and from
the south.
-4 {They wandered in the wilder-
ness in a solitary way; they found
no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul
fainted in them.
_© ’Then they cried unto the Lorp
in their trouble, and he delivered
them out of their distresses.
7 And he led them forth ‘by the
right way, that they might go to a
city of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the
LorD for his goodness, and for his
39 Thus were they defiled with
\|their own works, and went a whor-
ing with their own ‘inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of
ithe LorpD kindled against his peo-
ple, insomuch that he abhorred his
own inheritance.
41 And ‘he gave them into the
hand of the “heathen; and they
that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed
them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand.
43 JMany times did he deliver
them; but they provoked Arm with
\their counsel, and were brought low
for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their
affliction, when he heard their.cry:
45 And he remembered for them
hi’ covenant, and “repented accord-
ing to the multitude of \his mer-
j Jud.2.16; cies.
ENS 46 ‘He made them also to be
k Zech.8.14, pitied of all those that carried
note. them captives.
] Ezra 9.9: 47 ™Save us, O LorpD our God,
Jer.42.12. and gather us from among the
a Cutee hheathen, to give thanks unto thy
35,36... +|holy name, and to triumph in thy
praise.
n Psa.41.13. 48 "Blessed be the LoRD God of
Israel from everlasting to everlast-
ing: and Jet all the people say,
Amen. Rraise ye the LorD.
BOOK V.
° jee wonderful works to the children of
(Kinsman men! s
type). Isa. 9 ‘For he satisfieth the longing
59.20, note. |soul, and filleth the hungry soul
p Psa.106.47; |With goodness.
Isa.43.5,6; 10 “Such as sit in darkness and in
Jer.29.14;
31,8,10;
Ezk.39,27,28.
q v.40; Deut.
32.10.
r vs.13,19,28;
Psa.50.15;
Hos.5.15.
s Ezra 8.21.
t Psa.34.10;
Lk.1.53.
u Lk.1.79.
v Lam.3.42,
w Psa.68.6;
146.7; Acts
12.7; 16.26.
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the shadow of death, being bound
in affliction and iron;
11 ‘Because they rebelled against
the words of God, and contemned
the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down
their heart with labour; they fell
down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the
LorD in their trouble, and he
saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of dark-
ness and the shadow of death, and
brake “their ‘bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the
|LorD for his goodness, and for
his wonderful works to the children
\of men!
16 For he hath broken the gates
107 17]
of brass, and cut the bars of iron in
sunder.
17 Fools because of their trans-
gression, and because of their ini-
quities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all man-
ner of meat; and they draw near
unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the Lorp
in their trouble, and he saveth
them out of their distresses.
20 ¢He sent his word, and healed
them, and delivered them from
their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the
LorpD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of
men!
22 And fet them sacrifice the sac-
rifices of thanksgiving, and declare
his works with rejoicing.
23 They that go down to the sea
in ships, that do business in great
waters;
. 24 These see the works of the
LorD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and ‘rais-
eth the stormy wind, which lifteth
up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven,
they go down again to the depths:
their soul is melted because of
trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stag-
ger lke a drunken man, and are Zat
their wit’s end. -
' 28 Then they cry unto the LorD’
in their trouble, and he bringeth
them out of their distresses,
29° ‘He maketh the storm a calm,
so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because
they be quiet; so he bringeth them
_unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the|!
Lorp for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of
men!
32 Let them exalt him also in
the congregation of the people, and
PSALMS.
@ 2 Ki.20.4,5;
Psa.147.15,
18; Mt.8.8.
6 Lev.7.12;
Psa.50.14;
116.17; Heb.
13:15:
c Heb. mak-
eth to
stand;
Jon.1.4.
d Heb. all
their wis-
dom is
swallowed
up.
e Psa.89.9,
Mt.8.26.
f1 Ki.17.1,7.
g Gen:13.10;
14.3; 19.25.
/h Psa.114.8;
Tsa.41.18.
i Gen.12.2;
17.16,20.
j Job 12.21,24.
k 1 Sam.2.8;
Psa.113.7,8.
\1 Psa.64.9;
Jer.9.12;
Hos.14.9.
mVs.6-13 are
identical with
Psa.60,5-12.
n Gen. 49,19.
praise him in the assembly of the
elders. |
33 He turneth rivers into a wil-||
derness, and the watersprings into
dry ground;
34 8A fruitful land into barren-
ness, for the wickedness of them]
that dwell therein.
35 *He turneth the wilderness
into a standing water, and dry
ground into watersprings.
36 And there he maketh the hun-
gry to dwell, that they may prepare
a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant
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(108 12
vineyards, which may yield fruits
of increase.
38 ‘He blesseth them also, so that
they are multiplied greatly; and
suffereth not their cattle to’ de-
crease.
39 Again, they are minished and
brought low through oppression,
affliction, and sorrow.
40 JHe poureth contempt upon
princes, and causeth them to wan-
der in the wilderness, where there
is no way.
41 *Yet setteth he the poor on
high from affliction, and maketh
hirm families like a flock.
42 The righteous shall see it, and
rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop
her mouth.
43 'Whoso is wise, and will ob-
serve these things, even they shall
understand the lovingkindness of
the Lorb.
PSALM 108.
A Song or Psalm of David.
O GOD, my heart is fixed; I will
sing and give praise, even with
my glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I
myself will awake early.
3 I will praise thee, O Lorp,
among the people: and I will sing
praises unto thee among the na-
tions..
4 For thy mercy is great above
the heavens: and thy truth reach-
eth unto the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above
the heavens: and thy glory above
all the earth;
6 ™That thy beloved may. be de-
livered: save with thy right hand,
and answer me.
7 God hath spoken in his holi-
ness; I will rejoice, I will divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley
of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is
mine; Ephraim also is the strength
of mine head; "Judah is my law-
giver;
9 Moab fs my washpot; over
Edom will I cast out my shoe;
over Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who will bring me into the
strong city? who will lead me into
Edom?
11 Wilt not thou, O God, who
hast cast us off? and wilt not
ithou, O God, go forth with our
hosts?
12 Give us help from trouble: for
vain is the help of man.
PSALMS.
108 13]
13 ¢Through God we shall do
valiantly: for he it is that shall
tread down our enemies.
PSALM 109.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm
of David.
Hop not thy peace, O God of
my praise; :
2 For the mouth of the wicked
and the mouth of the deceitful are
bopened against me: they have
spoken against me with a ‘lying
tongue.
3 They compassed me about also}? PS4-5-1?-
with words of pees and fought] >} Heb. have
against me ¢without a cause. Oper
4 For my love they are my adver-| *#°™selves-
saries: but I give myself unto
prayer,
5 And they have rewarded me
evil for good, and hatred for my
love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over
him: and let ‘Satan stand at his
right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let
him be condemned: and let his
prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few; fand let
another take his office.
¢ Psa.27.12;
Mt.25.59-62;
Lk.23.1-5.
d Psa.35.7;
69.4;
John 15.25.
e Satan. Isa.
14.12-14.
(Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
f Acts 1.20.
g Mt.27.39.
h See Mt.22.44;
Mk.12.36;
| Lk.20.42,43;
Acts 2.34,35;
Heb.1.13;
10.12,13.
t Christ
(Second Ad-
vent). Isa.
9 Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a. widow.
10 Let his children be continually
vagabonds, and beg: let them seek
their bread also out of their deso-
late places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all
that he hath; and let the strangers
spoil his labour.
12 Let there be none to extend
mercy unto him: neither let there
be any to favour his fatherless
children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off;
and in the generation following let
their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers
be remembered with the Lorp; and
let not the sin of his mother be
blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LorD
continually, that he may cut off the
memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered
not to shew mercy, but persecuted
the poor and needy man, that he
might even slay the broken in
heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it
j 1 Cor.15,25.
k Rom.11.26,
27.
i af
come unto him: as he delighted not
in blessing, so let it be far from
him.
18 As he clothed himself with
cursing like as with his garment,
so let it come into his bowels like
water, and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the gar-
ment which covereth him, and for
a girdle wherewith he is girded
continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine
adversaries from the LorD, and of
them that speak evil against my
soul.
21 But do thou for me, O Gop the
Lord, for thy name’s sake: because
thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and
my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow
when it declineth: I am tossed up
and down as the locust. :
24 My knees are weak through
fasting; and my flesh faileth of
fatness.
| 25 I became also a reproach unto
them: when they looked upon me
they sshaked their heads.
26 Help me, O LorpD my God: O
save me according to thy mercy:
27 That they may know that this
is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast
done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou:
when they arise,- let them be
ashamed; but let thy servant re-
joice. :
29 Let mine adversaries be
clothed with shame, and let them
cover themselves with their own
confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the Lorp
with my mouth; yea, I will praise —
him among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right
hand of the poor, to save him from
those that condemn his soul.
PSALM 110.
A Psalm of David.
+4 hats LorD said unto my Lord,
‘ Sit thou at my right “hand,
‘until I make thine enemies thy
Jfootstool.
2 The LorD shall send the rod of
thy strength “out of Zion: rule thou
in the midst of thine enemies,
3 Thy people shall be willing in
the day of thy power, in the beau-
1 The importance of Psalm 110. is attested b
to it in the New Testament. (1) It affirms the
who deny the full divine meaning of His N.T.
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y the remarkable prominence given
deity of Jesus, thus answering those
title of “Lord” (v. 1; Mt. 22. 41-45;
110 4] PSALMS. {113 3
ties of holiness from the womb of beginning of wisdom: a good un-
the morning: thou hast the dew derstanding have all they that do
of thy youth. his commandments: his praise
4 The LorpD hath sworn, and will endureth for ever.
not “repent, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of “Melchizedek. PSAIM 112.
5 The Lord at thy right hand 4
shall strike through kings in the|¢2Zech-8.14, pes ye the Lorp. &Blessed
day of his wrath. para is the man that feareth the
6 He shall judge among the|i See Heb.5.6; |LoRD, that delighteth greatly in
theathen, he shall fill the places} ©-20;721. /his commandments.
with the dead bodies; he shall|.;. nations: | 2 “His seed shall be mighty upon
wound the heads over many coun-} also Psa. earth: the generation of the upright
tries. é 111.6: shall be blessed.
7 He shall drink of the brook in) 7 psa.19.9, 3 Wealth and riches shall be in
the way: therefore shall he lift up} note. his house: and his righteousness
the head. ere endureth for ever.
“note: Ica. |.4 *Unto the upright there ariseth
PSALM 111. 59.20, note. |light in the amen he is ere
+31. jcious, and full of compassion, an
PRAISE ye the Lorp. I will//PU2\o, |righteous.
Role heart regen tag of gus pe endemic pret eee ae
w 3 : - -
upright, and in the congregation.|*P5*178! | fairs *with discretion.
2. The works of the LORD are|h Psa.25.13; 6 Surely he shall not be moved
great, sought out of all them that] 37.26; 102.28-|for ever: ‘the righteous shall be in
have pleasure therein. |;Psa.o711; |€vetlasting remembrance.
3 His work is honourable andj Job 11.17. 7 He shall not be afraid of evil
glorious: and his righteousness en-} . _ |tidings: his heart is fixed, “trusting
dureth for ever. 9 Psa3726; lin the LORD. :
4 He hath made his wonderful 8 His heart 1s established, he shall
works to be remembered: the LORD bees as not be afraid, until he see his de-
is gracious and full of compassion.| ~°"*” sire upon his enemies.
5 He hath given meat unto them| / Prov.10.7. 9 He hath “dispersed, he hath
that ¢fear him: he will ever be pila given to the poor; his righteousness
mindful of his covenant. m Psa-2-12, lendureth for ever; his horn shall
6 He hath shewed his people the be exalted with honour.
power of his works, that he may)" 2 Cor.9.9. 10 The wicked shall see it, and be
give them the heritage of the|,pan220, /gtieved; he shall gnash with his
heathen. teeth, and melt away: the desire of
7 The works of his hands are bee Rit the wicked shall perish.
verity and judgment; all nis com- ST
mandments are sure.
8 They stand fast for ever and PSALM 113. 4
“ever, and are done in truth and up- jee ye the Lorp. Praise,
rightness. O ye servants of the LorpD,
9 He sent ‘redemption unto his praise the name of the LORD.
people: he hath commanded his 2 Blessed be the name of the
covenant for ever: holy and rev- Lorp from this time forth and for
erend is his name. evermore. ee
10 The ‘fear of the LorD is the! 3 From the rising of the sun unto
Mk. 12. 35-37; Lk. 20. 41-44; Acts 2. 34, 35; Heb. 1. 13; 10. 12, 13). _ (2) This Psalm
announces the eternal priesthood of Messiah—one of the most important state-
ments of Scripture (v. 4; Gen. 14. 18, note; Heb. 5. 6, note; 7. 1-28; 1 Tim. 2.
s, 6; John 14. 6). (3) Historically, the Psalm begins with the ascension of Christ
v. 1: John 20. 17; Acts 7. 56; Rev. 3. 21). (4) Prophetically, the Psalm looks on
fs to the time when Christ will appear as the Rod of Jehovah’s strength, the
Deliverer out of Zion (Rom. 11. 25-27), and the conversion of Israel (v..33Joel 255275
Zech. 13. 9. See Deut. 30. 1-9, note); and (b) to the judgment upon the Gentile
powers which precedes the setting up of the kingdom (vs. 5, 6; Joel 3. 9-17; Zech.
14. 1-4; Rev. 19. 11-21). See “Armageddon” (Rev. 16. 14; 19. 17, note); ‘Israel’
(Gen. 12. 2, 3; Rom. 11. 26, note); “Kingdom” (Zech. 12. 8, note; 1 Cor. 15. 28,
note). See Psa. 2., note, first, and Psa. 118., last in order of the Messianic
Psalms.
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‘
113 4)
PSALMS.
the going down of the same the walk not: neither speak they
Lorp’s name is to be praised.
4 The Lorp is high above all na-
tions, and @4his glory above the
heavens.
5 Who is like unto the LoRD our
God, who dwelleth on high,
6 'Who humbleth himself to be-
hold the things that are in heaven,
and in the earth!
7 ‘He raiseth up the poor out of
the dust, and lifteth the needy out
of the dunghill; t
8 ¢That he may set him with
princes, even with the princes of
his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman
to keep house, and to be a joyful
mother of children. Praise ye the
LorbD.
PSALM 114.
VJTEN Israel went out of Egypt,
the house of Jacob “from a
people of strange language;
2 fJudah was his sanctuary, and
Israel his dominion.
3 &8The sea saw it, and fled: /Jor-
dan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like
rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5 *What ailed thee, O thou sea,
that thou fleddest? thou Jordan,
that thou wast driven back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped
like rams; and ye little hills, like
lambs?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the
presence of the Lord, at the pres-
ence of the God of Jacob;
8 jJWhich turned the rock into a
standing water, the flint into a
fountain of waters.
PSALM 115.
*NOT unto us, O LorD, not unto
us, but unto thy name give
glory, for thy merey, and for thy
truth’s sake.
2 Wherefore should the “heathen
say, Where is now their God?
3 ™But our God isin the heavens:
he hath done whatsoever he hath
pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they
speak not: eyes have they, but they
see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear
not: noses have they, but they
smell not:
7 They have hands, but they han-
dle not: feet have they, but they
a Psa.8.1.
6 Psa.11.4;
138.6; Isa.
57.15.
¢1 Sam.2.8;
Psa.107.41.
d Job 36.7.
e Psa.81.5.
f Ex.6.7; 19.6;
25.8; 29.45,
46; Deut.
27.9.
g Psa.77.16;
Ex.14.21.
h Josh.3.13,16.
i Hab.3.8.
j Psa.107.35;
Ex.17.6;
Num.20.11.
k See Isa.48.
11; Ezk.
36.32.
lie. nations.
m Psa.135.6;
1 Chr.16.26;
Dan.4.35.
n Also v.11;
Psa.2.12,
note.
o Also v.13;
Psa,19,9,
note.
p Psa.128,1,4.
q Eccl.9.5,
note.
r Psa.18.4-6.
s Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5,
note,
t Heb. found
me.
u Psa.119.137;
145.17;
v Jer.6.16;
Mt.11.29,
w Psa.13.6;
119.17.
x Psa.56.13.
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[116 7
through their throat.
8 They that make them are like ©
unto' them; so 1s every one that
trusteth in them. i
9 O Israel, “trust thou in the
Lorp: he is their help and their
shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the
Lorp: he is their help and. their
shield.
11 Ye that fear the Lorp, trust —
in the Lorp: he ss their help and
their shield.
12 The Lorp hath been mindful
of us: he will bless us; he will bless
the house of Israel; he will bless
the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear
the LorD, both small and great.
14 The Lorp shall increase you
more and more, you and your chil-
dren. ;
15 Ye are blessed of the Lorp
which made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, even the heav-
ens, are the LORD’s: but the earth
hath he given to the children of
men.
17 The /@dead praise not the
LorpD, neither any that go down
into silence.
18 But we will bless the Lorp
from this time forth and for ever-
more. Praise the Lorp.
PSALM 116.
I LOVE the Lorpb, because he
hath heard my voice and my
supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear
unto me, therefore will I call upon
him as long as I live.
3 ’The sorrows of death com-
passed me, and the pains of shell
‘gat hold upon me: I found trouble
and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of
the LorD; O Lorp, I beseech thee,
deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the Lorp, and
“righteous; yea, our God ss mer-
ciful.
6 The Lorp preserveth the sim-
ple: I was brought low, and he
helped me.
7 "Return unto thy rest, O my
soul; “for the Lorp hath dealt
bountifully with thee.
8 *For thou hast delivered my
soul from death, mine eyes from
tears, and my feet from falling,
9 I will walk before the Lorp in
the land of the living.
116 10]
10 I believed, °*therefore have I
spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
ll Isaidin my haste, All men are
liars. i
12 What shall I render unto the
Lorp for all his benefits toward
me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation,
and call upon the name of the
Lorp. :
14 I will pay my vows unto the
LORD now in the presence of all his
people.
15 Precious in the sight of the
LorD rs the death of his saints.
16 O Lorp, truly I am thy ser-
vant; I am thy servant, and the
son of thine handmaid: thou hast
loosed my bonds.
17. <I will offer to thee the sacrifice’
of thanksgiving, and will call upon
the name of the LorbD.
18 I will pay my vows unto the
LorD now in the presence of all his
people,
19 In the courts of the Lorp’s
house, in the midst of thee,. O: Jeru-
‘salem. Praise ye the LORD.
PSALM 117.
@PRAISE the LorD, all ye na-
tions: praise him, all ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is
great toward us: and the truth of
the LorD endureth for ever.
Praise ye the Lorp.
PSALM 118.
GIVE thanks unto the LorpD;
for he is good: because his
mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let Israel now say, that his
mercy endureth for ever.
_- 3 Let the house of Aaron now say,
that his mercy endureth for ever.
4 Let them now that ‘fear the
Lorp say, that his mercy en-
dureth for ever.
5 I called upon the Lorp in dis-
tress: the LORD answered me, and
set me in a large place.
6 The fLorpD is on my side; I will
not fear: what can man do unto
me? ;
7 The Lorp taketh my part with
them that help me: therefore shall
I see my desire upon them that
hate me.
8 Itis better to trust in the LORD
PSALMS.
a 2 Cor.4.13.
b Psa:72.14.
¢ Psa.50.14;
107.22; Lev.
“ile
d Rom.15.11.
e Psa.19.9,
note.
J Heb.13.6.
g Psa.2.12,
note.
h Psa.88.17.
i Deut.1.44.
j Ex.15.2;
Isa.12.2.
k Psa.6.5;
Hab.1.12.
\L 2 Cor.6.9.
li Psa.24.7.
n 1sa.35.8;
Rev.21.27;
22.14,15.
o Christ
(as Stone).
Isa.8.14.
(Ex.17.6;
1 Pet.2.8.)
pb Heb. This is
from the
Lord.
q Mt.21.9;
23.39; Mk.
11.9; Lk.13.
35; 19.38;
John 12.13.
[118 28
9 It is better to &trust in the LorD
than to put confidence in princes.
10 All nations compassed me
about: but in the name of the LorD
will I destroy them.
11 They compassed me about;
yea, they compassed me about: but
in the name of the Lorp I will de-
stroy them.
12 They compassed me about like
"bees; they are quenched as the fire
of thorns: for in the name of the
LorD I will destroy them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at me
that I might fall: but the: Lorp
helped me.
14 JThe LorpD is my strength and
song, and is become. my salva-
tion. privd
15 The voice of rejoicing and sal-
vation isin the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the
LorpD doeth valiantly.
16 The right hand of the Lorp is
exalted: the right hand of the Lorp
doeth valiantly.
17 *I shall not die, but live; and
declare the works of the Lorp.
18 The LorpD ‘hath chastened me
sore: but he hath not given me over
unto death.
19 Open to me the gates of right-
eousness: I will go into them, and
I will praise the Lorpb:
20 This gate of the Lorp, “into
which the righteous shall enter.
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast
heard me, and art become my sal-
vation.
22 1The °stone which the build-
ers refused is become the head
stone of the corner.
23 2This is the LorD’s doing; it
is marvellous in our eyes,
24 This is the day which the
LorD hath made; we will rejoice
and. be glad in it.
25 Save now, I beseech thee, O
Lorp: O Lorp, I beseech thee,
send now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that cometh in
the name of the 7LORD: we have
blessed you out of the house of the
LORD.
27 God is the LorD, which hath’
shewed us light: bind the sacrifice
with cords, even unto the horns of
the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will
praise thee: thou art my God, I
than to put confidence in man. will exalt thee. }
1See “Christ (as Stone
the rejection of the Stone
),” Ex. 17. 6; 1 Pet. 2. 8, note. | ‘
(Christ) to His final exaltation in the kingdom (v. 22).
Sée'Psa. 2., first of the Messianic Psalms.
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Psa. 118. looks beyond
118 29] PSALMS. . [119 29°
15 I will meditate in thy precepts,
and have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will. delight myself in thy
statutes: I will not forget thy word.
29 10 give thanks unto the Lorp;
for he is good: for his mercy en-
dureth for ever.
PSALM 119. 4 GIMEL.
S 17 ¢Deal bountifully with thy
BLESSED are the undefiled in servant, that I may live, and keep
the way, who walk 4in the law thy word.
_ of the Lorp. a Law (of 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I
2 Blessed are they that keep his Bonet: vs: |may behold wondrous things out of
testimonies, and that seek him) 30-14’ (ex. |thy law.
with the whole heart. 19.1, Gal.3. 19 “I am a stranger in the earth: =~
3 They also do no iniquity: they| 1-29-) hide not thy c andments from
walk in his ways. b1John3.9; {me.
4 Thou hast commanded us to) 5.18. _20 My soul breaketh for the long-
keep thy precepts diligently. 62 Che1s.ise [De that it hath unto thy judg-
5 O'that my ways were directed|~° “"* Iments at all times.
to keep thy statutes! d Psa.116.7. 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, Ped cece that are cursed, which do err from
when I have respect unto all thy|°Gara79; [thy commandments.
commandments. 1 Chr.29.15; | 22 fRemove from me reproach
7 I will praise thee with upright- pans and contempt; for I have kept thy
ness of heart, when I shall have| ““""*"* |testimonies.
learned thy righteous judgments. | Psa.39.8. 23 Princes also did sit and speak
8 I will keep thy statutes: O for- against me: buf thy servant did
sake me not utterly. SSG Ee ees in thy panes
h v.40; Psa. 24 y testimonies also are my’
J BETH. 143.11. delight and my counsellors.
9 Wherewithal shall a young man] ; psa.145.5.6.
cleanse his way? by taking heed!‘ : ‘T DALETH.
thereto according to thy word. j Heb. drop- 25 My soul cleaveth unto the
10 ‘With my whole heart have I ese dust: #quicken thou me according
sought thee: O let me not wander to thy word.
from thy commandments. 26 I have declared my ways, and ©
11 Thy word have I hid in mine thou heardest me: teach me thy
heart, that I might not sin against statutes.
thee, 27 Make me to. understand the
12 Blessed art thou, O Lorp: way of thy precepts: ‘so shall I
teach me thy statutes. talk of thy wondrous works.
13 With my lips have I declared 28 My soul Jmelteth for heavi-
all the judgments of thy mouth. ness: strengthen thou me according
14 Ihave rejoicedin the way of thy unto thy word.
testimonies, as muchas inall riches. 29 Remove from meé thé way of
1 The Messianic Psalms: Summary. That the Psalms contain a testimony to
Christ our Lord Himself affirmed (Lk. 24. 44, etc.); and the N.T. quotations from
the Psalter point unerringly to those Psalms which have the Messianic character.
A close spiritual and prophetic character as surely identifies others. Christ is seen
in the Psalms (1) in two general characters, as suffering (e.g. Psa. 22.), and as
entering into His kingdom glory (e.g. Psa. 2.; 24. Cf, Lk. 24. 25-27),
(2) Christ is seen in His person (a) as Son of God (Psa. 2. 7), and very God
Se 45. 6, 7; 102. 25; 110. 1); (6) as Son of man (Psa. 8. 4-6); (c) as Son of David
Psa. & ate 27, 29). (a)
) rist is seen in His offices (a) as Prophet (Psa. 22. 22, 25; 40.
(b) as Priest (Psa. 110. 4); and (c) as King (e.g. Psa. es ts Sigil
4) Christ is seen in His varied work. As Priest He offers Himself in sacrifice
(Psa, 22.; 40. 6, with Heb. 10. 5-12), and, in resurrection, as the Priest-Shepherd,
ever living to make intercession (Psa. 23., with Heb. 7. 21-25; 13. 20). As Prophet
He proclaims the name of Jehovah as Father (Psa. 22. 22, with John 20, 17). As
King He fulfils the Davidic Covenant (Psa. 89.) and restores alike the dominion
a es sae creation (Psa. 8. 4-8; Rom. 8. 17-21); and of the Father over all (1 Cor.
. 25-28).
(5) The Messianic Psalms give, also, the inner thoughts, the exercises of soul, —
of Christ in His earthly experiences. (See, e.g., Psa. 16. 8-11; 22. 1-21; 40, 1-17.)
658
119 30]
lying: and grant me thy law gra-
ciously.
30 I have chosen the way of
truth: thy judgments have I laid
before me.
31 I have stuck unto thy testi-
monies: O LORD, put me not to
shame.
32 I will run the way of thy com-
mandments, when thou shalt ¢en-
large my heart.
1 RY
33 Teach me, O LorD, the way of
thy statutes; and I shall keep it
unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I
shall keep thy law; yea, I shall ob-
serve it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of
thy commandments; for therein do
I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testi-
monies, and not to ‘covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from be-
holding vanity; and quicken thou
me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy
servant, who is devoted tothy @fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which
I fear: for thy judgments are good.| Mt.10.18,19;
40 Behold, I have longed after thy
precepts: quicken me in thy right-
eousness.
Y VAU.
41 Let thy mercies come also unto
me, O LorD, even thy salvation,
according to thy word.
42 So shall I have wherewith to
answer him that reproacheth me:
for I ‘trust in thy word.
43 And take not the word of truth
utterly out of my mouth; for I have
hoped in thy judgments.
44 So shall I keep thy law con-
tinually for-ever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for
I seek thy precepts.
46 JI will speak of thy testimonies
also before kings. and will not be
ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in
thy commandments, which I have
loved.
48 My hands also will I lift up
unto thy- commandments, which I
have loved; and I will meditate in
thy statutes.
? ZAIN.
49 Remember the word unto thy
servant, upon which thou hast
caused me to hope. ’
50 £This is my comfort in my
PSALMS.
e Psa.2.12,
note.
f Psa.138.1;
Acts 26.1,2.
g Rom.15.4,
h Jer.20.7,
i Ezra 9.3,
j Psa.16.5;
Jer.10.16;
Lam.3.24-
k Heb. face.
Job 11.19.
1 Lk.15.17,18.
m Also v.74.
Psa.19.9,
note.
659
[119 72
from thy law.
52 I remembered thy judgments
of old, O Lorp; and have comforted
myself.
53 *Horror hath taken hold upon
me because of the wicked that for-
sake thy law.
54 Thy statutes have been my
songs in the house of my pil tjmage,
55 I have remembered thy name,
O Lorp, in the night, and have
kept thy law.
56 This I had, because I kept thy
precepts.
mM CHETH
57 JThou art my portion, O
Lorp: I have said that I would
keep thy words.
58 I intreated thy *favour with
my whole heart: be merciful unto
me according to thy word.
59 4I thought on my ways, and
turned my feet unto thy testimonies,
60 I made haste, and delayed not
to keep thy commandments,
61 The bands of the wicked have
robbed me: but I have not forgot:
ten thy law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give
thanks unto thee because of thy
righteous judgments.
63 I amacompanion of all them
that “fear thee, and of them that
keep thy precepts.
64 The earth, O LorpD, is full of
thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
0 TETH.
65 Thou hast dealt well with thy
servant, O LORD, according unto
thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and
knowledge: for I have believed thy
commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went
astray: but now have I kept thy
word.
68 Thou art good, and doest
good; teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie
against me: but I will keep thy
precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease;
but I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that I have
been afflicted; that I might learn
thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is better
woe me than thousands of gold and
ver.
Fil
119 73}
joD.
73 Thy hands have made me and
fashioned me: give me understand-
ing, that I may learn thy command-
ments.
74 They that fear thee will be
glad when they see me; because I
have hoped in thy word.
75 I know, O Lorp, that thy
judgments are right, and *that thou
in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful
kindness be for my comfort, accord-
ing to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come
unto me, that I may live: >for thy
law is my delight.
_ 78 Let the proud be ashamed; for
they dealt perversely with me with-
out a cause: but I will meditate in
thy precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn
unto me, and those that have known
thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in thy
statutes; that I be not ashamed.
2 CAPH.
81 “My soul fainteth for thy sal-
vation: but I hope in thy word.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word,
saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 4For I am become like a bottle
in the smoke; yet do I not forget
thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of thy
servant? ‘when wilt thou execute
judgment on them that persecute
me?
85 The proud have digged pits for
me, which are not after thy law.
86 All thy commandments are
faithful: /they persecute me wrong-
fully; help thou me.
87 They had almost consumed me
upon earth; but I forsook not thy
precepts.
88 Quicken me after thy loving-
kindness; so shall I keep the testi-
mony of thy mouth.
5 LAMED.
89 8For ever, O Lorp, thy word
is settled in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness 7s unto all
generations: thou hast established
the earth, and it “abideth.
_91 They continue this day accord-
ing to thine ordinances: for all are
thy servants.
92 Unless thy law had been my
delights, I should then have per-
ished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget thy pre-
PSALMS.
a Heb.12.10.
b vs.24,47,174.
c Psa,73,26;
84.2.
d Job 30.30.
e Rev:6.10.
f Psa.35.19;
38.19.
g Psa:89.2;
Mt.24:34,35;
1 Pet.1,25.
h Heb. stand-
eth.
1 Rom.3.10-19.
j Psa-1.2.
k 2 Tim.3.15.
1 Prov.1.15.
m Psa.19:10;
Prov.8.11.
n Prov:6.23.
o Neh.10.29.
Pp Hos.14.2;
Heb.13.15.
q Deut.33.4.
r Psa.32.7;
91.1.
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[119 114
cepts: for with them thou ‘hast —
quickened me.
94 Iam thine, save me; for I have
sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for
me to destroy me: but I will con-
sider thy ‘testimonies.
96 I ‘have seen an end of all per-
fection: but thy commandment ss
exceeding broad. :
D MEM.
97 O how love I thy law! Jit is
my meditation all the day.
98 Thou through thy command-
ments hast made me wiser than ©
mine enemies: for they are ever
with me.
99 I have more understanding
than all my teachers: “for thy tes-
timonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the
ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101 ‘I have refrained my feet
from every evil way, that I might
keep thy word.
102 I have not departed from thy
judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103 “How sweet are thy words
unto my taste! yea, sweeter than
honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get
understanding: therefore I ‘hate
every false way.
3} NUN.
105 “Thy word is a lamp unto
my feet, and a light unto my path.
106 °I have-sworn, and I will per-
form it, that I will keep thy right-
eous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much:
quicken me, O Lorp, according
unto thy word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, *the
freewill-offerings of my mouth, ©
LorRD, and teach me thy judg-
ments.
109 My soul zs continually in my
hand: yet do I not forget thy Jaw.
110 The wicked ‘have laid a snare
for me: yet I erred not from thy
precepts.
lll °’Thy ‘testimonies have T
taken as an heritage for ever: for
they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to
perform thy statutes alway, even
unto the end.
D SAMECH.
113 TI hate vain thoughts: but thy
law do I love.
114 ’Thou art my hiding place
and my shield: I hope in thy word.
“119 115]
115 *Depart from me, ye evil-
doers: for I will keep the com-}
mandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according. unto
thy word, that I may live: °and let
me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall
be safe: and I will have respect|?
unto thy statutes continually.
118 Thou hast trodden down all
them that err from thy statutes: for
their deceit is falsehood.
119 Thou puttest away all the
wicked of the earth ‘Jike dross:
therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 ¢My flesh trembleth for fear
of thee; and I am afraid of thy
judgments.
y AIN.
421 I have done judgment and
justice: leave me not to mine op-
‘pressors.
122 ¢Be surety for thy servant for
good: let not the proud oppress
me.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salva-
tion, and for the word of thy right-
eousness.
124 Deal with thy servant accord-
ing unto thy mercy, and ‘teach me
thy statutes.
125 I am thy servant; give me
understanding, that I may know
thy testimonies.
126 It is time for thee, LORD, to
por for they have made void thy
aw.
127 &Therefore I love thy com- é
mandments above gold; yea, above)
fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy] 17
precepts concerning all things to
be right; and I hate every false
way.
DPE.
129 Thy testimonies are wonder-
ful: therefore doth my soul keep
them.
130 The entrance of thy words
giveth light; “it giveth understand-
ing unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and
panted: for I longed for thy com-
mandments.
PSALMS.
Psa.6.8;
139.19; Mt.
7.23-
b Psa.25.2;
Rom.5.5;
9.33; 10.11.
¢ Ezk.22.18.
d Hab.3.16.
¢ Heb.7.22.
fvl2.
g v.72; Psa.
19.10; Prov.
8.11.
h Psa.19.7;
| Prov.1.4.
\t Psa.106.4.
7 Psa.51.1.
pe Vk:1.74.
1 Psa.4.6.
m Jer.9.1;
n Heb. right-
eousness.
o faithful-
ness.
Heb. tried,
or refined.
qv.151; Psa.
19:9; John
Ee
r Psa.5.3;
88.13; 130.6.
Is Psa.63.1,6.
t Psa.145.18.
4 Lk.21.33.
vLam.5.1,
w Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
132 ‘Look thou upon me, and be}
jmerciful unto me, as thou usest to}
do unto those that love thy name.
133: Order my steps in thy word:
and let not any iniquity have do-
minion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppres-
sion of man: so will I keep thy pre-{
cepts.
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[119 156
135 ‘Make thy face to shine upon
thy servant; and teach me thy
statutes.
136 “Rivers of waters run down
mine eyes, because they keep not
thy law.
Y TZADDI.
137 *Righteousart thou, OLORD,
and upright are thy judgments.
138 Thy testimonies that thou
hast commanded are righteous
and very faithful.
139 My zeal hath consumed me,
because mine enemies have fer-
gotten thy words.
140 Thy word ss very ?pure:
therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised: yet
do not I forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness ss an ever-
lasting righteousness, and %’thy_law
is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have
taken hold on me: yet thy com-
mandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of thy
testimonies is everlasting: give me
understanding, and I shail live.
‘D KOPH.
145. I cried with my whole heart;
hear me, O Lorp: I will keep thy
statutes.
146. I cried unto thee; save me,
and I shall keep thy testimonies,
147 *I prevented the dawning of
the morning, and cried: I hoped. in
thy word.
148 sSMine eyes prevent the night
watches, that I might meditate in
thy word. ,
149 Hear my voice according
unto thy lovingkindness: O Lorb,
quicken me according to thy judg-
ment.
150 They draw nigh that follow
after mischief: they are far from
thy law.
151 ‘Thou art near, O,LORD; and
all thy commandments are truth.
152 Concerning thy. testimonies, I
have known. of old “that thou hast
founded them for ever.
“ RESH.
153 *Consider mine affliction, and
deliver me: for I do not forget thy °
law.
154 Plead my cause, and “deliver
me: quicken me according to thy
word,
155 Salvation is far from the wick-
ed: for they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great are thy tender mercies,
7 YF ‘ vail, te “ee Soa S.
, + f Cie ole poe
119 157] PSALMS. {122 4
O Lorp: quicken me according to PSALM 120.
thy judgments. A
137 Many are my persecutors Poa A Song of. !degrees.
and mine enemies; yet do I not) NN my distress I cried unto the
‘decline from thy testimonies. aaa eee I Lorp, and he heard me.
158 I beheld the transgressors,| 14;'6.18. 2 Deliver my soul, O Lorp, from
and was grieved; because they kept) | | liying lips, and from a deceitful
not ue ere eed lovetiy we “Jsa.32.17, — |tongue.
LSS NC ORSHIEE METER OV S\EiY PEe- 3 What shall be given unto thee?
cepts: quicken me, Sharan accord-|d Heb. they 14> what shall be done unto thee,
ing to thy lovingkin — the| 2°.stum- thou false tongue? ;
ro Thy werd cai aes gone fas bling block. | 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty,
righteous judgments endur eth for) * errs 18 aan ere ae Bors sojourn in
ever. van Meech. okie I dwell in the tents
W SCHIN, = gee of Kedar %: -.
) ira g Josh.24.22; 6 My soul hath long dwelt with
161 °Princes have persecuted me}° proy1.29; him that hateth peace.
Aa es a ean ae aa heart) Lk.10.42. 7 I am for peace: but when I
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one 4 feist: Break, they. are don arar,
Segre acetate Meroe age PSALM 121,
Baas do res Pago ecat eestiets A Song of !degrees.
ER EOE Se EES RWILL lift up mine eyes unto
; 7 <25.13s
AU le of thy righteous judg- F585, 29. I ine hills, from whence cometh
: : my help.
i rae peace pee ae Naseer kOn, Sg ten 2 ‘My help cometh from the
Aas at ea Phaaieponrbes yt gp eyes to the |LORD, which made heaven and
= iss: earth.
ae ee ee gene coped for a aout my | 3 ™He will not suffer thy foot to
riweron cAGIs Sake) ates CON fers aE ae help come? bemueyed: she that keepeth thee
: F ly help ill not slumber.
167, My ee perk thy neat: fonevre | 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel
ele saa Se ea roms eens slumber ve sleep.
; Lats e LORD is thy keeper: the
168 I have kept thy precepts and] /See Jer.3.23. 5 Ott rs f
thy testimonies: for all my ways Ls Peat ow are a8 shade ?upon thy right
are before thee. Prov.3.23,26. 8 gas sun pbel Bet Sinise thee
Nn TAU. n Psa.127.1: y day, nor the moon by night.
27.3. 7 The Lorpb shall preserve thee
169 Let my cry come near before| 1-273 ae
ips Be helen aid Cy me understand. o Isa.25.4. arse evil: he shall ‘preserve
ing according to thy word. ; 8 The Lorp shall preserve thy
170 Let my supplication come|? aca stan . nhac
as thes deliver me according to ag viper hae oak =) Bh cntat bakes
thy word. ia SRE Op z
171 Mylipsshallutterpraise,when| $2420) — jmiore.
thou hast taught ae thy statute arte PSALM 122.
172 My tongue shall speak of thy|” Psa.41.2; A Song of 1d f David
word: for all thy commandments| 97-10 145.20. ong oO egrees of David.
are righteousness. s Deut.28.6; WAS glad when they said unto
173 Let thine hand help me; for Pena me, ‘Let us go into the house of
8] have chosen thy precepts. an the LORD.
174 I havelonged for thy salvation, | ¢ Isa.2.3; 2 Our feet shall stand within thy
OLorp; and thy law is my delight. | Zech8.21. |gates, O Jerusalem.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall|,,see2sam. | 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city
praise thee; and let thy judgments} 5.9. that is “compact together:
help me. CLES 4 YWhither the tribes go up, the
176 “I have gone astray like a lost
sheep; seek thy servant; for I do
not forget thy commandments.
mony of Israel, to give thanks unto
Deut.16.16. free of the LorD, unto the testi-
the name of the Lorp.
‘1 Literally, “of ascents.”
Jerusalem to the feasts,
662
Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to
See, e.g. Psa. 122.1, 2.
122 5]
5 “For there are set thrones of
judgment, the thrones of the house
of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, and
prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and compan-
ions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace
be within thee.
9 Because of the house of the
Lorp our God I will seek thy good.
a Deut.17.8;
2 Chr.19.8.
b See Psa.120,
title, note.
c Psa.56.1,2;
57.3; Prov.
1.12.
PSALM 123.
A Song of 4degrees.
NTO thee lift I up mine eyes,
-O thou that dwellest in the
heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants
look unto the hand of their mas-
ters, and as the eyes of a maiden
unto the hand of her mistress; so
our eyes wait upon the LORD our
God, until that he have mercy
upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LorD,
have mercy upon us: for we are
exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled,
with the scorning of those that are
at ease, and withthe conternptofthe
proud.
d Psa.91,3;
Prov.6.5.
e Faith. Jon.
3.5. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.
11.39.)
tre,
g Psa.53.6; 85.
1; Hos.6.11.
hk Joel 3.1;
Acts 12.9.
PSALM 124. ii.e. nations.
A Song of ®degrees of David., | 7See Jer.31.9.
EF it had not been the LORD whojé Or, singing.
was on our side, now may Israel Teo
say;
2 If it had not been the LorD
who was on our Side, when men rose|™ Gen-3-17,19.
up against us: n Gen.33.5;
3 Then they had swallowed us| 48.4; Josh.
up quick, when their wrath was| 243+
~ kindled against us: o Deut.28.4.
4 Then the waters had over-
whelmed us, the stream had gone
over our soul:
5 Then the proud waters had gone
over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LorD, who hath
not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 ¢4QOur soul is escaped as a bird
out of the snare of the fowlers: the
snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Qur help is in the name of the
Lorp, who made-heaven and earth,
PSALM 125.
A Song of ®degrees.
HEY that trust in the LORD
shall be as mount Zion, which
cannot be removed, but abideth for
ever.
663
PSALMS.
fOr, the scep-
Cf. Prov.
22.8; Isa.14.5.
1127 5
2 As the mountains are round
about Jerusalem, so the LORD is
round about his people from hence-
forth even for ever.
3 For ‘the rod of the wicked shall
not rest upon the lot of the right-
eous; lest the righteous put forth
their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O Lerpb, unto those
that be good, and to them that
are upright in their hearts.
5 As for such as turn aside unto
‘|their crooked ways, the LorD shall
lead them forth with the workers
of iniquity: but peace shall be
upon Israel.
PSALM 126.
A Song of Sdegrees
Nie the LorD turned again
the captivity of Zion, "we
were like them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with
laughter, and our tongue with sing-
ing: then said they among the
theathen, The Lorp hath done
great things for them.
3 The Lorp hath done great
things for us; whereof we are
glad. ,
4 Turn again our captivity, O
Lorp, as the streams in the south.
5 jThey that sow in tears shall
reap in -joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weep-
eth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoic-
ing, bringing his sheaves with
him.
PSALM 127
A Song of °degrees for Solomon.
PY sceer the Lorp build the
house, they labour in vain that
build it: “ex¢ept the LORD keep the
city, the watchman waketh but in
vain.
2 it is vain for you to rise up
early, to sit up late, “to eat the
bread of sorrows: for so he giveth
his beloved sleep.
3 Lo, *children are an heritage of
the LorD: and °the fruit of the
wornb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a
mighty man; so are children of the
youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath
his quiver full of them: they
shall not be ashamed, but they
shall speak with the enemies in
the gate.
128 1}
PSALMS.
[132 12
PSALM 128.
A Song of @degrees.
BLESSED is every one that
ofeareth the LorpD; that walk-
eth in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of
thine hands: happy shalt thou be,
and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be ‘as a fruitful
vine by the sides of thine house:
thy children 4like olive plants
round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man
be blessed that feareth the Lorp.
5 The LorD shall bless thee out
of Zion: and thou shalt see the good
of Jerusalem all the days of thy
ife.
6 Yea, ‘thou shalt see thy chil-
dren’s children, and peace upon
Israel.
PSALM 129.
A Song of ¢degrees.
MAXY a time have they afflicted
me ‘from my youth, may
Israel now say:
2 Many atime have they afflicted
me from my youth: yet they have
not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my
back: they made long their fur-
rows.
4 The Lorn Js righteous: he hath
cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and
turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon
the housetops, which withereth
afore it groweth up:
‘7 Wherewith the mower filleth not
his hand; nor he that bindeth
sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by
say, The blessing of the Lorp be
upon you: we bless you in the name
of the Lorp.
PSALM 130.
A Song of “degrees.
‘oe of the depths have I cried
unto thee, O Lorp.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine
ears be attentive to the voice of my
supplications.
_3 If thou, Lorn, shouldest mark
iniquittés~O"Lord who: shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with
thee, that thou mayest be °feared.
5 I wait for the Lorp, my soul
doth wait, and in his word do I
hope.
a See Psa.120,
title, note.
b Psa.19.9,
note.
c Ezk.19.10.
d Psa.52.8;
144.12.
e:Gen.50.23;
Job 42.16.
f See Ezk.23.
3; Hos.2.15;
ai:
g.Psa.37.2.
h Psa.63.6;
119.147.
7 Psa.86.5,15;
Tsa.55.7.
7Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59,
20, note.
k Acts 7.46.
1 Psai122.1,2.
m Righteous-
ness (gar-
ment), Isa.
11.5. (Gen.
3.21; Rev.
19.8.)
n Psa.89.3,4,
33; 110.4,
o 2 Sam.7.12;
1 Ki.8.25;
2 Chr.6.16;
Lk.1.69;
Acts 2.30.
6 4My soul waiteth for the Lord —
more than they that watch for the
morning: I say, more than they
that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the Lorpb:
for with the LorD ‘there is mercy,
and with him is plenteous Jredemp-
tion.
8 And he shall redeem Israel from
all his iniquities.
PSALM 131.
A Song of ¢degrees of David.
iL FO82: my heart is not haughty,
nor mine eyes lofty: neither do
I exercise myself in great matters,
or in things too high for me.
2 Surely I have behaved and
quieted myself, as a child that is
weaned of his mother: my soul is
even as a weaned child.
3 Let Israel hope in the Lorp ©
from henceforth and for ever.
PSALM 132.
A Song of @degrees.
LO. temember David, and all
his afflictions:
2 How he sware unto the Lorp,
and vowed unto the mighty God
of Jacob;
3 Surely I will not come into the
tabernacle of my house, nor go up
into my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to mine
eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
5 Until I find out a place for the
LorD, an habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah:
we found it in the fields of the
wood.
7 ‘We will go into his taber-
nacles: we will worship at his foot-
stool.
8 Arise, O Lorp, into thy rest;
thou, and the ark of thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with
mrighteousness; and let thy saints
shout for joy.
10 For thy servant David’s sake
turn not away the face of thine
anointed.
11 "The LorD hath sworn in
truth unto David; he will not turn
from it; °Of the fruit of thy body
will I set upon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keep my
covenant and my testimony that I
shall teach them, their children
shall also sit upon thy throne for
evermore,
132 13]
PSALMS. [136.5
aoe. ee
_ 13 ¢For the Lorp hath chosen that did he in heaven, and in earth,
Zion; he hath desired it for his|a Psa.48.1,2. jin the seas, and all deep places: 5
habitation. | pe eate 7 He causeth the vapours to
14 oThis is my rest for ever: here east ascend from the ends of the earth;
will I dwell; for I have desired it. |cv.9; Psa. the maketh lightnings for the rain;
Tse will abundantly bless her pro-
vision: I will satisfy her poor with
bread.
16 <I will also clothe her priests
with salvation: ¢and her saints
shall shout aloud for joy.
17 ¢There will I make the horn of
David to bud: fI have ordained a
lamp for mine anointed.
18 His enemies will ¢I clothe with
shame: but upon himself shall his
crown flourish.
PSALM 133.
A Song of degrees. of David.
d and how
precious ointment
upon the head, that ran down upon
the beard, even Aaron’s beard:
that went down.to the skirts of his
garments;
3 jAs the dew of Hermon, and as
the dew that descended upon the
mountains of Zion: for *there the
LorD commanded the blessing,
even life for evermore.
PSALM 134.
A Song of ‘degrees.
| Baines bless ye the LorpD, all
ye servants of the LorD, which
by night stand in the house of the
LORD.
2 Lift up your hands in the sanc-
tuary, and bless the LORD.
3 The Lorp that made heaven
and earth bless thee out of Zion.
PSALM 135.
PRASE ye the LorD. Praise ye
the name of the LORD; praise
him, O ye servants of the LORD.
2 Ye that stand in the house of
the LorD, ‘in the courts of the
house of our God,
3 Praise the LorD; ™for the LORD
is good: sing praises unto his name;
for it is pleasant.
4 For the Lorp hath chosen
Jacob unto himself, and Israel for
his peculiar treasure. )
5 oFor I know that the LORD 1s
great, and that our Lord is above
all gods. |
6 *Whatsoever the LorD pleased,’
DPrethren TO
149.4; 2 Chr.
6.41.
d 1 Sam.4.5.
e Ezk.29.21;
Lk:1.69:
f See 1 Ki.11.
36; 15.4;
2 Chr.21.7.
g Psa.35.26;
109.29.
h See Psa.120,
title, note.
¢ Gen.13.8;
Heb.13.1.
j Deut.4.48.
k Lev.25.21;
Deut.28.8;
Psa.42.8.
1 Psa.92.13;
96.8; 116.19.
m Psa.119.68.
n Ex.19:5;
Deut.7.6,7;
10:15.
o Psa.95.3.
p Psa.115.3.
gq Job 28.25;26;
38.24; Zech,
10.1.
r Job 38.22.
s Psa.78.51;
136.10;
Ex.12.12,29.
t Ex.7.-14.
u Josh.12.7.
v Psa.78.55;
136.21,22.
w Psa.102.12;
Ex.3.15.
x Zech.8.14;
note,
yie. nations.
3 Psa.19.9,
note:
a1 Chr.16.
34,41; 2 Chr.
20.21.
b Deut.10.17.
¢ Gen.1.1,6;
Prov.3.19;
Jer.51.15,
665
he bringeth the wind out of "his
treasuries.
8 sWho smote the firstborn of
Egypt, both of man and beast.
9 'Who sent tokens and wonders
into the midst of thee, O Egypt,
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his
servants.
10 Who smote great nations, and
slew mighty kings;
11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
and Og king of Bashan, “and all .
the kingdoms of Canaan:
12 %And gave their land for an
heritage, an heritage unto Israel
his people.
13. ’Thy name,.O LorbD, endur-
eth for ever; and thy memorial,
O Lorp, throughout. all genera-
tions.
14 For the Lorp will judge his
people, and he will *repent himself
concerning his servants.
15 The idols of the Yheathen are
silver and gold, the work of men’s
hands.
16 They have mouths, but they
speak not; eyes have they, but
they see not;
17 They have ears, but they hear
not; neither is there any breath in
their mouths.
18 They that make them are like
unto them: so is every one that
trusteth in them.
19 Bless the LorpD, O house of
Israel: bless the LorD, O house
of Aaron:
20 Bless the Lorp, O house: of
Levi: ye that #fear the Lorp, bless
the LORD.
21 Blessed be the LorD out of
Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.
Praise ye the LORD.
PSALM 136.
O GIVE thanks unto the LorD;
for he is good: ¢for his mercy
endureth for ever
2 O give thanks unto the God of
gods: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
3 © give thanks to the Lord of
lords: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
4 To him who alone doeth great
wonders: for his mercy endureth
for ever. ;
5 °To him that by wisdom made
136 6]
PSALMS.
[138 7
the heavens: for his mercy endur-
eth for ever.
6 °To him that stretched out the
earth above the waters: for his
mercy endureth for ever. :
7 °To him that made great lights:
for his mercy endureth for ever:
8 ‘The sun to rule by day: for
his mercy endureth for ever:
9 The-moon and stars to rule by
night: for his mercy endureth for
ever,
10 4To him that smote Egypt in
their firstborn: for his mercy en-
dureth for ever:
11 ¢And brought out Israel from
among them: for his mercy endur-
eth for ever:
12 fWith a strong hand, and with
a stretched out arm: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
13. 8To him which divided the Red
sea into parts: for his mercy endur-
eth for ever:
14 And made Israel to pass
through the midst of it: for his
mercy endureth for ever:
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and
his host in the Red sea: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
16 To him which led his people
a Gen.1.9,
Psa.24.2;
Jer.10.12.
6 Gen.1.14.
c Gen.1.16,
d Psa.135.8;
Ex.12.29.
e Ex.12.51;
13.3,17.
f Ex.6.6.
g Psa.78.13;
Ex.14.21,22.
h Psa.135.9;
Ex.14.27.
# Psa.135.10,
ll.
j Deut.29.7.
& Num.21.21.
1 Num.21.33.
m Psa.135.12;
Josh.1
2 We hanged our harps upon the ~
willows in the midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried
us away captive required of
us fa song; and they that
wasted us required of us mirth,
saying, Sing us one of the songs
of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the Lorp’s
song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget her cun-
ning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let
my ‘tongue cleave to the roof of
my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem
above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Lorp, the chil-
dren of ‘Edom in the day of Je-
rusalem; who said, Raseit, rase
it, even to the foundation there-
of.
‘8°O daughter of Babylon, ‘who ||
‘art to be destroyed; happy shall] he |
be; that rewardeth thee as thou
hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh
and dasheth thy little ones against
the stones.
through the wilderness: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
17 ‘To him which smote great
kings: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
18 jAnd slew famous kings: for
his mercy endureth for ever:
19 *Sihon king of the Amorites:
for his mercy endureth for
ever:
20 'And Og the king of Bashan:
for his mercy endureth for ever:
21 ™And gave their land for an
heritage: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
22 Even an heritage unto Israel
his servant: for his mercy endur-
eth for ever.
23 "Who rernembered us in our
low estate: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
24 And hath “redeemed us from
our enemies: for his mercy endur-
eth for ever.
25 Who giveth food to all flesh:
for his mercy endureth for ever.
26 O give thanks unto the God of
heaven: for his mercy endureth
for ever,
PSALM 137,
BY the rivers of Babylon, there
we sat down, yea, we wept,
when we remembered Zion.
n Psa.113.7;
Gen.8.1;
Deut.32.36.
o Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.
59.20, note.
PD Psa.104.27;
145.15; 147.9.
q Heb. the
words of a
song.
r Ezk.3.26.
t Isa.13.1,6;
47.1; Jer.25.
3; 50.2.
u Psa.102.15,
22.
25
w Psa.23.3,4.
x Psa.57.2;
Phil.1.6.
PSALM 138.
A Psalm of David.
i WILL praise thee with my
whole heart: before the gods
will I sing praise unto thee.
2 I will worship toward thy holy
temple, and praise thy name for thy
lovingkindness and for thy truth:
for thou hast magnified thy word
above all thy name,
3 In the day when I cried thou
answeredst me, and strengthenedst
me with strength in my soul,
4 #All the kings of the earth shall
praise thee, O Lorp, when they
hear the words of thy mouth.
5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways
of the Lorn: for great is the glory
of the Lorp.
6 Though the Lorp be high, yet
*hath he respect unto the lowly:
bat the proud he knoweth afar
fo)
7 ’Though I walk in the midst of
trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou
shalt stretch forth thine hand
against the wrath of mine enemies,
and thy right hand shall. save
me.
8 *The Lorp will perfect that
which concerneth me: thy mercy,
O Lord, endureth for ever: for-
sake not the works of thine own
hands,
139 1]
PSALM 139
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David © ‘
LORD, thou hast searched me,
and known me.
2 #Thou knowest my downsitting!
and mine uprising, thou S“under-
standest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and
my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways-
4 For there is not a word in my
tongue, but, lo, O LorD ‘thou
knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon
me
6 %Such knowledge 1s too won-
derful for me, it is high, I cannot
attain unto it.
7 ¢Whither shall I go from thy
fspirit? or whither shall I flee from
thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou
art there: if I make my bed in 4hell,
behold, thou art there
Q If I take the wings of the morn-
ing, and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea,
10 Even there shall thy hand lead
me, and thy right hand shall hold
me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness
shall cover me, even the night shall
be light about me.
12 Yea, "the darkness hideth not
from thee; but the night shineth as
‘the day: the darkness and the light
are both alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my
reins: thou hast covered me in my
mother’s womb.
“14 I will praise thee; for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that
my soul knoweth right well.
15 *My substance was not hid
from thee, when I was made in
secret, and curiously wrought in
the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my sub-
stance, yet being unperfect; and in
thy book all my members were
written, which in continuance were
fashioned, when as yet there was
none of them.
17 j3How precious also are thy
thoughts unto me, O God! how
great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they
are more in number than the sand:
when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 ‘Surely thou wilt slay the
PSALMS.
wicked, O God! depart from me
a 2 Ki.19.27
6 Mt.9.4;
John 2.24,25
| c Heb 4.13
d Psa.40-5;
131.1; Job
42.3.
é Jer.23.24,
Jon.1.3.
f Holy Spirit
Isa.4.4
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
g Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5.
note
h Job 26.6,
34.22; Dan.
2.22; Heb.4-
13.
i Job 10.8,9;
Eccl.11.5.
j Psa.40.5.
k Isa.114.
1 Jude 15.
m Psa.26.2
Job 31.6.
n Psa.5.83
143.10.
o Heb. man
of violences.
pb Psa.58.4;
Rom.3.13.
q Psa.35.7;
57.6; 119.
110; 141.9;
Jer.18.22.
r Deut.32.27
5 Psa.9.4;
1 Ki.8.45.
667
{140 12
therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they ‘speak against thee
wickedly, and thine enemies take
thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LorpD,
that hate thee? and am not I
grieved with those that rise up
against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect ha-
tred I count them mine enemies.
23 ™Search me, O God, and know
my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts:-
24 And see if there be any
wicked way in me, “and lead me in
the way everlasting.
PSALM 140
To the chief Musician, A Psalm
of David.
ELIVER me, O Lorn, from the
evil man; °preserve me from
the violent man;
2 Which imagine mischiefs in
their heart; continually are they
gathered together for war.
3 They have sharpened their
tongues like a serpent; adders’
poison zs under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, O Lorp, from the
hands of the wicked; preserve
me from the violent man; who
have purposed to overthrow my
goings.
5 The proud have hid a snare for
me, and cords; they have spread a
net by the wayside; they have set
gins for me. Selah.
6 Isaid unto the Lorp, Thou art
my God. hear the voice of my sup-
plications, O Lorb.
7 O Gop the Lord, the strength
of my salvation, thou hast covered
my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LorD, the desires
of the wicked: further not his
wicked device; “lest they exalt
themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that
compass me about, let the mis-
chief of their own lips cover
them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon
them: let them be cast into the
fire; into deep pits, that they rise
not up again.
11 Let not an evil speaker be
established in the earth: evil shall
hunt the violent man to overthrow
him.
12 I know ‘that the Lorp will
maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and the right of the poor
140 13]
PSALMS.
[144 h
i3 Surely the righteous shall give
thanks unto thy name: the upright
shall dwell in thy presence.
PSALM 141.
A Psalm of David.
2 ORD, I cry unto thee: make
haste unto me; give ear unto
my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth be-
fore thee “as incense; and °the
lifting up of my hands as the
evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Lorb, before
my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any
evil thing, to practise wicked works
with men that work iniquity: and let
me not eat of their dainties.
5 ‘Let the righteous smite me; it
shall be a kindness: and let him
reprove me; it shal/ be an excellent
oil, which shall not break my head:
for yet my prayer also shall be in
their calamities.
6 When their judges are over-
thrown in stony places, they shall
hear my words; for they are sweet.
7 4Qur bones are scattered at the
grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth
and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8 ‘But mine eyes are unto thee, O
Gop the Lord: in thee is my /trust;
leave not my soul édestitute.
9 Keep me from the snares which
they have laid for me, and the gins
of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their
own nets, whilst that I withal
hescape.
PSALM 142.
*Maschil of David; A Prayer when
he was in the cave.
i CRIED unto the Lorp with my
voice; with my voice unto the
Lorp did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint be-
fore him; I shewed before him my
trouble.
3 JWhen niy spirit was over-
whelmed within me, then thou
knewest_my path. In the way
wherein I walked have they privily
laid a snare for me.
4 I looked on my right hand, and
beheld, but there was no man that
would know me: refuge failed me;
kno man cared for my soul.
5. I cried unto thee, O Lorp: I
said, Thou art my refuge and my
portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am
a Rev.8.3.
6 Psa.134.2;
1 Tim.2.8.
¢ Prov.9.8;
19.25, 25.12;
Gal.6.1.
d 2 Cor.1.9.
e Psa.25.15;
123.1,2;
2 Chr.20.12.
f Psa.2.12,
note.
g Heb. make
not my soul
bare.
h Heb. pass
over.
+ Maschil,
instruction.
j Psa.143.4.
k Heb. no
man sought
after my
soul.
1 Psa.34.2.
m Psa.130.3;
Ex.34.7;
Job 4.17;
9.2; 15.14;
25.4; Eccl.
7.20; Rom.
3.20; Gal.
2.16.
n Psa.77.3;
142.3.
o Psa.77.5,
10,11.
PD Psa.5.8.
q Heb. hide
me with
thee.
r Neh.9.20.
s Isa.26.10.
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brought very low: deliver me from
my persecutors; for they are
stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison,
that I may praise thy name: ‘the
righteous shall compass me about;
for thou shalt deal bountifully with
me.
PSALM 143.
A Psalm of David.
HEAR my prayer, O LORD, give
ear to my supplications: in thy
faithfulness answer me, and in thy
righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment
with thy servant: for in thy sight
shall no man living be justified.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted
my soul; he hath smitten my life
down to the ground; he hath made
me to dwell in darkness, as those
that have been long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit over-
whelmed within me; my heart
within me is desolate.
5 °I remember the days of old; I
Imeditate on all thy works; I muse
on the work of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands unto
thee: my soul thirsteth after thee,
as a thirsty land. Selah.
Hear me speedily, O LorD: my
spirit faileth: hide not thy face
from me, lest I be like unto them
that go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear thy loving-
kindness in the morning; for in
thee do I trust: *cause me to know
the way wherein I should walk; for
I lift up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O Lorn, from mine
enemies: I ¢flee unto thee to hide
me.
10 Teach me to do thy will; for
thou art my God: ‘thy spirit is
good; lead me into ‘the land of
uprightness.
11 Quicken me, O Lorn, for thy
name’s sake: for thy righteousness’
sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And of thy mercy cut off mine
enemies, and destroy all them that
afflict my soul: for I am thy ser-
vant.
PSALM 144,
A Psalm of David.
BLESSED be the Lorp my
strength, which teacheth my
hands to war, and my fingers to
fight:
2 My goodness, and my fortress;
PSALMS.
my high tower, and my deliverer;
my, shield, and he in whom I trust;
who subdueth my.people under me.
3 Lorpb, ¢what is man, that thou
takest knowledge of him! or the
son of man, that thou makest ac-
count of him!
4 Manis like to vanity: Shis days
are as a shadow that passeth
away.
5 ‘Bow. thy heavens, O Lorp,
and come down: touch the moun-
tains, and they shall smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scat-
ter them: shoot out thine arrows,
and destroy them.
7 Send thine hand from above;
rid me, and deliver me out of great
waters, ¢from the hand of strange
children;
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity,
and their right hand is a right hand|f Deut.33.29;
of falsehood, Peg cert
9 I will sing “a new song unto ‘
thee, O God: upon a psaltery and|s Psa.96.4;
an instrument of ten strings will I| 147
sing praises unto thee. h Job 5.9;
10 Jt is he that giveth salvation] 9.10;
unto kings: who delivereth David Rom:1J-S3
a Psa.8.4;
Job 7.17;
Heb.2.6,
b Psa.102.11.
¢ Psa.18.9;
Isa.64.1,
d Psa.54.3;
Mal.2.11. -
e Psa.33.2,3;
40.3. :
his servant from the hurtful) ; Psa.s6.5,15;
sword. 1033 Ex
11 Rid me, and deliver me from} jyum.is.1s.
the hand of strange children, whose
mouth speaketh vanity, and their) J Psa-100.5;
right hand is a right hand of false-} Neh”:
hood: k Psa.146.10;
12 That our sons may be as} 1 Tim.1.17.
plants grown up in their youth; are
that our daughters may be as pea ome
corner stones, polished after the| 2ées-
similitude of a palace: m Deut.4.7
13 That our garners may be full, Md
affording all manner of store: that|” John 4.24.
our sheep may bring forth thou-|, p..19.9
sands and ten thousands in our} note. '
streets: ;
14 That our oxen may be strong]? 538-31-235
to labour; that there be no break- ay
ing in, nor going out; that there be|¢ Psa-103.1-
no complaining in our streets. + Psa.2,12
15 fHappy is that people, that is} note. ’
in such a case: yea, happy is that
people, whose God is the Lor.
PSALM i145.
David’s Psalm of praise.
WILL extol thee, my God, O|
king; and I will bless thy name
for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee; and
I will praise thy name for ever and
ever.
3 Great is the LorD, and greatly as
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to be praised; and “his greatness is
unsearchable. .
4 One generation shall praise thy
works to another, and shall declare
thy mighty acts. :
5 I will speak of the glorious hon-
our of thy majesty, and of thy
wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the
might of thy terrible acts: and I
will declare thy greatness.
7 They shali abundantly utter the
memory of thy great goodness, and
shall sing of thy righteousness,
8 The Lorp ‘is gracious, and full
of compassion; slow to anger, and
of great mercy.
9 The LorD /is good to all: and
his tender mercies are over all his
works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee,
O Lorp; and thy saints shall bless
thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory
of thy kingdom, and talk of thy
power;
12 To make known to the sons of
men his mighty acts, and the glo-
rious majesty of his kingdom. - ~
13 *Thy kingdom is an ‘everlast-
ing kingdom, and thy dominion en-
dureth throughout all generations.
14 The Lorp upholdeth all that
fall, and raiseth up all those that
be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee;
and thou givest them their meat in
due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand, and
satisfiest the desire of every living
thing.
17 The Lorp is righteous in all
his ways, and holy in all his works.
18 The Lorp “is nigh unto all
them that call upon him, to all that
call upon him “in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of
them that °fear him: he also will
hear their cry, and will save ther.
20 The Lorp ?preserveth all
them that love him: but all the
wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the
praise of the LorD: and let all flesh
bless his holy name for ever and
ever.
PSALM 146.
PRMSE ye the Lorp.
the Lorp, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the
Lorp: I will sing praises unto my
God while I have any being. |
3 Put not your ’trust in princes,
9Praise
146 4]
PSALMS,
[148 i“
nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he re-
turneth to his earth; in that very @eeree
day “his thoughts perish. ike
5 *Happy is he that hath the}cGen.1.1;
God of Jacob for his help, whose] Rev-14.7.
hope is in the LorpD his God: d Psa.107.9.
6 ‘Which made heaven, and earth,
the sea, and all that therein is: race,
which. keepeth truth for ever: Pee
7 Which executeth judgment for] ¢ Mt.9.30;
the oppressed: ¢which giveth food} John 9.7,32.
tothe hungry. ¢The LorD looseth), psa 145.14:
the prisoners:
8 /The Lorp openeth the eyes of
the blind: the Lorp ¢raiseth them}, p., 6g.5:
that are bowed down: the LorD| Deut.10.18.
loveth the righteous: :
9 The LorD “"preserveth the
strangers; he relieveth the father-| ;
less and widow: ‘but the way of
the wicked he turneth upside down.| §5737.45.
10 The LorD Jshall reign for ever,
even thy God, O Zion, unto all gen-|* Deut.30.3.
a See 1 Cor,
2.6.
erations. Praise ye the Lorp. 1 Psa.51.17:
1 es
61.1; Lk.4.
PSALM 147. | 18.
PRAISE ye the Lorp: for it is|m Heb. griefs.
good to sing praises unto our
God, for it is pleasant; and praise|” $¢2,35;5:
is comely. .
2 The LorpD doth build wp Jeru-|o Isa.40.28.
salem: "he gathereth together the], pea 146.89.
outcasts of Israel.
3 He ‘healeth the broken in heart,]| 2 Fa eu
and bindeth up their “wounds. aS ;
4 He “telleth the number of the
stars; he calleth them all by their] " Psa-104.27,
ames ae 28; 136.25;
5 Great is our Lord, and of great} Job 38:41.
ate °his understanding is in- 5 Pea.19.9,
. . te.
6 The Lord Plifteth up the meek: hae
he casteth the wicked down to the| ¢ Psa.76.1;
ground 78.51 105.7;
ay Fe s 't.33.2-4,
7 Sing unto the LorD with i
thanksgiving; sing praise upon the| Mal.4.4.
harp unto our God: 1 See Deut
8 Who covereth the heaven with|' 432-34;
clouds, who prepareth rain for the| Rom.3.1,2,
earth, who maketh grass to grow
w Heb.1.4,
upon the mountains. note.
9 He "giveth to the beast his food,
x Isa.43.20.
and to the young ravens which cry.
10 He delighteth not in thely Psa...
strength of the horse: he taketh not
pleasure in the legs of a man. ¢ Bisby ox:
11 The Lorp taketh pleasure in
age et ‘fear him, in those that}¢ Psa.75.10.
ope in his mercy.
12 Praise the LorD, O Jerusalem;|’*°* 74°
praise thy God, O Zion. ¢ Eph.2.17.
13 For he hath strengthened the
| 147.6; Lk.13.
13.
bars of thy gates; he hath blessed
thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy bor-
ders, and filleth thee with the finest
of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his com-
mandment upon earth: his word
runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he
scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like
morsels: who can stand before his.
cold?
18 He seudeth out his word, and
melteth them: he causeth his wind
to blow, and the waters flow.
19 ‘He sheweth his word unto
Jacob, “his statutes and his judg-
ments unto Israel.
20 ‘He hath not dealt so with any
nation: and as for his judgments,
they have not known them. Praise
ye the Lorp.
PSALM 148,
PRAISE yethe LorD. Praise ye
the Lorp from the heavens:
praise him in the heights.
2 Praise ye him, all his wangels:|
praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon:
praise him, all ye stars of light. 3
4 Praise him, ye heavens of
heavens, and ye waters that be
above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the
Lorp: for he commanded, and they
were created,
6 He hath also stablished them
for ever and ever: he hath made a
decree which shall not pass.
7 Praise the LorD from the earth,
*ye dragons, and all deeps:
8 Fire, and hail; snow, and va-
pours; stormy wind fulfilling his
word:
9 Mountains, and all hills; fruit-
ful trees, and all cedars:
10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping
things, and flying fowl:
11 Kings of the earth, and all
people; princes, and all judges of
the earth:
12 Both young men, and maidens:
eld men, and children:
rael, a ‘people near unto him.
Praise ye the Lorpb,
14994]
PSALM 149.
RAISE ye the Lorp. Sing)
unto the LORD a new song, and}
his praise in the congregation of|
saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that}
made him: let the children of Zion}
be joyful in their ¢King.
3 Let them praise his name in the
dance: let them sing praises unto
him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the LorpD “taketh pleasure
in his people: ‘he will beautify the
meek with salvation.
§ Let the saints be joyful in glory:
let them ¢sing aloud upon their
beds.
6 Let the high prajses of God be
éin their mouth, and /a twoedged
sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the
PSALMS.
a Zech.9.9;
NMt.21.5.
b Psa,35.27.
¢ Psa.132.16,
d Job 35.10.
e Heb. in
their throat.
f Heb.4.12;
Rev.1.16.
gi.e. nations.
h Deut.7.1,2.
1 Psa.148.14.
j Psa.145.
6.
k Deut.3.24.
8heathen, and punishments upon
the) peoplessig Vann ; i
8 To bind their kings with chains.
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[150 6
and their nobles with fetters of
iron;
9 To ‘execute upon them the
judgment written: ‘this honour have
all his saints. Praise ye the LorbD.
PSALM 150.
PRAGE ye the Lorp. Praise
God in his sanctuary: praise
him in the firmament of his power.
2 JPraise him for his mighty acts:
praise him according to his excel-
lent “greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of
the trumpet: praise him with the
psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel
and dance: praise him with stringed
instruments and organs,
5 Praise him upon the loud cym-
bals: praise him upon the high
sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath
breath praise the LORD. Praise ye
the LORD.
1 1) [1 29
THE PROVERBS.
Tis collection of sententious sayings is divine wisdom applied to the earthly
conditions of the people of God. That the Proverbs were Solomon’s (1. 1) implies
no more than that he gathered into orderly arrangement sayings already current
amongst the people, the wisdom of the Spirit, perhaps through many centuries
(Eccl. 12. 9), Chapters 25.-29. were current in Hezekiah’s time (25.1). Chap-
ters 30. and 31. are by Agur and Lemuel.
The book is in six parts:
III. The folly of sin, 10.-19.
of Agur,
I. To sons, 1.=7.
IV. Warnings and instructions, 20-29. V, The words
30. VI. The words of King Lemuel, 31.
II. The praise of wisdom, 8.-9.
—sanks
CHAPTER 1. B.C. 1000. poy eine eae refrain thy foot
Part I. Instruction and exhor- a Prov.10.1; 16 /For their feet run to evil, and
tation to sons. 25.1;1Ki. |make haste to shed blood.
of Bee “proverbs of Solomon the io Eccl, | 17 Surely in vain the net is spread
; saon 1 David king of Israel; nee in the sight of any bird.
F o know wisdom and instruc-|s Prov.9.4. 18 And they lay wait for their
tion; to perceive the words of un- On davies (OE blood; they lurk privily for
is ite oes the instruction of ae SOLO: ae f
3 ceive “ : are the ways of every one
wisdom, justice, and judgment,|¢ Prov.9.9. that is greedy of gain; which taketh
and equity; : : ePsa.78.2. away the life of the owners thereof.
is ee, give subtilty to the ‘simple, ‘ 20 "Wisdom crieth without; she
29. ice j :
ie aaone man knowledge and|f £ SHC oes nee Holes Ae a crreees: ;
5 4A wise man will hear, and will] "°** concourse ae tie cc = yl
increase learning; and a man_ of|gProv.3.22. ates: in ¢ i ms oe :
ines le 8; Co eae : g S in the city she uttereth her
nderstanding shall attain unto}, pep, words, saying,
Ee ate 4 neeeng: 22 How long, ye simple ones, will
the interpretation; inane oe ae eh Oalieht Snes pe
os Kas oe ne sayings, Eph.5.11, |fools hate knowledge?
ernie bf (abled. "hart oD j Heb. Sheol, noid ao ears steal
despise wisdom and instruction Mace ae a will ae ss ee ee
5 , note. 3 7)
8 My son, hear the instruction of Pee : unto you. on See
ung pares, poe forsake not the law|* 77-78-13 24 *Because I have called, and ye
9 eFor ther eHal be an "orna-) ! Isa.59.7; eee pbdaena Aaa
ment of grace unto thy head, and| Ro™-3-15. 25 But ye have set at nought all
wee about oy, neck. tice thee sar [my counsel, and would none of my
; y son, if sinners entice thee, im.6.10. /reproof:
¥consent thou not. 2 Prov.8.1; 26 I also will S
Ae If ae ey, Boe wes us, let ‘ 9.3; John ity; I Sat meen as rae
us lay wait for blood, let us lurk| 7-37: cometh;
Beye for the innocent without|o ee 2 ig Ween yeu feos cometh as des-
: -65.123 a ? i -
12 Let us swallow them up alive * 0.4: jer-7. eth as a Enea ey ‘dieeees
as the grave; and whole, as those| 33 Zech.7-11.|anq anguish cometh upon you
that go down into the pit: g Job 27.9; 28 {Then shail they call :
13 We shall find all precious sub- cn ree but I will not meee thom bee
pete. we shall fill our houses with ni 14.125) ee me early, but they shall not
: eevee Sb) me;
4 5 Mic.3.4;
ioe itera ay sot aman us; let Zech.7.13; 29 For that they hated knowl-
45 “Niy ia oe ae BH Ras Jas.4.3. edge, and did not choose the fear
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of the Lorb:
1 30)
30 They would none of my coun-
sel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the
fruit of their own way, and be filled
with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the
simple shall slay them, and the
prosperity of fools shall destroy
them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto
me shall dwell safely, and shall be
quiet from fear of evil.
CHAPTER 2.
(To sons, continued.)
Y son, if thou wilt receive my
words, and %hide my com-
mandments with thee;
2 So that thou incline thine ear
unto wisdom, and apply thine
heart to understanding;
3 Yea, if thou criest after know-
ledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding;
4 If thou seekest her as silver,
and searchest for her as for hid
treasures;
5 Then shalt thou understand the
ear of the Lorp, and find the
knowledge of God.
6 For the LorpD giveth wisdom:
out of his mouth cometh know-
ledge and understanding.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for
the righteous: “he is a buckler to
them that walk uprightly.
8 He keepeth the paths of judg-
ment, and ¢preserveth the way of
his saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand
righteousness, and judgment, and
equity; yea, every good path.
_-10 When wisdom entereth into
thine heart, and knowledge is plea-
sant unto thy soul;
11 Discretion shall preserve thee,
understanding shall keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way
of the evil man, from the man that
speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of up-
rightness, to walk in the ways of
darkness;
14 fWho rejoice to do evil, and
delight in the frowardness of the
wicked;
15 Whose ways are crooked, and
they froward in their paths:
16 Todelivertheefrom the strange
woman, even from the stranger
which flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of
her youth, and forgetteth the cove-
nant of her God.
PROVERBS.
B.C. 1000.
a Psa.112.7.
6 Prov.4.21;
Tay
c Also Prov
3.7; Psa.19.
9, note.
d Prov.30.5;
Psa.84.11.
e 1 Sam.2.9;
Psa.66.9.
J Prov.10.23;
Jer.11.15;
Rom.1.32.
g See 1 Ki.8.
61, note.
\h Prov.6.21;
7.3; Ex.13.9;
Deut.6.8.
4 Jer.17.1;
2'Cor.3-3.
j Psa.2.12,
note,
k Jer.9.23.
11 Chr.28.9.
m Heb. medi-
cine.
n Ex.22.29;
23.19; 34.26;
Deut.26.2;
Mal.3.10;
Lk.14.13.
o Deut.28.8.
p vs.11,12;
Job 5.17;
Psa.94.12;
Heb.12.5,6;
Rev.3.19.
gq Job 28.13,
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[3 16
18 For her house inclineth unto
death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return
again, neither take they hold of the
paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the
way of good men, and keep the
paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright shall dweli in
the land, and the éperfect shall re-
main in it.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off
from the earth, and the transgress-
ors shall be rooted out of it.
CHAPTER 3.
(To sons, continued.)
M* son, forget not my law; but
let thine heart keep my com-
mandments:
2 For length of days, and long life,
and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake
thee: ‘bind them about thy neck;
twrite them upon the table of thine
heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and
good understanding in the sight of
God and man.
5 JTrust in the Lorp with all
thine heart; and *lean not unto
thine own understanding.
6 ‘In all thy ways acknowledge
him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes:
fear the LORD, and depart from
evil.
8 It shall be “health to thy navel,
and marrow to thy bones.
9 Honour the Lorp with thy
substance, and with the firstfruits
of all thine increase:
10 °So shall thy barns be filled
with plenty, and thy presses shall
burst out with new wine.
11 ?#My son, despise not the chas-
tening of the Lorp; neither be
weary of his correction:
12. For whom the Lorp loveth he
correcteth; even as a father the son
in whom he delighteth.
13 Happy is the man that findeth
wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is
better than the merchandise of
silver, and the gain thereof than
fine gold
15 @She is more precious than
rubies: and all the things thou
canst ae are not to be compared
unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right
3 17]
PROVERBS.
[4 23
hand; “and in her left hand riches
and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasant?
ness, and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them
that lay hold upon her: and happy
1s every one that retaineth her.
19 The LorD by wisdom hath
founded the earth; by under-
standing hath he established the
heavens.
20 By his knowledge the depths
are broken up, and the clouds drop
down the dew.
21 My son, let not them depart
from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom
and discretion:
22 So shall they be life unto thy
soul, and grace to thy neck.
23 >Then shalt thou walk in thy
way safely, and thy foot shall not
stumble.
24 When thou liest down, thou
shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt
lie down, and thy sleep shall be
sweet.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear,
neither of the desolation of the
wicked, when it cometh.
26 For the LorD shall be thy con-
fidence, and shall keep thy foot
from being taken.
27 ‘Withhold not good from them
to whom it is due, when it is in the
power of thine hand to do #t.
28 4¢Say not unto thy neighbour,
Go, and come again, and to morrow
I will give; when thou hast it by
thee. A
29 Devise not evil against thy
neighbour, seeing he dwelleth se-
curely by thee.
30 ‘Strive not with a man with-
out cause, if he have done thee no
harm,
31 fEnvy thou not the soppressor,
and choose none of his ways.
32 For the froward is abomina-
tion to the Lorpb: “but his secret
is with the righteous.
33 The ‘curse of the Lorp is in
the house of the wicked: Jbut he
blesseth the habitation of the just.
34 Surely he scorneth the scorn-
ers: but he giveth “grace unto the
lowly.
35 The wise shall inherit glory:
B.C. 1000.
a Prov.8.18;
1 Tim.4.8.
6 Prov.10.9;
Psa.37.24;
91.11,12.
c¢ Rom.13.7;
Gal.6.10.
d Lev.19.13;
Deut.24.15.
e Rom.12.18.
2 For I give you good doctrine,
forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father’s son, ten-
der and only beloved in the sight
of my mother. f
4 mHe taught me also, and said
unto me, Let thine heart retain my
words: keep my commandments,
and live. .
5 Get wisdom, get understanding:
forget zt not; neither decline from
ithe words of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall
preserve thee: “love her, and she
shall keep thee.
7 °Wisdom ss the principal thing:
therefore get wisdom: and with all
thy getting get understanding.
8 ?Exalt her, and she shall pro-
mote thee: she shall bring thee to
honour, when thou dost embrace
f Prov.24.1;
Psa.37.1;
73.3.
g Heb. a man
of violence.
h Psa,25.14.
it Lev.26.14;
j Psa.1.3.
k Jas.4.6;
1 Pet:5.55
1 Prov.1.8;
Psa.34.11.
m 1 Chr.28.9;
Eph.6.4.
n 2 Thes.2.10.
o Prov.3.13,14.
Pp 1 Sam.2.30.
q Or, she shall
compass
thee witha
crown of
glory.
r Mt.5.14;
Phil.2.15.
s 2 Sam.23.4.
t1 Sam.2.9;
Job 18.5,6;
Isa.59.9,10;
her.
9 She shall give to thine head an
ornament of grace: %a crown of
glory shall she deliver to thee.
10 Hear, O my son, and receive
my sayings; and the years of thy
life shall be many.
11 I have taught thee in the way
of wisdom; I have led thee in right
paths.
12 When thou goest, thy steps
shall not be straitened; and when
thou runnest, thou shalt not
stumble.
13. Take fast hold of instruction;
let her not go: keep her; for she is
thy life.
14 Enter not into the path of the
wicked, and go not in the way of
evil men.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn
from it, and pass away.
16 For they sleep not, except they
have done mischief; and their sleep
is taken away, unless they cause
some to fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wick-
edness, and drink the wine of
violence.
18 "But the path of the just Sis as
the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
19 ‘The way of the wicked is as
darkness: they know not at what
Jer.23.12;
John 12.35.
but shame shall be the promotion}
of fools.
CHAPTER 4.
(To sons, continued.)
EAR, /ye children, the instruc-
tion of a father, and attend to
know understanding,
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they stumble.
20 My son, attend to my words;
incline thine i
21 Let them not depart from thine
eyes; keep them in the midst of
thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those
that find them, and health to all
their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all dili-
ear unto my sayings. :
’
4 24]
eee ; for out of it are the issues of
ife.
24 Put away from thee a froward
mouth, and perverse lips put far
from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on,
and let thine eyelids look straight
before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet,
and 2let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor
to ot left: remove thy foot from
evil.
CHAPTER 5.
(To sons, continued.)
M~ son, attend unto my wisdom,
and bow -thine ear to my un-
derstanding:
2 That thou mayest regard dis-
cretion, and that thy lips ’may
keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman
drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth fs ‘smoother than oil:
4 But her end is 4bitter as worm-
wood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; cher
steps take hold on Shell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the
path of life, her ways are moveable,
that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye
children, and depart not from the
words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her,
and come not nigh the door of her
house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour
unto others, and thy years unto the
cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with
sthy wealth; and thy labours be in
the house of a stranger;
11 And thou mourn at the last,
when thy flesh and thy body are
consumed,
12 And say, How have I hated in-
struction, and my heart despised
reproof; 7
13 And have not obeyed the voice
of my teachers, nor inclined mine
ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in all evil in the
midst of the congregation and as-
sembly.
15 Drink waters out of thine own
cistern, and running waters out of
thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed
abroad, and rivers of waters in the
streets. -
17 Let them be only thine own,
and not strangers’ with thee.
PROVERBS.
B.C. 1000.
a Or, all thy
ways shall
be ordered
aright.
6 Mal.2.7.
c Psa.55.21.
d Eccl.7.26.
e Prov.7.27,
f Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5,
note.
g Heb, thy
strength.
h Mal.2.14,
t Song 2.9;
4.5; 7.3.
j Heb. err
thou al-
ways in her
love.
k Prov.15.3;
1 Or, so shalt
thou prevail
with thy
friend,
m Job 12.7.
n Prov.24.33,
34.
o Prov.10.4;
13.4; 20.4.
b Heb. cast-
eth forth.
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(6 14
18 Let thy fountain be blessed:
and rejoice “with the wife of thy
youth.
19 ‘Let her be as the loving hind
and pleasant roe; let her ‘breasts
satisfy thee at all times; and be
thou ravished always with her
love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be
ravished with a strange woman,
and embrace the bosom of a
stranger?
21 *For the ways of man are be-
fore CY ESe 4ORD, and he_«
sore DE aN goings. .
22 His own iniquities shall take
the wicked himself, and he shall be
holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruc-
tion; and in the greatness of his
folly he shall go astray.
CHAPTER 6.
(To sons, continued.)
M* son, if thou be surety for thy
friend, if thou hast stricken
thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the:words
of thy mouth, thou art taken with
the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver
thyself, when thou art come into
the hand of thy friend; go, humble
thyself, and ‘make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor
slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the
hand of the hunter, and as a bird
from the hand of the fowler.
6 ™Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, over-
seer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the sum-
mer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest. :
9 “How long wilt thou sleep, O
sluggard? when wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
10 Yet alittle sleep, a little slum-
bér, a little folding of the hands to
sleep:
11 °So shall thy poverty come as
one that travelleth, and thy want
as an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked
man, walketh with a froward
mouth.
13 He winketh with his eyes, he
speaketh with his feet, he teacheth
with his fingers;
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he
deviseth mischief continually; he
Psoweth discord.
es
6 15)
15 Therefore shall his calamity
come suddenly; suddenly shall he
be broken without remedy.
16 These six things doth the
Lorp hate: yea, seven are an
abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, 2a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent
blood, :
18 An heart that deviseth wicked
imaginations, feet that be swift in
running to mischief,
19 “A false witness that speaketh
lies, and he that soweth discord
among brethren.
20 My son, ¢keep thy father’s
‘commandment, and forsake not the
law of thy mother:
21 «Bind them continually upon
‘thine heart, and tie them about thy] ¢ roe oo
peaciet sa.27.12.
22 fWhen thou goest, it shall lead|¢ Prov.1.8;
thee; when thou sleepest, it shall] Eph.6.1.
keep thee; and when thou awakest,| , poy 3 3;
it shall talk with thee. 73.
23. &For the commandment jis a
a Psa.120.2,3.
6 Isa.59.7;
Rom.3.15.
lamp; and the law is light; and J Prov-3.23,24.
reproofs of instruction are the way} ¢ Psa.19.8;
-of life: 119.105.
24 To keep thee from the evil
woman, from the flattery of the
‘tongue of a strange woman.
25 ‘Lust not after her beauty in jEx.22.1,4
‘thine heart; neither let her take ig sacs
thee with her eyelids. k Prov.4.4;
26 For by means of a whorish| 1<v185i
‘woman a man is brought to a o"%
‘piece of bread: and the adulteress| / Deut.6.8.
will *hunt for the precious life. m Job 24.15
27 Can a man take fire in his bo- Fok
som, and his clothes not be burned?|7 1 Tim.5.13;
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and| Tit-2-5-
his feet not be burned? o Psa.12.2.
29 So he that goeth in to his
p Heb. sud-
denly,
h Mt.5.28.
¢ Ezk.13.18.
neighbour’s wife; whosoever touch-
eth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if
he steal to satisfy his soul when he
‘is hungry;
31 But if he be found, she shall
restore sevenfold; he shail give all
the substance of his house.
32 But whoso committeth adul-
‘tery with a woman lacketh under-
standing: he that doeth it de-
stroyeth his own soul.
33 A wound and dishonour shall
he get; and his reproach shall not
be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a
‘man: therefore he will not spare in
the day of vengeance.
35 He will not regard any ran-
som; neither will he rest content,
‘though thou givest many gifts.
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PROVERBS.
B.C. 1000.
[7 2
CHAPTER 7.
(To sons, concluded.)
MY son, keep my words, and lay
up my commandments with
thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and
live; and my law as the apple of
thine eye.
3 /Bind them upon thy fingers,
write them upon the table of thine
heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my
sister; and call understanding thy
kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from
the strange woman, from the stran-
ger which flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house
I looked through my casement,
7 And beheld among the simple
ones, I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding,
8 Passing through the street near
her corner; and he went the way
to her house,
9 ™In the twilight, in the evening,
in the black and dark night:
10 And, behold, there met him a
woman with the attire of an harlot,
and subtil of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn;
her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now is she without, now in
the streets, and lieth in wait at
every corner. )
13 So she caught him, and kissed
him, and with an impudent face
said unto him,
14 I have peace-offerings with
me; this day have I payed my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet
thee, diligently to seek thy face,
and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with
coverings of tapestry, with carved
works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with
myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon,
18 Come, let us take our fill of
love until the morning: let us solace
ourselves with loves.
19 For the goodman jis not at
home, he is gone a long jovérney:
20 He hath taken a bag of money
with him, and will come home at
the day appointed.
21 With her much fair speech she
caused him to yield, “with the flat-
tering of her lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her ’straight-
way, as an ox goeth to the slaugh-
ter, or as a fool to the correction of
the stocks;
7 23] PROVERBS. [8 34
23 Till a dart strike through his
liver; ¢as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is
for his life.
24 Hearken unto me now there-
fore, O ye children, and attend to ithose that seek me early shall find
the words of my mouth. me.
25 Let not thine heart decline to 18 JRiches and honour are with
her ways, go not astray in her|, 912, |me; yea, durable riches and right-
paths. eousness.
26 For she hath cast down many)? Neh.13.26. 19 My fruit zs better than gold,
wounded: yea, 'many strong men! rep. Sheos, |yea, than fine gold; and my rev-
B.C. 1000. 15 “By me kings reign, and
princes decree justice.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles,
even all the judges of the earth.
17 *I love them that love me; and
have been slain by, her. See Hab.2.5, enue than choice silver.
27 Her house is the way to ¢hell,| note. 20 I lead in the way of righteous-
ok down to the chambers of/gep tne |mess, in the midst of the paths of
eath. CHAPTER’ 8 ebomins- judgment:
10n Of m
ape ar | eee he eae ae
analy % mea g Rak, See 4.5,7; 16.16. Mee an amis treasures. ’
not wisdomcry?andunder- ; 2 e LorpD possessed Ime in
D standing put forth her voice?|* ioe the beginning of his way, before his
2 She standeth in the top of high} 119.127. works of old.
places, by the way in the places of P0199, 23 ‘I was set up from everlasting,
the paths. pera from the beginning, or ever the
3 She crieth at the gates, at the earth was.
ha ie city, at the coming in|: Dantas 24 ee oy teat ie rs depths, I
: “*3-2+ | was brought forth; when there were
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my]; 1Sam.2.30; |no fountains abounding with water.
es is to the ce Se ae 5 a Tees aot ss : i Ered iye hey
ye simple, understand wis- “**+ Isettled, before e hills was
dom: and, ye fools, be ye of an} i Jas.1.5. brought forth:
understanding heart. ¥ : 26 While as yet he had not made
6 Hear; for I will speak of excel-|/ fyeg33.* the earth, nor the fields, nor the
lent things; and the opening of my highest part of the dust of the world.
lips shall be right things. Wes eese! 27 When he prepared the heavens,
7 Formy mouth shall speak truth; John 4.1: I was there: when he set a compass
and wickedness zs dan abomination| | Psa.2.6. upon the face of the depth:
to my lips. 28 When he established the clouds
8 All the words of my mouth are|” Job 15.7.8. |above: when he strengthened the
in righteousness; there is nothing|nGen.1.9,10; |fountains of the deep:
froward or perverse in them. Job 38.10,11; | 29 When he gave to the sea his
9 They are all plain to him that tere 5, |decree, that the waters should not
understandeth, and right to them] 22..'° ~° |pass his commandment: °when he
_-that find knowledge. appointed the foundations of the
10 Receive my instruction, and|? J» 38-+- earth:
not silver: and knowledge rather} John 1.1,2,18. 30 ?Then I was by him, as one
than choice gold. brought up with him: Yand I was
11 ¢For wisdom is better than ru-|?Mt347: — |daily Ais delight, rejoicing always
bies; and all the things that may be before him; | ‘
desired are not to be compared to it, |r Psa-16.3. 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence,} . p...419.1,2; of his earth; and ‘my delights were
and find out knowledge of witty in-| 128.1,2; Uk, |with the sons of men.
ventions. 11,28. 32 Now therefore hearken unto
13 fThe fear of the LorD is to me, O ye children: for ‘blessed are
hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, |they that keep my ways.
and the evil way, and the froward 33 Hear instruction, and be wise,
mouth, do I hate. and refuse it not.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound 34 Blessed is the man that hear-
eth me, watching daily at my gates,
wisdom: I am understanding; I 1 n
waiting at the posts of my doors.
have strength.
1 That wisdom is more than the personification of an attribute of God, or of the
will of God as best for man, but is a distinct adumbration of Christ, is sure to the
devout mind. Prov. 8. 22-36, with John 1. 1-3; Col. 1. 17, can refer to nothing less
than the Eternal Son of God,
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8 35]
35 For whoso findeth me findeth| B.c. 1000.
life, and shall obtain favour of the
Lorp. tH i
36 But he that sinneth against
me wrongeth his own soul: all they
that hate me love death.
CHAPTER 9.
(The praise of wisdom,
continued.)
ISDOM hath 4builded her
house, she hath hewn out pes Pe
her seven pillars: Tsa.55-1;
2 She hath killed her beasts; she} John 6.27,
hath mingled her wine; she hath dMt.7.6
also furnished her table. 1s
3 She hath sent forth her maid-|e Psa.141.5.
ens: she crieth upon the highest f Psa.19.9
places of the city, motes
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn
in hither: as for him that wanteth|® Fbséan
understanding, she saith to him, ee
5 *Come, eat of my bread, and|A Prov.20.17.
drink of the wine which I have i Prova.1s:
mingled. ray fee pane
6 Forsake the foolish, and live;] _
and go in the way of understanding. |/ pkg El a
7 He that reproveth a scorner get-| § note.’
teth to himself shame: and he that
rebuketh a wicked man getteth Ne Beye
himself a blot. 19.13; 29.3,
8 ¢Reprove not a scorner, lest he] 15.
hate thee: ‘rebuke a wise man, and 1 Pas 1014s
he will love thee. 34.9,10:
9 Give instruction to a wise} 37.25.
man, and he will be yet wiser: teach ?
a just man, and he will increase in}""9y'5)° ~~"?
learning.
10 The ‘fear of the Lorp is the Syaas :
beginning of wisdom: and the| “’>
knowledge of the holy is under-]o Psa.112.6,
standing. Eccl.8.10.
11 For by me thy days shall bel» sep. 2 fool
multiplied, and the years of thy life| of dips.
shall be increased. 1 Cor 13.7
12 4If thou be wise, thou shalt be|%* “°%73:7+
wise for thyself: but if thou scorn-|r Prov.18.11;
est, thou alone shalt bear it. poh oh
13 A foolish woman is clamorous:} 4 ‘tim.¢.17,
she 1s simple, and knoweth nothing.
14 For she sitteth at the door of
her house, on a seat in the high
places of the city,
15 Tocall passengers who go right
on their ways:
_16 Whoso is simple, let him turn
in hither:- and as for him that}
1A “fool’? in Scripture is never a mentally deficient person, but rather one arro-
one who orders his life as if there were no God. See, for
The rich man was not mentally deficient, but he was
gant and self-sufficient;
illustration, Lk. 12. 16-20.
PROVERBS.
[10 15 '
wanteth understanding, she saith
to him,
17 "Stolen waters are sweet, and
bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not. that the
tdead are there; &nd that her
guests are in the depths of hell.
CHAPTER 10.
Part III. The folly of wickedness;
the wisdom of righteousness.
HE proverbs of Solomon. 7A
& wise son maketh a glad father:
but a lfoolish son is the heaviness
of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit
nothing: but righteousness deliver-
eth from death.
3 'The Lorp will not suffer the
soul of the righteous to famish: but
he casteth away the substance of
the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth
witha slack hand: “but the hand of
the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is
a wise son: but he that sleepeth in
harvest 1s a son that causeth
shame.
6 Blessings are upon the head of
the just: “but violence covereth the
mouth of the wicked.
7 °The memory of the just is
blessed: but the name of the wicked
shall rot.
8 The wise in heart will receive
commandments: but %a prating
fool shall fall.
9 He that walketh uprightly
walketh surely: but he that per-
verteth his ways shall be known.
10 He that winketh with the eye
causeth sorrow: but a prating fool
shall fall.
11 The mouth of a righteous man
is a well of life: but violence cover-
eth the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but
Move covereth all sins.
13 In the lips of him that hath un-
derstanding wisdom is found: but
a rod is for the back of him that is
lyoid of understanding.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge:
but the mouth of the foolish is near
destruction.
15 7’The rich man’s wealth is. his
a “fool” because he supposed that his soul could live on the things in the barn,
giving no thought to his eternal wellbeing.
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10 16].
strong city: the destruction of the
poor is their poverty,
16 The labour of the righteous
tendeth to life: the fruit of the
wicked to sin.
17 He is in the way of life that
keepeth instruction: but he that re-
fuseth reproof erreth.
18 He that hideth hatred with
lying lips, and he that uttereth a
slander, is a fool.
19 In the multitude of words
there wanteth not sin: “but he that
refraineth his lips zs wise.
20 The tongue of the just is as
choice silver: the heart of the
wicked is little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed|¢ Jas.3.2.
many: but fools die for want of}; Gen.24.35;
wisdom. 26.12;
22 >The blessing of the LorD, it} Psa-37-22
maketh rich, and he addeth no}, pya 145.19;
Mt.5.6;
1 John 5.14,
15.
sorrow with it.
23 It is as sport to a fool to do
mischief: but a man of understand-
ing hath wisdom.
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall
come upon him: “but the desire of
the righteous shall be granted.
25 As the whirlwind passeth, so
is the wicked no more: 4but the
righteous 7s an everlasting founda-
tion.
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as
smoke to the eyes, so is the slug-
gard to them that send him,
27 The fear of the LORD pro-
longeth days: but the years of the} Prov.10.2;
wicked shall be shortened. pete
28 The hope of the righteous ESTEE
shail be gladness: but the expecta-| i See 1 Ki.
tion of the wicked shall perish. 8.61, note.
29 The way of the LORD 1S} ; 40s.10.12;
strength to the upright: but de-|” Gal.6.8,9;”
struction shall be to the workers| Jas3.18.
of iniquity.
30 fThe righteous shall never be
removed: but the wicked shall not
inhabit the earth.
31 The mouth of the just bringeth
forth wisdom: but the froward
tongue shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know
what is acceptable: but the mouth
of the wicked speaketh froward-
ness.
d v.30; Psa.
15.5; Mt.7
24,25.
e Psa.19.9,
note.
f Psa.37.22,
29; 125.1.
g Prov.16.11;
20.10,23;
Lev.19.35,
13-16.
CHAPTER 11.
(The contrast of righteousness
and wickedness, continued.)
8 A FALSE baiance is abomina-
tion to the LorpD:-but a just
weight is his delight.
2 When pride cometh, then com- Fa
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[11 21
eth shame; but with the lowly is:
wisdom. .
3 The integrity of the upright
shall guide them: but the perverse-
ness of transgressors shall destroy
them.
4 Riches profit not in the day of
wrath: but righteousness delivereth
from death.
5 The righteousness of the “*per-
fect shall direct his way: but the
wicked shall fall by his own
wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the up-
right shall deliver them: but trans-
gressors shall be taken in their own
naughtiness.
7 When a wicked man dieth, his
expectation shall perish: and the
hope of unjust men perisheth.
8 The righteous is delivered out
of trouble, and the wicked cometh
in his stead.
9 An hypocrite with his mouth
destroyeth his neighbour: but
through knowledge shall the just
be delivered.
10 When it goeth well with the
righteous, the city rejoiceth: and
when the wicked perish, there is
shouting.
11 By the blessing of the upright
the city is exalted: but it is over-
thrown by the mouth of the wicked.
12 He that is void of wisdom de-
spiseth his neighbour: but a man
of understanding holdeth his peace.
13 A talebearer revealeth secrets:
but he that is of a faithful spirit
concealeth the matter.
14. Where no counsel is, the peo:
ple fall: but in the multitude of
counsellors there is safety.
15 He that is surety for a stranger
shall smart for it; and he that
hateth suretiship is sure.
16 A gracious woman retaineth
honour: and strong men retain
riches.
17 The merciful man doeth good
to his own soul: but he that is
cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18 The wicked worketh a deceit-
ful work: but to him /that soweth
righteousness shali be a sure re-
ward,
19 As righteousness tendeth to
life: so he that pursueth evil pur-
sueth it to his own death.
20 They that are of a froward
heart are abomination to the LORD:
but such as are upright in their
way are his delight.
21 Though hand join in hand,
the wicked shall not be unpunished:
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but °the seed of the righteous shall| B.c. 1000._|is of a perverse heart shall be de- _
be delivered. :
22 As a jewel of gold in 2 swine’s
snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion. i
23 The desire of the righteous is
only good: but the expectation of
the wicked is wrath. 3
24 There is that scattereth, and
yet increaseth; and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, but
it tendeth to poverty.
25 >The liberal soul shall be made
fat: and he that watereth shall be a Pea.112.2
watered also himself. i? age
26 ‘He that withholdeth corn, the/» 2 Cor.9.
people shall curse him: but blessing} ©10-
shall be upon the head of him that}, amos 8.5,6.
selleth it.
27 He that diligently seeketh/¢ Fes-2i38
good procureth favour: but he that) 7°**
seeketh mischief, it shall come unto] c Psa.1.3;
him. $2.8: 92.12;
28 He that 4trusteth in his riches} J&-178-
shall fall: but ‘the righteous shall| fDan.12.3;
flourish as a branch. bast rias
29 He that troubleth his own seas
house shall inherit the wind: and|¢ Prov.31.23;
the fool shall be servant to the| 1 Cor-11.7.
wise of heart. h Psa.37.36,
30 The fruit of the righteous is a
tree of life; and fhe that winneth Petra
souls 7s wise. 9
31 Behold, the righteous shall be] i Deut.25.4.
recompensed in the earth: much
more the wicked and the sinner. |7 S¢2-3-19-
k Prov.3.7;
CHAPTER 12. Lk.18.11.
{The contrast of righteousness TEROY Aes
and wickedness, continued.) ie
VV oso loveth instruction lov- arene ed
= ee poate par he that] 22.15:
ateth reproof is brutish.
2 A good man obtaineth favour|” Prev-10-4-
of the Lorp: but a man of wicked|o Prov.15.13.
devices will he condemn. ease
3 A man shall not be established|? 18-5°-4-
by wickedness: but the root of the
righteous shall not be moved.
4 A &virfuous woman is a crown
to her husband: but she that mak-
eth ashamed is as rottenness in his
bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous
are right: but the counsels of the
wicked are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are to
lie in wait for blood: but the mouth
of the upright shall deliver them. |
The wicked are overthrown,
and are not: but the house of the
tighteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended ac-
cording to his wisdom: but he that
680
37; Prov.11.
spised. ‘
9 He that is despised, and hatha
servant, is better than he that hon-
oureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 *A righteous man regardeth
the life of his beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11 JHe that tilleth his land shall
be satisfied with bread: but he that
followeth vain persons is void of
understanding.
12 The wicked desireth the net of
evil men: but the root of the right-
eous yieldeth fruit.
13 The wicked is snared by the
transgression of Ais lips: but the
|just shall come out of trouble.
14 A man shall be satisfied with
good by the fruit of his mouth: and
the recompence of a man’s hands
shall be rendered unto him.
15 *The way of a fool is right in
his own eyes: but he that hearken-
eth unto counsel is wise.
16 A fool’s wrath is presently
known: but a prudent man cover-
eth shame.
17 He that speaketh truth shew-
eth forth righteousness: but a false
witness deceit.
18 There is that speaketh like the
piercings of a sword: but the tongue
of the wise is health.
19 The lip of truth shall be estab-
lished for ever: but /a lying tongue
is but for a moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them
that imagine evil: but to the coun-
sellors of peace is joy.
21 There shall no evil happen to
the just: but the wicked shall be
filled with mischief.
22 ™Lying lips are abomination
to the Lorp: but they that deal
truly are his delight.
23 A prudent man concealeth
knowledge: but the heart of fools
proclaimeth foolishness,
24 "The hand of the diligent shall
bear rule: but the slothful shall be
under tribute.
| 25 °Heaviness in the heart of man
maketh it stoop: /but a good word
\maketh it glad.
26 The righteous fs more excel-
lent than his neighbour: but the
way of the wicked seduceth them.
27 The slothful man roasteth not
that which he took in hunting: but
the substance of a diligent man is
precious.
28 In the way of righteousness is
\life; and in the pathway thereof
there is no death.
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CHAPTER 13.
(The contrast of righteousness
and wickedness, continued.)
WISE son heareth his father’s
instruction: but 2a _ scorner
heareth not rebuke.
2 A man shall eat good by the
fruit of his mouth: but the soul of
the transgressors shall eat violence.
3 Hethat keepeth his mouth keep-
eth his life: but he that openeth
wide his lips shall have destruction.
4 The soul of the sluggard de-
sireth, and Aath nothing: but the
aay of the diligent shall be made|4 1 Sam.2.25.
at. b Prov.10.4.
5 A righteous man hateth lying: of
but a wicked man is loathsome,}|°¢ eed
and cometh to shame. oe
6 ‘Righteousness keepeth Ahim/|d Prov.12.9.
that is upright in the way: but Se ony.
wickedness overthroweth the sin-|° job is.5.6;
ner. 21.17.
7 @There is that maketh himself
rich, yet hath nothing: there is
that maketh himself poor, yet hath|g Heb. with
great riches. the hand.
8 The ransom of a man’s life are]; Heb.
his riches: but the poor heareth| spreadeth.
not rebuke.
9 The light of the righteous re-
joiceth: “but the ‘lamp of the
wicked shall be put out.
10 Only by pride cometh conten-
tion: but with the well advised is
wisdom.
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall
be diminished: but he that gather-
eth &by labour shall increase..
12 Hope deferred maketh the
heart sick: but when the desire
cometh, it is a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word
shall be destroyed: but he that fear-
eth the commandment shall be re-
warded.
14 The law of the wise is a foun-
tain of life, to depart from the
snares of death,
15 Good understanding giveth fa-
your: but the way of transgressors
is hard.
16 Every prudent man dealeth
with knowledge: but a fool “layeth
open his folly.
17 A wicked messenger falleth
into mischief: but a faithful am-
bassador is health.
18 Poverty and shame shall be
to him that refuseth instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof shall
be honoured. i §
19 The desire accomplished is
j Or, candle.
# Prov.28.8;
Job 27.16,
17; Eccl.
2.26,
j Prov.19.18;
29.15,17.
k Psa.19.9,
note.
1 Prov.10.23.
m Heb. the
bitterness
n Rom.6.21.
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of his soul.
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sweet to the soul: but it is abomi-
nation to fools to depart from evil.
20 He that, walketh with wise
men shall be wise: but a companion.
of fools shall be destroyed.
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to:
|the righteous good shall be repayed.
22 Agood man leaveth an inheri-
tance to his children’s children:
and the wealth of the sinner is laid
up for the just.
23 Much food is in the tillage of
the poor: but there is that is de-
stroyed for want of judgment.
24 JHe that spareth his rod hateth
his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
25 The righteous eateth to the
satisfying of his soul: but the belly
of the wicked shall want.
CHAPTER 14:
(The contrast of goodness and .
evil, continued.)
VERY wise woman buildeth
her house: but the foolish
plucketh it down with her hands.
2 He that walketh in his upright-
ness *feareth the LorpD: but he:
that is perverse in his ways de-
spiseth him.
3 In the mouth of the foolish ss:
./a rod of pride: but the lips of the
wise shall preserve them.
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is
clean: but much increase 1s by the
strength of the ox.
5 A faithful witness will not lie:
but a false witness will utter lies.
6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and
findeth it not: but knowledge is
easy unto him that understandeth.
7 Go from the presence of a fool-
ish man, when thou perceivest not
in him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the prudent 1s to
understand his way: but the folly
of fools 1s deceit.
9 !Fools make a mock at sin: but
among the righteous there 1s fa-
vour.
10 ™The heart knoweth his own
‘bitterness; and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with his joy.
11 The house of the wicked shall
be overthrown: but the tabernacle
of the upright shall flourish.
12 There is a way which seemeth
right unto a man, but "the end
thereof are the ways of death.
13 Even in laughter the heart is
sorrowful; and the end of that
mirth zs heaviness.
14 The backslider in heart shall
14 15]
be 4filled with his own ways: and
a good man shall be satisfied from
himself.
15 The simple believeth every
word: but the prudent man looketh
well to his going.
16 A wise man feareth, and de-
parteth from evil: but the fool
rageth, and is confident.
17 He that is soon angry dealeth
foolishly: and a man of wicked de-
vices is hated.
18 The simple inherit folly: but
the prudent are crowned with
knowledge.
19 The evil bow before the good;
and the wicked at the gates of the
righteous. .
20 The poor is hated even of his
own néighbour: “but the rich hath
many friends. ‘
21 He that despiseth his neigh-
bour sinneth: but he that hath
mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22 Do they not err that devise
evil? but mercy and truth shall be
to them that devise good.
23 In all labour there is profit:
but the talk of the lips tendeth
only to penury.
24 The crown of the wise zs their
riches: but the foolishness of fools
is folly.
25 A true witness delivereth souls:
but a deceitful witnessspeaketh lies.
26 In the ‘fear of the Lorp is
‘strong confidence: and his children
shall have a place of refuge.
27 The 4fear of the LorpD is a
fountain of life, to depart from the
snares of death,
28 In the multitude of people is
the king’s honour but in the want
of people zs the destruction of the
prince.
29 ¢He that is slow to wrath is of
great understanding. but he that
is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30 A sound heart is the life of the
flesh: but envy the rottenness of
the bones.
31 fHe that oppresseth the poor
reproacheth his Maker; but he that
honoureth him hath mercy on the
poor
32 The wicked is driven away in
his wickedness. but the righteous
hath hope in his death.
33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of
him that hath understanding: but
that which is in the midst of fools
is made known.
34 Righteousness exalteth a na-
tion: but sin is a reproach to any
people.
PROVERBS.
B.C. 1000.
a Prov.1.31.
12.14,
b Heb. many
are the
lovers of the
rich,
c Also, Prov
15.16, Psa.19.
9, note.
d Prov.13.14.
e Prov.16.32,
Jas.1.19.
f Prov.17.5,
Mt.25.40,45,
g Mt.24.45,47.
h Prov.25.15,
Jud.8.1-3.
¢1Sam.25.
10, 1 Ki.12,
13-16.
J Heb. belch-
eth.
k Prov.5.21,
Heb.4.13.
1 Prov.21.27,
28.9; Isa.
1.11; 61.8,
66.3, Jer.6.
20, 7 22;
Amos 5.22.
m Heb. Sheol.
See Hab. 2,
5, note.
Job 26.6;
Psa.139.8.
n Prov.17.22.
o Prov.16.8;
Psa.37.16;
1 Tim.6.6.
p Prov.17.1
682
j CHAPTER 15.
Sees 23
35 &The king’s 36 PThe angie seuaiecs tower is ‘oad a
wise servant: but his wrath is
against him that causeth shame.
(The contrast of goodness and
evil, continued.)
‘SOFT answer turneth away
wrath: ‘but grievous words |
stir up anger. 4
2 The tongue of the wise useth
knowledge aright: but the mouth
of fools Jpoureth out foolishness.
3 °E ye re in
cvery/ofice Bbaottind & tne il and
the good
4A wholesome tongue 1s a tree
of life: but perverseness therein is
a breach in the spirit.
5 A fool despiseth his father’s in-
struction: but he that regardeth
reproof is prudent. }
6 In the house of the righteous is
much treasure: but in the revenues
of the wicked is trouble.
7 The lips of the wise disperse
knowledge: but the heart of the
foolish doeth not so.
8 'The sacrifice of the wicked is
an abomination to the LorpD: but
the prayer of the upright is his
delight.
9 The way of the wicked is an
abomination unto the LorD: but
he loveth him that followeth after
righteousness.
10 Correction is grievous unto
him that forsaketh the way: and he
that hateth reproof shall die.
11 Hell and destruction are be-
fore the LORD: how much more then
the hearts of the children of men?
12 A scorner loveth not one that
reproveth him neither will he go
unto the wise.
13 "A merry heart “maketh a
cheerful countenance: but by sor.
row of the heart the spirit is broken,
14 The heart of him that hath
understanding seeketh knowledge:
but the mouth of fools feedeth on
foolishness.
15 All the days of the afflicted are
evil. but he that is of a merry heart
hath a continual feast.
16 Better ss little with the fear of
the LorpD than great treasure and
trouble therewith.
17 Better zs a dinner of herbs
where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
18 A wrathful man stirreth up
strife but he that is slow to anger
appeaseth strife,
15 19]
19 The way of the slothful man is
~ as an hedge of thorns: but the way
of the righteous is made plain.
20 A wise son maketh a glad
father: but a foolish man despiseth
his mother.
21 Folly is joy to him that is
destitute of wisdom: ¢but a man of
understanding walketh uprightly.
22 Without counsel purposes are
disappointed: but in the multitude
of counsellors they are established.
23 Aman hath joy by the answer
of his mouth: and a word spoken
in due season, how good is it!
24 >The way of life is above to
the wise, that he may depart from
chell beneath.
25 The Lorp will destroy the
house of the proud: but he will
establish the border of the widow.:
26 The thoughts of the wicked
are an abomination to the Lorb:
but the words of the pure are
pleasant words.
27 4He that is greedy of gain trou-
bleth his own house; but he that
hateth gifts shall live.
28 The heart of the righteous
€studieth to answer: but the mouth
of the wicked poureth out evil
things.
29 The LorpD is far from the
wicked: but he heareth the prayer
of the righteous.
30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth
the heart: and a good report mak-
eth the bones fat.
31 The ear that heareth the re-
proof of life abideth among the
wise.
32 He that refuseth instruction
despiseth his own soul: but he that
_heareth reproof getteth under-
standing.
33 The ffear of the LorpD is the
instruction of wisdom; and. before
honour is humility.
CHAPTER 16.
(The contrast of goodness and
evil, continued.)
pel preparations of the heart in
man, and the answer of the
tongue, is from the LORD.
2 All the ways of a man are clean
in his own eyes; but the LORD)
gweigheth the spirits.
3 tkCommit thy works unto the
Lorp, and thy thoughts shall be
established.
4 'The Lorp hath made all
things for himself: 7yea, even the
wicked for the day of evil.
PROVERBS.
a Eph.5.15.
6 Phil.3.20;
Col.3.1,2.
c Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.
5, note.
d Isa.5.8,
Jer.17.11,
e 1 Pet.3.15.
f Psa.19.9,
note.
g 1 Sam.16.7.
h Heb. roll.
1 Isa.43.7;
Rom.11.36.
J Job 21.30;
Rom.9:22.
k Prov.6.17;
8.13.
1 Prov.15.16;
Psa.37.16.
m Prov.20.24;
Psa.37.23;
Jer.10.23.
n Heb. divina-
tion.
o Job 29.23;
Zech.10.1.
pb Prov.8.11,
19.
gq Psa.2.12,
note.
B.C 1000.
[16 26
5 kEvery one that is proud in
heart ss an abomination to the
Lorp: though hand join im hand,
he shall not be unpunished.
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is
purged: and by the fear of the LORD
men depart from evil.
7 When a man’s ways please the
LorbD, he maketh even his enemies
to be at peace with him.
8 ‘Better sa little with righteous-
ness than great revenues without
right.
9 A man’s heart deviseth his
way: ™but the Lorp directeth his
steps.
10 A divine sentence is in the lips
of the king: his mouth transgress-
eth not in judgment.
11 A just weight and balance are
\the Lorp’s: all the weights of the
bag are his work.
12 It isan abomination to kings to
commit wickedness: for the throne
is established by righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight
of kings; and they love him that
speaketh right.
14 The wrath of a king Is as
messengers of death: but a wise
man will pacify it.
15 In the light of the king’s coun-
tenance is life; and his favour is as
°a cloud of the latter rain.
16 *How much better is it to get
wisdom than gold! and to get un-
derstanding rather to be chosen
than silver!
17 The highway of the upright 1s
ito depart from evil: he that keepeth
his way preserveth his soul. :
18 Pride goeth before destruction,
and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better it is to be of an humble
spirit with the lowly, than to divide
the spoil with the proud.
20 He that handleth a matter
wisely shall find good: and whoso
atrusteth in the LoRD, happy is he.
21 The wise in heart shall be
called prudent: and the sweetness
of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a wellspring
of life unto him that hath it: but
the instruction of fools is folly.
23. The heart of the wise teacheth
his mouth, and addeth learning to
his lips.
24 Pleasant words are as an
honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and
health to the bones.
! 95 There is a way that seemeth
\right unto a man, but the end there-
‘of are the ways of death.
| 26 He that laboureth laboureth
evil: and in his lips there is as a
burning fire. ‘
28 A froward man soweth strife:
and 2a whisperer separateth chief
friends. 3 4
29 A violent man enticeth his
neighbour, and leadeth him into the
way that is not good. L
30 He shutteth his eyes to devise
froward things: moving his lips he
’ bringeth evil to pass.
31 The hoary head is a crown of
glory, if it be found in the way of|» Prov.20.29.
righteousness.
32 He that is slow to anger is
better than the mighty; and he d Prov 27-213
a Prov.17.9.
that ruleth his spirit than he that 26.25
; Jer.17.10;
taketh a city. Mai.33.
33 The lot is cast into the lap;
but the whole disposing thereof sj ¢ Prov-14.31.
of the Lorn. f Job 31.29:
Oba,12.
CHAPTER 17. gHeb. held
(The contrast of goodness and | innccent.
evil, continued.)
BEtrER is a dry morsel, and
quietness therewith, than an
chouse full of sacrifices with strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule
over a son that causeth shame, and
shail have part of the inheritance
among the brethren.
3 ?The fining pot is for silver, and
the furnace for gold: but the Lorp k Prov.24.24;
trieth the hearts. Smaps
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to Vas
false lips; and a liar giveth ear to] / Jas.3.8.
a naughty tongue, m Prov.12.25;
15.13,15.
h Psa.127.3;
128.3.
t Hos.13.8,
j Psa.109.4,
5; Jer.18.20.
5 ¢‘Whoso mocketh the poor re-
proacheth his Maker: fand he that
is glad at calamities shall not be|"¥:743,) 4.
8unpunished. ); 19.4
6 Children’s children are the
crown of old men; and the glory of|? J#8-1-19.
children are their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becometh not
a fool: much less do lying lips a
prince.
8 A gift 1s as a precious stone in
the eyes of him that hath it: whith-
ersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
‘9 He that covereth a transgres-
sion seeketh love; but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very
friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into
@ wise man than an hundred stripes
into a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only re-
bellion: therefore a cruel messenger
shall be sent against him.
PROVERBS.
ci.e. feasting.
15.20; 19.13.
sz.
12 *Let a bear robbed of her
whelps meet a man, rather than a
fool in his folly. ;
13 JWhoso rewardeth evil for
good, evil shall not depart from his
house. fi DOG:
14 The beginning of strife is as
when one letteth out water: there-
fore leave off contention, before it
be meddled with.
15 “He that justifieth the wicked,
and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to
the LorpD.
16 Wherefore is there a price in
the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no heart to it?
17 A friend loveth at all times, and
a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding
striketh hands, and becometh
surety in the presence of his friend.
19 He loveth transgression that
loveth strife: and he that exalteth
his gate seeketh destruction.
20 He that hath a froward heart
findeth no good: /and he that hath a
perverse tongue falleth into mis-
chief,
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth
it to his sorrow: and the father of a
fool hath no joy.
22 ™A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift
out of the bosom to pervert the
ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him that
hath understanding; but the eyes of
a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 “A foolish son is a grief to his
father, and bitterness to her that
bare him.
26 Also to punish the just is not
good, mor to strike princes for
equity.
27 °He that hath knowledge spar-
eth his words: and a man of under-
standing is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth
his peace, is counted wise: and he
that shutteth his lips is esteemed
a man of understanding,
CHAPTER 18.
(The contrast of goodness and
evil, continued.)
"THROUGH desire a man, hay-
ing separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
2 A fool hath no delight in under-
standing, but that his heart may
discover itself,
18 3]
3 When the wicked cometh, then
cometh also contempt, and with i ig-
nominy reproach,
4 The words of a man’s mouth
are as deep waters, and the well-
spring of wisdom as a flowing
brook.
5 It 1s not good to accept the per-
son of the wicked, to overthrow the
Tightecus in judgment.
6 A fool’s lips enter into conten-
tion, and his mouth calleth for
strokes.
7 & focl’s mouth is his destruc-
tion, and his lips are the snare of
his soul.
8 The words of a “talebearer are
as wounds, and they go down into
the innermost parts of the belly.
9 He also that is slothful in his
work is brother to him that is a
great waster.
10 ‘The name of the LorD is a
strong tower: the righteous runneth
into it, and is safe.
ii The rich man’s wealth is his
strong city, and as an high wall in
his own conceit.
12 Before destruction the heart of
man is haughty, and before honour
is humility.
13 He that answereth a matter
¢before he heareth /t, it zs folly and
shame unto him.
14. The spirit of a man will sustain
his infirmity; but a wounded spirit
who can bear?
15 The heart of the prudent get-
teth knowledge; and the ear of the
wise seeketh knowledge.
16 ¢A man’s gift maketh room for
him, and bringeth him before great
men.
17 He that is first in his own
cause seemeth just; but his neigh-
bour cometh and searcheth him.
18 The lot causeth contentions
to cease, and parteth between the
mighty. ,
19 A brother offended is harder
to be won than a strong city: and
their contentions are like the bars
of a castle. ’
20 A man’s belly shall be satisfied
with the fruit of his mouth; and
with the increase of his lips shall
he be filled.
21 fDeath and life are in the
power of the tongue: and they that
love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22 &Whoso findeth a wife findeth
a good thing, and obtaineth favour
of the LORD.
23 The poor useth intreaties; but
the rich answereth “roughly.
PROVERBS.
ce Or, whis-
perer.
6 Or, like as
when men
are
wounded.
¢ 2 Sam.22.3,
51; Psa.18.
2; 61.3,4;
91.2; 144.2.
d John 7.51.
e Prov.17.8;
21.14; Gen.
32.20; 1 Sam.
25.27.
f Mt.12.37.
g Prov.19.14;
31.10.
h Jas.2.3.
# Prov.17.17.
j Prov.14.20.
kv.9; Prov.6.
29% "91. 28; Ex.
23:13 Deut.
19.16,19.
1 Prov.17.8;
18.16; 21.14.
m Hos.14.5.
n Prov.18.22.
o LE.10.28;
11.28.
pb Prov.28.27;
Eccl.11.1;
Mt.10.42;
25.40; 2 Cor.
9.6-8; Heb.
6.10.
B.C. 1000.
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24 Aman that hath friends must
shew himself friendly: and ‘there
is a friend that sticketh closer than
a brother.
CHAPTER 19.
(The contrast of goodness and
evil, continued.)
BETTER is the poor that walk-
eth in his integrity, than he
that is perverse in his lips, and is
a fool.
2 Also, that the soul be without
knowledge, it is not good; and he
that hasteth with Ais feet sinneth.
3 The foolishness of man pervert-
eth his way: and his heart fretteth
against the Lorp,
4 JWealth maketh many friends;
but the poor is separated from his
neighbour.
5 *A false witness shall not be un-
punished, and he that speaketh lies
shall not escape.
6 Many will intreat the favour of
the prince: and ‘every man is a
friend to him that giveth gifts.
7 All the brethren of the poor do
hate him: how much more do his
friends go far from him? he pursu-
eth them with words, yet they are
wanting to him.
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth
his own soul: he that keepeth un-
derstanding shall find good.
9 A false witness shall not be un-
punished, and he that speaketh lies
shall perish.
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool;
much less for a servant to have rule
over princes.
11 The discretion of a man defer-
reth his anger; and it is his glory
jto pass over a transgression.
;, 12 Theking’s wrath is as the roar-
ing of a lion; but his favour is “as
dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of
\his father: and the contentions of a
wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the in-
theritance of fathers: and "a pru-
dent wife is from the LorD.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep
sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer
hunger.
16 °Hethatkeepeth the command-
ment keepeth his ownsoul; but he
that despiseth his ways shall die.
17 ?He that hath pity upon the
poor lendeth unto the LorpD; and
that which he hath given will he
pay him again. ‘
18 Chasten thy son while there is
ait
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hope, and let not thy soul spare for
his crying.
19 A man of great wrath shall suf-
fer punishment: for if thou deliver
hirn, yet thou must do it again.
20 Hear counsel, and receive in-
struction, that thou mayest be wise
in thy latter end. ’ d
21 “There are many devices in a
man’s heart; nevertheless the coun-
sel of the Lorpb, that shall stand.
22 The desire of a man Js his kind-
ness: and a poor man rs better than
a liar.
23 >The fear of the LorD tendeth
to life: and he that hath it shall
abide satisfied; he shall not be vis-
ited with evil.
24 Aslothful man hideth his hand
in his bosom, and will not so much
as bring it to his mouth again.
25 Smite ascorner, and the simple
cwill beware: and reprove one that
hath understanding, and he will
understand knowledge.
26 He that wasteth his father,
and chaseth away his mother, is a
son that causeth shame, and
bringeth reproach.
27 Cease, my son, to hear the in-
struction that causeth to err from
the words of knowledge.
28 An ungodly witness scorneth
judgment: and the mouth of the
wicked devoureth iniquity.
29 -Judgments are prepared for
scorners, and stripes for the back
of fools.
CHAPTER 20.
Part IV. Warnings and instruc-
tions.
INE 4¢is a mocker, strong
drink is raging: and whoso-
ever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2 The fear of a king is as the roar-
ing of a lion: whoso provoketh him
to anger sinneth against his own
soul.
3 It is an honour for a man to
cease from strife: but every fool will
be meddling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by
reason of the cold; therefore shall
he beg in.harvest, and have nothing.
5 ‘Counsel in the heart of man is
like deep water; but a man of un-
Gerstending will draw it out.
6 fMost men will proclaim every
one his own goodness: but a faith-
ful man who can find?
‘7 &The just man walketh in his
integrity: his children are blessed
after him,
PROVERBS.
B.C. 1000.
a Prov.16.1,9;
Job 23.13;
Psa.33.10,11;
Isa.14.26,27;
46.10;
Acts 5.39;
Heb.6.17.
b Psa.19.9,
note.
c Heb. wull be
cunning
d Prov.23.29,
30, Gen.9.21,
Isa.28.7;
Hos.4.11.
é Prov.18.4,
f Prov.25 14;
Mt.6.2, Lk.
18.11.
g 2 Cor.1.12.
h1 Ki.8.46;
2 Chr.6.36;
Job 9.30; 14.
4; Psa.51.5;
Ecci.7.20;
1 John 1.8.
t v.23; Prov.
Lith; 26.143
Deut.25.13;
Mic.6.10,11.
Heb.a stone
and a stone.
j Heb. an
ephah and
an ephah.
& Prov.3.15;
8.11; Job 28.
12,16-19,
2 Rom.16.18.
m Ex.21.17;
Lev.20.9;
Mt.15.4.
n Prov.24.20;
Job 18.5,6.
o Prov.28.20.
b Hab.2.6.
gq Prov.17.13;
1 Thes.5.15;
1 Pet.3.9.
r 2 Sam.16.12,
51 Cor.2.11,
(20 29
8 Aking that sitteth in the throne
of judgment scattereth away all —
evil with his eyes.
9 kWho can say, I have made my
heart clean, I am pure from my
sin? :
10 ‘Divers weights, and Jdivers
measures, both of them are alike
abomination to the Lorp.
11 Even a child is known by his
doings, whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing
eye, the LorD hath made even both
of them.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come
to poverty; open thine eyes, and
thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 Jtrsnaught, 1t is naught, saith
the buyer: but when he is gone his
way, then he boasteth.
15 There is gold, and a multitude
of rubies: *but the lips of knowledge
are a precious jewel.
16 Take his garment that is
surety for a stranger: and take a
pledge of him for a strange woman.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a
man; but afterwards his mouth
shall be filled with gravel.
18 Every purpose is established
by counsel: and with good advice
make war.
19 He that goeth about as a tale-
bearer revealeth secrets: therefore
meddle not with him ‘that flatter-
eth with his lips.
20 ™Whoso curseth his father or
his mother, “his lamp shall be put
out in obscure darkness.
21 °An inheritance may be gotten
hastily at the beginning; *but the
end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recom-
pense evil; but rwait on the Lorpb,
and he shall save thee.
23 Divers weights are an abomi-
nation unto the Lorp; and a false
balance is not good.
24 Man’s goings are of the Lorp;
how can 2 man then understand his
own way?
25 It is a snare to the man who
devoureth that which is Joly, and
after vows to make enquiry.
26 A wise king scattereth the
wicked, and bringeth the wheel
over them.
27 sThe spirit of man is the can-
dle of the LorD, searching all the
inward parts of the bel ly.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the
king: and his throne is upholden
by mercy.
29 The glory of young men is
20 30)
their strength: and the beauty of
old men ss the grey head.
30 The blueness of a wound
cleanseth away evil: so do stripes
the inward parts of the belly.
CHAPTER 21.
(Warnings and instructions,
continued.)
HE king’s heart ss in the hand
of the Lorb, as the rivers of
water: he turneth it whithersoever
he will.
2 Every way of a man is right in
his own eyes: “but the LORD pon-
dereth the hearts.
3 >To do justice and judgment is
more acceptable to the LORD than
sacrifice.
4 Anhigh look, and a proud heart,
and the ¢ plowing of the wicked, ss
sin.
5 Thethoughtsofthediligent tend
only to plenteousness; but of every
one that is hasty only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a
lying tongue is a vanity tossed to)
and fro of them that seek death.
7 The robbery of the wicked shall
destroy them; because they refuse
to do judgment.
8 The way of man is froward and
strange: but as for the pure, his
work js right.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner
of the housetop, than with a brawi-
ing woman in a wide house.
10 ¢The soul of the wicked de-
sireth evil: his neighbour findeth
no favour in his eyes.
11: When the scorner is punished,
the simple is made wise: and when
_.the wise is instructed, he receiveth
_ knowledge.
12 The righteous man wisely
considereth the house of the wicked:
but God overthroweth the wicked
for their wickedness.
13 ¢Whoso stoppeth his ears at
the cry of the poor, he also shali
ery himself, but shall not be heard.
14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger;
and a reward in the bosom strong
wrath.
15 It is joy to the ‘just to do
judgment: but destruction shall
be to the workers of iniquity.
16 The man that wandereth out
of the way of understanding shall
Temain in the congregation of the
dead.
17 He that loveth pleasure shall
be a poor man: he that loveth wine
and oil shall not be rich.
PROVERBS.
B.C. 1000 18 The wicked shall be a ransom
a Prov.24.12;
Lk.16.15.
b Prov.15.8;
1 Sam.15.22;
Psa.50.8;
Isa.1.11;
Hos.6.6;
Mic.6.7,8.
c Or,the light
of the
wicked,
d Jas.2.16.
e Mt.18.30,33;
Jas.2.13.
f Righteous-
ness. vs.15,
21; Eccl.7-
20. (Gen.6.9;
Lk.2.25.)
g Prov.15.9;
Mt.5.6.
h Prov.12.13;
13135)18-21.
Jas.3.2.
i Psa.50.;
2 Cor.9.6,15.
j Eccl.7.1.
k Prov.29.13;
1 Cor.12.21.
1 Prov.14.31;
Job 31.15.
m Psa.19.9,
note,
n Eph.6.4;
2 Tim.3.15.
687
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for the righteous, and the trans-
|gressor for the upright.
19 Jt is better to dwell in the wil-
derness, than with a contentious
and an angry woman.
20 There is treasure to be desired
and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
but a foolish man spendeth it up.
21 &He that followeth after right-
eousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness, and honour.
22 A wise man scaleth the city of
the mighty, and casteth down the
strength of the confidence thereof.
23 #Whoso keepeth his mouth and
his tongue keepeth his soul from
troubles.
24 Proud and haughty scorner 1s
his name, who dealeth in proud
wrath.
25 The desire of the slothful kill-
eth him; for his hands refuse to
labour.
26 He coveteth greedily all the
day long: but the righteous giveth
and spareth not.
27 The ‘sacrifice of the wicked is
abomination: how much more,
when he bringeth it with a wicked
mind?
28 A false witness shall perish:
|but the man that heareth speaketh
constantly.
29 A wicked man hardeneth his
face: but as for the upright, he di-
recteth his way.
30 There is no wisdom nor un-
derstanding nor counsel against the
LORD.
31 The horse is prepared against
the day of battle: but safety is of
the LORD.
CHAPTER 22.
(Warnings and instructions,
continued. )
ig GOOD name is rather to be
\ chosen than great riches, and
loving favour rather than silver
and gold
2 kThe rich and poor meet to-
gether: the ‘LORD is the maker of
them all.
3 A prudent man foreseeth the
evil, and hideth himself: but the
simple pass on; and are punished.
4 By humility and the fear of
the LorD are riches, and honour,
jand life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the
way of the froward: he that doth
keep his soul shall be far from them.
6 Train up-a child in the way he
22 7]
should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
7 °The rich ruleth over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the
lender. Bie *,
8 He that soweth iniquity shall
reap vanity: and the rod of his}
anger shall fail. ;
9 *He that hath a bountiful eye
shall be blessed; for he giveth of
his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out the scorner, and con-
tention shall go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of
heart, for the grace of his lips the
king shall be his friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve
knowledge, and he overthroweth
the words of the transgressor.
13. The slothful man saith, There
is a lion without, I shall be slain in
the streets.
14 The mouth of strange women
is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of
the LorD shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound in the
heart of a child; but the rod of cor-
rection shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor to
increase his riches, and he that
giveth to the rich, shall surely
come to want.
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear
the words of the wise, and apply
thine heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if
thou keep them within thee; they
shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
: 19 That thy ‘trust may be in the
Lorp, I have made known to thee
this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee
excellent things in counsels and
knowledge,
21 ¢That I might make thee know
the certainty of the words of truth;
‘that thou mightest answer the
words of truth to them that send
unto thee?
22 fRob not the poor, because he}
ts poor: neither oppress the afflicted
in the gate:
23 8&For the LorD will plead their
cause, and spoil the soul of those
that spoiled them.
24 Make no friendship with an
angry man; and with a furious man
thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and
get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that
strike hands, or of them that are
sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay,
PROVERBS.
B.C. 1000. |why should he take away thy bed —
from under thee? ~
28 Remove not the ancient land-
mark, which thy fathers have set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in
his business? he shall stand before
kings; he shall not stand before
‘mean men.
CHAPTER 23.
(Warnings and instructions,
continued. )
HEN thou sittest to eat with
Pete a ruler, consider diligently
b2Cor.9.6. what is before thee:
Peek brd 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if
Ble ao thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties:
d Lk.1.3,4. for they are deceitful meat.
e1 Pet.3.15. 4 jLabour not to be rich: cease
Ex.23.6;
Job 31.16,21.
g Zech.7.10;
Mal.3.5.
h Prov.23.10;
Deut.19,14;
27.17.
+ Heb. ob-
scure men.
j Prov.28.20;
1 Tim.6.9,10.
k Deut.15.9.
1 Prov.9.8;
Mt.7.6.
m Prov.22.28;
Deut.19.14;
27.17.
n Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
o Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.
5, note.
Dp Psa.19.9,
note,
688
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from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon
that which is not? for riches cer-
tainly make themselves wings;
they fly away as an eagle toward
heaven.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him
that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart,
so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to
thee; but his heart is not with
thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast
eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose
thy sweet words.
9 ‘Speak not in the ears of a fool:
for he will despise the wisdom of
thy words.
10 “Remove not the old land-
mark; and enter not into the fields
of the fatherless:
11 For their “redeemer is mighty;
he shali plead their cause with
thee.
12 Apply thine heart unto in-
\struction, and thine ears to the
words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from
the child: for if thou beatest him
with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the
rod, and shalt deliver his soul from
hell,
15 My son, if thine heart be wise,
my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice,
when thy lips speak right things.
17 Let not thine heart envy sin-
ners: but be thou in the ?fear of
the Lorp all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and
enh expectation shall not be cut
off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
and guide thine heart in the way.
20 ¢Be not among winebibbers;
among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glut-
ton shall come to poverty: and
drowsiness shall clothe a man with
Tags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that
begat thee, and despise not thy
mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell 7# not;
also wisdom, and instruction, and
“ understanding.
24 The father of the righteous
shall greatly rejoice: and he that
begetteth a wise child shall have
joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother
shall be glad, and she that bare
thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch;
sod a strange woman zs a narrow
pit
28 She also lieth in wait as for a
prey, and increaseth the transgress-
ors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath
sorrow? who hath contentions?
who hath babbling? who hath
wounds without cause? who hath
redness of eyes?
30 “They that tarry long at the
wine; they that go to seek mixed
wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine
when it is red, when it giveth his
colour in the cup, when it moveth
itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a ser-
pent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange
‘women, and thine heart shall utter
perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that
lieth down in the midst of the sea,
or as he that lieth upon the top of a
mast.
35 They have stricken me, shalt
thou,say, and I was not sick; they
have beaten me, and I felt it not:
when shall I awake? I will seek it
yet again.
CHAPTER 24.
(Warnings and instructions,
continued.
E not thou envious against evil
men, neither desire to be with
them.
2 For their heart studieth destruc-
tion, and their lips talk of mischief.
PROVERBS.
a Isa.5.22;
Mt.24.49;
Lk.21.34;
Rom.13.13;
Eph.5.18.
6 Prov.20.1;
Eph.5.18.
¢ Prov.21.22;
Eccl.9.16.
d Prov.14.6;
Psa.10.5.
e Rom.1.30.
f Psa.82.4,
Isa.58.6,7;
1 John 3.16.
g Job 34.11;
Psa.62.12;
Jer.32.19;
Rom.2.6;
Rev.2.23;
22.12.
h Job 5.19;
Psa.. 34. 19;
# Prov.17.5;
Job 31.29;
pied sere
Oba.1
j Psa.19.9.
note
689
B.C. 1000.
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3 Through wisdom is an house
builded; and by understanding it
is established:
4 And by knowledge shall the
chambers be filled with all precious
and pleasant riches.
5 ‘A wise man is strong; yea,
a man of knowledge increaseth
strength.
6 For by wise counsel thou shalt
make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellors there is safety.
7 4Wisdom is too high for a fool:
he openeth not his mouth in the
gate.
8 He that edevinetha to do evil
shall be called a mischievous per-
son.
9 The thought of foolishness is
sin: an e scorner 7S an ina-
tion to men.
10 Jf thou faint in the day of ad-
versity, thy strength is small.
11 ff thouforbear to deliver them
that are drawn unto death, and
those that are ready to be slain;
12 If thou sayest, Behoid, we
knew it not; doth not he that pon-
dereth the heart consider it? and he
that keepeth thy soul, doth not he
know it? and shall not he render to
every man “according to his works?
13 My son, eat thou honey, be-
cause it is good; and the honey-
comb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14 So shall the knowledge of wis-
dom be unto thy soul: when thou
hast found it, then there shall be a
reward, and thy expectation shall
not be cut off.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked man,
against the dwelling of the right-
eous; spoil not his resting place:
16 4For a just man falleth seven
times, and riseth up again: but the
wicked shall fall into mischief.
17 *Rejoice not when thine enemy
falleth, and let not thine heart be
glad when he stumbleth:
18 Lest the Lorp see it, and it
displease him, and he turn away
his wrath from him.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil
men, neither be thou envious at the
wicked;
20 For there shall be no reward
to the evil man; the candle of the
wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, /fear thou the Lorp
and the king: and meddle not with
them that are given to change:
22 For their calamity shall rise
suddenly; and who knoweth the
ruin of them both?
23 These things also belong to
24 24]
the wise. ¢Jt 1s not good to have
respect of persons in judgment.
24 He that saith unto the wicked,
Thou art righteous; him shall the
people curse, nations shall abhor
him: E
25 But to them that rebuke him
shall be delight, and a good blessing
shall come upon them.
26 Every man shall kiss Ais lips
that giveth a right answer.
27 Prepare thy work without, and
make it fit for thyself in the field;
and afterwards build thine house.
28 Be not a witness against thy
neighbour without cause; and de-
ceive not with thy lips.
29 ‘Say not, I will do so to him as
he hath done to me: I will render to
the man according to his work.
30 I went by the field of the sloth-
ful, and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over
with thorns, and nettles had cov-
ered the face thereof, and the stone
wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it
well: I looked upon it, and received
instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slum-
ber, a little folding of the hands to
sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as
one that travelleth; and thy want
as an armed man.
CHAPTER 25.
(Warnings and instructions,
continued. )
SP.HESE are also proverbs of
Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2 ‘It is the glory of God to con-
ceal a thing: but the honour of kings
is to search out a matter
3 The heaven for height, and the
earth for depth, and the heart of
kings is unsearchable.
4 /Take away the dross from the
silver, and there shall come forth a
vessel for the finer.
5 Take away the wicked from be-
fore the king, and his throne shall
be established in righteousness.
6 Put not forth thyselfin the pres-
ence of the king, and stand not in
the place of great men:
7 8¥For better it is that it be said
unto thee, Come up hither; than
that thou shouldest be put lower
in the presence of the prince whom
thine eyes have seen.
8 Go not forth hastily to strive,
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a Prov.18.5,
6 Eph.4.25.
¢ Prov.20.22;
Mt.5.39,44;
Rom.12.17,
19,
d 1 K1.4.32.
e Deut.29.29;
Rom.11.33.
f 2 Tim.2.21.
g Lk.14.8-10.
h Prov.17.14;
Mt.5.25.
t Mt.5.25;
18.15,
j Or,discover
not the
secret of
another.
k& Prov.15.23;
Tsa.50.4.
1 Jude 12.
B.C. 700.)
m Proy.15.1;
16.14; Gen.
32.4; 1 Sam.
25.24
n Dan.6.18,
Rom.12.15.
o vs.21,22;
Mt.5.44;
Rom.12.20.
p 2 Sam.16.12.
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lest thou know not what to do in
ithe end thereof, when thy neigh-
bour hath put thee to shame.
9 ‘Debate thy cause with thy
neighbour Aimself; and /Jdiscover
not a secret to another:
10 Lest he that heareth 7t put
thee to shame, and thine infamy
turn not away.
11 “A word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12 As an earring of gold, and an
ornament of fine gold, so 1s a wise
reprover upon an opedient ear.
13 As the cold of snow in the time
of harvest, so is a faithful mes-
senger to them that send him: for
he refresheth the soul of his masters.
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a
false gift 1s ‘ike clouds and wind
without rain.
15 ™By long forbearing is a prince
persuaded, and a soft tongue break-
eth the bone.
16 Hast thou found honey? eat
so much as is sufficient for thee,
lest thou be filled therewith, and
vomit it.
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy
_
le
neighbour’s house; lest he be weary —
of thee, and so hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false wit-
ness against his neighbour is a
maul, and a sword, and a sharp
arrow.
19 Confidence in an unfaithful
man in time of trouble is like a
broken tooth, and a foot out of
joint.
20 As he that taketh away a gar-
ment in cold weather, and as
vinegar upon nitre, so zs he that
"singeth songs to an heavy heart.
21 olf thine enemy be hungry,
give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For thou shalt heap coals of
fire upon his head, ’and the Lorp
shall reward thee.
23 The north wind driveth away
rain: so doth an angry countenance
a backbiting tongue.
24 It 1s better to dwell in the cor-
ner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman and in a wide
house.
25 As cold waters to a thirsty
soul, so is good news from a far
country.
26 A righteous man falling down
before the wicked is as a troubled
fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27 It is not good to eat much
honey: so for men to search their
own glory is not glory.
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28 °He that hath no rule over his
Own spirit is like a city that is
broken down, and without walls.
CHAPTER 26.
(Warnings and instructions,
continued.)
S snow in summer, and %as rain
in harvest, so honour is not
seemly for a fool.
2 As the bird by wandering, as
the swallow by flying, ‘so the curse
causeless shall not come.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle
for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s
back.
4 Answer not a fool according to
ep folly, lest thou also be like unto
im.
5 ¢Answer a fool according to his
folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by
the hand cf a fool cutteth off the
feet, and drinketh damage.
7 The legs of the lame are not
equal: so 1s a parable in the mouth
of fools.
8 As he that bindeth a stone"in a
sling, so is he that giveth honour
to a fool.
9 As a thorn goeth up into the
hand of a drunkard, so zs a parable
in the mouth of fools.
10 The great God that formed all
things both rewardeth the fool, and
tewardeth transgressors.
11 Asa «dog returneth to his vom-
it, so a fool returneth to his folly.
12 fSeest thou a man wise in his
own conceit? there is more hope
of a fool than of him.
_. 13 Theslothful man saith, There
gs a lion in the way; a lion is in the
streets.
14 As the door turneth upon his
hinges, so doth the slothful upon
his bed.
15 &The slothful hideth his hand
in his bosom; it grieveth him to
bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his
own conceit than seven men that
ean render a reason.
17 He that passeth by, and med-
dleth with strife belonging not to
him, is Jike one that taketh a dog
by the ears.
18 As a mad man who casteth
firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 So is the man that deceiveth
his neighbour, and saith, “Am not
I in sport? .
20 Where no wood is, there the
B.C. 700.
a Prov.16.32.
61 Sam.12.17.
c Num.23.8.
d Mt.16.1-4;
21,24-27.
e2 Pet.2.22.
f Prov.29.20;
Lk.18.11;
Rom.12.16;
Rev.3.17.
g Prov-19.24.
h Eph.5.4.
1 Prov.15.18;
29.22.
j Prov.28.10;
Psa.7.15,16;
9.15; 10.2,
57.6; Eccl.
10.8.
ke Lk.12.19,20;
Jas.4.13.
1 Prov.25.27.
m Heb. wrath
1s cruelty
and anger
an over-
Howing.
n 1 John 3.12.
o Prov.28.23,
Gal.2.14.
p Heb. from
the counsel
of the soul.
q Prov.10.1,
23.15,24.
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fire goeth out: so where there is no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
21 #As coals are to burning coals,
and wood to fire; so is a conten-
tious man to kindle strife.
22 The words of a talebearer are
as wounds, and they go down into
the innermost parts of the belly.
23 Burning lips and a wicked
heart are like a potsherd covered
with silver dross.
24 He that hateth dissembleth
with his lips, and layeth up deceit
within him;
25 When he speaketh fair, believe
him not: for there are seven abomi-
nations in his heart.
26 Whose hatred is covered by
deceit, his wickedness shall be
shewed before the whole congrega-
tion.
27- jWhoso diggeth a pit shall fall
therein: and he that rolleth a stone,
it will return upon him.
28 A lying tongue hateth those
that are afflicted by it; and a flat-
tering mouth worketh ruin.
CHAPTER 27.
(Warnings and instructions,
continued.)
OAST ‘not thyself of te mor-
row; for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth.
2 ‘Let another man praise thee,
and not thine own mouth; a stran-
ger, and not thine own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand
weighty; but a fool’s wrath 1s
heavier than them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger rs
outrageous; “but who is able to
stand before envy?
5 °Open rebuke ss better than se-
cret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a
friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
7 The full soul loatheth an honey-
comb; but to the hungry soul every
bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from
her nest, so is a man that wander-
eth from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice
the heart. so doth the sweetness of
ja man’s friend Pby hearty counsel.
} 10 Thine own friend, and thy fa-
ther’s friend, forsake not; ueither
go into thy brother’s house in the
day of thy calamity: for better 1s a
lneighbour that 1s near than a
brother far off
‘11 9My son, be wise, and make
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my heart glad, that I may answer
him that reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the
evil, and hideth himself; but the
simple pass on, and are punished.
13 Take his garment that is
surety for a stranger, and take a
pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend
with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse
to him. oi oe
15 4A continual dropping in a
very rainy day and a contentious
woman are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth
the wind, and the ointment of his
right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man
sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
18 ‘Whoso keepeth the fig tree
shall eat the fruit thereof: so he
that waiteth on his master shall be
honoured.
19 Asin water face answereth to
face, so the heart of man to man.
20 ‘Hell and destruction are never
full; so the eyes of man are ¢never
satisfied.
21 As the fining pot for silver,
and the furnace for gold; so is a
man to his praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray
a fool in a mortar among wheat
with a pestle, yet will not his fool-
ishness depart from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the
state of thy flocks, and look well to
thy herds.
24 For riches are not for ever:
and doth the crown endure to
every generation?
25 ¢The hay appeareth, and the
tender grass sheweth itself, and
hesbs of the mountains are gath-
ered.
26 Thelambs are for thy clothing,
and the goats are the price of the
field.
27 And thou shalt have goats’
milk enough for thy food, for the
food of thy household, and for the
maintenance for thy maidens.
CHAPTER 28.
(Warnings and instructions,
continued.)
THE fwicked flee when no man)
pursueth: but the righteous are
bold as_a lion.
2 For the transgression of a land
many are the princes thereof: but
by a man of understanding and
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a Prov.19.13.
6 1 Cor.9.7,13.
¢ Prov.30.16;
Hab.2.5.
Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.
5, note.
d Heb. not.
e Psa.104.14,
f Lev.26.17,
36; Psa.53.5.
g Mt.18.28.
h 1 Ki.18.18,
21; Mt.3.7;
14.4; Eph,
5.11.
t John 7.17;
1 Cor.2.15;
ear 2.20,
27.
J Prov.13.22;
Job 27.16,17;
Eccl.2.26.
k Zech.7.11,
! Prov.15.8;
Psa.66.18;
109.7.
m Psa.32.3,5;
1 John 1.8-
10.
n1 Pet.5.8.
0 v.22; Prov.
13.11; 20.21;
23.4;
1 Tim.6.9.
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knowledge the state thereof shall —
be prolonged.
3 8A poor man that oppresseth
the poor is like a sweeping rain
which leaveth no food.
4 They that forsake the law praise
the wicked: “but such as keep the
law contend with them.
5 Evil men understand not judg-
‘ment: but ‘they that seek the Lorp
understand all things.
6 Better is the poor that walketh
in his uprightness, than he that is
peayerse in his ways, though he be
ri
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise
son: but he that is a companion of
tiotous men shameth his father.
8 JHe that by usury and unjust
gain increaseth his substance, he
shall gather it for him that will
pity the poor.
9 *He that turneth away his ear
from hearing the law, ‘even his
prayer shall be abomination.
10 Whoso causeth the righteous
to go astray in an evil way, he shall
fall himself into his own pit: but
the upright shall have good things
in possession.
11 The rich man is wise in his own
conceit; but the poor that hath un-
derstanding searcheth him out.
12 When righteous men do re-
joice, there is great glory: but when
the wicked rise, a man is hidden,
13. “He that covereth his sins
shall not prosper: but whoso con-
fesseth and forsaketh them shall
have mercy.
14 Happy is the man that feareth
alway: but he that hardeneth his
heart shall fall into mischief,
15 As a roaring lion, and a Trang-
ing bear; so is a wicked ruler over
the poor people.
16 The prince that wanteth un-
derstanding is also a great oppres-
sor: but he that hateth covetous-
ness shall prolong his days.
A man that doeth violence to
the blood of any person shall flee
to the pit; let no man stay him.
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall
be saved: but he that is perverse
in his ways shall fall at once.
19. He that tilleth his land shall
have plenty of bread: but he that
followeth after vain persons shall
have poverty enough.
20 A faithful man shall abound
with blessings: “but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be inno-
cent.
21 To have respect of persons is
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not good: for for a piece of bread
that man will transgress.
22 He that hasteth to be rich
hath an evil eye, and considereth
sat that poverty shall come upon
23 He that rebuketh a man after-
wards shall find more favour than
he that flattereth with the tongue.
24 Whoso robbeth his father or
his mother, and saith, It zs no
transgression; the same zs the com-
panion of a destroyer.
25 He that is of a proud heart
stirreth up strife: but he that put-
teth his “trust in the LorD shall be
made fat.
26 He that trusteth in his own
heart is a fool: but whoso walketh
wisely, he shall be delivered.
27 ®He that giveth unto the poor
shall not lack: but he that hideth] 15.7.
his eyes shall have many a curse. | | 1.5, 99.16;
28 When the wicked rise, men|°3343: °°
hide themselves: but when they] Psa.41.1.
perish, the righteous increase. Jouise
a Psa.2.12,
note; also
Prov.29.25.
b Prov.19.17;
22.9; Deut.
CHAPTER 29 pa
- ; 5 Psa.37.36;
(Warnings and instructions, “58.10; 91.8;
continued.) 92.11.
Treproved f 1 Sam.3.1;
HE: that being often heer
hardeneth Ais neck, shall sud-| 777° °°
denly be destroyed, and that with-
i ahead ich ; g Prov.26.12.
en the righteous are in au- P
thority, the people rejoice: but ec hice pe
when the wicked beareth rule, the ;
people mourn. Mt.23.12-
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth
his father: but he that keepeth
company with harlots spendeth his
substance.
4 The king by judgment estab-|.
lisheth the land: but he that re-|*Prov-31-1.
ceiveth gifts overthroweth it. j John 3.13.
5 Aman that flattereth his neigh-
bour spreadeth a net for his feet.
6 In the transgression of an evil
man there is a snare: but the
righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7 ©The righteous considereth the
cause of the poor: but the wicked
regardeth not to know it.
8 Scornful men bring a city into a
snare: but wise men turn away
wrath. f
9 If a wise man contendeth with
a foolish man, whether he rage or
laugh, there rs no rest.
10 4The bloodthirsty hate the up-
right: but the just seek his soul.
11 A fool uttereth all his mind:
but a wise man keepeth it in
afterwards.
18.14;
Acts 12.23;
Jas.4.6,10;
1 Pet.5.5.
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12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all
his servants are wicked.
13 The poor and the deceitful
man meet together: the LorpD
lighteneth both their eyes.
14 The king that faithfully judg-
eth the poor, his throne shall be
established for ever.
15 The rod and reproof give wis-
\dom: but a child left to himself
‘bringeth his mother to shame.
16 When the wicked are multi-
plied, transgression increaseth: “but
the righteous shall see their. fall.
17 Correct thy son, and he shall
give thee rest; yea, he shall give de-
light unto thy soul.
18 fWhere there is no vision, the
people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
19 A servant will not be corrected
by words: for though he understand
he will not answer.
20 Seest thou a man that 1s hasty
in his words? &there is more hope
of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up
his servant from a child shall have
him become his son at the length.
22 An angry man stirreth up
strife, and a furious man aboundeth
in transgression.
23 4A man’s pride shall bring
him low: but honour shall uphold
the humble in spirit.
24 Whoso is partner with a thief
hateth his own soul: he heareth
cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
25 The fear of man bringeth a
snare: but whoso putteth his trust
in the LorD shall be safe.
26 Many seek the ruler’s favour;
but every man’s judgment cometh
from the LorD.
27 Anunjust man is an abomina-
tion to the just: and he that is
upright in the way is abomination
to the wicked.
CHAPTER 30.
Part V. The words of Agur.
4 bece twords of Agur the son of
Jakeh, even the prophecy: the
jman spake unto Ithiel, even unto
Ithiel and Ucal,
2 Surely I am more brutish than
any man, and have not the under-
standing of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor
have the knowledge of the holy.
4 3jWho hath ascended up into
heaven, or descended? who hath
gathered the wind in his fists? who
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hath bound the waters in a ae B.C. 700. 21 For three things the earth is
ment? who hath established all the
ends of the earth? what is his
name, and what is his son’s name,
if thou canst tell?
5 *Every word of God is pure:
he is a ‘shield unto them that put
their ¢trust in him. ;
6 Add thou not unto his words,
lest he reprove thee, and thou be
found a liar. f
7 Two things have I required of
thee; deny me them not before I
die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and
lies: give me neither poverty nor
riches; feed me with food conve-
nient for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee,
and say, Who is the Lorp? or lest
I be poor, and steal, and take the
name of my God in vain.
10 fAccuse not a servant unto his
master, lest he curse thee, and thou
be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that
curseth their father, and doth not
bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that
are pure in their own eyes, and yet
is not washed from their filthiness.
13 There is a generation, O how
lofty are their eyes! and their eye-
lids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose
teeth are as swords, and their jaw
teeth as knives, to devour the
poor from off the earth, and the
needy from among men.
15 The horseleach hath’ two
daughters, crying, Give, give.
There are three things that are
never satisfied, yea, four things
say not, Jt is enough:
16 The ‘grave; and the barren
womb; the earth that is not filled
with water; and the fire that saith
not, It is enough.
17 ‘The eye that mocketh at Ais
father, and despiseth to obey his
mother, the ravens of the valley
shall pick it out, and the young
eagles shall eat it.
18 There be three things which
are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
19 The way of an eagle in the aii:
the way of a serpent upon a rock:
the way of a ship in the midst
of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
20 Such is the way of an adulter-
ous woman; she eateth, and wipeth
her mouth. and saith, I have done
no wickedness.
a Psa.12.6;
18.30; 19.8;
119.149.
|b Heb. puri-
fied.
c Psa.18.30; 84.
11; 115.9-11.
|d Psa.2.12,
note,
e Deut.8.12,
14,17; 31.20;
32.15; Neh.
9.25,26;
Job 31.24;
Hos.13.6.
f Heb. Aurt
not with
thy tongue.
g Psa.14.4;
Amos 8.4.
h Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.
5, note.
i Prov.20.20;
23.22;
Gen.9.22;
Lev.20.9.
j Heb. made
wise.
k Prov.6.6.
| l Psa.104.18.
m Job 215;
40.4.
(B.C. 1015.
n Eccl.10.17;
Hos.4.11.
o Heb. bitter
of soul,
| 1Sam.1.10.
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disquieted, and for four which it
cannot bear: s
22 For a servant when he reign-
eth; and a fool when he is filled
with meat;
23 For an odious woman when
she is married; and an handmaid
‘that is heir to her mistress.
24 There be four things which
are little upon the earth, but they
are Jexceeding wise:
25 *The ants are a people not
trong, yet they prepare their meat
in the summer;
26 /The conies are but a feeble
folk, yet make they their houses in
the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king, yet
go they forth all of them by bands;
28 The spider taketh hold with
her hands, and is in king’s pal-
aces.
29 There be three things which
go well, yea, four are comely in
going:
30 A lion which
among beasts,
away for any;
31 A greyhound; an he goat also;
and a king, against whom there is
no rising up. ;
32 If thou hast done foolishly in
lifting up thyself, or if thou hast
thought evil, "lay thine hand upon
thy mouth.
33 Surely the churning of milk
bringeth forth butter, and the
wringing of the nose bringeth forth
blood: so the forcing of wrath
bringeth forth strife.
CHAPTER 31,
Part VI. The words of
King Lemuel.
J Ras words of king Lemuel, the
prophecy that his mother
taught him.
2 What, my son? and what, the
son of my womb? and what, the son
of my vows?
3 Give not thy strength unto
women, nor thy ways to that which
destroyeth kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine;
nor for princes strong drink:
5 Lest they drink, and forget the
law, and pervert the judgment of
any of the afflicted. :
6 Give strong drink unto him that
is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of “heavy hearts.
7 Let him drink, and forget his
is strongest
and turneth not
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poverty, and remember his misery! B.C. 1015. 20 She ‘stretcheth out her hand
no more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb
bin the cause of all such as are ap-
pointed to destruction.
9 Open thy mouth, judge right-
eously, and ¢plead the cause of the
poor and needy.
10 Who can find a virtuous wo-
man? for her price zs far above
rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth
safely ‘trust in her, so that he shall
have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not
evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and
worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants’
ships; she bringeth her food from
afar.
15 fShe riseth also while it is yet
night, and giveth meat to her
household, and a portion to her
maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and
buyeth it: with the fruit of her
hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with
strength, and strengtheneth her
arms.
18 She “perceiveth that her mer-
chandise is good: her candle goeth
not out by night. ,
19 Shelayethher hands tothespin-
dle, and her hands hold the distaff.
a Job 29.15,16.
6 1 Sam.19.4;
Esth.4.16.
c Lev.19.15;
Deut.1.16.
d Job 29.12;
Isa.1.17;
Jer.22.16.
é Psa.2.12,
note,
f Rom.12.11.
g Lk.12.42.
h Heb. tast-
eth,
i Eph.4.28;
Heb.13.16.
j Prov.12.4.
k Or, have
gotten
riches.
1 Psa.19.9,
note.
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to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth
her hands to the needy.
21 She is net afraid of the snow
for her household: for all her house-
hold are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings
of tapestry; her clothing rs silk and
purple: ws:
23 jJHer husband is known in the
gates, when he sitteth among the
elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and
selleth it; and delivereth girdles
unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her
clothing; and she shall rejoice in
time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with
wisdom; and in her tongue is the
law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways
of her household, and eateth not
the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call
her blessed; her husband also, and
he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters *have done
virtuously, but thou excellest them
all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty
is vain: but a woman that ‘feareth
the Lorpb, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her
hands; and let her own works praise
her in the gates.
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Tus is the book of man ‘‘under the sun,”’ reasoning about life; it is the best man
can do, with the knowledge that there is a holy God, and that He will bring every-
thing into judgment. The key phrases are “under the sun”; “I perceived”; “I
said in my heart.” Inspiration sets down accurately what passes, but the conclu-
sions and reasonings are, after all, man’s. That those conclusions are just in
declaring it “vanity,” in view of judgment, to devote life to earthly things, is surely
true; but the “conclusion” (12. 13) is legal, the best that man apart from redemp-
tion can do, and does not anticipate the Gospel. Ecclesiastes is in five parts:
I. Theme, 1. 1-3. II. Theme proved, 1. 4-3. 22. III. Theme unfolded in the
light of human sufferings, hypocrisies, uncertainties, poverty and riches, 4. 1-10. 20.
IV. The best thing possible to the natural man apart from God, 11, 1-12.12. V. The
best thing possible to man under the law, 12. 13, 14.
B.C. 977. 10 Is there any thing whereof it
CHAPTER 1. may be said, See, this rs new? it
PartI. The theme: Allis vanity. eed been ke of old time,
which was before us.
per aon Daceiredinen peters 11 There is no remembrance of
ais . gs former things; neither shall there
2 lVanity of vanities, saith the be any remembrance of things
! zy Ses : that are to come with those that
a ae vanity of vanities; ¢all is ehall come! after.
3 What profit hath a man of all
his labour which he taketh under|a Rom.8.20.
the sun?
(The proof, continued: (2) evil re-
mains despite power, wisdom,
b Eecl.2.22; and knowledée.)
Part II. The theme proved:(1)by| 3-9- 12 I .
; ae tice ‘ the Preacher was king over
the transitoriness of all things. ¢ Psa.104.5; Israel in Jerusalem,
4 One generation passeth away, 13 And I gave my heart to seek
and another generation cometh:/dHeb. pant- {and search out by wisdom concern-
but ‘the earth abideth for ever. eth. ing all things that are done under
5 The ane also puacths apt the ¢ John 3.8. heaven : as sore Saye hath God
sun goe own, an aste fe) ven to e ex
his place where he arose. F Prov.27.20. erosed herent: begeeie a ye:
i dtonen ae es ea ny d a ee Ss — apr We
. are done under the sun; and, be-
me : inu-|# Gen.3.19; i i i
atta Rieke ber aeeregto waste ce 1s vanity and vexation of
“apes to his circuits. a # Becl.2.3,125 1S That which is crooked cannot
yet the ati tne, caste he 1Thes.5.21. ager ae epeaqeren
place from whence the rivers come, 16 I communed with mine own
thither they return again. heart, saying, Lo, I am come to
8 All things are full of labour; great estate, and have gotten more
man cannot utter it: /the eye is not wisdom than all they that have
ee ee nor the ear been. before ae in Jerusalem: yea,
C earing. ny h i
9 &The thing that hath been, it is wieder heer oe “
that which shall be; and that which 17 ‘And I gave my heart to know
is done is that which shall be done: wisdom, and to know madness and
and there is no new thing under folly: I perceived that this also is
the sun. vexation of spirit.
1 “Vanity,” in Ecclesiastes, and usually in Scripture, means, not foolish prid
4 iS > 5 > > ce;
put ie poptiness in final result of all life apart from God. It is to be born, oO toil,
© sulter, to experience some transitory joy, which.is as nothing in view of eternit
to leave it all, and to.die, See Rom. 8. 20-22. vs
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18 For in much wisdom fs much
grief: and he that increaseth know-
ledge increaseth sorrow.
CHAPTER 2.
(The proof, continued: (3) pleas-
ure ends in emptiness.)
I “SAID in mine heart, Go to now,
I will prove thee with mirth,
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, be-
hold, this also zs vanity.
2 I said of laughter, It rs mad:
and of mirth, What doeth it?
3 I sought in mine heart "to give
myself unto wine, yet acquainting
mine heart with wisdom; and to lay
hold on folly, till I might see what
was that good for the sons of men,
which they should do under the
heaven all the days of their life.
(The proof, continued: (4) riches
and great works give no en-
during satisfaction.)
4 I made me great works; I
builded me houses; I planted me
vineyards:
5 I made me gardens and orchards,
and I planted trees in them of all
kind of fruits:
6 I made me pools of water, to
water therewith the wood that
bringeth forth trees:
7 I got me servants and maidens,
and had servants born in my house;
also I had great possessions of great
and small cattle above all that were
in Jerusalem before me:
8 <I gathered me also silver and
-gold, and the peculiar treasure of
kings and of the provinces: I gat
me men singers and women sing-
ers, and the delights of the sons of
men, as musical instruments, and
that of all sorts.
9 4So I was great, and increased
more than all that were before me
in Jerusalem: also my wisdom re-
mained with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes de-
sired I kept not from them, I with-
held not my heart from any joy;
for my heart rejoiced in all my
labour: and ‘this was my portion
of all my labour.
11 Then I looked on all the works
that my hands had wrought, and
on the labour that I had laboured
to do: and, behold, all was /vanity
and vexation of spirit, and there
was no profit under the sun.
ECCLESIASTES.
[2 24
(The proof, continued: (5) wis-
dom is better than folly, but
both have an end.)
12 And I turned myself to behold
wisdom, and madness, and folly:
for what can the man do that com-
eth after the king? even that which
hath been already done.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excel-
leth folly, as far as light excelleth
darkness.
14 *The wise man’s eyes are in
his head; but the fool walketh in
darkness: and I myself perceived
also that ‘one event happeneth to
them all.
15 Then said I in my heart, As it
happeneth to the fool, so it happen-
eth even to me; and why was I
‘then more wise? Then I said in
a LE.12.19,
b Heb. to
draw my
flesh with |my heart, that this also 1s vanity.
wines 16 For there is no remembrance
¢1Ki9.28; | |of the wise more than of the fool for
10.10,14,21. |ever; seeing that which now is in
a Rech 1.16 the days to come shall all be for-
sacs gotten. And how dieth the wise
e Eccl.3.22; man? as the fool.
5-18; 9.9. 17 Therefore I hated life; because
f¥cel.1.2,14. |the work that is wrought under the
sun zs grievous unto me: for all fs
Eodl.1.17; vanity and vexation of spirit.
a 18 Yea, I hated all my labour
h Eccl.8.1; which I had taken under the sun:
Prov.17.24. |because JI should leave it unto the
iEccl.9.2,3; | |man that shall be after me.
Psa.49.10. 19 And who knoweth whether he
eras ie shall be a wise man or a fool? yet
7 £98.49-*"- {shall he have rule over all my la-
k Eccl.1.3; 3.9. tp sao I pane ebeateds and
; wherein ave shewed myself wise
B Oxrieleliehet under the sun. This is also van-
ity.
20 Therefore I went about to
cause my heart to despair of all
the labour which I took under the
sun.
21 For there is a man whose la-
baur is in wisdom, and in know-
ledge, and in equity; yet to a man
that hath not laboured therein shall
he leave it for his portion. This
also is vanity and a great evil.
22 *For what hath man of all his
labour, and of the vexation of his
heart, wherein he hath laboured
under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrows,
and his travail grief; yea, his heart
taketh not rest in the night. This
is also vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a
man, than that he should eat and
drink, and that he ‘should make
his soul enjoy good in his labour.
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2 25)
This also I saw, that it was from
the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who else
can hasten hereunto, more than I?
26 For God giveth to a man that
is good 4in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the
sinner he giveth travail, to gather
and to heap up, that “he may give
to him that is good before God.
This also is vanity and vexation
of spirit.
CHAPTER 3.
(The proof, continued: (6) the
weary round of life.)
ae every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose
under the heaven:
2 Atime to be born, and <a time to
die; a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to
heal; a time to break down, and a
time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to
laugh; a time to mourn, and a time
to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and
a time to gather stones together; a
time to embrace, and a 4time to re-
frain from embracing:
6 Atime to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast
away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to
sew; a time to keep silence, and a
time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to
Shate; a time of war, and a time of
peace.
9 What profit hath he that work-
eth in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which
God hath given to the sons of men
to be exercised in it.
11 He hath made every thing
beautiful in his time: also he hath
set the &world in their heart, so that
no man can find out the work that
God maketh from the beginning to
the end.
12 I know that there is no good
in them, but for a man to rejoice,
and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man
should eat and drink, and enjoy the
good of all his labour, it is the gift
of God.
14 I know that, whatsoever God
doeth, it shall be for ever: *nothing
can be put to it, nor any thing taken
from it: and God doeth it, that
men should ‘fear before him.
ECCLESIASTES.
B.C. 977.
u Heb. before
Him. Gen.
7.1; Lk.1.6.
b Job 27.16,17;
Prov.28.8.
c Heb.9.27.
d Joel 2.16;
1 Cor.7.5.
e Amos S.13.
f Lk.14.26.
gi.e. ages.
hk Jas.1.17.
t Psa.19.9,
note,
j Rom.2.6-8;
2 Cor.5.10;
2 Thes.1.6,7.
k Eccl.2.16;
Psa.49.12,
20; 73.22.
1 Gen.3.19.
m Heb. of the
sons of
man.
at Eccl.3.16;
5.8.
o Heb. hand.
p Heb. all the
rightness of
work,
q Heb. this is
the envy
of aman
from his
neighbour.
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15 That which hath been,is now;
and that which is to be hath already
been; and God requireth that
which is past.
16 And moreover I saw under the
sun the place of judgment, that
wickedness was there; and the
place of righteousness, that in-
iquity was there. ¢
17 I said in mine heart, JGod shall
judge the righteous and the wicked:
for there is a time there for every
purpose and for every work.
18 I said in mine heart concerning
the estate of the sons of men, that
God might manifest them, and that
they might see that they them-
selves are beasts.
19 *For that which befalleth the
sons of men befalleth beasts; even
one thing befalleth them: as the
one dieth, so dieth the other; yea,
they have all one breath; so that a
man hath no preeminence above a
beast: for all rs vanity.
20 All go unto one place; ‘all are
of the dust, and all turn to dust
again.
21 Who knoweth the spirit “of
man that goeth upward, and the
spirit of the beast that goeth down-
ward to the earth?
22 Wherefore I perceive that
there is nothing better, than that
a man should rejoice in his own
works; for that is his portion: for
who shall bring him to see what
shall be after him?
CHAPTER 4.
Part III, The theme unfolded:
(1) in view of the oppressions
and iniquities of life.
S2 I returned, and considered all
the “oppressions that are done
under the sun: and behold the tears
of such as were oppressed, and
they had no comforter; and on the
°side of their oppressors there was
power; but they had no comforter.
2 Wherefore I praised the dead
which are already dead more than
the living which are yet alive.
3 Yea, better is he than both
they, which hath not yet been, who
hath not seen the evil work that is
done under the sun.
4 Again, I considered all travail,
and every right work, that @fo1
this a man is envied of his neigh-
bour. This is also vanity and vex-
ation of spirit.
5 The fool foldeth his hands to-
gether, and eateth his own flesh.
ae
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6 *Better is an handful with| B.c. 977. |hath no pleasure in fools: “pay
quietness, than both the hands full
with travail and vexation of spirit.
7 Then I returned, and I saw van-
ity under the sun.
8 There is one alone, and there is
mot a second; yea, he hath neither
child nor brother: yet zs there no
end of all his labour; neither is his
beye satisfied with riches; ‘neither
saith he, For whom do [I labour,
and bereave my soul of good? This
is also vanity, yea, it zs a sore
travail.
9 Two are better than one; be-
cause they have a good reward for
their labour.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift
up his fellow: but woe to him that
is alone when he falleth; for he
hath not another to help him up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then
they have heat: but how can one
be warm alone?
12 And if one prevail against him,
two shall withstand him; and a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 Better is a poor and a wise
child than an old and foolish king,
who will no more be admonished.
14 For out of prison he cometh to
reign; whereas also he that is born
in his kingdom becometh poor.
15 I considered all the living
which walk under the sun, with the
second child that shall stand up in
his stead.
16 There is no end of all the peo-
ple, even of all that have been
before them: they also that come
‘after shall not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and vex-
ation of spirit.
CHAPTER 5.
(The unfolding, continued: (2) in
view of riches and poverty.)
KEEFE ¢thy foot when thou goest
to the house of God, and be
more ready to hear, ¢than to give
the sacrifice of fools: for they con-
sider not that they do evil.
2 Benotrash with thy mouth, and
let not thine heart be hasty to utter
any thing before God: for God is in
heaven, and thou upon earth: there-
fore let thy words ‘be few.
3 Fora dream cometh through the
multitude of business; and a fool’s
voice is known by multitude of
words.
4 8When thou vowest a vow unto
God, defer not to pay it; for he
a Prov.15.16,
8.
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b Prov.27.20;
1 John 2.16.
¢ Psa.39.6.
d Ex.3.5.
é1 Sam.15.22;
f Prov.10.19;
Mt.6.7.
g Num.30.2;
Deut.23.21-
23; Psa.50.
14; 76.11.
h Psa.66.13,14.
4 Prov.20.25;
Acts 5.4.
j 1 Cor.11.10.
k Heb.1.4,
note.
1 Psa.19.9,
note,
m Job 1.21;
Psa.49.17;
1 Tim.6.7.
n Prov.11.29.
o Eccl.2.24;
# 12j13; 9.7;
1.9;
1 Tins. 17.
p Eccl.2.24;
3.13; 6.2.
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that which thou hast vowed.
5 ‘Better is it that thou shouldest
not vow, than that thou shouldest
vow and not pay.
6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause
thy flesh to sin; Jneither say thou,
before the “angel, that it was an
error: wherefore should God be an-”
gry at thy voice, and destroy the
work of thine hands?
7 For in the multitude of dreams
and many words there are also di-
vers vanities: but ‘fear thou God.
8 If thou seest the oppression of
the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice in a province,
marvel not at the matter: for he i My
that is higher than the highest reé- re: |
parce and theré be higher than |
t ‘
ahtoeca ten the profit of the earth
is ee all: the king himself is served
by the field.
10 He that loveth silver shall not
be satisfied with silver; nor he that
loveth abundance with increase:
this is also vanity.
11 When goods increase, they are
increased that eat them: and what
good rs there to the owners thereof,
saving the beholding of them with
their eyes?
12 Thesleep of a labouring man rs
sweet, whether he eat little or
much: but the abundance of the
rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 There is a sore evil which I
have seen under the sun, namely,
riches kept for the owners thereof
to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by evil
travail: and he begetteth a son, and
there is nothing in his hand.
15 ™As he came forth of his
mother’s womb, naked shall he
return to go as he came, and shall
take nothing of his labour, which he
may carry away in his hand.
16 And this also 1s a sore evil,that
in all points as he came, so shall he
go: and what profit hath he "that
hath laboured for the wind?
17 All his days also he eateth in *
darkness, and he hath much sor-
row and wrath with his sickness.
18 Behold that which I have
seen: °1¢ 1s good and comely for one
to eat and to drink, and to enjoy
the good of all his jabour that he
taketh under the sun all the days of
his life, which God giveth him: for
it 1s his portion.
19 Every man also to whom God
hath given riches and wealth, and
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hath given him power ‘to eat
thereof, and to take his portion, and
to rejoice in his labour; this is the’
gift of God. |
20 For he shall not much remem-|
er the days of his life; because God)
answereth Aim in the joy of his
heart.
CHAPTER 6.
i
(The unfolding, continued: (3) in
view of man’s inevitable end.) |
WHERE is an evil which I have’
seen under the sun, and it is
common among men: :
2 Aman to whom God hath given|
riches, wealth, and honour, 4so tha’
he wanteth nothing for his soul of
all that he desireth, “yet God giv-)
ECCLESIASTES.
B.C. 977.
CHAPTER 7.
| (The unfolding, continued: (4) in
view of the incurable evii cf
man.)
A *GOOD name is better than
precious ointment; and the
day of death than the day of one’s
| 2 Its better to go to the house of
eth him not power to eat thereof,
but a stranger eateth it: this is
vanity, and it zs an evil disease.
3 If a man beget an hundred)
children, and live many years, so
that the days of his years be many,
and his soul be not filled with good,
and “also that he have no burial; I
say, that an untimely birth Is bet-
ter than he.
4 For he comethin with vanity,
and departeth in darkness, and his
name shall be covered with dark-
ness:
5 Moreover he hath not seen the
sun, nor known any thing: this
hath more rest than the other.
6 Yea, though he live a thousand
years twice told, yet hath he seen
no good: do not all go to one
place?
7 4AM the labour of man fs for his
‘mouth, and yet the “appetite is not
filled, |
8 For what hath the wise more
than the fool? what hath the poor,
that knoweth to walk before the
living?
9 Better 7s the sight of the eyes’
‘than the wandering of the desire:
this is also vanity and vexation of
spirit. |
10 That which hath been is named)
already, and it is known that it is
man: £neither may he contend with
him that is mightier than he. |
11 Seeing there be many things
that. increase vanity, what zs man|
the better? {
12 For who knoweth what is good
for man in this life, all the days of
his vain life which he spendeth “as
a shadow? for who can tell a man
“Het shall be after him under the
sun
a Job 21:9; ourning, than to go to the house
Psa.i7.14; of feasting: for that is the end of
73.7. reat and the living will lay zt
to eart.
sea .3 Sorrow is better than laughter:
¢ 2 Ki.9.35; Jfor by the sadness of the counte-
apts nance the heart is made better,
19. 4 The heart of the wise is in the
house of mourning; but the heart
¢Prov.16.26. lof fools is in the house of mirth. __
eblebveca! 5 *It is better to hear the rebuke ©
Liners the — neh for aman to hear
‘walking |tne song of fools.
of ieee © For as the crackling of thorns
under a pot, so-is the laughter of
fae the fool: this also is vanity.
Jer.49.19. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise
man mad; /and a gift destroyeth
ie eat eee the heart.
4; Jas.4.14.. | 8 Better zs the.end of a thing than
: the beginning thereof: and the
?Prov-15.30; Impatient in spirit is better than the
ti proud in spirit. ;
j 2 Cor.7.10. 9 “Be not hasty in thy spirit to be
k See Psa.igi, }@nery: for anger resteth in the
5; Prov.13.__|bosom of fools.
18; 15.31,32. | 10 Say not thou, What is the
1Ex.23.8: ‘cause that the former days were
Deut.16.29. ‘better than these? for ‘thou dost not
enquire wisely concerning this.
m Prov.14.29. | 41 Wisdom is good with an in-
nProv.14.17; |heritance: and by it there is profit
fee iz to them that see the sun.
12 For wisdom ss.a defence, and ~
0 Or, as good |MOney 1s a defence: but the excei-
as.an inheri-\lency of knowledge is, that wisdom
pene 7S2 |giveth life to them that have it.
~ | 13 Consider the work of God: for
who can make that straight, which
eae |he hath made crooked? t
moderately | 14 In theday of prosperity be joy-
religious and |ful, but in the day of adversity con-
sig d sider: God also hath set the one
; jover against the other, to ‘the end
nes man should find nothing after
| 15 All things have I seen in the
days of my vanity: there is a just
man that perisheth im -his right-
eousness, and there is a wicked man
that prolongeth Ais fife in his
wickedness.
16 ?Be not righteous over much;
neither make thyself over
p vs.16,17.
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wise:
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self:
17 Be not over much wicked, nei-
ther be thou foolish: why shouldest
thou die before thy time?
18 It is good that thou shouldest
take hold of this; yea, also from
this withdraw not thine hand: for he
that feareth God shall come forth
of them all.
19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise
more than ten mighty men which
are in the city.
20 x or there is not a
Al pot take no heed unto all
words that are spoken; lest thou
hear thy servant curse thee:
22 For oftentimes also thine own
heart knoweth that thou thyself
likewise hast cursed others.
23 All this have I proved by wis-
dom: I said, I will be wise; but it
was far from me.
ECCLESIASTES.
a Righteous-
ness. Isa.26.
7. (Gen.6.9;
Lk.2.25.)
56 1 Ki.8.46;
2 Chr.6.36;
Prov.20.9;
Rom.3.23;
1 John 1.8.
¢ Job 28.12,20;
1 Tim.6.16.
d@ Rom.11.33.
e Prov.4.8,9;
24 ¢That which is far off, and ¢ex-| 17.24.
ceeding deep, who can find it out?
25 I applied mine heart to know,
and to search, and to seek out wis-}|
dom, and the reason of things, and
to know the wickedness of folly,
even of foolishness and madness:
26 And I find more bitter than
death the woman, whose heart is
snares and nets, and her hands as
bands: whosd pleaseth God shail
escape from her; but the sinner
shall be taken by her.
27 Behold, this have I found,
saith the preacher, counting one
by one, to find out the account:
28 Which yet my soul seeketh,
but I find not: one man among a
thousand have I found; but a
woman among all those have I not
found.
29 Lo, this only have I found, that
God hath made man upright; but
they have sought out many inven-
tions..
CHAPTER 8.
(The unfolding, continued: (5) in
view of the mystery of the di-
vine providences.)
V8 is as the wise man? and
who knoweth the interpreta-
tion of a thing? “a man’s wisdom
maketh his face to shine, and the
fboldness of his face shall be
changed.
2 I counsel thee to keep the
king’s commandment, rie Nae in|
regard of the oath of God
f Heb.
strength.
g 1 Chr.29.24;
Ezk.17.18;
Rom.13.5.
h Job 34.18.
¢ Heb. shall
know.
j Eccl.6.12;
9.12; 10.14;
Prov.24.22.
k Job 14.5.
1 Isa.65.20;
Rom.2.5,
m Psa.37.11,
18,19; Prov.
1.32,33; Isa,
3.10,11;
Mt.25.34,41.
n Psa.19.9,
note.
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3 :Be not hasty to go out of his
sight: stand not in an evil thing;
for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth
4 Where the word of a king is,
pt is power:.and *who may say
unto him, What doest thou?
5 Whoso keepeth the command-
ment ‘shall feel no evil thing: and
a wise man’s heart discerneth both
time and judgment.
6 Because to every purpose there
is time and judgment, therefore the
misery of man is great upon him.
7 jJFor he knoweth not that which
shall be: for who can tell him when
it shall be?
8 There is no man that hath
power over the spirit to retain the
spirit; neither hath he power in
the day of death: and there is no
discharge in that war; neither shall
wickedness deliver those that are
given to it.
9 All this have I seen, and ap-
plied my heart unto every work
that is done under the sun: there
is a time wherein one man ruleth
over another to his own ‘hurt.
10 AndsoI saw the wicked buried,
who had come and gone from the
place of the holy, and they were
forgotten in the city where they
had so done: this is also vanity.
11 Because sentence against an
evil work is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the sons of
men is fully set in them to do evil.
12 ’Though a sinner do evil an
hundred times, and his days be pro-
longed, yet surely I know that it
shall be well with them that “fear
God, which fear before him:
13 But it shall not be well with
the wicked, neither shall he prolong
his days, which are as a shadow;
because he feareth not before God.
14 There is a vanity which is
done upon the earth; that there be
just men, unto whom it happen-
eth according to the work of the
wicked; again, there be wicked
men, to whom it happeneth accord-
ing to the work of the righteous: I
said that this also is vanity.
15 Then I commended mirth, be-
cause a man hath no better thing
under the sun, than to eat, and to
drink, and to be merry: for that
shall abide with him of his labour
the days of his life, which God giv-
eth him under the sun.
16 When I applied mine heart to
know wisdom, and to see the busi-
ness that is done upon the earth:
8 17]
nor night seeth sleep with his
eyes:)
17 Then I beheld all the work of
God, that 4a man cannot find out
the work that is done under the
sun: because though a man labour
to seek it out, yet he shall not find
it; yea farther; though a wise man
think to know it, “yet shall he not
be able to find it.
6 tse
CHAPTER 9. Kom 11-33.
(The unfolding, continued: (6) in| Psa.73.16.
view of the world’s wrong ¢ Job 21.7;
standard of values.) Psa.73.3,12,
FoR all this I considered in my HER SS
heart even to declare all this,!¢ Becl.g.15.
that the righteous, and the wise,
and their works, are in the hand of
God: no man knoweth either love
or hatred by all that is before
them.
2 ‘All things come alike to all:
there is one event to the righteous,
and to the wicked; to the good and
e Heb. see, or
enjoy life.
f Eccl.2.10,
24; 3.13,22;
5.18.
g Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.
to the clean, and to the unclean; to Sy mote:
him that sacrificeth, and to him|h Jer.9.23;
that sacrificeth not: as is the good, ere 2.
so is the sinner; and he that swear- wa
eth, as he that feareth an oath. ¢ Prov.29.6;
3 This is an evil among all things iy ta
that are done under the sun, that) 1 ‘fhes.s.3.
there is one event unto all: yea,|_
also the heart of the sons of men is|/ ove Ee
full of evil, and madness /s in their Lee
heart while they live, and after that|% Mk.6.2,3.
they go to the dead. byostiia’
4 For to him that is joined to all|/{9°7))
the living there is hope: for a liv-
ing dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they
shall die: but the dead know not
any thing, neither have they any
more a reward; for the memory of
them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their ha-
tred, and their envy, is now per-
ished; neither have they any more
a portion for ever in any thing that
is done under the sun.
7 Go thy way, deat thy bread with
joy, and drink thy wine with a
ECCLESIASTES.
(for also there is that neither day|_B.c. 977. ete heart; for God now accepteth |
[9 6
4
thy works.
8 Let thy garments be always ©
white; and let thy head lack no
ointment. W
9 «Live joyfully with the wife
whom thou lovest all the days of
the life of thy vanity, which he
hath given thee under the sun, all ©
the days of thy vanity: /for that is
thy portion in this life, and in thy —
labour which thou takest under the
sun.
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth ©
to do, do it with thy might; !for
there is no work, nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the
8grave, whither thou goest.
11 Ireturned, “and saw under the
sun, that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong, neither
yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches
to men of understanding, nor yet
favour to men of skill; but time and
chance happeneth to them all.
12 For man also knoweth not his
time: as the fishes that are taken
in an evil net, and as the birds that
are caught in the snare; so are the
sons of men ‘snared in an evil time,
when it falleth suddenly upon
them.
13 This wisdom have I seen also
under the sun, and it seemed great
unto me:
14 JThere was a little city, and
few men within it; and there came
a great king against it, and be-
sieged it, and built great bulwarks
against it:
15 Now there was found in it a
poor wise man, and he by his wis-
dom delivered the city; yet no man
remembered that same poor man.
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better
than strength: nevertheless ‘the
poor man’s wisdom is despised,
and his words are not heard.
17 The words of wise men are
heard in quiet more than the cry of
him that ruleth among fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weap-
ons of war: but /one sinner destroy-
eth much good.
1 Verse 10 is no more a divine revelation concerning the state of the dead than
any other conclusion of ‘‘the Preacher’
(Eccl. 1,1)
is such a revelation. Reasoning
from the standpoint of man “under the sun,” the natural man can see no difference
between a dead man and a
dead lion (v.
No one would quote verse 2
4).
as a divine revelation.
A living dog is better than either.
These reasonings of man apart
from divine revelation are set down by inspiration just as the words of Satan (Gen.
3. 4; Job 2. 4, 5, etc.) are so set down.
But that life and consciousness continue
between death and resurrection is directly affirmed in Scripture (Isa. 14.. 9-11; Mt.
22. 32; Mk, 9, 43-48; Lk. 16. 19-31; John 11. 26; 2 Cor.
9-11),
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5. 6-8; Phil. 1, 21-23; Rev. 6.
CHAPTER 10.
(The unfolding, continued: (7) in
view of the anarchy of the
world.)
EAD flies cause the ointment of
/ the apothecary to send forth a
stinking savour: so doth a little
folly him that is in reputation for
ye
ECCLESIASTES. __ [11 10
18 By much slothfulness the
building decayeth; and through
idleness of the hands the house
droppeth through.
19 A feast is made for laughter,
and wine maketh merry: but
money answereth all things.
20 ‘Curse not the king, no not in
thy thought; and curse not the rich
in thy bedchamber: for a bird of
wisdom and honour. : : the air shall carry the voice, and
2 A wise man’s heart is at his), pep. pis that which hath wings shall tell the
pant hand; but a fool’s heart at his} heart. matter.
eft.
3 Yea also, when he that is a fool|? Frov-15-165 CHAPTER 11.
walketh by the way, “his wisdom 2 :
faileth him, and Che saith to every|¢ 1Sam.25.24; Part IV. The best thing possible
Oe PREG Te a inal Proy.25.15. to the natural man.
4 If the spirit of the ruler Tise Up] d Psa.7.15; AST thy bread Jupon the
against thee, leave not thy place; Prov.26.27, waters: ‘for thou shalt find it
for ‘yielding pacifieth great offences.| , p.a.5g.4,5,; |after_ many days,
5 age is an evil which I have} Jer.8.17. 4 ‘Give aa to seven, and
seen under the sun, as an error also to eight; for thou knowest
eae pigen seca et ae en ae g epeer
the rich sit in low place. ‘ g Prov.31.4, 3 Ifthe clouds be full of rain, they
Berna ea ee NE OESSS UPC roids tgt / [ODES ciicicon fallatomanda tie
: ar e
servants upon the earth. 1 Ex.22.28; south, or toward the north, in the
8 ‘He be diggeth ade Se fai, “eee fers ae the tree falleth, there
into it; and whoso breaketh an|/jJsa.32.20. [it sha b
hedge, a serpent shall bite him. aor \n0 He that observeth the wind
9 Whoso removeth stones shall be F eg Ne shall not sow; and he that regard-
hurt therewith; and he that cleav-| Mt.10.42; eth the clouds shall not reap.
eth wood shall be endangered) 2¢°r98; | 5S As ™thou knowest not what 1s
thereby. Gal.6.9-10; |the way of the spirit, *ner how the
10 If the iron be blunt, and he do bones do grow in the womb of her
not whet the edge, then must he|/Psa-112.9; |that is with child: even so thou
put to more strength: but wisdom ents knowest not the works of God who
is profitable to direct. 18,19. maketh all.
11 Surely the serpent will bite 6 In the morning sow thy seed,
ewithout enchantment; and a bab-|"J°h= 3-8. /and in the evening withhold not
bler is no better. ; n Psa.139. thine hand: for thou knowest not
12 The words of a wise man’s| 14,15 whether °shall prosper, either this
Piouthiare era-iots: bate the Us Of) obs, shalt Oe ee ee
. e right. ne 4
13 The beginning of the words of 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a
his mouth is foolishness: and the|?Eccl-7-- [pleasant thing it is for the eyes ?to
end of his talk is mischievous|7Num.is.39. |behold the sun:
madness. 8 But if a man live many years,
14 A fool also is full of words: al’ Eccl-12.14; [and rejoice in them all; yet let him
man cannot tell what shall be; and Pot 2-B-t.
what shall be after him, who can
tell him? ;
15 The labour of the foolish weari-
eth every one of them, because he
knoweth not how to go to the city.
16 fWoe to thee, O land, when
thy king is a child, and thy princes
eat in the morning!
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when
thy king is the son of nobles, and
éthy princes eat in due season, for
strength, and not for drunken-
ness!
remember the days of darkness; for
they shall be many. All that
cometh is vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy
youth; and let thy heart cheer thee
in the days of thy youth, and %walk
in the ways of thine heart, and in
the sight of thine eyes: but know
thou, that for all these things "God
will bring thee into judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from
thy heart, and Sput away evil from
thy flesh: for childhood and youth
are vanity.
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ECCLESIASTES.
12 af
CHAPTER 12.
The best thing possible to the :
‘ Taticaernnss a Prov fier
Tee “now thy Creator] See 2 Sam.
in the days of thy youth, while| 19-35.
the evil days come not, nor the
years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;
2 While the sun, or the light, or
the moon, or the stars, be not dark-
ened, nor the clouds return after] fGen.3.19;
; Job 34.15;
Psa.90.3.
d Job 17.13.
e Jer.9.17.
strong men shall bow themselves, :
and the grinders cease because they| ‘ end oee
are few, and those that look out of} Job 34.14;
the windows be darkened, ;
4 And the doors shall be shut in
the streets, when the sound of the| i
grinding is low, and he shall rise}.
note.
k Eccl.11.9;
Mt.12.36;
5 Also when they shall be afraid
of that which is high, and fears
shall be in the way, and the almond
tree shall flourish, and the grass-
hopper shall be a burden, and de-
sire shall fail: because man goeth tc
“his long home, and the “mourners
go about the streets:
6 Orever the silver cord be loosed,
or the golden bowl be broken, or the
|__B.C. 977.
c 2 Sam.19.35.
pitcher be broken at the fountain, ;
jor the wheel broken at the cistern.
| 7 Then shall the dust return to
the earth as it was: and -éthe spirit
shall return unto God who gave it.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the
preacher; all is vanity.
9 And moreover, because the
preacher was wise, he still taught
the people knowledge; yea, he gave
good heed, and sought out, and
fset in order many proverbs.
10 The preacher sought to find
out acceptable words: and that
which was written was upright,
even words of truth.
11 The words of the wise are as
goads, and as nails fastened by the
masters of assemblies, which are
given from one shepherd.
12 And further, by these, my son,
be admonished: of making many
books there fs no end; and much
study is a weariness of the flesh.
Part V. The best thing possible
to man under the law.
13 ‘Let us hear the conclusion of
the whole matter: JFear God, and
keep his commandments: for this
is the whole duty of man.
14 For *God shall bring every
work into judgment, with every
secret thing, whether it be good, or
iwhether it be evil.
lil THE SONG OF SOLOMON. #!
NOWHERE in Scripture does the unspiritual mind tread upon ground so mysterious:
and incomprehensible as in this book, while the saintliest men and women of the
ages have found it a source of pure and exquisite delight. That the love of the
divine Bridegroom should follow all the analogies of the marriage relation seems:
evil only to minds so ascetic that marital desire itself seems to them unholy.
The interpretation is twofold: Primarily, the book is the expression of pure
marital love as ordained of God in creation, and the vindication of that love as:
against both asceticism and lust—the two profanations of the holiness of matriage.
The secondary and larger interpretation is of Christ,-the Son and His heavenly
bride, the Church (2 Cor, 11. 14, refs.)..
In this sense the book has six divisions: I. The bride seen im restful communion
with the Bridegroom, 1. 1-2. 7. II. A lapse and restoration, 2. 8-3.5. III. Joy of
fellowship, 3. 6-5. 1. IV. Separation of interest—the bride satisfied, the Bride-
groom toiling for others, 5. 2-5. V. The bride seeking and witnessing, 5. 6-6. 3.
VI. Unbroken communion, 6. 4-8. 14.
B.c. 1014. |that turneth aside by the flocks of
thy companions?
8 If thou know not, O'thou fairest
among women, go thy way forth by
the footsteps of the flock, and feed
a1Ki432, |thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
9 I have compared thee, 20 my
CHAPTER 1.
Part I.The brideand Bridegroom
in joyful 1communion (to 2. 7).
‘a pe ésong of songs, which is
2 Pe Hee kiss me with the kisses] ’ “10: love, to, a: company’ of horses i
pitiaanonths “ar hy loveds Better | Homti-4:_.. | PHerack’s chatiote: ‘
peice iss John 6.44; 10 ate ae ae Be: wee
3 Because of the savour‘of thy| ~~ Pecineie f Trolel. eh wt
good ointments thy name is as/?PhUS1214. \"1) ‘We will make thee borders of
ointment poured forth, therefore do} , psa.45.14,15; |gold with studs of silver.
ev emcacs wines ar joha 14.2; |"19 While the king sitteth at his
Shebee ee, ling pltebantany ts iter ae table, my spikenard sendeth forth
into his chambers: we will be glad Pelee Ce te fray! sshirap hits Sey Grell
_.and rejoice in thee, we will remem-| veded- nensced Nae a wre shall ae all
ber thy love more than wine: the eSong 2.2,10, |night betwixt my’ breasts.
ais ee cee comely, O ye 54; 64," 14 My pee as unto mes as 3
sa : ’ 2 115. 4 . om ee
daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents ear pees sohthe eas eT Bens
of Kedar, as the curtains of Solo- eee 1S JBehold, thou-lar® fairs ene
bes b 1} 13: 4 love; behold, thou arf fair; thou
6 Look not upon me, because hast doves” eyes.
am black, because the sun hath iOr,cypress. | 16 Behold, thou arf fair, my be-
pooked - Upon mes Ty mother’s} Song 4.13. loved, yea, pleasant: also our bed!
children were angry with me; they] ; song 4:2; glace
made me the keeper of the vine-|’ 5.12. 17 The beams of our house are
oe mine own vineyard have cedar, and’ our rafters-of fir.
n ept.
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul CHAPTER 2.
loveth, where thou feedest, where
thou makest thy flock to rest at } AM the. rose of Sharon, and the
noon: for why should I be fas one! lily of the valleys.
SON cate ee an i ee ee
1 It is. most comforting to see that. all these tender thoughts of Christ are for His
bride in her unperfected state. The varied. exercises of her heart are part of that
inner discipline suggested by Eph. 5. gee
05
2 2] . SONG OF SOLOMON.
2 As the lily among thorns, !so is|__B.c. 1014. countenance, let me hear thy voice;
my love among the daughters. hes for weet a - spt ia and
s the apple tree among the countenance is s ,
Saige: the eae so is my beloved 15 Take us éthe foxes, the little
among the sons. I sat down under foxes, that spoil the vines: for our
his shadow with great delight, and vines have tender. grapes,
chis fruit was sweet to my taste. 16 +My beloved is mine, andIlam
4 He brought me to the banquet- his: he feedeth among the lilies.
ing house, and his banner over me 17 ‘Until the day break, and the
was love. shadows flee away, turn, my be-
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort loved, and be thou /like a roe or a
me with apples: for I am sick of|, pey932, {young hart upon the mountains of
love. mie Bether.
6 ?His left hand is under my head, |> Song 8.3.
and his right hand doth embrace CHAPTER ot
me. ,
Y *night on my bed I sought
of Jerusalem, by the foes, and by“, four |IB "yim whom my’ soul lovethe f
the hinds of the field, that ye stir) “”""* sought him, but I found him not.
not up, nor awake my love, till he! v-10. ae ane mee pada Bag go nous me
f : § city in the streets, and in the broa
eae F _ JF Omit places. | ays I will seek him whom my soul
Part II. A lapse and restoration gPsa.80.13; |loveth: I sought him, but I found
(to 3.5). Ezk.13.4; him not,
8 The voice of my beloved! be- ek 3 /The watchmen that go about
c Song 3.5;
8.4.
hold, he cometh leaping upon the] Song 6.3; the city found me: to whom I said,
mountains, skipping upon the hills.| 7-12 Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
9 My beloved is like aroeora i Song 4.6. 4 It was but a little that I passed
young hart: behold, he standeth from them, but I found him whom
behind our wall, he looketh forth}/¥-9;S°"¢ | |my soul loveth: I held him, and
at the windows, ¢shewing himself} °!* would not let him go, until I had
through the lattice. k Isa.26.9. brought him into my mother’s
10 My beloved spake, and said house, and into the chamber of her
unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair| / 5°" >” that conceived me.
one, and come away. m Song 2.7; 5 _™I charge you, O ye daughters
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the| 8-4: of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the
rain is over and gone; Song 8:5) hinds of the field, that ye stir not
12 The flowers appear on the up, nor awake my love, till he please,
earth; the time of the singing of :
birds is come, and the voice of the CE eT aDRy communion (ep
turtle is heard in our land; she Sa? DEES SPeakss
13 The fig tree putteth forth her 6 *Who is this that cometh out of
green figs, and the vines with the the wilderness like pillars of smoke,
tender grape give a good smell. perfumed with myrrh and frankin-
‘Arise, my love, my fair one, and cense, with all powders of the mer-
come away. chant?
14 O my 3dove, that art in the 7 Behold his bed, which is Solo-
clefts of the rock, in the secret mon’s; threescore valiant men are.
Splaces of the stairs, let me see thy about it, of the valiant of Israel.
1 How poor are the similes of the bride as compared with those of the Bridegroom.
To Him she is a “‘lily among thorns” ; she can only say that He is “as the apple
tree among the trees of the wood.”
% 2 “Our wall.” The bride had returned to her own home: the Bridegroom seeks
er
3 There is a beautiful order here. First we have what the bride is as seen in
Christ, “My dove.” In herself most faulty; in Him “blameless and harmless’”’
(Phil, 2. 15), the very character of the dove. Then the bride’s place of safety, “in
the clefts of the rock””—hidden, so to speak, in the wounds of Christ. Thirdly, her
privilege. “Stairs” speaks of access. It is not “secret places,’ as in A.V., but
“the secret of the stairs” —the way and privilege of access to His presence (Eph. 2. 18;
Col. 3. 1; Heb. 10. 19-22). F ourthly, the order of approach: she is to come near
before she speaks, “Let Me see thy countenance,” then “Let Me hear thy voice.’
Lastly, now that she is near and has spoken, He speaks a tender word of admoni-
tion: “Take us the foxes,” etc.
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8 They all hold swords, being ex-|_B.C. 1014. _|from the lions’ dens, from the moun-
i tains of the leopards.
9 Thou hast /ravished my heart,
my lsister, my spouse; thou hast
tavished my heart with one of thine
eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
10 How fair is thy love, my sister,
fear in the night.
9 King Solomon made himself a
chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made the pillars thereof of
Buc fs the pore: as ot eo Ey spouse) how, mech better aS Ee
th veri it of purple, the ove than wine! and the smell o
ae Serer bene eta wel @ Sobe 1.15; |thine ointments than all spicés!
ove, for the daughters of Jerusalem.| »-14- 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop
ae Go er eae ace Of| 4 Song 6.5. ABs hs honeycomb: honey and
ion, an eho ing Solomon milk are under thy tongue; and the.
i eas oN ede gest noe c Song 6.6. snag of exe garments is “like the
crowne im in the day of his|q song 6.7. smell of Lebanon.
espousals, and in the day of the as 12 A garden “inclosed is my sis-
gladness of his heart. ter, my spouse; a spring shut up, a
fountain sealed.
CHAFPTER 4. 13 Thy plants are an orchard of
The Bridegroom speaks.
pomegranates, with pleasant fruits;
camphire, with spikenard,
BEHOLD, ethou art fair, my
love; behold, thou art fair; thou|"Song 2-17. {mus and cinnamon, with all trees
14 Spikenard and saffron; cala-
hast doves’ eyes within thy locks:| ; rep. of frankincense; myrrh and aloes,
thy hair is as a “flock of goats, that| breathe. with all the chief spices:
appear from mount Gilead. Feeley 15 A fountain of gardens, ?a well
2 ‘Thy teeth are like a flock of|’?~?"”*” _Jof living waters, and streams from
sheep that are even shorn, which|k Deut.33. Lebanon.
came up from the washing; whereof .
every one bear twins, and none is|’O7,52%er The bride speaks,
barren among them. heart. 16 Awake, O north wind; and
3 Thy lips are like if thread ie Saeie CORE? Fon peng eae ean my
scarlet, and thy speech is comely:]” proy.24.13, |garden, that the spices thereo! may
thy ¢temples are like a piece of a| 14. flow out. Let my beloved come
COS OS SRG Gags ra oaee al eeay aa eriaemossmm ren
David builded for an farmoury,
woceey pte pane. a pues o Heb.barred. CHAPTER 5.
bucklers, all shields of mighty men.}» Jonn 4.10; < ;
5 &8Thy two breasts are like two eee The Bridegroom replies.
young roes that are twins, which) ..00 51 if ‘AM come into my garden, my
feed among the lilies. " at sister, my spouse: I have gath-
6 Until the day ‘break, and the|rSong4.16. {ered my myrrh with my spice; ‘I
shadows flee away, I will get me to) ,.0o 44) have eaten my honeycomb with my
the mountain of myrrh, and to the|°°°"=*"*" |honey; I have drunk my wine with
hill of frankincense. my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea,
7 Thou art all fair, my love; drink abundantly, O beloved.
there is no spot in oe Leb Part IV. Aseparation of interest:
87 Comeswith me from Lepanon, the bride speaks (to v.5).
my spouse, with me from Lebanon:
look from the top of Amana, from Lee 2sleep, but my heart waketh:
the top of Shenir “and Hermon, it is the voice of my beloved that
1 The word “sister” here is of infinitely delicate significance, intimating the very
whiteness of purity in the midst of an ardour which is, like the shekinah, aglow
but unspeakably holy. Sin has almost deprived us of the capacity even to stand
with unshod feet before this burning bush. 2 i j
2 The bride is satisfied with her washed feet while the Bridegroom, His “head
filled with dew,” and His “locks with the drops of the night,” is toiling for others.
See Lk. 6. 12; 14. 21-23. The state of the bride is not one of sin, but of neglect
of service. She is preoccupied with the graces and perfections which she has in
Christ through the Spirit (1 Cor. 12. 4-11; Gal. 5. 22, 23). Itis mysticism, unbalanced
by the activities of the Christian warfare. Her feet are washed, her hands drop
with sweet-smelling myrrh; but He has gone on, and now she must seek Him
(cf. Lk. 2. 44, 45).
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knocketh, saying, Open to me, my
sister, my love, my dove, my un-
defiled: for my ‘head is filled with
dew, and my locks with the drops
of the night.
3 I have put off my coat; how
shall I put it on? I ‘have washed
my feet; how shall I defile them?
4 My beloved put in his hand ‘by
the hole.of the door, and my bow-
els were moved for ‘him.
5 Irose up to open’ to my beloved;
and my hands dropped with
myrrh, and my fingers with sweet
smelling myrrh, upon the ‘handles
of the lock.
Part V. The seeking bride(to 6.3).
© I opened to my beloved: but
my beloved had withdrawn himself,
and was gone: my ‘soul failed when
he spake: I sought “him, but I could
not find him; I called him, but he
gave me no answer.
7 8The watchmen that went
about the city found me, they smote
me, they wounded ‘me; the keepers
of the walls took away my veil from
me.
8 I charge you, O daughters of Je-
fusalem, if ye find my beloved, that
ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
The daughters of Jerusalem
speak.
9 What is thy beloved more than
another beloved, °O thou fairest
among women? what is thy be-
loved more than another beloved,
that thou dost so charge us?
The bride answers.
10 My beloved is white andruddy,
the ‘chiefest among ten thousand.
11 His head is as the most fine
gold, his locks are bushy, and black
as a raven.
12 ¢His eyes are as the eyes of
doves by the rivers of waters,
washed with milk, and éfitly set,
13 His cheeks are as a bed of
Spices, as sweet flowers: his lips
like lilies, dropping sweet smelling
myrrh. \
14 His hands are as gold rings
set with the beryl: his belly is as
bright ivory overlaid with sap-
phires.
15 His legs are as pillars of mar-
ble, set upon sockets of fine gold:
BC. 1014.
a Song.3.3.
5 Song 1.8.
c Heb. a
standard
bearer..
d@ Song 1.15;
4.1.
e Heb..sitting
in fulness;
i.e. fitly
placed, and
set as a pre-
cious stone,
in the foil of
a ring.
f Song 1:8.
g Song 2.16;
7.140.
h Song 4.1.
4 Song 4.2.
J Song 4.3.
kv.4.
T Song 7.12.
cellent as the cedars.
16 His mouth zs most sweet: yea,
he is altogether lovely. This is my
beloved, and this is my friend, O
daughters of Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 6.
The daughters of Jerusalem
speak.
AJHITHER is thy beloved gone,
JQ thou fairest among -wo-
men? whither is thy beloved turned
aside? that we may seek him with
thee. ¢
The bride answers.
2 My beloved is gonedowninto his
garden, to the beds of spices, to feed
in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3 81am my beloved’s, and my be-
loved is mine: he feedeth among
' |the lilies.
Part VI. Unbroken communion
(to the end): the Bridegroom
speaks.
4 Thou art beautiful, O my love,
as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,
terrible as an army with banners.
5 Turn away thine eyes from me,
for they have overcome me: thy
hair is ’as a flock of goats that
appear from Gilead.
6 ‘Thy teeth are as a flock of
sheep which go up from the wash-
ing, whereof every one beareth
twins, and there is not.one ‘barren
among them.
7 JAs a piece of a pomegranate are
thy temples within thy locks.
8 There are threescare queens,
and fourscore concubines, and vir-
gins without number.
9 My dove, my undefiled is but
one; she is the anly one of her
mother, she is the choice one of her
that bare her. ‘The daughters saw
her, and blessed ther: yea, the
queens and the concubines, and
they praised ‘her.
10 ‘Who is she tha# looketh forth
jas the morning, fair as the moon,
|clear as the sun, ‘and terrible as
|an army with banners?
11 I went down into the garden
{of nuts to see the fruits of the val-
ley, and 'to see whether the vine
|flourished, and the pomegranates
\budded.
p._ Observe, it is now the Bridegroom Himself who occupies her heart, not His
gifts—myrrh and washed feet (John 13. 2-9). bit
2So soon as the
“Sc e bride witnesses to the Bridegroom’s
desire is awakened in the daughters of Jerusalem to seek
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own personal loveliness, .a
Him.
his countenance zs as Lebanon, ex- —
12 Or ever I was aware, my soul
*made me like the chariots of Am-
mi-nadib.
13 Return, return, O Shulamite;
return, return, that we may look
upon thee. What will ye see in the
Shulamite? As it were the com-
pany °of two armies.
CHAPTER 7.
OW beautiful are thy feet with
¢O- prince’s daughter!
the joints of thy thighs are like
jewels, the work of the hands of a
cunning workman.
2 Thy navel is like a round gob-
let, which wanteth not 4liquor: thy
belly is like an heap of wheat set
about with lilies.
3 Thy two breasts are like two
young roes that are twins.
4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory;
thine eyes like the fishpools in Hesh-
bon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim:
thy nose is asthe towerofLebanon|
“aera eenrande = Jamas — e Or, crimson,
e head upon thee is like
eCarmel, and the hair of thine head Mie Oech
like purple; the king is fheld in the} Or, of the
galleries. SES
6 How fair and how pleasant art|/ Psa.45.11.
thou, O love, for delights! ‘
7 This thy stature is like to al *$e25-1*-
palm tree, and thy breasts to clus-| j Mt.13.52.
k Song 2.7;
3.5.
a Or, set me
on the
chariots of
my willing
people.
b Or, of
Mahanaim,
Gen.32.2. ©
ters of grapes.
8 I said, I will go up to the palm
tree, I will take hold of the boughs]
thereof: now also thy breasts shall}? Isa.49.16;
be as clusters of the vine, and the romped
smell of thy nose like apples;
9 And the roof of thy mouth like] Prov.6.35.
the best wine for my beloved, that], 24. sneol.
goeth down sweetly, causing thelips| See Hab.2.
Zof those that are asleep to speak. | 5, 7o0¢te-
The bride speaks.
10 I.am my beloved’s, and “his
desire is toward me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go
forth into the field; let us lodge in
the villages. ‘
12 Let us get up early to the vine-
yards; let us see if the vine flourish,
whether the tender grape appear,
and the pomegranates bud forth:
there will I give thee my loves.
13 The‘mandrakes giveasmell,and
atour gatesJareall manner of pleas-
ant fruits, new and old, which I
have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
CHAPTER 8.
O
THAT thou wert as my bro-
my mother! when I should find
o The refer-
ence here is
obscure.
p Heb. peace.
g Mt.21.33.
r See Rev.22.
17,20.
ther, that sucked the breasts of
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SONG OF SOLOMON.
B.C. 1014.
[8 14
thee without, I would kiss thee;
yea, I should not be despised.
2 I would lead thee, and bring
thee into my mother’s house, who
would instruct me: I would cause
thee to drink of spiced wine of the
juice of my pomegranate.
3 His left hand should be under
my head, and his right hand should
embrace me.
4 FI charge you, O daughters of
Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor
awake my love, until he please.
The Bridegroom speaks,
5 Who is this that cometh up
from the wilderness, leaning upon
her beloved? I raised thee up under
the apple tree: there thy mother
brought thee forth: there she
brought thee forth that bare thee.
6 ‘Set me as a seal upon thine
heart, as a seal upon thine arm:
for love rs strong as death; ”jeal-
ousy is cruel as the “grave: the
coals thereof are coals of fire, whicb
hath a most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench
love, neither can the floods drown
it: if a man would give all the sub-
stance of his house for love, it
would utterly be contemned,
The bride speaks.
8 We have a little sister, and she
hath no breasts: what shall we do
for our sister in the day when she
shall be spoken for? !
The Bridegroom speaks.
9 If she be a wall, we will build
upon her a palace of silver: and if
she be a door, we will inclose her
with boards of cedar.
The bride speaks,
10 I am a wall, and my breasts
like towers: then was I in his eyes
as one that found ?favour.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at
Baal-hamon; ¢he let out the vine-
yard unto keepers; every one for
the fruit thereof was to bring a
thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, which is mine, is
before me: thou, O Solomon, must
have a thousand, and those that
keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
13 Thou that dwellest in the gar-
dens, the companions hearken to
thy. voice: cause me to hear it.
14 *Make haste, my beloved, and
be thou like to a roe or to a young
hart upon the mountains of spices,
™ tojthe last.
;
pe
BP HOW TO USE THE SUBJECT REFERENCES.
THE subject references lead the reader from the first clear mention of a great truth
The first and last references (in parenthesis) are repeated each time,
_ so that wherever a reader comes upon a subject he may recur to the first reference
and follow the subject, or turn at once to the Summary at the last reference.
ILLUSTRATION
{at Mark 1. 1.)
b Gospel. vs.
1,14,15; Mk.
if) f Here Gospel is the subject; vs. 1, 14, 15 show where it is at that particular place;
Mk. 8. 35 is the next reference in the chain, and the references in parenthesis are
___ the first and last.
we
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THE PROPHETICAL BOOKS.
PROPHETS were men raised up of God in times of declension and apostasy in
Israel. They were primarily revivalists and patriots, speaking on behalf of God to
the heart and conscience of the nation. The prophetic messages have a twofold
character: first, that which was local and for the prophet’s time; secondly, that
which was predictive of the divine purpose in the future. Often the prediction
springs immediately from the local circumstance (e.g. Isa. 7. 1-11 with vs. 12-14).
_ It is necessary to keep this Israelitish character of the prophet in mind. Usually
his predictive, equally with his local and immediate ministry, is not didactic and
abstract, but has in view the covenant people, their sin and failure, and their glo-
rious future. The Gentile is mentioned as used for the chastisement of Israel, as
judged therefor, but also as sharing the grace that is yet to be shown toward Israel.
The Church, corporately, is not in the vision of the O.T. prophet (Eph, 3. 1-6).
The future blessing of Israel_as a nation rests upon the Palestinian Covenant of
restoration and conversion (Deut. 30. 1-9, refs.), and the Davidic Covenant of
the Kingship of the Messiah, David’s Son (2 Sam. 7. 8-17, refs.), and this gives to
predictive prophecy its Messianic character. The exaltation of Israel is secured in
the kingdom, and the kingdom takes its power to bless from the Person of the King,
David’s Son, but also “Immanuel.”
But as the King is also Son of Abraham (Mt. 1.1), the promised Redeemer, and as
redemption is only through the sacrifice of Christ, so Messianic prophecy of neces-
sity presents Christ in a twofold character—a suffering Messiah (e.g. Isa. 53.), and
a reigning Messiah (e.g. Isa. 11). This duality, suffering and glory, weakness and
aes involved a mystery which perplexed the prophets (1 Pet. 1. 10-12; Lk. 24.
26, 27)...
The solution of that mystery lies, as the New Testament makes clear, in the two
advents—the first advent to redemption through suffering; the second advent to
the kingdom in glory, when the national promises to Israel will be fulfilled (Mt. 1.
21-23; Lk. 2. 28-35; 24. 46-48, with Lk. 1. 31-33, 68-75; Mt. 2. 2, 6; 19. 27, 28; Acts 2. 30-32;
15. 14-16). The prophets indeed describe the advent in two forms which could
not be contemporaneous (e.g. Zech. 9. 9; contra, 14. 1-9), but to them it was not re-
vealed that between the advent to suffering, and the advent to glory, would be
accomplished certain “mysteries of the kingdom” (Mt. 13. 11-16), nor that, con-
sequent upon Messiah’s rejection, the New Testament Church would be called
out. These were, to them, ‘‘mysteries hid in God’? (Eph. 3. 1-10).
Speaking broadly, then, predictive prophecy is occupied with the fulfilment of
ee Palestinian and Davidic Covenants; the Abrahamic Covenant having also its
place.
Gentile powers are mentioned as connected with Israel, but prophecy, save in
Daniel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Nahum, is not occupied with Gentile world-history.
Daniel, as will be seen, has a distinctive character.
The predictions of the restoration from the Babylonian captivity at the end of
seventy years, must be distinguished from those of the restoration from the present
world-wide dispersion. The context is always clear. The Palestinian Covenant
(Deut. 28. 1-30. 9) is the mould of predictive prophecy in its larger sense—national
disobedience, world-wide dispersion, repentance, the return of the Lord, the regath-
ering of Israel and establishment of the kingdom, the conversion and blessing of
Israel, and the judgment of Israel’s oppressors. mi :
The true division of the prophets is into pre-exilic, viz., in Judah: Isaiah, Jere-
miah (extending into the exile), Joel, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zepha-
niah. In Israel: Hosea, Amos, and Jonah. £xilic, Ezekiel and Daniel, both of
Judah, but prophesying to the whole nation. Post-exilic, all of Judah: Haggai,
Zechariah, and Malachi. The division into major and minor prophetic writings,
based upon the mere bulk of the books, is unhistoric and non-chronological.
The keys which unlock the meanings of prophecy are: the two advents of Mes-
siah, the advent to suffer (Gen. 3. 15; Acts 1.9), and the advent to reign (Deut. 30. 3;
Acts 1. 9-11); the doctrine of the Remnant (Isa. 10. 21, refs.), the doctrine of the
day of the Lorp (Isa. 2. 10-22; Rev. 19. 11-21), and the doctrine of the Kingdom
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(O.T., Gen. 1. 26-28: Zech. 12. 8, note; N.T., Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor. 15. 28, note).
eee pivotal chapters, taking prophecy as a whole, are, Deut. 28., 29., 30.; Psa. 2.;
AN.) Zesedione pos
The whole scope of prophecy must_be taken into account in determining -the
meaning of any particular passage (2 Pet. 1. 20). Hence the importance of first —
mastering the great themes above indicated, which, in this edition of the Scrip-
tures, may readily be done by tracing through the body of the prophetic writings
the subjects mentioned in the preceding paragraph. The detail of the “time of the
end,” upon which all prophecy converges, will be more clearly understood if to
those subjects the student adds the Beast (Dan. 7. 8; Rev. 19. 20), and Armaged-
don (Rev. 16. 14; 19. 17, note).
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE PROPHETS,
ACCORDING TO USSHER.
I. Prophets Before the Exile.
(1) To Nineveh.
Jonah, 862 B.C.
(2) To the 10 tribes “Israel.”
Amos, 787 B.C.
Hosea, 785-725 B.C.
Obadiah, 887 B.C.
Joel, 800 BC.
(3) To Judah.
Isaiah, 760-698 B.C.
Micah, 750-710 B.C.
Nahum, 713 B.C.
Habakkuk, 626 B.C.
Zephaniah, 630 B-C.
Jeremiah, 629-588 B.C x
Il. Prophets During the Exile.
Ezekiel, 595-574 B.C.
Daniel, 607-534 B.C.
TTI. Prophets After the Exile.
Haggai, 520 B.C.
Zechariah, 520-518 B.C
Malachi, 397 B.C.
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THE BOOK OF THE; PROPHET
ISAIAH.
ISAIAH is justly accounted the chief of the writing prophets. He has the more com-
prehensive testimony and is distinctively the prophet of redemption. Nowhere else
in the Scriptures written under the law have we so clear a view of grace. The
New Testament Church does not appear (Eph. 3. 3-10), but Messiah in His Person
and sufferings, and the blessing of the Gentiles through Him, are in full vision.
_ Apart from his testimony to his own time, which includes warnings of coming
judgments upon the great nations of that day, the predictive messages of Isaiah
cover seven great themes: I. Israel in exile and divine judgment upon Israel’s
oppressors. II. The return from Babylon. III. The manifestation of Messiah in
humiliation (e.g. chap. 53.). IV. The blessing of the Gentiles, V. The manifesta-
tion of Messiah in judgment (‘the day of vengeance of our God”). VI. The reign
of David’s righteous Branch in the kingdom-age. VII. The new heavens and the
new earth.
Isaiah is in two chief divisions: I. Looking toward the captivities, 1. 1-39. 8.
Key verses, 1. 1, 2, IE. Looking beyond the captivities, 40. 1-66. 24. Key verses,
40.1, 2. These chief divisions fall into subdivisions, as indicated in the text.
The events recorded in Isaiah cover a period of 62 years (Ussher).
I 1} [1 12
PART I. LOOKING TOWARD THE CAPTIVITIES: CHAPTERS 1.-39,
CHAPTER 1 B.c. 760. {unto - head oe mt Oy baie Hoe
z in it; but wounds, and bruises, an
Jehovah's case against Judah |*7“™1?°-_ |putrifying sores: they have not
vs. 1-24). &2Chr.26.23. |been closed, neither bound up,
=e ‘ ¢Deut.32.1; [neither mollified with ointment.
HE ‘vision of Isaiah the son of! Jer.2.12; 6. 7 *Your country is desolate; your
Amoz, which he saw concern- wt cities are burned with fire: your
ing Judah and Jerusalem in the) \ici.o:' land, strangers devour it in your
days %of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz,| 6.1,2. presence, and it 1s desolate, as over-
and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. dGal.4.1-4. we cha ten ee nee
Garth: fort thob one waunoe vent! Cer at | (asa rouktage bad isicxaactaees a
nate nourished and die arte Ue sen todee in f eat of cucumbers, as
hildren, and they have rebelle pe a besieged city.
against me. g Isa.9.13; 9 Except the Lorp of hosts had
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and| "730: °-3.
the ass his master’s crib: but Israel |’ Pee 2eet,
doth not know, my people doth :
not consider. i Remnant.
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden} (54.1.9;
with iniquity, a ‘seed of evildoers,| Rom.11.5.)
children that are corrupters: they| ; Rom.9.29.
have forsaken the Lorn, they have}, ; - jerusa-
provoked the Holy One of Israel” iqn7/ 0:
unto. anger, they are gone away] Rev.11.8.
backward. LEaw (ok
5 8&Why should ye be stricken any} Moses).
more? ye will revolt more and more:}| Ys-10-18;
the whole -head is sick, and the] (i164;
whole heart faint. Gal.3.1-29.)
6 From the sole of the foot even
left unto us a very small ‘remnant,
we should have been as 7Sodom,
and we should have been like unto
Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lorn,
ye rulers of "Sodom; give ear unto
the ‘law of our God, ye people of
Gomorrah,
11 To what purpose is the multi-
tude of your sacrifices unto me?
saith the Lorp: I am full of the
burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat
of fed beasts; and I delight not in
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs,
or of he goats.
12 When ye come to appear before
1The chapter, down to verse 23, states the case of Jehovah against Judah.
Chastening, according to Deut. 28., 29., had been visited upon Israel in the land
(vs. 5-8), and now the time of expulsion from the land is near.
But just here
Jehovah renews the promise of the Palestinian Covenant of future restoration and
exaltation (Isa. 1. 26, 27; 2. 1-4).
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ant 13]
ISAIAH.
me, who hath required this at your
hand, to tread my courts? ‘
13 4Bring no more vain oblations;
incense is an abomination unto me;
the new moons and sabbaths, the
calling of assemblies, I cannot away
with; it 1s iniquity, even the sol-
emn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your ap-
pointed feasts my soul hateth: they
are a trouble unto me; I am weary
to bear them.
15 And when ye spread forth
your hands, I will hide mine eyes
11-17;
from you: yea, when ye make many|”° 3
2 Cor.8.1,
prayers, I will not hear: your hands] note.
are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; retary i
put away the evil of your doings] vs.24-26;
from, before mine eyes; cease to do (Gen-12-23;
> 7 om.11.26.)
17 Learn to do well; seek judg-|
ment, relieve the oppressed, judge areneiors
the fatherless, plead for the widow.| 95°96: Isa.
18 Come now, and let us reason} 2.1-4. (Gen.
together, saith the Lorp: though Set “&
your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they|d Kingdom
be red like crimson, they shall be as| (0-T:)- vs.
wool im ees 1
19 If ye be willing and obedient,| 26; Zech.
ye shall eat the good of the land: 12.8.)
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye] ¢ ysraer (pro-
shall be devoured with the sword:) phecies).
for the mouth of the Lorp hath 367. oo
spoken it. Gye SES
21 How is the faithful city become pal 11.26. )
an harlot! it was full of judement;| . >. 3 93.
righteousness lodged in it; but now]! 7¢p:8:235
murderers.
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy
wine mixed with water:
23 Thy princes are rebellious,
and companions of thieves: every
one loveth gifts, and followeth after
rewards: they judge not the father-
less, neither doth the cause of the
widow come unto them.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the
Lorp of hosts, the mighty One of
Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine
adversaries, and avenge me of mine
enemies:
Mingled warning and promise.
25 And I will turn my hand upon
’thee, and purely ‘purge away thy
B.C. 760.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with
judgment, and her converts with
righteousness.
28 And the destruction of the
transgressors and of the sinners
shall be together, and they that
forsake the LorD shall be con-
sumed.
29 For they shall be ashamed of
the oaks which ye have desired,
and ye shall be confounded for the
gardens that ye have chosen.
30 For ye shall be as an oak
whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden
that hath no water.
31 And the strong shall be as tow,
and the maker of it as a spark, and
they shall both burn together, and
none shall quench them.
CHAPTER 2.
The promise for the last days.
HE word that Isaiah the son of
Amoz saw concerning “Judah
and Jerusalem.
2 And it shall come to “pass in the
last days, that the mountain of the
LorRD’s house shall be established
in the top of the mountains, and
shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 fAnd many people shall go and
say, Come ye, and let us go up to
the mountain of the LORD, to the
house of the God of Jacob; and he
will teach us of his ways, and we
will walk in his paths: for out of
Zion shall go forth the law, and the
word of the Lorp from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall judge among thé
nations, and shall rebuke many
people: and they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruninghooks: nation
shall not lift up sword against na-
tion, neither shall they learn war
any more.
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and
let us walk in the light of the
LorpD.
Chastisement before blessing
(2. 6-3. 26).*
—
dross, and take away all thy tin:
26 And I will restore Ithy judges
as at the first, and thy counsellors
6 Therefore thou hast forsaken
thy people the house of Jacob, be-
cause they be replenished from the
1 Under the kingdom the ancient method of partes ane the theocratic govern-
ment over Israel is to be restored. Cf. Jud. 2. 18; Mt. 19.
2 A mountain, in Scripture symbolism, means a pte cy (pare 2. 35; Rev. 13. 1,
with Rey. 17. 9-11).
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east, and are soothsayers like the
Philistines, and they please them-
selves in the children of strangers.
7 Their land also is full of silver
and gold, neither is there any end
of their treasures; their land is also
full of horses, neither is there any
end of their chariots:
8 Their land also is full of idols;
they worship the work of their own
hands, that which their own fingers
have made:
9 And the mean man boweth
down, and the great man humbleth
himself: therefore forgive them not.
10 Enter into the rock, and hide
thee in the dust, for fear of the
Lorp, and for the glory of his
majesty.
11 The lofty looks of man shall
be humbled, and the haughtiness
of men shall be bowed down, and
the Lorp alone shall be exalted in
that day.
12 ¢For the day of the Lorp of
hosts shall be upon every one that
is proud and lofty, and upon every
one that is lifted up; and he shall
be brought low:
13 And upon all the cedars of
Lebanon, that are high and lifted
up, and upon all the oaks of Ba-
shan,
14 And upon all the high moun-
tains, and upon all the hills that
are lifted up,
15 And upon every high tower,
and upon every fenced wall,
16 And ‘upon all the ships of
Tarshish, and upon all ¢pleasart
pictures.
17. And the loftiness of man shall
be bowed down, and the haughti-
_-ness of men shall be made low: and
the LorD alone shall be exalted in
that day.
18 And the idols he shall utterly
abolish.
19 And they shall go into “the
holes of the rocks, and into the
caves of the earth, /for fear of
the LORD, and for the glory of his
majesty, when he ariseth to &shake
terribly the earth.
20 In that day a man shall cast
his idols of silver, and his idols of
gold, which they made each one
for himself to worship, to the moles
and to the bats;
21 To go into the clefts of the
rocks, and into the tops of the rag-
ged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and
for the glory of his majesty, when
he ariseth to shake terribly the
earth.
ISAIAH. :
760. | 22 iCease ye from man, whose
B.C.
a Day (of Je-
hovah). vs.
10-22; Isa.4.
1-6. (Isa.2.
10-22; Rev.
19.11-21.)
| 0 Isa.14.8;
37.24; Ezk.
31.3; Zech.
11.1,2.
ci Ki.10.22.
d Heb. pic-
tures of
desire.
f 2 Thes.1.9,
g Isa.30.32;
Hag.2.6,21;
Heb.12.26.
hv.19,
# Psa.146.3;
Jer.17.5.
j Jer.37.21;
38.9,
k See 2 Ki.24.
14.
1 Eccl.10.16.
m Heb. binder
up.
n Mic.3.12.
o Gen.13.13;
18.20,21;
19.5, a
p Eccl.8.12.
q Psa.11.6;
Eccl.8.13.
r Mic.6.2.
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at
{3 14
breath is in his nostrils: for wherein
is he to be accounted of?
CHAPTER 3.
FOR. behold, the Lord, the LorD
of hosts, Jdoth take away from
Jerusalem and from Judah the stay
and the staff, the whole stay of
bread, and the whole stay of water,
2 ®The mighty man, and the man
of war, the judge, and the prophet,
and the prudent, and the ancient,
3 The captain of fifty, and the
honourable man, and the coun-
sellor, and the cunning artificer,
and the eloquent orator.
4 And I will give ‘children to be
their princes, and babes shall rule
over them.
5 And the people shall be op-
pressed, every one by another, and
every one by his neighbour: the
child shall behave himself proudly
against the ancient, and the base
against the honourable.
6 When a man shall take hold of
his brother of the house of his
father, saying, Thou hast clothing,
be thou our ruier, and Jet this ruin
be under thy hand:
7 In that day shall he swear, say-
ing, I will not be an healer; for in
my house is neither bread nor cloth-
ing: make me not a ruler of the
}people.
8 For *Jerusalem is ruined, and
Judah is fallen: because their
tongue and their doings are against
the LorpD, to provoke the eyes of
his glory.
9 The shew of their countenance
doth witness against them; and
they declare their sin as "Sodom,
they hide it not. Woe unto their
soul! for they have rewarded evil
unto themselves.
10 Say ye to the righteous, ?that
it shall be well with him: for they
shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11 Woe unto the wicked! 2it shall
be ill with him: for the reward of
his hands shall be given him.
12 As for my people, children are
their oppressors, and women rule
over them. O my people, they
which lead thee cause thee to err,
and destroy the way of thy paths.
13 The Lorp standeth up ’to
plead, and standeth to judge the
people.
14 The Lorp will enter into judg-
ment with the ancients of his peo-
ple, and the princes thereof: for ve
3 15] ISAIAH. [5 .
us be called: by thy name, to take :
away our reproach. :
2 +In that day shall the 4branch of
have eaten up ¢the vineyard; the
spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What mean ye that ye beat}
my people to pieces, and grind the the Lorp be beautiful and glorious,
Faces of the poor? saith the Lord and the fruit of the earth shal/ be
Gop of hosts. excellent and comely for them that
16: Moreover the LorD saith, Be-| are escaped of Israel.
cause the daughters of Ziom are 3 And it shall come to pass, that
haughty, and walk with stretched he that is left in Zion, and he that
forth necks and wanton eyes, walk- remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be
ing and mincing as they go, and called holy, even every one that is
making a tinkling with their feet | written among the living im Jeru-
17 Therefore the Lord will smite} salem:
with a ‘scab the crown of the head/¢ Isa-5.7; 4 When the Lord shall have
of the daughters of Zion, and the| Mt-21-33. washed away the filth of the daugh-
Lorp will 4discover their secret|, Ts0-58.45 ae Pe wees shall nae sliced
arts. ic.3.2,3. € blood of Jerusalem from the _
"18 In that day a Lord gue Paes ¢ Deut.28.27, |midst sia ed bd sree is judg:
away the bravery of their tinkling) ment, and by the spirit of burning,
Sevvaiienies about their feet, and|¢ Heb. make 5S And the Lorpb will create upon
their cauls, and their round tires| "#*e¢ oo ae place v3 rsigise _—
like the moon, e Isa.22.12; and upon r assemblies, a cloud
19 The chains, and the bracelets,| Mic.1.16. and smoke by day, and the shining
and the mufflers, f Jer.14.2; of a flaming fire by night: for upon
20 aan reer i mite ia site Lam.1.4. ed oy ees ae as a cet
ments. 0! he legs, and the head- ere s. e a tabernacle
bands, and the tablets, and the|#%9™210. [for a shadow in the daytime from
lato . a eal h Kingdom sai nee — se eee wor
~h we VS.L-
i The hacen fap! pies” San, v= om erm a
parel, and the mantles, and the] Zech.12.8:)
wimples, and the baler pas Dep (either CHAPTER 5.
23 The glasses, an e fine linen, 5 ;
and the hoods, and the vails. fovea: Ss patahie af ehoreh an vine are
24 And it shall come to pass, tha#| 10-13. (Isa.2. : ar xs :
instead of sweet smell there shall be eres Now will I sing to my wellbe-
stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; F LN loved a song of my beloved
and instead of well set hair ¢bald-|j Holy Spirit. touching his kvineyard. My well-
ness; and instead of a stomacher a pees beloved hath a vineyard in a very
girding of sackcloth; and burning} Mal.2.1s°) rete es: ~ ee
i , t 3
OS ie Gees ren fall by the|* Ferebles (0. out the stones thereof, and planted
sword, and thy mighty in the war.| Jer134-11. |it with the choicest vine, and built
26 ‘And her gates shall lament! (ua.9.7-15; |a tower in the midst of it, and also
and, mourn; and she being desolate} Rehan made a winepress therein: and he
shall sit upon the: ground. POR looked that it should bring forth
grapes, and it brought forth wild
grapes.
CHAPTER 4, 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jeru-
The vision of the future king-| salem, and men of Judah, judge, I
dom. (vs. 1-6. Cf. Isa. 11. 1-16.) Pray yeu, betwixt me and my vine-
yard.
ND in that “day seven women] 4 What could have been. done
shall take hold of one man, more to my vineyard, that I have
saying, We will eat our own bread, not done in it? wherefore, when I
and wear our own apparel: only Tet! looked that it should bring forth
1A name of Christ, used in a fourfold way: (1) “The Branch of Jehovah”
(Isa. 4. 2), that is, the “Immanuel” character of Christ (Isa. 7. 14) to be fully: mani-
fested to restored and converted Israel after His return in divine glory (Mt. 25. 31);
(2) the “Branch of David” (Isa. 11. 1; Jer. 23. 5; 33. 15), that is, the Messiah, “of
the seed of David according to the flesh” (Rom. 1. 3), revealed in His earthly glory
as King of kings, and Lord of lords; (3) Jehovah’s “Servant, the Branch” (Zech.
3. 8), Messiah’s humiliation and obedience unto death according to Isa. 52. 13-5;
93. 1-12; Phil. 2. 5-8; (4) the “man whose name is the Branch” (Zech. 6, 12, 13),
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5 5}
Srapes, brought it forth wild
grapes:
5 And now go to; I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard: I
will take away the hedge thereof,
and it shall be eaten up; and break
down the wall thereof, and it shall
be trodden down:
6 And I will lay it waste: it shall
not be pruned, nor digged; but there
shall come up briers and thorns: I
will also command the clouds that
they rain no rain upon it.
7 For the vineyard of the LorD
of hosts 7s the house of Israel, and
the men of Judah his pleasant plant:
and he looked for judgment, but be-
hold oppression; for righteousness,
but behold a cry.
The six woes upon Israel.
8 Woe unto them that join house
to house, that lay field to field, till
there be no place, that they may
be placed alone in the midst of the
earth!
9 In mine ears said the LorD of
hosts, Of a truth many houses shail
be desolate, even great and fair,
without inhabitant.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall
yield one “bath, and the seed of an
homer shall yield an ‘ephah.
11 Woe unto them that rise up
early in the morning, that they may
follow strong drink; that continue
until night, ¢7// wine inflame them!
12 And the harp, and the viol, the
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in
their feasts: but they regard not
the work of the LORD, neither con-
sider the operation of his hands.
13 ¢Therefore my people are gone
“into captivity, because they have
no knowledge: and their honourable
men are famished, and their multi-
tude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore “hell hath enlarged
herself, and opened her mouth with-
out measure: and their glory, and
their multitude, and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth, shall descend
into it.
15 And the mean man shail be
brought down, and the mighty man
shall be humbled, and the eyes of
the lofty shall be humbled: _,
16 But the Lorn of hosts shall be
exalted in judgment, and God that
ISATAH.
a One bath =
about 8 gals.
b One homer =
about 86
gals.
c One ephah =
1 bu..3 pts.
dé Hos.4.6.
.¢ Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5,
note.
Ff Isa.J0.16.
g Jer.17.15;
2 Pet.3.3,4.
h Prov.3.7;
Rom.1.22;
12.16.
4 Prov.17.15;
24.24.
j Job 18.16;
Hos.9.16;
Amos 2.9.
k Law (of Mo-
ses). -vs.24,
25; Jer-9.13-
16. (Ex.19.
1; Gai.3.1-
29.)
1 Isa.9.12,17,
21; 10.4;
Lev.26.14.
m Isa.11.12.
n Zech.10.8.
o Joel 2.7.
p Dan.5.6.
[5 29
is holy shall be sanctified in right-
leousness. ‘
17 Then shall the lambs feed after
‘their manner, and the waste places
lof the ffat ones shall strangers eat.
18 Woe unto them that draw ini-
iquity with cords of vanity, and sin
las it were with a cart rope:
19 sThat say, Let him make
speed, and hasten his work, that
we may see it: and let the counsel
lof the Holy One of Israel draw nigh
and come, that we may know it!
20 Woe unto them that call evil
good, and good evil; that put dark-
ness for light, and light for dark-
ness; that put bitter for sweet, and
sweet for bitter!
21 Woe wnto them that are
lwise in their own eyes, and pru-
dent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are
mighty to drink wine, and men of
strength to mingle strong drink:
23. Which “justify the wicked for
reward, and take away the right-
eousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth
the stubble, and the flame consum-
eth the chaff, so their Jroot shall be
as rottenness, and their blossom
shall go up as dust: because they
have cast away the “law of the
Lorp of hosts, and despised the
word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore is the anger of the
Lorp kindled against his people,
and he,hath stretched forth his
hand against them, and hath smit-
ten them: and the hills did tremble,
and their carcases were torn in the
midst of the streets. /For all this
his anger is not turned away, but
his hand is stretched out still. ~
26 And “he will lift up an ensign
to the nations from far, and will
hiss unto them “from the end of the
earth: and, behold, °they shall come
with speed swiftly:
27 None shall be weary nor stum-
ble among them; none shall slum-
ber nor sleep; neither ?shall the
girdle of their loins be loosed, nor
the latchet of their shoes be broken:
28 Whose arrows are sharp, and
all their bows bent, their horses’
hoofs shall be counted like flint, and
their wheels like a whirlwind:
| 99 Their roaring shail be like a
|=
that is, His character as Son of man, the “last Adam,” the “second Man” (1 Cor.
15. 45-47), reigning,
lost by the
as Priest-King,
first Adam. Matthew is the Gosp
over the earth in the dominion given to and
el of the “Branch of David’’; Mark
of “‘Jehovah’s Servant, the Branch”; ‘Luke of “‘the man whose name is the Branch’’;
John of “the Branch of Jehovah.”
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5 30] ISAIAH, [7
lion, they shall roar like young|_3.c. 758.__|Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, -
lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay and who will go for us? Then said
hold of the prey, and shall carry it I, Here am I; send me.
away safe, and none shall deliver it. "ah? SOPmserO
30 And’ in that day they shall rots CBT Sane
roar against them like the roaring ; }
of the sea: and if one 4look unto 9 And he said, Go, and &tell this
the land, behold darkness and sor- people, Hear ye indeed, but under-
row, and the light is darkened in stand not; and see ye indeed, but
he h thereof. perceive not. '
ou 10 Make the heart of this people
CHAPTER 6. fat, and make their ears heavy, and
aah f x shut their eyes; lest they see with
Tsaiah’s transfor re yee ; . their eyes, and hear with their ears,
(Cf. Josh. 5. 13, 145 Job 42. a recy and understand with their heart,
Ezk. 1. 28: Dan. 10. 5-11; Rev. 1. Lam.3.2; and convert, and be healed.
12-19.) Ezk.32.7,8. 11 Then said I, Lord, how long?
Do siedcn Somralse the Lond te, Lee ate ene aha Cite:
a ; = ,
ete ainrores nee tet lifted C 5 ees the houses without man, and the
Si) Above ihstanl chet Free La at ee
ve it sto e lseraphims:
each one had six wings; with twain|?Fzk1.11. — |men far away, and there be a great
he covered his face, and éwith| . px 40.34: forsaking in the midst of the land.
twain he covered his feet, and with| 1 Ki.8.10. 13 But yet in it shal] be a tenth,
twain he did Ay. and it shall 3return, and shall be
5 irati 3 .
3 And one cried unto another, and|/ Ea ane eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak,
said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LorD] 8.1. Ex... |whose substance is in them, when
of hosts: the whole earth is full of 13, Rev-22. they cast their leaves: so the holy
his glory. ) seed shall be the substance thereof.
4 And the posts of the door moved|¢ vs.9,10;
at the voice of him that cried, and ees CHAPTER 7.
‘the house was filled with smoke. L810; Under the reign of Ahaz (Isa. 7.
The effect of the vision. rons 28.26, 1-14, 32. Cf. 2 Chr. 28. 1-27):
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I| 27.2 Cord. The evil confederacy of Rezin
14,15. and Pekah.
am undone; because I am a man of . .
unclean lips, and I dwell in the (B.C. 742. AD it came to pass in the days
midst of a people of unclean lips: of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the
ffor mine eyes have seen the King, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that
the Lorp of hosts. nea gis: Ang ai Swe. ong Relish
: the son of Remaliah, king of Israel,
The cleansing fire. went up toward Jerusalem to war
6 Then flew one of the seraphims against it, but could not prevail
unto me, having a live coal in his against it.
hand, which he had taken with the 2 And it was told the house of
tongs from off the altar: David, saying, Syria is confederate
7 And he laid 7t upon my mouth, with 4Ephraim And his heart was
and said, Lo, this hath touched thy moved, and the heart of his people,
lips; and thine iniquity is taken as the trees of the wood are moved
away, and-thy sin purged. with the wind.
8 Also I heard the voice of the 3 Then said the Lorb unto Isaiah,
1 Heb. Burners. The word occurs only here. Cf. Ezk. 1.5, note. The Ser-
aphim are, in many respects, in contrast with the Cherubim, though both are
expressive of the divine holiness, which demands that the sinner shall have access
to the divine presence only through a sacrifice which teally vindicates the right-
eousness of God (Rom. 3. 24-26, notes), and that the saint shall be cleansed before
serving. Gen. 3. 22-24 illustrates the first; Isa. 6. 1-8 the second. The Cherubim
may be said to have to do with the altar, the Seraphim with the laver. See Psa, 51. De
note; John 13. 10, note. The Seraphim appear to be actual angelic beings.
2 See “Remnant,” Rom. 11. 5, note.
3 See Isa. 8. 18, note.
4 In the prophetic books “Ephraim” and “Israel’’ are the collective names of the
ten tribes who, under Jeroboam, established the northern kingdom, subsequently
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Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou,
and “*Shear-jashub thy son, at the
end of the conduit of the upper pool
in the highway of the fuller’s field;
4 And say unto him, Take heed,
and be quiet; fear not, neither be
fainthearted for the two tails of
these smoking firebrands, for the
fierce anger of Rezin with Syria,
and of the son of Remaliah.
5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and
the son of Remaliah, have taken
evil counsel against thee, saying,
6 Let us go up against Judah, and
vex it, and let us make a breach
therein for us, and set a king in the
midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
7 Thus saith the Lord Gop, It
shall not stand, neither shall it
come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria is Damas-
cus, and the head of Damascus 1s
Rezin; and within threescore and
five years shall Ephraim be broken,
that it be not a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Sa-
maria, and the head of Samaria 1s
Remaliah’s son.
lieve, surely ye shall not be estab-
lished.
The great sign: Immanuel, the
virgin’s son.
10 Moreover the LorD spake
again unto Ahaz, saying,
-- 11 Ask thee a sign of the LorpD;
thy God; ask it either in the depth,
or in the height above.
12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask,
neither will I “tempt the Lorp.
13 And he said, Hear 1ye now, O
house of David; Js it a small thing
for you to weary men, but will ye
_-weary my God also? ,
14 Therefore the Lord himself
shall give you a sign; Behold, a
virgin shall ‘conceive, and bear a
éson, and shall ¢call his name /Im-
manuel.
15 2Butter and honey shall he eat,
that he may know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good.
16 For before the child shall know
If ye will not be-! g
ISAIAH.
B.C. 742.
a Meaning, a
remnant
shall retuen.
Cf. Isa.8.3.
b Tempta-
tion. Mal.3.
15.=(Gen.3,
1; Jas.1.2.)
c Mt.1.23.
d Christ (First
Advent),
Isa.9.6.
(Gen.3.15;
Acts 1.9.)
e Kingdom
(O.T.). Isa.9.
fie. God with
us.
g 2 Chr.28.19.
h 1 Ki.12.16,
i Isa.2,19;
Jer.16.16.
j 2 Ki.16.7,8;
2 Chr.28.20,
21; see Ezk.
5.1,
[7 23
to refuse the evil, and choose the
good, the land that thou abhorrest
shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Prediction of an impending in-,
caaicn of Judah. (Cf. 2 Chr.28.
1-20.
17 &The Lorpb shall bring upon
thee, and upon thy people, and
upon thy father’s house, days that
have not come, from the day that
hEphraim departed from Judah;
even the king of Assyria.
18 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the LorD shall hiss
for the fly that is in the uttermost
part of the rivers of Egypt, and for
the bee that 1s in the land of As-
syTia.
19 And they shall come, and shall
rest all of them in the desolate val-
leys, and in the ‘holes of the rocks,
and upon all thorns, and upon all
bushes.
20 In the same day shall! the Lord
shave with a Jrazor that is hired,
- |namely, by them beyond the river,
by the king of Assyria, the head,
and the hair of the feet: and it shall
also consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that a man shall nourish
a young cow, and two sheep;
22 And it shall come to pass, for
the abundance of milk that they
shali give he shall eat butter: for
butter and honey shall every one
eat that is left in the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that every place shall be,
where there were a thousand vines
at a thousand silverlings, it shall
leven be for briers and thorns.
| 24 With arrows and with bows
shall men come thither; because
all the land shall become briers and
thorns.
25 And on all hills that shall be
digged with the mattock, there
shall not come thither the fear of
briers and thorns: but it shall be
for the sending forth of oxen, and
for the treading of lesser cattle.
Peete air ge ecer peer peeme tne tee. eres ee ee
called Samaria (1 Ki. 16. 24), and were (B.C. 722) sent into an exile which still con-
tinues (2 Ki. 17. 1-6).
“the dispersed of Judah” (Isa. 11. 12).
They are distinguished as ‘“‘the outcasts of Israei” from
“Hidden” in the world (Mt. 13. 44) they,
with Judah, are yet to be restored to Palestine and made one nation again (Jer, 23.
5-8; Ezk. 37. 11-24).
1 The prophecy is not addressed to the faithless Ahaz, but to the whole “house
of David.”
no “sign’’ to Ahaz, is, therefore, puerile.
The objection that such a far-off event as the birth of Christ could be
It was a continuing prophecy addressed
to the Davidic family, and accounts at once for the instant assent of Mary (Lk. 1. 38).
2 Indicating the plainness and simplicity of the life in which the young Immanuel
should be brought up.
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8 1] ISAIAH. [91
say, A confederacy; /neither fear —
ye their fear, nor be afraid. :
13 *Sanctify the LorpD of hosts —
himself; and Jet him be your fear,
and Jet him be your dread. ;
14 And he shall be for a sanctu-
ary; but for a Jstone of stumbling
and for a rock of offence to both the
2 And I took unto me faithful wit- houses of Israel, for a gin and for a
nesses to record, Uriah the priest, snare to the inhabitants of Jerusa-
and Zechariah the son of Jebere-|o snspiration. |lem,
15 And many among them shall
chiah. Isa.30.8.
stumble, and fall, and be broken,
3 And I went unto the prophetess;| (E*415:
; Rev.27-1%:); land be snared, and be taken:
16 Bind up the testimony, seal
and she conceived, and bare a son.
Then said the LorD to me, Cail his} ¢ ie. haste ye, esti
the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait upon the Lorp,
name 4Maher-shalal-hash-baz. BGs aKa
that hideth his face from the house
4 For before the child shall have en ners
of Jacob, and I will look for *him.
18 Behold, I and the children
knowledge to cry, My father, and ees
my mother, fhe riches of Damascus} © jo,n6.7.
J
whom the Lorn hath given me ‘are
for 2signs and for wonders in Israel
q
CHAPTER 8.
Prediction of the Assyrian
invasion.
1 ese re the LorD said unto
me, Take thee a great roll, and
4write in it with a man’s pen con-
cerning “Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
and the spoil of Samaria shall be r
taken away before the king of As-| ? 1¢.7-1,2.6.
syTla. e Isa.30.28. <
5 The Lorp spake also unto me a> pe joi LorpD A hosts, which
again, saying, Sexe welleth in mount Zion.
6 Forasmuch as this people refu- Cai 19 And when they shall say unto
seth the waters of Shiloah that go \4 you, Seek unto them that have
softly, and rejoice in ¢Rezin and)‘ 5274)... [familiar spirits, and unto wizards
Remaliah’s son; Rom.8.31. | |that peep, and that mutter: should
7 Nowtherefore, behold, the Lord Mee not a people seek unto their God?
peipeeth up upon on the waters Saey ed es ae pie to seal rere
fe) e river, strong and many, even o the law and to the testi-
the king of Assyria, and all his) ‘Num.20.12. |mony: if they speak not according
glory: and he shall come up over! ; cy,;,4(,, _|to this word, it is because there is
all his channels, and go over all)* Sone). Isa, |no light in them.
his banks: 28.16. (Ex. | 21 And they shall pass through it,
8 And he shall pass through Ju-| }/,°°!P*'- |hardly bestead and hungry: and it
dah; he shall overflow and go over, shall come to pass, that when they
‘he shall reach even to the neck;|/ Cited in, shall be hungry, they shall fret
and the stretching out of his wings tors ‘Septaa. themselves, and curse their king
shall fill the breadth of thy land, O} gint Version. |and their God, and look upward.
rare Soe es 22 And they shall look unto the
ssociate yourselves, O ye peo-| Heb.2 13 earth; and behold trouble and dark-
ple, and ye shall be broken in pieces;| from Septua- |ness, dimness of anguish; and they
and give ear, all ye of far countries:| 8™t Version. |shail be driven to darkness,
ort yourselves, and oe shen be
roken in pieces; gird yourselves,
Bed a shall be praben in pe CHAPTER 9. 7
ake counsel together, and it ivi. i, %
Shell come’ to ncusht Mocs bthel A divine child Israel’s only hope.
word, and it shall not stand: ¢for NEVERTHELESS the dimness
God is with us. shail not be such as was in her
11 For the Lorp spake thus to vexation, when at the first he
me with a strong hand, and in- lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun
structed me that I should not walk and the land of Naphtali, and after-
in the way of this people, saying, ward did more grievously afflict
12 Say ye not, A ‘confederacy, to! her by the way of the sea, beyond
all them to whom this people shall] Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
1 The reference is to the attempt to terrify Judah by the confederacy between
Syria and Samaria (Isa. 7. 1, 2).
* The primary application here is to the two sons of Isaiah, Maher-shalal-hash-
baz = “haste ye, haste ye to the spoil,” a “sign” of the coming judgment of the
captivity of Judah; Shear-jashub = ‘“‘a remnant shall return,” a “sign” of the return
of a remnant of Judah at the end of the seventy years (Jer. 25. 11, 13; Dan. 9, 2),
The larger and final reference is to our Lord (Heb. 2. 13, 14),
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ISATAH.
“The people that walked in|
Searncrs have seen a great light:|
they that dwell in the land of the|
shadow of death, upon them hath!
the light shined.
3 Thou hast multiplied the -na-
|a vs.1,2;
tion, and ‘not increased the joy:| Mt.4.15,16.
they joy before thee according to eee
the joy in harvest, and as men re-|° Omit not.
joice when they divide the spoil. plains that
4 For thou hast broken the yoke] despite the
of his ‘burden, and the staff of his] ‘ckedness
shoulder, the rod of his oppressor,} erm kingdom
as in the day of Midian. her afflic-
5 For every battle of the warrior| jit tc.
is with confused noise, and gar-| prosperity
ments rolled in blood; but this shall| great.
be with burning and fuel of fire. | -p.97
6 For unto us a “child is @born,} John 3.16;
unto us a “son is given: and the| 1 John 49.
government shall be upon _ his 3 -
fshoulder: and his name shall be ee ey
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The} 28-16. (Gen.
mighty God, The everlasting Fa-| rick isa
ther, The Prince of Peace. :
7 Of the increase of his govern-|e¢ Kingdom
ment and peacé there shall be no Oe pe
end, upon the ‘throne lof David,} 1sai1/1-12
and upon his kingdom, to order it, ve eee
and to establish it with judgment
and with justice from henceforth] ¢ tsrae? (pro-
even for ever. The zeal of the LORD pheer.
of hosts will perform this. RED $f
The vision of the stretched-out | aE
hand: the unavailing chas- 5
tisement. g pega
8 The Lord sent a word into) vent).
hJacob, and it hath lighted upon Goatees
Israel. | Acts 1.9-11.)
9 And all the people shall know, |
even Ephraim and the inhabitant}! pee
of Samaria, that say in the pride :
and stoutness of heart, i Isa.10.17;
10 The bricks are fallen down, but| Rev-18-8.
we will build with hewn stones:| ; Heb. swal-
the sycomores are cut down, but we] Jowed up.
will change them into cedars. k Is0.10.17
11 Therefore the LORD shall set up] © Mai.4.1.’
the adversaries of Rezin against
him, and join his enemies together;| / Mic-7.2,6.
12 The Syrians before, and the)», Hos.9.7;
Philistines behind; and they shall] Lk.19.44.
devour Israel with open mouth.
2For all this his anger is not turned
away, but his hand zs stretched out
still.
[10 3
13 For the people turneth not
unto him that smiteth them, neither
do they seek the LorRD of hosts.
14 Therefore the Lorp will cut
off from Israel head and tail, branch
and rush, tin one day.
15 The ancient and honourable,
he is the head; and the prophet
that teacheth lies, he zs the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people
cause them to err;.and they that
are led of them are Jdestroyed.
17_ Therefore the Lord shall have
ino joy in their young men, neither
shall have mercy on their fatherless
rand widows: for every one is an
hypocrite and an evildoer, and
levery mouth speaketh folly. For
‘all this his anger is not turned
perce but his hand is stretched out
still.
18 For wickedness “burneth as
the fire: it shall devour the briers
and‘thorns, and shall kindle in the
thickets of the forest, and they
shall mount up Jike the lifting up-of
smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the
LorD of hosts is the land darkened,
and the people shall be as the fuel
of ‘the fire: ‘no man shall spare ‘his
brother.
20 And he shall snatch on the'
right hand, and be hungry; and he
shall eat on the left hand, and they
‘shall not be satisfied: they shall
jeat every man the flesh of his own
‘arm:
21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Eph-
jraim, Manasseh: and they together
|\shajl be against Judah. For all
|this his anger is not turned away,
\but his hand zs stretched out still.
i
CHAPTER 10.
‘OE unto them that-decree un-
righteous decrees, and that
write grievousness which they have
prescribed ;
j 2 To turn aside the needy ftom
judgment, and to take away the
jright from the poor of my people,
Ithat widows may be their prey,
and that they may rob the father-
ess! t
3 And what will ye doin ™the day
1 The “throne of David” is a phrase as definite, historically, as “throne of the
Cesars,’”-and as little admits of “spiritualizing” (Lk. 1. 82, 33).
See “Kingdom
(O.T.)," Zech.12, 8; “Davidic Covenant,» 2 Sam. 7. 8-17,.note; Acts. 15.
24-16.
_ 2See vs. 17, 21, and Isa. 5.25; 10. 4.
outstretched still because His chastisement is
part of Israel. +34
2
The context explains. Jehovah’s hand is
followed by no amendment on the
10 4]
of visitation, and in the desolation
‘which shall come from far? to
whom will ye flee for help? and
where will ye leave your glory?
4 Without me they shall bow
down under the prisoners, and they
shall fall under the slain. ¢For all
this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
Predicted judgment on Assyria,
God’s rod on Samaria.
5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine
anger, and the staff in their hand is i
mine indignation. ]
6 I willsend him against an hypo-
critical nation, and against the peo-|? Heb. Asshur.
ple of my wrath will I ‘give him a} ¢ Jer.34.22
charge, to take the spoil, and to
take the prey, and to tread them|? Gen-50.20,
down like the mire of the streets.
7 4Howbeit he meaneth not so,|e Amos 6.2
neither doth his heart:think so;
one gathereth eggs that are left,
have I gathered all the earth; and
there was none that moved the ©
wing, or opened the mouth, or —
peeped. " ;
15 Shall ‘the axe boast itself
against him that heweth therewith?
or shall the saw magnify itself
against him that shaketh it? as if
the rod should shake itself against
them that lift it up, or as if the staff
should lift up itself, as if it were
no wood,
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the
Lord of hosts, send among -his fat
ones leanness; and under his glory
he shall kindle a burning like the
burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shail
be for a fire, and his Holy One for
a flame: and it shall burn and de-
vour his thorns and his briers in
one day;
but it is in his heart to destroy and io aes 18 And shall consume the glory
cut off nations not a few. |g Jer.50.18. of his forest, and of his fruitful
8 For he saith, Are not my PP se field, both soul and body: and they
princes altogether kings? le 28.42 shall be as when a standardbearer
fainteth.
19 And the rest of the trees of his
forest shall be few, that a child may
write them.
9 Is not *Calno as Carchemish? Dene.
fs not Hamath as Arpad? is not! .
Samaria as Damascus? PUCMSUZB:
10 As my hand hath found the} 7 Remnant.
i i 20-22; e's .
kingdoms of the idols, and whose} YS THS-V ition oTithe Jew ieern
graven images did excel them of] (a1: ° . . .
Jerusalem and of Samaria; Romil's.) nant in the great tribulation.
11 Shall I not, as I have done 20 And it shall come to pass in
unto Samaria and her idols, so do|* #32733) og.
r 2that day, that the /remnant of Is-
to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 Wherefore it shall come to
pass, that !when the Lord hath per-
formed his whole work fupon mount
Zion and on Jerusalem, &I will pun-
ish the fruit of the stout heart of
the king of Assyria, and the glory
of his high looks.
13 AFor he saith, By the strength
of my hand I have done it, and by
my wisdom; for I am prudent:
and I have removed the bounds of
the people, and have robbed their
treasures, and I have put down
the inhabitants like a valiant man:
14 And my hand hath found as a
nest the riches of the people: and as
rael, and such as are escaped of the
house of Jacob, shall no more again
stay upon him that smote them;
but shall stay upon the Lorb, the
Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant shall return,
even the remnant of Jacob, unto
the mighty God.
22 For ‘though thy people Israel
be as the sand of the sea, yet a rem-
nant of them shall return: the con:
sumption decreed shall overflow
with righteousness.
23 For the Lord Gop of hosts
shall make a consumption, even de-
peomined, in the midst of all the
and.
1A permanent method in the divine government of the earth. Israel is always
the centre of the divine counsels earthward (Deut. 32. 8): The Gentile nations
are permitted to afflict Israel in chastisement for her national sins, but invariably
and inevitably retribution falls upon them. (See Gen. 15. 13, 14; Deut. 30. 5-7;
Isa. 14. 1, 2; Joel 3. 1-8; Mic. 5. 7-9; Mt. 25. 31-40.)
2“That day’: often the equivalent of “the day of the Lorp” (Isa. 2. 10-22;
Rev. 19. 11-21). The prophecy here passes from the general to the particular, from
historic and fulfilled judgments upon Assyria to the final destruction of ali Gentile
world-power at the return of the Lord in glory. (See “‘Armageddon,” Rev. 16. 14;
19. 21; “Times of the Gentiles,’ Luke 21. 24; Rev. 16. 19; ‘““The great tribulation,’”
Psa, 2.5; Rev. 7. 14, and Isa. 13. 19, note.)
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24 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop of hosts, O iny people that
dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of
the Assyrian: he shall smite thee
with a rod, and shall lift up his staff
against thee, after the manner of
Egypt.
25 For yet a very little while, and
the indignation shall cease, and
mine anger in their destruction.
26 And the Lorp of hosts shall
stir up a scourge for him according
to the slaughter of Midian at the
rock of Oreb: and as his rod was
upon the sea, so shall he lift it up
after the manner of Egypt.
27 And it shall come to pass in
that ¢day, that his burden shall be
taken away from off thy shoulder,
and his yoke from off thy neck, and
the yoke shall be destroyed because
of the anointing.
The approach of the Gentile
hosts to the battle of Arma-
Seddon (Rev. 16. 14; 19. 11).
28 He is come to Aiath, he is
passed to Migron; at Michmash he
hath laid up his carriages:
29 They are gone over the pas-
sage: they have taken up their lodg-
ing at Geba; Ramah is afraid;
Gibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter
of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto
_ Laish, O poor Anathoth.
31 Madmenah is removed; the in-
habitants of Gebim gather them-
selves to flee. ;
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob
that day: he shall shake his hand
against the mount of the daughter;
_of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, the LorD of
hosts, shall lop the bough with ter-
ror: and the high ones of stature
ISAIAH.
B.C. 713.
a Armaged-
don (battle
of). vs.27-34
Isa.24.21-23,
(Rev.16.14;
19.21.)
b Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.1-
12; Isa.24.23
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
¢ Israel (pro-
phecies).
vs.1-13;
Isa.60.1212.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
d Isa.4.2,
note.
e Holy
Spirit.
Isa.32.15.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15,)
f Psa.19.9,
note,
g Psa.72.2,4;
Rev.19.11.
h Righteous-
ness (gar-
ment). Isa.
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Ezk.34.25;
Hos.2.18.
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34 And he shall cut down the
thickets of the forest with iron, and
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
CHAPTER 11.
1The Davidic kingdom set up:
(1) The King’s ancestry. (Cf.
Mt. 1. 1.)
: ANP there shall 2come forth a
brod out of the stem of “Jesse,
and a 4Branch shall grow out of his
roots:
.|(2) The source of the King’s
power: the sevenfold Spirit.
(Cf. Rev. 1. 4.)
2 And the éspirit of the Lorp
shall rest? upon him, the spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the
spirit of counsel and might, the
spirit of knowledge and of the /fear
of the LoRD;
(3) The character of his reign.
3 And shall make him of quick
understanding in the ‘fear of the
Lorp: and he shall not judge after
the sight of his eyes, neither reprove
after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he
judge.the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth:
and he shall smite the earth with
the rod of his mouth, and with the
breath of his lips shall he slay the
, |wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the
hgirdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins.
(4) The quality of the kingdom,
6 The ‘wolf also shall dwell with
the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid; and the calf
and the young lion and the fatling -
together; and a little child shall lead
them.
shall be hewn down, and the 7 And the cow and the bear shall
haughty shall be humbled. | feed; their young ones shall lie
1 The order of events in Isa. 10., 11.,is noteworthy.
Isa. 10. gives the distress of
the Remnant in Palestine in the great tribulation (Psa. 2. 5; Rev. 7. 14), and_the
approach and destruction of the Gentile hosts under the Beast (Dan. 7. 8; Rev.
19. 20). Isa. 11. immediately follows with its glorious picture of the kingdom-age.
Precisely the same order is found in Rev. 19., 20.
26-28; Zech. 12. 8; N.T., Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor. 15. 28.
note.)
comparison o
prophecies. ) fai
earth, His crucifixion was soon
(See “Kingdom,” O.T., Gen. f
Also Mt. 3. 2, note; 6. 33,
That nothing of this occurred at the first coming of Christ is evident from a
f the history of the times of Christ with this and all the other parallel
So far from regathering dispersed Israel and establishing peace in the
followed (A.D. 70) by the destruction of Jerusalem,
and the utter scattering of the Palestinian Jews amongst the nations, ee
2 This chapter is a prophetic picture of the glory of the future kingdom. This is
the kingdom announced by John Baptist as “‘at hand.”
will be set up when David’s Son returns in glory (Lk. 1. 31, 32; Acts 15. 15, 16
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It was then rejected, but
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11 8] : ISAIAH. [13 4
16 And there shall be an highway ©
or the remnant of his people, which
shall be left, from Assyria; like as
came up out of the land of Egypt.
down: together: and: the lion shall
eat straw hke the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play’
on the hole of the asp, and the
weaned child shall put his hand on
the cockatrice’ den.
(5) The extent of the kingdom.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy
in all my holy mountain: ¢for the
CHAPTER 12.
(7) The worship of the kingdom.
earth shall be full of the knowledge AND e that eaxithan SO Ss
of the Lorp, as the waters cover|, cr Hab. 2. ORD, I Wl mba :
the sea. 14, note. |though thou wast angry with me,
: thine: anger is turned away, and
(6) How the kingdom will be |» Rom.15.12. |thow comfortedst me. f
set up. t Dest (os a Pehales ee is iby Daeg ur I
“10 And in that day there shall be} Jefovah). | will “trust, and not be afraid: for the
ba root of Jesse, which shall stand| Ya't3a46, |LORD JEHOVAH is my strength
for ‘an ensign of the people; to it| (tsa.2.10-22; |and my song; he also is become my
shall the Gentiles seek: and his} Rev-19.11-" |salvation.
= 20.) 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw
rest shall be: glorious. | d ar
1% And it shall come to pass in|d Christ ‘water out of the wells of salvation.
that day, that the Lord shall set his| (Second 4 And in that day shall ye say,
hand again the second. time to 4re- ocvee es Praise the Lorp, call upon his —
cover the ‘remnant of his people,| Jer.23.5,6. name, declare his doings among
which shall be left, from: Assyria,| (Deut.30.3; | |the people, make mention that his
and from Egypt, and from Pathros,) “Ss *°4!) |name is exalted. ‘
and from Cush, and from Elam, and|¢ Remnant. |, 5 Sing unto the Lorp; for he
from Shinar, and from Hamath,| vs11-13,16; |hath done excellent things: this is
and from the /islands: of the sea. 192,24.33-15._|known in all the earth. . j
12 And he shall set up an ensign| Ronirs). | © Cry out and shout, thou in-
for the nations, and shall assemble habitant of Zion: for great is the
the outeasts of Israel, and gather|/'* ©°#ss- |Holy One of Israel in the midst of
together ak coieee = — gZech.10.11, | thee.
from. the four corners of the earth.
13. The envy also of Ephraim shail) " Ps3.2-12, CHAPTER 13.
depart, and the adversaries of Ju-|_ The burden of Babylon: a prophA-
oa fast ao yar oe sae 109 37 oh ecy to be fulfilled in the day of
ye chrai yee the Nick (Isa. 2. 10-22; By rhs
not vex Ephraim. J Isa.54.1; | 121-21), Chapters 13., 14.: (1) The
14 But they shall fly upom the) Zeph3.14. | Gongiy ; a
shoulders. of the Philistines toward| Seat ORE ote
the west; they shall spoil them of, were Iburden of 2Babylon, which
the east together: they shall lay Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
their hand upon Edom: and Moab:;|
and the children of Ammon shall
obey them.
15 And theLorp 8shalk utterly de-
stroy the tongue of theEgyptian sea;
and with his mighty wind shall he
shake his hand over the river, and
shall smite it in the seven. streams,
and make men go over dryshod.
2 Lift ye up a banner upon the
high mountain, exalt the voice unto
them, shake the hand, that they
may go into the gates of the nobles.
I have commanded my sancti-
fied ones, I have also called my
mighty ones for mine anger, even
ithem that rejoice in my highness,
4 The noise of a multitude in the
LA “burden,” Heb. massa = a heavy, weighty thing,
concerning Babylon, Assyria, Jerusalem, ete.
God is in it, and grievous for the prophet to declare.
_ 2? The city, Babylon, is not in view here, as the immediate context shows. It is
important to note the significance of the name when used symbolically. “Babylon?”
*
into which the whole social order of the world has fallen under Gentile
Lk. 21. 24; Rev. 16. 14.) Isa. 13. 4
entile powers. The divine order
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(2) The Jewish remnant (Isa.
1. 9; Rom. 11. 5) in the great
tribulation (Psa. 2. 5; Rev. 7.
14). (Cf. Zech. 14. 1, 2.)
ss They come from a far country, ave | ae (apache gt a pice
; even a man
rom the end of heaven, even the than the golden wedge of Ophir.
LorRD, and th is in- :
Giitation 6 eae) ae PS a Day (of 13 ¢Therefore I will shake the
Sad as heavens, ey ae earth shall re-
6 Howl ye; for the “day of the| Isa-24.21- /move out of her place, in the wrath
att nae 23. (Isa.2. |of the LorD of hosts, and in the
Lorp is at hand; it shall come as! 9.29: Rev. day of his fierce anger.
a destruction from the Almighty. | 19.11-21.) 1a Abd it shall be 2o theca
7 Therefore shall all hands be
ag 7|5 Mal.4.1. toe, and as a sheep that no man
faint, and every man’s heart shall taketh up: ‘they shall every man
mountains, ike as of a great peo-
ple; a tumultuous noise of the king-
doms of nations gathered together:
the LorD of hosts mustereth the
host of the battle.
melt: ¢ Isa.24.21- 5
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs Bee ? aires eee people, aod flee
"7; Joe i is own land.
and sorrows shall take hold of| 3°33? 3.15. 15° Every, one that is found ehant
them; they shall be in pain as aj Mt.24.29; ;
woman that travaileth: they shall) Saree 4 thrust through; and every one
be amazed one at another; their got 23. Bee Bey unto them shall fall
faces shall he as flames. O Hog 208 16 Their Jchildren also shall be
9 Behold, othe day of the Lorp :
cometh, cruel both with wrath and] © Je dashed to pieces before their eyes;
Pccelaneen tondesithe danddeso 51.9. their houses shall be spoiled, and
late: and he Bhel aewos the sin-| /Psa.137.9; ae wives ravished.
ners thereof out of it. Zeki. 4 F
iii Fou. the stars of heaven andl sone a: (3) The destruction of
the constellations thereof shall not|£ aaa a: ‘Babylon.”
ae veer Bish ‘the ae eat be) pans.28'31. se éBehold, I will stir up the
arkened in his going forth, and edes against them, which shall
the yenen shall not cause her light Mae tiie ye nee Saag sheen se as for gold,
to shine. : they s! not ight in it.
11 And I will punish the world for 18 Their bows also shall dash the
their evil, on Let pa ya their ets men to Taste ane they shall
iniquity; an will cause the arro- have no pity on the fruit of the
gancy of the proud to cease, and womb; their eye shall not spare
will lay low the haughtiness of the children.
terrible. 19 1And ‘Babylon, the glory of
4s given in Isa. 11. Israel in her own land, the centre of the divine government of
the world and channel of the divine blessing; and the Gentiles blessed in associa-
tion with Israel. Anything else is, politically, mere “Babel.” (2) In Rev. 14. 8-11;
“7§. 19 the Gentile world-system is in view in connection with Armageddon (Rev.
16. 14; 19. 21), while in Rev.17. the reference is to apostate Christianity, destroyed
by the nations (Rev. 17. 16) headed up under the Beast (Dan. 7. 8; Rev. 19. 20)
and false prophet. In Isaiah the political Babylon is in view, literally as to the
then existing city, and symbolically as to the times of the Gentiles. In the Revela-
tion both the symbolical-political and symbolical-religious Babylon are in view,
for there both are alike under the tyranny of the Beast. Religious Babylon is
destroyed by political Babylon (Rev. 17. 16); political Babylon by the appearing
of the Lord (Rev. 19. 19-21). That Babylon the city is not to be rebuilt is clear
from Isa. 13. 19-22; Jer. 51. 24-26, 62-64. By political Babylon is meant the Gentile
world-system. (See “World,” John 7. 7; Rev. 13. 3.) It may be added that, in
Scripture symbolism, Egypt stands for the world as such; Babylon for the world
of corrupt power and corrupted religion; Nineveh for the pride, the haughty glory
of the world.
1 Verses 12-16 look forward to the apocalyptic judgments (Rev. 6.-13.). Verses
17-22 have anear and far view. They predict the destruction of the literal Babylon
then existing; with the further statement that, once destroyed, Babylon should never
be rebuilt (cf. Jer. ‘51. 61-64). All of this has been literally fulfilled. But the place
of this prediction in a great prophetic strain which looks forward to the destruction
of both politico-Babylon and ecclesio-Babylon in the time of the Beast shows that
the destruction of the actual Babylon typifies the greater destruction yet to come
upon the mystical Babylons. Cf. v. 1, note.
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kingdoms, the beauty of the Chal-
dees’ excellency, shall be as when
God overthrew Sodom and Go-
* morrah. ) ;
20 It shall never be inhabited,
neither shall it be dwelt in from
generation to generation: neither
shall the Arabian pitch tent there;
neither shall the shepherds make
their fold there.
21 But wild beasts of the desert
shall lie there; and their houses
shall be full of doleful creatures;
and owls shail dwell there, and
satyrs shall dance there.
22 And the wild beasts of the
islands shall cry in their desolate
houses, and dragons in therr plea-
sant palaces: 29and her time is near
a Jer.50.3,39;
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to come, and her days shall not be}? Jer-51.33.
prolonged. c Zech.1.17;
CHAPTER 14. d Tea.13.19:
(4) The kingdom set up: Israel| Hb.2.6.
restored and exalted. (See|¢ tsa.55.12;
“Kingdom, O.T.,” nen eae Ezk.31.16.
Zech. 12. 8, note; N.T., apa :
31-33; 1 Cony] 5.) 285) pene f
FFOR the Lorp will have mercy ae ae
on Jacob, and will ‘yet choose
Israel, and set them in their own alee
land: and the strangers shall be] Pore”
joined with them, and they shall
cleave to the house of Jacob. h ee
2 And the people shall take them,| *¢v:}2-%9-
and bring them to their place: and| i Satan. vs.
tne house of Israel shall possess AER =
them in the land of the LorD for) (Gen3.1:
servants and handmaids: and they| Rev.20.10.)
shall take them captives, whose Tee OS
captives they were; and they shall
rule over their oppressors.
3 And it shall come to pass in the
day that the LorD shall give thee
rest from thy sorrow, and from thy
fear, and from the hard bondage
wherein thou wast made to serve,
4 That thon ¢shalt take up this
proverb against the king of Baby-
lon, and say, How hath the oppres-
sor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The Lorp hath broken the
staff of the wicked, and the sceptre
of the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in
wrath with a continual stroke, he
ISAIAH.
that ruled the nations in anger, is —
persecuted, and none hindereth.
(5) The joy of the kingdom.
7 The whole earth is at rest, and
is quiet: they break forth into
singing.
8 °Yea, the fir trees rejoice at
thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,
saying, Since thou art laid down,
no feller is come up against us.
The “Beast” in heli (Dan. 7. 8;
Rev. 19. 20).
9 fHell from beneath is moved for
thee to meet thee at thy coming: it
stirreth up the dead for thee, even
all the chief ones of the earth; it
hath raised up from their thrones
all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say
unto thee, Art thou also become
weak as we? art thou become like
unto us?
11 Thy pomp is brought down to
the Sgrave, and the noise of thy
viols: the worm is spread under
thee, and the worms cover thee.
Satan, the real prince of this
world, and organizer of ‘‘Baby-
Jon’ (Isa. 13.1, note), addressed
through his tool, the “Beast.”
12 How art thou fallen from
heaven, “O Lucifet, lson of the
‘morning! how art thou cut down
to the ground, which didst weaken
the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine
heart, I will ascend into heaven, I
will exalt my throne above the
stars of God: I will sit also upon
lthe mount of the congregation, in
the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights
of the clouds; I will be like the
most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought
down to Jhell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall nar-
trowly look upon thee, and consider
thee, saying, Is this the man that
made the earth to tremble, that did
shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wil-
derness, and destroyed the cities
thereof; that opened not the house
of his prisoners?
! Verses 12-14 evidently refer to Satan, who, as prince of this world-system (see
“World,” John 7.7; Rev. 13.8,
note), is the real though unseen ruler of the succes-
sive world-powers, Tyre, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, etc. (see Ezk. 28.
12-14),
sin began. See Rev. 20. 10, note.
another, Gen, 3. 15; Mt. 16. 22, 23.
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Lucifer, “day-star,”” can be none other than Satan.
passage marks the beginning of sin in the universe.
This tremendous
When Lucifer said, “I will,”
See other instances of addressing Satan through
ISAIAH.
Judgment of “Babylon.” (Cf, | 2&2?
Rev. 18. 1-24; 18. 2, note.)
18 All the kings of the nations,
even all of them, lie in glory, every
one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy
grave like an abominable branch,
and as the raiment of those that
are slain, thrust through with a
sword, that go down to the stones
of the pit; as a carcase trodden
under feet.
20 Thou shait not be joined with
them in burial, because thou hast
destroyed thy land, and slain thy
people: the seed of evildoers shall Se yea
never be renowned. cee
21 Prepare slaughter for his chil-
dren for the iniquity of their fatherg;|? [s2.34,11;
that they do not rise, nor possess} ““P"*"™
the land, nor fill the face of the} Isa.13.1,
world with cities. HOLE:
22 For I will rise up against them,|, ie. Ahaz.
saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off
from ¢Babylon the name, and rem-!¢ The ean
nant, and son, and nephew, saith) ofAhas.
the LorD.
23 I will also make it a possession} Pea2-12,
for the bittern, and pools of water:| "°°*
and I will sweep it with the besom
g See Lev.21,
of destruction, saith the Lorp of; 5; 1s4.3.24;
h 22.12; Jer.
osts. 47.5; 48.1,
24 The Lorp of hosts hath sworn,
saying, Surely as I have thought,
so shall it come to pass; and); Jer.4g.38,
as I have purposed, so shall it
stand:
25 That I will break the Assyrian
in my land, and upon my moun-
tains tread him under foot: then
shall his yoke depart from off them,
and his burden depart from off their
~shoulders. .
26 This fs the purpose that is pur-
posed upon the !whole earth: and
this 7s the hand that is stretched
out upon all the nations.
27 For the Lorp of hosts hath
purposed, and who shall disannul
it? and his hand is stretched out,
and who shall turn it back? |
37,38; Ezk..
7.18,
The burden of Palestina: worse
oppressors than Ahaz yet to
come.
28 In the year that king Ahaz
died was this “burden,
29 Rejoice not thou, whole Pales-
tina, because the rod of “him that
smote thee is broken: for out of
the serpent’s root shall ‘come forth
a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be
a fiery flying serpent.
30 And the firstborn of the poor
shall feed, and the needy shall lie
down in safety: and I will kill thy
root with famine, and he shali slay
thy remnant. :
31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city;
thou, whole Palestina, art dis-
solved: for there shall come from the
north a smoke, and none shall be
alone in his appointed times.
32 What shall one then answer
the messengers of the nation? That
the LorpD hath founded Zion, and
the poor of his people shall /trust
in it,
CHAPTER 15.
The burden of Moab: (1) the
destruction (vs. 1-9).
HE “burden of 7Moab. Because
in the night Ar of Moab is laid
waste, and brought to silence; be-
cause ‘in the night Kir of Moab is
laid waste, and brought to silence;
2. He is gone up to Bajith, and to
Dibon, the high places, to weep:
Moab shall howl over Nebo, and
over Medeba: 4on all their heads
shall be baldness, and every beard
cut off.
3 In their streets they shali gird
themselves with sackcloth: “on the
tops of their houses, and in their
streets, every one shall howl, weep-
ing abundantly.
4 And Heshbon shall cry, and
Elealeh: their voice shall be heard
even unto Jahaz: therefore the
armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;
his life shall be grievous unto him,
Beer et ee
1 This universality is significant and marks the whole passage as referring, not
merely to a near judgment upon Assyria, but in a yet larger sense to the final crash
of the present world-system at the end of the age.
(See ‘Times of the Gentiles,”
Luke 21. 24; Rev. 16. 14; Dan. 2. 44, 45; “Armageddon,” Rev. 16. 14;:19. 17.) No
other such universal catastrophe on the nations is known to Scripture.
2 This “burden” had a precursive fulfilment in Sennacherib’s invasion, B.C. 704,
three years after the prediction (Isa. 16.14), but
ing which includes also the final world-battle.
1-s, which is a continuation of this ‘burden,’
? shows the “‘tabernacle of David
the words have a breadth of mean-
(See Rev. 19. 17, note.) Isa. 16.
”
set up, the next event in order after the destruction of the Beast and his armies.
Cf. the order in Isa. 10. 28-34, and 11. 1-10; also Acts 15. 14-17; Rev., 19. 17-21, and
20. 1-4.
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5 2My heart shall cry out for
Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto
Zoar, an heifer of three years old:
for by the mounting up of Luhith
with weeping shall they go it up;
for in the way of Horonaim they
shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6 For the waters “of Nimrim shall
be desolate: for the hay is withered
away, the grass faileth, there is no
green thing.
7 Therefore the abundance they
have gotten, and that which they
have laid up, shall they carry away
to the “brook of the willows.
8 For the cry is gone round about
the borders of Moab; the howling
thereof unto Eglaim, and the howl-
ing thereof unto Beer-elim.
9 For the waters of Dimon shall
be full of blood: for I will bring
more upon Dimon, 4lions upon him
that escapeth of Moab, and upon
the remnant of the land.
CHAPTER 16.
(2) The women of Moab antici-
pate the Davidic kingdom,
END ye the lamb to the ruler of
the land ‘from /Sela to the
wilderness, unto the mount of the
daughter of Zion.
2 For it shall be, that, as a wan-
dering bird cast out of the nest, so
the daughters of Moab shall be at
the fords of Arnon.
3 Take counsel, execute judg-
ment; make thy shadow as the
night in the midst of the noonday;
hide the outcasts;. bewray not him
that wandereth.
4 Let mine outcasts dwell with
thee, Moab; be thou a covert to
them from the face of the spoiler:
for the extortioner is at an end, the
spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are
consumed out of the land.
5 And in mercy shall the throne
be established: and he shall sit
upon it in truth in the “tabernacle
of David, judging, and seeking judg-
ment, and hasting righteousness.
(3) They lament the pride
of Moab.
6 We have heard of the pride
of Moab; he is very proud: even of
his haughtiness, and his pride, and
his wrath: but his lies shall not be
so.
a Isa.16.11;
Jer.48.31.
6 Num.32.36.
c Or, valley
of the
Arabians.
d 2 Ki.17.25.
e 2 Ki.14.7.
jf Or, Petra:
eb. 2 rock.
g Num.21.13.
h See Acts 15.
13-17, note.
‘Lie. mations.
j Jer.48.32.
k Isa.24.8;
Jer.48.33.
1 Isa.15.5;
63.15; Jer.
48.36.
m 2 Ki.16.9;
7 Therefore shall Moab howl for
Moab, every one shall howl: for the
foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye
mourn; surely they are stricken.
| 8 For the fields of Heshbon lan-
|guish, and the vine of Sibmah: the
lords of the heathen have broken
|down the principal plants thereof,
|they are come even unto Jazer, they
jwandered through the wilderness:
her branches are stretched out, they
jare gone over the sea.
weeping of Jazer the vine of Sib-
;mah: I will water thee with my
tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for
the shouting for thy summer fruits
and for thy harvest is fallen.
10 And “gladness is taken away,
and joy out of the plentiful field;
and in the vineyards there shall be
no singing, neither shall there be
'shouting: the treaders shall tread
/out no wine in their presses; I have
made their vintage shouting to
cease.
11 Wherefore ‘my bowels shall
sound like an harp for Moab, and
mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
12 And it shall come to pass, when
it is seen that Moab is weary on the
high place, that he shall come to
his sanctuary to pray; but he shall
not prevail.
(4) A first fulfilment within three
years (Isa. 15. 1, note).
13 This zs the word that the
|[LorD hath spoken concerning
\Moab since that time.
14 But now the Lorp hath
spoken, saying, Within three years,
as the years of an hireling, and the
glory of Moab shall be contemned,
with ail that great multitude; and
the remnant shall be very small
and feeble.
CHAPTER 17.
The. burden of Damascus.
THE lburden of Damascus. Be-
hold, "Damascus is taken away
from being a city, and it shall be a
ruinous heap.
2 Thecities of Aroer are forsaken:
they shall be for flocks, which shall
lie down, and *”none shall make
them afraid.
3 The fortress also shall cease
from Ephraim, and the kingdom
1 As in the burden of Moab, there was doubtless a near fulfilment in Sennacherib’s
approaching invasion, but verses 12-14 as evidently look forward to the final inva-
sion and battle.
(‘‘Armageddon,” Rev. 16. 14; 19. 17, no¢e.
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Cf. Isa. 10. 26-34.)
9 Therefore JI will bewail with the —
s
17 4) (ISAIAH. [i9 1
from Damascus, and the remnant of| . B.C. 741.
Syria: they shall be as the glory of
the children of Israel, saith the
CHAPTER 18.
The woe of the land beyond the
Lorp of hosts. a | rivers of Ethiopia, in the day of
4 And in that day it shall come to the regathering of Israel. (See
saee reer oe ene of Jacob poner “Tsrael,” Gen.12.2,3; Rom.11.26.)
flesh ch aibing ot fatness of his Wo fto the land shadowing
5 *And it shall be as when the Wit wines, Witch see oe
harvestman gathereth the corn, and the siver s of Ethiopia: ;
reapeth the ears iis ger hicekd 2 +That sendeth ambassadors by
it shall be as he that Batherstts the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes
upon the waters, saying, Go, ye
‘swift messengers, to a nation scat-
tered and peeled, to a people terrible
from their beginning hitherto; a
nation meted out and trodden down,
whose land the rivers have spoiled!
3 All ye inhabitants of the world,
ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleaning grapes shall ‘be
left in it, as the shaking of an olive
tree, two or three berries in the top
of the uppermost bough, four or
five in the outmost fruitful branches
(aaa saith the Lorp God of and dwellers on the earth, see ye,
7 At that day shall aman Yodktole Jer.51.33. [When he #lifteth up an ensign on the
his Maker, and this eyes shall have], yic.7.7, tied ete’ woe ae he Dbloweth
respect to the Holy One of Israel. 4. Bor so thek-one sete
; : : ito me,
8 And he shall not look to the al-|¢Deut-16.21. ty | i take my rest, and I will con-
tars, the work of his hands, neither|; 1,437.29. |sider in my dwelfing place like a
shall respect that which his fingers} 38. 7
F A clear heat upon herbs, and like
ide eats vig a wan aan ePsa.83.13; a cloud of dew in the heat of har-
mages. Hos.13.3. vest .
9 In that day shall his strong 5 For afore the harvest, when the
cities be as a forsaken bough, and|/fIsa.20.4,5; |, 3 j ;
F Ezk.30.4,5, |bud ts perfect, and the sour grape is
an uppermost branch, which they 95. Zeph.2.12; |ripening in the flower, he shall both
ae darwin i ora Shaner pte eph cut off the sprigs with pruning
10 Because thou hast forgotten eer a eae hooks, and ‘take away and cut
the God of thy salvation, and hast 4 . eee ee shell beiate together unto
not been mindful of the rock of thy} tsa.14. ae the fowls of the mountains, and
strength, therefore shalt thou plant] $"." ‘to the beasts of the earth: and the
“aaah ent and shalt set it Rene fowls shall summer upon them, and
“1 In ihet Fe “ahalt thou make} 7°f*- ; ail ‘the Beasts 1h the ‘earth ‘shall
thy plant to grow, and in the morn-] j Ex.12.12; Wintec aeons ae the present
ing shalt thou make thy seed to| Jer-43.12. Be prod
Aare ght unto the LorD of hosts
flourish: but the harvest shall be lof a people scattered and peeled,
4 ane pee of grief and ea and from a Pega terrible from
: | their beginning hitherto; a nation
12 Bs oat 73 multitude bogie meted out and trodden under foot,
peop ee ibe, make ieee iS af whose land the rivers have spoiled,
ee ti S ern vais tat ee aes to the place of the name of the
AOS Eo & Lorp of hosts, the mount Zion.
like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 Thé nations shall rush like the
‘rushing of many waters: 4-but God
shall rebuke them, and they shall
flee far off, and éshall be chased as
the chaff of the mountains ‘before
the wind, and like a rolling thing
before the whirlwind
14 And behold at eveningtide
trouble; and before the-morning he
is not. ‘ This is the portion of them
that spoil us, and the lot of them
that rob us.
1 The local reference is evidently to an embassy from Egypt, resulting in the
‘alliance denounced in Isa. 30.,.31.; Jer. 37. 7-11.
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CHAPTER 19.
The burden of Egypt. Looks
forward through desolations
to kingdom blessing with
Israel. (See “Kingdom, O.T.,”
Zech. 12. 8, note.)
HE ‘burden of Egypt. Behold,
the Lorp rideth upon a swift
cloud, and shall come into Egypt:
and the Jidols of Egypt shall be
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19 2]
moved at his presence, and the
_ heart of Egypt shall melt in the
midst of it.
2 And I will “set the Egyptians
against the Egyptians: and they
shall fight every one against his
brother, and every one against his
neighbour; city against city, and
kingdom against kingdom. :
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail
in the midst thereof; and I will de-
stroy the counsel thereof: and they
shall seek to the idols, and to the
charmers, and to them that have
familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
4 And the Egyptians will I give
over 4into the hand of a cruel lord;
and a fierce king shall rule over
them, saith the Lord, the LorpD of
hosts.
5 ‘And the waters shall fail from
the sea, and the river shall be
wasted and dried up.
6 And they shall turn the rivers
far away; and the brooks of defence
shall be emptied and dried up: thejc Jud. 7.22;
reeds and flags shall wither. Sam.14.
ié an pea
7 The paper reeds by the brooks,} 99'9
by the mouth of the brooks, and
every thing sown by the brooks,|® !sa.20.4;
shall wither, be driven away, and iia
be no more.
8 The fishers also shall mourn,]|¢ Jer-51.36;
Ezk.30.12.
and all they that cast angle into
the brooks shall lament, and they}d Jer.2.16.
that spread nets upon the waters
shall languish.
9 Moreover they that work in fine
flax, and they that weave networks,
shall be confounded.
10 And they shall be broken in
the purposes thereof, all that make
sluices and ponds for fish.
11 Surely the princes of Zoan are
fools, the counsel of the wise coun-
sellors of Pharaoh is become brut-
ish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I}
am the son of the wise, the son of
ancient kings?
12 Where are they? where are
thy wise men? and let them tell!
thee now, and let them know what)
the LorpD of hosts hath purposed!)
upon Egypt.
13 The princes of Zoan are be-
come fools, ¢the princes of Noph are
deceived; ‘they have also seduced
Egypt, even they that are the
stay of the tribes thereof.
14 The Lorp hath mingled a per-!
verse spirit in the midst thereof:
and they have caused Egypt to err
in every work thereof, as a drunken
man staggereth in his vomit,
15 Neither shall there be any!
e Jer.51.30;
Nah.3.13,
f Zeph.3.9.
g 2 Ki.18.17.
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ISAIAH.
work for Egypt, which the head or
tail. branch or rush, may do.
16 In that day shall Egypt ebe
like unto women: and it shall be
afraid and fear because of the
shaking of the hand of the LorD of
hosts, which he shaketh over it.
17 And the land of Judah shall be °
a terror unto Egypt, every one that
maketh mention thereof shall be
afraid in himself, because of the
counsel of the LorD of hosts, which
he hath determined against it.
18 In that day shall five cities in
the land of Egypt ‘speak the lan-
guage of Canaan, and swear to the
LorpD of hosts; one shall be called,
The city of destruction.
19 In that day shall there be an
altar to the LorD in the midst of
the land of Egypt, and a pillar at
the border thereof to the Lorp.
20 And it shall be for a sign and
for a witness unto the Lorp of
hosts in the land of Egypt: for they
shall cry unto the LorD because of
the oppressors, and he shall send:
them a saviour, and a great one,
and he shall deliver them.
21 And the LorD shall be known
to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall
know the LorpD in that day, and
shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea,
they shall vow a vow unto the
LORD, and perform it.
22 And the Lorp shall smite
Egypt: he shall smite and heal it:
and they shall return even to the
Lorp, and he shail be intreated of
them, and shall heal them.
23 In that day shall there be a
highway out of Egypt to Assyria.
and the Assyrian shall come into
Egypt, and the Egyptian into As-
syria, and the Egyptians shall
serve with the Assyrians. :
24 In that day shall Israel be the
third with Egypt and with Assyria,
even a blessing in the midst of the
land:
25 Whom the Lorn of hosts shali
bless, saying, Biessed be Egypt
my people, and Assyria the work
of my hands, and Israel mine in-
heritance.
CHAPTER 20.
A prophecy that Assyria will
waste Egypt and Ethiopia.
ie the year that &Tartan came
unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the
king of Assyria sent him,) and
fought against Ashdod, and took it;
2 At the same time spake the
ISAIAH.
Lorp by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
saying, Go and loose the ¢sack-
cioth from off thy loins, and put
off thy shoe from thy foot. And
ak did so, walking naked and bare-
oot.
3 And the Lorp said, Like as my
servant Isaiah hath walked naked
and barefoot three years for a sign
and wonder upon Egypt and upon
Ethiopia;
4 So shall the king of Assyria
lead away the Egyptians prisoners,
and the Ethiopians captives, young
and old, naked and barefoot, “even
with their buttocks uncovered, to
the shame of Egypt.
5 ¢And they shall be afraid and
ashamed of Ethiopia their expecta-
tion, and of Egypt their glory.
6 And the inhabitant of this ¢isle
shall say in that day, Behold, such
is our expectation, whither we flee
for help to be delivered from the
king of Assyria: and how shall we
escape?
a Zech.13.4.
6b 1 Sam.19.24;
Mic.1.8,11.
¢ Isa.3.17;
,2 Sam.10.4;
Jer.13.22,26;
Mic.1.11.
d 2 Ki.18.21;
Isa.30.3,5,7;
36.6.
CHAPTER 21.
The four burdens, anticipating
Sennacherib’s invasion (2 Ki.
18. 13): (1) The burden of the
desert.
HE fburden of the desert of the
sea. As 4Swhirlwinds in the
south pass through; so it cometh
from the desert, from a terrible
land.
2 A grievous vision is declared
unto me; the treacherous dealer
dealeth treacherously, and the
spoiler spoileth. “Go up, O Elam:
besiege, O Media; all the sighing
thereof have I made to cease.
3 Therefore are my loins filled
with pain: pangs have taken hold
upon me, as the pangs of a woman
that travaileth: I was bowed down
at the hearing of it;-I was dis-
mayed at the seeing of it.
4. My heart panted, fearfulness
affrighted me: *the night of my
pleasure hath he turned into fear}
unto me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the
watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye
princes, and anoint the shield.
6 For thus hath the Lord said un-
to me, Go, set a watchman, let him):
declare what he seeth.
7 And he saw a chariot with a
couple of horsemen, a chariot of
asses, and a chariot of camels; and
he hearkened diligently with much
heed;
ei.e. coast.
f Isa.13.1,
note.
g Zech.9.14. »
h Isa.13.17;
Jer.49.34.
t Deut.28.67.
Jj Jer.51.8;
Rev.14.8;
18.2.
k 1 Chr.1.30;
Jer.49.7,8;
Ezk.35.2;
Oba.1.
71 Chr.1.9,32.
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8 And he cried, A lion: My lord,
I stand continually upon the watch-
tower in the daytime, and I am set
in my ward whole nights:
9 And, behold, here cometh a
chariot of men, with a couple of
horsemen. And he answered and
said, JBabylon is fallen, is fallen;
and all the graven images of her
gods he hath broken unto the
ground.
10 O my threshing, and the corn
of my floor: that which I have
heard of the Lorp of hosts, the
God of Israel, have I declared unto
you.
(2) The burden of Dumah.
11 The fburden of *-Dumah. He
calleth to me out of Seir, Watch-
man, what of the night? Watch-
man, what of the night?
12 The watchman said, The morn-
ing cometh, and also the night: if
ye will enquire, enquire ye: return,
come.
(3) The burden upon Arabia.
13 The/fburden upon Arabia. In
the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,
O ye travelling companies /of
Dedanim. ;
14 The inhabitants of the land of
Tema brought water to him that
was thirsty, they prevented with
their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword, and from
the bent bow, and from the griev-
ousness of war.
16 For thus hath the Lorp said
unto me, Within a year, according
to the years of an hireling, and all
the glory of Kedar shall fail:
17 And the residue of the number
of archers, the mighty men of the
children of Kedar, shall be dimin-
ished: for the LorD God of Israel
hath spoken it.
CHAPTER 22.
(4) The burden of the valley
of vision.
HE fburden of the valley of
vision. What aileth thee now,
that thou art wholly gone up to the
housetops?
2 Thou that art fuil of stirs, a
tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy
slain men are not slain with the
sword, nor dead in battle.
3 All thy rulers are fled together,
they are bound by the archers: all
that aré found in thee are bound
Zoe | ISAIAH. : {23 |
together, which have fled from
‘ar.
4 Therefore said I, Look away
from me; “I will weep bitterly,
jabour not to comfort me, kecause
of the spoiling of the daughter of
my people.
5 For it is a day of trouble, and
of treading down, and of perplexity
bby the Lord Gop of hosts in the
valley of vision, breaking down the
walls, and of crying to the moun-
tains. : ;
6 And Elam bare the quiver with
thee away with a mighty captivity, ,
and will surely cover thee.
18 He will surely violently turn
and toss thee like a ball into a
large country: there shalt thou die,
and there the chariots of thy glory
shall be the shame of thy lord’s
house.
19 And I will drive thee from thy
station, and from thy state shall he
pull thee down.
20 And it shail come to pass in
that day, that I will call my ser-
vant /Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
chariots of ase = ee and|? Jer-4-19: al rae I math Sethe hiss wre os
‘Kir uncover e shield. robe, and strengthen wi y
7 And it shall come to pass, that gene girdle, and I will commit thy gov-
thy choicest valleys shall be full of} “* ernment into his hand: and he shall
chariots, and the horsemen shall} c Isa.15.1. be a father to the inhabitants of
set themselves in array at the Poe hoe and to the house of
gate. 2 Chr.32.4, |Judah.
8 And he discovered the covering] 5,30. 22 And the key of the house of
of Judah, and thou didst look in eReon 3 16. David will i lay upon his shoulder;
that day to the armour of the house so he shall “open, and none shall
of the forest. f Joel 1.13. ae and he shall shut, and none
9 Ye have seen also the breaches : Ss open.
of the city of David, that they are] * $235; 23 And I will fasten him as a nail
many: and ye gathered together] Mic.1.16. in a sure place; and he shall be for
the pater of Ai lower pear the|# 152.56:12: a glorious throne to his father’s
10 And ye have number €]” 1 Cor.15.32, |house.
houses of Jerusalem, and the houses| _ 24 And they shall hang upon him
Bs ye broken down to fortify the] * yoo es a vie glory of hee father’ CR
, a e offspring an e issue es-
“i Ye made also a ditch between] j vs.15-19. sels of pnt quantity. from the
the two walls for the water of the Pah ipl ap vessels of cups, even to all the ves-
old pool: but ye have not looked] fAvourite dis- |Sels of flagons.
unto the maker thereof, neither had] placed as 25 In that day, saith the LorpD of
respect unto him that fashioned it Esser by |hosts, shall the nail that is fastened
long ago. sea in the sure place be removed, and
12 And in that day did the Lord} 37.2. be cut down, and fall; and the bur-
Gop of hosts /call to weeping, and
ER 8. den that was upon it shall be cut.
to mourning, and to Sbaldness, and ne
off: for the LorD hath spoken it.
to aaa at ree AES se 12 Ki.18.18.
13 ehold joy an adness,
slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eat- stein CHAPTER 23.
ing flesh, and drinking wine: “Tet us looks for- | The burden of Tyre: desolations
eat and drink; for to morrow we} Ward t Beet the final deliverance
. Rev.3.7.
14 And it was revealed in mine ae teen gs
ears by the LorpD of hosts, Surely} 2. THE "burden of Tyre. Howl, ye
this iniquity ‘shall not be purged| "* ships of Tarshish; for it is laid
from you till ye die, saith the Lord] ice. coast. waste, so that there is no house, no
Gop of hosts. entering in: from the land of Chit-
15 Thus saith the Lord Gop of tim it is revealed to them.
hosts, Go, get thee unto this treas- 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the
urer, even unto JShebna, which is %sle; thou whom the merchants of
over the house, and say, Zidon, that pass over the sea, have
16 What hast thou here? and replenished.
whom hast thou here, that thou 3 And by great waters the seed of
hast hewed thee out a sepulchre Sihor, the harvest of the river, is
here, as he that heweth him out a her revenue; and she is a mart of
sepulchre on high, and that gray- nations.
eth an habitation for himself in a 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for
tock? : the sea hath spoken, even the
17 Behold, the Lorp will carry strength of the sea, saying, I travail
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23 5) ISAIAH. [24 14
them that dwell before the Lorp,
to eat sufficiently, and for durable
clothing.
CHAPTER 24.
Looking through troubles to the
kingdom-aége (v. 23).
BEHOLD, the LorD ‘maketh the
earth empty, and maketh it
waste, and turneth it upside down,
and scattereth abroad the inhabit-
ants thereof.
2 And it shall be, as with the peo-
ple, so with the priest; as with the
servant, so with his master; as
with she maid. so with nee Resi
: 5 3 buyer, so wit e seller;
posed it, to stain the pride of ail See c :
glory, and to bring into contempt} . ae es oe Saat =o ke of ae bos
all the honourable of the earth. |? +: as¢ Rae Ha inet abe 4 s
10 Pass through thy land as 4)» See Ezk.28. | 3 The land shall be utterly emp-
not, nor bring forth children,
neither do I nourish up young men,
nor bring up virgins.
6 .Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl,
ye inhabitants of the isle.
7 Is this your joyous city, whose
antiquity 1s of ancient days? her
own feet shall carry her afar off to
against Tyre, othe crowning city,
whose merchants are princes, whose
traffickers are the honourable of the
earth?
9 The Lorp of hosts hath pur-
river, O daughter of Tarshish:| 2.12. : :
2 tied, and utterly spoiled: for the
peer Fee ee pega eer dover|“ev-1822, |Lorp hath spoken this word.
the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the|¢ Hak 27-25, eS ee St ee
LorpD hath given a commandment bp fadeth away, the haughty people
against the merchant city, to de-) ¢ Zech.14.20, h aeh
dtoy. the strong holds thereof. [“2i'*7™ [of the carth do languish a
12 And he said, ‘Thou shalt no) ;...Gen1. |the inhabitants thereof; because
more rejoice, O thou oppressed vir-|* 2, note 3; they have transgressed the laws,
gin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass) Jer.4.23, changed the ordinance, broken the
ieee Soe Se there also shalt a re everlasting covenant.
Been id che Ind Or the Chaldel| am ses3) | ae eee eee a eran
ans; this Peon pip pages till pase h Mal.4.6. dwell therein are desolate: there-
Assyrian founded it for them that fore the inhabitants of the earth
dwell in the wilderness: they set} 7 Ise.16.8,9;
up the towers thereof, they raised| Joe! 1-10.12. or pola ioe ee the
up the palaces thereof; and he); Remnant. |yine languisheth, all the merry-
brought it to ruin. Y Isa.37.32. helcted Go sigd.
pis Howl ve ships of Tarshish: (5545) |'5 "The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
: ers the noise 0. em at rejoice
Beco geelcorsds pee crit the oy of the har ceaseth
, : ey not drink wine wi'
ER Ga ea agi a sone: strong drink shal be bite
, . to them that it,
of seventy years shall Tyre sing as 10 The city of confusion is broken
Bane an harp, go about the down: every house is shut up, that
city, thou harlot that hast been Mla here sa evn for wine in
forgotten; make pie melody, Pie the streets; all joy is darkened, the
many songs, that thou mayest be mirth of the land is gone. —
Benes. 1 t Ue after 12 In the city is left desolation, and
ed <a ari eT ottl Ye at Le brea the gate is smitten with destruction.
Lorp will visit Tyre, and she shall The Jewish remnant,
turn to her hire, and shall commit
fornication with all the kingdoms
13 When thus it shall be in the
of the midst of the land Jamong the peo-
Be a ee eats Agee ple, there shall be as the shaking
18 And her merchandise and her of an olive tree, and as the gleaning
hire ¢shali be holiness to the LORD: grapes when the vintage is done.
it shall not be treasured nor laid up; 14 They shall lift up their voice,
for her merchandise shall be for they shall sing for the majesty of
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the LORD, they shali cry aloud from
the sea.
15 Wherefore glorify ye the LorpD
in the fires, even the ¢name of the
LorpD God of Israel in the isles of
the sea.
The great tribulation (Psa. 2. 5;
Rev. 7. 14).
16 From the uttermost part of the
earth have we heard songs, even
glory to the righteous. But I said,
My leanness, my leanness, woe unto
me! the treacherous dealers have
dealt treacherously; yea, the trea-
cherous dealers have dealt very
treacherously.
17 ‘Fear, and the pit, and the
snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant
of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that
he who fleeth from the noise of the
fear shall fall into the pit; and he
that cometh up out of the midst of
the pit shall be taken in the snare:
for the windows from on high are
open, and the foundations of the
earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken
down, the earth is clean dissolved,
the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro
like a drunkard, and shall be re-
moved like a cottage; and the
transgression thereof shall be heavy
upon it; and it shall fall, and not
rise again.
Destruction of Gentile world-
power. (See “Kingdom, O.T.,”
Gen. 1. 26; Zech. 12. 8, note.)
21 And it shall come to pass 4in
that day, that the Lorp shall
€punish the host of the high ones
that are on high, and the kings of
the earth upon the earth.
The first resurrection: the
kingdom-age begun.
22 And they shall be gathered to-
gether, as prisoners are gathered in
the pit, and shall be shut up in the
prison, and after many days shall
they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be con-
founded, and the sun ashamed,
when the Lorp of hosts shall freign
in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem,
and before his ancients gloriously.
CHAPTER 25.
Triumphs of the kingdom-aége.
O LORD, thou art my God; I will
exalt thee, I will praise thy
name; for thou hast done wonder-
ISAIAH.
B.C. 712.
a Mal.1.11.
bi.e. coasts.
c See 1 Ki.19.
17; jer.48.
43; Amos 5.
19.
d Day (of Je-
hovah). vs.
21-23; Isa.
26.20,21.
(Isa.2.10-22;
Rev.19.11-
21.)
e Armaged-
ae (battle
of).
Isa.26.20,21.
(Rev.16.14;
19.11-21.)
f Kingdom
(O.T.). Isa.
32.1,2,14-18.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
g Hos.13.14;
1 Cor.15.54;
Rev.20.14;
21.4.
h Rev.7.17;
21.4,
t Gen.49.18;
Cit 2235
j \sa.2.11.
& Isa.60.18.
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ful things; thy counsels of old ar
faithfulness and truth. ;
2 For thou hast made of a city
an heap; of a defenced city a ruin:
a palace of strangers to be no city;
it shall never be built.
3 Therefore shall the strong peo-
ple glorify thee, the city of the ter-
rible nations shall fear thee.
4 For thou hast been a strength
to the poor, a strength to the needy
in his*distress, a refuge from the
storm, a shadow from the heat,
when the blast of the terrible ones
is as a storm against the wall.
5 Thou shalt bring down the noise
of strangers, as the heat in a dry
place; even the heat with the
shadow of a cloud: the branch of the
terrible ones shall be brought low.
6 And in this mountain shall the
LORD of hosts make unto all people
a feast of fat things, a feast of wines
on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well
refined, .
7 And he will destroy in this
mountain the face of the covering
cast over all people, and the vail
that is spread over all nations.
8 He will ‘swallow up death in
victory; and the Lord Gop will
hwipe away tears from off all faces;
and the rebuke of his people shall
he take away from off all the earth:
for the LorD hath spoken it.
9 And it shall be said in that day,
Lo, this zs our God; we have
waited for him, and he will save
us: this 7s the LorpD; ‘we have
waited for him, we will be glad and
rejoice in his salvation.
10 For in this mountain shall the
hand of the Lorp rest, and Moab
shall be trodden down under him,
even as straw is trodden down for
the dunghill.
11 And he shall spread forth his
hands in the midst of them, as he
that swimmeth spreadeth forth Ais
hands to swim: and he shall bring
down their pride together with the
spoils of their hands.
12 And the fortress of the high
fort of thy walls shall he bring
down, lay low, and bring to the
ground, even to the dust.
CHAPTER 26.
The worship and testimony of
restored and converted Israel.
ITN that day shall this song be
sung in the land of Judah; We
have a strong city; ‘salvation will
t
God appoint for walls and bul-
warks.
2 Open ye the gates, that the
righteous nation which keepeth the
truth may enter in.
3 Thou wilt keep Aim in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on
thee: because he “trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the Lorp for ever:
for in the LorD JEHOVAH is
beverlasting strength:
5 For he bringeth down them that
dwell on high; the lofty city, he
layeth it low; he layeth it low, even
to the ground; he bringeth.it even
to the dust.
6: The foot shall tread it down,
even the feet of the poor, and the
steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just zs “upright-
ness: thou, most upright, dost
weigh the path of the just.
8 Yea, in the way of thy judg-
ments, O LorD, have we waited for
thee; the desire of our soul is to
thy name, and to the remembrance
of thee.
9 With my soul have I desired
thee in the night; yea, with my
spirit within me will I seek thee
early: for when thy judgments are
in the earth, the inhabitants of the
world will learn righteousness.
10 Let favour be shewed to the
wicked, yet will he not learn right-
eousness: in the land of upright-
ness will he deal unjustly, and will
not behold the majesty of the LorRD.
11 LoRD, when thy hand is lifted
up, they will not see: but they shall
see, and be ashamed for their envy
at the people; yea, the fire of thine
enemies shall devour them.
12 Lorp, thou wilt ordain peace
for us: for thou also hast wrought
all our works in us.
13 O Lorp our God, other lords
beside thee have had dominion over
us: but by thee only will we make
mention of thy name.
14 They are dead, they shall not
live; they are deceased, they shall
not rise: therefore hast thou visited
and destroyed them, and made all
their memory to perish.
15 Thou hast increased the na-
1 Bliminate the supplied words, men, and, together with.
Verses 19-21, with chapter 27., constitute Jehovah’s answer to
ses 11-18. Verse 19 should read: ‘‘Thy dead shall live: my
(i.e. the dead bodies of Jehovah’s people). The restoration
plural, ‘‘bodies.”
the plaint of Israel, ver
dead bodies shall rise”
ISATAH.
(27 4
tion, O Lorp, thou hast increased
the nation: thou art glorified: thou
hadst removed it far unto all the
ends of the earth.
i6 Lorp, 4in trouble have they
visited thee, they poured out a
prayer when thy chastening was
upon them.
17 Like as a woman with child,
that draweth near the time of her
delivery, is in pain, and crieth out
in her pangs; so have we been in
thy sight, O Lorp.
See os 18 We have been with child, we
pore have been in pain, we have as it
were brought forth wind; we have
b Be. re. ges,/nOt wrought any deliverance in the
Deut.32.4. \earth; neither have the inhabitants
, lof the world fallen.
o Regntecus 19 Thy dead 1men shall live,
Ez iss-9, |together with my dead body shall
(Gen.6.9; they arise. Awake and sing, ye
Lk.2.25.) that dwell in dust: for thy dew is
d¥Hos.5.15. |as the dew of herbs, and the earth
shall cast out the dead.
e Resurrec-
ei nas Retrospect: order of events in
Gob 19.25: | establishing the kingdom. (1)
1 Cor.15.52.) The Gentile world-power de-
f Day (of Je stroyed.
hovab) vs. | 20 Come, my people, enter thou
341-8. (sa. |into thy chambers, and shut thy
2.10-22; Rev. |\doors about thee: hide thyself as it
19.11-21.) ieie for a little moment, until the
A a indignation be overpast.
Fgh: Ceattle 21 For, behold, the Lorp cometh
& Tsa.34. lout of his place to &punish the in-
taaaae habitants of the earth for their ini-
11-21.) quity: the earth also shall disclose
her blood, and shall no more cover
her slain.
CHAPTER 27.
1B that day the Lorp with his
sore and great and strong sword
shall punish leviathan the piercing
serpent, even leviathan that crooked
serpent; and he shall slay the
dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A
vineyard of red wine.
3 I the Lorp do keep it; I will
water it every moment: lest any
hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would
“Body” is in the
and re-establishment of Israel as a nation is also spoken of as a resurrection (Ezk.
37. 1-11), and many hold that no more than this is meant in Isa. 26. 19. But since
the first resurrection is unto participation in the kingdom (Rev. 20. 4-6), it seems
the better view that both meanings are here.
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set the briers and thorns against
me in battle? I would go through
them, I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold of my
strength, that he may make peace
with me; and he shall make peace
with me.
6 He shall cause them that come
of Jacob to take root: Israel shall
blossom and bud, and fill the face
of the world with fruit.
7 Hath he smitten him, as he
smote those that smote him? or is
he slain according to the slaughter
of them that are slain by him?
8 In measure, when it shooteth
forth, thou wilt debate with it: he
stayeth his rough wind in the day
of the east wind. Th
9 By this therefore shall the ini-
quity of Jacob be purged; and this
is all the fruit to take away his sin;
when he maketh all the stones of
the altar as chalkstones that are
beaten in sunder, the ¢groves and
images shall not stand up.
10 Yet the defenced city shall be
desolate, and the habitation for-
saken, and left like a wilderness:
there shall the calf feed, and there
shall he lie down, and consume the
branches thereof.
11 When the boughs thereof are
withered, they shall be broken off:
the women come, and set them on
fire: for it is a people of no under-
standing: therefore he that made
them will not have mercy on them,
and he that formed them will shew
them no favour.
(2) Israel regathered.
2 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the Lorp shall beat
off from the channel of the river
unto thé stream of Egypt, and ye
shall be gathered one by one, O ye
children of Israel.
13 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the great trumpet
shall be blown, and they shall come
which were ready to perish in the
land of Assyria, and the outcasts
in the land of Egypt, and shall wor-
ship the LorD in the holy mount at
Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 28.
The woe of Ephraim. Predic-
tion of the Assyrian captivity
of Ephraim (2 Ki. 17. 3-18).
OE to the crown of pride, to
the drunkards of “Ephraim,
whose glorious beauty is a fading
ISAIAH.
a Deut.16.21.
b See Isa.7.
2, note.
¢ Isa.30.30;
Ezk.13.11.
d Prov.20.1;
Hos.4.11.
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B.C. 712.
sa
flower, which are on the head of
the fat valleys of them that are
overcome with wine! 4
2 Behold, the Lord hath a.mighty
and strong one, ‘which as a tem-
pest of hail and a destroying storm,
as a flood of mighty waters over-
flowing, shall cast down to the
earth with the hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunk-
ards of Ephraim, shall be trodden
under feet:
4 And the glorious beauty, which
is on the head of the fat valley,
shall be a fading flower, and as
the hasty fruit before the summer;
which when he that looketh upon
it seeth, while it is yet in his hand
he eateth it up.
5 In that day shall the Lorp of
hosts be for a crown of glory, and
for a diadem of beauty, unto the
residue of his people,
6 And for a spirit of judgment to
him that sitteth in judgment, and
for strength to them that turn the
battle to the gate.
7 But they also ¢have erred
through wine, and through strong
drink are out of the way; the priest
and the prophet have erred through
strong drink, they are swallowed
up of wine, they are out of the way
through strong drink; they err in
vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit
and filthiness, so that there is no
place clean.
9 Whom shall he teach know-
ledge? and whom shall he make to
understand doctrine? them that
are weaned from the milk, and
drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept must be upon
precept, precept-upon precept; line
upon line, line upon line; here a
|little, and there a little:
11 For with stammering lips and
another tongue will he speak to this
people.
12 To whom he said, This is the
rest wherewith ye may cause the
weary to rest; and this is the re-
freshing: yet they would not hear.
13. But the word of the Lorp was
unto them precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon
line, line upon line; here a little, and
there a little; that they might go,
and fall backward, and be broken,
and snared, and taken.
The fate of Ephraima warning
to Judah.
14 Wherefore hear the word of
28 15} ISAIAH. [29 3
the LorD, ye scornful men, that
Tule this people whichis in Jeru-
salem.
15 Because ye have said, We have
made a covenant with death, and
with ¢hell are we at agreement;
when the overflowing scourge shall
pass through, it shall not come unto
us: for we have made lies our ref-
uge, and under falsehood have we
hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop, Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried ‘stone,
a precious corner stone, a sure oe ee
foundation: he that believeth shall) 5 note. {he will not ever be threshing it,
not make haste. ; nor break it with the wheel of his
17 Judgment also will I ley us the]? eee (as \cart, nor bruise it with his horse-
line, and righteousness to the plum-} pan.2/34. men,
met: and the hail shall sweep away| (£x.17.6; } 29 This also cometh forth from
the refuge of lies, and the waters} 1Pet?8) ithe Lorn of hests, ‘which is won-
shall overflow the hiding place. c Christ jderful in counsel, and excellent in
18 And your covenant with death! (First jworking.
shall be disannulled, and your} Adven), |
agreement with ¢hell shall not} (Gen.3.15; CHAPTER 29.
stand; when the overflowing scourge} Acts 1.9.)
‘ Warnings to Judah and Jerusa-
arene els jit ye shall be d See wl. lem of impending discipline
19 From the time that it goeth|¢2Sam.5.20; (Chapters 29., 30., 31.): (1) The
25 When he hath made plain the
face thereof, doth he not cast
abroad the fitches, and scatter the
cummin, and cast in the principal
26 For his God doth instruct him
to discretion, and doth teach him,
27 For the fitches are not threshed
with a threshing instrument, neither
is a cart wheel turned about upon
the cummin; but the fitches are
beaten out with a staff, and the
cummin with a rod.
28 Bread corn is bruised; because
forth it shali take you: for morn-| 1 Christi, | discipline — ; ;
ing by morning shall it pass over,! ¢ Josh.10.10, OE to ‘Ariel, to Ariel, the city
by day and by night: and it shall) 12; 2 Sam.5s. where David dwelt! add ye
be a vexation only fo understand aa 1 Chr.14. ‘year to vear; let them kill sacri-
the report. 3 fices.
20 For the bed is shorter than|¢ Psa.92.5; 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and
that a man can stretch himself on| Jer-32.19. there shall be heaviness and sor-
it; and the covering narrower than}; «zion of row: and it shall be unto me as
that he can wrap himself in rt. God” = Je |Ariel. , ;
21 For the Lorp shall rise up as| 7¥sa/em. 3 And I will camp against thee
im mount ‘Perazim, he shall be] ; 15.17.13 round about, and will lay siege
.
wroth as in the valley of fGibeon,| Job 21.18 jagainst thee with a mount, and I
that he may do his work, his strange will raise forts against thee.
work; and bring to pass his act, his} i 4 And thou shalt be brought
strange act. | down, and shalt speak out of the
22 Now therefore be ye not mock- ground, and thy speech shall be
ers, lest your bands be made strong: low out of the dust, and thy voice
for I have heard from the Lord Gop shall be, as of one that hath a fa-
of hosts a consumption, even deter- miliar spirit, out of the ground, and
mined upon the whole earth. — | thy speech shall whisper out of the
23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; dust. :
hearken, and hear my speech. : 5 Moreover the multitude of thy
24 Doth the plowman plow all strangers shall be like small dust,
day to sow? doth he open and break and the multitude of the terrible
the clods of his ground? | ones shall be ‘as chaff that passeth
i in prophecy, and especially in Isaiah, the near and far horizons
Rene eee i of Sennacherib’s invasion and the destruction of the
Assyrian host by the angel of the Lorp (Isa. 36., 37.); the far view is that of the
final gathering of the Gentile hosts against Jerusalem at the end of the great tribu-
lation (Psa. 2. 5; Rev. 7. 14), when a still greater deliverance will be wrought.
(See ‘‘Times of the Gentiles,” Lk, 21. 24; Rev. 16. 14.) The same remark applies
also to Isa. 28. 14-18, where there is a near reference to the Egyptian alliance (“we
have made a covenant,” etc.), while the reference to the stone (v.16) carries the
meaning forward to the end-time, and the covenant of unbelieving Israel with
the Beast (Dan. 9. 27). ie
29 6]
ISAIAH.
away: yea, it shall be at an instant
suddenly.
6 Thou shalt be visited of the
LorpD of hosts with thunder, and
with “earthquake, and great noise,
with storm and tempest, and the
flame of devouring fire.
7 And the multitude of all the
nations that fight against Ariel,
even all that fight against her and
her munition, and that distress her,
shall be as a dream of a night
vision,
8 It shall even be as when an
hungry man dreameth, and, be-
hold, he eateth; but he awaketh,
and his soul is empty: or as when a
thirsty man dreameth, and, behold,
he drinketh; but he awaketh, and,
behold, he is faint, and his soul
hath appetite: so shall the multi-
tude of all the nations be, that fight
against mount Zion.
(2) The reasons for the discipline.
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder;
cry ye out, and cry: they are
drunken, but not with wine; they
stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the Lorp hath poured out
upon you the spirit of deep “sleep,
and hath closed your eyes: the
prophets and your rulers, the seers
hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become
unto you as the words of a book
that is sealed, which men deliver to
one that is learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I
cannot; for it 1s sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to
him that is not learned, saying,
Read this, I pray thee: and he
saith, I am not learned.
13. Wherefore the Lord said, For-
asmuch as this people draw near me
with their mouth, ‘and with their
lips do honour me, but have re-
moved their heart far from me, and
their fear toward me is taught by
the precept of men:
14 Therefore, behold, I will pro-
ceed to do a ¢marvellous work
among this people, even a marvel-
lous work and a wonder: for the
‘wisdom of their wise men shall
perish, and the understanding of
their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep
to hide their counsel from the Lorp,
B.C. 712.
a Zech.14.4;
Rev.16.19.
6b Rom.11.8,
¢ Ezk.33.31;
Mt.15.8,9;
MK.7.6,7.
d Hab.1.5.
e Jer.49.7;
Oba.8;
1 Cor.1.19.
f Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59.
20, note.
g Deut.29.19,
h Num.27.21;
Josh.9.14;
1 Ki.22.7;
Jer.21.2; 42.
2,3,20.
# Psa.2.12,
note,
and their works are in the dark,|.
and they say, Who seeth us? and
who knoweth us?
16. Surely your turning of things
upside down shall be esteemed as
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the potter’s clay: for shall the work ©
say of him that made it, He made >
me not? or shall the thing framed
say of him that framed it, He had
no understanding?
(3) Blessing after deliverance
(Isa. 37. 33-36): type of blessing
in the kingdom after Rev. 19.
19-21,
17 Js it not yet a very little while,
and Lebanon shall be turned into a
fruitful field, and the fruitful field
shall be esteemed as a forest?
18 And in that day shall the deaf
hear the words of the book, and the
eyes of the blind shall see out of
obscurity, and out of darkness.
19 The meek also shall increase
their joy in the LorD, and the poor
among men shall rejoice in the
Holy One of Israel.
20 For the terrible one is brought
to nought, and the scorner is con-
sumed, and all that watch for ini-
quity are cut off: |
21 That make a man an offender
for a word, and lay a snare for him
that reproveth in the gate, and turn
aside the just for a thing of nought.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lorp,
- |who fredeemed Abraham, concern-
ing the house of Jacob, Jacob shall
not now be ashamed, neither shall
his face now wax pale.
23 But when he seeth his children,
the work of mine hands, in the
midst of him, they shall sanctify
my name, and. sanctify the Holy
One of Jacob, and shall fear the
God of Israel.
24 They also that erred in spirit
shall come to understanding, and
they that murmured shall learn
doctrine.
CHAPTER 30.
(4)Warnings against an alliance
with Egypt against Sennacherib.
OE to the rebellious children,
saith the Lorp, that take
counsel, but not of me; and that
cover with a covering, but not of
my spirit, éthat they may add sin
to sin:
2 That walk to go down into
Egypt, and “have not asked at my
mouth; to strengthen themselves
in the strength of Pharaoh, and to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 Therefore shall the strength of
Pharaoh be your shame, and the
‘trust in the shadow of Egypt your
confusion.
os ab ‘ Fe Se
4 For his princes were at Zoan, and
his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5 They were all ashamed of a
people that could not profit them,
nor be an help nor profit, but a
shame, and also a reproach.
6 The “burden of the beasts of the
south: into the land of trouble and
anguish, from whence come the
young and old lion, the viper and
fiery flying serpent, they will carry
their riches upon the shoulders of
young asses, and their treasures
upon the bunches of camels, to a
people that shall not _ profit
them.
7 For the Egyptians shall help in
vain, and to no purpose: therefore
have I cried concerning this, Their
strength is to sit still.
8 Now go, 5write it before them
in a table, ‘and note it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come
for ever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people,
lying children, children that will
not hear the law of the LorpD:
10 Which say to the seers, See
not; and to the prophets, Prophesy
not unto us right things, speak
unto us smooth things, prophesy
deceits:
11 Get you out of the way, turn
aside out of the path, cause the
Holy One of Israel to cease from
before us.
12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy
One of Israel, Because ye despise!
this word, and “trust in oppres-
sion and perverseness, and stay
thereon:
13 Therefore this iniquity shall
be to you as a breach ready to fall,
swelling out in a high wall, whose
“breaking cometh suddenly at an
instant.
14 And he shall break it as the’
breaking of the potters’ vessel that!
is broken in pieces; he shall not
spare: so that there shall not be
found in the bursting of it a sherd)
to take fire from the hearth, or to
take water withal out of the pit. |
(5) Exhortation to turn to the
LorD for help against Sen-
nacherib: foreshadowing of
kingdom blessing.
15 For thus saith the Lord Gon,
the Holy One of Israel; In return-
ing and rest shall ye be saved; in
quietness and in confidence shall
be your strength: ¢and ye would
not. 4
ISATAH.
a 1sa.13.1,
note.
b Inspiration.
Isa.59.21.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
c Psalm 2.12,
note.
d Mt.23.37.
e Lev.26.8;
Deut.28.25;
32.30; Josh.
23.10.
f Psa.2.12;
34.8; Prov.
16:20; Jer.
Werth,
g Mt.6.33;
1 Tim.4.8.
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[30 26
16 But ye said, No; for we will
flee upon horses; therefore shall ye
flee: and, We will ride upon the
swift; therefore shall they that
pursue you be swift.
17 ‘One thousand shalI flee at
the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of
five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a
beacon upon the top of a mountain,
and as an ensign on an hill.
18 And therefore will the Lorp
wait, that he may be gracious unto
you, and therefore will he be. ex-
alted, that he may have mercy
upon you: for the LorpD is a God
of judgment: fblessed are all they
that wait for him.
19 For the people shall dwell! in
Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep
no more: he will be --ery gracious
unto thee at the voice of thy cry;
when he shall hear it, he will an-
swer thee.
20' And though the Lord give
you the bread of adversity, and the
water of affliction, yet shall not thy
teachers be removed into a corner
any more, but thine eyes shall see
thy teachers:
21 And thine ears shall hear a
word behind thee, saying, This is
the way, walk ye in it, when ye
turn to the right hand, and when
ye turn to the left.
22 Ye shall defile also the cover-
ing of thy graven images of silver,
and the ornament of thy molten
images of gold: thou «shalt cast
them away as a menstruous cloth;
thou shalt say unto it, Get thee
hence.
23 Then shall he give the rain of
thy seed, that thou shalt sow the
ground withal; and bread of the
increase of the earth, and it shall
be fat and plenteous: in that day
shail thy cattle feed in large pas-
tures.
24 The oxen likewise and the
young asses that ear the ground
shall eat clean provender, which
hath been winnowed with the
shovel and with the fan.
25 And there shall be upon every
high mountain, and upon every
high hill, rivers and streams of
waters in the day of the great
slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 Moreover the light of the moon
shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shail be seven-
fold, as the light of seven days, in
the day that the Lorp bindeth up
the breach of his people, and heal-
eth the stroke of their wound.
30 27] ISAIAH. [32 2
bring evil, and will not call back hts
words: but will arise against the
house of the evildoers, and against
the help of them that work iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are men,
aIsa.11.4; and not God; and their horses flesh,
2 Thes.2.8. jand not spirit. When the Lorp
shall stretch out his hand, both he
27 'Behold, the name of the
Lorp cometh from far, burning
with his anger, and the burden
thereof is heavy: his lips are full of
indignation, and his tongue as a
devouring fire:
28 And “his breath, as an over-
flowing stream, shall reach to the
midst of the neck, to sift the nations eee that helpeth shall fall, and he that
ee etl an, , ty na ees
By caaillacen wor oia'tie| "= easoibe, ile aot oat
night whan dohholge eokeniniey is|@ Jer.7-31, young lion roaring on his prey, —
kept; and gladness of heart, as Ee oe when a multitude of shepherds is
when one goeth with a pipe to come} toricallya _|called forth against him, he will not
into poe mountain ot ee eo to a ea oi epee of oe ee a abase
the Smighty One of Israel. Hinn self for the noise o' em: so
“30 And the Lor shall cause chis| where hu- _ |shall the LORD of. hosts come down
glorious voice to be heard, and shall oe sacti- to fight for mount Zion, and for the
Senlehe ieignetion oF Tl shaee ofered The [Pe As bards flying, so will the
wt er »| word means ’
and with the flame of a devouring| ‘place of Lorp of hosts defend Jerusalem;
fire, with scattering, and tempest,| ®¢-" The. |defending also he will deliver it;
and hailstones. symbolic ef | 2nd passing over he will preserve if.
31 For through the voice of the] thelakeof | 6 Turn ye unto him from whom
Lorp shall the Assyrian be beaten] ®¢ 2d the /the children of Israel have ‘deeply
down, which smote with a rod. Fon caer revolted.
32 And in every place where the] 19.20). 7 For in that day every man shall
grounded staff shall pass, which the] , 5... 9 19 cast. away his idols of silver, and
eee spellay ote him, c nige ba notes pe ae of ae pee Ha ven ee
with tabrets and harps: and in bat- ands have made unto you for a
tles of shaking will he fight with|/Ba938: si
Hos.7.7 a, eh
8 Then shall the Assyrian Jfall
it.
33 For ¢Tophet fs ordained of old;|¢ Hos.11.10; [with the sword, not of a mighty
yea, for the king it is prepared; he} “™°S3-8- [|man; and the sword, not of a mean
hath made it deep and large: the], Deut.32.11; |Mman, shall devour him: but he shall
pile thereof zs fire and much wood;| Psa.91.4. flee from the sword, and his young
the breath of the Lorp, like a men shall be discomfited.
stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. 9 And he shall pass over to his
j See 2 Ki.19. (strong hold for fear, and his princes
CHAPTER 31. 35,36; es eid one cin saith
5 bi the Lorpb, whose fire rs in Zion, and
(6) Judah again warned against}, ,,. : af ,
Peel barptsenalieccecadehot Pagnecces his furnace in Jerusalem.
vah will defend Jerusalem. 2,14-18; Isa.
33.17-22. CHAPTER 32.
WU inde cede oe potion Promise and warning: tribula-
horses, and ¢trust in chariots, be-
tion: the King-Deliverer (Chap-
cause they are many; and in horse-
ters 32.-35.).
men, because they are very strong;
BEHOLD, a *king shall freign in
but they look not unto the Holy righteousness, and princes shail
One of Israel, ‘neither seek the
rule in judgment.
Lorp! 2 Andaman shall be as an hiding
2 Yet he also is wise, and will place from the wind, and a covert
1 The imagery of verses 27, 28 is cumulative. Judah is making an alliance with
Egypt when she might be in league with Him whose judgment upon the world-
powers will be like a terrible thunder-tempest (v. 27), turning streams into torrents
neck-deep (v. 28, f.c.); who will sift the nations in their own sieve of vanity (or
“destruction”’), and put His bridle into the jaws of the peoples. 4
2 See Isa. 29. 3, note. In chapters 32.-35. the same blended meanings of near
and far fulfilments are found. The near view is still of Sennacherib’s invasion,
the far view of the day of the Lorp (Isa. 2. 10-22; Rev. 19. 11-21), and the king-
dom blessing to follow. f
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from the tempest; as rivers of water
in a dry place, as the shadow of a
great rock in a weary land.
3 And the eyes of them that see
shall not be dim, and the ears of
them that hear shall hearken.
4 The heart also of the rash shail
understand knowledge, and the
tongue of the stammerers shall be
ready to speak plainly.
The vile person shail be no more
called liberal, nor the churl said to
be bountiful.
6 For the vile person will speak
villany, and his heart will work
iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and
to utter error against the LORD, to
make empty the soul of the hungry,
and he will cause the drink of the
thirsty to fail.
7 The instruments also of the
churl are evil: he deviseth wicked
devices to destroy the poor with
lying words, even when the needy
speaketh right.
8 But the liberal deviseth liberal]”
things; and by liberal things shall
he stand.
9 Rise up, ye women that are at
ease; hear my voice, ye careless
daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10 Many days and years shall ye
be troubled, ye careless women: for
the vintage shall fail, the gathering
shall not come.
11 Tremble, ye women that are at
ease; be troubled, ye careless ones:
strip you, and make you bare, and
gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12 They shall lament for the teats,
for the pleasant fields, for the fruit-
ful vine.
13 Upon the land of my people
_shall come up thorns and briers;
"yea, upon all the houses of joy in
the joyous city:
14 Because the palaces shall be
forsaken; the multitude of the city
shall be left; the forts and towers
shall be for dens for ever, a joy of
wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15 Until the ¢spirit be poured
upon us from on high, and the
wilderness be a fruitful field, and the
fruitful fieid be counted for a for-
Est.)
16 Then judgment shall dwell in
the wilderness, and righteousness
remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of righteousness
shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assur-
ance for ever- :
18 And my people shall dwell in)
a peaceable habitation, and in sure
ISAIAH.
a Holy Spirit.
Isa.40.7
of
g
2 Ki.18.18,
37.
2 Ki.18.14-
17,
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dwellings,
places;
19 When it shali hail, coming
down on the forest; and the city
shall be low in a low place. ,
20 Blessed are ye that sow beside
all waters,.that send forth thither
the feet of the ox and the ass.
CHAPTER 33.
(Promise and warning,
continued.)
OE to thee ‘that spoilest, and
thou wast not spoiled; and
dealest treacherously; and they
dealt not treacherously with thee!
when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou
shalt be spoiled; and when thou
shalt make an end to deal treacher-
ously, they shall deal treacherously
with thee.
2 O Lorp, be gracious unto us;
we have waited for thee: be thou
their arm every morning, our salva-
tion also in the time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult the
people fled; at the lifting up of thy-
self the nations were scattered.
4 And your spoil shall be gathered
like the gathering of the caterpiller:
as the running to and fro of locusts
shall he run upon them.
5 ¢The Lorn is exalted; for he
dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion
with judgment and righteousness.
6 And wisdom and knowledge
shall be the stability of thy times,
and strength of salvation: the ‘fear
of the LorD is his treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones shall
cry without: the Jambassadors of
peace shall weep bitterly. ~
8 The highways lie waste, the
wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath
broken the covenant, “he hath de-
spised the cities, he regardeth no
man.
9 The earth mourneth and lan-
guisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and
hewn down: Sharon is like a wil-
derness; and Bashan and Carmel
shake off their fruits,
10 Now will I rise, saith the
Lorp; now will I be exalted; now
will I lift up myself.
11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye
shall bring forth stubble: your
breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be as the
|burnings of lime: as thorns cut up
shall they be burned in the fire.
13 Hear, ye that are far off,
what I have done; and, ye that are
near, acknowledge my might.
and in quiet resting
ISAIAH.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
fearfulness hath surprised the hypo-
crites. Who among us shall dwell
with the devouring fire? who
among us shall dwell with ever-
lasting burnings? ;
15 He that walketh righteously,
and speaketh uprightly; he that
despiseth the gain of oppressions;
that shaketh his hands from hold-
ing of bribes, that stoppeth his ears
from hearing of blood, and shutteth
his eyes from seeing evil; : ;
16 He shall dwell on high: his
‘place of defence shall be the muni-
tions of rocks: bread shall be given
him; his waters shall be sure. :
17 Thine eyes shall ¢see the king
in his beauty: they shall behold
the land that is very far off.
18 Thine heart shall meditate ter-
ror. Where is the scribe? where
is the receiver? where is he that
counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce peo-
ple, a people of a deeper speech
than thou canst perceive; of a
stammering tongue, that thou
canst not understand. .
20 Look upon Zion, the city of
our solemnities: thine eyes shall
see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a
tabernacle that shall not be taken
down; not one of the stakes thereof
shall ever be removed, neither shall
any of the cords thereof be broken. 19.11.21.)
21 But there the glorious Lorp ; ;
will be unto us a place of broad|f Deut.29.23.
Tivers and streams; wherein shall
go no galley with oars, neither shall
gallant ship pass thereby.
22 For the Lorn is our judge, the
Lorp is our lawgiver, the Lorp js
our king; he will save us.
23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they
could not well strengthen their
mast, they could not spread the
sail: then is the prey of a great
spoil divided; the lame take the
prey.
6 Day (of de-
struction).
vs.1-9; Isa.
61.2.. (Job
21.30; Rev.
20.11-15.)
c Armaged-,
don (battle
of). vs.1-8;
Isa.63.1-6.
(Rev.16.14;
19.11-21.)
d vs.1-8;
Gen.36.1,
note,
e Day (of Je-
hovah). vs.
1-8; Isa.63.
g Rev.14.11;
18.18; 19.3.
h Isa.14.23;
Zeph.2.14;
Rev.18.2.
CHAPTER 34.
The day of the Lorp:
Armaégeddon.
2 For the %indignation of the
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B.C. 713.
LorD is upon all nations, and Ais
fury upon all their armies: ‘he hath
utterly destroyed them, he hath
delivered them to the slaughter.
3 Their slain also shall be cast
out, and their stink shall come up
out of their carcases, and the moun-
be rolled together as a scroll: and
all their host shall fall down, as the
leaf falleth off from the vine, and as
a falling fig from the fig tree.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in
heaven: behold, it shall come down
upon ¢Idumea, and upon the people
of my curse, to judgment.
6 The sword of the LorD is filled
with blood, it is made fat with fat-
ness, and with the blood of lambs
and goats, with the fat of the kid-
neys of rams: for the LorpD hath a
sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great
slaughter in the land of Idumea.
7 And the unicorns shall come
down with them, and the bullocks
with the bulls; and their land shall
be soaked with blood, and their
dust made fat with fatness,
8 “For it is the day of the Lorp’s
vengeance, and the year of recom-
pences for the controversy of Zion.
9 And fthe streams thereof shall
be turned into pitch, and the dust
thereof into brimstone, and the land
thereof shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night
nor day; &the smoke thereof shall
go up for ever: from generation to
generation it shall lie waste; none
shall pass through it for ever and
ever.
11 *But the cormorant and the
bittern shall possess it; the owl
also and the raven shall dwell in
it: and he shall stretch out upon it
the line of confusion, and the stones
of emptiness.
12 They shall call the nobles
thereof to the kingdom, but none
shall be there, and all her princes
shall be nothing.
13 And thorns shall come up in
her palaces, nettles and brambles in
the fortresses thereof: and it shall
be an habitation of dragons, and a
court for owls.
14 The wild beasts of the desert
shall also meet with the wild beasts
of the island, and the satyr shall
cry to his fellow; the screech owl
also shall rest there, and find for
herself a place of rest.
ISAIAH.
[36 11
15 There shall the great owl make
her nest, and lay, and hatch, and
gather under her shadow: there
shall the vultures also be gathered,
every one with her mate.
16 Seek ye out of the book of the
Lorp, and read: no one of these
shall fail, none shall want her mate:
for my mouth it hath commanded,
and his spirit it hath gathered them.
17 And he hath cast the lot for
them, and his hand hath divided it
unto them by line: they shall pos-
sess it for ever, from generation to
generation shall they dwell therein.
CHAPTER 35.
Kingdom blessing: the regath-
ering of Israel.
HE wilderness and the solitary
place shall be glad for “then;
and the desert shall rejoice, and
blossom as the rose.
2 It shall blossom abundantly,
and rejoice even with joy an
singing: the glory of Lebanon shall
be given unto it, the excellency of
Carmel and Sharon, they shall see
the glory of the LorD, and the
excellency of our God.
3 Strengthen ye the weak Shands,
and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them that are of a fear-
ful heart, Be strong, fear not: be-
hold, your God will come with
vengeance, even God with a recom-
pence; he will come and save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall
be opened, and the ears of the deaf
shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap
as an hart, and the tongue of the
-dumb sing: for in the wilderness
shall waters break out, and streams
in the desert.
7 And the parched ground shall
become a pool, and the thirsty land
springs of water: in the habitation
of dragons, where each lay, shall
be grass with reeds and rushes.
8 And an highway shall be there,
and a way, and it shall be called
The way of holiness; ‘the unclean
shall not pass over it; but it shall
be for those: the wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not err therein.
9 No 4ion shall be there, nor any
ravenous beast shall go up thereon,
it shall not be found there; but the
éredeemed shall walk there:
10 And the ransomed of the LORD
shall return, and come to Zion with
songs and everlasting joy upon
their heads: they shall obtain joy
B.C. 713.
a Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.
(Gen.1.26; ©
Zech.12.8.)
b Job 4.3,4;
Heb.12.12.
¢ Isa.52.1;
Joel 3.17;
Rev.21.27.
d Isa.11.9;
Lev.26.6;
Ezk.34.25.
e Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type).
f Psa.2.12,
note.
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Isa.
59.20, note.
and gladness, and sorrow and sigh-
ing shall flee away.
CHAPTER 36.
Sennacherib’s invasion and Je-
hovah’s deliverance (Chapters
36., 37.): (1) The invasion.
Now it came to pass in the four-
teenth year of king Hezekiah,
that Sennacherib king of Assyria
came up against all the defenced
cities of Judah, and took them.
great army. And he stood by the
conduit of the upper pool in the
highway of the fuller’s field.
3 Then came forth unto him Elia-
kim, Hilkiah’s son, which was
over the house, and Shebna the
scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the
recorder.
(2) The threats of Rabshakeh.
4 And Rabshakeh said unto them,
Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus
saith the great king, the king of
Assyria, What confidence is this
wherein thou trustest?
5 I say, sayest thou, (but they
are but vain words) I have counsel
and strength for war: now on whom
dost thou ‘trust, that thou rebellest
against me?
6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of
this broken reed, on Egypt; where-
on if a man lean, it will go into his
hand, and pietce it: so is Pharaoh
king of Egypt to all that trust in
him.
7 But if thou say to me, We trust
in the LorpD our God: fs it not he,
whose high places and whose altars
Hezekiah hath taken away, and
said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye
shall worship before this altar?
8 Now therefore give pledges, I
pray thee, to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will give thee two
thousand horses, if thou be able on
thy part to set riders upon them.
9 How then wilt thou turn away
the face of one captain of the least
of my master’s servants, and put
thy trust on Egypt for chariots and
for horsemen?
10 And am I now come up with-
out the LoRD against this land to
destroy it? the Lorp said unto
me, Go up against this land, and
destroy it. ;
11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna
36 12} ISAIAH. [37 7
and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak,
I pray thee, unto thy servants in the
Syrian language; for we under-
stand it: and speak not to us in the
Jews’ language, in the ears of the
people that are on the wall.
12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my
master sent me to thy master and
to thee to speak these words? hath
he not sent me to the men that
sit upon the wall, that they may
eat their own dung, and drink their
own piss with you?
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and
cried with a loud voice in the Jews’
language, and said, Hear ye the
words of the great king, the king of
Assyria.
14 Thus saith the king, Let not
Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall
not be able to deliver you.
15 Neither let Hezekiah make
you trust in the LorD, saying, The
Lorp will surely deliver us: this
city shall not be delivered into the
hand of the king of Assyria.
16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for
thus saith the king of Assyria,
to Hezekiah with their clothes
rent, and told him the words of —
Rabshakeh. :
CHAPTER 37
ANP bit came to pass, when king
Hezekiah heard i¢, that he rent
his clothes, and covered himself
with sackcloth, and went into the
house of the Lorp.
2 And he sent Eliakim, who was
over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests
covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah
the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him, Thus
saith Hezekiah, This day is a day
of trouble, and of rebuke, and of
‘blasphemy: for the children are
come to the birth, and there is not
strength to bring forth.
4 It may be the Lorp thy God
will hear the words of Rabshakeh,
whom the king of Assyria his master
hath sent to reproach the living
wid thd Heo ie ea
a Zech.3.10. | whic e Lorp thy at
5 : heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer
i ihpacooment with ine bane b2Ki191. | for the remnant that is 4left.
eat ye every one of his vine, and|° Of Provoca- | (4) Messageof Jehovah by Isaiah.
Ye ever one the water of his own“ ound [2 50, the servants of King Heze
f , came to Isaiah.
cistern; eOr, put a 6 And Isaiah said unto them,
17 Lay I me and take you om into |Thus shall ye say unto your mas-
away to a land like your own land, a} Aim. ter, Thus saith the Lorp, Be not
land of corn and wine, a land of f Psa.2.12, afraid of the words that thou hast
Preed and neards: : note. heard, wherewith the servants of
iel8.id ba et Lae pa Lass ae — of Assyria have blas-
t » Saying, phemed me.
deliver us. Hath any of the gods ill -e
of the nations delivered his land ae rene pee entrees he
out of the hand of the king of As- i
sytia:
19 Where are the gods of Hamath
and Arphad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim? and have they deliv-
ered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Who are they among all the
gods of these lands, that have de-
livered their land out of my hand,
that the Lorpb should deliver Jeru-
salem out of my hand?
21 But they held their peace, and
answered him not a word: for the
king’s commandment was, saying,
Answer him not.
(5) Sennacherib’s message to -
Hezekiah, ’
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and
found the king of Assyria warring
against Libnah: for he had heard
that he was departed from Lachish.
9 And he heard say concerning
Tirhakah king of. Ethiopia, He is
come forth to make ‘war with thee
(3) Rabshakeh’s threats told to
Hezekiah. thy God, in whom thou Strustest,
deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem
shall not be given into the hand of
the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what
the kings of Assyria have done to _
22 Then came Eliakim, the son of
Hilkiah, that was over the house-
hold, and Shebna the scribe, and
Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder,
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all lands by destroying them utter-
ly; and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations
delivered them which my fathers
have destroyed, as Gozan, and Ha-
ran, and Rezeph, and the children
of Eden which were in Telassar?
13 Where ss the king of Hamath,
and the king of Arphad, and the
king of the city of Sepharvaim,
Hena, and Ivah?
(6) Hezekiah’s prayer
14. And Hezekiah received the let-
ter from the hand of the messengers,
and read it: and Hezekiah went up
unto the house of the LorD, and
spread it before the LorD.
15 And Hezekiah ¢prayed-unto
the LORD, saying,
16 OLorD of hosts, God of Israel,
that dwellest between the cheru-
bims, thou art the God, even thou
alone, of all the kingdoms of the
earth: thou hast made heaven and
earth.
17 ‘Incline thine ear, O Lorp,
and hear; open thine eyes, O Lorp,
and see: and hear all the words of
Sennacherib, which hath sent to re-
proach the living God.
18 Of a truth, Lorn, the kings of
Assyria have laid waste all the na-
tions, and their countries,
19 And have cast their gods into
the fire: for they were no gods, but
the work of men’s hands, wood
and stone: therefore they have de-
stroyed them.
20 Now therefore, O LORD our
God, save us from his hand, that all
the kingdoms of the earth may
know that thou art the LORD, even
~thou only.
(7) Jehovah’s answer by Isaiah.
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz
sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus
saith the Lorp God of Israel,
Whereas thou hast prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of As-
syria:
22 This is the word which the
Lorp hath spoken concerning him;
The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
hath despised thee, and laughed
thee to scorn; the daughter of Je-
rusalem hath shaken her head at
thee.
23 Whom hast thou reproached
and blasphemed? and against whom
hast thou exalted thy voice, and
lifted up thine eyes on high? even
against the Holy One of Israel.
ISAIAH.
B.C. 710.
a Bible
prayers
(O.T.).
Isa.38.3.
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
6 Dan.9.18.
c Heb. by the
hand of thy
servants.
d Or, fenced
and closed.
e Heb. short
of hand.
f Or, sitting.
g Isa.30.28;
Ezk.38.4.
hk Remnant.
Isa.46.3.
(Isa.1.9;
Rom.11.5.)
t Isa.9.7;
2 Ki.19.31.
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24 ‘By thy servants hast thou re-
proached the Lord, and hast said,
By the multitude of my chariots
am I come up to the height of the
mountains, to the sides of Lebanon;
and I will cut down the tall cedars
thereof, and the choice fir trees
thereof: and I will enter into the
height of his border, and the forest
of his Carmel.
25 I have digged, and drunk
water; and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of the
4besieged places.
26 Hast thou not heard long ago,
how I have done it: and of ancient
times, that I have formed it? now
have I brought it to pass, that thou
shouldest be to lay waste defenced
cities into ruinous heaps.
27 ‘Therefore their inhabitants
were ‘of small power, they were
dismayed and confounded: they
were as the grass of the field, and as
the green herb, as the grass on the
housetops, and as corn blasted
before it be grown up.
28 But I know thy ‘Sabode, and
thy going out, and thy coming in,
and thy rage against me.
29 Because thy rage against me,
and thy tumult, is come up into
mine ears, therefore ¢will I put my
hook in thy nose, and my bridle
lin thy lips, and I will turn thee
back by the way by which thou
camest. t
30 And this shall bea sign unto
thee, Ye shall eat this year such as
groweth of itself; and the second
lyear that which springeth of the
same: and in the third year sow ye,
and reap, and plant vineyards, and
eat the fruit thereof.
31 And the remnant that is es-
caped of the house of Judah shall
again take root downward, and bear
fruit upward:
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go
forth a ‘remnant, and they that es-
cape out of mount Zion: ‘the zeal of
the LorD of hosts shall do this.
33 Therefore thus saith the Lorp
concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor
shoot an arrow there, nor come be-
fore it with shields, nor cast a bank
against it.
34 By the way that he came, by
the same shall he return, and shall
not come into this city, saith the
Lorb. ;
35 For I will defend this city to
save it for mine own sake, and for
my servant David’s sake.
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[39 1
(8) Destruction of the Assyrian| B.c. 710. |4grave: I am deprived of the residue
host. (Cf, Isa. 10. 12.)
36 Then the “angel of the Lorp
went forth, and smote in the camp
of the Assyrians a hundred and four-
score and five thousand:and when
they arose early in the morning, be-
hold, they were all dead corpses.
37 So Sennacherib king of Assy-
ria departed, and went and re-
turned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
38 And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping in the house of Nis-
roch his god, that Adrammelech
and Sharezer his sons smote him
with the sword; and they escaped
into the land of Armenia: and Esar-
haddon his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 38.
Hezekiah’s sickness and
recovery.
as those days was Hezekiah sick
unto death, And Isaiah the pro-
phet the son of Amoz came unto
him, and said unto him, Thus saith
the Lorp, Set thine house in order:
for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face
toward the wall, and prayed unto
the Lorpb,
3 And said, Remember now, O
Lorp, I “beseech thee, how I have
walked before thee in truth and
with a “perfect heart, and have
done that which is good in thy
sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4 Then came the word of the
Lorp to Isaiah, saying,
5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus
saith the Lorp, the God of David
thy father, I have heard thy prayer,
I have seen thy tears: behold, I will
add unto thy days fifteen years.
6 And I will deliver thee and this
city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria: and I will defend this city.
7 And this shali be a sign unto
thee from the Lorp, that the Lorp
will do this thing that he hath
spoken;
8 Behold, I will bring again the
shadow of the degrees, which is
gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz,
ten degrees backward. So the sun
returned ten degrees, by which de-
grees it was gone down.
9 The writing of Hezekiah king
of Judah, when he had been sick,
and was recovered of his sickness:
10 I said in the cutting off of my
days, I shall go to the gates of the
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
c1 Ki.8.61.
d Heb. Sheol.
of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see the LorD,
even the LORD, in the land of the
living: I shall behold man no more
with the inhabitants of the world.
12 Mine age is departed, and is
removed from me as a shepherd’s
tent: I have cut off like a weaver
my life: he will cut me off with pin-
ing sickness: from day even to night
wilt thou make an end of me.
13 I reckoned till morning, that,
as a lion, so will he break all my
bones: from day even to night wilt
thou make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so
did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove:
mine eyes fail with looking up-
ward: O Lorp, I am oppressed;
undertake for me.
15 What shall I say? he hath both
spoken unto me, and himself hath
done it: I shall go softly all my
years in the bitterness of my soul.
16 OLord, by.these things men
live, and in all these things is the
life of my spirit: so wilt thou re-
cover me, and make me to live.
17 Behold, for peace I had great
See Hab.2.5, |bitterness: but thou hast in love to
note,
e Forgive-
ness.
Isa.44.22.
(Lev.4.20;
Mt.26.28.)
f Eccl.9.5,
note.
g 2 Ki.20.7.
hk 2 Ki.20.8.
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my, soul delivered it from the pit of
corruption: for thou hast cast all
my sins behind thy “back.
18 For the ¢grave cannot praise
thee, ‘death can not celebrate thee:
they that go down into the pit can-
not hope for thy truth:
19 The living, the living, he shall
praise thee, as I do this day: the
father to the children shall make
known thy truth.
20 The LorD was ready to save
me: therefore we will sing my songs
to the stringed instruments all the
days of our life in the house of the _
LorpD. ’ ;
21 For Isaiah had said, Let them
take a lump of figs, and lay it fora
plaister upon the boil, and he shall
recover.
22 Hezekiah also had said, What
is the sign that I shall go up to the
house of the LorpD?
CHAPTER 39.
Hezekiah’s folly: the Babylo-
nian captivity of Judah fore-
told. (Cf. 2 Ki. 24., 25.)
Al that time Merodach-baladan,
the son of Baladan, king of
Babylon, sent letters and a present
to Hezekiah: for he had heard
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39:2)
ISAIAH.
[40 9
that he had been sick, and was
Tecovered.
2 And Hezekiah was glad of them,
and shewed them the house of his
precious things, the silver, and the
gold, and the spices, and the pre-
cious ointment, and all the house
of his armour, and all that was
found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, nor in all his
dominion, that Hezekiah shewed
them not.
3 Then came Isaiah the prophet
unto king Hezekiah, and said unto
him, What said these men? and
from whence came they unto thee?
And Hezekiah said, They are come
from a far country unto me, even
from Babylon.
4 Then said he, What have they
seen in thine house? And Heze-
kiah answered, All that is in mine
B.C. 712:
a Dan.1.3,4.
PART Il.
CHAPTER 40.
The prophet’s new message.
IZ.OMFORT ye, comfort ye my|
people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jeru-
salem, and cry unto her, that her
warfare is accomplished, that her
iniquity is pardoned: for she hath
received of the Lorp’s hand double
for all her sins.
The mission of John the Bap-
tist. (Cf. Mt. 3. 3.)
3. The voice of him that crieth in
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way
of the LorpD, make straight in the
~ desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall
be made low: and the crooked shall
be made straight, and the rough
places plain:
1 The first two verses of Isa. 40. giv:
]
B:C.. 712,
John 1.23.
¢ vs.6-8;
Jas.1.10;
1 Pet.1.24,
25a
|d Holy Spirit.
vs.7,13;
Isa.42.1.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
e Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.9-
‘lings, get thee up into
house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that
I have not shewed them.
5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah,
Hear the word of the Lorp of
hosts:
6 Behold, the days come, that all
that is in thine house, and that
which thy fathers have laid up in
store until this day, shall be carried
to Babylon: nothing shall be left,
saith the LorD.
7 And of thy ¢sons that shall issue
from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they
shall be eunuchs in the palace of
the king of Babylon.
8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah,
Good is the word of the LorD
which thou hast spoken. He said
moreover, For there shall be peace
and truth in my days,
LOOKING BEYOND THE CAPTIVITIES: CHAPTERS 40.-66.
5 And the glory of the LorD shall
ibe revealed, and all flesh shall see
lit together: for the mouth of the
LorD hath spoken it.
The greatness of God and man’s
weakness (Isa. 40. 6-41. 29).
6 The voice said. Cry. And he
said, What shallI cry? All flesh is
grass, and all the goodliness thereof
is as the flower of the field:
7 The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: because the ¢spirit of the
Lorp bloweth upon it: surely the
people is grass.
8 The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: but the word of our God
shall stand for ever.
9 O Zion, that bringest good tid-
i the high
mountain; O ¢Jerusalem, that bring-
lest good tidings, lift up thy voice
lwith strength; lift 7 up, be not
prophecy of Isaiah. The great theme of-this s
ings, and the glory that shall follow in the Davidic kingdom.
O.T.,” sufferings, Gen. 4. 4; Heb. 10. 18; glory,
Israel is to be regathered,
when the kingdom is set up,
prophecies concerning those events
Christ (e.g. Isa.53.) leads to the evangelic strain so
(e.g. 44. 22, 23; 55. 1-3).
The change in style,
than the change of theme.
the sins and coming captivity of
which he would use to describe their redemption, blessing,
converted, and made : ‘
this part of Isaiah appropriately contains glowing
The full view of the redemptive sufferings of
e the key-note of the second part of the
ection is Jesus Christ in His suffer-
(See ‘‘Christ in
2 Sam. 7. 8-15; Zech. 12.8.) Since
the centre of the new social order
prominent in this part of Isaiah
about which so much has been said, is no more remarkable
A prophet who was also a patriot would not write of
his people in the same exultant and joyous style
and power. In John 12.
37-44 quotations from Isaiah 53. and 6. are both ascribed to Isaiah.
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40 10] ISAIAH. [41 2
afraid; say unto the cities of Judah,
Behold your God!
10 Behold, the Lord Gop will come
with strong hand, and his arm shall
rule for him: behold, his reward is
with him, and his work before him.
11 He shall feed his flock like a
ants thereof are as grasshoppers;
that stretcheth out the heavens as
a curtain, and spreadeth them out
as a tent to dwell in:
23 That bringeth the princes to
nothing; he maketh the judges of
the earth as vanity.
¢shepherd: he shall gather the 24 Yea, they shall not be planted:
lambs with his arm, and carry yea, they shall not be sown: yea,
them in his bosom, and shall gently their stock shall not take root in the
lead those that are with young. earth: and he shall also blow upon
12 Who hath measured the waters them, and they shall wither, and
in the hollow of his hand, and the whirlwind shall take them away
meted out heaven with the span, as stubble. i ;
and comprehended the dust of the Be rcee 10. | 25 “To whom then will ye liken
earth in a measure, Oe ae Heb.13.20; 1: oe shall I be equal? saith the
the mountains in scales, and the] 1 Pet.2.25: oly One.
hills in a balance? 5.4. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and
13. Who hath $directed the Spirit . |behold who hath created these
4 a b Rom.11.34; : x :
of the Lorp, or being his coun-| 1Cor.2.16. |things, that bringeth out their host
: te
ne sip ane Bi counsel, | ° + coasts: hee fee os Su treiawl gs: ree
and who instructed him, and taught|d¢ Dan.4.35. might, for that he is strong in
him in the path of judgment, and power; not one faileth.
taught him knowledge, and shewed|° ae is ; 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and
to him the way of understanding? | Acts 17.23. |speakest, O Israel, My way is hid
15 Behold, the nations are as a from the LorpD, and my judgment
drop of a bucket, and are counted|/5%-'01i,. lis passed over from my God?
as the small dust of the balance:} Rom.1.19,20.} 28 Hast thou not known? hast
behold, he taketh up the isles as Parente sae pot oe ee ire pleat.
a very little thing. ble celeste [Ne , the LorD, the Creator o
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient| ence to the the ends of the earth, fainteth not,
to burn, nor the beasts thereof suf-| sphericity of. |neither is weary? there is no
ficient for a burnt-offering. Sea searching of his understanding. |
17 All nations before him are as| Isa.42.5; 29 He giveth power to the faint;
4nothing; and they are counted to Tobe: gi13: land to them that have no might
him less than nothing, and vanity.! p2jos2, {he increaseth strength.
18 To whom then will ye ¢liken| Jer.10.12. 30 Even the youths shall faint
God? or what likeness will ye com- Prive and be weary, and the young men
pare unto him? 415. {shall utterly fall:
_19 The workman melteth a graven| _ 31 But they that wait upon the
image, and the goldsmith spreadeth| # Psa-147.4.. |Lorp Jshall renew their strength;
it over with gold, and castéth sil-| ;psa.393,5, [they shall mount up with wings as
ver chains. eagles; they shall run, and not be
20 He that is so impoverished weary; and they shall walk, and
that he hath no oblation chooseth a not faint.
tree that will not rot; he seeketh
unto him a cunning workman to CHAPTER 41.
Bee he wither umage, that shall (The greatness of God and the
21 Have ye not known? have ye weakness of man, continued.)
not heard? hath it not been told [ere silence before me, O <is-
you from the beginning? have ye . lands; and let the people renew
not understood from the founda- their strength: let them come near;
tions of the earth? then let them speak: let us come
22 It is he that sitteth upon the near together to judgment,
8circle of the earth, and the inhabit- 2 Who raised up !the righteous
' The reference here seems to be to Cyrus, whose victories and rapid growth in
power are here ascribed to the providence of God. Verses ‘5-7 describe the effect
upon the nations of the rise of the Persian power. They heartened each other,
and made (v. 7) new idols. At verse 8 the prophet addresses Israel. Since it was
their God who raised up Cyrus, they should expect good, not evil, from him (vs. 8-20).
oe 21-24 form a contemptuous challenge to the idols in whom the nations are
rusting,
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ISAIAH.
kings? he gave them as the dust to
his sword, and as driven stubble to
his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed
-safely; even by the way that he
had not gone with his feet.
4 Who hath wrought and done it,
calling the generations from the
beginning? I the Lorp, the first,
and with the last; I am he.
5 The isles saw it, and feared;
the ends of the earth were afraid,
drew near, and came.
6 They helped every one his
neighbour; and every one said to
his brother, Be of good courage.
7 So the carpenter encouraged the
goldsmith, and he that smootheth
with the hammer him that smote
the anvil, saying, It is ready for
the sodering: and he fastened it
ai.e. coasts.
b Heb. goel,
with nails, that it should not be| Redemp.
d (Kinsman
moved. type). Isa.
8 But thou, Israel, art my Jser-| 59.20, note.
vant, Jacob whom I have chosen,
the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 Thou whom I have taken from
the ends of the earth, and called
ci.e. acacia.
d Heb. set our
heart upon
thee from the chief men thereof, ther
and said unto thee, Thou art my} Isa.44.9;
servant; I have chosen thee, and ere
not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I am with
thee: be not dismayed; for I am
thy God: I will strengthen thee;
yea, 1 will help thee; yea, I will
uphold thee with the right hand of
my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were in-
censed against thee shall be
_.ashamed and_ confounded: they
shall be as nothing; and they that
strive with thee shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and
shalt not find them, even them that
contended with thee: they that
war against thee shall be as noth-
ing, and as a thing of nought. |.
13 For I the Lorp thy God will
hold thy right hand, _saying
unto thee, Fear not; I will help
thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm J acob,and
ye men of Israel; I will help thee,
[41 25
saith the LorD, and thy °redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I will make thee a new
sharp threshing instrument having
teeth: thou shalt thresh the moun-
tains, and beat them small, and
shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the
wind shall carry them away, and
the whirlwind shall scatter them:
and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD,
and shalt glory in the Holy One of
Israel.
17 When the poor and needy seek
water, and there is none, and their
tongue faileth for thirst, I the LorD
will hear them, J the God of Israel
will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers in high
places, and fountains in the midst of
the valleys: I will make the wilder-
Iness a pool of water, and the dry
land springs of water.
19 I will plant in the wilderness
the cedar, the ‘shittah tree, and the
myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set
in the desert the fir tree, and the
pine, and the box tree together: °
20 That they may see, and know,
and consider, and understand to-
gether, that the hand of the LoRD
hath done this, and the Holy One
of Israel hath created it.
21 Produce your cause, saith the
Lorp; bring forth your strong
reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them forth,
and shew us what shall happen: let
them shew the former things, what
they be, that we may 4consider
them, and know the latter end of
them; or declare us things for to
come.
23 Shew the things that are to
come hereafter, that we may know
that ye are gods: yea, do good, or
do evil, that we may be dismayed,
and behold it together.
24 Behold, ‘ye aré of nothing, and
your work of nought: an abomina-
tion is he that chooseth you.
25 I have raised up one from the
north, and he shall come: from the
rising of the sun shall he call upon
my name: and he shall come upon
princes as upon morter, and as the’
potter treadeth clay.
1 Three servants of Jehovah are mentioned
a Israel the nation (Isa. 41. 8-16;
42.1-12; J
Christ restores the servant nation; 50. 4-6;
43. 1-10; 44.
49., entire chapter, but note especially verses 5-7, where the Servant
52.
in Isaiah: (1) David (Isa. 37. 35);
1-8, 21; 45. 4; 48. 20); (3) Messiah
13-15; 53. 1-12). Israel the nation
was a faithless servant, but restored and converted will yet thresh mountains.
Against the Servant Christ no charge of unfaithfulness
Isa. 42, 1, note.
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or failure is brought. See
41 26] ISAIAH. ; eh a
Om
} trom the] B.c. 712. _|hand, and will keep thee, and give
sa UNA Rs bx Siclen oae a and thee for a covenant of the people,
beforetime, that we'may say, He is *for a light of the ‘Gentiles; ;
tighteous? yea, there is none that 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring
sheweth, yea, there is none that de- jout the prisoners from the prison,
clareth, yea, there is none that and them that sit in darkness out
heareth your words. a Gospel. of the prison house.
ne ek wire Pen ip kts (Gen i2.1-3; Israel, chosen, sinning, chas-’
ehold, . :
: Rev.14.6.) | tened, restored (Isa. 42. 3-44, 27).
give to Jerusalem one that bringeth ene ( )
idi > Holy Spirit. | 8 T am the Lorp: that is my
good “tidings. nen A E
28 For I beheld, and there was ae? name: and my glory will I not give
no man; even among them; and}. Mal.2.15.) to another, neither my praise to
there was no counsellor, that, graven images.
when I asked of them, could an-|° (zg 9 Behold, the ‘former things are
swer a word. Advent). come to pass, and new things do I
29 Behold, they are all vanity; Mapua declare: before they spring forth I
their works are nothing: their (Gen.3.15: tell you of them.
molten images are wind and con-| Acts 1.9.) 10 Sing unto the Lorp anew song,
fusion. ieee and his praise from the end of the
pe ceereeahs earth, ye that go down to the sea,
CHAPTER 42. cie. coasts. [and all that is therein; the <isles,
Christ, the Servant of Jehovah| f tsa.49.6; and the inhabitants thereof.
2 3 11 Let the wilderness and the
(Mt. 12. 18-21. Cf. Phil. 2. 5-8). 16; bea 33: cities sivas lift ae ghia pose
EHOLD my lservant, whom I| Acts 13-47, |the villages that Kedar doth in.
B Gphowle faite elect, in whom igo 16-19, habit: let the inhabitants of the
my soul delighteth; I have put my] 20; 11.11;12; /rock sing, let them shout from the
spirit upon him: he shall bring| 15-9-12. top of the mountains.
forth judgment to the Gentiles. eile: Isaiah's 12 Let them give glory unto the
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor] ’ prediction of |LORD, and declare his praise in the
i j ; Sennache- ej
au his voice to be heard in the Seen islands.
d its re- melt. Gt
3 °A bruised reed shall he not sults, teat, (1) The chastening of Israel.
break, and ¢the smoking flax shall} 2nd 37. See} 13 The LorRD shall go forth as a
he not quench: he shall bring forth aoe ee mighty man, he shall stir up jeal-
judgment: unto truth. 12; 44.7; 48. jousy like a man of war: he shall
4 He shall not fail nor be discour- pale ue cty, yea, roar; he shall prevail
the darth: and the Ades shell wo] Bomae | [*aginet bisienemiless!ac fips
earth: an e “isles shall wai : ve lo e holden
For his law ment of his peace; I have been still, and ‘tee
5 Thus saith God the Lorp, he] Sums* Pre |frained myself: now will I cry like
that created the heavens, and|_ strongly a travailing woman; I will destroy
stretched them out; he that spread ours and devour at once. ;
forth the earth, and that which Beaks 15 I will make waste mountains
cometh out of it; he that giveth and hills, and dry up all their herbs s
breath unto the people upon its and I will make the rivers islands,
and spirit to them that walk! and I will dry up the pools,
therein: 16 And I will bring the blind bya
6 I the Lorpb have called thee in way that they knew not; I will
righteousness, and will hold thine lead them in paths that they have
1 There is a twofold account of the Coming Servant: (1) He is represented as
weak, despised, rejected, slain; (2) and also as a mighty conqueror, taking ven-
geance on the nations and restoring Israel (e.g. 40. 10; 63. 1-4). The former class
“of passages relate to the first advent, and are fulfilled; the iatter to the second
advent, and are unfulfilled. (
_ 2 The prophets connect the Gentiles with Christ in a threefold way: (1) as the
Light He brings salvation to the Gentiles (Lk. 2. 32; Acts 13. 47, 48); (2) as the
“Root of Jesse” He is to reign over the Gentiles in His kingdom (Isa. 11. 10; Rom.
15. 12). He saves the Gentiles, which is the distinctive feature of this present
age (Rom. 11. 17-24; Eph. 2. 11, 12). He reigns over the Gentiles in the kingdom-
age. to follow this. See “Kingdom (0.T.),” Gen. 1, 26-28; Zech. 12.8. (3) Belieyv-
ing Gentiles in the present age, together with believing Jews, constitute “the church
which is His body” (Eph. 1, 23). See Eph. 3. 6, note.
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not known: I will make darkness]
light before them, and crooked
things straight. These things will
I do unto them, and not forsake
them.
17 They shall be turned back, they
shall be greatly ashamed, that trust
in graven images, that say to the
molten images, Ye ere our gods.
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye
blind, that ye may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant?
or deaf, as my messenger that I
sent? who is blind as he that is
perfect, and blind as the LorpD’s
servant?
20 Seeing many things, but thou
observest not; opening the ears,
but he heareth not.
21 The LORD is well pleased for
his righteousness’ sake; he will
magnify the law, and make it hon-
ourable.
22 But this is a people robbed and
spoiled; they are all of them snared
in holes, and they are hid in prison
houses: they are for a prey, and
none delivereth; for a spoil, and
none saith, Restore.
23 Who among you will give ear
to this? who will hearken and hear
for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil,
and Israel to the robbers? did not
the Lorp, he against whom we
have sinned? for they would not
walk in his ways, neither were
they obedient unto his law.
25 Therefore he hath poured upon
him the fury of his anger, and the
strength of battle: and it hath set
him on fire round about, yet he
knew not; and it burned him, yet
he laid it not to heart.
CHAPTER 43.
(2) The chosen nation redeemed,
and restored.
Bet now thus saith the LorpD
that created thee, O Jacob, and
he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear
not: for I have “redeemed thee, I
have called thee by thy name; thou
art mine.
2 When thou passest through the
waters, I will be with thee; and
through the rivers, they shall not
overflow thee: when thou walkest
through the fire, thou shalt not be
burned; neither shall the flame kin-
dle upon thee.
3 For Iam the Lorp thy God, the
Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I
mS
ISAIAH.
a Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
6 Dan.3.25,27.
c Prov.11.8;
21.18.
d Isa.41.10,
14; 44.2;
Jer.30.10,11;
46.27,28.
¢ Isa.63.19;
Jas.2.7.
f Isa.29.23;
Psa.100.3;
John 3.3,5;
2. Cor.5.173
Eph.2.10.
g Isa.44.8.
h Isa.41.4;
44.6.
i Isa.45.21;
Hos.13.4.
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[43.7
gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethio-
pia and Seba for thee.
4 Since thou wast precious in my
sight. thou hast been honourable,
and I have loved thee: therefore
will I give men for thee, and people
for thy life.
5 4Fear not: for I am with thee:
I will bring thy seed from the east,
and gather thee from the west;
6 I will say to the north, Give up;
and to the south, Keep not: back:
bring my sons from far, and my
daughters from the ends of the
earth;
7 Even every one that is called
by my name: for /I have created
him for my glory, I have formed
him; yea, I have made him.
8 Bring forth the blind people
that have eyes, and the deaf that
have ears.
9 Let all the nations be gathered
together, and let the people be as-
sembled: who among them can de-
clare this, and shew us former
things? let them bring forth theiz
witnesses, that they may be justi-
fied: or let them hear, and say, It is
truth.
10 sYe are my witnesses, saith
the LorD, and my servant whom I
have chosen: that ye may know
and believe me, and understand
that I am he: “before me there was
no God formed, neither shall there
be after me.
11 ‘I, even I, am the Lorp; and
beside me there 1s no saviour.
12 I have declared, and have
saved, and I have shewed, when
there was no strange god among
you: therefore ye are my witnesses,
saith the LorpD, that I am God.
13 Yea, before the day wasI am
he; and there is none that can de-
liver out of my hand: I will work,
and who shall let it?
14 Thus saith the LORD, your re-
deemer, the Holy One of Israel; For
your sake I have sent to Babylon,
and have brought down all their
nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose
cry is in the ships.
15 Iam the LorD, your Holy One,
the creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith the Lorp, which
maketh a way in the sea, and a
path in the mighty waters;
17 Which bringeth forth the
chariot and horse, the army and
the power; they shall lie down to-
gether, they shall not rise: they
are extinct, they are quenched as
tow.
43 18] /
ISAIAH.
as a
18 Remember ye not the former
things, neither consider the things
of old. £
19 Behold, I will do a new thing;
now it shall spring forth; shall ye
not know it? I will even make a
way in the wilderness, and rivers
in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall
honour me, the dragons and the
owls: because I give waters in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my people, my
@chosen,
21 This people have I formed for
myself; they shall shew forth my
praise.
22 But thou hast not called upon
me, O Jacob; but thou hast been
weary of me, O Israel.
23 Thou hast not brought me the
small cattle of thy burnt-offerings;
neither hast thou honoured me with
thy sacrifices. I have not caused
thee to serve with an offering, nor
wearied thee with incense,
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet
cane with money, neither hast thou
filled me with the fat of thy sacri-
fices: but thou hast made me to
serve with thy sins, thou hast
wearied me with thine iniquities,
25 I, evenI, am he that oblotteth
out thy transgressions ‘for mine
own sake, Zand will not remember
thy sins.
26 Put me in remembrance: let
us plead together: declare thou,
that thou mayest be justified.
27 Thy first father hath sinned,
and thy “teachers have trans-
gressed against me.
28 Therefore I have profaned the
princes of the sanctuary, fand have
given Jacob to the curse, and Israel
to reproaches.
CHAPTER 44.
(3) The promise of the Spirit:
the folly of idolatry.
Wer now hear, O Jacob my ser-
vant; and Israel, whom I have
chosen:
2 Thus saith the Lorp that made
thee, and formed thee from the
womb, which will help thee; Fear
not, O Jacob, my servant: and thou,
sJesurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will ‘pour water upon him
that is thirsty, and floods upon the
dry ground: I will pour my spirit
upon thy seed, and my blessing
upon thine offspring:
4, And they shall spring up as
B.C..-712.
a Election
(corporate),
Mk.13.20.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2:)
6 Isa.44.22;
c Ezk.36.22.
d Isa.1.18;
Jer.31.34.
e Heb. inter-
preters.
Mal.2.7,8.
f Psa.79.4;
Jer.24.9;
Dan.9.11;
Zech.8.13,
g i.e. upright,
Symbolical
name of Is-
rael.
Deut.32.15;
33.5,26.
h Isa.35.7;3
Joel 2.28;
John 7.38;
Acts 2.18.
j Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
k Isa.41.4; 48.
12; Rev.1.8,
17; 22.13.
? Isa.43.10,12.
Aa
among the grass, as willows by the
water courses.
5 One shall say, I am the Lorp’s;
and another shall call himself by
the name of Jacob; and another
shall subscribe with his hand unto
the LorpD, and surname himself by ©
the name of Israel.
6 Thus saith the Lorp the King
of Israel, and his jredeemer the
LorD of hosts; *I am the first, and
I am the last; and beside me there
is no God.
7 And who, as I, shall call, and
shall declare it, and set it in order
for me, since I appointed the an-
cient people? and the things that
are coming, and shall come, let
them shew unto them.
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid:
have not I told thee from that time,
and have declared it? ‘ye are even
my witnesses. Is there a God be-
side me? yea, there is no God; I
know not any.
9 They that make a graven image
are ali of them vanity; and their
delectable things shall not profit;
and they are their own witnesses;
they see not, nor know; that they
may be ashamed.
10 Who hath formed a god, or
molten a graven image that is
profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be
ashamed: and the workmen, they
are of men: let them all be gath-
ered together, let them stand up;
yet they shall fear, and they shall
. |be ashamed together.
12 The smith with the tongs both
worketh in the coals, and fashion-
eth it with hammers, and worketh
it with the strength of his _arms:
yea, he is hungry, and his strength
faileth: he drinketh no water, and
is faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out
his rule; he marketh it out with a
line; he fitteth it with planes, and
he marketh it out with the compass,
and maketh it after the figure of a
man, according to the beauty of a
man; that it may remain in the
house.
14 He heweth him down cedars,
and taketh the cypress and the oak,
which he strengtheneth for himself
among the trees of the forest: he
planteth an ash, and the rain doth
nourish 7t,
15 Then shall it be for a man to
burn: for he will take thereof, and
warm himself; yea, he kindleth it,
and baketh bread; yea, he maketh
44 16]
a god, and worshippeth it ; he mak-
eth it a graven image, and falleth
down thereto.
16 He burneth part thereof in the
fire; with part thereof he eateth
flesh; he roasteth roast, and is sat-
isfied: yea, he warmeth himself,
and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have
seen the fire:
17 And the residue thereof he
maketh a god, even his graven im-
age: he falleth down unto it, and
worshippeth it, and prayeth unto
it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou
art my god.
18 They have not known nor
understood: for he hath shut their
eyes, that they cannot see; and
their hearts, that they cannot un-
derstand.
19 And none considereth in his
heart, neither 1s there knowledge
nor understanding to say, I have
burned part of it in the fire; yea,
also I have baked bread upon the
coals thereof; I have roasted flesh,
and eaten it: and shall I make the], 1... 49. #
residue thereof an abomination?
shall I fall down to the stock of aj Psa.107.16.
tree? ql 7150.41.23.
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceive
heart hath turned him aside, that)¢ 1 Thes.4.5.
he cannot deliver his soul, nor say,|, 5... 44 9:
Is there not a lie in my right hand?
21 Remember these, O Jacob and
Israel; for thou art my servant: I
have formed thee; thou art my ser-
vant: O Israel, thou shalt not be
forgotten of me.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick
cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a
cloud, thy sins: ¢return unto me;
for I have ’redeemed thee.
.. 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the
Lorp hath done t: shout, ye lower
parts of the earth: break forth into
singing, ye mountains, O forest, and
every tree therein: for the LORD
hath “redeemed Jacob, and glorified
himself in Israel.
24 Thus saith the Lorp, thy /re-
deemer, and he that formed thee
from the womb, I am the LorD
that maketh all things; that
stretcheth forth the heavens alone;
[45 5
that spreadeth abroad the earth by
myself;
25 That frustrateth the tokens of
the liars, and maketh diviners mad;
that turneth wise men backward,
and maketh their knowledge foolish;
26 That confirmeth the word of
his servant, and performeth the
counsel of his messengers; that
saith to Jerusalem, Thou, shalt be
inhabited; and to the cities of Ju-
dah, Ye shall be built, and I will
raise up the decayed places thereof:
27 ‘That saith to the deep, Be
dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
a Ber Bence. The prophecy concerning Cyrus,
and the restoration under
Ezra and Nehemiah.
28 That saith of 1Cyrus, He is my
shepherd, and shall perform all my
pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem,
Thou shalt be built; and to the tem-
ple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
CHAPTER 45.
HUS saith the Lorp to his
2anointed, to Cyrus, whose
right hand I have holden, to subdue
nations before him; and I will loose
the loins of kings, to open before
him the two leaved gates; and the
gates shall not be shut;
2 Iwill go before thee, ¢and make
the crooked places straight: ¢I will
break in pieces the gates of brass,
and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
3 And I will give thee the treas-
ures of darkness, and hidden riches
of secret places, fthat thou mayest
know that I, the LoRD, which call
thee by thy name, am the God of
Israel. -
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake,
and Israel mine elect, I have even
called thee by thy name: I have
surnamed thee, though thou hast
8not known me.
Israel reminded that safety and
salvation are to be found only
in Jehovah.
5 I am the LorD, and there is
none else, there is no God beside
1 Cf, 1 Ki. 13.2, where Josiah was mentioned by name three hundred years before
his birth. y :
2 The only instance where the word is applied to a Gentile. Nebuchadnezzar is
called the “‘servant” of Jehovah (Jer. 25. 9; 27. 6; 43. 10). This, with the designation
“My shepherd” (Isa. 44. 28), also a Messianic title, marks Cyrus as that startling
exception, a Gentile type of Christ. The points are: (1) both are irresistible con-
querors of Israel’s enemies (Isa. 45. 1; Rev. 19. 19-21); (2) both are restorers of the
holy city (Isa. 44. 28; Zech. 14. 1-11); (3) through both is the name of the one true
God glorified (Isa. 45. 6; 1 Cor. 15. 28). to
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ISAIAH.
f
me: I girded thee, though thou hast
not known me:
6 #That they may know from the
rising of the’ sun, and from the
west, that there is none beside me.
I am the LorpD, and there is none
else.
7. I form the light, and create
darkness: I make peace, and 2cre-
ate levil. I the LorpD do all these
things.
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from
above, and let the skies pour down
righteousness: let the earth open,
and let them bring forth salvation,
and let righteousness spring up to-
gether; I the LorpD have created it.
9 Woe unto him that striveth with
his Maker! Let the potsherd strive
with the potsherds of the earth.
Shall the clay say to him that
fashioneth it, What makest thou?
or thy work, He hath no hands?
10 Woe unto him that saith unto
his father, What begettest thou? or
to the woman, What hast thou
brought forth?
11 Thus saith the Lorp, the Holy
One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask
me of things to come concerning
dmy sons, and concerning the work
of my hands command ye me.
12 I have made the earth, and
created man upon it: I, even my
hands, have stretched out the
heavens, and all their host have
I commanded.
13 I have raised him up in right-
eousness, and I will direct all his
ways: he shall build my city, and
he shall let go my captives, not for
price nor reward, saith the Lorp
of hosts.
14 Thus saith the Lorp, ¢The la-
bour of Egypt, and merchandise of
Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of
stature, shall come over unto thee,
and they shall be thine: they shall
come after thee; in chains they
shall come over, and they shall fall
down unto thee, they shall make
supplication unto thee, saying,
Surely God is in thee; and there is
none else, there is no God.
15 Verily thou art a God that
hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the
Saviour.
16 They shall be ashamed, and
also confounded, all of them: they
shall go to confusion together that
are makers of idols.
B.C. 742% i
a Isa.37.20;
Psa.102.15;
Mal.1.11.
b Amos 3.6.
c Isa.29.16;
Jer.18.6;
Rom.9.20.
d Jer.31.9.
e Psa.68.31;
72.10,11;
Isa.49.23;
60.9,10,14,
16; Zech.8.
CBee
f v.25; Isa.26.
4; Rom.11.
26.
g Psa.22.27;
65.5.
hk Gen.22.16;
Heb.6.13.
i Rom.14.11;
Phil.2.10.
17 fBut Israel shall be saved in
the LorD with an everlasting sal-
vation: ye shall not be ashamed
nor confounded world without
end.
18 For thus saith the Lorp that
created the heavens; God himself
that formed the earth and made it;
he hath established it, he created it
not in vain, he formed it to be in-
habited: I am the Lorpb; and there
is none else.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in
a dark place of the earth: I said not
unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me
in vain: I the Lorp speak right-
eousness, I declare things that are
right.
20 Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together, ye that are
escaped of the nations: they have
no knowledge that set up the wood
of their graven image, and pray
unto a god that cannot save.
21 Tell ye, and bring them near; -
yea, let them take counsel together:
who hath declared this from an-
cient time? who hath told it from
that time? Aave not I the Lorp?
and there 1s no God else beside
me; a just God and a Saviour;
there is none beside me.
22 sLook unto me, and be ye
saved, all the ends of the earth: for I
am God, and there is none else.
23 "I have sworn by myself, the
word is gone out of my mouth in
righteousness, and shall not return,
That unto me ‘every knee shall
bow, every tongue shall swear.
24 Surely, shall one say, in the
LorD have I righteousness and
strength: even to him shall men
come; and all that are incensed
against him shall be ashamed.
25 In the LORD shall all the seed
of Israel be justified, and shall ~
glory.
CHAPTER 46.
israel exhorted to remember the
power of Jehovah, and the
powerlessness of idols,
BEL boweth down, Nebo stoop-
eth, their idols were upon the
beasts, and upon the cattle: your
carriages were heavy loaden; they
are a burden to the weary beast.
2 They stoop, they bow down to-
gether; they could not deliver the
1 Heb. ra, translated “sorrow,”
“calamities,” but never translated sin.
He made sorrow, wretchedness, etc., to b
754
“wretchedness,” ‘‘adversity,’*
“afflictions,”
God created evil only in the sense that
e the sure fruits of sin.
burden, “but themselves are gone
into captivity.
3 Hearken unto me, O house of
Jacob, and all the ’remnant of the
house of Israel, which are borne by
‘me from the belly, which are car-
tied from the womb:
4 And even to your old age lam
he; and even to hoart hairs will I
carry you: I have made, and I will
bear; even I will carry, and will
deliver you.
5 To whom will ye liken me, and
make me equal, and compare me,
that*we may be like?
6 They lavish gold out of the bag,
and weigh silver in the balance, and
hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it
a god: they fall down, yea, they
worship..
7 They bear him upon the shoul-
der, they carry him, and set him in
his place, and he standeth; from
his place shall he not remove: yea,
one shall cry unto him, yet can he
not answer, nor save him out of his
trouble.
8 Remember this, and shew your-
selves men: bring it again to mind,
O ye transgressors.
9 ¢Remember the former things of
old: for I am God, and there is
none else; J am God, and there is
none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the be-
ginning, and from ancient times the
things that are not yet done, say-
ing, “My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure:
11 Calling a ravenous bird from
the east, the man ¢that executeth
my counsel from a far country: yea,
I have spoken it, I will also bring it
to pass; I. have purposed it. I will
also do it.
12 Hearken unto me, ye /stout-
hearted, that are far from right-
eousness:
13 I bring near my righteousness;
it shall not be far off, and my salva-
tion shall not tarry: and I will place
salvation in Zion for Israel my
glory.
CHAPTER 47.
Judgment upon Babylon.
oe down, and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon,
sit on the ground: there is no
throne, O daughter of the Chal-
deans: for thou shalt no more be
called tender and delicate. ;
2 Take the millstones, and grind
meal: uncover thy locks, make bare
ISATAH.
B.C. 712.
a Jer.48.7.
6 Remnant.
Jer.15.11-21.
c Deut.32.7.
d Psa.33.11;
Prov.19.21;
21.30; Acts
5.39; Heb.
6.17.
e Isa.44.28;
45.13.
t Psa.76.5.
g Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type).- Isa.
59.20, note.
h 2 Sam.24.14;
2 Chr.28.9;
Zech.1.15.
i Psa.2.12,
note.
j1 Thes.5.3.
k 1sa.44.25;
Dan.2.2.
1 Nah.1.10;
Mal.4.1.
m Heb. their
souls,
755
[47 14
the leg, uncover the thigh, pass
over the rivers.
3 Thy nakedness shall be uncov-
ered, yea, thy shame shall be seen:
I will take vengeance, and I will
not meet thee as a man.
4 As for our £redeemer, the LORD
of hosts zs his name, the Holy One
of Israel.
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into
darkness, O daughter of the Chal-
deans: for thou shalt no more be
called, The lady of kingdoms.
6 I was wroth with my people, I
have polluted mine inheritance, and
given them into thine hand: thou
didst shew them no mercy; upon
the ancient hast thou very heavily
laid thy yoke.
7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady
for ever: so that thou didst not lay
these things to thy heart, neither
didst remember the latter end of it,
| 8 Therefore hear now this, thou
that art given to pleasures, that
dwellest carelessly, that sayest in
thine heart, I am, and none else
beside me; I shall not sit as a
widow, neither shall I know the
loss of children:
9 But these two things shall come
to thee in a moment in one day,
the loss of children, and widow-
hood: they shall come upon thee in
their perfection for the multitude of
thy sorceries, and for the great
abundance of thine enchantments.
10 For thou hast ‘trusted in thy
wickedness: thou hast said, None
séeth me. Thy wisdom and thy
knowledge, it hath perverted thee;
and thou hast said in thine heart, I
am, and none else beside me.
11 Therefore shall evil come upon
thee; thou shalt not know from
whence it riseth: and mischief shall
fall upon thee; thou shalt not be
able to put it off: and Jdesolation
shall come upon thee suddenly,
which thou shalt not know.
12 Stand now with thine enchant-
ments, and with the multitude of
thy sorceries, wherein thou hast
laboured from thy youth; if so be
thou shalt be able to profit, if so be
thou mayest prevail.
13 Thou art wearied in the multi-
tude of thy counsels. *Let now the
astrologers, the stargazers, the
monthly prognosticators, stand up,
and save thee from these things
that shall come upon thee.
14 Behold, they shall be ‘as stub-
ble; the fire shall burn them; they
shall not deliver "themselves from
47 15]
the power of the flame: there shall
not be a coal to warm at, nor fire
to sit before it.
15 Thus shall they be unto thee
with whom thou hast iaboured,
even thy merchants, from thy
youth: they shall wander every one
to his quarter; none shall save
‘thee.
CHAPTER 48.
Israel to be restored under the
Holy One, Jehovah’s servant
(Isa. 48. 1-52. 15): (1) Israel re-
minded of the promises.
HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob,
which are called by the name
of Israel, and are come forth out of
the waters of Judah, which. swear
by the name of the Lorp, and make
mention of the God of Israel, but
“not in truth, nor in righteous-
ness.
2 For they call themselves of the
holy city, and stay themselves
upon the God of Israel; The LorpD
of hosts is his name.
3 I have declared the former
things from the beginning; and
they went forth out of my mouth,
and I shewed them; I did them
suddenly, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that thou art
‘obstinate, and thy neck is an iron
sinew, and thy brow brass;
5 I have even from the beginning
declared rt to thee; before it came
to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou
shouldest say, Mine idol hath done
ther, and my graven image, and
my molten image, hath commanded
them.
6 Thou hast heard, see all this;
and will not.ye declare it? I have
shewed thee new things from this
time, even hidden things, and thou
didst not know them.
7 They are created now, and not
from the beginning; even before
the day when thou heardest them
not; lest thou shouldest say, Be-
hold, I knew them,
8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea,
thou knewest not; yea, from that
time that thine ear was not opened:
for I knew that thou wouldest deal
very treacherously, and wast called
a transgressor from the womb.
9 4For my name’s sake will I de-
fer mine anger, and for my praise
will I refrain for thee, that I cut
thee not off,
10 ‘Behold, I have refined thee,
ISAIAH.
a Jer.4.2; 5.2.
6 Mic.3.11;
Rom.2.17.
¢ Heb. hard.
d v.11; Isa.43.
25; Psa.79.9;
106.8; Ezk,
20.9,14,22,
44.
e Psa.66.10.
fv.9.
g Isa.41.4;
44.6; Rev.1.
17; 22.13.
h Isa.61.1;
Zech.2.3,9,
Boe
i Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
J i.e. coasts.
k Christ
(First
Advent). vs.
1-6; Isa.50.
5,6. (Gen.3.
15; Acts
1.9.)
Ga
but not with silver; I have chosen
thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, even for
mine own sake, will I dot: for how
should my name be polluted? and I
will not give my glory unto another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and
Israel, my called; I am he; I 4am
the first, I also am the last.
13 Mine hand also hath laid the
foundation of the earth, and my
right hand hath spanned the hea-
vens: when I call unto them, they
stand up together.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves,
and hear; which among them hath
declared these things? The Lorp
hath loved him: he will do his
pleasure on Babylon, and his arm
shall be on the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I
have called him: I have brought
him, and he shall make his way
prosperous,
16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye
this; I have not spoken in secret
from the beginning; from the time
that it was, there am I: and now
’Athe Lord Gop, and his Spirit, hath
sent me. }
17 Thus saith the Lorn, thy ‘Re-
deemer, the Holy One of Israel; lam
the LorpD thy God which teacheth
thee to profit, which leadeth thee
by the way that thou shouldest go.
18 Othat thou hadst hearkened to
my commandments! then had thy
peace been as a river, and thy right- _
eousness as the waves of the sea:
19 Thy seed also had been as the
sand, and the offspring of thy bow-
els like the gravel thereof; his name
should not have been cut off nor
destroyed from before me.
20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye
from the Chaldeans, with a voice of
singing declare ye, tell this, utter it -
even to the end of the earth; say
ye, The Lorp hath ‘redeemed his
servant Jacob.
21 And they thirsted not when he
led them through the deserts: he
caused the waters to flow out of
the rock for them: he clave the rock
also, and the waters gushed out.
22 There is no peace, saith the
LorD, unto the wicked.
CHAPTER 49.
(2) The Holy One, Israel’s
Redeemer.
LISTEN, O Jisles, unto me; and
hearken, ye people, from far;
The Lorp hath called *me from
the womb; from the bowels of my
mother hath he made mention of
of his hand hath he hid me, and
made me a polished shaft; in his
quiver hath he hid me;
3 And said unto me, Thou art my
servant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified.
4 Then I said, I have laboured in
vain, I have spent my strength for
nought, and in vain: yet surely my
judgment is with the Lorp, and
my work with my God.
5 And now, saith the LorD that
formed me from the womb fo be his|? Reresastas A
servant, to bring Jacob again to| °° 7°°*
him, Though Israel be not gathered,|} Heb. goel,
: : Redemp.
yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of| fedemp. |
the Lorp, and my God shall be my]. type). Isa.
strength. : 59.20, note.
6 And he said, It is a light thing), Q.6 0
that thou shouldest be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and|d Cf. Mt.13.
to restore the preserved of Israel: I} 44
will also give thee for a light tof, Rev.7.16.
the “Gentiles, that thou mayest
be my salvation unto the end of|fPsa-121.6.
the earth. g Psa.23.2.
7 Thus saith the Lorn, “the Re-
deemer of Israel, and his Holy One, | 1s4.40-4.
to him whom man despiseth, to him] ; q5a.43.5,6.
whom the nation abhorreth, to al. ;
servant of rulers, Kings shall see|/ fas
and arise, princes also shall wor- 71.’
ship, because of the Lorp that is
faithful, and the Holy One of Israel,
and he shall choose thee.
(3) Wsrael to be preserved and
restored.
8 Thus saith the Lorp, “In an
~ acceptable time have I heard thee,
and in a day of salvation have I
helped thee: and I will preserve
thee, and-give thee for a covenant
of the people, to establish the earth,
to cause to inherit the desolate
heritages;
9 @That thou mayest say to the
prisoners, Go forth; to them that
are in darkness, Shew yourselves.
They shall feed in the ways, :and
their pastures shall be in all high
places. é
10 ¢They shall not hunger nor
thirst; /neither shall the heat nor
sun smite them: for he that hath
mercy on them &shall lead them,
k Rom.11.29.
1 Ex.13.9;
Song 8.6.
ISATAH.
[49 22
even by the springs of water shall
he guide them.
11 “And I will make all my moun-
tains a way, and my highways
shall be exalted.
12 Behold, ‘these shall come from
far: and, lo, these from the north
and from the west; and these from
the land of ?Sinim.
13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful,
O earth; and break forth into sing-
ing, O mountains: for the LorD
hath comforted his people, and will '
have mercy upon his afflicted.
14 But Zion said, The Lorp hath
forsaken me, and my Lord hath
forgotten me.
15 JCan a woman forget her suck-
ing child, that she should not have
compassion on the son of her
womb? yea, they may forget, *yet
will I not forget thee.
16 Behold, ‘I have graven thee
upon the palms of my hands; thy
walls are continually before me.
17 Thy children shall make haste;
thy destroyers and they that made
thee waste shall go forth of thee.
18 Lift up thine eyes round about,
and behold: all these gather them-
selves together, and come to thee.
As I live, saith the Lorp, thou
shalt surely clothe thee with them
all, as with an ornament, and bind
them on thee, as a bride doeth.
19 For thy waste and thy desolate
places, and the land of thy destruc-
tion, shall even now be too narrow
by reason of the inhabitants, and
they that swallowed thee up shall
be far away.
20 The children which thou shalt
have, after thou hast lost the other,
shall say again in thine ears, The
place is too strait for me: give place
to me that I may dwell.
21 Then shalt thou say in thine
heart, Who hath begotten me these,
seeing I have lost my children, and
am desolate, a captive, and remov-
ing to and fro? and who hath
brought up these? Behold, I was left
alone; these, where had they been?
(4) Judgment on Israel’s oppres-
sors (Gen. 12. 3; 15. 14).
22 Thus saith the Lord Gop, Be-
hold, I will lift up mine hand to the
Gentiles, and set up my standard to
the people: and they shall bring
thy sons in their arms, and thy
1 The Lord Jesus and the believing remnant of Israel are here joined. Whats
said is true of both.
2 The word is supposed to refer to a people of the far East, perhaps the Chinese.
757
49 23)
ISAIAH.
daughters shall be carried upon
their shoulders. 2
23 And kings shall be thy nursing
fathers, and their queens thy nurs-
ing mothers: they shall bow down
to thee with their face toward the
earth, and lick up the dust of thy
feet; and thou shalt know that I
am the Lorp: @for they--shall not
be ashamed that wait fo :
24 Shattttie prey be taken from
the mighty, or the lawful captive
delivered?
25 But thus saith the Lorp, Even
the captives of the mighty shall be
taken away, and the prey of the
terrible shall be delivered: for I
will contend with him that con-
tendeth with thee, and I will save
thy children.
26 And I will feed them that op-
press thee with their own flesh;
and they shall be drunken with
their own blood, as with sweet
wine: and all flesh %shall know
that I the LoRD am thy Saviour
and thy ‘Redeemer, the mighty
One of Jacob.
CHAPTER 50.
(5) The humiliation of the
Holy One.
HUS saith the Lorp, Where is
4the bill of your mother’s di-
vorcement, whom I have put away?
or which of my “creditors 1s it to
whom I ‘have sold you? Behold,
for your iniquities have ye sold
yourselves, and for your transgres-
sions is your mother put away.
*2 Wherefore, when I came, was
there no man? when I called,
was there none to answer? Is my
hand shortened at all, that it can-
not ‘redeem? or have I no power
to deliver? behold, sat my rebuke
I dry up the sea, I make the rivers
a wilderness: their fish stinketh,
because there is no water, and
dieth for thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with black-
ness, and I make sackcloth their
covering.
4 hThe Lord Gop hath given me
the tongue of the learned, that I
should know how to speak a word
in season to him that is weary: he
wakeneth morning by morning,
he wakeneth mine ear to hear as
the learned. .
5 The Lord Gop hath ‘opened
mine ear, and I was not rebellious,
neither turned away back.
a Psa.34.22;
Rom.5.5;
9.33; 10.11.
6 Psa.9.16.
c Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
d Deut.24.1;
Jer.3.8;
Hos.2.2.
e See 2 Ki.4.1;
Mt.i8.25.
f Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59.
20, note.
g Psa.106.9;
Nah.1.4,
hEx.4.11.
t Mt.26.39;
John 14.31;
Phil.2.8;
Heb.10.5.
j Mt.26.67;
27.26; John
18.22.
k Christ
(First
. Advent).
vs.4-7;
Isa.52.13-15.
(Gen.3:15;
Acts 1.9.)
1 Mt.26.67;
27.30; Mk.
14.65; 15.19.
m Ezk.3.8,9.
n Rom.8.32-34.
o Isa.51.6,8;
Job 13.28;
Psa.102.26.
> Psa.19.9,
note.
q 2 Chr.20.20;
Psa.20.7.
r Rom.4.1,16;
Heb.11.11.
s Isa.40.1;
52.9; Psa.
102.13.
t Gen.13.10;
Joel 2.3.
u i.e, coasts.
758
6 JI gave my back to the smiters,
and my cheeks to them that plucked
off the hair: *I hid not my face from
‘shame and spitting.
7 For the Lord Gop will help me;
therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore “have I set my face like a
flint, and I know that I shall not be
ashamed.
8 “He is near that justifieth me;
who will contend with me? let us
stand together: who is mine adver-
sary? let him come near to me.
9 Behold, the Lord Gop will help
me; who is he that shall condemn
me? lo, they all shall wax old asa
garment; the moth shall eat them
up.
10 Who is among you that ?fear-
eth the Lorp, that obeyeth the
voice of his servant, that walketh
in darkness, and hath no light? det
him trust in the name of the Lorp,
and stay upon his God.
11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire,
that compass yourselves about
with sparks: walk in the light of
your fire, and in the sparks that ye
have kindled. This shall ye have
of mine hand; ye shall lie down in ~
sorrow.
CHAPTER 51.
(6) Israel to be redeemed: op-
pressors punished.
HIEARREN to me, ye that fol-
low after righteousness, ye that
seek the LorpD: look unto the rock
whence ye are hewn, and to thé
hole of the pit whence ye are
digged.
2 7Look unto Abraham your fa-
ther, and unto Sarah that bare you:
for I called him alone, and blessed
him, and increased him.
3 For the Lorpb ‘shall comfort
Zion: he will comfort all her waste
places; and he will make her wil-
derness like Eden, and ‘her desert
like the garden of the Lorp; joy
and gladness shall be found therein,
thanksgiving, and the voice of
melody. ;
4 Hearken unto me, my people;
and give ear unto me, O my nation:
for a law shall proceed from me,
and I will make my judgment to
rest for a light of the people.
5 My righteousness is near; my
salvation is gone forth, and mine
arms shall judge the people; the
4isles shall wait upon me, and on
mine arm shall they trust.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
=e~
a 2 i
ISAIAH.
[52 5
and look upon the earth beneath:
for the heavens shall vanish away
like smoke, and “the earth shall
wax old like a garment, and they
that dwell therein shall die in like
manner: but my salvation shall be
for ever, and my righteousness shail
not be abolished.
7 WHearken unto me, ye that know
tighteousness, the people in whose
heart zs my law; fear ye not the
reproach of men, neither be ye
afraid of their revilings.
8 For the moth shall eat them up
like a garment, and the worm shall
eat them like wool: but my right-
eousness shall be for ever, and my
salvation from generation to gen-
eration.
9 Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arm of the LoRD; awake, as in
the ancient days, in the generations
of old. Art thou not it that hath
cut Rahab, and wounded the
dragon?
10 Art thou not it which hath
dried the sea, the waters of the
great deep; that hath made the
depths of the sea a way for the “ran-
somed to pass over?
11 Therefore the redeemed of the
Lorp shall return, and come with
singing unto Zion; and everlasting
joy shall be upon their head: they
shall obtain gladness and joy; and
sorrow and ‘mourning shall flee
away.
12 I, even I, am he 4that com-
forteth you: who art thou, that
thou shouldest be afraid of a man
that shall die, and of the son of man
which shall be made as grass;
13 And forgettest the Lorp thy
maker, that hath stretched forth
the heavens, and laid the founda-
tions of the earth; and hast feared
continually every day because of
the fury of the oppressor, as if he
were ready to destroy? and where
is the fury of the oppressor?
14 The captive exile hasteneth
that he may be loosed, and that he
should not die in the pit, nor that
his bread should fail.
15 But I am the LorD thy God,
that divided the sea, whose waves
roared: The Lorp of hosts is his
name.
16 ¢And I have put my words in
thy mouth, and I have covered thee
in the shadow of mine hand, that I
may plant the heavens, and lay the
foundations of the earth, and say
unto Zion, Thou art my people.
17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Je-
B.C. 712.
a Isa.50.9.
b The ref. is to
Egypt (Isa.
30.7) at the
Exodus.
c Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
dv.3;.2 Cor.
is;
e Deut.18.18;
Isa.59.21;
John 3.34.
F Jer.50.34..
g Jer.25.17,
26,28;
Zech.12.2.
759
rusalemt, which hast drunk at the
hand of the Lorp the cup of his
fury; thou t drunken the dregs
of the cup of €rembling, and wrung
them out.
18 There is none to guide her
among all the sons whom she hath
brought forth; neither is there any
that taketh her by the hand of ali
the sons that she hath brought up.
19 These two things are come
unto thee; who shall be sorry for
thee? desolation, and destruction,
and the famine, and the sword: by
whom shall I comfort thee?
20 Thy sons have fainted, they
lie at the head of all the streets, as
a wild bull in a net: they are full of
the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of
thy God.
21 Therefore hear now this, thou
afflicted, and drunken, but not with
wine:
22 Thus saith thy Lord the
Lorp, and thy God fthat pleadeth
the cause of his people, Behold, I
have taken out of thine hand the
cup of trembling, even the dregs of
the cup of my fury; thou shalt no
more drink it again:
23 sBut I will put it into the hand
of them that afflict thee; which
have said to thy soul, Bow down,
that we may go over: and thou hast
laid thy body as the ground, and as
the street, to them that went over.
CHAPTER 52.
(7) Vision of Jerusalem in the
kingdom-age.
WAKE, awake; put on thy
strength, O Zion; put on thy
beautiful garments, O Jerusalem,
the holy city: for henceforth there
shall no more come into thee the
uncircumcised and the unclean.
2 Shake thyself from the dust;
arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem:
loose thyself from the bands of thy
neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For thus saith the LorRD, Ye
have sold yourselves for nought;
and ye shali be ‘redeemed without
money.
4 For thus saith the Lord Gop,
My people went down aforetime
into Egypt to sojourn there; and
the Assyrian oppressed them with-
out cause.
5 Now therefore, what have I
here, saith the Lorp, that my peo-
ple is taken away for nought? they
that rule over them make them to
howl, saith the LORD; and my name
[53 12_
52 6] ISAIAH.
continually every day is* *blas-| B.C. 712.
phemed.
6 Therefore ae ae e chet ee a Rom.2.24.
my name: thereforé* they sha }
know in that day that I am he that|? ie
doth speak: behold, it 1s I. Nah.1.15;
7 How beautiful upon the moun- pies:
tains are the feet of him that bring-} Roin"10'1s:
eth good ‘tidings, that publisheth| Rev.1.15,17.
peace; that bringeth good tidings of} rs
good, that publisheth salvation;|‘° 72%4°y3.
that saith unto Zion, Thy God} (Gen.12.1-3;
reigneth! Rev.14.6.)
8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the] 99 cor.6.17,
voice; with the voice together shall
they sing: for they shall see eye to a Contr, an
eye, when the LorpD shall bring| ©*1?3%39-
again Zion. : f Mic.2.13.
9 Break forth into joy, sing to- ee
gether, ye waste places of Jerusalem:|% C& E¥-14-19.
for the Lorp hath comforted his!) Sacrifice
people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.| (prophetic).
10 The Lorp hath made bare his faa
holy arm in the eyes of all the na-| Heb.i0.13.)
tions; and all the ends of the earth] . .
shall see the salvation of our|? Giese
God. Advent).
11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out} Isa.53.1-12.
from thence, touch no unclean Se eo
thing; go ye out of the midst of my
her; be ye 4clean, that bear the ves-| j Rom.15.21,
sels of the LorD. i
12 For ye shall not go out with|* fobs 12-38
haste, nor go by flight: ffor the
Lorp will go before you; and the| ’ Sacrifice
God of Israel will be your 8rereward.
vs.1-12;
( ) J h n’s S t 5 ee.
8 ehovah’s Servant, marre en.4.4;
and afterward exalted. Heb.10.18.)
m Mt.27.30,31.
13 Behold, my servant shall deal
prudently, he shall be exalted and kee 17;
extolled, and be very high. 1 Pet.2.24,
14 As many were astonied at thee}! 5 mt.26.62,
his visage was !so #marred more
than any man, and his form more
than the sons of men:
15 So shall ‘he sprinkle many na-
tions; the kings shall shut their
mouths at him: for that which had
not been told them shall they Jsee;
Mk.15.3-5;
Lk.23.9;
John 19.9;
Lk.23.1-25.
and that which they had not heard|¢ Mt-27.57-60.
shall they consider.
v1 Pet.2.22.
Acts 13.38,
CHAPTER 53. NaguBons:
The vicarious sacrifice of Christ,| °
Jehovah's Servant. A
VJ HO hath believed our report?|,, mt.27.38,
and ‘to whom is the arm of} Mt.15.28;
the Lorp revealed? Lk. 22.37.
1 The literal rendering is terrible:
(prophetic).
63; 27.12-14;
Acts 8.32,33.
p Mt.27.11-26;
2 For he shall grow up before him
as a tender plant, and as a root out
of a dry ground: he hath no form
nor comeliness; and when we shall
see him, there 1s no beauty that we
should desire him.
3 ™He is despised and rejected of
men; a man of sorrows, and ac-
quainted with grief: and we hid as
it were our faces from him; he was
despised, and we esteemed him
not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and “carried our sorrows: yet we
did esteem him stricken, smitten of
God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for
our iniquities: the chastisement of
our peace was upon him; and with
his stripes we are healed.
6 2
7 He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth: he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep before
her shearers is dumb, °so he openeth
not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and
from judgment: and who shall de-
clare his generation? for he was
cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgression of my people
was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the
wicked, and ¢with the rich in his
death; because he had done no
violence, either was any deceit
in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleaséd the Lorp to
bruise him; he hath put him to
grief: when: thou shalt make his
soul an offering for sin, he shall see ~
his seed, he shall prolong his days,
and the pleasure of the LorD shall
prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of
his soul, and shall be satisfied: by
his knowledge : shall my righteous
servant ‘justify many: for he shall
bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a
portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because he ‘hath poured
out his soul unto death: and “he
was numbered with the transgress-
_—_——$—[—_$——:. eee
“So marred from the form of man was His
aspect that His appearance was not that of a son of man”—i.e. not human—the
effect of the Paklich described in Mt. 26. 67, 68; 27. 27-30.
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54 1)
ISAIAH. [55 6
ors; and ¢he bare the sin of many,| B.c. 712. |tempest. and not comforted, be-
and made intercession for the hold, I will lay thy stones with fair
transgressors. colours, and lay thy foundations
with sapphires.
CHAPTER 54. 12 And I will make thy windows
Israel] the restored wife of Jeho-
vah. (Cf. Hos. 2. 1-23.)
ING, O barren, ‘thou that didst
not bear; break forth into sing-
ing, and cry aloud, thou that didst
not 4travail with child: for more
are the children of the desolate
than the children of the married
wife, saith the Lorpb.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent,
and let them stretch forth the cur-
tains of thine habitations: spare not,
lengthen thy cords, and strengthen
thy stakes;
3 For thou shalt break forth on
the right hand and on the left; and
thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles,
and make the desolate cities to be
inhabited.
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be
ashamed: neither be thou con-
founded; for thou shalt not be put
to shame: for thou shalt forget the
shame of thy youth, and shalt not
remember the reproach of thy
widowhood any more.
5 For thy Maker is thine ¢hus-
band; the Lorp of hosts is _ his
name; and-thy Redeemer the Holy
One of Israel; The God of the
whole earth shall he be called.
6 For the Lorp hath called thee
as a woman forsaken and grieved
in spirit, and a wife of youth, when
thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7 For asmall moment have I for-
saken thee; but with great mercies
will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face
from thee for a moment; but with
everlasting kindness will I have
mercy on thee, saith the LorD thy
Redeemer.
9 For this 7s as the waters of
Noah unto me: for as I have sworn
that the fwaters of Noah should no
more go over the earth; so have I
sworn that I would not be wroth
with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall de-
part, and the hills be removed; but
my kindness shall not depart from
thee, neither shall the covenant of
my peace be removed, saith the
Lorp that hath mercy on thee.
Security and blessing of restored
Israel. (Cf. Deut. 30. 1-9, note.)
11 O thou afflicted, tossed with
a Christ
(First
Advent).
Tsa.61.1.
(Gen.3.15;
Acts 1.9.)
6 Lk.23.34.
¢ Gal.4.27.
d Mic.5.1,
note.
e Wife (of Je-
hovah).
(Isa.54.5;
Hos.2.1-23.)
Ff Isa.55.11;
Gen.8.21; 9.
11; Jer.31.
5,36,
g John 6.45;
1 Cor.2.10;
1 Thes.4.9;
1 John 2.20.
h John 4.14;
7.37; Rev.
21.6; 22.17.
# Rev.3.18.
j 2 Sam.7.8;
Psa.89.28;
Acts 13.34.
Rk Isa.52.15;
Eph.2.11,12.
1 Psa.32.6;
Mt.5.25; 25.
2 Cor.6.1,2.
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of agates, and thy gates of carbun-
cles, and all thy borders of pleasant
stones.
13 And all thy children shall be
taught of the LORD; and great
shall be the peace of thy children.
14 In righteousness shalt thou be
established: thou shalt be far from
oppression; for thou shalt not fear:
and from terror; for it shall not
come near thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely
gather together, but not by me:
whosoever shall gather together
against thee shall fail for thy sake.
16 Behold, I have created the
smith that bloweth the coals in the
fire, and that bringeth forth an in-
strument for his work; and I have
created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed
against thee shall prosper; and
every tongue that shall rise against
thee in judgment thou shalt con-
demn. This zs the heritage of the
servants of the Lorp, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the
LORD.
CHAPTER 55.
The everlasting salvation.
O, every one that thirsteth,
come ye to the waters, and he
that hath no money; *tcome ye, buy,
and eat; yea, come, buy wine and
milk without money and without
price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money
for that which is not bread? and
your labour for that which satisfi-
eth not? hearken diligently unto
me, and eat ye that which 1s good,
and let your soul delight itself in
fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto
me: hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting cove-
nant with you, even the sure mer-
cies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a
witness to the people, a leader and
commander to the people.
5 Behold, *thou shalt call a nation
that thou knowest not, and nations
that knew not thee shall run unto
thee because of the LorD thy God,
and for the Holy One of Israel; for
he hath glorified thee.
6 ‘Seek ye the LorD while he
55 7]
may -be found, call ye upon him
while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man “¢his
thoughts: and let him return unto
the LorpD, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for %he
will abundantly pardon.
8 ‘For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways
my ways, saith the LorD. __
9 For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down,
and the snow from heaven, and re-
turneth not thither, but watereth
the earth, and maketh it bring forth
and bud, that it may give seed to
the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that
goeth forth out of my mouth: it
shall not return unto me void, but
it shall accomplish that which I
please, and it shall prosper in the
thing whereto I sent it. |
12 For ye shall go out with joy,
and be led forth with peace: the
mountains and the hills shall break
forth before you into singing. and
all the trees of the field shall clap
their hands.
13 ¢Instead of the thorn shall
come up the fir tree, and instead of.
the brier shall come up the myrtle
tree: and it shall be to the Lorp for
a name, for an everlasting sign that
shall not be cut off.
CHAPTER 56.
Ethical instructions.
OEHUS saith the Lorp, Keep ye
judgment, and do justice: ¢for
my salvation 1s near to come, and
my righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man that doeth
this, and the son of man that layeth
hold on it; that keepeth the sab-
bath from polluting it, and keepeth
his hand from doing any evil.
3 Neither let the son of the
stranger, that hath joined himself
to the Lorb, speak, saying, The
Lorp hath utterly separated me
from his people: neither let the
eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry
tree.
4 For thus saith the Lorp unto
the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,
and choose the things that please
me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even’ unto them will I give in
mine house and within my walls a
ISATAH.
B.C. 712.
a Zech.8.17.
b Heb. he will
multiply to
Pardon.
¢ 2 Sam.7.19.
d Isa.41.19.
e Isa.46.13;
Mt.3.2;
4.17; Rom.
F3-11; 723
f Mt.21.13;
ME.11,17;
Lk.19.46.
g Rom.12.1;
Heb.13.15;
2) Pet:2°5.
h Isa.11.12;
Psa.147.2.
# Psa.10.6;
Prov.23.35;
Isa.22.13;
Lk.12.19;
1 Cor.15.32.
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place and a name better than of
sons and of daughters: I will give
them an everlasting name, that
shall not be cut off.
6 Also the sons of the stranger,
that join themselves to the LorD,
to serve him, and to love the name
of the Lorpb, to be his servants,
every one that keepeth the sabbath
from polluting it, and taketh hold
of my covenant;
7 Even them will I bring to my
holy mountain, and make them joy- —
ful iri my Shouse of prayer: &their
burnt-offerings and their sacrifices
shall be accepted upon mine altar;
for mine Shouse shall be called an
house of prayer for all people.
8 The Lord Gop /which gathereth
the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet
will I gather others to him, beside
those that are gathered unto him.
9 All ye beasts of the field, come
to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the
forest.
10 His watchmen are blind: they
are all ignorant, they are all dumb
dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping,
lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, they are greedy dogs
which can never have enough, and
they are shepherds that cannot
understand: they all look to their
own way, every one for his gain,
from his quarter.
12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch
wine, and we will fill ourselves with
strong drink; and ‘to morrow shall
be as this day, and much more
abundant,
CHAPTER 57.
(Ethical instructions, continued.)
Apts righteous perisheth, and no
man layeth xt to heart: and
merciful men are taken away, none
considering that the righteous is
taken away from the evil to come.
2 He shall enter into peace: they
shall rest in their beds, each one
walking in his uprightness.
3 But draw near hither, ye sons
of the sorceress, the seed of the
adulterer and the whore.
4 Against whom do ye sport your-
selves? against whom make ye a
wide mouth, and draw out the
tongue? are -ye not children of
transgression, a seed of falsehood,
5 Enflaming yourselves with idols
under every green tree, slaying the
children in the valleys under the
clifts of the rocks?
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6 Among the smooth stones of
the stream ys thy portion; they,
they are thy lot: even to them hast
thou poured a drink-offering, thou
hast offered a 4meat-offering.
Should I receive comfort in these?
7 Upon alofty and high mountain
hast thou set thy bed: even thither
wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
8 Behind the doors also and the
posts hast thou set up thy remem-
brance: for thou hast discovered
thyself to another than me, and
art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy
bed, and made thee a covenant
with them; thou lovedst their bed
where thou sawest it.
9 And thou wentest to the king
with ointment, and didst increase
thy perfumes, and didst send thy
messengers far off, and didst debase
thyself even unto %hell.
10 Thou art wearied in the great-
ness of thy way; yet saidst thou
not, There is no hope: thou hast
found the life of thine hand; there-
fore thou wast not grieved.
11 And of whom hast thou been
afraid or feared, that thou hast lied,
and hast not remembered me, nor
laid rt to thy heart? chave not I
held my peace even of old, and thou
fearest me not?
12 I will declare thy righteous-
ness, and thy works; for they shall
not profit thee.
13. When thou criest, let thy com-
panies deliver thee; but the wind
shall carry them all away; vanity
shall take them: but he that put-
teth his ¢trust in me shall possess
the land, and shall inherit my holy
mountain;
- 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast
ye up, prepare the way, take up the
stumblingblock out of the way of
my people.
15 For thus saith the high and
lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,
ewhose name 1s Holy; fI dwell in
the high and holy place, with him
also that is of a contrite and hum-
ble spirit, to revive the spirit of the
humble, and to revive the heart of
the contrite ones.
16 &For I will not contend for
ever, neither will I be always
wroth: for the spirit should fail be-
fore me, and the souls which I have
made. :
17 For the iniquity of his “covet-
ousness was I wroth, and smote
him: I hid me, and was wroth, and
he went on frowardly in the way of
his heart.
ISAIAH.
a Lit. meal.
b Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.
2.5, note.
¢ Psa.50.21.
d Psa.2.12,
note.
e Job 6.10;
Lk.1.49.
f Psa.68.4;
Zech.2.13.
g Psa.85.5;
103.9; Mic.
7.18.
h Jer.6.13.
t Jer.3.22.
j Heb.13.15.
k Acts 2.39;
Eph.2.17.
1 Job 15.20;
Prov.4.16.
m 1 Ki.21.9,
12,13.
n Zech.7.5.
o Lk.4.18,19.
b Neh.5.10-12.
q Jer.34.9.
v Ezk.18.7,
16; Mt.25.
35.
s Job 31.19.
t Gen.29.14;
Neh.5.5. }
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18 I have seen his ways, and ‘will
heal him: I will lead him also, and
restore comforts unto him and to
his mourners.
19 I create Jthe fruit of the lips;
Peace, peace *to him that is far
off, and to Aim that is near, saith
the Lorp; and I will heal him.
20 ‘But the wicked are like the
troubled sea, when it cannot rest,
whose waters cast up mire and
dirt.
21 There is no peace, saith my
God, to the wicked.
CHAPTER 58.
(Ethical instructions, continued.)
Ce aloud, spare not, lift up thy
voice like a trumpet, and shew
my people their transgression, and
the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily, and de-
light to know my ways, as a nation
that did righteousness, and forsook
not the ordinance of their God: they
ask of me the ordinances of justice;
ae take delight in approaching to
od,
3 Wherefore have we fasted, say
they, and thou seest not? where-
fore have we afflicted our soul, and
thou takest no knowledge? Behold,
in the day of your fast ye find pleas-
ure, and exact all your labours.
4 ™Behold, ye fast for strife and
debate, and to smite with the fist of
wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye
do this day, to make your voice to
be heard on high.
5 Is it *such a fast that I have
chosen? a day for a man to afflict
his soul? zs it to bow down his head
as a bulrush, and to spread sack-
cloth and ashes under him? wilt
thou call this a fast, and an accept-
able day to the LoRD?
6 Is not this the fast that I have
chosen? to loose the bands of
wickedness, to ’undo the heavy
burdens, and %to let the oppressed
go free, and that ye break every
yoke?
7 Is it not to “deal thy bread to
the hungry, and that thou bring
the poor that are cast out to thy
house? Swhen thou seest the naked,
that thou cover him; and that thou
hide not thyself ‘from thine own
flesh?
8 Then shall thy light break forth
as the morning, and thine health
shall spring forth speedily: and thy
righteousness shall go before thee;
58 ¥{
*the glory of the LORD shall be thy}
rereward.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the
Lorp shall answer; thou shalt cry,
and he shall say, Here lam. If
thou take away from the midst of
thee the yoke, the putting forth of
the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul
to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy light
rise in obscurity, and thy darkness
be as the noon day: c
11 And the Lorp shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones:
and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not.
12 And they that shali be of
thee shall build the old waste places:
thou shalt raise up the foundations
of many generations; and thou
shalt be called, The repairer of the
breach, The restorer of paths to
dwell in,
13 If thou turn away thy foot
from the sabbath, from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day; and call
the sabbath a delight, the holy of
the Lorp, honourable; and shalt
honour him, not doing thine own
ways, nor finding thine own pleas-
ure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself
in the Lorpb; and I will cause thee
to ride upon the high places of the
earth, and feed thee with the heri-
tage of Jacob thy father: for the
mouth of the LorD hath spoken it.
CHAPTER 59.
(Ethical instructions, continued.)
EHOLD, the Lorp’s hand is
not shortened, that it cannot
save; neither his ear heavy, that it
cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have sepa-
rated between you and your God,
and your sins have hid Ays face
from you, that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are defiled with
blood, and your fingers with ini-
quity; your lips have spoken lies,
your tongue hath muttered per-
verseness.
4 None calleth for justice, nor
any pleadeth for truth: they trust
in vanity, and speak lies; they con-
ceive mischief, and bring forth
iniquity.
5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs,
and weave the spider’s web: he
that eateth of their eggs dieth, and
ISAIAH.
a Isa.52.12;
Ex.14.19.
6 Psa.2.12,
note.
c Rom.3.15,
d vs.7,8;
Rom.3.16,17.
e Righteous-
ness (gar-
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B.C. 698.
(9 8
ee
that which is crushed breaketh out
into a viper.
6 Their webs shall not become
garments, neither shall they cover
themselves with their works: their
works are works of iniquity, and
the act of violence is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they
make haste to shed innocent blood:
their thoughts are thoughts of ini-
quity; wasting and ¢destruction are
in their paths.
8 The way of peace they know
not; and there is no judgment m
their goings: they have made them
crooked paths: whosoever goeth
therein shall not know peace.
9 Therefore is judgment far from
us, neither doth justice overtake
us: we wait for light, but behold
ebscurity; for brightness, but we
walk in darkness. ‘
10 We grope for the wall like the
blind, and we grope as if we had
no eyes: we stumble at noon day
as in the night; we are in desolate
places as dead men.
11 We roar all like bears, and
mourn sore like doves: we look for
judgment, but there is none: for
salvation, but it is far off from us.
12 For our transgressions are mul-
tiplied before thee, and our sins
testify against us: for our trans-
gressions are with us; and as for
our iniquities, we know them;
13 In transgressing and lying
- jagainst the LORD, and departing
away from our God, speaking op-
pression and revolt, conceiving and
uttering from the heart words of
falsehood.
14 And judgment is turned away
backward, and justice standeth afar
off: for truth is fallen in the street,
and equity cannot enter.
15° Yea, truth faileth; and he that
departeth from evil maketh himself
a prey: and the LorpD saw it, and
it displeased him that there was
no judgment.
16 And he saw that there was no
man, and wondered that there was
no intercessor: therefore his arm
brought salvation unto him; and
his righteousness, it sustained him.
17 For he put on ‘righteousness as
a breastplate, and an helmet of sal-
vation upon his head; and he put
-lon the garments of vengeance for
clothing, and was clad with zeal as
a cloke.
18 According to their deeds, ac-
|cordingly he will repay, fury to his
adversaries, recompence to his ene-
t
mies; to the islands he will repay) 3B.c. 698.
recompence.
19 Soshall they ®fear the name of
the Lorp from the west, and his
glory from the rising of the sun.
When the enemy shall come in like
a flood, the ‘Spirit of the LorD shall
lift up a standard against him.
The Deliverer out of Zion.
(Cf. Rom. 11. 23-29.)
20 1And the Redeemer shall
2come to 2Zion, and unto them that
turn from transgression in Jacob,
saith the Lorp. :
21 As for me, this 7s my covenant
with them, saith the Lorp; My
spirit that 1s upon thee, and my
ewords which I have put in thy
mouth, shall not depart out of thy
mouth, nor out of the mouth of
thy seed, nor out of the mouth of
a i.e. coasts.
6 Psa.19.9,
note.
Tsa.61.1.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
d vs.20,21;
Rom.11.
26,27.
thy seed’s seed, saith the Lorp, yore
from henceforth and for ever. (Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
CHAPTER 60.
Israel (pro-
(The Deliverer out of Zion, " phecres)
continued. vs.I-12;
er.23.3-8
RISE, shine; for thy light 1s 1Gni323:
come, and the glory of the| Rom-11-20.)
Lorp is risen upon thee. g See Isa.42.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall} 6, and note.
cover the earth, and gross darkness Ree hiees
the people: but the Lorp shall|’37°
arise upon thee, and his glory shall] .
be seers upon thee. # Gen.25.4.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to} ; Gen.25.13.
thy élight, and kings to the bright-
ness of thy rising. k Hag.2.7,9.
4 Lift up thine eyes round about,| ; fsa.52.7. -
and see: all they gather themselves
together, they come to thee: thy
sons shall come from far, and thy
daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
“5 Then thou shalt see, and flow
together, and thine heart shall fear,
and be enlarged; because the abun-
dance of the sea shall be converted
unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles
shall come unto thee.
1 Redemption: Kinsman type, summary,
a beautiful type of Christ.
(1) The kinsman redemption was of persons, and an inheritance
48; 25. 25; Gal. 4. 5; Eph. 1. 7, 11, 14).
(2) The Redeemer must be a kinsman (Lev. 25. 48, 49; Ruth 3. 12,
4, 4; Heb. 2. 14, 15).
(3) The Redeemer must
10. ta)
25. 27; 1 Pet. 1. 18, 19; Gal. 3. 13).
2The tire when the “Redeemer shalt come to Zion”
ISAIAH.
c Holy Spirit.
e Inspiration.
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| 6 The multitude of camels shall
cover thee, the dromedaries of
Midian and ‘Ephah; all they
from Sheba shall come: they shall
bring gold and incense; and they
shall shew forth the praises of the
LORD. P
7 All the flocks of 7Kedar shall be
gathered together unto thee, the
rams of Nebaioth shall minister
unto thee: they shall come up with
acceptance on mine altar, and *I
will glorify the house of my glory.
8 Who are these that fly as a
cloud, and as the doves to their
windows?
9 Surely the ¢isles shall wait for
ime, and the ships of Tarshish first,
to bring thy sons from far, their
silver and their gold with them,
unto the name of the Lorp thy
God, and to the Holy One of Israel,
because he hath glorified thee.
10 And the sons of strangers shalt ,
build up thy walls, and their kings
shall minister unto thee: for in my
wrath I smote thee, but in my fa-
vour have I had mercy on thee.
11 Therefore thy gates shall be
open continually; they shall not be
shut day nor night; that men may
bring unto thee the forces of the
Gentiles, and that their kings may
be brought.
12 For the nation and kingdom
that will not serve thee shall per-
ish; yea, those nations shall be
utterly wasted.
13 The glory of Lebanon shall.
come unto thee, the fir tree, the
pine tree, and the box together, to
beautify the place of my sanctuary;
and I will make the place of my
feet glorious.
14 The sons also of them that af-
flicted thee shall come bending unto
thee; and all they that despised
thee shall bow themselves down
at the soles of thy ‘feet; and they
shall call thee, The city of the
The goel, or Kinsman-Redeemer, is
(Lev. 25.
13; Gal.
be able to redeem (Ruth 4. 4-6; Jer. 50. 34; John
Redemption is effected by the goe! paying the just demand in full (Lev.
See Ex. 14. 30, note; Rom, 3. 24, note.
is fixed, relatively, by
Rom. 11. 23-29 as following the completion of the Gentile Church. That is also
the order of the great dispensational passage, Acts 15. 14-17.
In both, the return
of the Lord to Zion follows the outcalling of the Church.
765
60 15] ISAIAH. .
Lorp, The Zion of the Holy One! _B.c. 698.__|the prison to therm that are
of Israel. bound; ;
15 Whereas thou hast been for- 2 To proclaim the acceptable
saken and hated, so that no man}, yb. goer, |1year of the LorD, and the “day of
went through thee, I will make| Redemp.’ |yengeance of our God; to: comfort
thee an eternal excellency, a joy} (Kinsman |ajl that mourn;
. type). Isa.
Chere cbaletaiee ‘suck the miik 99:20, note. |Kingdom peace and blessing
of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the|? Rev.21.23; | after the day of vengeance an:
- breast of kings: and thou shalt 22.5. ticipated (Isa. (Si pewaiee 24): (1)
The restoration of Israel (ex-
know that I the LorD am thy} c Zech.2:5. tends to Isa. 62. 12).
Saviour and thy *Redeemer, the
mighty One of Jacob. See 3 To appoint unto them that
17 For brass I will bring gold, and mourn in Zion, to give unto them
for iron I will bring silver, and sepa oe " beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
eV. - .
for wood brass, and for stones mourning, ‘the garment of praise
iron: I will also make thy officers) fPsa.37.11, |for the spirit of heaviness; -that
peace, and thine exactors righteous-| 22; Mt.5.5. |they might be called trees of right-
ness, — g 1sa.61.3: eousness, the planting of the LorD,
18 Violence shall no more be|” mti5.13. that he might be glorified.
heard ‘in thy land, wasting nor 4 And they shall build the old
destruction within thy borders; but rere wastes, they shall raise up the
thou shalt call thy walls Salvation,| 2°19.’ °~ former desolations, and they shall
and thy gates Praise. ; .., |\repair the waste cities, the desola-
19 The sun shall be no more thy| ‘ #04 Spirit. |tions of many generations.
light by day; neither for brightness] (Gen1.2: 5 And strangers shall stand and
shall the moon give light unto thee:| Mal.2.15.) |feed your flocks, and the sons of
but the Lorp shall be unto thee j Lie-4.18,19 the alien shall be your plowmen
an everlasting light, and ‘thy God “~—""* land your vinedressers.
thy glory. k Christ 6 But ye shall be named the
20 ¢Thy sun shall no more go est A. Priests of the LORD: men shall call
down; neither shall thy moon with- Dan.9.25,26, |you the Ministers of our God: ye
draw itself: for the LorD shall be] (Gen.3.15; [shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
thine everlasting light, and the] Acts19) jand in their glory shall’ye boast
days of thy mourning shall be} ;1x.7:20; yourselves.
ended. Acts 10.38. 7 For your shame ye shall have
Binet hy: pangs also shall be all iGeueet double; and for_ confusion they
righteous: ‘they shall inherit the]”ys-5. shall rejoice in their portion: there-
land for ever, the %branch of my] Mt.3.1,2. fore in their land they shall possess
planting, the work of my hands, mite the double: everlasting joy shall be
that I may be glorified. ie unto them.
22 A “little one shall become an Day (of dee | 8 For I the Loeb love judgment,
thousand, and a small one a strong| S‘ruction). |] hate robbery for burnt-offering:
nation: I the LorD will hasten it tee atone and I will direct their work in truth,
in his time. Rev.20.11- jand I will make an everlasting
15, ree aan En them. }
B Covenant 9 And their seed shall be known
CHAPTER 61. (New). among, the Gentiles, and their off-
Jer-31-31-34. |spring among the people: all that
The two advents in one view. :
Seen P eRe ie) see them shall acknowledge them,
HE ‘Spirit of the yore sep 1s eiateebae rage ine we the Sere. which the
Jupon “me; because the LorD ef P ORD ha essed.
hath ‘anointed me to preach good Se 10 I will greatly rejoice in the
mtidings unto the meek; he hath} sa.64.6. _ |LorRD, my soul shall be joyful in
ene me to bind up the broken- Soames my God; for he hath clothed me
earted, to proclaim liberty to with the garments of salvation, he
the captives, and the opening of hath covered me with the *robe
1 Observe that Jesus suspended the reading of this passage in the synagogue at
Nazareth (Lk. 4. 16-21) at the comma in the middle of Isa. 61.2. The first advent,
therefore, opened the day of grace, “the acceptable year of Jehovah,” but does not
fulfil the day of vengeance. That will be taken up when Messiah returns (2 Thes,
1, 7-10). Cf. Isa. 34. 8; 35. 4-10. The last verse, taken with the 4th, gives the
historic connection: the vengeance precedes the regathering of Israel, and syn-
chronizes with the day of the LorD (Isa. 2. 10-22; Rev. 19. 11-21; also Isa. 63, 1-6).
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ISAIAH.
of righteousness, as a bridegroom] _B.c. 698.
decketh Aimself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorneth herseif
with her jewels.
11 For as the earth bringeth forth
her bud, and as the garden causeth
the things that are sown in it to
spring forth; so the Lord Gop will
cause righteousness and praise to
spring forth before all the nations.
a vs.4.12;
Isa.65.15.
b Zech.9.16:
¢ Hos.1.10;
1 Pet.2.10.
di.e. My de.
light 1s in
her.
CHAPTER 62.
(Restorationof Israel, continued.)
FoR Zion’s sake will I not hold
my peace, and for Jerusalem’s
sake I will not rest, until the right-
eousness thereof go forth as bright-
ness, and the salvation thereof as a
lamp that burneth.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy
righteousness, and all kings thy
glory: and “thou shalt be cailed by
a new name, which the mouth of
ei.e. Married.
f Ezk.3.17;
33.7. ;
g Kingdom
(O.T.)
the LorD shall name. vs.10-12;
3 Thou shalt also be 4a crown of Teer aes
glory in the hand of the Lorb, and] Zech.12.8,)
a royal diadem in the hand of thy
God. hMt.21.5.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed) ; eb. goel,
Forsaken; neither shall thy land]. Redemp.
any more be termed Desolate: but ein eng
thou shalt be called ¢Hephzi-bah,| 58°20, note.
and thy land. ‘Beulah: for the|-
Lorp delighteth in thee, and thy ese Je-
land shall be married. raticoam
5 For as a young man marrieth a| Isa.66.15-24.
virgin, so shall thy sons marry oer Tre
thee: and as the bridegroom re-| 91.) ~~
joiceth over the bride, so shall thy
God rejoice over thee. eon ad
6 fI have set watchmen upon thy| drmaged-
walls, O Jerusalem, which shail} don (battle
never hold their peace day nor Pak ae
night: ye that make mention of the} (Rev.16.i4;
Lorp, keep uct silence, * 19.11-21.)
‘7 And give him no rest, till he 4
establish, and till he make Jerusa- Pay lok oo
lem a praise in the earth. _ | Mt.25.31-46.
8 The LorpD hath sworn by his oot
right hand, and by the arm of his] 35) ~
strength, Surely I will no more
give thy corn to be meat for thine
enemies; and the sons of the stran-
ger shall not drink thy wine, for
the which thou hast laboured: |
9 But they that have gathered it
shall eat it, and praise the LORD;
and they that have brought it to-
gether shall drink it in the COUFES|
of my holiness.
10 Go through, go through the
gates; prepare ye the way of the
people; cast up, cast up the high-
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way; gather out the stones; lift up
a Sstandard for the people.
11 Behold, the Lorp hath pro-
claimed unto the end of the world,
hSay ye to the daughter of Zion,
Behold; thy salvation cometh; he-
hold, his reward is with him, and
his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The
holy people, The ‘redeemed ‘of the
LoRD: and thou shalt be called,
Sought out, A city not forsaken.
CHAPTER 63.
(2) The day of vengeance. (Cf.
Isa..2. 10-22; Rev. 19. 11-21.)
Ei HO is this that cometh from
Edom, with dyed garments
from Bozrah? this that is glorious
in his apparel, travelling in the
greatness of his strength? I that
speak in righteousness, mighty to
save.
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine
apparel, and thy garments like him
that treadeth in the winefat?
3 I have trodden the winepress
alone; and of the people there was
none with me: for I will *tread them
in mine anger, and trample them in
my fury; and their blood shall be
sprinkled upon my garments, and I
will stain all my raiment. ;
4 For the ‘day of vengeance is in
mine heart, and the year of my ‘re-
deemed is come.
5 And I looked, and there was
none to help; and I wondered that
there was none to uphold: there-
fore mine own arm brought salva-
tion unto me; and my fury, it up-
held me.
6 And I will tread down the peo-
ple in mine anger, and make them
drunk in my fury, and [I will
bring down their strength to the
earth.
Fear and hope of the Remnant
(Isa. 1.9; Rom. 11.5) in the day
of vengeance.
7 I will mention the lovingkind-
nesses of the LORD, and the praises
of the Lorp, according to all that
the Lorp hath bestowed on us, and
the great goodness toward the
house of Israel, which he hath be-
stowed on them according to his
mercies, and according to the mul-
titude of his lovingkindnesses.
8 For he said, Surely they are my
people, children that will not lie: so
he was their Saviour. |
Q In all their affliction he was
afflicted, and the ¢angel of his pres-|__B.C. 698.
ence saved them: in his love and in : CHAPTER 64.
his pity he 4redeemed them; and (Fear and hope of the Remnant,
he bare them, and carried them all continued.)
the days of old. :
10 -But they rebelled, and ‘vexed H that thou wouldest rend the
his 2holy Spirit: therefore he was heavens, that thou wouldest
turned to be their enemy, and he come down, that the mountains
fought against them. might flow down at thy presence,
11 Then he remembered the days 2 As when the melting fire burn-
of old, Moses, and his people, eth, the fire causeth the waters ta
saying, Where is he that brought|¢ Heb.1.4, boil, to make thy name known to
them up out of the sea with the] 7°*¢ thine adversaries, that the nations
shepherd of his flock? where is|b Heb. goel, |may tremble at thy presence! _
he that put his holy Spirit within| Redemp. 3 When thou didst terrible things
him? Yinsman \which we looked not for, thou
12 That led them by the right} 59.20, note. |camest down, the mountains flowed
hand of Moses with his glorious down at thy presence.
erm, dividing the water before|°** ved | 4 For since the beginning of the
them, to make himself an everlast-|¢ aoe Spitit. world men have not heard, nor per-
ZKL.2.
ing name? reget ceived by the ear, neither hath the
Beco tal cn Lie tn thence ea eee ee
q orse ress, :
that they shout Por stumble? se e Fes12-2, eth for eae ' .
14 Asa beast goeth down into the} "0° 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth
valley, the Spirit of the LoRD|sor,whohath|and worketh righteousness, those
caused him to rest: so didst thou Worked for |that remember thee in thy ways:
lead thy people, to make thyself a| #27,%"° |behold, thou art wroth: for we have
glorious name. waited for |sinned: in those is continuance, and
15 Look down from heaven, and him, Cf Isa. we shall be saved.
yehold axe Roe abitation gf thy] john 14.2; 6 But Wears
oliness and of thy glory: where is} 1 Cor.2.9; ing.and alt %
thy zeal and thy strength, the] Rev-21.1. a b
sounding of thy bowels and of thy], righteous-
mercies toward me? are they re-|° ness (gar-
strained? mene: A
16 Doubtless thou art our father, (Gaon upon thy name, that stirreth up
though Abraham be ignorant of us,| Rev.i9.8.) |himself to take hold of thee: for
and Israel acknowledge us not: hsa.29.16, |tHOu hast hid thy face from us, and
thou, O Lorp, art our father, our!" 423. jec1g, [hast consumed us, because of our
’redeemer; thy name is from ever-| 6:Rom.9._ |iniquities.
lasting. 20,21, 8 But now, O Lorb, thou art our
17 O Lorp, why hast thou made 2father; we.are the clay, and thou
us to err from thy ways, and hard- hour potter; and we all are the
ened our heart from thy ¢fear? work of thy hand.
Return for thy servants’ sake, the 9 Be not wroth very sore, O
tribes of thine inheritance, Lorb, neither remember iniquity .
18 The people of thy holiness for ever: behold, see, we beseech
have possessed it but a little while: thee, we are all thy people.
our adversaries have trodden down 10 Thy holy cities are a wilder-
thy sanctuary. ness, Zion is a wilderness, Jeru-
19 Weare thine: thou never bar- salem a desolation. .
est rule over them; they were not 11 Our holy and our beautiful
called by thy name. house, where our fathers praised
1Cf, Isa. 1. 2; 64. 8. Israel, collectively, the national Israel, recognizes God as
the national Father (cf. Ex. 4. 22, 23). Doubtless the believing Israelite was born
anew (cf. John 3. 3, 5 with Lk. 13. 28), but the O.T. Scriptures show no trace of
the consciousness of personal sonship. The explanation is given in Gal. 4. 1-7.
The Israelite, though a child, “differed nothing from a servant.” The Spirit, as
the “Spirit of His Son,” could not be given to impart the consciousness of sonship
ment uat had been accomplished (Gal. 4. 4-6). See “Adoption” (Rom. &.
15; Eph. 1. 5).
_? Here the reference is to relationship through creation, rather than through
faith, as in Acts 17. 28, 29, note.
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thee, is burned up with fire: and
all our pleasant things are laid
waste.
12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for
these things, O LorpD? wilt thou
hoid thy peace, and afflict us very
sore?
CHAPTER 65.
The answer of Jehovah to the
Remnant.
AM sought of them that asked
not for me; I am found of them
that sought me “not: I said, Behold
me, behold me, unto a nation that
was not called by my name.
2 *I have spread out my hands:all
the day unto a rebellious people,
which walketh in a way that was
not good, after their own thoughts;
3 A people ‘that provoketh me to
anger continually to my face; that
sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth
incense upon altars of brick;
4 dWhich remain among the
graves, and lodge in the monu-
ments, which eat swine’s flesh, and
broth of abominable things is in
their vessels;
5 Which say, Stand by thyself,
come not near to me; for I am
holier than thou. These are a
smoke in my nose, a fire that burn-
- eth all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me:
I will- not keep silence, but will
recompense, even recompense into
their bosom,
7 Your iniquities, and ¢the iniqui-
ties of your fathers together, saith
the Lorp, fwhich have burned in-
cense upon the mountains, and
&blasphemed me upon the _ hills:
therefore will I measure their for-
“mer work into their bosom.
8 Thus saith the Lorp, As the
new wine is found in the cluster,
and one saith, Destroy it not; for
a blessing is in it: so will I do for
my servants’ sakes, that I may not
. destroy them all.
9 And I will bring forth a seed
out of Jacob, and out of Judah an
inheritor of my mountains: and
mine “elect shall inherit it, and my
servants shall dwell there.
10 And ‘Sharon shall be a fold of
flocks, and the jvalley of Achor a
place for the herds to lie down in,
for my people that have sought me.
ISAIAH.
11 But ye are they that forsake
the Lorp, that forget my holy
mountain, that prepare a table for
and that furnish the
12 Therefore will I number you
to the sword, and ye shall all bow
down to the slaughter: because
when I called, ye did not answer;
when I spake, ye did not hear; but
did evil before mine eyes, and did
choose that wherein I delighted not.
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop, Behold, my servants shall eat,
aRom.10.20, |but ye shall be hungry: behold, my
servants shall drink, but ye shall
6 Rom.10.21. |be thirsty: behold, my servants
¢Deut.32.21, |Shall rejoice, but ye shall be
ashamed:
d ee ; 14 Behold, my servants shall sing
Pay for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
e Ex.20.5. sorrow of heart, and shall how! for
fEzk.18.6 ‘vexation of spirit.
ae 15 And ye shall leave your name
g Ezk.20.27,28.|*for a curse unto my chosen: for
Bo eee the Lord Gop shall slay thee, and
Mt.24.22; ‘call his servants by another name:
Rom.11.5,7. | 16 That he who blesseth himself
in the earth shall bless himself in
the God of truth; and he that
sweareth in the earth shall swear by
the God of truth; because the for-
i Isa,33.9;
35.2.
j Josh.7.24,26;
J teiLee mer troubles are forgotten, and be-
k Jer.29.22; cause they are hid from mine eyes.
Zech.8.13. 3
ae ‘The eternal blessing of Israel in
re Ewe the new earth. (Cf. Rev. 21., 22.),
is tae 17 For, 1behold, I “create new
66.22: 2 Bet, |neavens and a new earth: and the
3.13; Rev. |former shall not be remembered,
21.1. nor come into mind.
n 1sa.35.10; 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for
51.11; Rev. {ever im that which I create: for, be-
7.17; 21.4. |hold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing,
oIsa.61.9. and her people a joy.
19 And I willrejoice in Jerusalem,
and joy in my people: and "the
voice of weeping shall be no more
heard in her, nor the voice of
crying.
20 There shall be no more thence
an infant of days, nor an old man
that hath not filled his days: for
the child shall die an hundred years
old; but the sinner being an hun-
dred years old shall be accursed.
21 °And- they shall build houses,
and inhabit them; and they shall
plant vineyards, and eat the fruit
of them.
I Verse 17 looks beyond the kingdom-age to the new heavens and the new earth
(see refs. at “‘create’’), but verses
18-25 describe.the kingdom-age itself. Longevity
is restored, but death, the “last enemy” (1 Cor. 15. 26), is not destroyed till after
Satan’s rebellion at the end of the thousand years (Rev. 20. 7-14).
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65 22] ISAIAH.
22 They shall not build, and an-|__B.c.698.__|came, she was delivered of .a man
other inhabit; they shall not plant,
and another eat: for as the days of
a tree are the days of my people,
and mine elect shall long enjoy the
work of their hands. 4
‘23. They shall not labour in vain,
nor bring forth for trouble; @for
they are the seed of the blessed of
the Lorp, and their offspring with
them.
24 And it shall come to pass, that
before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will
hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall
a Kingdom
child.
8 Who hath heard such a thing?
who hath seen such things? Shall
the earth be made to bring forth in
one day? or shall a nation be born
at once? for as soon as Zion trav-
ailed, she brought forth her chil-
dren.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and
not cause to bring forth? saith the
Lorp: shall I cause to bring forth,
and shut the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and
be glad with her, all ye that love
her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye
feed together, and the lion shall eat| (0-T.).vs. |that mourn for her:
straw ike the bullock: and dust eaak _11 That ye may suck, and be sat-
shall be the serpent’s meat. @They| (Gen.1.26; _ |isfied with the breasts of her con-
shall not hurt nor destroy in all| Zech.12.8.) |solations; that ye may milk out, and
my holy mountain, saith the LORD.|, 35. act, |be delighted with the abundance of
.| 7.49,50;17. |her glory.
CHAPTER 66. 24. 12 Bat thus saith the Lorp, ee
Kingdom blessing, continued, |¢Psa34.s; |Pold. eee pene: aoe
<3 agate S saith the Lorp, The ®hea- Gentiles like a fowing stream: then
ven is my throne, and the/? qe ts shall ye suck, ye shall be borne
earth 7s my footstool: where is the “~~ lupon her sides, and be dandled
house that ye build unto me? and eter Mic. upon her knees.
where is the place of my rest?
2 For all those things hath mine
hand made, and all those things
have been, saith the Lorp: but to
this man will I look, “even to him
that is poor and of a contrite
spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Ff Isa.48.18;
60.5.
g See Ezk,
37.1.
h Xsa.9.5;
i3 As one whom his mother com-
forteth, so will I comfort you; and
ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 And when ye see this, your
heart shall rejoice, and your bones
shall flourish like an herb: and the
hand of the LorpD shall be known
3 He that killeth an ox is as if 4 Faces toward his servants, and Ais indig-
he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a| i Day (of nation toward his enemies.
lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck;| Jehovah). | 15 For, behold, the "Lorp will
he that offereth an oblation, as 1f he Jer.25.29-38. |Come with fire, and with his chariots
offered swine’s blood; he that burn-| (sa.2.10-22; |like a whirlwind, to ‘render his
eth incense, as if he blessed an
idol. Yea, they have chosen their
Rev.19.11-
21.)
anger with fury, and his rebuke
with flames of fire.
own ways, and their soul delight-|7 Armaged- 16 For by fire and by his jsword
eth in their abominations. ae erie will the Lorp plead with all flesh:
4 T also will choose their delu-| fez/o¢90-33.’|and the slain of the Lorp shall be
sions, and will bring their fears upon| (Rev.16.14;\ |many.
them; because when I called, none| 19-11-21.) 17 They that sanctify themselves,
did answer; when I spake, they did
not hear: but they did evil before
mine eyes, and chose that in which
I delighted not.
5 Hear the word of the Lorp, ye
that tremble at his word; Your
brethren that hated you, that cast
you out for my name’s sake, said,
Let the Lorp be glorified: but ¢he
Shall appear to your joy, and they|
shall be ashamed, aagtis
(ia - .
voice of noise from the city,
a voice from the temple, a voice
of the Lorp that rendereth recom-
pence to his enemies.
7 Before she ¢travailed, she
brought forth; before her pain
k i.e. coasts.
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and purify themselves in the gar-
dens behind one tree in the midst,
eating swine’s flesh, and the abomi-
nation, and the mouse, shall be con-
sumed together, saith the Lorp.
18 For I know their works and
their_ thoughts: it shall come,
that I will gather all nations and
tongues; and they shall come, and
see my glory.
19 And I will set a sign among
them, .and I will send those that
escape of them unto the nations, to
Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw
the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to
the “isles afar off, that have not
heard my fame, neither have seen
D
ae :
66 20]
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ISAIAH.
[66 24
my glory; ¢and they shall declare} B.c.698. _|the new earth, which I will make,
my glory among the Gentiles.
20 And they shall bring all your
brethren °for an offering unto the
LorpD out of all nations upon
horses, and in chariots, and in
litters, and upon mules, and upon
swift beasts, to my holy mountain
Jerusalem, saith the Lorn, as the
children of Israel bring an offering
in a clean vessel into the house of
the Lorpb.
21 And I will also take of them
for priests and for Levites, saith
the Lorb.
22 For ‘as the new heavens and
a Mal.1.11.
b Isa.18.7.
c Isa.65.17;
2'Pet-3.135
Rev.21.1.
d Zech.14.17-
21.
e Mk.9.44.
7
shall remain before me, saith the
LORD, so shall your seed and your
name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass,
¢that from one new moon to an-
other, and from one sabbath to an-
other, shail all flesh come to worship
before me, saith the Lorp.
24 And they shall go forth, and
look upon the carcases of the men
that have transgressed against me:
for ‘their worm .shall not die,
neither shall their fire be quenched;
and they shall be an abhorring unto
all flesh.
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
1]j
JEREMIAH.
{1 35
JEREMIAH began his ministry in the 13th year of Josiah, about 60 years after Isaiah’s
death. Zephaniah and Habakkuk were contemporaries of his earlier ministry,
‘Daniel of his later.
After the death of Josiah, the kingdom of Judah hastened
‘to is end in the Babylonian captivity. Jeremiah remained in the land ministering
to the poor Remnant (2 Ki. 24. 14) until they went into Egypt, whither he followed
them, and where he died, early in the 70 years’ captivity. Jeremiah, prophesying
before and during the exile of Judah, connects the pre-exile prophets with Ezekiel
and Daniel, prophets of the exile.
F Jeremiah’s vision includes: the Babylonian captivity; the return after 70 years;
the world-wide dispersion; the final regathering; the kingdom-age; the day of judg-
ment on the Gentile powers, and the Remnant.
Jeremiah is in six chief divisions:
the first captives, 1. 1-29. 32.
36. 32.
prophet in Egypt, 43. 1-44. 30.
I. From the prophet’s call to his message to
II. Prophecies and events not chronological, 30. 1-
III. From the accession to the captivity of Zedekiah, 37. 1-39. 18.
miah’s prophecies in the land after the final captivity of Judah, 40. 1-42. 22.
IV. Jere-
V. The
VI. Miscellaneous prophecies, 45. 1-52. 34.
The events recorded in Jeremiah cover a period of 41 years (Ussher).
PART I. FROM THE CALL OF JEREMIAH TO HIS MESSAGE TO THE
FIRST CAPTIVES: CHAPTERS 1.-29.
CHAPTER 1.
Introduction.
P[HE words of Jeremiah the son
of Hilkiah, of the priests that
were in Anathoth in the land of
Benjamin:
2 To whom the word of the Lorp
came in the days of Josiah the son
of Amon king of Judah, in the thir-
teenth year of his reign.
3 It came also in the days of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
of. Judah, unto the end of the elev-
enth year of Zedekiah the son of
Josiah king of Judah, unto the
carrying away of Jerusalem cap-
tive in the “fifth month,
The prophet’s call and
‘enduement.
4 Then the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly
I knew thee; and before thou cam-
est forth out of the womb I 4sanc-
tified thee, and I ordained thee a
Prophet unto the nations.
6 Then said.I, Ah, Lord Gop! be-
hold, I cannot speak: for I am a
child.
7 But the Lorp said unto me, Say
not, I am a child: for thou shalt go
to all that I shall send thee, and
B-C. 629.
ai.e. August.
b Sanctify,
holy (O.T.).
Dan.4.13,
25. (Gen.
2.3; Zech.
8.3.)
¢ Jer.15.20;
Ex.3.12;
d Inspiration,
Jer.30.2.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.2%19.)
e Num.17.8,
note,
f Ezk.11.3,7;
~ 24.3-14,
g Jer.5.15;
6.22; 10.22;
25.9.
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whatsoever I command thee thou —
shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for
I ‘am with thee to deliver thee,
saith the Lorp.
9 Then the LorD put forth his
hand, and touched my mouth. And
the LorD said unto me, Behold, I
have put my 4words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee
over the nations and over the king-
doms, to root out, and to pull down,
and to destroy, and to throw
down, to build, and to plant.
The sign of the almond rod
and seething pot.
11 Moreover the word of the.
LORD came unto me, saying, Jere-
miah, what seest thou? And I said,
I see a “rod of an almond tree,
12 Then said the LorpD unto me,
Thou hast well. seen: for I will
hasten my word to perform it.
13 And the word of the Lorp
came unto me the second time,
saying, What seest thou? And I
said, I see fa seething pot; and the
face thereof is toward the north,
14 Then the LorD said unto me,
Out of the north an evil shall.break
forth upon all the inhabitants of the
land.
AS For, lo, I will gcall all the fami-
lies of the kingdoms of the north,
‘1 16] JEREMIAH. [2 19
saith the Lorp; and they shall
come, and they shall set every one
his throne at the entering of the
gates of Jerusalem, and against all
the walls thereof round about, and
against all the cities of Judah.
16 And I will utter my judgments
against them touching all their
wickedness, who have forsaken
the wilderness, through a land of
deserts and of pits, through a land
of drought, and of the shadow of
death, through a land that no man
passed through, and where no man
dwelt? ;
.| 7 And I brought you into “a
plentiful country, to eat the fruit
thereof and the goodness thereof;
me, and have burned incense unto jbut when ye entered, ye defiled my
other gods, and worshipped the land, and made mine heritage an
works of their own hands. abomination.
17 Thou therefore gird up thy 8 The priests said not, Where is
loins, and arise, and speak unto}/4 jer: the LoRD? and they that handle the
them all that I command thee: be} P&t+?8-2® jaw knew me not: the pastors also
not dismayed at their faces, lest I}b Jer.6.27; transgressed against me, and the
confound thee before them. 15.20; Isa. |prophets prophesied by Baal, and
18 For, behold, I have made thee SME walked after things that do not
this day %a defenced city, and an|}c Ezk.16.8, profit. 4
iron pillar, and brasen walls against| 2760; 23.3, | 9 Wherefore I ‘will yet plead with
the whole land, against the kings of aa you, saith the LORD, and with your
Judah, against the princes thereof, ; children’s children will I plead.
against the priests thereof, and/¢Deut.2.7. 10 For pass over the Jisles of Chit-
against the people of the land. _ | -px195,. |tim, and see; and send unto Kedar,
ae Eran cons sual ees nema aiid ae eae Ciligen cys and see if
ee; bu ey shall not preva’ sa.5.4; ere be such a thing.
against thee: for I am with thee,| Mic-63- 11 Hath a nation changed their
saith the LorD, to deliver thee. | ¢ Isa.63.9, gods, which are yet no gods?
vases Hos. |but my people have changed their
CHAPTER 2. 38: glory for that which doth not
. . h Or, the Jand | profit.
Fir Pe NE lg ens Pa of Carmel. | 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens,
wie pride asd 14.7.8; Deut. |at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye
OREOVER the !word of the! 3.7-9. very Sates aeehs Lorpb. ib
LORD came to me, saying, 4 13 For my people have committ
Be Se ae cate tao] OEE lene Mountann oC vig watee ad
salem, saying, ;
Lorp; I remernbes thee, the kind-|7i-e. coasts. {hewed them out cisterns, broken
ness of thy youth, the love of thine}, Jer.17.13; cisterns, that can hold no water.
espousals, when “thou wentest after] 18.14; Psa. 14 Js Israel a servant? is he a
me in the wilderness, in aland that] 36.9; John 4. |homeborn slave? why is hespoiled?
was not sown. if. 15 The young lions roared upon
3 Israel was holiness unto the]? Jer.43.7-9. |him, and yelled, and they made his
LorbD, and the firstfruits of his in- land waste: his cities are burned
“crease: all that devour him shall|” Devt3210. | without inhabitant. :
offend; evil shall come upon them,}|» Josh.13.3. 16 Also the children of Noph and
saith the LORD. ’Tahapanes have broken the crown
4 Hear ye the word of the LorpD, of thy head. :
9D house of Jacob, and all the fami- 17 Hast thou not procured this
lies of the house of Israel: unto thyself, in that thou hast for-
5 Thus saith the Lorp, fWhat) saken the LorD thy God, "when he
iniquity have your fathers found in led thee by the way?
me, that they are gone far from me, 18 And now what hast thou to do
in the way of Egypt, to drink the
waters of *Sihor? or what hast thou
to do in the way of Assyria, to drink
the waters of the river?
19 Thine own wickedness shall
and have walked after vanity, and
are become vain?
6 Neither said they, Where is the}
Lorp that *brought us up out of the}
land of Egypt, that led us through}
1 The general character of the first message from Jehovah to Judah by Jeremiah
is threefold: (1) He reminds Israel of the days of blessing and deliverance, e.g.
9. 1-7; (2) He reproaches them with forsaking Him, e.g. 2. 13; (3) He accuses them
of choosing other, and impotent, gods, e.g. 2. 10-12, 26-28. All these messages are
to be thought of as inspired sermons, spoken to the people and subsequently written.
Cf. Jer. 36. 1-32. ae
2 20;
JEREMIAH.
correct thee, and thy backslidings
shall reprove thee: know therefore
and see that it zs an evil thing and
bitter, that thou hast forsaken the
Lorp thy God, and that my fear
is not in thee, saith the Lord Gop
of hosts.
20 For of old time I have broken
thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and
“thou saidst, I will not transgress;
when Supon every high hill and
under every green tree thou wander-
est, playing the harlot.
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble
vine, wholly a right seed: how then
art thou turned into ‘the degener-
ate plant of a strange vine unto
me?
22 For though thou wash thee
with nitre, and take thee much
soap, yet ¢thine iniquity is marked
before me, saith the Lord Gop.
23 How canst thou say, I am not
polluted, I have not gone after Ba-
alim? see thy way in the valley,
know what thou hast done: thou
art a swift dromedary traversing
her ways;
24 A wild ass used to the wilder-
ness, that snuffeth up the wind at
her pleasure; in her occasion who
can turn her away? all they that
seek her will not weary themselves;
in her month they shall find her.
25 Withhold thy foot from being
unshod, and thy throat from thirst:
but thou saidst, There is no hope:
no; for I have loved strangers, and] .
after them will I go.
26 As the thief is ashamed when
he is found, so is the house of Israel
ashamed; they, their kings, their
princes, and their priests, and their
prophets,
27 Saying to a stock, Thou art
my father; and to a stone, Thou
hast brought me forth: for they
have turned their back unto me,
and not their face: but in the time
of their trouble they will say, Arise,
and save us.
28 But ‘where are thy gods that
thou hast made thee? let them arise,
if they can save thee in the time of
thy trouble: for according to the
number of thy cities are thy gods,
O Judah.
29 fWherefore will ye plead with
me? ye all have transgressed
against me, saith the Lorp.
30 In vain have I smitten your
children; they received no correc-
tion: your own sword hath éde-
voured your prophets, like
destroying lion.
B.C. 629.
a Ex.19.8;
Josh.24.18;
Jud.10.16;
1 Sam.12.10.
b Jer.3.6;
Deut.12.2;
Isa.57.5,7.
¢ Deut.32.32;
Isa.1.21;
5.4.
d Deut.32.34;
Job 14.17;
Hos.13.12.
e Deut.32.37;
Jud.10.14,
Ff vs.23,35.
g 2 Chr.36.16;
Neh.9.26;
Mt.23.29;
Acts 7.52;
1 Thes.2.15.
h Jer.13.25;
Psa.106.21;
Hos.8.14,
j Jer.2.20;
Ezk.16.26,
28,29.
k Jer.9.12;
14.4;
Ley.26.19;
Deut.28.23,
24.
i Jer:2.2¢
Hos.2.15.
a
794
3120 generation, see ye the word
of the Lorp. Have I been a wil-
derness unto Israel? a land of dark-
ness? wherefore say my people, We
are lords; we will come no more
unto thee?
32 Can a maid forget her orna-
ments, or a bride her attire? yet
my people “have forgotten me days
without number.
33 Why trimmest thou thy way
to seek love? therefore hast thou
also taught the wicked ones thy
ways.
34 Also in thy skirts is found the
blood of the souls of the poor inno-
cents: I have not found it by secret
search, but upon all these.
35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am
innocent, surely his anger shall turn
from me. Behold, I will plead with
thee, because thou sayest, I have
not sinned.
36 *Why gaddest thou about so
much to change thy way? thou also
shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou
wast ashamed of Assyria.
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from
him, and thine hands upon thine
head: for the Lorp hath rejected
thy confidences, and thou shalt not
prosper in them.
CHAPTER 3.
(First message, continued.)
a Ree g say, If a man put away
his wife, and she go from him,
and become another man’s, shall he
return unto her again? shall not
that land be greatly polluted? but
Jthou hast played the harlot with
many lovers; yet return again to
me, saith the Lorn.
2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high
places, and see where thou hast
not been lien with. In the ways
hast thou sat for them, as the
Arabian in the wilderness; and
thou hast polluted the land with
thy whoredoms and with thy wick-
edness.
| 3 Therefore the “showers have
been withholden, and there hath
been no latter rain; and thou hadst
a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst
to be ashamed.
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry
unto me, My father, thou art the
guide ‘of my youth?
5 Will he reserve his anger for
ever? will he keep it to the end?
Behold, thou hast spoken and done
evil things as thou couldest.
*
ape JEREMIAH. [3 24
shall ‘feed you with knowledge
and understanding.
16 And it shall come to pass, when
ye be multiplied and increased in
The second message to backslid-
den Judah (Jer. 3. 6-6. 30).
6 The Lorn ‘said also unto me in
the days of Josiah the king, Hast the land, in those days, saith the
thou seen that which backsliding Lorp, they shall say no more, The
2Tsrael hath done? she is gone up ark of the covenant of the LorbD:
upon every high mountain and neither shall it come to mind: nei-
under every green tree, and there ther shall they remember it; neither
ben Lg a ee pane hg a 7 rae Ase visit it; neither shall
nd I said after she had done al at be done any more.
eee fetes ues ars ee ap 17 ee that Hime spey sek el Je-
ut she returned not. n er rusalem the throne o e LORD;
treacherous ¢sister Judah saw it. |aRet.16.46; {and all the nations shall be gath-
8 And I saw, when for all the} 23.2,4. ered unto it, Sto the name of the
eb ace 3e 38s ar Yl wremnore afte eee
away and given hed a bill of di- ARTES ean of their Gal Reakt were
gorse: us hen acres sister pg aele rea 18 In those days /'the house of Ju-
udah feared not, but went and| 9.p;c,.’ |dah shall walk with the house of
played the harlot also. 28.13. Israel, and they shall come together
Ce ee ere Frsiearl, land tua Titers ene foe
defiled the land, and poiniitsed ra ay eves Pattee Petters cage
ery with stones and with er. 19 pe said ews shall pee Ges
stocks. f Eph4.i1. among the children, and give thee
10 And yet for all this her treach- a pleasant land, a goodly heritage
erous eigen Bees nae se ha f Acts 20.28, oes Rah of mabonsy panded eon,
unto me °wi er whole heart, but}, rs3.60.9 ou shalt call me, ‘My father;
feignedly, saith the Lorp. paper aS and shalt not turn away from me.
11 And the Lorp said unto me, ocala 20 Surely as a wife treacherously
The backsliding Israel hath justi-] 99. 3716 |departeth from her husband, so
a ned more than treacherous} 11. have a dealt goer bebe oc
a “Go and prorat phese ards aoreoe se. een Borat ral me a
- towar e north, and say, Return,| 7 Hos.6.1; 21 A voice was heard upon the
thou backsliding Israel, saith the 14.4, high places, weeping and supplica-
Lorb; and I will not cause mine}; psa.3.g. tions of the children of Israel: for
anger to fall upon you: for I am they have perverted their way, and
iene saith ee OEY and I any have forgotten the Lorp their
will not keep anger for ever. od.
13 ‘Only acknowledge thine ini- 22 Return, ye backsliding chil-
quity, that thou hast transgressed dren, and JI wili heal your back-
against the LorD thy God, and slidings. Behold, we come unto
hast scattered thy ways to the thee; for thou art the LorD our
strangers under ow ee tree, epee i |
and ye have not obeyed my voice, 2 ruly in vain is salvation
saith the LORD. hoped for. from the hills, and
14 Turn, O backsliding children, from the multitude of mountains:
saith the Lorp; for I am ¢married truly in the LorD our God is the
unto you: and I will take you one salvation of Israel.
of acity, and two of a family, and I 24 For shame hath devoured the
will bring you to Zion: labour of our fathers from our
15 And I will give you “pastors youth; their flocks and their herds,
according to mine heart, which their sons and their daughters.
1 The general character of the second message to Judah is: (1) of reproach that the
example of Jehovah’s chastening of the northern kingdom (2 Ki. 17. 1-18) had pro-
duced no effect upon Judah, e.g. 3. 6-10; (2) of warning of a like chastisement im-
pending over Judah, e.g. vs. 15-17; (3) of touching appeals to return to Jehovah,
€.g. 3. 12-14; and (4) of promises of final national restoration and blessing, e.g. 3.
6-18.
2 “Israel”? and “Ephraim”: names by which the northern kingdom (the ten
tribes) is usually called in the prophets. When by “Israel” the’ whole nation 1s
meant, it will appear from the context.
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3 25]
25 We lie down in our shame,
and our confusion covereth us: @for
we have sinned against the Lorp
our God, we and our fathers, from
our youth even unto this day, and
have not obeyed the voice of the
LORD our God.
CHAPTER 4.
(Second message, continued.)
F thou wilt return, O Israel, saith
the Lorp, return unto me: and
if thou wilt put away thine abomi-
nations out of my sight, then shalt
thou not remove.
2 And thou shalt swear, The
Lorp liveth, in truth, in judgment,
and in righteousness; and the na-
tions shall bless themselves in him,
and in him shall they glory.
3 For thus saith the LorD to the
men of Judah and Jerusalem,
‘Break up your fallow ground, and
sow not among thorns. ele das;
4 4Circumcise yourselves to the| 6.1,22.
Lorp, and take away the foreskins ane
of your heart, ye men of Judah and|* Jee G ase.
inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my
fury come forth like fire, and burn|¢ eae ay
that none can quench it, because cares
of the evil of your doings.
5 Declare ye in Judah, and pub-
lish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye
the trumpet in the land: cry, gather
together, and say, Assemble your-
selves, and let us go into the de-
fenced cities.
6 Set up the standard toward
Zion: retire, stay not: for I will
bring evil from the north, and a
great destruction.
7 The lion is come up from his
thicket, and the destroyer of the
Gentiles is on his way; he is gone
forth from his place to make thy
land desolate; and thy cities shall
be laid waste, without an inhab-
itant.
8 For this ‘gird you with sack-
cloth, lament and howl: for the
fierce anger of the LORD is not
turned back from us.
9 And it shall come to pass at
that day, saith the Lorp, that the
heart of the king shall perish, and
the heart of the princes; and the!
priests shall be astonished, and the
prophets shall wonder.
Then said I, Ah, Lord Gop!
8surely thou hast greatly deceived
1 Cf. Gen. 1. 2.
a Ezra 9.7.
b Jer.3.1,22;
Joel 2.12.
¢ Hos.10.12.
d Jer.9.26;
Deut.10.
16;30.6;
Rom.2.28,
h Jer.51.1;
Ezk.17.10;
Hos.13.15.
i Isa.5.28.
j Deut.28.49;
Lam.4.19;
Hos.8.1;
Hab.1.8.
k Isa.1.16;
Jas.4.8.
1 Ezk.7.26.
“Without form and void”
of Gen. 1.1.
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JEREMIAH.
29; Col.2.11.
[4 23
5 f
this people and Jerusalem, saying,
Ye shall have peace; whereas the
sword reacheth unto the soul.
11 At that time shall it be said to
this people and to Jerusalem, “A
dry wind of the high places in the -
wilderness toward the daughter of
my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
12 Even a full wind from those
places shall come unto me: now
also will I give sentence against
them.
13 Behold, he shall come up as
clouds, and his ‘chariots shall be
as a whirlwind: his ‘Jhorses are
swifter than eagles. Woe unto us!
for we are spoiled.
14 O Jerusalem, *wash thine heart
from wickedness, that thou mayest
be saved. How long shall thy vain
thoughts lodge within thee?
15 For a voice declareth from
Dan, and publisheth affliction from
mount Ephraim.
16 Make ye mention to the na-
tions; behold, publish against Jeru-
salem, that watchers come from a
far country, and give out their
voice against the cities of Judah.
17_ As keepers of a field, are they
against her round about; because
she hath been rebellious against
me, saith the Lorp.
18 Thy way and thy doings have
procured these things unto thee;
this 7s thy wickedness, because it is
bitter, because it reacheth unto
thine heart.
19 My bowels, my bowels! I am
pained at my very heart; my heart
maketh a noise in me; I cannot
hold my peace, because thou hast
«heard, O my soul, the sound of the
trumpet, the alarm of war.
20 ‘Destruction upon destruction
is cried; for the whole land is
spoiled: suddenly are my tents
spoiled, and my curtains in a mo-
ment.
21 How long shall I see the stan-
dard, and hear the sound of the
trumpet?
22 For my people is foolish, they
have not known me; they are sot-
tish children, and they have none
understanding: they are wise to do
evil, but to do good they have no
iknowledge.
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it
lwas without form, and void 3 and
the heavens, and they had no light.
y
describes the condition. of the earth as
the result of the judgment (vs. 24-26: Isa. 24.
1) which overthrew the primal order
4 24]
24 °I beheld the mountains, and,
lo, they trembled, and all the hills:
moved lightly.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no
man, and. all the birds. of the hea-
vens. were fled.
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful
place was a wilderness, and all the
Cities thereof were broken down at
the presence of the LORD, and by
his fierce anger.
27 For thus hath the Lorpb said,
The whole land shall be desolate;
yet will I not make a full end.
28 For this shall the earth mourn,
and the heavens above be black:
because I have spoken it, I have
purposed it, and will not repent, ey
neither will I turn back from it. page
29 The whole city shall flee for the] 5 Zech.8.14,
noise of the horsemen and bowmen;} 7?¢e-
they shall go into thickets, and
climb up upon the rocks: every city
shall be forsaken, and not a man
dwell therein.
30 And when thou art spoiled,
what wilt thou do? Though thou
clothest thyself with crimson,}’ zepn'3.3.
though thou deckest thee with or-| _
naments of gold, ‘though thou rent-| Mic.3.1.
est thy face with painting, in vain]; josh.23.7;
shalt thou pate coe oe st 4 Zeph.1.5.
lovers will despise thee, they will} . ,
seek thy life. gem eny
31 For I have heard a voice as of| ©
a woman in travail, and the anguish] 7 ©zk.22.11.
¢ 2 Ki.9.30;
Ezk.23.40.
d Tit.1.16.
e 2 Chr.16.9.
Ff Jer.7.28;
as of her that bringeth forth her}; 9 chr.36.16.
first child, the voice of the daughter
of Zion, that bewaileth herself,
1 Jer.1.15;
that spreadeth her hands, saying, ae
Deut.28.49;
Woe is me now! for my soul is] Isa.5.26.
wearied because of murderers. i ghel S6-tak
Deut.28.31,
CHAPTER 5. 33.
i (Secorid message, continued.)
Rw ye to and fro through the
streets of Jerusalem, and see
mow, and know, and seek in the
broad places thereof, if ye can find
aman, if there be any that execut-
eth judgment, that seeketh the
truth; and I will pardon it.
2 And “though they say, The
Lorp liveth; surely they swear
falsely. :
3 OLorD, are not “thine eyes upon
the truth? thou hast stricken them,
but they have not grieved; thou
hast consumed them, but they have
frefused to receive correction: they
have made their faces harder than
a rock; they have refused to return.
4 Therefore I said, Surely these
are poor; they are foolish: for they 2
7
JEREMIAH.
[5 17
know not the way of the Lorp,
nor the judgment of their God.
5 I will get me unto the great men,
and will speak unto them; for &they.
have known the way of the Lorp,
and the judgment of their God: but
these have altogether broken the
yoke, and burst the bonds.
6. Wherefore a lion out of the
forest shall slay them, and a wolf
of the evenings shall spoil them, a
leopard shall. watch over their
cities: every one that goeth out
thence shall be torn in pieces: be-
cause their transgressions are
many, and their backslidings are
increased.
7, How shall I pardon thee for
this? thy children have forsaken
me, and sworn by them that tare
no gods: when I had fed them to
the full, they then committed
adultery, and assembled themselves
by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8 JThey were as fed horses in the
morning: every one neighed after
his neighbour’s wife.
9 Shall I not visit for these
things? saith the Lorpb: and shall
not my soul be avenged on such a
nation as this?
10 Go ye up upon her walls, and
destroy; but make not a full end:
take away her battlements; for
they are not the Lorp’s.
11 For the house of Israel and the
house of Judah have dealt very
treacherously against me, saith the
LORD.
12 *They have belied the Lorp,
and said, /¢ 1s not he; neither shall
evil come upon us; neither shall we
see sword nor famine:
| 13 And the prophets shall become
wind, and the word is not in them:
thus shall it be done unto them.
14 Wherefore thus saith the Lorp.
God of hosts, Because ye speak this
word,. behold, I will make my words
in thy mouth fire, and this people
wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Lo, /I will bring a nation upon
you from far, O house of Israel,
saith the LoRD: it rs a mighty na-
tion, it 7s an ancient nation, a
nation whose language thou know-
est not, neither understandest what
they say. *
16 Their quiver zs as an open
sepulchre, they are all mighty
men.
17. And they shall eat up ”thine
harvest, and thy bread, which thy
sons and thy daughters should eat:
they shall eat up thy flocks and
5 18]
thine herds: they shall eat up thy
vines and thy fig trees: they
shall impoverish thy fenced cities,
wherein thou “trustedst, with the
sword.
18 Nevertheless in those, days,
saith the Lorp, I will not make a
full end with you.
19 And it shall come to pass,
when ye shall say, Wherefore
' doeth the Lorp our God all these
things unto us? then shalt thou an-
swer them, Like as ye have for-
saken me, and served strange gods
in your land, so shall ye serve
strangers in a land that is not
your’s.
20 Declare this in the house of
yao and publish it in Judah, say-
vot Hear now this, “O foolish peo-
ple, and without understanding;
which have eyes, and see not; which
have ears, and hear not:
22 Fear ye not me? saith the
Lorp: will ye not tremble at my
presence, which have placed the
sand for the bound of the sea by a
perpetual decree, that it cannot
pass it: and though the waves
thereof toss themselves, yet can
they not prevail; though. they
BOGE, yet can they not pass over
it?
23 But this people hath a revolt-
ing and a rebellious heart; they are
tevolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart,
Let us now @fear the LoRD our God,
‘that giveth rain, both the ‘former
and the latter, in his season: he re-
serveth unto us the appointed
weeks of the harvest.
25 Your iniquities have turned
away these things, and your sins
have withholden gaod things from
you.
26 For among my people are
found wicked men: they lay wait,
as he that setteth snares; they set a
trap, they catch men.
27 Asacage is full of birds, so are
their houses fuil of deceit: therefore
they are become great, and waxen
rich,
28 They are waxen fat,they shine:
yea, they overpass the deeds of the
wicked: they judge not the cause,
the cause of the fatherless, yet
they prosper; and the right of the
needy do they not judge.
29 &sShali I not visit for these
things? saith the Lorp: shall not
my soul be avenged on such.a na-
tion as this?
JEREMIAH.
a Psa.2.12,
note.
b Jer.13.22;
16.10;
Deut. 29. 24;
1 Ki.9.8,9,
¢ Isa.6.9;
Ezk.12.2;
Mt.13.14;
John 12.40;
Acts 28.26;
Rom.11.8.
d Psa.19.9,
note.
€ Jer.14.22;
Psa.147.8;
Mt.5.45;
Acts 14.17.
f Deut.11.14;
Joel 2.23.
gv.9; Mal.
3.5.
h Jer.23.14;
Hos.6.10;
2 Tim.4.3.
i Neh.3.14.
j Jer.4.17;
2 Ki.25.1,4.
k Jer.51.27;
Joel 3.9.
1 Ezk.23.18;
Hos.9.12.
m Jer.7. aes
Ex.6
Acts. 7. Sl.
n Jer.20.9.
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30 A wonderful and thorrible.
thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests bear rule by their
‘\means; and my people love to have:
it so: and what will ye do in the
end thereof?
CHAPTER 6.
(Second message, tontinued.)
YE children of Benjamin,
gather yourselves to flee out of
the midst of Jerusalem, and blow
the trumpet in Tekoa, and:set up a
sign of fire in *Beth-haccerem: for
evil appeareth out of the north, and
great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of
Zion to a comely and delicate
woman.
3 The shepherds with their flocks:
shall come unto her; Jthey shall
pitch their tents against her round
about; they shali feed every one in
his place.
4 kPrepare ye war against her;
arise, and let us go up at noon.
Woe unto us! for the day goeth
away, for the shadows of the even-
ing are stretched out.
5 Arise, and let us go by night,
and let us destroy her palaces.
6 For thus hath the Lorn of hosts
said, Hew ye down trees, and cast
a mount against Jerusalem: this is
the city to be visited; she is wholly
oppression in the midst of her.
7 As a fountain casteth out her
waters, so she casteth out her wick-
edness: violence and spoil is heard
in her; before me continually is.
grief and wounds.
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusa-
lem, ‘lest my soul depart from thee;
lest I make thee desolate, a land not_
inhabited.
9 Thus saith the LorpD of hosts,
|They shail throughly glean the
remnant of Israel as a vine: turn
back thine hand as a grapegatherer
into the baskets.
10 To whom shall I speak, and
give warning, that they may hear?
behold, “their ear 7s uncircumcised,
and they cannot hearken: behold,
the word of the LORD is unto them
a reproach; they have no. delight
in it.
11 Therefore I am full of the fury
of the Lorp; “I am weary with
holding in: I will pour it out
upon the children abroad, and upon
the assembly of young men to-
gether: for even the husband with
6 12]
the wife shall be taken, the aged
with him that js full of days.
12 And ¢4their houses shall be
turned unto others, with their
fields and wives together: for I will
stretch out my hand upon the in-
habitants of the land, saith the
Lorpb.
13 For from the least of them even
unto the greatest of them every one
is given to bcovetousness; and from
the prophet even unto the priest
every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the
churt of the daughter of my peo-
ple slightly, saying, Peace, peace;
when there ss no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they
. had committed abomination? nay,
they were not at all ashamed, nei-
ther could they blush: therefore
they shall fall among them that fall:
at the time that I visit them they
shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16 Thus saith the Lorp, Stand
ye in the ways, and see, and ask
for the dold paths, where is the good
way, and walk therein, and ye shall
find rest for your souls. But they
said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you,
saying, ‘Hearken to the sound of
the trumpet. But they said, We
will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and
know, O congregation, what is
among them.
19 fHear, O earth: behold, I will
bring evil upon this people, even
&the fruit of their thoughts, because
they have not hearkened unto my
words, nor to my law, but rejected
it.
20 *To what purpose cometh there
~ to me incense from Sheba, and the
sweet cane from a far country? your
burnt-offerings are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
21 Therefore thus saith the LORD,
Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks
before this people, and the fathers
and the sons together shall fall upon
them; the neighbour and his friend
shall perish.
22 Thus saith the Lorp, Behold,
a people cometh from ‘the north
country, and a great nation shall
be raised from the sides of the earth.
23 They shall lay hold on bow and
spear; they are cruel, and have no
1 The general. character of the message
one of rebuke, warning,
second messages,
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.8.10;
Deut.28.30-
6 Jer.8.10;
25245
Isa.56.11;
Mic.3.5,11.
¢ Heb. bruise,
or breach,
d Jer.18.15.
e Isa.8.20;
Mal.4.4;
Lk.16.29.
f Isa.1.2.
g Prov.1.31.
h Psa.40.6;
50.7-9; Isa.
1.11 966,35
Amos 5.21;
Mic.6.6.
# Jer.1.15;
5.15; 10.22;
50.41-43.
[B.C. 600.
j Jer.25.34;
Mic.1.10.
k Or, refuse
silver.
1 Mic,3.11,
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mercy; their voice roareth like the
sea; and they ride upon horses, set
in array as men for war against
thee, O daughter of Zion. ,
24 We have heard the fame there-
of: our hands wax feeble: anguish
hath taken hold of us, and pain, as
of a woman in travail.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor
walk by the way; for the sword of
the enemy and fear is on every
side.
26 O daughter of my people, gird
thee with sackcloth, and Jwallow
‘thyself in ashes: make thee mourn-
ing, as for an only son, most bitter
lamentation: for the spoiler shall
suddenly come upon us.
27 Lhave set thee for a tower and
a fortress among my people, that
thou mayest know and try their
ay.
28 They are all grievous revolt-
ers, walking with slanders: they
are brass and iron; they are all cor-
rupters.
29 The bellows are burned, the
lead is consumed of the fire; the
founder melteth in vain: for the
wicked are not plucked away.
30 *Reprobate silver shall men
call them, because the LorD hath
rejected them,
CHAPTER 7.
The message.in the gate of the
Lorp’s house (Jer. 7. 1-10. 25).
HE lword that came to Jere-
miah from the LorD, saying,
2 Stand in the gate of the LoRD’S
house, and proclaim there this word,
and say, Hear the word of the
LorD, all ye of Judah, that enter in
at these gates to worship the LORD.
3 Thus saith the LorpD of hosts,
the God of Israel, Amend your ways
and your doings, and I will cause
you to dwell in this place.
4 'Trust ye not in lying words,
saying, The temple of the LORD,
The temple of the Lorp, The tem-
ple of the LorD, are these.
5 For if ye throughly amend
your ways and your doings; if ye
throughly execute judgment be-
tween a man and his neighbour;
6 If-ye-oppress not the stranger,
the fatherless, and the widow, and
shed not innocent blood in this
in the temple gate is, like the first and
and exhortation, but this message is ad-
dressed more to such in Judah as still maintain outwardly the worship of Jehovah;
it is a message to religious Judah, e.g. 7. 2, 9, 10; 8. 10, 11.
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place, ¢neither walk after other
gods to your hurt:
7 Then will I cause you to dwell
in this place, in the land that I gave
to your fathers, for ever and ever.
8 Behold, ye “trust in lying words,
that cannot profit.
9 Will ye steal, murder, and com-
mit adultery, and swear falsely, and
burn incense unto Baal, and walk
after other gods whom ye know not;
10 And come and stand before me
in this house, which is called by my
name, and say, We are delivered to
do all these abominations?
11 Is this house, ‘which is called
by my name, become a den of rob-
bers in your eyes? Behold, even I
have seen it, saith the Lorp.
12 But go ye now unto ¢my place
which was in Shiloh, where I set
my name at the first, and see what
I did to it for the wickedness of my
people Israel.
13. And now, because ye have done
all these works, saith the Lorpb, and
I spake unto you, rising up early
and speaking, but ye heard not; and
I called you, but ye answered not;
14 Therefore will I do unto this
house, which is called by my name,
wherein ye trust, and unto the place
which I gave to you and to your
fathers, as I have done to ¢Shiloh.
15 And I will cast you out of my
sight, as I have cast out all your
brethren, even the whole seed of
Ephraim.
16 Therefore fpray not thou for
this people, neither lift up cry nor
prayer for them, neither make inter-
cession tome: for I will not hear thee,
17 Seest thou not what they do
in the cities of Judah and in the
stréets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and
the fathers. kindle the fire, and the
women knead their dough, to make
cakes to the queen of heaven, and
to pour out drink-offerings unto
other gods, that they may provoke
me to anger.
19 &£Do they provoke me to anger?
saith the Lorp: do they not pro-
voke themselves to the confusion of
their own faces?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Behold, mine anger and my
fury shall be poured out upon this
place, upon man, and upon beast,
and upon the trees of the field, and
1 Cf. Ex. 20. 4, note 2, the threefold giving of the law.
was not given to the people
burnt-offerings and sacrifices
decalogue, the law of obedience.
B.C. 600.
a Deut.6.14,
15; 8.19;
11.28; 13.10.
6 Psa.2.12,
note.
c Mt.21.13;
Mk.11.17;
Lk.19.46.
d@ Josh.18.1;
Jud.18.31.
e Jer.26.6;
1 Sam.4.10,
11; Psa.78.
60.
Ff Jer.11.14;
14.11.
g Deut.32.16,
by
h Jer.6.20;
Tsa.1.11;
Amos 5.21;
Hos.8.13.
#1 Sam.15.22;
Psa.51.16,17;
Hos.6.6.
J Jer.11.4,7;
Ex.15.26;
Deut.6.3.
k Ex.19.5;
Lev.26.12.
1 Jer.11.8;
Psa.81.11.
m Deut.29.19;
Psa.81.12.
n Jer.25.4;
29.19; 2 Chr.
36.1
o Ezk.2.7.
pb Jer.16.6;
48.37;
Job 1.20;
Isa.15.2;
Mic.1.16,
q Jer.23.11;
32.34;
2 Ki.21.4,7;
2 Chr.33.4,7;
Ezk.7.20.
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upon the fruit of the ground; and
it shall burn, and shall not be
quenched.
21 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
the God of Israel; “Put your burnt-
offerings unto your sacrifices, and
eat flesh.
22 ‘For I spake not unto your
fathers, Inor commanded them in
the day that I brought them out of
the land of Egypt, concerning
burnt-offerings or sacrifices:
23 But this thing commanded I
them, saying, JObey my voice, and
I éwill be your God, and ye shall be
my people: and walk ye in all the
ways that I have commanded you,
that it may. be well unto you.
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7
4
24 ‘But they hearkened not, nor -
inclined their ear, but “walked in
the counsels and in the imagination
of their evil heart, and went back-
ward, and not forward.
25 Since the day that your fathers
came forth out of the land of Egypt
unto this day I have even sent unto
you “all my servants the prophets,
daily rising up early and sending
them:
26 Yet they hearkened not unto
me, nor inclined their ear, but har-
dened their neck: they did worse
than. their fathers.
27 °Therefore thou shalt speak all
these words unto them; but they
will not hearken to thee: thou
shalt also call unto them; but they
will not answer thee.
28 But thou shalt say unto them,
This is a nation that obeyeth not
the voice of the Lorp their God,
nor receiveth correction: truth is
perished, and is cut off from their
mouth.
29 ?Cut off thine hair, O Jerusa-
Jem, and cast it away, and take up
a lamentation on high places; for
the Lorp hath rejected and for-
saken_the generation of his wrath.
30: For the children of Judah have
done evil in my sight, saith the
LorD: %they have set their abomi-
nations in the house which is called
by my name, to pollute it.
31 And they have built the high
places of Tophet, which is in the
.|valley of the son of Hinnom, to
burn their sons and their daughters
in the fire; which I commanded
them not, neither came it into my
heart.
The command concerning
till they had broken the
5 32]
32 Therefore, behold, the days
come, saith the Lorp, that it shall
mo more be called Tophet, nor the
valley of the son of Hinnom, but the
valley of slaughter: for they shall
bury in Tophet, till there be no
place.
33 And the ¢carcases of this peo-
ple shall be meat for the fowls of
the heaven, and for the beasts of
the earth; and none shall fray
them away.
34 Then will I cause to cease from
the cities of Judah, and from the
streets of Jerusalem, the voice of
mirth, and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegroom, and
the voice of the bride: “for the land
shall be desolate.
CHAPTER 8.
(The message in the temple
gate, continued.)
T that time, saith the Lorp,
they shall bring out the bones
of the kings of Judah, and the bones
of his princes, and the bones of the
priests, and the bones of the proph-
ets, and the bones of the inhabi-
tants of Jerusalem, out of their
graves:
2 And they shall spread them be-
fore the sun, and the moon, and all
the host of heaven, whom they have
loved, and whom they have served,
and after whom they have walked,
and whom they have sought, and
whom they have worshipped: they
shall not be gathered, nor be
buried; they shall be for dung upon
the face of the earth.
.~ 3 And death shall be chosen
rather than life by all the residue
of them that remain of this evil
family, which remain in all the
places whither I have driven them,
saith the LorD of hosts.
4 Moreover thou shalt say unto
them, Thus saith the Lorp; Shall
they fall, and not arise? shall he
turn away, and not return?
5 Why thenis this people of Jeru-
salem slidden back by a perpetual
backsliding? they hold fast deceit,
they refuse to return.
6 41 hearkened and heard, but
they spake not aright: no man “re-
pented him of his wickedness, say-
ing, What have I done? every one
turned to his course, as the horse
rusheth into the battle.
7 Yea, fthe stork in the heaven
knoweth her appointed times; and
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 600.
Ezk.6.5.
Fulfilled in
part in all
the destruc-
tions of
final look to-
ward Revs
19.17-21.
b Lev.26.33;
Isa.1.7;
3.26.
¢ Job 3.21,
22; 7.15,16;
Rev.9.6.
d 2 Pet.3.9.
e Zech.8.14,
note.
f Isa.1.3.
g Song 2.12.
hk Rom.2.17.
4 Jer.6.12;
Deut.28.30;
Amos 5.11;
Zeph.1.13.
j Ezk.13.10.
k Jer.14.19.
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the ‘turtle and the crane and the
swallow observe the time of their
coming; but my people know not
the judgment of the Lorb.
8 How do ye say, “We are wise,
and the law of the LoRD is with us?
Lo, certainly in vain made he it;
the pen of the scribes is in vain.
9 The wise men are ashamed,
they are dismayed and taken: lo,
they have rejected the word of the
Lorp; and what wisdom isin them?
10 Therefore ‘will I give their
wives unto others, and their fields
to them that shall inherit them: for
every one from the least even unto
the greatest is given to covetous-
ness, from the prophet even unto
the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11 For they have healed the hurt
of the daughter of my people
slightly, saying, JPeace, peace;
when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they
had committed abomination? nay,
they were not at all ashamed,
neither could they blush: therefore
shall they fall among them that
fall: in the time of their visitation
they shall be cast down, saith the
|LORD.
| 13 I will surely consume them,
saith the Lorpb: there shall be no
grapes on the vine, nor figs on the
fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and
the things that I have given them
shall pass away from them.
14 Why do we sit still? assemble
yourselves, and let us enter into
the defenced cities, and let us be
silent there: for the LoRD our God
hath put us to silence, and given us
water of gall to drink, because we
have sinned against the LorD.
15 We *looked for peace, but no
good came; and for a time of
health, and behold trouble!
16 The snorting of his horses was
heard from Dan: the whole land
trembled at the sound of the neigh-
ing of his strong ones; for they are
come, and have devoured the land,
and all that is in it; the city, and
those that dwell therein.
17 For, behold, I will send ser-
pents, cockatrices, among you, which
will not be charmed, and they shall
bite you, saith the LorD.
18 When I would comfort myself
against sorrow, my heart is faint
in me.
19 Behold the voice of the cry of
the daughter of my people because
of them that dwell in a far country:
Is not the LorD in Zion? is not her
king in her? Why have they pro-
voked me to anger with their
graven images, and with strange
vanities?
20 The harvest is past, the sum-
mer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of
my people am I hurt; I am black;
astonishment hath taken hold on
me.
22 42Is there no balm in Gilead;
is there no physician there? why
then is not the health of the daugh-
ter of my people recovered?
CHAPTER 9.
(The message in the temple
gate, continued.)
O# that my head were waters,
and mine eyes a fountain of
tears, that I might weep day and
night for the slain of the daughter
of my people!
2. Oh that I had in the wilderness
a lodging place of wayfaring men;
that I might leave my people, and
go from them! for they be all adul-
terers, an assembly of treacherous
men.
3 And they bend their tongues
like their bow-for lies: but they are
not valiant for the truth upon the
earth; for they proceed from evil to
evil, and they “know not me, saith
the Lorp.
4 Take ye heed every one of his
neighbour, and “trust ye not in any
brother: for every brother will
utterly supplant, and every neigh-
bour will walk with slanders.
5 And they will deceive every one
his neighbour, and will not speak
the truth: they have taught their
tongue to speak lies, and weary
themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Thine habitation is in the midst
of deceit; through deceit they re-
fuse to know me, saith the Lorp. |
7 Therefore thus saith the Lorp|
of hosts, Behold, 4I will melt them,
and try them; for how shall I do
for the daughter of my people?
8 Their tongue is as an arrow
shot out; it speaketh deceit: one
speaketh peaceably to his neighbour
with his mouth, but in heart he
layeth his wait.
9 ‘Shall I not visit them for these
things? saith the Lorp: shall not
my soul be avenged on such a na-
tion as this?
10 For the mountains will I take
up a weeping and wailing, and for
the habitations of the wilderness!
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.46.11;
51.8; Gen.
37.25; 43.11.
61 Sam.2.12;
Hos.4.1.
¢ Psa.2.12,
note.
d Isa.1.25;
Mal.3.3.
é Jer.5.9,29.
F Isa.25.2.
g Law (of
Moses).
vs.13-16;
Ezk.22.26.
(Ex.19.1;
Gal.3.1-29.)
h Jer.3.17;
7.24.
¢ Gal.1.14.
Jj Lev.26.33;
Deut.28.64,
k i.e, nations.
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B.C. 600.
a lamentation, because they are
burned up, so that none can pass —
through them; neither can men
hear the voice of the cattle; both —
the fowl of the heavens and the
beast are fled; they are gone.
11 fAnd I will make Jerusalem —
heaps, and a den of dragons; and —
I will make the cities of Judah ©
desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 Who its the wise man, that may
understand this? and who is he to
whom the mouth of the LorD hath
spoken, that he may declare it, for
what the land perisheth and is
burned up like a wilderness, that
none passeth through?
13 And the LorpD saith, Because
they have forsaken my ‘law which
I set before them, and have not
obeyed my voice, neither walked
therein;
14 But have ‘walked after the
imagination of their own heart, and
after Baalim, ‘which their fathers
taught them:
15 Therefore thus saith the Lorp
of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will feed them, even this people,
with wormwood, and give them
water of gall to drink.
16 I will Jscatter them also among
the ‘heathen, whom neither they
nor their fathers have known: and
I will send a sword after them, till
I have consumed them.
17 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
Consider ye, and call sor the mourn-
ing women, that they may come;
and send for cunning women, that
they may come:
18 And let them make haste, and
take up a wailing for us, that our
eyes may run down with tears,
and our eyelids gush out with
waters.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard
out of Zion, How are we spoiled!
we are greatly confounded, because
we have forsaken the land, because
our dwellings have’cast us out.
20 Yet hear the word of the
LorbD, O ye women, and let your
ear receive the word of his mouth,
and teach your daughters wailing,
and every one her neighbour lam-
entation.
21 For death is come up into our
windows, and is entered into our
palaces, to cut off the children from
without, and the young men from
the streets.
22 Speak, Thus saith the Lorp,
Even the carcases of men shall fall
as dung upon the open field, and
JEREMIAH.
[10 22
as the handful after the harvest-
man, and none shall gather them.
23 Thus saith the Lorp, Let not
the wise man glory in his wisdom,
neither let the mighty man glory
in his might, let not the rich man
glory in his riches:
. nowet
eRe act © ci8e Movingkind>
eésjurdgement, and “righteousness:
inthe earth™ efor in these-t hi eI
delight saith the-LORD.
95 Benold, ‘the’ days ‘come, nine
the Lorp, ‘that I will punish ail
them which are circumcised with
the uncircumcised:
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom,
and the children of Ammon, and
Moab, and all that are in the ut-
most corners, that dwell in the wil-
derness: for all these nations are
uncircumcised, and all the house of
Israel are ‘uncircumcised in the
heart.
CHAPTER 10.
(The message in the temple
gate, concluded.)
HEAR ye the word which the
Lorp speaketh unto you, O
house of Israel:
2 Thus saith the LorD, Learn not
the way of the éheathen, and be
not dismayed at the signs of hea-
ven; for the heathen are dismayed
at them.
3 For the customs of the people
are vain: for one cutteth a tree out
of the forest, the work of the hands
of the workman, with the axe.
"4 They deck it with silver and
with gold; they fasten it with nails
and with hammers, that it move
not.
5 They are upright as the palm
tree, but speak not: they must
needs be borne, because they can-
not go. Be not afraid of them; for
they cannot do evil, neither also is
it in them to do good.
6 Forasmu s there is none like
a € IL RD; thou art great,
thy name is ‘great in i inight.
Or would’not ‘féar theé, O
King of nations? for to thee doth
it appertain: forasmuch as among;
all the wise men of the nations, and:
in all their kingdoms, there 7s none
like unto thee.
8 But they are altogether brutish
and foolish: the stock is a doctrine
of vanities.
,
a1 Cor,.1.31;
2 Cor.10.17.
b Mic.6.8;
7.18.
c Lev.26.41;
Ezk.44.7;
Rom.2.28,29.
di.e. nations.
e Psa.19.9,
note.
f Dan.10.5.
g Heb. God
of truth.
Psa.31.5.
h1 Tim.6.17.
i Heb. King
of Eternity.
j Jer-51.15;
Gen.1.1,
6,7; Psa.
136.5,6.
k Psa.93.1,
1 Job 9.8;
Psa.104.2;
Isa.40.22.
m Psa.135.7
n Deut.32.9;
Psa.74.2.
783
ee th” shail
9 Silver spread into plates is
brought from Tarshish, and ‘gold
from Uphaz, the work of the
workman, and of the hands of the
founder: blue and purple is their
lclothing: they are all the work of
are poet ee
10 e LORD, c
God hee the Pang God, Gash
verlast’ ne eine at his “wrath
“tremble; ‘andthe™na-
s Shalt not be” able to “abide“his
Gots Saat bay
11 ‘Thus’ shail ye say unto them,
The gods that have not made the
heavens and the earth, even they
shall perish from the earth, and
tT efe S under these eicrhae tnd
j made e earth,
his ocnee ComiN hath AOE the
“by “his wisdom, and. /hath
stretched out the heavens by his
discretion:
13 _he .uttereth his.
phere ee of We ers 8 /
the ens, ani Sug seth “the
the jieavens ascend from the ends of
7 ec maketh lightnings
j ngéth forth” the
wind ° Car ‘of sity treasures.”
e1?4~Every man is brutish in his
knowledge: every founder is con-
founded by the graven image: for
his molten image is falsehood, and
there is no breath in them.
15 They are vanity, and the
work of errors: in the time of their
visitation they shall perish.
16 The portion of: Jacob rs not
like them: for he is the former of ail
things; and “Israel is the rod of his
inheritance: The Lorp of hosts is
his name.
17 Gather up thy wares out of the
land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18 For thus saith the Lorp, Be-
hold, I will sling out the inhabitants
of the land at this once, and will
distress them, that they may find
1 so.
19 Woe is me for my hurt! my
wound is grievous: but I said, Truly
this is a grief, and I must bear it.
20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and
all my cords are broken: my chil-
dren are gone forth of me, and they
are not: there is none to stretch
forth my tent any more, and to set
up my curtains.
21 For the pastors are become
brutish, and have not sought the
Lorp: therefore they shall not
prosper, and all their flocks shall
be scattered. é
22 Behold, the noise of the bruit
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10 23]
is come, and a great commotion out
of the north country, to make the
cities of Judah desolate, and a den
of dragons. ,
23 OLorp, I know that the way
of man zs not in himself: rt 1s not
in man that walketh to direct his
steps. 4
24 OLorpD, “correct me, but with
judgment; not in thine anger, lest
thou bring me to nothing.
25 Pour out thy fury upon the
cheathen that know thee not, and
upon the families that call not on
thy name: for they have eaten up
Jacob, and devoured him, and con-
sumed him, and have made his
habitation desolate.
CHAPTER 11.
The message on the broken cor-
enant (Jer. 11. 1-12. 17).
‘HE lword that came to Jere-
miah from the LorD, saying,
2 Hear ye the words of this cove-
nant, and speak unto the men of
Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem;
3 And say thou unto them, Thus
saith the LorD God of Israel:
4Cursed be the man that obeyeth
not the words of this covenant,
4 Which I commanded your fa-
thers in the day that I brought
them forth out of the land of
Egypt, from the ¢iron furnace, say-
ing, Obey my voice, and do them,
according to all which I command
you: so shall ye be my people, and
I will be your God:
5 That I may perform sthe oath
which I have sworn unto your fa-
thers, to give them a land flowing
with milk and honey, as it is this
day. Then answered I, and said,
4So be it, O Lorp.
6 Then the Lorp said unto me,
Proclaim all these words in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the
words of this covenant, ‘and do
them,
7 For I earnestly protested unto
your fathers in the day that I
brought them up out of the land of
Egypt, even unto this day, rising
early and protesting, saying, Obey
my voice.
' This, like the other messages, is made u
but in this instance these are based u
(Deut. 28. 1 to 30. 1-9, note). The
and of Judah were the execution of the
JEREMIAH.
a Prov.16.1;
20.24.
b Jer.30.11;
Psa.6.1;
38.1.
ci.e. nations,
d Deut.27.26;
Gal.3.10.
e Deut.4.20;
1 Ki.8.51.
f Jer.7.23;
Lev.26.3,12,
g Deut.7.12,
13; Psa.10S.
9,10.
B.C. 608.]
h Heb. Amen.
i Rom.2.13;
Jas.1.22.
J Jer.14.12;
Psa.18.41;
Proy.1.28;
Isa.1.15;
Ezk.8.18;
Mic.3.4;
Zech.7.13.
k Heb. evil.
U Jer.7.16;
14.11;
Ex.32.10;
1 John 5.16.
m Hag,2.12.
i.e. to what
purpose the
“holy flesh”’
of sacrifices?
Its efficacy
is “passed
from thee’’
who rejoicest
in evil.
Cf, Isa.1.
13-15.
n Psa.52.8;
Rom.11.17.
784
B.C. 600.
[11 17
8 Yet they obeyed not, nor in-—
clined their ear, but walked every
one in the imagination of their evil
heart: therefore I will bring upon —
them all the words of this covenant,
which I commanded them to do;
but they did them not.
9 And the LorD said unto me, A
conspiracy is found among the men
of Judah, and among the inhabi-
tants of Jerusalem.
10 They are turned back to the
iniquities of their forefathers, which
refused to hear my words; and they —
went after other gods to serve
them: the house of Israel and the
house of Judah have broken my
covenant which I made with their
fathers.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lorp,
Behold, I will bring evil upon them,
which they shall not be able to es-
cape; Jand though they shall cry
unto me, I will not hearken unto
them.
12 Then shall the cities of Judah
and inhabitants of Jerusalem go,
and cry unto the gods unto whom
they offer incense: but they shall
not save them at all in the time of
their trouble.
13 For according to the number
of thy cities were thy gods, OJ udah;
and according to the number of the
streets of Jerusalem have ye set up
altars to that shameful thing, even
altars to burn incense unto Baal.
14 Therefore ‘pray not thou for
this people, neither lift up a ery or
prayer for them: for I will not hear
them in the time that they cry
unto me for their trouble.
15 What hath my beloved to do
in mine house, seeing she hath
wrought lewdness with many, and
the "holy flesh is passed from thee?
when thou doest evil, then thou
rejoicest.
16 The LorD called thy name, "A
green olive tree, fair, and of goodly
fruit: with the noise of a great
tumult he hath kindled fire upon
it, and the branches of it are
broken.
17 For the Lorp of hosts, that
planted thee, hath pronounced evil
against thee, for the evil of the
house of Israel and of the house
of Judah, which they’ have done
against themselves to provoke me
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pon the violation of the Palestinian Covenant ,
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11 18]
to anger in offering incense unto
Baal.
18 And the Lorp hath given me
knowledge of it, and I know it:
then thou shewedst me their do-
ings.
19 But I was lke alamb or an ox
that is brought to the slaughter;
and I knew not that they had de-
vised devices against me, sayiné,
Let us destroy the tree with the
fruit thereof, and let us cut him off
fromthe land of the living, that his|? 367471
name may be no more remembered.| 1 Sam.16.7;
20 But, O LorpD of hosts, that Ey eal
judgest righteously, that ¢triest the] Rey 393.
Teins and the heart, let me see thy
vengeance on them: for unto thee}? 1sa.30.10;
have I revealed my cause. eee
21 Therefore thus saith the LORD] Mic.2.6.
of the men of Anathoth, that seek ’
thy life, saying, ‘Prophesy not in] ‘3$53°-43'44;
the name of the Lorp, that thou] 50.27;Lk. *
die not by our hand: 19.44.
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD] psa.51.4.
of hosts, Behold, I will punish
them: the young men shall die by] ¢ Jer-5.28;
the sword; their sons and their ie Sone ta
daughters shall die by famine: 35; 73.3;
23 And there shall be no remnant Serpe
of them: for I will bring evil upon| ~*~"
the men of Anathoth, even ‘the| fIsa.29.13;
year of their visitation. Mt.15.8;
MK.7.6.
CHAPTER 12. eae
(The message on the broken hie. junder |
such a tes
covenant, concluded.) or ee wo
IGHTEOUS art thou, O} jounsis:
Lorpb, when I plead with thee:} 1 Chr.12.15.
yet let me talk with thee of thy
judgments: ‘Wherefore doth the} + OF Yomaee
_way of the wicked prosper? where-|j Lev.26.16;
~ fore are ali they happy that deal} Pcut.28.38;
very treacherously? Hag.1.6..
2 Thou hast planted them, yea,
they have taken root: they grow,|* 2ch.-2.8.
yea, they bring forth fruit: /thou| 7 gph.2.20,
art near in their mouth, and far| 21; 1 Pet.2.5.
from their reins.
3 But thou, O LorD, knowest me:
thou hast seen me, and tried mine
heart toward thee: pull them out
like sheep for the slaughter, and pre-
pare them for the day of slaughter.
4 How longshall sthe land mourn,
and the herbs of every field wither,
for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein? the beasts are con-
sumed, and the birds; because they
said, He shall not see our last end.
5 If thou hast run with the foot-
men, and they have wearied thee,
then how canst thou contend with oe
JEREMIAH.
[12 16
horses? and if in the land of peace,
wherein thou trustedst, they wea-
ried thee, then how wilt thou do
in the ‘swelling of Jordan?
6 For even thy brethren, and the
house of thy father, even they have
dealt treacherously with thee; yea,
they have called a multitude after
thee: believe them not, though they
‘speak fair words unto thee.
7 I have forsaken mine house, I
have left mine heritage; I have
given the dearly beloved of my soul
into the hand of her enemies.
8 Mine heritage is unto me as a
lion in the forest; it ‘crieth out
against me: therefore have I hated
1G.
9 Mine ‘heritage is unto me as a
speckled bird, the birds round about
are against her; come ye, assemble
all the beasts of the field, come to
devour. .
10 Many pastors have destroyed
my vineyard, they have trodden
my portion under foot, they have
made my pleasant portion a deso-
late wilderness.
11 They have made it desolate,
and being desolate it mourneth
unto me; the whole land is made
desolate, because no man layeth it
to heart.
12 The spoilers are come upon all
high places through the wilderness:
for the sword of the LORD shall de-
vour from the one end of the land
even to the other end of the land:
no flesh shall have peace.
13 jJThey have sown wheat, but
shall reap thorns: they have put
themselves to pain, but shall not
profit: and they shall be ashamed
of your revenues because of the
fierce anger of the LoRD.
14 Thus saith the LorpD against
all mine evil neighbours, that
ktouch the inheritance which I have
caused my people Israel to inherit;
Behold, I will pluck them out of
their land, and pluck out the house
of Judah from among them.
15 And it shall come to pass, after
that I have plucked them out I will
return, and have compassion on
them, and will bring them again,
every man to his heritage, and
every man to his land.
16 And it shall come to pass, if
they will diligently learn the ways
of my people, to swear by my name,
The Lorp liveth; as they taught
my people to swear by Baal; then
shall they be /built in the midst of
my people.
OF fn, Foe
[13 27
12 17] JEREMIAH.
17 But if they will not ¢obey, I/ B.c. 602.
will utterly pluck up and destroy
that nation, saith the Lorp.
_ CHAPTER 13.
The sign of the linen girdle
(vs. 1-27).
HUS saith the LorpD unto me,
6Go and get thee a linen ‘girdle,
and put it upon thy loins, and put
it not in water.
2 So I got a girdle according to
the word of the Lorpb, and put it
on my loins.
3 And the word of the LorD came
unto me the second time, saying,
4 Take the girdle that thou hast
got, which is upon thy loins, and
arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it An Btasé
there in a hole of the rock. < hee
5 So I went, and hid it by Eu-]6 See vs.9-11.
phrates, as the LoRD commanded A Saeyres
me. O.T.) vs.1-
6 And it came to pass after many if: fete.
days, that the LorD said unto me, is. Opes
Arise, go to Euphrates, and take] {1.7/14)
the girdle from thence, which I
commanded thee to hide there. d Lev.26.19.
7 Then I went to Euphrates, and! . jer9.14;
digged, and took the girdle from] 11.8; 16.12.
the place where I had hid it: and, feces
behold, the girdle was marred, it|/ ®*:19->
was profitable for nothing. g Jer.25.27;
8 Then the word of the Lorp oe oe eae
came unto me, saying,
9 Thus saith the Lorp, After this}; Josh.7.19,
manner 4will I mar the pride of
Judah, and the great pride of Jeru-
salem.
10 This evil people, which refuse
to hear my words, which ewalk in
the imagination of their heart, and
walk after other gods, to servel# agp
them, and to worship them, shall{ #9:-13-3-
even be as this girdle, which is good] ? Psa.2.12,
for nothing. note,
11 For as the girdle cleaveth to
the loins of a man, so have I caused
to cleave urito me the whole house
of Israel and the whole house of Ju-
dah, saith the Lorp; that ‘they
might be unto me for a people, and
for a name, and for a praise, and
for a glory: but they would not
hear.
12 Therefore thou shalt speak
unto them this word; Thus saith the
Lorp God of Israel, Every bottle
shall be filled with wine: and they
shall say unto thee, Do we not cer-
tainly know that every bottle shall
be filled with wine?
13 Then shalt thou say unto
them, Thus saith the Lorp, Be-
# Isa.5.30;
8.22; Amos
8.9.
j Jer.5.19;
16.10,
786
hold, I will fill all the inhabitants of _
this land, even the kings that sit
upon David’s throne, and the
priests, and the prophets, and all
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ¢with
drunkenness.
14 And I will dash them one
against another, even the fathers
and the sons together, saith the
Lorp: I will not pity, nor spare,
nor have mercy, but destroy them.
15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not
proud: for the LorpD hath spoken.
16 "Give glory to the LorpD your
God, before he cause ‘darkness, and
before your feét stumble upon the
dark mountains, and, while ye look
for light, he turn it into the shadow
of death, and make it gross dark-
ness.
17 But if ye will not hear it, my
soul shall weep in secret piaces for -
your pride; and mine eye shall
weep sore, and run down with tears,
because the Lorp’s flock is carried
away captive.
18 Say unto the king and to the
queen, Humble yourselves, sit
down: for your principalities shall
come down, even the crown of your
glory.
19 The cities of the south shall be
shut up, and none shall open them:
Judah shall be carried away cap-
tive all of it, it shall be wholly
carried away captive.
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold
them that come from the north:
where is the flock that was given
thee, thy beautiful flock?
21 What wilt thou say when he
shall punish thee? for thou hast
taught them to be captains, and as
chief over thee: shall not sorrows
take thee, as a woman in travail?
22 And if thou say in thine heart,
|’Wherefore come these things upon
me? For the greatness of thine
iniquity are thy skirts discovered,
and thy heels made bare.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his
skin, or the leopard his spots? then
may ye also do good, that are ac-
customed to do evil.
24 Therefore will I scatter them
kas the stubble that passeth away
by the wind of the wilderness.
} 25 This is thy lot, the portion of
thy measures from me, saith the
LORD; because thou hast forgotten
me, and ‘trusted in falsehood.
26 Therefore will I discover thy
skirts upon thy face, that thy
\Shame may appear.
" 27 I have seen thine adulteries,
and thy neighings, the lewdness of
thy whoredom, and thine abomina-
tions on the hills in the fields. Woe
unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt theu
not be made clean? when shai/ it
once be?
CHAPTER 14.
The message on the drought
(Jer. 14, 1-15. 21).
HE word of the Lorp that/B.c. 601.)
came to Jeremiah concerning
the idearth.
2 Judah mourneth, and the gates
thereof languish; they are black|¢ Bible
unto the ground: and the cry of| {6°45‘°
Jerusalem is gone up.
3 And their nobles have sent their
little ones to the waters: they came
to the pits, and found no water;
they returned with their vessels
empty; they were ashamed and con-
founded, and covered their heads. |d Ex.29.45,
4 Because the ground is chapt, for pli —>
there was no rain in the earth, the tes
plowmen were ashamed, they cov-|e See Jer.2.’
ered their heads. 23-25.
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the! ¢ jer.7.16;
field, and forsook it, because there| 11.14;
was no grass. Ex.32.10.
6 And the wild asses did stand in| ¢ jer.11.11;
the high places, they snuffed up the] Prov.1.28;
wind like dragons; their eyes did Prise
fail, because there was no grass. 18: Mic.3.4;
7 © 4LorD, though our iniquities| Zech.7.13.
testify against us, do thou it for thy hi Theas
name’s sake: for our backslidings|” 23. "”"
are many; we have sinned against; |
ee. i Psa.79.3.
8 O the hope of Israel, the sav-| ; rex.7.15
iour thereof in time of trouble, why
shouldest thou be as a stranger in
the land, and as a wayfaring man
that turneth aside to tarry for a
night?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a
man astonied, as a mighty man
¢that cannot save? yet thou, O
Lorp, art in the midst of us, and
we are called by thy name; leave us
not.
10 Thus saith the LorD unto
this people, “Thus have they loved
to wander, they have not refrained
their feet, therefore the Lorp doth
not accept them; he will now re-
member their iniquity, and visit)
their sins. H
(Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
6 Jer.17.13.
2 Isa.59.1.
1 The significance of a drought at this time was very great.
Covenant (Deut. 28. 23, 24), and already fulfilled
WT) etc.).
signs predicted in the Palestinian C
in part in the reign of Ahab (1 Ki.
[14 20
11 Then said the LorD unto me,
lecod not for this people for their
good.
12 &8When they fast, I will not hear
their cry; and when they offer
burnt-offering and an oblation, I
will not accept them: but I will con-
sume them by the sword, and by the
famine, and by the pestilence.
13. Then said I, Ah, Lord Gop!
behold, the prophets say unto them,
Ye shall not see the sword, neither
shali ye have famine; but I will give
you assured /peace in this place.
14 Then the Lorpb said unto me,
The prophets prophesy lies in my
name: I sent them not, neither have
I comrnanded them, neither spake
unto them: they prophesy unto you
a false vision and divination, and a
thing of nought, and the deceit of
their heart.
15 Therefore thus saith the LorD
concerning the prophets that proph-
esy in my name, and I sent them
not, yet they say, Sword and fam-
ine shall not be in this land; By
sword and famine shall those
prophets be consumed.
16 And the people to whom they
prophesy shall be cast out in the
streets of Jerusalem because of the
famine and the sword; ‘and they
shall have none te bury them, them,
their wives, nor their sons, nor their
daughters: for I will pour their
wickedness upon them.
17 Therefore thou shalt say this
word unto them; Let mine eyes run
down with tears night and day, and
let them not cease: for the virgin
daughter of my people is broken
with a great breach, with a very
grievous blow. ;
18 If I go forth into /the field,
then behold the slain with the
sword! and if I enter into the city,
then behold them that are sick with
famine! yea, Doth the prophet and
the priest go about into a Jand that
they know not.
19 Hast thou utterly rejected
Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion?
why hast thou smitten us, and
there is no healing for us? we
looked for peace, and there is no
good; and for the time of healing,
and behold trouble!
20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our
It was one of the
As that sign had been followed,
even though after a long interval, by the Assyrian captivity of the northern kingdom.
it should have been received by Judah as a most solemn warning.
_ 187
14 21]
JEREMIAH.
15 18
wickedness, and the iniquity of our
fathers: *for we have sinned against
thee.
21 Do not abhor us, for thy
name’s sake, do not disgrace the
throne of thy glory: remember,
break not thy covenant with us.
22 Arethere any among “the van-
ities of the Gentiles that can cause
rain? or can the heavens give
showers? art not thou he, O Lorp
our God? therefore we will wait
upon thee: for thou hast made all
these things. —
CHAPTER 15.
(The message on the drought,
concluded.)
HEN said the Lorp unto me,
Though ‘Moses and 4Samuel
stood before me, yet my mind
could not be toward this people:
cast them out of my sight, and let
them go forth.
2 And it shall come to pass, if
they say unto thee, Whither shall
we go forth? then thou shalt tell
them, Thus saith the Lorp; ‘Such
ag are for death, to death; and such
as are for the sword, to the sword;
and such as are for the famine, to
the famine; and such as are for the
captivity, to the captivity.
3 And I will fappoint over them
four kinds, saith the Lorp: the
sword to slay, and the dogs to tear,
and the fowls of the heaven, and
the beasts of the earth, to devour
and destroy.
4 And I will cause them to be
8removed into all kingdoms of the
earth, because of Manasseh the son
of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that
which he did in Jerusalem.
5 For who shall have pity upon
thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall
bemoan thee? or who shall go aside
to ask how thou doest?
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith
the Lorn, thou art gone backward:
therefore will I stretch out my hand
against thee, and destroy thee; ‘I
am weary with Jrepenting.
_7 And I will fan them with a fan
in the gates of the land; I will be-
teave them of children, I will de-
B.C. 601.
a Psa.106.6;
Dan.9.8.
b Deut.32.21.
¢ Ex.32.11,
12; Psa.99.6.
d 1 Sam.7.9.
e Jer.43.11;
Ezk.5.2,12;
Zech.11.9.
f Lev.26.16.
g Deut.28.25;
2 Ki.21.1-18;
23.26,27;
24.3,4.
h Isa.51.19.
+ Hos.13.14.
j Zech.8.14,
note.
k Jer:S.3;
Isa.9.13;
Amos 4.10,
11.
11 Sam.2.5.
m Jer.16.13;
17.4.
n Ezk,3.1,3;
Rey.10.9,10.
stroy my people, since ‘they return’
not from their ways.
8 Their widows are increased to
me above the sand of the seas: I
have brought upon them against
the mother of the young men a
spoiler at noonday: I have caused
him to fall upon it suddenly, and
terrors upon the city.
9 ‘She that hath borne seven lan-
guisheth: she hath given up the
ghost; her sun is gone down while
it was yet day: she hath been
ashamed and confounded: and the
residue of them will I deliver to the
sword before their enemies, saith
the Lorp.
10 Woe is me, my mother, that
thou hast borne me a man of strife
and a man of contention to the
whole earth! I have neither lent
on usury, nor men have lent to me.
on usury; yet every one of them
‘doth curse me.
11 The Lorp !said, Verily it shall
be well with thy remnant; verily I
will cause the enemy to entreat thee
well in the time of evil and in the
time of affliction.
12 Shall iron break the northern
iron and the steel?
13 Thy substance and thy treas-
ures will I give to the spoil without
price, and that for all thy sins, even
in all thy borders.
14 And I will make thee to pass
with thine enemies “into a land
wich thou knowest not: for a fire
is kindled in mine anger, which
shall burn upon you.
15 O LorpbD, thou knowest: re-
member me, and visit me, and re-
venge me of my persecutors; take
me not away in thy longsuffering:
know that for thy sake I have
suffered rebuke.
16 Thy words were found, and I
did "eat them; and thy word was
unto me the joy and rejoicing of
mine heart: for I am called by thy
name, O LORD God of hosts.
17 Isat not in the assembly of the
mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone
because of thy hand: for thou hast
filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain perpetual, and
my wound incurable, which re-
1 The Remnant, of whom
; vhom Jeremiah was the representative, are carefully distin-
guished from the unbelieving mass of the people.
The coming captivity, which
they must share, for they too have sinned (v. 13), though Jehovah’s judgment upon
the nation, will be but a purifying chastisement to them, and they receive a special
promise (v.11).
Verses 15-18 give the answer of the
Remnant to verses 11-14. Two
things characterize the believing Remnant always—loyalty to the word of God,
and separation from those who mock at that word
788
(vs. 16,17. Cf. Rev. 3. 8-10).
15 19]
altogether unto me as a liar, and as
waters that fail?
19 Therefore thus saith the LorD,
“Tf thou return, then will I bring
thee again, and thou shalt stand
before me: and if thou “take forth
the precious from the vile, thou
shalt be as my mouth: let them
Tteturn unto thee; but return not
thou unto them.
20 And I will make thee unto this
people a fenced brasen wall: and] Jer.23.3-8.
they shall fight against thee, but] (Jsa-1.9
they shall not prevail against thee:
for Iam with thee to save theeld Ex.14.30,
and to deliver thee, saith the; 20¢e; Isa.
Lorp. 59.20, note.
21 And I will deliver ‘thee out of| Jer.7.33;
a Zech.3.7.
b Ezk.22.26;
44.23.
c Remnant.”
the hand of the wicked, and I will] 34-20; Psa.
dredeem thee out of the hand of the
terrible. | f Jer.41.5;
} 47.5; Lev.19.
CHAPTER 16. hei
The sign of the unmarried g Jer.7.29;
prophet (Jer. 16. 1-17. 18). Isa.22.12.
HE word of the LorD came}s Jer.7.34; 25.
also unto me, !saying, 10; Isa.24.
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife,| 7:8: E726.
neither shalt thou have sons or} 11: Rev.18.
daughters in this place. 23.
3 For thus saith the LORD con-| ; Jer.5.19;
cerning the sons and concerning] 13.22; 22.8;
the daughters that are born in this; Deut.29.24.
place, and concerning their mothers j Jer.22.9;
that bare them, and concerning} Deut.29'25.
their fathers that begat them in y
this land; k popes
4 They shall die of grievous} vs.12-16
deaths; they shall not be lamented;] Jer.23.5-8
neither shali they be buried; but Ese goed
they shall be as dung upon the face cgi
of the earth: and they shall be con-] /-Deut.4.26-
‘sumed by the sword, and by famine;| 28: 28-3°-
and their ‘carcases shall be meat J
for the fowls of heaven, and for the} Isa.11.11,12;
beasts of the earth. ee om
5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter} 37.21-25.
not into the house of mourning,
neither go to lament nor bemoan pierre
them: for I have taken away my| ~~’ ”
peace from this people, saith the|o Amos 4.2;
Lorp, even lovingkindness and| 1>-1.15
mercies.
6 Both the great and the small
shall die in this land: they shall
not be buried, neither shall men
lament for them, nor ‘cut them-
selves, nor &make themselves bald
for them:
JEREMIAH.
fuseth to be healed? wilt thou be| B.C. 601.
[16 16
7 Neither shall men tear them-
selves for them in mourning, to
comfort them for the dead; neither
- |shall men give them the cup of con-
solation to drink for their father or
for their mother.
8 Thou shalt not also go into the
house of feasting, to sit with them
to eat and to drink.
9 For thus saith the,LoRD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
AY will cause to cease out of this
place in your eyes, and in your
days, the voice of mirth, and the
voice of gladness, the voice of
the bridegroom, and the voice
of the bride.
10 And it shall come to pass, when
thou shalt shew this people all
these words, and they shall say
unto thee, *Wherefore hath the
LorRD pronounced all this great
evil against us? or what 1s our
liniquity? or what 7s our sin that
lwe have committed against the
LorD our God?
11 Then shalt thou say unto them.
JBecause your fathers have for-
saken me, saith the LorRD, and
jhave walked after other gods, and
have served them, and have wor-
shipped them, and have forsaken
me, and have not kept my law;
12 And ye have done worse than
your fathers; for, behold, “ye walk
every one after the imagination of
his evil heart, that they may not
hearken unto me:
13 /Therefore will I cast you out
of this land into a land that ye
know not, neither ye nor your fa-
thers; and there shall ye serve
other gods day and night; where
I will not shew you favour.
14 Therefore, behold, the “days
come, saith the LORD, that it shall
no more be said, The Lorp liveth,
that brought up the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt;
15 But, The Lorp liveth, that
brought up the children of Israel
from the land of the north, and
from all the lands whither he had
driven them: “and I will bring them
again into their land that I gave
unto their fathers.
16 Behold, I will send for many
fishers, saith the LorD, and they
shall fish them; and after will I
send for many hunters, and they
shall hunt them from every moun-
1 The sign of the unmarried prophet is interpreted by the context. The whole
social life of Judah was about to be disrupted and cease from the land. But note the
promises of verses 14-16; Jer. 17. 7, 8.
| 789.
tain, and from every hiil, and out
of Lane of the rocks. ae
17 *Formin are upon
their Ca eeak not hid from
my face, neither is their iniquity
hid from mine
18 And* first F will recompense
their iniquity and their sin double;
“because they have defiled my land,
they have filled mine inheritance
with the carcases of their detest-
able and abominable things.
19 O Lorp, my strength, and my
fortress, and my refuge in the day
of affliction, the Gentiles shall come
unto thee from the ends of the earth,
and shall say, Surely our fathers
have inherited lies, vanity, and
things wherein there is no profit.
20 Shail a man make gods unto
himself, and they are no gods? _
21 Therefore, behold, I will this
once cause them to know, I will
cause them to know mine hand and
my might; and they shall know
that ¢my name is The Lorb.
CHAPTER 17.
(The sign of the unmarried
prophet, concluded.)
HE sin of Judah is written with
a pen of iron, and with the
point of a diamond: it is /graven
upon the table of their heart, and
upon the horns of your altars;
2 Whilst their children remember
their altars and their groves by
the green trees upon the high hills.
3 O my mountain in the field, I
will give thy substance and all thy
treasures to the spoil, and thy high
places for sin, throughout all thy
borders.
4 And thou, even thyself, shalt
discontinue from thine heritage
that I gave thee; and I will cause
thee to serve thine enemies in the
land which thou knowest not: for
ye have kindled a fire in mine
anger, which shall burn for ever.
5 Thus saith the LorbD; Cursed be
the man that /“trusteth in man, and
maketh flesh his arm, and whose
heart departeth from the Lorp.
6 For he shali be like the heath in
the desert, and shall not see when
good cometh; but shall inhabit the
parched places in the wilderness, in
a salt land and not inhabited.
7 *Blessed is the man that trust-
eth in the LorpD, and whose hope
the LORD is.
8 For he shall beZas a tree planted
by the waters, and that spreadeth
—_
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.32.19;
Job 34.21;
Prav.5.21;
15.3.
b Jer.17.18;
Tsa.40.2.
c Ezk.43.7,9.
d Or, JEHO-
VAH.
Psa.83.18.
e Job 19.24.
f Prov.3.3;
2 Cor.3.3.
g Deut.16.21,
h Psa.2.12,
note.
t Psa.2.12;
34.8; 125.1;
146.5;
Prov.16.20;
Isa.30.18.
j Job 8.16;
Psa.1.3.
k Jer.11.20;
20.12;
1 Jer.14.8.
m Psa.73.27;
Tsa.1.28.
n See Lk.10.
20.
o Isa.5.19;
Ezk.12.22;
2 Pet.3.4.
p Num.15.32;
Neh.13.19.
790
VEN PLbA Ree. Id
not see when heat cometh, but her
leaf shall be green; and shall not be
careful in the year of drought,
neither shall cease from yielding
fruit.
9 The heart is deceitful above all -
thing tely_.waiciced :
W. - ; s
10 I the Lorp “search the heart, £
try the reins, even to give every
man according to his ways, and
according to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge sitteth on
eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he
that getteth riches, and not by fight,
shall leave them in the midst of his
days, and at his end shall be a fool.
12 A glorious high throne from
the beginning is the place of our
sanctuary.
13 O Lorn, ‘the hope of Israel,
mall that forsake thee shall be
ashamed, and they that depart from
me shall be “written in the earth,
because they have forsaken the
Lorp, the fountain of living waters.
14 Heal me, O LorD, and I shall
be healed; save me, and I shall be
saved: for thou art my praise.
15 Behold, they say unto me,
oWhere is the word of the Lorp?
let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened
from being a pastor to follow thee:
neither have I desired the woeful
day; thou knowest: that which
came out of my lips was right be-
fore thee.
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou
art my hope in the day of evil.
18 Let them be confounded that
persecute me, but tet not me be con-
founded: let them be dismayed, but
let not me be dismayed: bring upon
them the day of evil, and destroy
them with double destruction.
The message in the gates con-
cerning the sabbath.
19 Thus said the Lorp’ unto me;
Go and stand in the gate of the
children of the people, whereby the
kings of Judah come in, and by
the which they go out, and in all
the gates of Jerusalem;
20 And say unto them, Hear ye
the word of the Lorp, ye kings ‘of
judah, and all Judah, and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter
in by these gates:
21 Thus saith the Lorp; Take
heed to yourselves, and bear no bur-
den on the sabbath day, nor bring
it in by the gates of Jerusalem:
‘4
17 22)
22 Neither carry forth a burden
out of your houses on the sabbath
day, neither do ye any work, but
hallow ye the sabbath day, as I
commanded your fathers.
_23, ¢But they obeyed not, neither
inclined their ear, but made their
neck stiff, that they might not
hear, nor receive instruction.
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye
diligently hearken unto me, saith
the Lorp, to bring in no burden
through the gates of this city on the
sabbath day, but hallow the sab-
bath day, to do no work therein;
25 Then shall there enter into the
gates of this city kings and princes
sitting upon the throne of David,
riding in chariots and on horses,
they, and their princes, the men of
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem: and this city shall remain
for ever.
26 And they shall come from ‘he
cities of Judah, and from the places
about Jerusalem, and from the land
of Benjamin, and from the plain,
and from the mountains, and from
the 4south, bringing burnt-offerings,
and sacrifices, and ‘meat-offerings,
and incense, and bringing sacrifices
of praise, unto the house of the
Lorpb.
27 But if ye will not hearken unto
me to hallow the sabbath day, and
not to bear a burden, even entering
in at the gates of Jerusalem on the
sabbath day; then will I kindle a
fire in the gates thereof, and it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem,
and it shall not be quenched.
“ CHAPTER i8.
The sign of the potter’s house
(Jer. 18. 1-19, 13)-
1 Nate) lword which came to Jere-
miah from the LORD, 4saying,
2 Arise, and go down to the pot-
ter’s house, and there I will cause
thee to hear my words.
3 Then I went down to the pot-
ter’s house, and, behold, he wrought
a work on the wheels.
4 And the vessel that he made of
clay was marred in the hand of the
potter: so he made it again another
vessel, as seemed good to the potter
to make it.
5 Then the word of the LorRD
came to me, saying,
1 Israel (the whole nation) a vessel ma
prophetic strain. But Jehovah will make
, OMe
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.7.24,26;
11.10.
6 Zech.7.7.
c Lit. meal.
d Parables
e Isa.45.9;
f 1sa.64.8.
& Zech.8.14,
note.
hi.e. nations.
t Jer.2.13,32;
3.245,13.25;
17.13.
j Jer.19.8;
49.13; 50.13.
k1 Ki.9.8;
Lam.2.15;
Mic.6.16.
1 Jer.13.24.
m See Jer.2.27.
|
n Lev.10.11;
Mal.2.7;
John 7.48,49.
gsi
B.C. 691.
Rom.9.20,21.
[18 18
6 O house of Israel, ‘cannot I do
with you as this potter? saith the
Lorp. Behold, fas the clay is in
the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine
hand, O house of Israel.
7 At what instant I shall speak
concerning a nation, and concern-
ing a kingdom, to pluck up, and to
pull down, and to destroy it;
8 If that nation, against whom I
have pronounced, turn from their
evil, I will &repent of the evil that I
thought to do unto them.
9 And at what instant J shall
speak concerning a nation, and
concerning a kingdom, to build and
to plant 1t;
10 Ifit do evil in my sight, that it
obey not my voice, then I will re-
pent of the good, wherewith I said
I would benefit them.
11 Now therefore go to, speak to
.|the men of Judah, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
Thus saith the Lorp; Behold, I
frame evil against you, and devise
a device against you: return ye
now every one from his evil way,
and make your ways and your do-
ings good,
12 And they said, There is no
hope: but we will walk after our
own devices, and we will every one
do the imagination of his evil
heart.
13 Therefore thus saith the LorD;
Ask ye now among the “heathen,
who hath heard such things: the
virgin of Israel hath done a very
horrible thing.
14 Will a man leave the snow of
Lebanon which cometh from the
rock of the field? or shall the cold
flowing waters that come from
another place be forsaken? ;
15 Because my people have “for-
gotten me, they have burned in-
cense to vanity, and they have
caused them to stumble in their
ways from the ancient paths, to
walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
16 To make their land ‘desolate,
and a perpetual “hissing; every
one that passeth thereby shall be
astonished, and wag his head.
17 /I will scatter them as with an
east wind before the enemy; I will
shew them the back, and not the
face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Then said they, Come, and let
us devise devices against Jeremiah;
nfor the law shall not perish from
rred in the Potter’s hand, is the key tc this
“Gt again another vessel” (v. 4).
18 19]
the priest, nor counsel from the
wise, nor the word from the prophet.
Come, and let us smite him with
the tongue, and let us not give heed
to any of his words.
19 Give heed to me, O LorD, and
hearken to the voice of them that
contend with me.
for my soul. Remember that I
stood before thee to speak good for
them, and toe turn away thy wrath
from them. ‘
21 Therefore deliver up their chil-
dren to the famine, and pour out
their blood by the force of the
sword; and Jet their wives be be-
reaved of their children, and be
widows; and let their men be put
to death; Jet their young men bela Jer.7.31:
slain by the sword in battle. Serie ae
22 Let a cry be heard from their} S renee
houses, when thou shalt bring a(b1Sam.3.11,
troop suddenly upon them: for they| 2 Ki-21-12.
have digged a pit to take me, and| ¢ Jer.2.13,17,°
hid snares for my feet. 19; 15.6, 17.
23 Yet, Lorp, thou knowest all) 235 beacect
their counsel against me to slay
me: forgive not their iniquity,|¢ Josh.15.8.
- neither blot out their sin from thy
sight, but let them be overthrow. tee
before thee; deal thus with them in ;
the time of thine anger. f Denn oan
Isa.9.20;
CHAPTER 19. Lam.4.10.
(The sign of the potter’s house, |g Psa.2.9;
concluded.) Isa,30.14;
‘ Lam.4.2.
US saith the Lorp, Go and ,
get a potter’s earthen bottle, Perens
and take of the ancients of the} Zeph.1.5.
people, and of the ancients of the
priests;
2 And go forth unto the ¢valley of
the son. of Hinnom, which ss by the
entry of the east gate, and proclaim
there the words that I shall tell
thee,
3 And say, Hear ye the word of
the Lorw, O kings of Judah, and
inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus
saith the LorpD of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, I will bring evil
upon this place, the which whoso-
ever heareth, his ears shall 5tingle.
4 ‘Because they have forsaken
me, and have estranged this place,
and have burned incense in it unto
other gods. whom neither they nor
their fathers have known, nor. the
kings of Judah, and have filled this
place with the blood of innocents:
9 They have built also the high
places of Baal, to burn their sons
792
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 605.
lwith fire for burnt-offerings unto
Baal, which I commanded not, nor
spake it, neither came it into my
mind:
6 Therefore, behold, the days
come, saith the LorD, that this place
:
:
shail no more be called Tophet, |
@nor The valley of the son of Hin.
nom, but The valley of slaughter.
7 And I will make void the coun-
jsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this
|place; and «I will cause them to
ifall by the sword before their ene-
mies, and by the hands of them that
seek their lives: and their carcases
will I give to be meat for the fowls
of the heaven, and for the beasts of
the earth.
8 And I will make this city deso- ©
late, and an hissing; every one that
passeth thereby shall be astonished
and hiss because of all the plagues
thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat
ithe flesh of their sons and the /flesh
of their daughters, and they shall
yeat every one the flesh of his friend
in the siege and straitness, where-
with their enemies, and they that —
seek their lives, shall straiten them.
10 Then shalt thou break the
bottle in the sight of the men that
go with thee,
11 And shalt say unto them, Thus
saith the LorpD of hosts; sEven so
will I break this people and this
city, as one breaketh a potter’s ves-
sel, that cannot be made whole
again: and they shall bury them in
Tophet, till there be no place to
bury.
12. Thus will I do unto this place,
saith the Lorp, and to the inhab-
itants thereof, and even make this .
city as Tophet:
13° And the houses of Jerusalem,
and the houses of the kings of Ju-
dah, shall be defiled as the place of
‘Tophet, because of all the houses
upon whose “roofs they have burned
incense unto all the host of ‘heaven,
and have poured out drink-offerings
junto other gods,
Parenthetic: Jeremiah’s frst
persecution (Jer. 19, 14-20, i
Cf. Jer. 32. 2/.
14 Then came Jeremiah from To-
phet, whither the Lorp had sent
him to prophesy; and he stood in
the court of the Lorp's house; and
said to all the people,
15 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
the God of Israel; Behold, I will
‘bring upon this city and upon all
201]
her towns all the evil that I have
pronounced against it, because they
have hardened their necks, that
they might not hear my words.
CHAPTER 20.
OW Pashur the son of Immer
the priest, who was also chief
governor in the house of the LORD,
heard that Jeremiah prophesied
these things.
2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah
the prophet, and put him in the
stocks that were in the high gate of
Benjamin, which was by the house
of the LorbD.
3 And it came to pass on the mor-
row, that Pashur brought forth
Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then
said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD
a i.e. Terror on
hath not called thy name Pashur, eases
but *Magor-missabib. b 2 Ki.20.17;
4 For thus saith the LorpD, Be- ee Gat aaa
hold, I will make thee a terror to ‘
thyself, and to all thy friends: and} c Job 32.18,
they shall fall by the sword of their! 19: Psa.39.3.
enemies, and thine eyes shail behold} job 32.18:
it: and I will give all Judah into the] Acts 18.5.
hand of the king of Babylon, and 2 Heb. BSD
he shall carry them captive into] man of my
Babylon, and shall slay them with] peace.
the sword.
5 Moreover °I will deliver all the
strength of this city, and all the
jabours thereof, and all the precious
f Jer.11.20;
17.10.
g Psa.35:9,10; *
things thereof, and all the treasures 10a
of the kings of Judah will I give|h Zech.8.14,
into the hand of their enemies,| 7°%¢
which shall spoil them, and take] ; 2 xi.24.17,
them, and carry them to Babylon. |.
6 And thou, Pashur, and all that/’ pees.
dwell in thine house shall go into! 2538 ~~
captivity: and thou shalt come to
Babylon, and there thou shalt die,
and shalt be buried there, thou, and
all thy friends, to whom thou hast
prophesied lies.
7 OLorbD, thou hast deceived me,
and I was deceived: thou art
stronger than I, and hast prevailed:
I am in derision daily, every one
mocketh me. f
8 For since I spake, I cried out, I
cried violence and spoil; because the
word of the LorD was made a re-
proach unto me, and a derision,
daily.
9 Then I said, I will not make
mention of him, nor speak any
more in his name. But his word
was in mine heart ‘as a burning
fire shut up in my bones, and I was
weary with forbearing, and 4I)
could not stay. i
793
JEREMIAH.
[21 2
10 For I heard the defaming of
many, fear on every side. Report,
say they, and we will report it.
(‘All my familiars watched for my
halting, saying, Peradventure he:
will be enticed, and we shall pre-
vail against him, and we shall take
our revenge on him.
11 But the LorD is with me asa
mighty terrible one: therefore my
persecutors shall stumble, and they
shall not prevail: they shall be
greatly ashamed; for they shall not
prosper: their everlasting confusion
shall never be forgotten.
12 But, O LorpD of hosts, that
Striest the righteous, and seest the
reins and the heart, let me see thy
vengeance on them: for unto thee
have I opened my cause.
13 Sing unto the Lorp, praise ye
the Lorp: for She hath delivered
the soul of the poor from the hand
of evildoers.
14 Cursed be the day wherein I
was born: let not the day wherein
my mother bare me be blessed.
15 Cursed be the man who
brought tidings to my father, say-
ing, A man child is born unto thee;
making him very glad.
16 And let that man be as the
cities which the LorpD overthrew,
and ‘repented not: and let him
hear the cry in the morning, and
the shouting at noontide;
17 Because he slew me not from
the womb; or that my mother
might have been my grave, and
her womb to be always great with
me.
18 Wherefore came I forth out of
the womb to see labour and sorrow,
that my days should be consumed
with shame?
CHAPTER 21.
The message to King Zedekiah
(Jer. 21. 1-22. 30). The Baby-
lJonian captivity foretold. (Cf,
2, Ka. 25, 1-11.)
id Raa word which came unto Jere-
miah from the LoRD, when
tking Zedekiah sent unto him
Pashur the son of Melchiah, and
JZephaniah the son of Maaseiah
the priest, saying,
2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the
‘Lorp for us; for Nebuchadrezzar
\king of Babylon maketh war
against us; if so be that the Lorp
will -deal with us according to all his
wondrous works, that he may go up
from us.
21 3)
3. Then said Jeremiah unto them,
Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
4 Thus saith the Lorp God of
Israel; Behold, I will turn back the
weapons of war that are in your
hands, wherewith ye fight against
the king of Babylon, and against
the Chaldeans, which besiege you
without the walls, and I will assem-
ble them into the midst of this city.
5 wind I myself will fight against
you with ¢an outstretched hand and
with a strong arm, even in anger,
and in fury, and in great wrath.
6 And I will smite the inhabitants
of this city, both man and beast:
they shall die of a great pestilence. ore
7 And afterward, saith the Lorp,|° ~~
I will deliver Zedekiah king of |b Deut.28.50,
Judah, and his servants, and the| 2 Chr.36.17,
people, and such as are left in this} - peut.30.19.
city from the pestilence, from the as
‘sword, and from the famine, into oo ne. life
the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king] fp2+ fone
of Babylon, and into the hand] Aunted.
of their enemies, and into the} Jer-39.18.
hand of those that seek their life:|, p24.13.8.
and he shall smite them with the *
e€ge of the sword; “he shall not|f Heb. visit
spare them, neither have pity, nor; 4?°"
have mercy. |g Prov.1.31;
8 And unto this people thou shalt} 1sa.3.10,11.
say, Thus saith the LorD; Behold,|, Jer.17.20.
‘I set before you the way of life,
and the way of death. i Jer.21.12.
9 He that abideth in this city j Jer.17.25.
shall die by the sword, and by the
k Heb.6.13,17,
1 Deut.29.24,
25; 1 Ki.9.
famine, and by the pestilence: but
he that goeth out, and falleth to the
Chaldeans that besiege you, he
shall live, and ¢his life shall be| 3,9.
unto him for a prey. m2 Ki.22.17:
10 For I have set my face against; 2 Chr.34.25.
this city for evil, and not for good, J
saith the Lorp: it shall be given|”? 4-22-20.
into the hand of the king of Baby-}o1 Chr.3.15,
lon, and he shall burn it with fire. | with 2 Ki.23.
11 And touching the house of the} 32:
king of Judah, say, Hear ye the
word of the LorpD;
12 O house of David, thus saith
the LorD; Execute judgment in the
morning, and deliver him that is
spoiled out of the hand of the op-
pressor, lest my fury go out like
fire, and burn that none can quench
it, because of the evil of your
doings.
13 Behold, ‘I am against thee, O
inhabitant of the valley, and rock
of the plain, saith the LorD; which
say, Who shall come down against
us? or who shall enter into our
habitations?
14 But I will ‘punish you accord
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jEREMIAH.
wn
ing to the 4fruit of your doings,
saith the LorD: and I will kindle
a fire in the forest thereof, and
it shall devour all things round
about it.
CHAPTER 22.
(The message to Zedekiah,
concluded. }
HUS saith the LorD; Go down
to the house of the king of
Judah, and speak there this word,
i 2 And say, “Hear the word of the
|LorD, O king°of Judah, that sittest
Lapow the throne of David, thou, and
jthy servants, and thy people that
enter in by these gates:
3 Thus saith the LorD; ‘Execute
ye judgment and righteousness, and
deliver the spoiled out of the hand
of the oppressor: and do no wrong,
do no violence to the stranger, the
fatherless, nor the widow, neither
ished innocent blood in this place.
4 For if ye do this thing indeed,
jthen shali there enter in by the
gates of this house kings sitting
upon the throne of David, riding in
chariots and on horses, he, and his
servants, and his people.
5 But if ye will not hear these
words, *I swear by myself, saith
the Lorpb, that this house shall
become a desolation.
6 For thus saith the Lorp unto
the king’s house of Judah; Thou
art Gilead unto me, and the head
jof Lebanon: yet surely I will make
thee a wilderness, and cities which
fare not inhabited.
7 And I will prepare destroyers
against thee, every one with his
weapons: and they shall cut down
thy choice cedars, and cast them
into the fire,
8 And many nations shall pass by
this city, and they shall say every
man to his neighbour, “Wherefore
hath the LORD done thus unto this
great city?
9 Then they shall answer, ”Be-
cause they have forsaken the cove-
nant of the Lorp their God, and
worshipped other gods, and served
them.
10 Weep ye not for “the dead,
neither bemoan him: but weep sore
for him that goeth away: for he
‘shall return no more, nor see his
native country.
11 For thus saith the Lorpb touch-
ing °Shallum the son of Josiah king
of Judah, which reigned instead of
Josiah his father, which went forth
22° 12]
out of this place; He shall not re-
turn thither any more:
12 But he shall die in the place
whither they have Ied him captive,
and shall see this land no more.
13. Woe unto him that buildeth
his house by unrighteousness, and
his chambers by wrong; “that
useth his neighbour’s service with-
out wages, and giveth him not for
his work;
14 That saith, I will build me a
wide house and large chambers,
and cutteth him out windows; and
it is cieled with cedar, and painted
with vermilion.
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou
closest thyself in cedar? did not thy
father eat and drink, and do judg-
ment and justice, and then it was
well with him?
16 He judged the cause of the
poor and needy; then it was well
with him: was not this to know
me? saith the LORD.
17: But thine eyes and thine heart
are not but for thy covetousness,
and for to shed innocent blood, and
for oppression, and for violence, to
out.
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD
concerning Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah xing of Judah; They shall
not lament for him, saying, Ah my
brother! or, Ah sister! they shall
not lament for him, saying, Ah
lord! or, Ah his glory!
19 He shall be buried with the
burial of an ass, drawn and cast
forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry;
and lift up thy voice in Bashan,
and cry from the passages: for all
thy lovers are destroyed.
21 I spake unto thee in thy pros-
perity; but thou saidst, I will not
hear. This hath been thy manner
from thy youth, that thou obeyedst
not my voice.
22 The wind shall eat up all thy
pastors, and thy iovers shall go into
captivity: surely then shalt thou be
ashamed and confounded for all
thy wickedness.
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that
JEREMIAH.
a Lev.19.13;
Deut.24.14,
15; Mal.3.
10; Jas.5.4.
6 Contracted
from
Jeconiah,
1 Chr.3.16.
c Jer.36.30.
vs.3-8;
Jer.31.7-14.
(Isa,1.9;
Rom.11.5.)
e Israel
vs.3-8;
Jer.30.1-9.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom,11.26.)
B.C. 609.
(prophecies).
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makest thy nest in the cedars, how
gracious shalt thou be when pangs
come upon thee, the pain as of a
woman in travail!
24 As I live, saith the Lorpb,
though ®Coniah the son of Jehoia-
kim king of Judah were the signet
upon my right hand, yet would I
pluck thee thence;
25 And I will give thee inta the
hand of them that seek thy life, and
into the hand of them whose face
thou fearest, even into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 And I will cast thee out, and
thy mother that bare thee, into
another country, where ye were not
born; and there shall ye die.
27 But to the land whereunto
they desire to return, thither shall
they not return.
28 Is this man Coniah a despised
broken idol? is he a vessel wherein
is no pleasure? wherefore are they
cast out, he and his seed, and are
cast into a land which they know
not?
29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the
word of the LORD.
30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye
this man childless, aman that shall
not prosper in his days: ‘for no
man of his seed shall prosper, sit-
ting upon the throne of David, and
ruling any more in Judah.
CHAPTER 23.
The future ‘restoration and
conversion of Israel: message
against the faithless shep-
herds (vs. 1-40).
WE be unto the pastors that
destroy and scatter the sheep
of my pasture! saith the LorpD.
2 Therefore thus saith the LoRD
God of Israel against the pastors
that feed my people; Ye have scat-
tered my flock, and driven them
away, and have not visited them:
behold, I will visit upon you the
evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
| 3 And I will gather the “remnant
of my ¢flock out of all countries
1 This final restoration is shown to be accomplished after a period of unexampled
tribulation (Jer. 30. 3-10), and in connection with the manifestation of David’s
righteous Branch (v. 5), who is also J ehovah-tsidkenu (v. 6).
The restoration here
foretold is not to be confounded with the return of a feeble remnant of Judah under
Ezra. Nehemiah, and Zerubbabel at the end of the 70 years (Jer. 29. 10).
At His first
advent Christ, David’s righteous Branch (Lk. 1. 31-33), did not “‘execute justice and
judgment in the earth,” but was c
Israel the nation restored, nor did the Jewish people
The prophecy is yet to be
ness.” Cf. Rom. 10. 3.
rowne
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d with thorns and crucified. Neither was
say, “The Lord our righteous-
fulfilled (Acts 15. 14-17).
Zaye
JEREMIAH.
whither I have driven them, and|_B.c. 599._|of them unto me Jas Sodom, and
will bring them again to their folds;
and they shall be fruitful and in-
crease.
4 And I will set up shepherds over
them which shall feed them: and
they shall fear no more, nor be dis-
mayed, neither shall they be lack-
ing, saith the Lorp. :
5 Behold, the days come, saith
the Lorp, that I will raise unto Da-
vid a righteous ¢Branch, and a
‘King shall reign and prosper, and
shall execute judgment and justice
in the earth.
6 “In his days Judah shall be
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:
and this is his name whereby he
shall be called, “THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
7 Therefore, behold, the, days
come, saith the Lorp, that they
shall no more say, The Lorp liveth,
which brought up the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt;
8 But, The Lorp liveth, which
brought up and which led the seed
of the house of Israel out of the
north country, and ¢from all coun-
tries whither I had driven them;
and they shall dwell in their own
land.
9 Mine heart within me is broken
because of the prophets: all my
bones shake; I am like a drunken
man, and like a man whom wine
hath overcome, because of the
Lorp, and because of the words of
his holiness.
10 For the land is full of adul-
terers; for because of swearing the
land mourneth; the pleasant places
of the wilderness are dried up, and
their course is evil, and their force
is not right.
11 For both prophet and priest
are profane; yea, in my house have
I found their wickedness, saith the
Lorp.
12 Wherefore their way shall be
unto them as slippery ways in the
darkness: they shall be driven on,
and fall therein: for I will bring
evil upon them, even the year of
their visitation, saith the Lorp.
13. And I have seen folly in the
‘prophets of Samaria; they prophe-
sied in Baal, and caused my people
Israel to err.
14 [have seen also in the prophets
of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they
commit adultery, and walk in lies:
they strengthen also the hands of
evildoers, that none doth return
from his wickedness:, they are all
a Isa.4.2,
note.
b Kingdom
(O.T.).
vs.5-8;
Jer.30.7-9.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
c Christ
vs.5,6;
Ezk.37.21,22.
(Deut.30.3;
Acts 1.9-11.)
d Heb. Jeho-
vah-
tsidkenu.
é v.3; Isa.43.
5,6.
?
Ff Deut.32.32;
Isa.1.9,10.
& v.21;
Jer.14.14.
h Job 15.8;
1 Cor.2.16.
t Jer.30.24,
j Gen.49.1.
k Jer.14.14;
27.15; 29.9.
1 Psa.139.7;
Amos 9.2,3.
m1 Ki.8.273
Psa.139.8.
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the inhabitants thereof as Gomor-
rah. ;
15 Therefore thus saith the Lorp
of hosts concerning the prophets;
Behold, I will feed them with worm,
wood, and make them drink the
water of gall: for from the prophets
of Jerusalem is profaneness gone
forth into all the land.
16 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
Hearken not unto the words of the
prophets that prophesy unto you:
they make you vain: sthey speak a
vision of their own heart, and not
out of the mouth of the Lorp:
17 They say still unto them that
despise me, The Lorp hath said,
Ye shall have peace; and they say
unto every one that walketh after
the imagination of his own heart,
No evil shall come upon you.
18 For “who hath stood in the
counsel of the Lorb, and hath per-
ceived and heard his word? whc
hath marked his word, and heard.
it?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the
LORD is gone forth in fury, even a
grievous whirlwind: it shall fall
grievously upon the head of the
wicked.
20 *The anger of the Lorp shall
not return, until he have executed)
and till he have performed the
thoughts of his heart: jin the latter
days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 *I have not sent these proph-
ets, yet they ran: I have not spoken
to them, yet they prophesied,
22 But if they had stood in my
counsel, and had caused my pecple
to hear my words, then they should
have turned them from their evil
way, and from the evil of their
doings. :
23. Am Ia God at hand, saith the
Lorp, and not a God afar off?
24 !Can any hide himself in secret
places that I shall not see him?
saith the Lorp. ™Do not I flr
heaven and earth? saith the Lorp.
25 I have heard what the proph-
ets said, that prophesy lies in my
mame, saying, I have dreamed, I
have dreamed.
26 How long shall this be in the
heart of the prophets that prophesy
lies? yea, they are prophets of the
deceit of their own heart; ,
27 Which think to cause my peo-
ple to forget my name by their
dreams which they tell every man
to his neighbour, as their fathers
have forgotten my name for Baal.
aa
23 28]
28 The prophet that hatha dream,
let him tell a dream; and he that
hath my word, let him speak my
word faithfully. What is the chaff
to the wheat? saith the Lorb.
29 Is not my word like as a fire?
saith the LorD; and like a hammer
that breaketh the rock in pieces?
30 Therefore, behold, “I am
against the prophets, saith the
Lorp, that steal my words every
one from his neighbour.
31 Behold, I am against the
prophets, saith the LORD, that use
their tongues, and say, He saith.
32 Behold, I am against them
that prophesy false dreams, saith
the LorpD, and do tell them, and
cause my people to err by their
lies, and by their lightness; yet
I sent them not, nor commanded
them: therefore they shall not profit
this people at all, saith the LorD.
33 And when this people, or the
prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee,
saying, “What is the burden of the
Lorp? thou shalt then say unto
them, What burden? I will even
forsake you, saith the LORD.
34 And as for the prophet, and
the priest, and the people, that shall
say, The burden of the Lorn, I
will even punish that man and his
house.
35 Thus shall ye say every one to
his neighbour, and every one to his
brother, What hath the LORD an-
swered? and, What hath the LORD
spoken?
36 And the burden of the LorD
shall ye mention no more: for every}
man’s word shall be his burden;
for ye have perverted the words of
the living God, of the Lorp of
hosts our God.
37 Thus shalt thou say to the
prophet, What hath the LORD an-
swered thee? and, What hath the
LorRD spoken? ;
38 But since ye say, The burden
of the Lorp; therefore thus saith
the LoRD; Because ye say this
word, The burden of the Lorp,
and I have sent unto you, saying,
Ye shall not say, The burden of
the LORD;
39 Therefore, behold, I, even I,
dwill utterly forget you, and I will
forsake you, and the city that I
gave you and your fathers, and
cast you out of my presence:
40 And I will bring an everlast-
ing reproach upon you, and a per-
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.14.14,
: 5; Deut.18.
b Zeph.3.4.. ~ >
¢ Mal.1.1... ~
d Hos.4.6.
| eJer.23°39,40.
f Parables
(O.T.).
vs.1-10;
Jer.27.1-7.
(Jud.9.7-15;
Zech.11.
7-14.)
g 2 Ki.24.12;
2 Chr.36.10.
h Jer.12.15;
29.10.
4 Deut.30.6;
Ezk.11.19;
36.26,27.
j Jer.30.22;
31.33; 32.38.
k Jer.15.4;
29.18; 34.17;
Deut.28.25,
37; 1 Ki.9.7;
2 Chr.7.20.
petual shame, which shall not bel
forgotten.
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CHAPTER 24.
The sign of the figs (vs. 1-3).
Judah yet to be restored, ‘but
not they of the second de-
portation (vs. 4-10).
HE Lorp shewed me, and, be-
hold, ftwo baskets of figs were
set before the temple of the Lorp,
after that Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon had carried away captive
Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king
of Judah, and the princes of Judah,
with the carpenters and smiths,
from Jerusalem, and had brought
them to Babylon.
2 One basket had very good figs,
even like the figs that are first
ripe: and the other basket had very
naughty figs, which could not be
jeaten, they were so bad.
3 Then said the LoRD unto me,
What seest thou, Jeremiah? And
I said, Figs; the good figs, very
good; and the evil, very evil, that
cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
4 Again the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
5 Thus saith the LoRD, the God of
Israel; Like these good figs, so will
I acknowledge them that are carried
away captive of Judah, whom I have
sent out of this place into the land
of the Chaldeans for their good.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon
them for good, and “I will bring
them again to this land: and I will
build them, and not pull them
down; and I will plant them, and
not pluck them up. ,
7 And I will give them ‘an heart
to know me, that I am the LorD:
and they shall be ¥my people, and I
will be their God: for they shali
return unto me with their whole
heart.
8 And as the evil figs, which can-
not be eaten, they are so evil; surely
thus saith the LorD, So will I give
Zedekiah the king of Judah, and
his princes, and the residue of Je-
rusalem, that remain in this land,
and them that dwell in the land of
Egypt: | ;
9 And “I will deliver them to be
removed into all the kingdoms of
the earth for their hurt, to be a re-
proach and a proverb, a taunt and
a curse, in all places whither I shall
drive them.
10 And I will send the sword, the
famine, and the pestilence, among
them, till they be consumed from off
the land that I gave unto them and
to their fathers.
12504] JEREMIAH.
CHAPTER 25.
Prophecy of the seventy years’
captivity (vs. 1-14. Cf. Dan. 9.
)
2
ee word. that came to’ Jeremiah
concerning all the people of Ju-
dah 4in the fourth year of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah king of Judah,
them, and make them an astonish
ment, and an hissing, and perpetu
desolations.
10 Moreover I will take from
them the voice of mirth, and the
voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the
bride, the sound of the millstones,
and the light of the candle.
that was the first year of Nebu- 11 And this whole land shall be a
chadrezzar king of Babylon; desolation, and an astonishment:
2 The which Jeremiah the pro- and these nations shall serve the
phet spake unto all the people of |king of Babylon !seventy years. —
Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jer.36.1 12 And it shall come to pass, when”
Jerusalem, saying, BJeE0-2s seventy years are accomplished,
3 From the thirteenth year of Jo-|6 Jer.18.11; that I will punish the king of Baby-
siah the son of Amon king of Judah,| 35-15; lon, and that nation, saith the
even unto this day, that /s the three joe Lorn, for their iniquity, «and the
and twentieth year, the word of the land of the Chaldeans, ‘and will
LorpD hath come unto me, and I lee jmake it perpetual desolations.
pave apes Se you, rising early| 39731’ : ' A es I will bring upon Ree:
and speaking; but ye have not an my words which I have
hearkened. 5 d ss proiouinted Meena it, even all that
4 And the Lorp hath sent unto] 44’9g! 484. 1S written in this book, which Jere-
you all his servants the prophets,| -~ ’ "” ~_|miah hath prophesied against all
Tising early and sending them; but] ¢ Te ian the nations. ;
ye have not hearkened, nor inclined 47.1; Jer.50. | 14 For many nations and great
your ear to hear. ; 3,13,23,39, |kings shall serve themselves of them
5S They said, ‘Turn ye again now| 40.45; 51. also: and I will recompense them
every one from his evil way, and sept according to their deeds, and accord-
from the evil of your doings, and|fJob 21.20; ing to the works of their own hands.
dwell in the land that the Lorp| Psa.75.8;
hath given unto you and to your Popa. The sign of the wine cup of fury
fathers for ever and ever: (vs. 15-38).
6 And go not after other gods to|£ eG ie 15 For thus saith the Lorp God
ee Bas = hens aw yet Nahi. {Of qe pets pie aes
O anger wi cup o is fury at my hand, an
ee works ot ag hands; and I will Hee eae the pies to whom ]
0 you no hurt. sen ee, to drink it.
7 Yet ye have riot hearkened unto 16 And &they shall drink, and be
me, saith the Lorpb; that ye might moved, and be mad, because of the
provoke me to anger with the sword that I will send among them.
pos of your hands to your own a then abe 4 the cup at the
urt. ORD’S hand, and made alf th -
8 Therefore thus saith the Lorp tions to drink, unto whom the Tae
of hosts i Because ye have not heard aS sat me:
my words, 8 Towit, Jerusalem, and the cit-
9 Behold, I will send and take all ies of Judah, aad the leites ticreor
the families of the north, saith the and the princes thereof, to make
re ar Sat Ra Gate ira 4 ts page Se git an astonishment,
i : , ¢my servant, an an hissing, and a : it 7
will bring them against this land, this dupe” oe ated ae
and against the inhabitants thereof, 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
and against all these nations round his servants, and his princes, and
about, and will utterly destroy all his péople:
decree of Cyrus for the return (Ezra 1. 1-3), B.c. 534 (Assyr. Ep. Canon B.c
536 (Ussher). In the second case the 70 years terminate B.C. 516 (Assyr. ey Cana
with the completion of the temple. The latter is th i
Eiicht cr pcckone Pp is the more probable reckoning
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25 20]
20 And all the mingied people,
and all the kings of the land of Uz,
and all the kings of the land of the
Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Az-
gah, and Ekron, and the remnant
of Ashdod,
21 Edom, and Moab, and the
children of Ammon,
22 And all the kings of Tyrus,
and all the kings of Zidon, and the
kings of the isles which are be-
yond the sea,
23 Dedan,and Tema, and Buz, and
‘all that are in the utmost corners,
24 And all the kings of Arabia,
and all the kings of the mingled
people that dwell in the desert,
25 And all the kings of Zimn, and
all the kings of Elam, and all the
kings of the Medes,
26 And all the kings of the north,
far and near, one with another, and
all the kingdoms of the world,
which are upon the face of ,the
earth: and the king of 9Sheshach
shall drink after them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto
them, Thus saith the LoRD of hosts, |
the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be
drunken, and spue, and fall, and
rise no more, because of the sword
which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse
to take the cup at thine hand to
drink, then shalt thou say unto
them, Thus saith the Lorp. of
hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on
the city which is called by my
name, and should ye be utterly un-
punished? Ye shall not be unpun-
ished: for <I will call for a ¢sword
upon tall the inhabitants of the
earth, saith the LorD of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy thou
against them all these words, and
say unto them, The Lorp shall|
roar from on high, and utter his
voice from his holy habitation; he
shall mightily ‘roar upon his habita-
tion; he shall give a shout, as they
that tread the grapes, against all
the inhabitants of the earth.
31 A noise shall come even to the
ends of the earth; for the LORD
hath a fcontroversy with the na-
tions, She will plead with all flesh;!
he will give them that are wicked
to the sword, saith the Lorp.
JEREMIAH.
ai.e. coasts.
b> A name for
Babylon.
Jer.51.41.
c Day (of Je-
hovah).
vs.29-38;
Ezk.30.3.
(Isa.2.10-22;
Rev.19.11-
21.)
d Armaged-
don (battle
of). vs.29-33;
Ezk.38.1-39.
16. (Rev.16.
14; 19.11-
21.)
e Isa.42.13;
Joel 3.16;
Amos 1.2.
Ff Hos.4.1;
Mic.6.2.
g Isa.66.16;
Joel 3.2.
h 1sa.66.16.
t Ezk.3.10;
Mt.28.20.
j Zech.8.14,
note.
32 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
Behold, evil shall go forth from na-
tion to nation, and a great whirl-
wind shall be raised up from the
fend of the earth: they shall not be
lamented, neither gathered, nor
buried; they shall be dung upon
the ground.
34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry;
and wallow yourselves in the ashes,
ye principal of the flock: for the
days of your slaughter and of your
dispersions are accomplished; and
ye shail fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have
no way to flee, nor the principal of
the flock to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the Shep-
herds, and an howling of the prin-
cipal of the flock, shall be heard:
for the LorD hath spoiled their
pasture.
37 And the peaceable habitations
are cut down because of the fierce
anger of the LORD.
38 He hath forsaken his covert, as
the lion: for their land is desolate
because of the fierceness of the op-
pressor, and because of his fierce
anger.
CHAPTER 26.
The message in the temple court
(vs.1-19). (Cf. Jer. 7. 1, note.)
WN the beginning of the reign of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
of Judah came this word from the
LORD, saying,
2 Thus saith the Lorp; Stand in
the court of the LorRpD’s house, and
speak unto all the cities of Judah,
which come to worship in the
Lorp’s house, ‘all the words that I
command thee to speak unto them;
diminish not a word:
3 If so be they will hearken, and
turn every man from his evil way,
that I may Jrepent me of the evil,
which I purpose to do unto them
because of the evil of their doings.
4 And thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith the Lorb; If ye will not
hearken to me, to walk in my law,
which I have set before you,
1 The scope of this great prophecy cannot be limited to the invasion of Nebuchad-
nezzar. If Jehovah does not spare His own city, should the Gentile nations imagine
that there is no judgment for them?
The prophecy leaps to the very end of this
age. (See “Day of the Lorn,” Isa. 2, 10-22; Rev. 19. 11-21; “Armageddon,” Rev.
16. 14; 19, 11-21.)
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5 To hearken to the words of my
servants the prophets, whom I sent
unto you, both rising up early, and
sending them, but ye have not
hearkened;
¢Shiloh, and will make this city a
curse to all the nations of the earth.
7 So the priests and the prophets
and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house
of the Lorp.
8 Now jit came to pass, when J: ere-
miah had made an end of speaking
all that the Lorp had commanded
him to speak unto all the people,
that the priests and the prophets
and all the people took him, saying,
Thou shalt surely die. q
9 Why hast thou prophesied in
the name of the LorD, saying, This
house shall be like Shiloh, and this
city shall be desolate without an
inhabitant? And all the people were
gathered against Jeremiah in the
house of the Lorp.
10 When the princes of Judah
heard these things, then they came
up from the king’s house unto the
house of the Lorp, and sat down
in the entry of the new gate of the
Lorp’s house.
11 Then spake the priests and the
prophets unto the princes and to
all the people, saying, This man is
worthy to die; for he hath prophe-
sied against this city, as ye have
heard with your ears.
12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all
the princes and to all the people,
saying, The Lorp sent me to
prophesy against this house and
against this city all the words that
ye have heard.
13 Therefore now amend your
ways and your doings, and obey
the voice of the LorD your God:
and the Lorp will trepent him of
the evil that he hath pronounced
against you.
14 As for me, behold, I am in
your hand: do with me as seemeth
good and meet unto you.
15 But know ye for certain, thatif
ye put me to death, ye shall surely
bring innocent blood upon your-
selves, and upon this city, and upon
theinhabitants thereof: for ofa truth
the Lorp hath sent me unto you to
speak all these words in your ears.
16 Then said the princes and all
the people unto the priests and to
the prophets; This man is not wor-
thy to die: for he hath spoken to us
in the name of the LorD our God,
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.7.12,14;
1 Sam.4.10,
11; Psa.78.
60.
6 Zech.8.14,
nore.
¢ Mic.1.1.
4 Mic.3.12.
e Psa.19.9,
note,
Ff Jer.39.14;
2 Ki.22.12,14.
g Parables
(O.T.).
vs.1-7;
Ezk.17.1-14.
(Jud.9.7-15;
Zech.11.7-
14.)
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17 Then rose up certain of the
elders of the land, and spake to all
the assembly of the people, saying,
18 ‘Micah the Morasthite prophe-
sied in the days of Hezekiah king
of Judah, and spake to all the peo-
ple of Judah, saying, Thus saith
the LorpD of hosts; ¢Zion shall be
plowed Iike a field, and Jerusalem
shall become heaps, and the moun-
tain of the house as the high places
of a forest.
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah
and all Judah ‘put him at all to
death? did he not ‘fear the Lorp,
and besought the Lorp, and the
Lorp érepented him of the evil
which he had pronounced against
them? Thus might we procure great
evil against our souls.
Martyrdom of Urijah (vs. 20-24).
20 And there was also a man that
prophesied in the name of the
LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah
lof Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied
against this city and against this
land according to all the words of
Jeremiah:
21 And when Jehoiakim the king,
with all his mighty men, and all
the princes, heard his words, the
king sought to put him to death:
but when Urijah heard it, he was
afraid, and fled, and went into
gypt;
22 And Jehoiakim the king sent
men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan
the son of Achbor, and certain
men with him into Egypt.
23 And they fetched forth Urijah
out of Egypt, and brought him unto
Jehoiakim the king: who slew
him with the sword, and cast his
dead body into the graves of the
common people.
24 Nevertheless /the hand of Ahi-
kam the son of Shaphan was with
Jeremiah, that they should not give
him into the hand of the people to
put him to death.
CHAPTER 27.
The sign of the yokes (vs. 1-11):
to surrounding Gentile kings.
1X the beginning of the reign ot
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
of Judah came this word unto Jere-
miah from the Lorp, 8saying,
2 Thus saith the Lorp to me:
Make thee bonds and yokes, and
put them upon thy neck,
3 And send them to the king of
Edom, and to the king of Moab, and
to the king of the Ammonites, and
to the king of Tyrus, and to the
king of Zidon, by the hand of the
messengers which come to Jerusa-
lem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
4 And command them to say unto
their masters, Thus saith the LoRD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus
shall ye say unto your masters;
5 I have made the earth, the man
and the beast that are upon the
ground, by my great power and by
my outstretched arm, and have
given it unto whom it seemed meet
unto me.
6 And now have I given all these
lands into the hand of Nebuchad-
nezzar the king of Babylon, “my
servant; and the beasts of the field
have I given him also to serve him.
7 And all nations shali serve him,
and his son, and his son’s son, °un-
til the very time of his land come:
and then many nations and great
kings shall serve themselves of
him. :
8 And it shall come to pass, that
the nation and kingdom which will
not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon, and that will
not put their neck under the yoke
of the king of Babylon, that nation
will I punish, saith the LorD, with
the sword, and with the famine, and
with the pestilence, until I have
consumed them by his hand.
9 Therefore hearken not ye to
your prophets, nor to your divin-
ers, nor to your dreamers, nor to
your enchanters, nor to your sor-
cerers, which speak unto you, say-
ing, Ye shall not serve the king of
Babylon:
10 For they prophesy a lie unto
you, to remove you far from your
Jand; and that I should drive you
out, and ye should perish. :
11 But the nations that bring
their neck under the yoke of the
king of Babylon, and serve him,
those will I let remain still in their
own land, saith the LorpD; and they
shall till it, and dwell therein.
(The sign of the yokes, contin-
ued: to King Zedekiah.)
12 I spake also to Zedekiah king
of Judah according to all these
words, saying, Bring your necks
under the yoke of the king of Baby-
jon, and serve him and his people,
and live.
13. Why will ye die, thou and thy
people, by the sword, by the famine,
and by the pestilence, as the LORD
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.25.9; 43.
10; Ezk.29.
18,20.
b Jer.25.12;
50.27;
2 Chr.36.
d Jer.52.17,
20,21; 2 Ki
25.13.
e Jer.24.1;
2 Ki.24.
14,15.
f 2 Ki.25 13;
2 Chr.36.18.
g Jer.29.10;
32.5;
2 Chr.36.21.
h Ezra 1.7;
7.19.
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hath spoken against the nation that
will not serve the king of Babylon?
14 Therefore hearken not unto the
words of the prophets that speak
unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve
the king of Babylon: for they
prophesy a lie unto you.
15 ForI have not sent them, saith
the Lorb, yet they prophesy a lie
in my name; that I might drive you
out, and that ye might perish, ye,
and the prophets that prophesy
unto you.
16 Also I spake to the priests and
to all this people, saying, Thus
saith the Lorp; Hearken not to the
words of your prophets that proph-
esy unto you, saying, “Behold, the
vessels of the LorpD’s house shall
now shortly be_brought again from
Babylon: for they prophesy a lie
unto you.
17 Hearken not unto them; serve
the king of Babylon, and live:
wherefore should this city be laid
waste?
18 But if they be prophets, and if
the word of the LorpD be with them,
let them now make intercession to
the Lorp of hosts, that the vessels
which are left in the house of the
Lorpb, and in the house of the king
of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not
to Babylon.
19 For thus saith the Lorp of
hosts ¢concerning the pillars, and
concerning the sea, and concerning
the bases, and concerning the resi-
due of the vessels that remain in
this city,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon took not, when he car-
ried away “captive Jeconiah the son
of Jehoiakim king of Judah from
Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the
nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
21 Yea, thus saith the Lorp of
hosts, the God of Israel, concerning
the vessels that remain in the house
of the Lorp, and in the house of
the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
22 They shall fbe carried to Baby-
lon, and there shall they be until
the day that ¢I visit them, saith the
Lorp; then /will I bring them up,,
and restore them to this place.
CHAPTER 28.
(Sign of the yokes, continued:
the false prophecy and death
of Hananiah.)
ND it came to pass the same
year, in the beginning of the
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in
JEREMIAH. | [29 :
the fourth year, and in the “fifth
month, that Hananiah the son of
Azur the prophet, which was of
Gibeon, spake unto me in the house
of the Lorp, in the presence of the
priests and of all the people, say-
ing,
2 Thus speaketh the Lorp of
hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I
have broken “the yoke of the king
of Babylon.
_3 Within two full years will I
bring again into this place all the
vessels of the LORD’s house, that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
took away from this place, and car-
tied them to Babylon: |
4 And I will bring again to this :
place Jeconiah the son of Jehoia-} jmiah unto Hananiah the prophet,
kim king of Judah, with all the Hear now, Hananiah; The Lorp
captives of Judah, that went into/*‘¢- August. |hath not sent thee; “but thou mak-
Babylon, saith the Lorp: for I will}, yer.2712, . \est this people to ‘trust in a lie.
break the yoxe of the king of Baby- : 16 Therefore thus saith the LorbD;
lon. ci Ki.1.36. Behold, I will cast thee from off the
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said]; peutig.22. |face of the earth: this year thou
unto the prophet Hananiah in the shalt die, because thou hast taught
came unto Jeremiah the prophet,
after that Hananiah the prophet
had broken ‘the yoke from off the
neck of the prophet Jeremiah, say-
ing,
13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying,
Thus saith the Lorp; Thou hast
broken the yokes of wood; but thou
shalt make for them yokes of iron.
14 For thus saith the LorpD of
hosts, the God of Israel; *I have put
a yoke of iron upon the neck of all
these nations, that they may serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
and they shall serve him: and I
have given him the beasts of the
field also.
15 Then said the prophet Jere-
presence of the priests, and in the| ¢ Jer-27.7. Tebellion against the LorpD.
presence of all the people that stood] + yer.27.2. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died
in the house of the Lorb, the same year in the Jseventh
6 Even the prophet Jeremiah/¢ Saath a month.
said, ‘Amen: the Lorp do so: the| Deut-28-48-
LorD pants te - words which]: Jer.29.31 ; CHAPTER 29.
ha fe) ied, ri in| ©2k-13.22.
fic yoke oF the Lomaeire| . tuoak pene Fispeeds selene wien
and all that is carried away captive,| note. rst captivity (vs. ).
from Babylon into this place. ee 4 Noe these are the words of the
7 Nevertheless hear thou now this|?#* October- letter that Jeremiah the pro-
word that I speak in thine ears, and|& Jer.22.26: phet sent from Jerusalem unto the
in the ears of all the people; 2 Ki.24.12. |pesidue of the elders which were
8 The prophets that have been)
before me and before thee of old
prophesied both against many!
countries, and against great king-|
doms, of war, and of evil, and of
pestilence.
9 ¢The prophet which prophesieth|
of peace, when the word of the
prophet shall come to pass, then
shall the prophet be known, that
the LorD hath truly sent him.
10 Then Hananiah the prophet
took the yoke from off the prophet
Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
11 And Hananiah spake in the
presence of all the people, saying,
Thus saith the Lorb; Even so willl
I break the yoke of Nebuchad-!
nezzar king of Babylon ‘from the}
neck of all nations within the space
of two full years. And the prophet
Jeremiah went his way.
12 Then the word of the Lorp|
lcarried away captives, and to the
priests, and to the prophets, and to
all the people whom WNebuchad-
nezzar had carried away captive
from Jerusalem to Babylon;
2 (After that *Jeconiah the king,
and the queen, and the eunuchs,
the princes of Judah and Jeru-
salem, and the carpenters, and the
smiths, were departed from Jeru-
salem:;)
3 By the hand of Elasah the son
of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son
of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of
Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebu-
chadnezzar king of Babylon) say-
ing,
4 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
the God of Israel, unto all that are
carried away captives, whom I have
jcaused to be carried away from
jJerusalem unto Babylon;
5 Build ye houses, and dwell in
'Cf. 2 Ki. 24. 10-16. The complete captivity of Judah came eleven years later
(2.525. 1-7).
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them; and plant gardens, and eat
the fruit of them;
6 Take ye wives, and beget sons
and daughters; and take wives for
your sons, and give your daughters
to husbands, that they may bear
sons and daughters; that ye may be
increased there, and not diminished.
7 And seek the peace of the city
whither I have caused you to be
carried away captives, “and pray
unto the Lorp for it: for in the
peace thereof shall ye have peace.
8 For thus saith the Lorp of
hosts, the God of Israel; Let not
your prophets and your diviners,
that be in the midst of you, @de-
ceive you, neither hearken to your
dreams which ye cause to be
dreamed.
9 For they prophesy falsely unto
you in my name: I have not sent
them, saith the LoRD.
10 For thus saith the LorbD, That
cafter seventy years be accomplished
at Babylon I will visit you, and per-
form my good word toward you, in
causing you to return to this place.
11 For I know the thoughts that I
think toward you, saith the Lorpb,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil,
to‘give you an expected end.
12 ¢Then shall ye call upon me,
and ye shall go and pray unto me,
and I will hearken unto you.
13° And ¢ye shall seek me, and find
me, when ye shall search for me
with all your heart.
14 fAnd I will be found of you,
saith the Lorp: and I will turn
away your captivity, and 41 will
gather you from all the nations,
and from all the places whither I
have driven you, saith the Lorp;
“and I will bring you again into the
place whence I caused you to be
carried away captive.
15 Because ye have said, The
Lorp hath raised us up prophets
in Babylon;
16 Know that thus saith the
Lorp of the king that sitteth upon
the throne of David, and of all the
people that dwelleth in this city,
and of your brethren that are not
gone forth with you into captivity;
17. Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
Behold, I will send upon them the
sword, the famine, and the pesti-
lence, and will make them like vile
figs, that cannot be eaten, they are
so evil. :
18 And I will persecute them with
the sword, with the famine, and
with the pestilence, and /will de-
JEREMIAH.
a Ezra 6.10;
1 Tim.2.2.
b Jer.14.14;
23.21; 27.14,
15; Eph.5.6.
¢ Jer.25.12;
27.22;
e Lev.26.39,
40,42; Deut.
30.1-3.
f Deut.4.7;
Psa.32.6;
46.1; Isa.
55.6.
g Jer.23.3,8;
30.3; 32.37.
h Jer.15.4;
24.9; 34.17;
Deut.28.25;
2 Chr.29.8.
i See Gen.
48.20;.
Isa.65.15.
j Dan.3.6.
k Jer.21.1;
2 Ki.25.18,
12 Ki.9.11;
Acts 26.24.
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liver them to be removed to all
the kingdoms of the earth, to be a
curse, and an astonishment, and an
hissing, and a reproach, among all
the nations whither I have driven
them:
19 Because they have not heark-
ened to my words, saith the LorbD,
which I sent unto them by my ser-
vants the prophets, rising up early-
and sending them; but ye would
not hear, saith the LorpD.
20 Hear ye therefore the word of
the Lorp, all ye of the captivity,
whom I have sent from Jerusalem
to Babylon:
21 Thus saith the LorD of hosts,
the God of Israel, of Ahab the son
of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son
of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie
unto ‘you in my name; Behold, I
will deliver them into the hand of
; |Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
and he shall slay them before your
eyes;
22 And ‘of them shall be taken up.
a curse by all the captivity of Judah
which are in Babylon, saying, The
LorpD make thee like Zedekiah and
like JAhab, whom the king of Baby-
lon roasted in the fire;
23 Because they have committed
villany in Israel, and have com-
mitted adultery with their neigh-
bours’ wives, and have spoken
lying words in my name, which I
have not commanded them; even
I know, and am a witness, saith
the LORD.
24 Thus shalt thou also speak to
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
25 Thus speaketh the LorpD of
hosts, the God of Israel, saying,
Because thou hast sent letters in
thy name unto all the people that
are at Jerusalem, and “to Zepha-
niah the son of Maaseiah the priest,
and to all the priests, saying,
26 The Lorp hath made thee
priest in the stead of Jehoiada the
priest, that ye should be officers
in the house of the LORD, for every
man that is ’mad, and maketh him-
self a prophet, that thou shouldest
put him in prison, and in the
stocks.
27 Now therefore why hast thou
not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,
which maketh himself a prophet to
you?
28 For therefore he sent unto us
in Babylon, saying, This captivity
is long: build ye houses, and dwell
in them; and plant gardens, and
eat the fruit of them.
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JEREMIAH.
[30 18
29 And Zephaniah the priest read
this letter in the ears of Jeremiah
the prophet. :
30 Then came the word of the
LorD unto Jeremiah, saying,
31 Send to all them of the cap-
tivity, saying, Thus saith the Lorp
concerning Shemaiah the Nehela-
mite; Because that Shemaiah hath
prophesied unto you, and I sent
B.C. 606.
him not, and he caused you to trust |
in a lie:
32 Therefore thus saith the Lorp:
Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the
Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall
not have a man to dwell among this
people; neither shall he behold the
good that I will do for my people,
saith the LorD; because he hath
taught rebellion against the Lorp.
PART II. PROPHECIES NOT CHRONOLOGICAL:
CHAPTERS 30.-36.
CHAPTER 30.
Jeremiah’s first writing. (Cf. Jer.
36. 1-23, 28.) Summary of Israel
in the tribulation (Jer. 30.
1-31. 40)...
‘THE tword that came to Jere-
miah from the LorRD, saying,
2 Thus speaketh the Lorp God
of Israel, saying, 7Write thee all the
“words that I have spoken unto
thee in a book.
3 For, lo, the days come, saith the
Lorp, that °I will bring again the
captivity of my people Israel and
Judah, saith the Lorp: and I will
cause them to return to the land
that I gave to their fathers, and
they shall possess it.
4 And these are the words that
the Lorp spake concerning Israel
and concerning Judah.
5 For thus saith the Lorp; We
have heard a voice of trembling, of
fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask ye now, and see whether a
man doth “travail with child?
wherefore do I see every man with
his hands on his loins, as a woman
in travail, and all faces are turned
into paleness?
7 Alas! for ¢that day is great, so
that none is like it: it 7s even the
time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall
be saved out of it.
8 For it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the Lorn of hosts, that I
will break his yoke from off thy
a Inspiration.
Jer.36.1-32.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
b Israel.
(prophecies).
vs.1-9;
Jer.31.7-14,
31-40. (Gen.
12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
¢ Mic.5.1,
note.
d Tribulation
(the great).
(Psa.2.5;
Rev.7.14.)
e Kingdom
(O.T.).
vs.7-9;
Jer.33.14-17.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
f Isa.55.3,4;
Ezk.34.23;
g Jer.3.18.
h Amos 9.8.
t Jer.15.18;
2 Chr.36.16.
1 The writings of Jeremiah in Chapters 30.
Certain dates are men
but retrospectively. The narrative, so far
€ These chapters constitute
cerning Israel as a nation, looking on espec
LoRD, and the kingdom-age to follow.
followed the order will become clear.
much historical matter concerning Jere
in consecutive order.
sumed at 37. 1.
Three “writings”
is impersonal—a
destroyed by Jehoiakim.
the writing preserved to us,
as
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and probably the earliest.
(3) The destroyed writing re-written (36. 27), doubtless
neck, and will burst thy bonds, and
strangers shall no more serve them-
selves of him:
9 «But they shall serve the Lorp
their God, and ‘David their king,
whom I will raise up unto them.
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my
servant Jacob, saith the Lorp:
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for,
lo, I will save thee from afar, and
thy seed from the éland of their
captivity; and Jacob shall return;
and shall be in rest, and be quiet,
and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee, saith the
LORD, to save thee: ‘though I make
a full end of all nations whither I
have scattered thee, yet will I riot
make a full end of thee: but I will
correct thee in measure, and will not
leave _thee altogether unpunished.
12. For thus saith the Lorb, ‘Thy
bruise rs incurable, and thy wound
is grievous.
13 There is none to plead thy
cause, that thou mayest be bound
up: thou hast no healing medi-
cines.
14 All thy lovers have forgotten
thee; they seek thee not; for I have
wounded thee with the wound of an
enemy, with the chastisement of a
cruel one, for the multitude of thine
iniquity; because thy sins were in-
creased.
15 Why criest thou for thine afflic-
tion? thy sorrow is incurable for
the multitude of thine iniquity:
~36. cannot with certainty be arranged
tioned (e.g. 32. 1; 33.1
> 34.29,18; BOUl)s
Jeremiah gives a narrative, is re-
a kind of summary of prophecy con-
ially to the last days, the day of the
If the marginal references are carefully
But these prophecies are interspersed with
miah and his time.
by Jeremiah are to be distinguished:
general prophecy,
(1) 30. 1-31. 40.
This
(2)
1. 1-36. 23,
30 16]
because thy sins were increased, I
have done these things unto thee.
16 Therefore all they that devour
thee 4shali be devoured; and all
thine adversaries, every one of
them, shall go into captivity; and
they that spoil thee shall be a spoil,
and all that prey upon thee will I
give for a prey.
17 4For I will restore health unto
thee, and I will heal thee of thy
wounds, saith the LorD; because
they called thee an Outcast, say-
ing, This is Zionj whom no man
seeketh after.
18 Thus saith the LorD; Behold,
I will bring again the captivity of
Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on
his dwellingplaces; and the city
shall be builded upon her own heap,
and the palace shall remain after
the manner thereof.
19 And out of them shall proceed
thanksgiving and the voice of them
that make merry: and I will muliti-
ply them,.and they shail not be
few: I will also glorify them, and
they shail not be small.
20 Their children also shall be as
aforetime, and their congregation
shall be established before me, and
I will punish all that oppress them.
21 And their nobles shall be of
themselves, and their governor shall
proceed from the midst of them;
and I will cause him to draw near,
and he shall approach unto me:
for who is this that engaged his
heart to approach unto me? saith
the LorD.
22 And ye shall be ‘my people,
and I will be your God.
23 Behold, the whirlwind of the
“orp goeth forth with fury, a con-
tinuing whirlwind: it shall fall with
pain upon the head of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of the LORD
shall not return, until he have done
it, and until he have performed the
intents of his heart: in the latter
days ye shall consider it.
CHAPTER 31.
Summary: Israelin the Jast days.
JT the same time, saith the
Lorp, will I be the God of all
the families of Israel, and they shall
be my people.
2 Thus saith the LorD, The peo-
ple which were left of the sword
found grace in the wilderness; even
Israel, when I went to cause him
to rest.
3 The Lorp hath appeared of old
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 606.
a Jer.10.25;
Ex.23.22;
Isa.33.1;
41.11.
b Jer.33.6.
c Jer.24.7;
31.1,33;,32.
38; Ezk.11.
20; 36.28;
37.27.
d Remnant.
e Israel (pro-
phecies).
vs.7-14, 31-
40; Ezk.36.
22-38. (Gen.
12:23:81
Rom.11.26.)
fi.e. coasts.
g Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59.
20, note.
h Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type). Isa.
59.20, note.
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[31 14
unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved
thee with an everlasting love:
therefore with lovingkindness have
I drawn thee.
4 Again I will build thee, and
thou shalt be built, O virgin of Is-
rael: thou shalt again be adorned
with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth
in the dances of them that make
merry.
5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon.
the mountains of Samaria: the
planters shall plant, and shall eat
them as common things.
6 Forthere shall bea day, that the
watchmen upon the mount Ephraim
shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up
to Zion unto the LorD our God.
7 For thus saith the Lorp; Sing
with gladness for Jacob, and shout
among the chief of the nations:
publish ye, praise ye, and say, O
LorpD, save thy people, the ¢rem-
nant of Israel.
8 Behold, I will bring them from
the north country, and gather them
from the coasts of the earth, and
with them the blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her that
travaileth with child together: a
great company shall return thither.
9 They shall come with weeping,
and with supplications will I lead
them: I will cause them to walk by
the rivers of waters in a straight
way, wherein they shall not stum-
ble: for I am a father to Israel, and
Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 Hear the word of the Lorp, O
ye nations, and declare it in the
fisles afar off, and say, He that
scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep him, as a shepherd doth
his flock.
11 For the Lorp hath sredeemed
Jacob, and ‘ransomed him from the
hand of him that was stronger
than he.
12 Therefore they shall come and
sing in the height of Zion, and shall
flow together to the goodness of the
Lorp, for wheat, and for wine, and
for oil, and for the young of the
flock and of the herd: and their
soul shall be as a watered garden;
and they shall not sorrow any more
at all. :
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in
the dance, both young men and old
together: for I will turn their
mourning into joy, and will com-
fort them, and make them rejoice
from their sorrow.
14 And I will satiate the soul of
the priests with fatness, and my
31 15]
people shall be satisfied with my
goodness, saith the Lorb. :
15 Thus saith the LoRD; A voice
was heard in Ramah, lamentation,
and bitter weeping; Rahel “weep-
ing for her children refused to be
comforted for her children, because
they were not. y
16 Thus saith the LorD; Refrain
thy voice from weeping, and thine
eyes from tears: for thy work shall
be rewarded, saith the LorpD; and
they shall come again from the
land of the enemy.
17 And there is hope in thine end,
saith the Lorb, that thy children
shall come again to their own
border. «
18 I have surely heard Ephraim
bemoaning himself thus; Thou
hast chastised me, and I was chas-
tised, as a bullock unaccustomed
to the yoke: turn thou me, and I
shall be turned; for thou art the
LorD my God.
19 Surely after that I was turned,
I ‘repented; and after that I was
instructed, I smote upon my thigh:
I was ashamed, yea, even con-
founded, because I did bear the re-
proach of my youth.
20 Js Ephraim my dear son? fs he
a pleasant child? for since I spake
against him, I do earnestly remem-
ber him still: therefore my bowels
are troubled for him; I will surely
have mercy upon him, saith the
LorpD.
21 Set thee up waymarks, make
thee high heaps: set thine heart
toward the highway, even the way
which thou wentest: turn again, O
virgin of Israel, turn again to these
thy cities.
22 How long wilt thou go about,
O thou backsliding daughter? for
the Lorp hath created a new thing
in the earth, A woman shall com-
pass a man.
23 Thus saith the Lorn of hosts,
the God of Israel; As yet they shall
use this speech in the land of Judah
and in the cities thereof, when I
shall bring again their captivity;
The Lorp bless thee, O habitation
of justice, and mountain of holi-
ness.
24 And there shall dwell in Judah
itself, and in all the cities thereof
together, husbandmen, and they
that go forth with flocks.
25 For I have satiated the weary
soul, and I have replenished every
sorrowful soul.
26 Upon this I awaked, and be-
JEREMIAH.
a Mt.2.18.
6 Zech.8.14,
note.
¢ vs.31-34;
Heb.8.8-12.
d Covenant
(New).
vs.31-34;
Jer.32.37-40.
(Isa.61.8;
Heb.8.8-12.)
e Wife (of Je-
hovah).
Hos.2.1-23.
(Isa.54.5;
Hos.2.1-23.)
F vs.33,343
Heb.10.16,
17.
8 Forgive-
mess.
Isa.38.17.
(Lev.4.20;
Mt.26.28.)
hk Jer.33.20;
Psa.148.6;
Isa.54.9,10.
@ Jer.33.22.
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[31 37
held; and my sleep was sweet unto
me.
27 Behold, the days come, saith
the LorD, that I will sow the house
of Israel and the house of Judah
with the seed of man, and with the
seed of beast.
28 And it shall come to pass, that
like as I have watched over them,
to pluck up,- and to break down,
and to throw down, and to destroy,
and to afflict; so will I watch over
them, to build, and to plant, saith
the Lorp.
29 In those days they shall say
no more, The fathers have eaten a
sour grape, and the children’s teeth
are set on edge.
30 But every one shall die for his
own iniquity: every man that eat-
eth the sour grape, his teeth shall
be set on edge.
31 ‘Behold, the days come, saith
the Lorp, that I will make a new
dcovenant with the house of Israel,
and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers in
the day that I took them by the
hand to bring them out of the land
of Egypt; which my covenant they
brake, although I was an ‘husband
unto them, saith the Lorp:
33 But this shal/ be the covenant
that I will make with the house of
Israel; After those days, saith the
Lorp, I will put my /law in their
inward parts, and write it in their
hearts; and will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more
every man his neighbour, and every
man his brother, saying, Know the
Lorp: for they shall all know me,
from the least of them unto the
greatest of them, saith the Lorp:
for I will ‘forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no
more.
35 Thus saith the Lorp, which
giveth the sun for a light by day,
and the ordinances of the moon and
of the stars for a light by night,
which divideth the sea when the
waves thereof roar; The Lorp of
hosts is his name:
36 "If those ordinances depart
from before me, saith the Lorp,
then the seed of Israel also shall
.jcease from being a nation before
me for ever.
37 Thus saith the Lorp; ‘If hea-
ven above can be measured, and the
foundations of the earth searched
out beneath, I will also cast off all
en
>
31 38] JEREMIAH... [32 18.
the seed of Israel for all that they
have done, saith the Lorb.
38 Behold, the days come, saith
the LorbD, that the city shall be
built to the Lorp “from the tower
of Hananeel unto the gate of the
corner.
39 And “the measuring line shall
yet go forth over against it upon
the hill Gareb, and shall compass
about to Goath.
40 And the whole valley of the
dead bodies, and of the ashes, and
all the fields unto the brook of
8 So Hanameel mine uncle’s son
came to me in the court of the
prison according to the word of the
Lorp, and said unto me, Buy my
field, I pray thee, that 7s in Ana-
thoth, which fs in the country of
Benjamin: for the right of inheri-
tance zs thine, and the redemption
is thine; buy 7f for thyself. Then
I knew that this was the word of
the Lorb.
9 AndI !bought the field of Hana-
meel my uncle’sson, that wasin Ana-
thoth, and weighed him the money,
Kidron, ‘unto the corner of the even seventeen shekels of silver.
horse gate toward the east, ¢shal/ 10 And I subscribed the evidence,
be holy unto the Lorp; it shall and sealed it, and took witnesses,
not be plucked up, nor thrown down!4 ete and weighed him the money in the
any more for ever. ——- |balances:
b Ezk.40.8; 11 So I took the evidence of the
CHAPTER 32. Zech.2.1. eer on both that which was
5 _|¢2Chr.23.15; |Sealed according to the law and
The sign of the field of Hana-)°3,G573"° custom, and that which was open:
meel: Jeremiah’s second per- 12 And I °
: E [ gave the evidence of the
scoution. (Cf. Jer. 20. 1-18; 37.}d Joel 3.17. purchase unto Baruch the son of
: i e Jer.39.1; Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the
HE word that came to Jere-| 2 Ki-25-1,2- {sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son,
miah from the LoRD 4in the] ;Lev.2s.24, |and in the presence of the /wit-
tenth year of Zedekiah king of Ju-| 25,32; Ruth |nesses that subscribed the book of
dah, which was the eighteenth year} +-4- the purchase, before all the Jews
Seer enters” ey [1a And T cursed Basactonarora
en the kin a = 2s. 9d., Cc €
army besieged Pucnieeet Sandtenes G5 cts. them, saying, ; apr
pach the prapect was shut a in] j, See Isa.8.2. he nee — cp nis hosts,
t t of th i hic t od of Israe! -
‘ Rahs Ling of Fitetvs ince: nas en oe deneess te evidence of the pur.
3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had| %6%45'‘Gen. |Chase, both which is sealed, an
shut him up, saying, Wherefore ei ™ |this evidence which is open; and
dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus eee put them in an earthen vessel, that
saith the LORD, Behold, I will give|7 “~~” 9-15. |they may continue many days.
this city into the hand of the king|& Gen.18.14; 15 For thus saith the Lorp of
of Babylon, and he shall take it; Lk.1.37. hosts, the God of Israel; Houses
4 And Zedekiah king of Judah]; px 206; and fields and vineyards shall be
shall pot escape ce mM ue neat 34 Ta Dette possessed again in this land.
the Chaldeans, but shall surely be} »-7> :
delivered into the hand of the king A prayer of sere aer
of Babylon, and shall speak with 16 Now when I had delivered the
evidence of the purchase unto
him mouth to mouth, and his eyes é
Baruch the son of Neriah, I ‘prayed
shall behold his eyes;
5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to unto the LORD, saying,
17 Ab Teor Lord. G9 ! _behold, Jthou
Babylon, and there shall he be
until I visit him, saith the Lorp: hast, “made. eaven ~ and™ “the
though ye fight with the Chaldeans, €art an “Ereaty Dower “and
Stretc a tts
ye shall not prosper. c
6 And Jeremiah said, The word of nothing too”hard” for theer’™
the LorD came unto me, saying, 18 Thow_ ‘Shewest “Hovingkindness
7 Behold, Hanameel the son of unto thousands, and recomipensést
thé iniquity of the fathers into the
Shallum thine uncle shall come unto
thee, saying, Buy thee my field that bosom of their children after them:
the Great, the Mighty God, the
is in Anathoth: for fthe right of re-
demption is thine to buy it. LORD of | hosts,” “4s his” hame,
1 A (1) sign of Jeremiah’s faith in his own predictions of the restoration of Judah
(v. 15), for the field was then occupied by the Babylonian army; and (2) a sign to
Judah of that coming restoration.
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tii, and ethere ds"
Meop 19 Grea de counsel and mighty
=~, in.wofk: for,
in.work eyes are open
~ apon all tnewbee or the sons of
32 19]
JEREMIAH.
men: to give every one according
to his ways, and according to the
fruit of his doings:
20 Which hast set signs and
wonders in the land of Egypt, even
unto this day, and in Israel, and
among other men; and hast made
thee a name, as at this day;
21 And ¢hast brought forth thy
people Israel out of the land of
Egypt with signs, and with won-
ders, and with a strong hand, and
with a stretched out arm, and with
great terror;
22 And hast given them this land,
which thou didst swear to their
fathers to give them; a 4land flow-
ing with milk and honey;
23 And they came in, and pos-
sessed it; but they obeyed not thy
voice, neither walked in thy law;
they have done nothing of all that
thou commandedst them to do:
therefore thou hast caused all this
evil to come upon them:
24 Behold the ‘mounts, they are
come unto the city to take it; and
the city is given into the hand of
the Chaldeans, that fight against it,
because of the sword, and of the
famine, and of the pestilence: and
what thou hast spoken is come to
pass; and, behold, thou seest 7¢#.
25 And thou hast said unto me, O
Lord Gop, Buy thee the field for
money, and take witnesses; for the
city is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans.
The answer of Jehovah.
26 Then came the word of the
Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
27 Behold, I am the Lorp, the
IGod of all flesh: is there any thing
too hard for me? f
28 Therefore thus saith the Lorp;
Behold, I will give this city into
the hand of the Chaldeans, and into
the hand of Nebuchadrezzar’ king
of Babylon, and he shall take it:
29 And the Chaldeans, that fight
against this city, shall come and set}.
fire on this city, and burn it with
the houses, upon whose roofs they
have offered incense unto Baal, and
poured out drink-offerings unto
other gods, to provoke me to anger.
30 For the children of Israel and
the children of Judah have only
done evil before me from their
youth: for the children of Israel
have only provoked me to anger
if
a Jer.16.17;
Job 34.21;
Psa.33.13;
Prov.5.21.
6 Ex.9.16;
1 Chr.17.21;
Isa.63.12;
Dan.9.15.
c Ex.6.6;
2 Sam.7.23;
1. Chr.17.21;
Psa.136.11,
123
d Jer.11.5;
Ex,3.8,17.
e Or, engines
of shot.
f Num.16.22.
g 2 Ki.23.27.
kh Isa.1.4,6;
Dan.9.8.
i Ley.18.21;
1 Ki.11,33.
j Jer.23.3;
29.14; 31.10;
Deut.30.3;
2k.37.21.
k Jer.24.7;
30.22; 31.33.
1 Jer.24.7;
Ezk.11.19,
20.
m Covenant
(New).
vs.37-40;
Jer.50.4,5.
(Isa.61.8;
Heb.8.8-12.)
n Psa.19.9,
note,
o Deut.30.9;
Zeph.3.17.
b Jer.24.6;
31.28;
Amos 9.15,
a) ee
[32 41
with the work of their hands, saith ;
the LORD.
31 For this city hath been to me
as a provocation of mine anger and
of my fury from the day that they
built it even unto this day; éthaz
I should remove it from before my
face,
32 Because of all the evil of the
children of Israel and of the chil-
dren of Judah, which they have
done to provoke me to anger, they,
their kings, their princes, their
priests, and their prophets, and the
men of Judah, and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem.
33 And they have turned unto me
the back, and not the face: though
I taught them, rising up early and
teaching them, yet they have not
hearkened to receive instruction.
34 But they set their abomina-
tions in the house, which is called
by my name, to defile it.
35 And they built the high places
of Baal, which are in the valley of
the son of Hinnom, to cause their
sons and their daughters to pass
through the fire unto ‘Molech;
which I commanded them not,
neither came it into my mind, that
they should do this abomination,
to cause Judah to sin.
36 And now therefore thus saith
the Lorp, the God of Israel, con-
cerning this city, whereof ye say,
It shall be delivered into the hand
of the king of Babylon by the sword,
and by the famine, and by the pes-
tilence; : °
37 Behold, JI will gather them out
of all countries, whither I have
driven them in mine anger, and
in my fury, and in great wrath;
and I will bring them again unto
this place, and I will cause them to
dwell safely:
38 And “they shall be my people,
and I will be their God:
39 And I will ’give them one
heart, and one way, that they may
fear me for ever, for the good of
them, and of their children after
them:
40 And I will make an *everlast-
ing covenant with them, that I will
not turn away from them, to do
them good; but I will put my “fear
in their hearts, that they shall not
depart from me.
41 Yea, I will crejoice over them
to do them good, and I will plant
them in this land assuredly with my
piney heart and with my whole
soul.
32 42]
42 For thus saith the Lorp; ¢Like
as I have brought ail this great evil
upon this people, so will I bring
upon them all the good that I have
promised them.
43 And fields shall be bought in
this land, whereof ye say, It is
desolate without man or beast; it
is given into the hand of the Chal-
deans.
44 Men shall buy fields for money,
and subscribe evidences, and seal
them, and take witnesses 4in the
land of Benjamin, and in the places
about Jerusalem, and in the cities
of Judah, and in the cities of the
mountains, and in the cities of the
valley, and in the cities of the south:
for <I will cause their captivity to
return, saith the LorD.
CHAPTER 33.
The great prophecy concerning
the Davidic Kingdom. (Cf.
2 Sam. 7. 8-16.)
OREOVER the word of the
LORD came unto Jeremiah the
second time, ¢while he was yet shut
up in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD the maker
thereof, the Lorp that formed it, to
establish it; the LorD 1s his name;
3 ¢Call unto me, and I will answer
thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou know-
est not.
.4 For thus saith the LorpD, the
God of Israel, concerning the houses
‘of this city, and concerning the
houses of the kings of Judah, which
are thrown down by the mounts,
and by the sword;
+5 They come to fight with the
Chaldeans, but it rs to fill them
with the dead bodies of men, whom
I have slain in mine anger and in
my fury, and for all whose wicked-
a I have hid my face from this
a Y Behold, I will bring it health
and cure, and I will cure them, and
will reveal unto them the abun-
dance of peace and truth.
7 fAnd I will cause the captivity
of Judah and the captivity of Israel
to return, and will build them, as
at the first.
8 And I will scleanse them from all
their iniquity, whereby they have
sinned against me; and I will par-
don all their iniquities, whereby
1 See ‘““‘Davidic Covenant”’ (2 Sam. 7
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 590.
@ Jer.31.28.
b Jer.17.26.
¢ Jer.33.7,
1,26.
d Cf. Jer.37.
11, note.
e Jer.29.12;
Psa.91.15.
f-v.11;. Jer.
30.3; 32.44.
g Ezk.36.25;
Zech.13.1;
Heb.9.13,14.
h Jer.7. oe 16.
9; 25
Rey. ik. 33.
i ast: oe 24;
inal 168. 10.
j Kingdom
(O.T.).
vs.14-17;
Ezk.11.14-
20.(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
k Isa.4.2,
note.
1 Heb.
Jehovah-
tsidkenu.
m 2 Sam.7.16;
1 Ki.2.4;
Poa. 89.29,36;
Lk.1.32,33.
[33 17
they have sinned, and whereby they
have transgressed against me.
9 And it shall be to me a name of
joy, a praise and an honour before
all the nations of the earth; which
shall hear all the good that I do
unto them: and they shall fear and
tremble for all the goodness and
for all the prosperity that I procure
unto it.
10 Thus saith the Lorp; Again
there shall be heard ih this place,
which ye say shall be desolate with-
out man and without beast, even
in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, that are deso-
late, without man, and without in-
habitant, and without beast,
11 #The voice of j joy, and the voice
of gladness, the voice of the bride-
groom, and the voice of the bride,
the voice of them that shall say,
Praise the Lorp of hosts: for the
Lorp is good; for his mercy en-
dureth for ever: and of them that
shall bring the sacrifice of praise
into the house of the Lorp. ForI
will cause to return the captivity of
the land, as at the first, saith the
Lorp.
12 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
Again in this place, which is deso-
late without man and without
beast, and in all the cities thereof,
shall be an habitation of shepherds
causing their flocks to lie down.
13 In the cities of the mountains,
in the cities of the vale, and in the
cities of the south, and in the land
of Benjamin; and in the places
about Jerusalem, and in the cities of
Judah, shall the flocks pass again
under the hands of him that telleth
them, saith the Lorp,
14 Behold, the days come, saith
the LorpD, that I will perform that
good thing which I have promised
unto the house of Israel and to the
house of Judah.
15 lIn those days, and at that
time, will I cause the *Branch of
righteousness to grow up unto Da-
vid; and he shall execute judgment
and righteousness in the land.
16 In those days shall Judah be
saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell
safely: and this is the name where-
with she shall be called, ‘The LorpD
our righteousness.
17 For thus saith the LorD; David
shall never “want a man to sit upon
the throne of the house of Israel;
8-17, note); ‘Kingdom (O.T.)” (Gen.1.26;
Zech. 12. 8, note); “Kingdom (N.T.)” (Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor. 15. 28).
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18 Neither shali the priests the
Levites want a man before me to
offer burnt-offerings, and to kindle
“meat-offerings, and to do sacrifice
continually.
19 And the word of the Lorp
came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20 Thus saith the LorbD; If ye can
break my covenant of the day, and
my covenant of the night, and that
there should not be day and night
in their season;
21 Then may also my covenant
be broken with Dawid my servant,
that he should not have a son to
reign upon his throne; and with the
Levites the priests, my ministers.
22 As the host of heaven cannot
be numbered, neither the sand of
the sea measured: so will I multi-
ply the seed of David my servant,
and the Levites that minister unto
me.
23 Moreover the word of the
LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
24 Considerest thou not what this
people have spoken, saying, The
two families which the Lorp hath
chosen, he hath even cast them off?
thus they have despised my people,
that they should be no more a na-
tion before them.
25 Thus saith the Lorn; °If my
covenant de not with day and night,
and if I have not appointed the
ordinances of heaven and earth;
26 Then will I cast away the
seed of Jacob, and David my ser-
vant, so that I will not take any of
his seed to be rulers over the seed
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I
will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them.
CHAPTER 34.
The message to Zedekiah con-
cerning his coming captivity.
(ChPQRKa, 2551-79)
Ope word which came unto Jere-|
miah from the Lorp, ¢when
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
and all his army, and all the king-
doms of the earth of his dominion, |
and all the people, fought against
Jerusalem, and against all the cities
thereof, saying,
2 Thus saith the Lorb, the God
of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah
king of Judah, and tell him, Thus
saith the LorD; Behold, I will give
this city into the hand of the king
of Babylon, and he shall burn it
with fire:
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 590.
a Lit. meal.
b v.20;
Gen.8.22.
¢ Jer.31.37.
d Jer.39.1;
52.4;
2 Ki.25.1.
e 2 Ki.18.13;
19.8;
2 Chr.11.
5,9
810:
(34 sf
3 And thou shalt not escape out ?
of his hand, but shalt surely be
taken, and delivered into his hand;
and thine eyes shall behold the eyes
of the king of Babylon, and he
shall speak with thee mouth to
mouth, and thou shalt go to
Babylon.
4 Yet hear the word of the Lorpb,
O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus
saith the LorpD of thee, Thou shalt
not die by the sword:
5 But thou shalt die in peace: and
with the burnings of thy fathers,
the former kings which were before
thee, so shall they burn odours for
thee; and they will lament thee,
saying, Ah lord! for-I have pro-
nounced the word, saith the Lorp.
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet
spake all these words unto Zede-
kiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
When the king of Babylon’s
army fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities of Judah that
were left, against Lachish, and
against Azekah: for «these defenced
cities remained of the cities of
Judah.
Zedekiah’s ineffectual decree
(vs. 8-22).
8 This isthe word that came unto
Jeremiah from the Lorp, after that
the king Zedekiah had made a
covenant with all the people which
were at Jerusalem, to proclaim
liberty unto them: :
9 That every man should let hi
Manservant, and every man his
maidservant, being an Hebrew or
an Hebrewess, go free; that none
should serve himself of them, to
wit, of a Jew his brother.
10 Now when all the princes, and
all the people, which had entered
into the covenant, heard that every
one should let his manservant, and
every one his maidservant, go free,
jthat none should serve themselves
of them any more, then they
obeyed, and let them go.
11 But afterward they turned,
and caused the servants and the
handmaids, whom they had let go
free, to return, and brought them
into subjection for servants and for
handmaids.
12 Therefore the word of the
LORD came to Jeremiah from the
LORD, saying, ‘
13 Thus saith the Lorp, the God
of Israel; I made a covenant with
your fathers in the day that I
brought them forth out of the land
34 14] JEREMIAH. [35 33
CHAPTER 35.
The obedience of the Rechabites
in the reign of Jehoiakim.
(Cf. 2 Ki. 23. 36-24. 5.)
HE word which came unto
Jeremiah from the LORD in
the days of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, saying,
2 Go unto the house of the “Re-
chabites, and speak unto them, and
bring them into the house of the
Lorpb, into one of the chambers,
and give them wine to drink.
of Egypt, out of the house of bond-
men, saying,
14 At the end of “seven years let
ye go every man his brother an
Hebrew, which hath been sold unto
thee; and when he hath served thee
six years, thou shalt let him go free
from thee: but your fathers heark-
ened not unto me, neither inclined
their ear.
15 And ye were now turned, and
had done right in my sight, in pro-
claiming liberty every man to his
neighbour, and ye had made a cove-
nant before me in the house which 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son
is called by my name’ of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah,
16 But ye turned and polluted my and his brethren, and all his sons,
name, iy 3 eeu soba aia oH we the whole house of the Rechab-
servant, and every man his hand- ites;
said, whom he had set at liberty at 4 And I brought them into the
their pleasure,to return,and brought RON house of the LorpD, into the cham-
see into so ee ad ae youl DPeut.15-12. Mate Soa sons of gore: en
or servants and for handmaids. of Igdaliah, a man of God, whic
17 Therefore thus saith the LorpD;|? sees was by the chamber of the princes,
Ye have not hearkened unto me, in| Jas.2-13. which was above the chamber of
“teats Wee every ons "a | cent es ig oe a of Shallum, /the
s brother, and every man to his -15.10, eeper of the door: :
neighbour: behold, °I proclaim a oi 5 And I set before the sons of the
liberty for you, saith the LORD, to/d Jer.9.11, house of the Rechabites pots full
pie ples to the ea ae to| 44-2,6- Ch Baie ae cups, and I said unto
e famine; an make you|.2sam.4.2, _|them, Drink ye wine.
to be removed into all the king-|“ Ls 6 But they said, We will drink no
doms of the earth. 2 wii 5s |, (pues for Jonadab the son of Re-
18 And I will give the men that] {Ghroig, |Chab our father commanded us,
19. saying, Ye shall drink no wine,
have transgressed my covenant, 1
which have not performed the 7; Exonevs os ye, nor your sons for ever:
words of the covenant which they|* Eph.6.2,3. 7 Neither shall ye build house,
had made before me, “when they nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard,
cut the calf in twain, and passed nor have any: but all your days ye
between the parts thereof,
19 The princes of Judah, and the
princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs,
and the priests, and all the people
_of the land, which passed between
the parts of the calf;
20 I will even give them into the
hand of their enemies, and into the
hand of them that seek their life:
and their dead bodies shall be for
meat unto the fowls of the heaven,
and to the beasts of the earth.
21 And Zedekiah king of Judah
and his princes will I give into the
hand of their enemies, and into the
hand of them that seek their life,
and into the hand of the king of
Babylon’s army, which are gone up
from you. af
22 Behold, I will command, saith
the Lorp, and cause them to fre-
turn to this city, and they shall
‘fight against it, and take it, and
burn it with fire: and ¢I will make
the cities of Judah a desolation
without an inhabitant.
shall dwell in tents; that ye may
live many days in the land where
ye be strangers.
8 Thus have we obeyed the voice
of Jonadab the son of Rechab our
father in all that he hath charged us,
to drink no wine all our days, we, our
wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
9 Nor to build houses for us to
dwell in: neither have we vineyard.
nor field, nor seed:
10 But we have dwelt in tents,
and have obeyed, and done accord- -
ing to all that Jonadab our father
commanded us.
11 But it came to pass, when
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
came up into the land, that we said,
Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for
fear of the army of the Chaldeans,
and for fear of the army of the Syri-
ans: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
12 Then came the word of the
Lorp unto Jeremiah, saying,
13 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
the God of Israel; Go and tell the
811
35 14]
JEREMIAH.
me P|
men of Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive
instruction to hearken to my
words? saith the Lorp.
14 The words of Jonadab the son
of Rechab, that he commanded his
sons not to drink wine, are per-
formed; for unto this day they
drink none, but obey their father’s
commandment: ¢notwithstanding I
have spoken unto you, ?rising
early and speaking; but ye heark-
ened not unto me.
15 I have sent also unto you all
my servants the prophets, rising up
early and sending them, saying,
Return ye now every man from his
evil way, and amend your doings,
and go not after other gods to serve
them, and ye shall dwell in the land
which I have given to you and to
your fathers: but ye: have not in-
clined your ear, nor hearkened unto
me.
16 Because the sons of Jonadab
the son of Rechab have performed
the commandment of their father,
which he commanded them; but this
people hath not hearkened unto me:
17, Therefore thus saith the Lorp
God of hosts, the God of Israel; Be-
hold, I will bring upon Judah and up-
on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
all the evil that I have pronounced
against them: “because I have
spoken unto them, but they have
not heard; and I have called unto
them, but they have not answered.
18 And Jeremiah said unto the
house of the Rechabites, Thus saith
the Lorp of hosts, the God of Is-
rael; Because ye have obeyed the
commandment of Jonadab your fa-
ther, and kept all his precepts, and
done according unto all that he
hath commanded you:
19 Therefore thus saith the Lorp
of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab
the son of Rechab shall not want a
man to stand before me for ever.
CHAPTER 36.
Jeremiah’s writing in the days
of Jehoiakim, (Cf. vs. 27-32:
Jer. 30. 2.)
AN D it came to pass in the fourth
year of ¢Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, that this
‘word came unto Jeremiah from the
LORD, saying,
2 Take thee fa roll of a book, and
write therein all the words that I
have spoken unto thee against Is-
rael, and against Judah, and against
B.C. 607.
@ 2 Chr.36.15.
6 Jer.7.13;
25.3-
¢ Jer.7.13;
Prov.1.24;
Isa.65.12;
66.4.
d 2 Ki.23.
34-37.
e Inspiration.
1-32;
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
f Isa.8.1;
Ezk.2.9;
Zech.5.1.
g Jer.18.8;
Jon.3.8.
h Jer.32.12;
45.1.
# Lev.16.29;
23.27-32;
Acts 27.9.
ji.e. Decem-
ber.
812
all the nations, from the day I spake
unto thee, from the days of Josiah,
even unto this day.
3 It may be that the house of
Judah will hear all the evil which I
purpose to do unto them; that they
may éreturn every man from his
evil way; that I may forgive their
iniquity and their sin.
4 Then Jeremiah called *Baruch
the son of Neriah: and Baruch
wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah
all the words of the Lorpb, which
he had spoken unto him, upon a
roll of a book.
5 And Jeremiah commanded Ba-
ruch, saying, I am shut up; I can-
not go into the housé of the Lorb:
6 Therefore go thou, and read in ~
the roll, which thou hast written
from my mouth, the words of the
LorD in the ears of the people in
the Lorp’s house upon the ‘fasting
day: and also thou shalt read them
in the ears of all Judah that come
out of their cities.
7 Itmay be they will present their
supplication before the LorpD, and
will return every one from his evil
way: for great is the anger and the
fury that the Lorp hath pro-
nounced against this people.
8 And Baruch the son of Neriah
did according to all that Jeremiah
the prophet commanded him, read-
ing in the book the words of the
LorD in the Lorp’s house. F
9 And it came to pass in the fifth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah, in the Jninth month,
that they proclaimed a fast before
the Lorp to all the people in Jeru-
salem, and to all the people that
came from the cities of Judah unto
Jerusalem.
10 Then read Baruch in the book
the words of Jeremiah in the house
of the Lorb, in the chamber of
Gemariah the son of Shaphan the
scribe, in the higher court, at the
entry of the new gate of the Lorp’s
house, in the ears of all the people.
11 When Michaiah the son of
Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had
heard out of the book all the words
of the Lorp,
12 Then he went down into the
king’s house, into the scribe’s cham-
ber: and, Jo, all the princes sat
there, even Elishama the scribe,
and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah,
and Elnathan the son of Ach-
bor, and Gemariah the son of Sha-
phan, and Zedekiah the son of
Hananiah, and all the princes.
a ~~ ae ,
36 134 JEREMIAH. [37 2
13 Then Michaiah declared unto
them all the words that he had
heard, when Baruch read the book
in the ears of the people.
14 Therefore all the princes sent
Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the
son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi,
unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine
hand the roll wherein thou hast read
in the ears of the people, and come.
So Baruch the sonof Neriahtook the
rollin his hand,andcame unto them.
15 And they said unto him, Sit
down now, and read it in our ears.
So Baruch read it in their ears.
16 Now it came to pass, wnen
they had heard all the words, they
were afraid both one and other, and
said unto Baruch, We will surely
tell the king of ail these words. words which Baruch wrote at
17 And they asked Baruch, say-] . the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
ing, Tell us now, How didst thou Rhee S 28 Takethee again anotherroll, and
write all these words at his mouth? “Ys write init all the former words that
18 Then Baruch answered them,]|? 2 Ki.22.11; |wereinthefirst roll, which Jehoiakim
He pronounced all these words unto| 3543°225 the king of Judah hath burned.
me with his mouth, and I wrote a 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoia-
them with ink in the book. ¢ Jer.22.30. kim king of Judah, Thus saith the
19 Then said the princes unto}, Jer.22.19 Lorp: Thou hast burned this roll,
Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and sk ts saying, Why hast thou written
king, nor any of-his servants that
heard all these words.
25 Nevertheless Elnathan and
Delaiah and Gemariah had made
intercession to the king that he
would not burn the roll: but he
would not hear them.
26 But the king commanded Je-
rahmeel the son of Hammelech, and
Seraiah the son of Azriel, and She-
lemiah the son of Abdeel, to take
Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the
prophet: but the LorbD hid them.
The destroyed roll rewritten.
(Cf. Jer. 30. 2, note.)
27 Then the word of the Lorp
came to Jeremiah, after that the
king had burned the roll, and the
Jeremiah; and iet no man know therein, saying, The king of Baby-
where ye be. lon shall certainly come and destroy
20 And they went in to the king this land, and shall cause to cease
into the court, but they laid up the from thence man and beast?
roll in the chamber of Elishama the 30 Therefore thus saith the LorD
scribe, and told all the words in of Jehoiakim king of Judah; “He
the ears of the king. shall have none to sit upon the
21 So the king sent Jehudi to throne of David: and his dead body
fetch the roll: and he took it out of shali be ¢cast out in the day to the
Elishama the scribe’s chamber. heat, and in the night to the frost.
And Jehudi read it in the ears of 31 And I will punish him and his
the king, and in the ears of all the iseed and his servants for their imiq-
princes which stood beside the king. uity; and I will bring uponthem, and
22 Now the king sat in the winter- upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
house in the ¢ninth month: and and upon the men of Judah, all the
there was a fire on the hearth evil that I have pronounced against
burning before him. them; but they hearkened not.
23 Anditcameto pass, that when 32 Then took Jeremiah another
Jehudi had read three or four leaves, roll, and gave it to Baruch the
he cut it with the penknife, and cast scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote
itintothefirethatwas onthe hearth, therein from the mouth of Jeremiah
until all the roll -was consumed in all the words of the book which Je-
the fire that was on the hearth. hoiakim king of Judah had burned
24 Yet they were not afraid, nor in the fire: and there were added
brent their garments, neither the besides unto them many like words.
bse sites are Pee Wines SE Sg a
PART Il]. FROM THE ACCESSION TO THE CAPTIVITY OF
ZEDEKIAH: CHAPTERS 37.-39.
B.c. 599. |Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
made king in the land of Judah.
¢ Jer.22.24; 2 fBut neither he, nor his ser-
2€i2417; |vants, nor the people of the land,
2 Chr.36.10.. |did hearken unto the words of the
f2chr36,. |LORD, which he spake by the
12,14, prophet Jeremiah.
__ 813
CHAPTER 37.
Jeremiah’s imprisonment in the
days of Zedekiah. (Cf.v. 11, note.)
ote king ¢Zedekiah the son_of
Josiah reigned instead of Co-
niah the son of Jehoiakim, whom
37 3] JEREMIAH. [38 2
3 And Zedekiah the king sent) Bc. 509. _|Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought _
Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and him to the princes. 3
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the’ 15 Wherefore the princes were
priest to the prophet Jeremiah, say- wroth with Jeremiah, and smote
ing, Pray now unto the LorpD our him, ‘and put him in prison in the
God for us. house of Jonathan the scribe: for
4 Now Jeremiah came in and they had made that the prison.
went out among the people: for they _16 When Jeremiah was. entered
had not put him into prison. into the dungeon, and into _ the
5 Then ¢Pharach’s army was cabins, and Jeremiah had remained
come forth out of Egypt: and when there many days :
the Chaldeans that besieged Jeru- 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent,
salem heard tidings of them, they and took him out: and the king
departed from Jerusalem. asked him secretly in his house,
6 Then came the word of the and said, Is there any word from
LorD unto the prophet Jeremiah, the Lorp? And Jeremiah said,
saying, There is: for, said he, thou shalt
7 Thus saith the Lorp, the God be delivered into the hand of the
of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Babylon.
king of Judah, that eee UNtO] | see Oey hes pees Jeremiah said unto
me to enquire of me; Behold, Pha-|? \sa047, ing Zedekiah, What have I of-
raoh’s army, which is come forth to! 15. fended against thee, or against thy
Predict deadetas wate en acecmeal se pavaaeed peeCA ee,
8 And the Chaldeans shall come} c Jer.38.26. 19 Where are now your prophets
again, and fight against this city, which prophesied unto you, saying,
and take it, and burn it with fire, |¢ Jet32-2; The king of Babylon shall not come
9 Thus saith the Lorp; Deceive| *°?*?* against you, nor against this 1 a?
3 » N10) aL £
not yourselves, saying, The Chal-|¢ Jer.38.9; 50 Therefore hene now 1 oe
deans shall surely depart from us:| °?-% thee, O my lord the king: let my
for they shall not depart. : supplication, I pray thee, be ac-
10 For though ye had smitten the cepted before thee; that thou cause
whole army of the Chaldeans that me not to return to the house of
fight. bape a — there re-| eee pointes I Sots there.
maine ut wounded men among ; en ekiah the g com-
them, yet should they rise up every manded that they should commit
man in his tent, and burn this city Jeremiah ‘into the court of the
with fire. — ‘ prison, and that they should give
11 And it came to Ipass, that him daily a piece of bread out of the
when the army of the Chaldeans bakers’ street, ‘until all the bread in
i fe i Be from Jerusalem for the city eps ee a ee
araoh’s army, remained in the court o ison.
aoe ree Jeremiah went forth out Oat te
of Jerusalem to go into the land
of Benjamin, to separate himself CHAPTER 38.
Har in the midst of the peo- (Jeremiah’s imprisonment,
13 And when he was in the gate pg nally
of Benjamin, a captain of the ward Pp Shephatiah the son of
was there, whose name was Irijah, Mattan, and Gedaliah the son
the son of Shelemiah, the son of of Pashur, and Jucal the son of
Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of
the Ne (eae Thou fallest ree heard the words that
away to the Chaldeans. ; eremiah had spoken unto all
14 Then said Jeremiah, I¢ is false; people, saying, 1 ane
I fall not away to the Chaldeans. 2 Thus saith the Lorpb, He that
But he hearkened not to him: so remaineth in this city shall die by
| Five phases of Jeremiah’s prison experiences are recorded: (1) Hei i
; : € 1s arrested in
the gate and committed to a dungeon on the false charge of treason (Jer. 37. 11-15);
of the city; (5) carried in chains from the city by Nebuzar-adan, captain of the
814
38 3]
the sword, by the famine, and by
the pestilence: but he that goeth
forth to the Chaldeans shall live;
for he shall have his life for a prey,
and shall live.
3 Thus saith the LorD, *This city
shall surely be given into the hand
of the king of Babylon’s army,
which shall take it.
4 Therefore the princes said unto
the king, We beseech thee, “let this
man be put to death: for thus he
weakeneth the hands of the men of
war that remain in this city, and
the hands of all the people, in speak-
ing such words unto them: for this
man seeketh not the welfare of this
people, but the hurt.
5 Then Zedekiah the king said,
Behold, he is in your hand: for the
king is not he that can do any
thing against you.
6 ©Then took they Jeremiah, and
cast him into the dungeon of Mal-
chiah the son of Hammelech, that
was in the court of the prison: and)
they let down Jeremiah with cords.
And in the dungeon there was no
water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk
in the mire.
7 4Now when Ebed-melech the
Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs
which was in the king’s house, heard
that they had put Jeremiah in the
dungeon; the king then sitting in
the gate of Benjamin;
8 Ebed-melech went forth out of
the king’s house, and spake to the
king, saying,
9 My lord the king, these men
have done evil in all that they have
done to Jeremiah the prophet,
whom they have cast into the dun-
geon; and he is like to die for hun-
ger in the place where he is: for
aa is no more bread in the
ar “Then the king commanded
Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying,
Take from hence thirty men with
thee, and take up Jeremiah the
prophet out of the dungeon, before
he die.
11 So Ebed-melech took the men
with him, and went into the house
of the king under the treasury, and
took thence old cast clouts and old
rotten rags, and let them down by
cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12 And Ebed-melech the Ethio-
pian said unto Jeremiah, Put now
these old cast clouts and rotten
rags under thine armholes under the
cords. And Jeremiah did so.
13 So they drew up Jeremiah with
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 589.
a Jer.21.10,
32.3.
b See Jer.26.
11. The fun-
damental
Treason why
the prophetic
warnings of
the Old and
New Testa-
ments are
unwelcome
to an unrea-
soning opti-
mism.
6 Jev-Satis
note.
d Jer.39.16.
e Isa.5/.16.
f 2 Ki.24.12.
g Jer.39.6;
41.10.
hv.18&
85
[38 24
cords, and took him up out of the
dungeon: and Jeremiah remained
in the court of the prison.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent,
and took Jeremiah the prophet unto
him into the third entry that fs in
the house of the Lorp: and the
king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask
thee a thing; hide nothing from
me.
15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zede-
kiah, If I declare zt unto thee, wilt
thou not surely put me to death?
and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou
not hearken unto me?
16 So Zedekiah the king sware se-
cretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the
Lorp liveth, «that made us this
soul, I will not put thee to death,
neither will I give thee into the
hand of these men that seek thy life.
17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zede-
kiah, Thus saith the Lorp, the
God of hosts, the God of Israel; If
thou wilt assuredly ‘go forth unto
the king of Babylon’s princes, then
thy soul shall live, and this city
shall not be burned with fire; and
thou shalt live, and thine house:
18 But if thou wilt not go forth to
the king of Babylon’s princes, then
shall this city be given into the
hand of the Chaldeans, and they
shall burn it with fire, and thou
shalt not escape out of their hand.
19 And Zedekiah the king said
unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the
Jews that are fallen to the Chal-
ideans, lest they deliver me into
their hand, and they mock me.
26 But Jeremiah said, They shall
not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech
thee, the voice of the LorD, which I
speak unto thee: so it shall be well
unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
21 But if thou refuse to go forth,
this 7s the word that the LorD hath
shewed me:
22 And, behold, ali the women
that are left in the king of Judah’s
house shall be brought forth to the
king of Babylon’s princes, and those
women shall say, Thy friends have
set thee on, and have prevailed
against thee: thy feet are sunk in
the mire, and they are turned away
‘back.
23 So they shall bring out all thy
lwives and Sthy children to the
Chaldeans: and “thou shalt not
escape out of their hand, but shalt
be taken by the hand of the king of
Babylon: and thou shalt cause this
gee to be burned with fire.
24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jere-
miah, Let no man know of these
words, and thou shalt not die.
25 But if the princes hear that I
have talked with thee, and they
come unto thee, and say unto thee,
Declare unto us now what thou hast
said unto the king, hide it not from
us, and we will not put thee to
death; also what the king said unto
thee:
26 Then thou shalt. say unto
them, I ¢presented my supplication
before the king, that he would not
cause me to return to Jonathan’s
house, to die there.
27 Then came all the princes unto
Jeremiah, and asked him: and he
told them according to all these
words that the king had com-
manded. So they left off speaking
with him; for the matter was not
perceived.
28 So ‘Jeremiah abode in the
court of the prison until the day
that Jerusalem was taken: and he
was there when Jerusalem was
taken.
CHAPTER 39.
The final captivity of Judah.
(Chao “Ki 5 lore o Chir SG;
17-21; Jer. 52. 4-17.)
WN the ¢ninth year of Zedekiah
king of Judah, in the ¢tenth
month, came Nebuchadrezzar king
of Babylon and all his army against
Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2 And in the eleventh year of
Zedekiah, in the /fourth month, the
ninth day of the month, the city
was broken up.
3 And all the princes of the king
of Babylon came in, and sat in the
middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer,
Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris,
Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all
the residue of the princes of the
king: of Babylon.
4 sAnd it came to pass, that when
Zedekiah the king of Judah saw
them, and all the men of war, then
they fled, and went forth out of the
city by night, by the way of the
king’s garden, by the gate betwixt
the two walls: and he went out the
way of the plain.
S But the Chaldeans’ army pur-
sued after them, and “overtook
1 Here began the “times of the Gentiles,”’
“trodden down of the Gentiles,” i
true from the time of Nebuchadn
(Lk, 21. 24, note; Rey. 16. 19,
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.37.20.
6 Jer.37.15.
¢ Jer.37.21;
39.14.
d 2 Ki.25.1-4.
ei.e. January.
fie. July.
g Jer.52.7;
2 Ki.25.4.
h Jer.32.4;
38.18,23.
#2 Ki.23.33.
j Jer.32.4;
Ezk.12.13.
k Jer.38.18;
2.13;
2 Ki.25.9.
t Dan.9.12.
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Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho:
and when they had taken him, they ‘
brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon to *Riblah in the
land of Hamath, where he gave
judgment upon him.
6 Then the king of Babylon slew
the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah
before his eyes: also the king of
Babylon slew all. the nobles of
Judah. i
_7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s
Jeyes, and bound him with chains,
to carry him to 1Babylon.
8 And the *Chaldeans burned the
king’s house, and the houses of the
people, with fire, and brake down
the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain
of the guard carried away captive
into Babylon the remnant of the
people that remained in the city,
and those that fell away, that fell
to him, with the rest of the people
that remained.
10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain
of the guard left of the poor of the
people, which had nothing, in the
land of Judah, and gave them vine-
yards and fields at the same time.
11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon gave charge concerning
Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the cap-
tain of the guard, saying,
12 Take him, and look well to
him, and do him no harm; but do.
unto him even as he shall say unto
ee.
13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain
of the guard sent, and Nebushas-
ban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-share-
zer, Rab-mag, and all the king of
Babylon’s princes;
people.
15 Now the word of the Lorp
came unto Jeremiah, while he was
shut up. in the court of the prison,
Saying,
16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech
the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith
the Lorp of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, ‘I will bring my
words upon this city for evil, and
not for good; and they shall be
the mark of which is that Jerusalem is
i.e. under Gentile overlordship: This has been
ezzar to this day. See “Times of the Gentiles”
note).
39 17]
JEREMIAH.
accomplished in that day before
thee.
B.C. 588.
17 But I will deliver thee in that|¢ 1 Chr.5.20;
day, saith the Lorp: and thou
Psa.37.40.
shalt not be given into the hand of|6 Psa.2.12,
the men of whom thou arf afraid.
note.
18 For I will surely deliver thee,
and thou shalt not fall by the
sword, but thy life shall be for a
prey nto thee: “because thou hast
put thy %trust in me, saith the
LORD.
PART IV. JEREMIAH’S PROPHECIES AMONGST THE REMNANT
IN THE LAND, AFTER THE CAPTIVITY OF ZEDEKIAH:
CHAPTERS 40.-42.
CHAPTER 40.
HE word that came to Jeremiah
from the Lorpb, ‘after that
WNebuzar-adan the captain of the
guard had let him go from Ramah,
when he had taken him being
bound in chains among all that
were carried away captive of Jeru-
salem and Judah, which were car-
Tied away captive unto Babylon.
2 And the captain of the guard
took Jeremiah, and said unto him,
The Lorp thy God hath pro-
nounced this evil upon this place.
3 Now the Lorp hath brought if,
and done according as he hath said:
“because ye have sinned against
the LorD, and have not obeyed his
voice, therefore this thing is come
upon you,
4 And now, behold, I loose thee
this day from the chains which
were upon thine hand. If it seem
good unto thee to come with me
into Babylon, come; and I will look
well unto thee: but if it seem ill
unto thee to come with me into
Babylon, forbear: behold, ¢all the
land is before thee: whither it seem-
eth good and convenient for thee to
go, thither go.
5 Now while he was not yet gone
back, he said, Go back also to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
son of Shaphan, fwhom the king
of Babylon hath made governor
over the cities of Judah, and dweil
with him among the people: or go
wheresoever it seemeth convenient
unto thee to go. So the captain of
the guard gave him victuals and a
reward, and let him go.
6 Then went Jeremiah unto Geda-
liah the son of Ahikam to ¢Mizpah;
and dwelt with him among the peo-
ple that were left in the land.
7 kNow when all the captains of
the forces which were in the fields,
even they and their men, heard
that the king of Babylon had made
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam gov-
ernor in the land, and had com-
B.C. 588.
¢ Jer.39.14.
d Deut.29.24,
25; Dan.
9:11.
e Gen.20.15.
f2 Ki.25.22.
g Jud.20.1.
h 2 Ki.25.23.
i Jer.41.10.
817
mitted unto him men, and women,
and children, and of the poor of the
land, of thern that were not carried
laway captive to Babylon;
8 Then they came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jon-
athan the sons of Kareah, and
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth,
and the sons of Ephai the Netoph-
athite, and Jezaniah the son of a
Maachathite, they and their men.
9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahi-
kam the son of Shaphan sware unto
them and to their men, saying, Fear
not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell
in the land, and serve the king of
Babylon, and it shall be well with
you.
10 As for me, behold, I will dwell
at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans,
which will come unto us: but ye,
gather ye wine, and summer fruits,
and oil, and put them in your ves-
sels, and dwell in your cities that
ye have taken.
11 Likewise when all the Jews
that were in Moab, and among the
Ammonites, and in Edom, and that
were in all the countries, heard that
the king of Babylon had left a rem-
nant of Judah, and that he had set
over them Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
12 Even all the Jews returned out
of all places whither they were
driven, and came to the land of
Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah,
and gathered wine and summer
fruits very much.
13 Moreover Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces that were in the fields, came
to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
14 And said unto him, Dost thou
certainly know that ‘Baalis the
king of the Ammonites hath sent
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to
slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam believed them not.
15 Then Johanan the son of Ka-
reah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah
secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray
40 16]
thee, and I will slay Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah, and no man shall
know it: wherefore should he slay
thee, that all the Jews which are
gathered unto thee should be scat-
tered, and the remnant in Judah
perish? .
16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahi-
kam said unto Johanan the son of
Kareah, Thou shalt net do this
thing: for thou speakest falsely: of
Ishmael.
CHAPTER 41.
(Jeremiah’s prophecies to the
remnant in the land, continued.)
No“ it came to pass in the 2sev-
enth month, that Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah the son of Elish-
ama, of the seed royal, and the
princes of the king, even ten men
with him, came unto Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and
there they did eat bread together
in Mizpah.
2 Then arose Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and the ten men that
were, with him, and ‘smote Geda-
liah the son of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan with the sword, and slew
him, whom the king of Babylon had
made governor over the land.
3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews
that were with him, even with
Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chal-
deans that were found there, and
the men of war.
4 And it came to pass the second
day after he had slain Gedaliah,
and no man knew it,
5 That there came certain from
Shechem, from Shiloh, and from
Samaria, even fourscore men, hav-
ing their beards shaven, and their
clothes rent, and having cut them-
selves, with offerings and incense
in their hand, to bring them to 4the
house of the Lorp.
6 And Ishmael the son of Netha-
niah went forth from Mizpah to
meet them, weeping all along as he
went: and it came to pass, as he met
JEREMIAH.
b Jer.40.8;
2 Ki.25.25.
¢ 2 Ki.25.25.
e 1 Ki.15.22;
2 Chr.16.6.
Ff Jer.40.14.
g 2 Sam.2.13.
hk 2 Sam.19,
37,38.
them, he said unto them, Come to}
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
7 And it was so, when they came
into the midst of the city, that Ish-
mael the son of Nethaniah slew
them, and cast them into the
midst of the pit, he, and the men
that were with him.
8 But ten men were found among
them that said unto Ishmael, Slay
us not: for we have treasures in
the field, of wheat, and of barley,
818
ai.e. October.
me
and of oil, and of honey. So he
forbare, and slew them not among.
their brethren.
9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael
had cast all the dead bodies of the
men, whom he had slain because
of Gedaliah, was it ‘which Asa the
king had made for fear of Baasha
king of Israel: and Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah filled it with them
that were slain.
10 Then Ishmael carried away
captive all the residue of the people
that were in Mizpah, even the
king’s daughters, and all the people
that remained in Mizpah, whom
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the
guard had committed to Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah carried them away
captive, and departed to go over to
the fAmmonites.
11 But when Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces that were with him, heard of
all the evil that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah had done,
12 Then they took all the men,
and went to fight with Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah, and found him
by &the great waters that are in
Gibeon.
13 Now it came to pass, that
when all the people which were with
Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Ka-
teah, and all the captains of the
forces that were with him, then
they were glad. o
14 So all the people that Ishmael
had carried away captive from Miz-
pah cast about and returned, and
went unto Johanan the son of Ka-
reah.
15 But Ishmael the son of Netha-
niah escaped from Johanan with
eight men, and went to the Am-
monites.
|_16 Then took Johanan the son of
remnant of the people whom he had
recovered from Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after
that he had slain Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam, even mighty men of
war, and the women, and the chil-
dren, and the eunuchs, whom he
had brought again from Gibeon:
17 And they departed, and dwelt
in the habitation of hChimham,
which is by Beth-lehem, to go to
enter into Egypt,
18 Because of the Chaldeans: for
they were afraid of them, because
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had
ih
42 1
whom the king of Babylon made
governor in the land.
CHAPTER 42
HEN all the captains of the
forces, and *Johanan the son
of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of
Hoshaiah, and all the people from
the least even unto the greatest,
came near,
2 And said unto Jeremiah the
prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before
thee, and “pray for us unto the
Lorp thy God, even for all this
remnant; (for we are left but a few
of many, as thine eyes do behold
us:)
3 That the Lorp thy God may
shew us ‘the way wherein we may
walk, and the thing that we may do.
4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said
unto them, I have heard you; be-
hold, I will pray unto the LORD
your God according to your words;
and it shall come to pass, that
dwhatsoever thing the LorD shall
answer you, I willdeclarezt unto you;
I will ‘keep nothing back from you.
5 Then they said to Jeremiah,
fThe Lorp be a true and faithful
witness between us, if we do not
even according to all things for the
which the LorD thy God shall send
_ thee to us.
6 Whether it be good, or whether
it be evil, we will obey the voice of
the LorpD our God, to whom we
send thee; ¢that it may be well with
us, when we obey the voice of the
Lorp our God.
7 And it came to pass after ten
_days, that the word of the LorD
came unto Jeremiah.
8 Then called he Johanan the son
of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces which were with him,
and all the people from the least
even to the greatest,
9 And said unto them, Thus saith
the Lorpb, the God of Israel, unto
hom ye sent me to present your
supplication before him;
10 If ye will still abide in this land,
then will I build you, and not pull
you down, and I will plant you, and
not pluck you up: for I “repent me
of the evil that I have done unto
you.
JEREMIAH.
slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
a Jer.40.8,
13; 41.11.
1sa.37.4;
Jas.5.16.
c Ezra 8.21.
d1 Ki.22.14.
e 1 Sam.3.18;
Acts 20.20.
Ff Gen.31.56:
g Jer.7.23;
Deut.6.3-
h Zech.8.14.,
note.
t Jer.44.12-14;
Deut.17.16-
j Uk.9.51.
k Ezk.11.8,.
1 See Jer.44
| 14,28.
m Jer.18.16;
24.9; 26.6;
29.18; 44.12;
Zech.8.13.
n Deut.17.16.
o v.17;
Ezk.6.11.
11 Be not: afraid of the king of] |
Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be
not afraid of him, saith the LORD:
for I am with you to save you, and
td: deliver you from his hand.
819
|
B.C. 588.
[42 22
12 And I will shew mercies unto
you, that he may have mercy upon
you, and cause you to return t¢
‘your own land.
' 13 But if ye say, We will not
jdwell in this land, neither obey the
voice of the LorD your God,
14 Saying, No; but we will go into
the land of Egypt, where we shall
‘see no war, nor hear the sound of
the trumpet, nor have hunger of
bread; and there will we dwell:
; 15 And now therefore hear the
word of the LORD, ye remnant of
Judah; Thus saith the Lorp of
jhosts, the God of Israel; If ye
\;wholly set your faces to enter
into Egypt, and go to sojourn
there:
} 16 Then it shall come to pass,
jthat the sword, “which ye feared,
shali overtake you there in the land
of Egypt, and the famine, whereof
ye were afraid, shall follow close
after you there in Egypt; and there
lye shall die.
| 17 So shall it be with all the men
jthat set their faces to go into Egypt
to sojourn there; they shall die by
the sword, by the famine, and by
the pestilence: and ‘none of them
shall remain or escape from the evil °
that I will bring upon them.
18 For thus saith the Lorp of
hosts, the God of Israel; As mine
anger and my fury hath been poured
forth upon the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem; so shall my fury be poured
forth upon you, when ye shall enter
into Egypt: and ye shall be an
mexecration, and an astonishment,
and a curse, and a reproach; and
ye shall see this place no more.
| 19 The Lorp hath said concern-
ing you, O ye remnant of Judah;
nGo ye not into Egypt: know cer-
tainly that I have admonished you
|this day.
20 For ye dissembled in your
hearts, when ye sent me unto the
Lorp your God, saying, Pray for
us unto the Lorp our God; and
according unto all that the Lorp
our God shall say. so declare unto
us, and we will do it.
21 And now I have this day de-
clared it to you; but ye have not
obeyed the voice of the LORD your
God, nor any thing for the which
he hath sent me unto you.
22 Now therefore know certainly
that °ye shall die by the sword, by
the famine, and by the pestilence,
in the place whither ye desire to go
‘and to sojourn.
43 1]
JEREMIAH.
[44 7
PART V. JEREMIAH’S MINISTRY IN EGYPT: CHAPTERS 43., 44.
CHAPTER 43.
Jeremiah carried to Tahpanhes
in Egypt.
te it came to pass, that when
Jeremiah had made an end of
speaking unto all the people all the
words of the LorpD their God, for
which the LorD their God had sent
him to them, even all these words,
2 Then “spake Azariah the son of
Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the proud men, say-
ing unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest
falsely: the LorD our God hath not
sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt
to sojourn there:
3 But Baruch the son of Neriah
setteth thee orf against us, for to
deliver us into the hand of the
Chaldeans, that they might put us
to death, and carry us away cap-
tives into Babylon.
4 So Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the captains of the forces,
and all the people, obeyed not the
voice of the LorD, to dwell in the
land of Judah.
5 But Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all'the captains of the forces,
took all the remnant of Judah, that
were returned from all nations,
whither they had been driven, to
dwell in the land of Judah;
6 Even men, and women, and
children, and ‘the king’s daughters,
dand every person that Nebuzar-
adan the captain of the guard had
left with Gedaliah the son of Ahi-
kam the son of Shaphan, and Jere-
miah the prophet, and Baruch the
son of Neriah.
7 So they came into the land of
Egypt: for they obeyed not the
voice of the LorpD: thus came they
even to “Tahpanhes.
The sign of the hidden stones.
8 Then came the word of the
Lorp unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes,
saying,
9 Take great stones in thine hand,
and hide them in the clay in the
brickkiln, which is at the entry of
Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in
the sight of the men of Judah;
10 And say unto them, Thus saith
the Lorp of hosts, the God of Is-
rael; Behold, I will send and take
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Baby-
lon, ‘my servant, and will set his
throne upon these stones that I
B.C. 588.
a Jer.42.1.
b Jer.40,11,12.
c Jer.41.10.
d Jer.39.10;
40.7.
e Jer.2.16;
44.1. Called
Hanes,
Isa.30.4.
Ff Jer.25.9;
g Jer.15.2;
Zech.11.9.
h Jer.9.11;
34.22.
t Deut.13.6;
32:17.
j Jer.7.25;
25.4; 26.5;
29.19;
2 Chr.36.15.
k Jer.7.19;
Num.16.38.
820
have hid; and he shall spread his
royal pavilion over them.
11 And when he cometh, he shall
smite the land of Egypt, and de-
liver &such as are for death to
death; and such as are for captivity
to captivity; and such as are for
the sword to the sword.
12 And I will kindle a fire in the
houses of the gods of Egypt; and
he shall burn them, and carry them
away captives: and he shall array
himself with the land of Egypt, as
a shepherd putteth on his garment;
and he shall go forth from thence
in peace.
13 He shall break also the images
of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land
of Egypt; and the houses of the
gods of the Egyptians shall he burn
with fire. ;
CHAPTER 44.
The message tothe Jewsin Egypt.
14 oh word that came to Jeremiah
concerning all the Jews which
dwell in the land of Egypt, which
dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes,
and at Noph, and in the country of
Pathros, saying,
2 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
the God of Israel; Ye have seen all
the evil that I have brought upon
Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of
Judah; and, behold, this day they
are a ‘desolation, and no man
dwelleth therein,
3 Because of their wickedness
which they have committed to pro-
voke me to anger, in that they
went to burn incense, and to ‘serve
other gods, whom they knew not,
neither they, ye, nor your fathers. ©
4 Howbeit I sent unto you all
my servants the prophets, rising
early and sending them, saying,
Oh, do not this abominable thing
that I hate.
5 But they hearkened not, nor in-
clined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense
unto other gods.
6 Wherefore my fury and mine
anger was poured forth, and was
kindled in the cities of Judah and
in the streets of Jerusalem; and’
they are wasted and desolate, as at
this day.
7 Therefore now thus saith the
Lorp, the God of hosts, the God of
Israel; Wherefore commit ye this
great evil “against your souls, to
ae JEREMIAH. [44 25
cut off from you man and woman,
child and suckling, out of Judah, to
leave you none to remain;
8 In that ye provoke me unto
wrath with the works of your hands,
burning incense unto other gods in
the land of Egypt, whither ye be
gone to dwell, that ye might cut
yourselves off, and that ye might
be a curse and a reproach among
ail the nations of the earth?
9 Have ye forgotten the wicked-
ness of your fathers, and the wick-
edness of the kings of Judah, and
the wickedness of their wives, and
your own wickedness, and the
wickedness of your wives, which
they have committed in the land of
Judah, and in the streets of Jeru-
salem?
10 They are not humbled even
unto this day, neither have they
“feared, nor walked in my law, nor
Lorp, we will not hearken unto
thee.
17 But we will certainly do /what-
soever thing goeth forth out of our
own mouth, to burn incense unto
the Squeen of heaven, and to pour
out drink-offerings unto her, as we
have done, we, and our fathers, our
of victuals, and were well, and saw
no evil.
18 But since we left off to burn
incense to the queen of heaven, and
to pour out drink-offerings unto
her, we have wanted all things, and
have been consumed by the sword
and by the famine.
19 And when we burned incense
to the queen of heaven, and poured
out drink-offerings unto her, did we
make her cakes to worship her, and
in my paarioe that ‘- fa before a Peat pos out drink-offerings unto her,
you and before your fathers. without our men?
11 Therefore thus saith the Lorp gee 20 Then Jeremiah said unto all
of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,] 205.6; ’ |the people, to the men, and to the
I *will set my face against you for| Amos 9.4. |women, and to all the people which
evil, and to cut off all Judah. ie had given him that answer, saying,
12’ And I will take the remnant of| °{$370. 21 The incense that ye burned in
Judah, that have set their faces to the cities of Judah, and in the
go into the land of Egypt to sojourn]? Jer-42.18. streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your
there, and “they shall all be con-|¢ jer.43.11. fathers, your kings, and your
sumed, and fall in the land of princes, and the people of the land,
Egypt; they shall even be con-|f Ses Sea did not the LORD remember them,
sumed by the sword and by the} i214: ° and came it not into his mind?
famine: they shall die, from the] Deut-23.23; | 22 So that the LorD could no
least even unto the greatest, by| Jud-1136. {longer bear, because of the evil of
the sword and by the famine: and] ,see Jud.2, |your doings, and because of the
éthey shall be an execration, and] 13, note. abominations which ye have com-
an astonishment, and a curse, and mitted; therefore is your land a
a reproach. ' desolation, and an astonishment,
13 For «I will punish them that and a curse, without an inhabitant,
dwell in the land of Egypt, as I as at this day. :
have punished Jerusalem, by the 23 Because ye have burned in-
sword, by the famine, and by the cense, and because ye have sinned
pestilence: against the Lorp, and_have not
14 So that none of the remnant obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor
of Judah, which are gone into the walked in his law, nor in his stat-
land of Egypt to sojourn there, utes, nor in his testimonies; there-
shali escape or remain, that they fore this evil is happened unto you,
should return into the land of as at this day. , ;
Judah, to the which they have a 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto
desire to return to dwell there: for all the people, and to all the women,
none shall return but such as shall Hear the word of the Lorp, all
escape. Judah that are in the land of
15 Then all the men which knew Egypt: :
that their wives had burned incense 25 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts,
unto other gods, and all the women the God of Israel, saying; Ye and
that stood by, a great multitude, your wives have both spoken with
even ali the people that dwelt in your mouths, and fulfilled with
the land of Egypt, in Pathros, an- your hand, saying, We will surely
swered Jeremiah, saying, perform our vows that we have
16 As for the word that thou hast vowed, to burn incense to the queen
spoken unto us in the name of the of heaven, and to pour out drink-
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44, 26]
JEREMIAH.
[46 9
offerings unto her: ye will surely] B.C. 5387. _|the land of Egypt into the land of ©
accomplish your vows, and surely
perform your vows.
26 Therefore hear ye the word of
the Lorb, all Judah that dwell in
the land of Egypt; Behold, oF have
sworn by my great name, saith the
Lorp, that “my name shall no more
be named in the mouth of any man
of Judah in all the land of Egypt;
saying, The Lord Gop liveth.
27 Behold, «I will watch over
them for evil, and not for good: and
all the men of Judah that are in the
land of Egypt shall be consumed by
the sword and by the famine, until
there be an end of them.
28 ¢Yet a small number that es-
cape the swerd shall return cut of,
a Heb.6.13.
6 Ezk.20.39.
c Jer.31.28.
d v.14;
Isa.27.13.
e Psa.33.11.
Ff Jer.46.25,
26; Ezk.29.
3; 30.21.
PART VI.
Judah, and all the remnant of Ju-
dah, that are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, shall know
whose words shall stand, mine, or
their’s.
29 And this shall be a sign unto
you, saith the Lorp, that I will
punish you in this place, that ye
may know that my words shall
surely stand against you for evil:
30 Thus saith the LorD; Behold,
I will give fPharaoh-hophre king of
Egypt into the hand of his enemies,
and inéo the hand of them that seek
his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of
Judah into the hand of Nebuchad.
rezzar king of Babylon, his enemy,
and that sought his life.
MISCELLANEOUS PROPHECIES: CHAPTERS 45-52.
CHAPTER 45.
A message to Baruch in the
days of Jehoiakim. (Cf. 2 Ki.
23. 34-25. 6; Jer. 36. 1-32.)
es word that Jeremiah the
prophet spake unto Baruch
the son of Neriah, when he had
written these words in a book at
the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah, saying,
2 &Thus saith the Lorp, the God
of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:
3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now!
for the LorD hath added grief to
my sorrow; I fainted in my sigh-
ing, and I find no rest.
4 Thus shalt thou say unto him,
The Lorp saith thus, Behold, that
which I have built will I break
down, and that which I have
planted I will pluck up, even this
whole land.
5 And seekest thou great things
for thyself? seek them not: for,
behold, I will bring evil upon all
flesh, saith the Lorp: but thy life
will I give unto thee “for a prey in
all places whither thou goest.
CHAPTER 46.
Prophecies against Gentile pow-
ers (Jer. 46, 1-51. 64).
aa word of thé Lorp which
came to Jeremiah the prophet
against the !Gentiles;
B.C. 607.
g Inspiration.
vs.1,2;
Ezk.2.2.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
h Jer.21.9;
38.2; 39.18.
72 Ki.23.29;
2 Chr.35.20.
j Dan.11.19.
k Jer.47.2;
Isa.8.7,8;
Dan.11.22,
1 A near and a far fulfilment of th
In Chapter 46. the n
but verses 27, 28 look forward to the judgment of the
distinguished.
‘
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(1) Against Egypt. .
2 Against Egypt, ‘against the
army of Pharaoh-necho king of
Egypt, which was by the river
Euphrates in Carchemish, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
smote in the fourth year of Jehoia-
kim the son of Josiah king of
Judah.
3 Order ye the buckler and shield,
and draw near to battle.
4 Harness the horses; and get up,
ye horsemen, and stand forth with
your helmets; furbish the spears,
and put on the brigandines,
5 Wherefore have I seen them
dismayed and turned away back?
and their mighty ones are beaten
down, and are fled apace, and look
not back: for fear was round about,
isaith-the Lorp.
6 Let not the swift flee away, nor
the mighty man escape; /they shall
stumble, and fall toward the north
|by the river Euphrates.
| 7 Who is this that cometh up as
‘a flood, whose waters are moved as
the rivers?
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and
his waters are moved like the riv-
ers; and he saith, I will go up, and
will cover the earth: I will de-
istroy the city and the inhabitants
thereof.
9 Come up, ye horses; and rage,
ye chariots; and let the mighty
men come forth; the Ethiopians
and the Libyans, that handle the
ese prophecies against Gentile powers are to be
€ar vision is of a Babylonian invasion of Egypt,
nations (Mt. 25. 32, note)
46 10] JEREMIAH. [47 3
shield; and the Lydians, that handle
and bend the bow.
10 For this is the “day of the Lord
Gop of hosts, a day of vengeance,
that he may avenge him of his ad-
versaries: and the sword shall de-
vour, and it shall be satiate and
made drunk with their blood: for
the Lord Gop of hosts hath a sacri-
fice in the north country by the
tiver Euphrates.
11 Go up into Gilead, and take
balm, O virgin, the daughter of
Egypt: in vain shalt thou use
many medicines; for thou shalt
not be cured.
a serpent; for they shail:march with
an army, and come against her with
axes, as hewers of wood.
23 They shall “cut down her for-
est, saith the LorpD, though it can-
not be searched; because they are
more than the grasshoppers, and
are innumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall
be confounded; she shall be de-
livered into the hand of the people
of the north. }
25 The Lorn of hosts, the God of
Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish
the multitude of No, and Pharaoh,
and Egypt, with their gods, and
12 The nations have heard of thy|a See Day (of |their kings; even Pharaoh, and all
shame, and thy cry hath filled the} Jehovah). |them that étrust in him:
land: for the mighty man hath| 12-?-10-22. | 26 And I will deliver them into
stumbled against the mighty, and!» Jer.43.10,11; |the hand of those that seek their
they are fallen both together. Isa.19.1; lives, and into the hand of Nebu-
13 The word that the LORD spake} #2-29- chadrezzar king of Babylon, and
to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebu-| ¢ 1sa.47.4; into the hand of his servants: and
chadrezzar king of Babylon should| 48.2. ‘afterward it shall be inhabited, as
come and smite the land of Egypt.| , |. ¢ 19: in the days of old, saith the Lorp.
14 Perlis ye 33. peas and Aes Jer.1.14; 27 ee paces He thou, O my ser-
lish in Migdol, and publish in Noph} 47.2. vant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O
and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand] , 1sa.10.34. Israel: for, behold, I will save thee
fast, and prepare thee; for the sword from afar off, and thy seed from the
shall devour round about thee. fEzk.30.14-. |land of their captivity; and Jacob
15 Why Bra ES, vali oe 16; Nah.3.8. /shall ree, and be an es and at
swept away: ey stood not, be-|¢ Psa.2.12, ease, and none s make him
cause the Lorp did drive them. # advel afraid.
an He made many to fall, yea, one} , Jer.44.30- 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my
ell upon another: and they said,| &2¢.32.11. ae Abo g baits ae LOR: a if ant
Arise, and let us go again to our] with thee; for I will make a full en
own people, and to the land of our}? eine ‘jof all the nations whither I have
nativity, from the oppressing sword. ees driven thee: but { will not make a
17 They did cry there, Pharaoh] j Jer.30.10,11; |full end of thee, but correct thee in
king of Egypt is but a noise; he year sricasiisey yet ah not leave thee
hath passed the time appointed. ee wholly unpunished.
18 As. I live, saith the King.|k Jer.46.7,8;
“whose name is the LorD of hosts,| 1s2-8-7
“Surely as Tabor is among the
mountains, and as Carmel by the
CHAPTER 47.
(2) Against Philistia-Tyre, etc.
sea, so shall he come.
19 O thou daughter dwelling in
Egypt, furnish thyself to go into
captivity: for Noph shall be waste
and desolate without an inhabitant.
20 Egypt 1s like avery fair heifer,
but destruction cometh; it cometh
dout of the north.
91 Also her hired men are in the
midst of her like fatted bullocks;
for they also are turned back, and
are fled away together: they did
not stand, because the day of their
calamity was come upon them, and
the time of their visitation. Sa)
22 The voice thereof shall go like
HE word of the Lorp that
came to Jeremiah the prophet
against the Philistines, before that
Pharaoh smote Gaza. ©
2 Thus saith the LorpD; Behold,
kwaters rise up out of the north, and
shall be an overflowing flood, and
shall overflow the land, and all that
is therein; the city, and them that
dwell therein: then the men shall
cry, and all the inhabitants of the
land shail howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of
the hoofs of his strong horses, at
the rushing of his chariots, and at
the rumbling of his wheels, the
after Armageddon (Rew 16. 14; Rev. 19. 17, note), and the deliverance of Israel
(“Israel,” Gen. 12. 2, 3; Rom. 11, 26, note). Jer. 50. 4-7 also looks forward to the
dast days. .
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a
47 4]
fathers shall not look back to their
children for feebleness of hands;
4 Because of the day that cometh
to spoil all the. Philistines, and to
cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every
helper that remaineth: for the
Lorp will spoil the Philistines; the
“remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 5Baldness is come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon is cut off with the rem-
nant of their valley: how long wilt
thou cut thyself?
6 O thou ‘sword of the Lorp,
how long will it be ére thou be
quiet? put up thyself into thy scab-
bard, rest, and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the
LorpD hath given it 4a charge
against Ashkelon, and against the
sea shore? there hath he appointed
it.
CHAPTER 48.
(3) Against Moab.
GAINST Moab thus saith the
LorpD of hosts, the God of Is-
rael; Woe unto «Nebo! for it is
spoiled: fKiriathaim is confounded
and taken: Misgab is confounded
and dismayed
2 There shall be no more praise
of Moab: in Heshbon they have
devised evil against it; come, and
let us cut it off from being a na-
tion. Also thou shalt be cut down,
OQ Madmen; the sword shall pursue
thee.
3 A voice of crying shall be from
Horonaim, spoiling and great de-
struction.
4 Moab is destroyed; her little
ones have caused a cry to be heard.
5 For in the going up of Luhith
continual weeping shall go up; for
in the going down of Horonaim the
enemies have heard a cry of de-
struction.
6 Flee, save your lives, and be like
the heath in the wilderness.
7 For because thou hast strusted
in thy works and in thy treasures,
thou shalt also be taken: and ’Che-
mosh shall go forth into captivity
with his priests and his princes to-
gether.
8 And the spoiler shall come upon
every city, and no city shall escape:
the valley also shall perish, and the
plain shall be destroyed, as the
LorpD hath spoken.
9 Give wings unto Moab, that it
may flee and get away: for the cit-
ies thereof shall be desolate, without
any to dwell therein.
JEREMIAH.
@ Ezk.25.16;
Amos 1.8;
9.7.
6 Amos 1.7;
Mic.1.16;
Zeph.2.4;
Zech.9.5.
c Deut.32.41;
Ezk.21.3-5.
d Ezk.14.17.
f Num.32.37.
g Psa.2.12,
note,
hk Num.21.29;
Tee 43.12.
1 Or, negli-
gently,
Jj Zeph.1.12.
k Jud. et ate
1 Kil
1 Hos.10.6.
m 1 Ki.12.29.
n Num.21.30;
Tsa.15.2.
o Deut.2.36.
pv.4l;
Amos 2.2,
824
B.C. 600.
Bae
[48 26
10 Cursed be ie thet doeth the ©
work of the Lorp ‘deceitfully, and
cursed be he that keepeth back his
sword from blood.
11 Moab hath been at ease from
his youth, and he hath Jsettled on
his lees, and hath not been emptied
from vessel to vessel, neither hath
he gone into captivity: therefore
his taste remained in him, and his
scent is not changed.
12 Therefore, behold, the days
come, saith the Lorp, that I will
send unto him wanderers, that shall
cause him to wander, and shall
empty his vessels, and break their
bottles.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed
of *Chemosh, as the house of Israel
‘was ashamed of ”Beth-el their con-
fidence.
14 How say ye, We are mighty
and strong men for the war?
15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up
out of her cities, and his chosen
young men are gone down to the
slaughter, saith the King, whose
name is the LorD of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near
te come, and his affliction hasteth
ast.
17 All ye that are about him, be-
moan him; and all ye that know
his name, say, How is the strong
staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
18 Thou daughter that dost in-
habit “Dibon, come down from thy
glory, and sit in thirst: for the
spoiler of Moab shall come upon
thee, and he shall destroy thy
strong holds.
19 O inhabitant of °Aroer, stand
by the way, and espy; ask him that
fleeth, and her that escapeth, and
say, What is done?
20 Moab is confounded; for it is
broken down: howl and cry; tell
ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
21 And judgment is come upon
the plain country; upon Holon, and
upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
22 And upon Dibon, and upon
Nebo, and upon Beth- diblathaim,
23 And upon Kiriathaim, and
upon Beth-gamul, and upon "Beth-
meon,
24 And upon /Kerioth, and upon
Bozrah, and upon all the cities of
the land of Moab, far or near.
25 The horn of Moab is cut off,
and his arm is broken, saith the
Lorp.
26 Make ye him drunken: for he
magnified himself against the
LorD: Moab also shall wallow in
48 27]
his vomit, and he also shall be in
derision.
27 For was not Israel a derision
unto thee? was he found among
thieves? for since thou spakest of
him, thou skippedst for joy.
28 Oye that dwell in Moab, leave
the cities, and dwell in the rock,
and be like the “dove that maketh
her nest in the sides of the hole’s
mouth.
29 We have heard the 4pride of
Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his
loftiness, and his arrogancy, and
his pride, and the haughtiness of
his heart.
30 I know his wrath, saith the
LorbD; but it shall not be so; his
lies shall not so effect it.
31 Therefore will I howl for
Moab, and I will cry out for all
Moab; mine heart shall mourn
for the men of Kir-heres.
32 © vine of Sibmah, I will weep
for thee with the weeping of Jazer:
thy plants are gone over the sea,
they reach even to the sea of Jazer:
the spoiler is fallen upon thy surn-
mer fruits and upon thy vintage.
33 And joy and gladness is taken
from the plentiful field,. and from
the land of Moab; and I have
caused wine to fail from the wine-
presses: none shall tread with
shouting; their shouting shall be
no shouting.
34 ‘From thecry of Heshbon even
unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz,
have they uttered their voice, from
Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an
heifer of three years old: for the
waters also of Nimrim shall be
desolate.
_35 Moreover I will cause to cease
in Moab, saith the LorD, him that
offereth in the high places, and him
that burneth incense to his gods.
36 Therefore mine heart shall
sound for Moab like pipes, and mine
heart shall sound like pipes for the
men of Kir-heres: because the riches
that he hath gotten are perished.
37 For every head shall be bald,
and every beard clipped: upon all
the hands shall be cuttings, and
upon the loins sackcloth. :
38 There shall be lamentation
generally upon all the housetops
of Moab, and in the streets thereof:
for ¢I have broken Moab like a ves-
sel wherein zs no pleasure, saith the
Lorp.
39 They shall howl, saying, How
is it broken down! how hath Moab
turned the back with shame! so
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 600.
a Song 2.14.
b Isa.16.6.
c Isa.15.4-6.
d Jer.22.28.
e Jer.49.22;
Deut.28.49;
f Num.21.28.
g Num.24.17.
h Amos 1,12.
4 Ezk.25.5;
Amos 1.14,
825
[49 3
shall Moab be a derision and a
dismaying to all them about him.
40 For thus saith the Lorp; Be-
hold, ¢he shall fly as an eagle, and
shall spread his wings over Moab.
41 Kerioth is taken, and the
strong holds are surprised, and the
mighty men’s hearts in Moab at
that day shall be as the heart of a
woman in her pangs.
42 And Moab shall be destroyed
from being a people, because he
hath magnified Aimse/f against the
LorbD.
43 Fear, and the pit, and the
snare, shall be upon thee, O inhab-
itant of Moab, saith the LORD.
44 He that fleeth from the fear
shall fall into the pit; and he that
getteth up out of the pit shall be
taken in the snare: for I will bring
upon it, even upon Moab, the year
of their visitation, saith the LorpD.
45 They that fled stood under the
shadow of Heshbon because of the
force: but a /fire shall come forth
out of Heshbon, and a flame from
the midst of Sihon, and &shall de-
vour the corner of Moab, and the
crown of the head of the tumul-
fuous ones.
46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab!
the people of Chemosh perisheth:
for thy sons are taken captives, and
thy daughters captives.
47 Yet will I bring again the cap-
tivity of Moab in the latter days,
saith the Lorp. ‘Thus far is the
judgment of Moab.
CHAPTER 49.
(4) Against the Amrnonites and
their cities,
GONCEENENG the Ammonites,
thus saith the Lorp; Hath Is-
rael no sons? hath he no heir? why
then doth their king inherit Gad,
and his people dwell in his cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days
come, saith the Lorp, that I will
cause an alarm of war to be heard in
iRabbah of the Ammonites; and it
shall be a desolate heap, and her
daughters shall be burned with fire:
then shall Israel be heir unto them
that were his heirs, saith the LorD.
3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is
spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rab-
bah, gird you with sackcloth; la-
ment, and run to and fro by the
hedges; for their king shall gc into
captivity, and his priests and his
princes together.
49 4]
4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the
valleys, thy flowing valley, O back-
sliding daughter? that trusted in
her treasures, saying, Who shall
come unto me?
5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon
thee, saith the Lord Gop of hosts,
from all those that be about thee;
and ye shall be driven out every
man right forth; and none shall
gather up him that wandereth. ~
6 And ¢@afterward I will bring
again the captivity of the children
of Ammon, saith the LORD.
(5) Against Edom,
7 >Concerning Edom, thus saith
the Lorp of hosts; Js wisdom no
more in Teman? is counsel perished
from the prudent? is their wisdom
vanished?
8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep,
O inhabitants of “Dedan; for I will
bring the calamity of Esau upon
ee the time that I will visit
9 it grapegatherers come to thee,
would they not leave some glean-
ing grapes? if thieves by night,
they will destroy till they have
enough.
10 4But I have made Esau bare, I
have uncovered his secret places,
and he shall not be able to hide
himself: his seed is spoiled, and his
brethren, and his neighbours, and
he is not.
11 Leave thy fatherless children,
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 600.
I will preserve them alive; and let
thy widows ‘trust in me.
12 For thus saith the Lorpb; Be-
hold, they whose judgment was not
@ v.39; Jer.
48.47.
6 Ezk.25.12;
Amos 1.11.
c Jer.25.23.
d Mal.1.3.
e Psa.2.12,
note.
f 1sa.34.6;
63.1.
gi.e. nations,
h vs.14-22;
Gen.36.1,
note.
i Jer.50.40;
Gen.19.25;
Deut.29.23;
Amos 4.11.
j Heb. weedy
sea.
k Xsa.17.1;
| 37.13; Amos
1.3; Zech.9.
to drink of the cup have assuredly! ! Jer.50.30;:
drunken; and art thou he that
shall altogether go unpunished?
thou shalt not go unpunished, but
thou shalt surely drink of it.
13. For I have sworn by myself,
saith the Lorn, that fBozrah shall
become a desolation, a reproach, a
waste, and a curse; and all the
cities thereof shall be perpetual
wastes.
14 I have heard a rumour from
the Lorp, and an ambassador is
sent unto the ‘heathen, saying,
Gather ye together, and come
against her, and rise up to the
battle.
15 For, lo, I will male thee small
among the heathen, and despised
among men.
16 Thy terribleness hath deceived
thee, and the pride of thine heart,
51.4.
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[49 27
O thou that dwellest in the clefts of —
the rock, that holdest the height of —
the hill: though thou shouldest
make thy nest as high as the eagle,
I will bring thee down from thence,
saith the LorpD.
17 Also “Edom shall be a desola-
tion: every one that goeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss
at all the plagues thereof.
18 7As in the overthrow of Sodom
and Gomorrah and the neighbour
cities thereof, saith the LorpD, no
man shall abide there, neither shall
a son of man dwell in it.
19 Behold, he shall come up like
a lion from the swelling of Jordan
against the habitation of the strong:
but I will suddenly make him run
away from her: and who is a
chosen man, that I may appoint
over her? for who is like me? and
who will appoint me the time? and
who is that shepherd that will -
stand before me?
20 Therefore hear the counsel of
the LorpD, that he hath taken
against Edom; and his purposes,
that he hath purposed against the
inhabitants of Teman: Surely the
least of the flock shall draw them
out: surely he shall make their
habitations desolate with them.
21 The earth is moved at the noise
of their fall, at the cry the noise
thereof was heard in the JRed
sea.
22 Behold, he shall come up and
fly as the eagle, and spread his
wings over Bozrah: and at that
day shall the heart of the mighty
men of Edom be as the heart of a
woman in her pangs.
(6) Against Damascus.
23 Concerning Damascus. Ha-
math is confounded, and Arpad: for
they have heard evil tidings: they
are fainthearted; there is sorrow
on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble,
and turneth herself to flee, and
fear hath seized on her: anguish
and sorrows have tdken her, as a
woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not
left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore “her young men
shall fall in her streets, and all the
men of war shall be cut off in that
day, saith the Lorp of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire in the
wall of Damascus, and it shall con-
sume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
hoa
49 28]
JEREMIAH.
[50 11
(7) Against Kedar and the king-
doms of Hazor.
28 Concerning Kedar, and con-
cerning the kingdoms of Hazor,
which Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon shall smite, thus saith the
Lorpb; Arise ye, go up to Kedar,
and spoil the men of the east.
29 Their tents and their flocks
shall they take away: they shall
take to themselves their curtains,
and all their vessels, and their
camels; and they shall cry unto
them, Fear is on every side.
30 Flee, get you far off, dwell
deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,
saith the Lorp; for Nebuchad-
tezzar king of Babylon hath taken
counsel against you, and hath con-
ceived a purpose against you.
31 Arise, get you up unto “the
wealthy nation, that dwelleth with-
out care, saith the LorD, which
have fheither gates nor bars, "which
dwell dlone.
32 And their camels shall be a
booty, and the multitude of their
cattle a spoil: and I will ‘scatter
into all winds them that are in the
utmost corners; and I will bring
their calamity from all sides thereof,
saith the LorbD.
33 And Hazor ¢shall be a dwell-
ing for dragons, and a desolation
for ever: there shall no man abide
there, nor any son of man dwell
in it.
(8) Against Elam.
| 34 The word of the LorD that
came to Jeremiah the prophet
against Elam in the beginning of
the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah,
saying,
35 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
Behold, I will break the bow of
Elam, the chief of their might.
36 And upon Elam will I bring
the four winds from the four quar-
ters of heaven, and will scatter
them toward all those winds; and
there shall be no nation whither
the outcasts of Elam shall not
come. {
37 For I will cause Elam to be
dismayed before their enemies, and
before them that seek their life: and
I will bring evil upon them, even
my fierce anger, saith the LORD;
and I will send the sword after
them, till I have consumed them:
38 And I will set my throne in
Elam, and will destroy from thence
the king and the princes, saith the
LORD.
\
B.C. 600.
‘
a Ezk.38.11.
6 Num.23.9;
Deut.33.28;
Mic.7.14.
c v.36; Ezk.
5.10.
d Jer.9.11;
10.22; Mal.
1.3.
e Isa.13.17,
18,20; vs.
39,40.
f Covenant
(New). vs.4,
5; Mt.26.28.
(Isa.61.8;
Heb.8.8-12.)
gv.17; Isa.
53.6; 1 Pet.
2.25.
h vs.3,41;
Jer.51.27.
i vs.14,29.
7 2 Sam.1.22.
$27
39 But it shall come to pass in the
\latter days, that I will bring again
the captivity of Elam, saith the
LorbD.
CHAPTER 50.
(9) Against Babylon and
Chaldea.
“THE word that the LorD spake
against Babylon and against
the land of the Chaldeans by Jere-
miah the prophet.
2 Declare ye among the nations,
and publish, and set up a standard;
publish, and conceal not: say,
Babylon is taken, Bel is con-
founded, Merodach is broken in
pieces; her idols are confounded, her
images are broken in pieces.
3 For “out of the north there com-
eth up a nation against her, which
shall make her land desolate, and
none shall dwell therein: they shall
remove, they shall depart, both
man and beast.
4 In those days, and in that time,
saith the Lorp, the children of
Israel shall come, they and the
children of Judah together, going
and weeping: they shall go, and
seek the LorpD their God.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion
with their faces thitherward, say-
ing, Come, and let us join ourselves
to the Lorp in a perpetual Jcove-
nant that shall not be forgotten.
6 My people hath been 4lost sheep:
their shepherds have caused them to
go astray, they have turned them
away on the mountains: they have
gone from mountain to hill, they
have forgotten their restingplace.
7 All that found them have de-
voured them: and their adversaries
said, We offend not, because they
have sinned against the LORD, the
habitation of justice, even the
LorD, the hope of their fathers.
8 Remove out of the midst of
Babylon, and go forth out of the
land of the Chaldeans, and be as
the he goats before the flocks. ,
9 For, lo, “I will raise and cause to
come up against Babylon an assem-
bly of great nations from the north
country: and they shall ‘set them-
selves in array against her; from
thence she shall be taken: their
arrows shall be as of a mighty ex-
pert man; Jnone shall return in vain,
10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil:
all that spoil her shall be satisfied,
saith the LORD.
11 Because ye were glad, because
ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine] B.C. 595.
heritage, because ye are grown fat
as the heifer at grass, and bellow
as bulls;
12 Your mother shall be sore con-
founded; she that bare you shall be
ashamed: behold, the hindermost
of the nations shall be a wilderness,
a dry land, and a desert.
13 Because of the wrath of the
Lorp it shail not be inhabited,
but it shall be wholly desolate:
“every one that goeth by Babylon
shall be astonished, and hiss at all
her plagues. ; :
14 Put yourselves in array against
Babylon round about: all ye that
bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no
‘arrows: for she hath sinned against
the Lorp.
15 Shout against her round about:
she hath given her hand: her foun-
dations are failen, her walls are
thrown down: for %it zs the ven-
geance of the Lorpb: take ven-
geance upon her; as she hath done,
do unto her.
16 Cut off the sower from Baby-
lon, and. him that handleth the
sickle in the time of harvest: for fear
of the oppressing sword they shall
turn every one to his people, and
they shall flee every one to his own
land.
17 Israel is “a scattered sheep; the
lions have driven Aim away: first
the king of Assyria hath devoured
him; and last this ¢Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon hath broken his
bones.
18 Therefore thus saith the Lorp
of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will punish the king of Babylon
and his land, as I have punished the
king of Assyria.
19 And I will bring Israel again
to his habitation, and he shall feed
on Carmel and Bashan, and his
soul shall be satisfied upon mount
Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In those days, and in that
time, saith the LorD, the iniquity
ef Israel shall be sought for, and
there shall be none; and the sins
of Judah, and they shall not be
found: for I will pardon them
Fwhom I reserve.
21 Go up against the land of Me-
tathaim, even against it, and against
the inhabitants of #sPekod: waste
and utterly destroy after them, saith
the Lorpb, and do according to all
that I have commanded thee.
22 A sound of battle is in the
land, and of great destruction.
JEREMIAH.
a Jer.49.17.
6 Jer.51.6,11.
cv.6,
d 2 Ki.24.10,
14.
e Jer.31.34.
Ff Isa.1.9.
g Ezk.23.23.
h Isa.47.10.
i Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type).
Isa.59.20,
note.
828
23 How is the hammer of the
whole earth cut asunder and bro-
ken! how is Babylon become a deso-
lation among the nations!
24 I have laid a snare for thee,
and thou art also taken, O Babylon,
and thou wast not aware: thou art
found, and also caught, because
thou hast striven against the Lorb.
25 The Lorp hath opened his
armoury, and hath brought forth
the weapons of his indignation:
for this 7s the work of the Lord
Gop of hosts in the land of the
Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the
utmost border, open her store-
houses: cast her up as heaps, and
destroy her utterly: let nothing of
her be left.
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them
go down to the slaughter: woe unto
them! for their day is come, the
time of their visitation.
28 The voice of them that flee and
escape out of the land of Babylon,
to declare in Zion the vengeance of
the Lorp our God, the vengeance
of his temple.
29 Call together the archers
against Babylon: all ye that bend
the bow, camp against it round
about; let none thereof escape:
Tecompense her according to her
work; according to all that she
hath done, do unto her: for she hath
been ‘proud against the Lorp,
against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore shall her young men
fallin the streets, and all her men #
of war shall be cut off in that day,
saith the Lorp.
31 Behold, I am against thee, O
thou most proud, saith the Lord
Gop of hosts: for thy day is come,
the time that I will visit thee.
32 And the most proud shall
stumble and fall, and none shall
taise him up: and I will’ kindle a
fire in his cities, and it shall devour
all round about him.
33 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts 3
The children of Israel and the chil-
dren of Judah were oppressed to-
gether: and all that took them
captives held them fast; they re-
fused to let them go.
34 Their ‘Redeemer is strong; the
Lorp of hosts is his name: he shall
throughly. plead their cause, that
he may give rest to the land, and .-
cicawiss the inhabitants of Baby-
on.
35 A sword is upon the Chai-
deans, saith the Lorp, and upon the
inhabitants of Babylon, and upon
her princes, and upon her wise
men.
36 A sword is upon the liars; and
they shall dote: a sword is upon her
mighty men; and they shall be
dismayed.
37 A sword is upon their horses,
and upon their chariots, and upon
all the mingled people that are in
the midst of her; and they shall
become as women: a sword is upon
her treasures; and they shall be
robbed.
38 A drought zs upon her waters;
and they shall be dried up: for it is
the land of graven images, and they
are mad upon their idols.
39 Therefore the wild beasts of
the desert with the wild beasts of
the ‘islands shall dwell there, and
the owls shall dwell therein: and it
shall be no more inhabited for ever;
neither shall it be dwelt in from
generation to generation.
40 °As God overthrew Sodom and
Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LoRD; so shall
no man abide there, neither shail
any son of man dwell therein.
41 Behold, a people shall come
from the north, and a great nation,
and many kings shall be raised up
from the coasts of the earth.
42 They shall hold the bow and
the lance: they are cruel, and will
not shew mercy: their voice shall
roar like the sea, and they shall
ride upon horses, every one put in
array, like a man to the battle,
ot thee, O daughter of Baby-
on.
43 The king of Babylon hath
heard the report of them, and his
thands waxed feeble: anguish took
hold of him, and pangs as of a
woman in travail.
44 Behold, he shall come up like
a lion from the swelling of Jordan
unto the habitation of the strong:
but I will make them suddenly run
away from her: and who zs a cho-
sen man, that I may appoint over
her? for who is like me? and who
will appoint me the time? and who
is that ‘shepherd that will stand
before me? |
45 Therefore hear ye the counsel!
of the Lorp, that he hath taken;
against Babylon; and his purposes,
that he hath purposed against the
land of the Chaldeans: Surely the
least of the flock shall draw them
out: surely he shall make their!
habitation desolate with them.
bP FF ee
4
@i.e. coasts.
b Jer.49.18;
51.26;
Gen.19.25;
Isa.13.19.
c Jer.49.19;
Job 41.10.
d Jer.50.14.
e Jer.50.8;
Rev.18.4.
f Rev.17.4.
g Rev.14.8.
h Isa.21.9;
Rev.14.8;
18.2.
t Psa.37.6.
j 1sa.13.17.
k Jer.50.28.
829
JEREMIAH.
vr: 7 4 ite iz Tt?
46 At the noise of the taking of
Babylon the earth is moved, and
the cry is heard among the nations.
CHAPTER 51.
(The prophecy against Babylon,
continued.)
HUS saith the Lorp; Bekold, I
will raise up against Babylon,
and against them that dwell in the
midst of them that rise up against
me, a destroying wind;
2 And will send unto Babylon
fanners, that shall fan her, and
shall empty her land: for 4in the
day of trouble they shall be against
her round about.
3 Against him that bendeth let
the archer bend his bow, and
against him that lifteth himself up
in his brigandine: and spare ye not
her young ‘men; destroy ye utterly
all her host.
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the’
land of the Chaldeans, and they
that are thrust through in her
streets.
5 For Israel hath not been for-
saken, nor Judah of his God, of the
Lorp of hosts; though their land
was filled with sin against the Holy
One of Israel.
6 Flee out of the midst of Baby-
jon, and deliver every man his soul:
be not cut off in her iniquity; for
this is the time of the LORD’S ven-
geance; he will render unto her a
recompence.
7 fBabylon hath been a golden
cup in the Lorp’s hand, that made
all the earth drunken: the énations
have drunken of her wine; there-
fore the nations are mad.
8 Babylon is suddenly “fallen and
destroyed: howl for her; take balm
for her pain, if so be she may be
healed.
9 We would have healed Baby-
lon, but she is not healed: forsake
her, and let us go every one into
his own country: for her judgment
reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted
up even to the skies.
10 The Lorp ‘hath brought forth
our righteousness: come, and let us
declare in Zion the work of the
Lorp our God. :
11 Make bright the arrows; gather
the shields: the 7LoRD hath raised
up the spirit of the kings of the
Medes: for his device is against
Babylon, to destroy it; because it is
|Athe vengeance of the LorD, the
vengeance of his temple.
12 °Set up the standard upon the
walls of Babylon, make the watch
strong, set up the watchmen, pre-
pare the ambushes: for the LorD
hath both devised and done that
which he spake against the inhab-
itants of Babylon.
13, O thou that dwellest upon
many waters, abundant in treas-
ures, thine end is come, and the
measure of thy covetousness.
14 The Lorp of hosts hath sworn
by himself, saying, Surely I will fill
thee with men, as with caterpillers;
and they shall lift up a shout
against thee. ,
15 He hath made the earth by his
power, he hath established the
world by his wisdom, and *hath
stretched out the heaven by his
understanding. ;
16 When he uttereth his voice,
there is a multitude of waters in
the heavens; and he causeth the va-
pours to ascend from the ends of
the earth: he maketh lightnings
with rain, and bringeth forth the
wind out of his treasures.
17 Every man is brutish by his
knowledge; every founder is con-
founded by the graven image: for
his molten image is falsehood, and
there 1s'no breath in them.
18 They are vanity, the work of
errors: in the time of their visita-
tion they shall perish.
19 The portion of Jacob is not
like them; for he is the former of all
things: and Israel is the rod of
his inheritance: the LorD of hosts
is his name.
20 Thou art my battle axe and
weapons of war: for with thee will
I break in pieces the nations, and
with thee will I destroy king-
doms;
21 And with thee will I break in
pieces the horse and his rider; and
with thee will I break in pieces the
chariot and his rider;
22 With thee also will I break in
pieces man and woman; and with
thee will I break in pieces old and
young; and with thee will I break
in pieces the young man and the
maid;
23 I will also break in pieces with
thee the shepherd and his flock;
and with thee will I break in pieces
the husbandman and his yoke of
oxen; and with thee will I break in
pieces captains and rulers.
24 And ¢I will render unto Baby-
lon and to all the inhabitants of
Chaldea all their evil that they:
@ Nah.2.1;
3.14.
6 Job 9.8;
Psa.104.2;
Jsa.40.22.
¢ Jer.50.15,
29.
d Isa.13.1,
note;
Zech.4.7.
é Jer.50.40.
F Jer.50.24,
830
have done in Zion in your sight,
saith the Lorpb.
destroying mountain, saith the
LorD, which destroyest all the
earth: and I will stretch out mine
hand upon thee, and roll thee down
from the rocks, and will make thee
a burnt mountain.
26 And they shall not take of thee
a stone for a corner, nor a stone for
foundations; but ¢thou shalt be
desolate for ever, saith the Lorpb.
27 Set ye up a standard in the
land, blow the trumpet among the
nations, prepare the nations against
her, call together against her the
kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and
Ashchenaz; appoint a _ captain
against her; cause the horses to
come up as the rough caterpillers.
28 Prepare against her the na-
tions with the kings of the Medes,
the captains thereof, and all the
rulers thereof, and all the land of his
dominion.
29 And the land shall tremble and
sorrow: for every purpose of the
LORD shall be performed against
Babylon, to make the land of Baby-
lon a desolation without an inhabi-
tant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon
have forborn to fight, they have re-
mained in their holds: their might
hath failed; they became as women:
they have burned her dwelling-
places; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet an- ~
other, and one messenger to meet
another, to shew the king of Baby-
lon that his city is taken at one
end,
32 And that the passages are
stopped, and the reeds they have
burned with fire, and the men of
war are affrighted. 4
33 For thus saith the Lorp of
hosts, the God of Israel; The daugh-
ter of Babylon js like’a threshing-
floor, it is time to thresh her: yet a
little while, and the time of her
harvest shall come.
34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of
Babylon hath devoured me, he hath
crushed me, he hath made me an
empty vessel, he hath. swallowed
me up like a dragon, he hath filled
his belly with my delicates, he hath
cast me out.
35 The violence done to me and
to my flesh be upon Babylon, shail
the inhabitant of Zion say; and my
blood upon the inhabitants of Chai-
dea, shall Jerusalem say.
&
i
25 Behold, I am against thee, 40 ©
51 36]
JEREMIAH. :
[51 62
36 Therefore thus saith the LorpD;
Behold, ¢I will plead thy cause and
take vengeance for thee; and I will
dry up her sea, and make her
springs 3
37 “And Babylon shall become
heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons,
an astonishment, and an hissing,
without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like
lions: they shall yell as lions’
whelps.
39 In their heat I will make their
feasts, and I will make them
drunken, that they may rejoice,
and sleep a perpetual sleep, and
not wake, saith the LorD.
40 I will bring them down like
lambs to the slaughter, like rams
with he goats.
41 How is SSheshach taken! and
how is ¢the praise of the whole
earth surprised! how is Babylon
become an astonishment among the
nations!
42 eThe sea is come up upon
Babylon: she is covered with the
multitude-of the waves thereof.
43 fHer cities are a desolation, a
dry land, and a wilderness, a land
wherein no man dwelleth, neither
doth any son of man pass thereby.
- 44 And I will punish Bel in Baby-
lon, and I will bring forth out of
his mouth that which he hath
swallowed up: and the nations
shall not flow together any more
unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon
shall fall.
45 sMy people, go ye out of the
midst of her, and deliver ye every
man his soul from the fierce anger
of the LORD.
46 And lest your heart faint, and
ye fear for the rumour that shall be
heard in the land; a rumour shall
both come one year, and after that
in another year shall come a fu-
mour, and violence in the land,
ruler against ruler.
47 Therefore, behold, the days
come, that I will. do judgment upon
the graven images of Babylon: and
her whole land shall be confounded,
and all her slain shall fall in the
midst of her.
48 Then the heaven and the
earth, and all that is therein, shall
sing for Babylon: for the spoilers
shall come unto her from the north,
saith the LORD.
49 As Babylon hath caused the
slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon
shall fall the slain of all the earth.
50 Ye that have escaped the
B.C. 595.
a Jer.50.34.
b Jer.50.39;
Isa.13.22;
Rev.18.2.
¢ Jer.25.26.
d Jer.49.25;
Isa.13.29;
Dan.4.30.
e See Isa.8.
7,8.
f Jer.50.39,40.
gv.6; Jer.50.
8; Rev.18.4.
h 1sa.44.23;
49.13; Rev.
18.20.
i Jer.49.16;
Amos 9.2;
Oba.4.
j v.24; Jer.50.
29; Psa.94.1.
k Jer.46.18;
48.15.
831
sword, go away, stand not still:
remember the LORD afar off, and
let Jerusalem come into your
mind.
51 We are confounded, because
we have heard reproach: shame
hath covered our faces: for strangers
are come into the sanctuaries of the
Lorp’s house.
52 Wherefore, behold, the days
come, saith the Lorb, that I will
do judgment upon her graven im-
ages: and through all her land the
wounded shall groan.
53 ‘Though Babylon should
mount up to heaven, and though
she should fortify the height of her
strength, yet from me shall spoilers
come unto her, saith the Lorp.
54 Asound of acry cometh from
Babylon, and great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans:
55 Because the Lorb hath spoiled
Babylon, and destroyed out of her
the great voice; when her waves
do roar like great waters, a noise
of their voice is uttered:
56 Because the spoiler is come
upon her, even upon Babylon, and
her mighty men are taken, every
one of their bows is broken: for
the Lorp God of recompences shall
surely requite. ,
57 And I will make drunk her
princes, and her wise men, her
captains, and her rulers, and her
mighty men: and they shall sleep
a perpetual sleep, and not wake,’
saith *#the King, whose name is
the LoRD of hosts.
58 Thus saith the LorD of hosts;
The broad walls of Babylon shall
be utterly broken, and her high
gates shall be burned with fire; and
the people shall labour in vain, and
the folk in the fire, and they shall
be weary.
59 The word which Jeremiah the
prophet commanded Seraiah the
son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah,
when he went with Zedekiah the
king of Judah into Babylon in the
fourth year of his reign. And this
Seraiah was a quiet prince.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book
all the evil that should come upon
Babylon, even all these words that
are written against Babylon.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah,
When thou comest to Babylon, and
shalt see, and shalt read all these
words;
62 Then shalt thou say, O LorD,
thou hast spoken against this place,
to cut it off, that none shall remain
51 63]
in it, neither man nor beast, but
that it shall be desolate for ever-.
63 And_it shall be, when thou
hast made an end of reading this
book, ¢that thou shalt bind a stone
to it, and cast it into the midst of
Euphrates:
64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall
Babylon sink, and shall not rise
from the evil that I will bring upon
her: and they shall be weary. Thus
far are the words of Jeremiah.
CHAPTER 52,
A retrospect: the overthrow and
captivity of Judah. (Cf. Jer.
39. 1-10.)
ZPDEKIAN bwas one and twenty
years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned eleven years
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s
name was Hamutal the daughter
of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 And he did that which was
evil in the eyes of the LorpD, accord-
ing to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 For through the anger of the
LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem
and Judah, till he had cast them
out from his presence, that Zede-
kiah rebelled against the king of
Babylon.
4 And it came to pass in the
‘ninth year of his reign, in the
4tenth month, in the tenth day of
the month, that Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon came, he and all
his, army, against Jerusalem, and
pitched against it, and built forts
against it round about.
5 So the city was besieged unto
the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
6 And in the «fourth month, in
the ninth day of the month, the
famine was sore in the city, so that
there was no bread for the people of
the land,
7 Then the city was broken up,
and all the men of war fled, and
went forth out of the city by night
by the way of the gate between the
two walls, which was by the king’s
garden; (now the Chaldeans were
by the city round about:) and they
went by the way of the plain.
8 But the army of the Chaldeans
pursued after the king, and over-
took Zedekiah in the plains of Jeri-
cho; and all his army was scattered
from him.
9 /Then they took the king, and
carried him up unto the king of
Babylon to Riblah in the land of
ate ot Se a, Ee
JEREMIAH.
B.C. 595.
a Rev.18.21.
6 2 Ki.24.18.
¢ 2 Ki.25.1-27;
Jer.39.1;
Zech.8.19.
die. January.
ele. July.
Ff Jer.32.4.
g Ezk.12.13.
hice. August.
@ Jer.39.9.
j See 1 Ki.7.
15,23,27.
k Ex.27.3;
2 Ki.25.14-
16.
11 Ki.7.47.
m 1 Ki.7.15;
2 Ki.25.17;
2 Chr.3.15.
832
4 hy 1a
Hamath; where he gave judgment
upon him. 7
10 And the king of Babylon slew
the sons of Zedekiah before his
eyes: he slew also all the princes of
Judah in Riblah.
11 &Then he put out the eyes of
Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon
bound him in chains, and carried
him to Babylon, and put him in
prison till the day of his death.
12 Now in the /fifth month, in the
tenth day of the month, which was
the nineteenth year of Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon, came #Neb-
uzar-adan, captain of the guard,
which served the king of Babylon,
into Jerusalem,
13 And burned the house of the
LORD, and the king’s house; and
all the houses of Jerusalem, and all
the houses of the great men, burned
he ‘with fire:
14 And all the army of the Chal-
deans, that were with the captain
of the guard, brake down all the
walls of Jerusalem round about.
15 Then ‘Nebuzar-adan the cap-
tain of the guard carried away
captive certain of the poor of the
people, and the residue of the peo-
ple that remained in the city, and
those that fell away, that fell to the
king of Babylon, and the rest of the
multitude.
16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain
of the guard left certain of the poor
of the land for vinedressers and for
husbandmen.
17 JAlso the pillars of brass that
were in the house of the Lorp, and
the bases, and the brasen sea that
was in the house of the Lorp, the
Chaldeans brake, and carried alk
the brass of them to Babylon.
18 “The caldrons also, and the
shovels, and the snuffers, and the
bowls, and the spoons, and all the
vessels of brass wherewith they
ministered, took they away.
19 And the basons, and the fire-
pans, and the bowls, and the cal-
drons, and the candlesticks, and the
spoons, and the cups; that which
was of gold in gold, and that which
was of silver in silver, took the
captain of the guard away.
20 The two pillars, one sea, and
twelve brasen bulls that were under
the bases, which king Solomon had
made in the house of the Lorp:
'the brass of all these vessels was
without weight.
21 And concerning “the pillars,
the height of one pillar was eigh-
!
7
JEREMIAH.
[52 34
teen “cubits; and a fillet of twelve
eubits did compass it; and the
thickness thereof was four fingers:
it was hollow.
22 And a chapiter of brass was
upon it; and the height of one chap-
iter was five cubits, with network
and pomegranates upon the chap-
iters round about, all of brass. The
second pillar also and the pome-
granates were like unto these.
23 And there were ninety and six
pomegranates on a side; and ball
the pomegranates upon the network
were an hundred round about.
94 And the captain of the guard
took ‘Seraiah the chief priest, and
@Zephaniah the second priest, and
the three keepers of the door:
25 He took also out of the city an
eunuch, which had the charge of the
men of war; and seven men of
them that were near the king’s per-
son, which were found in the city;
and the principal scribe of the host,
who mustered the people of the
land; and threescore men of the
people of the land, that were found
in the midst of the city.
26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain
of the guard took them, and
brought them to the king of Baby-
lon to Riblah.
27 And the king of Babylon smote
them, and put them to death in Rib-
{ah in the land of Hamath. Thus
Judah was carried away captive out
of his own land.
28 ¢Thisis the peoplewhom Nebu-
chadrezzar carried away captive:
B.C. 588.
a One cubit =
about 18 in.;
also v.22.
b See 1 Ki.7.
20.
¢ 2 Ki.25.18,
d Jer.21.1;
29.25.
e 2 Ki.24.2.
f See 2 Ki.24.
12.
g 2 Ki.24.14.
h 2 Ki.25.27-
30.
tie. March.
j Gen.40.13,
20.
k 2 Sam.9.13.
833
in the fseventh year &three thou-
sand Jews and three and twenty:
29 In the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar he carried away
captive from Jerusalem eight hun-
dred thirty and two persons:
30 In the three and twentieth
year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-
adan the captain of the guard car-
ried away captive of the Jews seven
hundred forty and five persons: all
the persons were four thousand and
six hundred.
The latter days of Jehcoiachin.
(Cf. 2 Ki. 25, 27-30.)
31 And it came to pass in the
seven and thirtieth year of the cap-
tivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah,
in the ‘twelfth month, in the five
and twentieth day of the month,
that Evil-merodach king of Baby-
lon in the first year of his reign
jlifted up the head of Jehoiachin
king of Judah, and brought him
forth out of prison,
32 And spake kindly unto him,
and set his throne above the throne
of the kings that were with him in
Babylon,
33 And changed his prison gar-
ments: and “he did continually eat
bread before him all the days of his
life.
34 And for his diet, there was a
continual diet given him of the king
of Babylon, every day a portion
until the day of his death, all the
days of his life.
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THE
[1 16
LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH.
THE Heres a significance of this book lies in the fact that it is the disclosure of the.
love and sorrow of Jehovah for the very people whom He is chastening—a _sor-
row wrought by the Spirit in the heart of Jeremiah (Jer. 13. 17; Mt. 23. 36, 33; Rom.
9. 1-5).
The chapters indicate the analysis, viz., five lamentations.
e
CHAPTER 1.
The first lamentation.
How doth the city sit solitary,
that was full of people! “how
is she become as a widow! she that
“was great among the nations, and
‘princess among the provinces, how
is she become tributary!
2 She weepeth sore in the night,
and her tears are on her cheeks:
among all her lovers she hath none
to comfort her: all her friends have
dealt treacherously with her, they
are become her enemies.
3 ‘Judah is gone into captivity
because of affliction, and because
of great servitude: she dwelleth
among the “heathen, she findeth no
rest: all her persecutors overtook
her between the straits.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn, be-
cause none come to the solemn
feasts: all her gates are desolate:
her priests sigh, her ‘virgins are
afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
5 Her adversaries are the chief,
her enemies prosper; for the Lorp
hath afflicted her ¢for the multitude
of her transgressions: her children
are gone into captivity before the
enemy.
6 And from the daughter of Zion
all her beauty is departed: her
princes are ‘become like harts that
find no pasture, and they are gone
without strength before the pur-
suer. :
7 Jerusalem remembered in the
days of her affliction and of her
miseries all her pleasant things that
she had in the days of old, when
her people fell into the hand of the
enemy, and none did help her: the
adversaries saw her, and did mock
at her sabbaths.
8 JJerusalem hath grievously
sinned; therefore she is removed:
all that honoured her despise her,
because they have seen her naked-
B.C. 588.
a Isa.47.7,8.
b Ezra 4.20.
€ Jer.52.27.
di.e. nations.
eé Jer.30.14,
15; 52.28;
Dan.9.7,16.
f1 Ki.8.46.
g Jer.51.51.
h Dan.9.12.
# Ezk.12.13;
17.20.
j Deut.28.48.
k 1sa.63.3;
Rev.14.19,
20; 19.15,
ness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth
backward. ;
9 Her filthiness is in her skirts;
she remembereth not her last end:
therefore she came down wonder-
fully: she had no comforter. O
LORD, behold my affliction: for the
enemy hath magnified himself.
10 The adversary hath spread out
his hand upon all her pleasant
things: for she hath seen that the
¢heathen entered sinto her sanctu-
ary, whom thou didst command
that they should not enter into thy
congregation.
11 All her people sigh, they seek
bread; they have given their plea-
sant things for meat to relieve the
soul: see. O Lorp, and consider;
for I am become vile.
12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that
pass by? behold, and see “if there
be any sorrow like unto my sorrow,
which is done unto me, wherewith
the LorD hath afflicted me in the
day of his fierce anger.
13 From above hath he sent fire
into my bones, and it prevaileth
against them: ‘he hath spread a net
for my feet, he hath turned me
back: he hath made me desolate
and faint all the day.
14 JThe yoke of my transgressions
is bound by his hand: they are
wreathed, and come up upon my
neck: he hath made my strength to
fall, the Lord hath delivered me
into their hands, from whom Iam
not able to rise up.
15 The Lord hath trodden under
foot all my mighty men in the
midst of me: he hath called an
assembly against me to crush my
young men: *the Lord hath trodden
the virgin, the daughter of Judah,
as in a winepress.
16 For these things I weep; mine
eye, mine eye runneth down with
water, because the comforter that
‘should relieve my soul is far from
Py 47]
LAMENTATIONS.
[2 13
me: my children are desolate, be-
cause the enemy prevailed. ,
17 Zion spreadeth forth her
hands, and there is none to com-
fort her: the LorpD hath com-
manded concerning Jacob, that his
adversaries should be round about
him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous
woman among them.
18 The Lorp is righteous; for I
have rebelled against his com-
mandment: hear, I pray you, all
people, and behold my sorrow: my
virgins and my young men are gone
into captivity.
19 I called for my lovers, but
they deceived me: my priests and
mine elders gave up the ghost in the
’ city, while they sought their meat
to relieve their souls.
20 Behold, O Lorp; for I am in
distress: my bowels are troubled;
mine heart is turned within me; for
I have grievously rebelled: “abroad
the sword bereaveth, at home there
is as death.
21 They have heard that I sigh:
there is none to comfort me: all
mine enemies have heard of my
trouble; they are glad that thou
hast done it: thou wilt bring the
day that thou hast called, and they
shall.be like unto me.
22 Let all their wickedness come] ;
before thee; and do unto them, as
thou hast done unto me for all my
transgressions: for my sighs are
many, and my heart is faint.
CHAPTER 2.
The second lamentation.
Ho” hath the Lord covered the
daughter of Zion with a cloud
“in his anger, “and cast down from
heaven unto the earth the beauty of
Istael, and remembered not his
footstool in the day of his anger!
2 The Lord hath swallowed up
all the habitations of Jacob, ¢and
hath not pitied: he hath thrown
down in his wrath the strong holds
of the daughter of Judah; he hath
brought them down to the ground:
he hath polluted the kingdom and
the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in Ars fierce
anger all the horn of Israel: he hath
drawn back his right hand from be-
fore the enemy, and he burned
against Jacob like a flaming fire,
which devoureth round about.
4 «He hath bent his bow like an
enemy: he stood with his right
hand as an adversary, and slew all
B.C. 588.
a Deut.32.25;
Ezk.7.15.
6 Isa.13.;
Jer.46.
c Mt.11.23.
d vs.17,21;
Lam.3.43.
e Isa.63.10.
f 2 Ki.25.9;
Jer.52.13.
g Psa. 80. 2
Isa.34.11.
Deut.28. 36;
2 Ki.24.15;
CET
j Lam.3.48;
Psa.6.7-
k Lam.1.12;
Dan.9.12.
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that were pleasant to the eye in
the tabernacle of the daughter of
a he poured out his fury like
re.
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he
hath swallowed up Israel, fhe hath
swallowed up all her palaces: he
hath destroyed his strong holds,
and hath increased in the daughter
of Judah mourning and lamenta-
tion.
6 And he hath violently #taken
away his tabernacle, as if it were
of a garden: he hath destroyed his
places of the assembly: the LorD
hath caused the solemn feasts and
sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion,
and hath despised in the indigna-
tion of his anger the king and the
priest.
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar,
he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he
hath given up into the hand of the
enemy the walls of her palaces;
they have made a noise in the house
of the LORD, as in the day of a sol-
emn feast.
8 The Lorp hath purposed to de-
stroy the wall of the daughter of.
Zion: "he hath stretched out a line,
he hath not withdrawn his hand
from destroying: therefore he made
the rampart and the wall to lament;
they languished together.
9 Her gates are sunk into the
ground; he hath destroyed and
broken her bars: “her king and her
princes are among the Gentiles: the
law is no more; her prophets also:
find no vision from the LORD.
10 The elders of the daughter of
Zion sit upon the ground, and keep
silence: they have cast up dust upon
their heads; they have girded them-
selves with sackcloth: the virgins
of Jerusalem hang down their heads
to the ground.
11 jMine eyes do fail with tears,
my bowels are troubled, my liver is
poured upon the earth, for the de-
struction of the daughter of my
people; because the children and
the sucklings swoon in the streets
of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
Where is corn and wine? when
they swooned as the wounded in
the streets of the city, when their
soul was poured out into their
mothers’ bosom.
13 *What thing shall I take to
witness for thee? what thing shall
I liken to thee, O daughter of
Jerusalem? what shall I equal to
thee, that I may comfort thee, O
Brahe LAMENTATIONS. {3 20
virgin daughter of Zion? for thy} B.c. 588. |none escaped nor remained: those
i like the sea: who that I have swaddled and brought —
7 Sh rs a up hath mine enemy consumed.
14 Thy prophets Lave seen vain oy
and foolish things for thee: and ICHAPTER 3.
they have not discovered thine ini- The thinner aot
quity, to turn away thy captivity;
but have seen for thee false burdens AM the man that hath seen
and causes of banishment. - affliction by the rod of his wrath.
15 All that pass by clap their 2 He hath led me, and brought
hands at thee; they hiss and wag me into darkness, but not into
their head at the daughter of Jeru- light. ; A
salem, saying, Is this the city that 3 Surely against me is he turned;
men call The perfection of beauty, he turneth his hand against me
The joy of the whole earth? all the day. :
16 All thine enemies have opened|a1 Ki.9.8; 4 &My flesh and my skin hath he
ir mouth against thee: they hiss| Jer-18-16; made old; he hath broken my bones.
aa gnash ee teeth: they say,| Nat-s-19- 5 He hath builded against me, and
We have swallowed her up: cer-!} Lev.26.16; |compassed me with gall and travail.
tainly this is the day that we} Deut.2815. | 6 He hath set me in dark places,
looked for; we have found, we},;amiie; |as they that be dead of old.
have seen it. Jer.14.17. 7 ‘He hath hedged me about, that
17 >The LorpD hath done that I cannot get out: he hath made my
which he had devised; he hath ful-|?Fs*-628- [chain heavy.
filled his word that he had com-|¢tLam.4.10: 8 JAlso when I cry and shout, he
manded in the days of old: he hath| Lev.26.29; /shutteth out my prayer.
thrown down, and hath not pitied: Rerees 9 He hath inclosed my ways with
and he hath caused thine enemy to| £zt.5.16. sages eae he hath made my paths
rejoice over thee, he hath set up the 3 crooked.
horn of thine adversaries. F About 9 in. ae He was (eels as : bear
18 Their heart cried unto the}, Job 16.8. ying in wait, and as a lion in
Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, if secret places. f
let tears run. down like a river day|’ Frome iy sales turned aside ee, Wass.
and night: give thyself no rest; let it and pulled me in pieces: he hat
not the apple of thine eye cease. | i Job 3.23; made me desolate. —
19 Arise, cry out'in the night: mal eee 12 -He fone ine his bow, and set
the beginning of the watches ¢pour| ~~” me as a mark for the arrow.
out thine heart like water before} J Job 30.20; 13 He hath caused the arrows of
the face of the Lord: lift up thy| Ps4-22-2- his quiver to’enter into my reins.
hands toward him for the life of|p job 7.20; 14 I was a derision to all my peo-
thy young children, that faint for| 16.12; Psa. | ple; and their song all the day.
unger in the top of every street. 38.2. 15 ‘He hath filled me with bitter-
20 Behold, O Lorp, and consider} ; Jer.9.15 ness, he hath made me drunken
to whom thou hast done this. with wormwood.
«Shall the women eat their fruit, 16 He hath also broken my teeth
and children of a fspan long? shall with gravel stones, he hath covered
the priest and the prophet be slain me with ashes.
in the sanctuary of the Lord? 17 And thou hast removed my
21 The young and the old lie on soul far off from peace: I forgat
the ground in the streets: my vir- prosperity. :
gins and my young men are fallen 18 And I said, My strength and
by the sword; thou hast slain them my hope is perished from the
in the day of thine anger: thou Lorpb:
hast killed, and not pitied. 19 Remembering mine affliction
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn and my misery, the wormwood and
aay my terrors round about, so that the gall.
in the day of the Lorp’s anger) 20 My soul hath them still in re-
2 The literary form of Lamentations is necessarily obscured in the translation.
It is an acrostic dirge, the lines arranged in couplets or triplets, each of which be-
gins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In the third Lament, which consists of
sixty-six stanzas instead of twenty-two, each Line of each triplet begins with the
same letter, so that the entire sixty-six verses are required to give the twenty-two
letters of the alphabet. Thus verses 1-3 of our version form but three lines of the
original, each line beginning with A, etc.
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}
gpl ees foal ha hi ed a bar ce a IRN LANA i a
ra LAMENTATIONS. [41
21]
membrance, and is humbled in
me.
21 This I recall to my mind, there-
fore have I hope.
22 “It is of the LoRD’s mercies
that we are not consumed, because
his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morn-
ing: great 1s thy faithfulness.
24 The Lorp is “my portion,
saith my soul; therefore will I hope}
in .
25 The Lorp is good unto them
that ¢wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should)
both hope and quietly wait for the
salvation of the LorD.
97 It is good for a man that he
bear the yoke in his youth.
98 He sitteth alone and keepeth
silence, because he hath borne it
upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the
dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him
that ‘smiteth him: he is filled full
with reproach.
31 fFor the Lord will not cast off
for ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet
will he have compassion according
to the multitude of his mercies.
33 &¥or he doth not afflict will-
ingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet all the
prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the right of a
man before the face of the most
High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause,
kthe Lord approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it
cometh to pass, when the Lord
-commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most
High proceedeth ‘not evil and
good? 4
39 Wherefore doth a living man
complain, a man for the punish-
ment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our
ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our heart with
our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and
have rebelled: thou hast not par-
doned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger,
and persecuted us: thou hast slain,
thou hast not pitied. :
44 Thou hast covered thyself with
a cloud, that our prayer should not
‘pass through.
45 jThou hast made us as the off-
B.C. 588. Beene and refuse in the midst of
the people.
46 All our enemies have opened
their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a snare is come upon
us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down with
rivers of water for the destruction
of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye trickleth down, and
ceaseth not, without any intermis-
sion,
50 Till the LorD look down, and
behold from heaven.
a Mal.3.6. 51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart
b Isa.33.2. because of all the daughters of my
city. ‘
¢ wrt 52 Mine enemies chased me sore,
57: Jer. {like a bird, without cause.
10.16. 53 They have cut off my life in
g Psa.130.6: the dungeon, and cast a stone upon
Isa.30.18; me.
Mic.7.7. 54 Waters flowed over mine head;
2 Mt 27:30: then I said, I am cut off.
Mk.15.19; 55 ’I called upon thy name, O
Lk.22.63; LORD, out of the low dungeon.
John 18.22, | 56 Thou hast heard my voice:
7Psa.4.14. [hide not thine ear at my breathing,
at my cry.
g eae et 57 ™Thou drewest near in the
2 |day that I called upon thee: thou
h Hab.1.13. saidst, Fear not.
j Jas.3.10,12 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the
ee |eauses of my soul; thou hast “re-
j1Cor.4.13. |deemed my life.
59 O LorD, thou hast seen my
k1sa.63.15. | rong: judge thou my cause.
1 Psa.130.1; 60 Thou hast seen all their ven-
Jon.2.2. geance and all their imaginations
m Jas.4.8. against me.
61 Thou hast heard their re-
n Heb. goel, proach, O LorD, and all their im-
Redemp- |aginations against me;
type). Isa.59.| 62 The lips of those that rose up
20, note. against me, and their device against
o Psa.28.4 me allthe day.
Jer.11.20; 63 Behold their sitting down, and
2 Tim.4.14. |their rising up; I am their musick.
64 9Render unto them a recom-
pence, O Lorp, according to the
work of their hands.
65 Give them sorrow of heart,
thy curse unto them.
66 Persecute and destroy them in
anger from under the heavens of
the LorD.
CHAPTER 4.
The fourth lamentation.
Ho” is the gold become dim!
how is the most fine gold
changed! the stones of the sanctu-
ary are poured out in the top of
every street.
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4 2]
LAMENTATIONS.
neh:
[59
2 The precious sons of Zion, com-
parable to fine gold, how are they
esteemed as “earthen pitchers, the
work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even the sea monsters draw out
the breast, they give suck to their
young ones: the daughter of my
people is become cruel, like the
ostriches in the wilderness. ;
4 The tongue of the sucking child
cleaveth to the roof of his mouth
for thirst: the young children ask
bread, and no man breaketh it unto
them. ,
5 They that did feed delicately
are desolate in the streets: they
that were brought up in scarlet
embrace dunghills. :
6 For the punishment of the ini-
quity of the daughter of my people
is greater than the punishment of
the sin of Sodom, that was over-
thrown as in a moment, and no
hands stayed on her.
7 Her Nazarites were purer than
snow, they were whiter than milk,
they were more ruddy in body than
rubies, their polishing was of sap-
phire:
8 Their visage is blacker than a
coal; they are not known in the
streets: their skin cleaveth to their
bones; it is withered, it is become
like a stick.
9 They that be slain with the
sword are better than they that be
slain with hunger: for these pine
away, stricken through for want
of the fruits of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful women
have sodden their own children:
they were their meat in the de-
struction of the daughter of my
people.
11 The LorpD hath accomplished
his fury; che hath poured out his
fierce anger, and ¢hath kindled a
fire in Zion, and it hath devoured
the foundations thereof.
12 The Kings of the earth, and all
the inhabitants of the world, would
not have believed that the adver-
sary and the enemy should have
entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 «For the sins of her prophets,
and the iniquities of her priests,
that have shed the blood of the just
in the midst of her,
14 They have wandered as blind
men in the streets, they have pol-
luted themselves with blood, so
that men could not touch their
garments.
15 They cried unto them, Depart
ye; it is unclean; depart, depart,
B.C. 588.
@ Isa.30.14;
Jer.19.11;
2 Cor.4.7.
6 Gen.19.25.
ce Jer.7.20.
d Deut.32.22;
Jer.21.14,
e Jer.5.31;
6.13; 14.14;
23.11,21;
Ezk.22.26,
28; Zeph.3.4.
fi.e. nations.
g Ezk.7.2,3,6;
os 8.2.
h Eccl.11.9.
t Psa.137.7.
j Psa.79.1.
k Deut.28.48;
Jer.28.14,
838
i
touch not: when they fled away —
and wandered, they said among ©
the fheathen, They shall no more
sojourn there. ~
16 The anger of the LorpD hath
divided them; he will no more re-
gard them: they respected not the
persons of the priests, they favoured
not the elders. '
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed
for our vain help: in our watching
we have watched for a nation that
could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, that we
cannot go in our streets: our end is
near, our days are fulfilled; for our
end is come. ¢
19 Our persecutors are swifter
than the eagles of the heaven: they
pursued us upon the mountains,
they laid wait for us in the wilder-
ness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the
anointed of the Lorn, was taken in
their pits, of whom we said, Under
his shadow we shall live among the
fheathen.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daugh-
ter of Edom, that dwellest in the
land of Uz; the cup also shall pass
through unto thee: thou shalt be
drunken, and shalt make thyself
naked. h
22° The punishment of thine ini-
quity is accomplished, O daughter
of Zion; he will no more carry thee
away into captivity: ‘he will visit
thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom;
he will discover thy sins.
CHAPTER 5S.
The fifth lamentation.
FREMEMBER, O Lorn, what is
come upon us: consider, and
behold our reproach.
2 jOur inheritance is turned to
strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are orphans and fatherless,
our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunken our water for
money; our wood is sold unto us.
5 *Our necks are under persecu-
tion: we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to the
Egyptians, and to the Assyrians,
to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and
are not; and we have borne their
iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us:
there is none that doth deliver us
out of their hand. :
9 We gat our bread with the peril
os
5 10]
LAMENTATIONS.
of our lives because of the sword of
the wilderness.
10 Our skin was black like an oven
because of the terrible famine.
11 ¢They ravished the women in
Zion, and the maids in the cities of
Judah.
12 Princes are hanged up by their
hand: the faces of elders were not
honoured.
13 4They took the young men to
grind, and the children fell under
the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from
the gate, the young men from their
musick.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased;
our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our
B.C. 588.
a Isa.13.16;
Zech.14.2.
b Jud.16.21.
c Psa.9.7;
10.16; 29.10;
90.2; 102.12:
145.13;
Hab.1.12.
d Psa.80.
3,7,19;
Jer.31.18.
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[5 22
head: woe unto us, that we have
sinned!
17 For this our heart is faint; for
these things our eyes are dim.
18 Because of the mountain of
Zion, which is desolate, the foxes
walk upon it.
19 cThou, O LorD, remainest for
ever; thy throne from generation
to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us
for ever, and forsake us so long
time?
21 ?Turn thou us unto thee, O
Lorp, and we shall be turned; re-
new our days as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected
us: thou art very wroth against
us.
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
11) EZEKIEL. [1s
EZEKIEL was carried away to Babylon between the first and final deportations of Ju-
dah (2 Ki. 24. 11-16). Like Daniel and the Apostle John, he prophesied out of the
land, and his prophecy, like theirs, follows the method of symbol and vision. Un-
like the pre-exilic prophets, whose ministry was primarily to either Judah or the
ten-tribe kingdom, Ezekiel is the voice of Jehovah to ‘‘the whole house of Israel.”
Speaking broadly, the purpose of his ministry is to keep before the generation
born in exile the national sins which had brought Israel so low (e.g. Ezk. 14. 23); to
sustain the faith of the exiles by predictions of national restoration, of the execution
of justice upon their oppressors, and of national glory under the Davidic monarchy.
Ezekiel is in seven great prophetic strains indicated by the expression, “The hand
of the LorD was upon me” (Ezk. 1. 3; 3. 14, 22; 8. 1; 33. 22; 37.1; 40.1). The minor
divisions are indicated by the formula, ‘‘And the word of the .orD came unto me.”
These divisions are indicated in the text. :
The events recorded in Ezekiel cover a period of 21 years (Ussher).
PART I. EZEKIEL’S PREPARATION AND COMMISSION
: (SEE v. 3): CHAPTERS 1.-3. 9.
CHAPTER 1. —B.C. 595.__/a great cloud, and a fire infolding
GY tatreducton itself, and a brightness was about
; it, and out of the midst thereof as
WN OW it came to pass in the thir- ae ee a amber, out of the
tieth year, in the fourth midst o e fire.
month, in the fifth day of the 5 Also out of the midst thereof
month, as I was among the cap- came the likeness of four Miving —
ne bby the river of Chebar, that aher Fale ee creatures. And this was. their ap-
e heavens were opened, and I saw]” the thictieth |Pearance; they had the likeness of
visions of God. year of Eze- |a man.
‘ iel’s age.’’
Cube waren Of the sien: Bs 6 And every one had four faces,
bv.3;Ezk.3. |and every one had four wings.
2 In the fifth day of the month,| 15,23; 10.15. | 7 And their feet were straight
ae a the fifth year of king spe Sia aa ee nae eo of cae ye
“3 The word of He lake came ex val oa es Spirited ake the alee oe
pressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the 1 Ki.18 463 nished brass.
son of Buzi, in the land of the Chal- san tne 8 And they had the hands of a
deans Ey the river Chebar; and the man under their wings on their four
chand of the LorpD was there upon sides; and they four had their faces
him, and their wings.
4 And I looked, and, behold, a 9 Their wings were joined one to
whirlwind came out of the north, another; they turned not when they
1 The “living creatures” are identical with the Cherubim. The subject is some-
what obscure, but from the position of the Cherubim at the gate of Eden, upon the
cover of the ark of the covenant, and in Rev. 4., it is clearly gathered that they
have to do with the vindication of the holiness of God as against the presumptuous
pride of sinful man who, despite his sin, would ‘“‘put forth his hand, and take also
of the tree of life” (Gen. 3. 22-24). Upon the ark of the covenant, of one substance
with the mercy-seat, they saw the sprinkled blood which, in type, spake of the
perfect maintenance of the divine righteousness by the sacrifice of Christ (Ex. 25.
17-20; Rom. 3. 24-26, notes). The living creatures (or Cherubim) appear to be
actual beings of the angelic order. Cf. Isa. 6. 2, note. The Cherubim or living
creatures are not identical with the Seraphim (Isa. 6. 2-7). They appear to have
to do with the holiness of God as outraged by sin; the Seraphim with uncleanness
in the people of God. The passage in Ezekiel is highly figurative, but the effect
was the revelation to the prophet of the Shekinah glory of the LorD. Such revela-
tions are connected invariably with new blessing and service. Cf. Ex. 3. 2-10; Isa,
6. 1-10; Dan. 10. 5-14; Rev. 1. 12-19
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PIM MMRIOSS | te fas SES il
f
1 10)
went; they went every one straight
forward.
10 As for the likeness of their
faces, they four “had the face of a
man, and ‘the face of a lion, on the
right side: ¢and they four had the
face of an ox on the left side; ‘they
four also had the face of an, eagle.
11 Thus were their faces: and
their wings were stretched upward;
two wings of every one were
joined one to another, and two cov-
ered their bodies.
12 And they went every one
straight forward: fwhither the spirit
was to go, they went; and they
turned not when they went.
13 As for the likeness of the living
creatures, their appearance was like
burning coals of fire, and like the
appearance of lamps: it went up
and down among the living crea-
tures; and the fire was bright, and
out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures 4ran
and returned as the appearance of
a flash of lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the living
creatures, behold one wheel upon
the earth by the living creatures,
with his four faces.
16 The appearance of the wheels
and their work was “like unto the
colour of a beryl: and they four had
one likeness: and their appearance
and their work was as it were a
wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17 When they went, they went
upon their four sides: and they
turned not when they went.
18 As for their rings, they were so
high that they were dreadful; and
their rings ‘were full of eyes round
about them four.
19 And when the living creatures
went, the wheels went by them:
and when the living creatures were
lifted up from the earth, the wheels
were lifted up.
20 Whithersoever the spirit was
to go, they went, thither was their
spirit to go; and the wheels were
lifted up over against them: for the
spirit of the living creature was in
the wheels.
21 When those went, these went;
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 595.
a Cf. Rev.4.7.
6 Num.?2.10.
c¢ Num.2.3.
d Num.?2.18.
e Num.2.25.
f v.20,
g Zech.4.10.
h Dan.10.6.
4 Ezk.10.12;
Zech.4.10.
j Ezk.43.2;
Dan.10.6;
Rev.1.15.
k Job 37.4,5;
Psa.29.3,4;
68.33.
7 Ex.24.10.
m Rev.4.3;
10.1.
n Ezk.3.23;
Dan.8.17;
Acts 9.4;
Rev.i.17.
o Dan.10.11.
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and when those stood, these stood;
and when those were lifted up from
the earth, the wheels were lifted up
over against them: for the spirit of
the living creature was in the wheels.
22 And the likeness of the firma-
ment upon the heads of the living
creature was as the colour of the
terrible crystal, stretched forth over
their heads above.
23 And under the firmament were
their wings straight, the one toward
the other: every one had two, which
covered on this side, and every one
had two, which covered on that
side, their bodies.
24 And when they went, I heard
the noise of their wings, Jlike the’
noise of great waters, “as the voice
of the Almighty, the voice of speech,
as the noise of an host: when they
stood, they let down their wings.
25 And there was a voice from
the firmament that was over their
heads, when they stood, and had
let down their wings.
26 And above the firmament that
was over their heads was the like-
ness of a throne, /as the appear-
ance of a sapphire stone: and upon
the likeness of the throne was the
likeness as the appearance of a man
above upon it.
27 And I saw as the colour of am-
ber, as the appearance of fire round
about within it, from the appear-
ance of his loins even upward, and
from the appearance of his loins
even downward, I saw as it were
the appearance of fire, and it had
brightness round about.
28 ™As the appearance of the bow
that is in the cloud in the day of
rain, so was the appearance of the
brightness round about. This was
the appearance of the likeness of
the glory of the Lorp. And when
I saw if, “I fell upon my face, and I
heard a voice of one that spake.
CHAPTER 2
(3) The filling with the Spirit,
ND he said unto me, !Son of
man, °stand upon thy feet,
and I will speak unto thee.
1 “Son of man,” used by our Lord of Himself seventy-nine times, is used by Jeho-
vah ninety-one times when addressing Ezekiel.
(1) In the case of our Lord the
meaning is clear: it is His racial name as the representative Man in the sense of
1 Cor. 15. 45-47.
involved in the phrase when applied to Ezekiel. ra 5
Now, in her captivity, Jehovah will not forsake
them that they are but a small part of the race for
(Gen. 11. 10, note; Ezk. 5. 5-8).
His people, but He will remind
whom He also cares.
Hence the emphasis upon the word “‘man.”
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The same thought, implying transcendence of mere Judaism, is
Israel had forgotten her mission
The Cherubim
2 2]
EZEKIEL.
2 And the 4spirit entered into me
when he spake unto me, and set
_ me upon my feet, that I heard. him
that spake unto me.
{4) The prophet commissioned.
3 And he said unto me, Son of
man, I send thee to the children of
Israel, to a rebellious nation that
hath rebelled against me: they and
their fathers have transgressed
against me, even unto this very
day. ed
4 For they are impudent children enrol Sous
and stiffhearted. I do send thee] 3793. Gen.
unto them; and thou shalt say] 1.2; Mal.
unto them, Thus saith the Lord} 2-15.)
Gop.
b Inspiration.
5 And they, whether they will! Amos 3.7.
hear, or whether they will forbear,| (x.4-15;
(for they ave a rebellious house,)| F*¥-22-19-)
yet shall know that there hath been! ; crEzt.2.
a prophet among them. 10 and Rev.
6 And thou, son of man, be not| 10.9- What-
afraid of them, neither be afraid of| Sage, the
their words, though briers and word of God
thorns be with thee, and thou dost pl
dwell among scorpions: be not
afraid of their words, nor be dis-
mayed at their looks, though they
be a rebellious house.
cause it is
the word of
God.
d Isa.50.7;
7 And thou shalt speak my words Jer.1.18;
unto them, whether they will hear, Sree ee
or whether they will forbear: for
they are most rebellious.
8 But thou, son of man, hear what
I say unto thee; Be not thou rebel-
lious like that rebellious house:
open thy mouth, and eat that I give
ee.
-9 And when I looked, behold, an
hand was sent unto me; and, lo,
a roll of a book was therein;
10 And he spread it before me;
and it was written within and
without: and there was written
B.C. 595.
therein lamentations, and mourn-
ing, and woe.
CHAPTER 3.
(The prophet’s commission,
continued, ends v. 21.)
OREOVER he said unto me,
Son of man, eat that thou find-
est; eat this roll, and go speak unto
the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and he
caused me to eat that roll.
3 And he said unto me, Son of
man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill
thy bowels with this roll that I
give thee. Then did I “eat it; and
it was in my mouth as honey for
sweetness.
4 And he said unto me, Son of
man, go, get thee unto the house of
Israel, and speak with my words
unto them.
5 For thou art not sent to a people
of a strange speech and of an hard
language, but to the house of Israel;
6 Not to many people of a strange
speech and of an hard language,
whose words thou canst not under-
stand. Surely, had I sent thee to
them, they would have hearkened
unto thee.
7 But the house of Israel will not
hearken unto thee; for they will
not hearken unto me: for all the
house of Israel are impudent and
hardhearted.
8 Behold, I have made thy face
strong against their faces, and thy
forehead strong against their fore-
heads.
9 ¢As an adamant harder than
flint have I made thy forehead:
fear them not, neither be dismayed
at their looks, though they be a
rebellious house.
PART II. THE PROPHET’S COMMISSION AS WATCHMAN (SEE v. 14):
CHAPTER 3. 10-21.
i Se Se ee 2 ee
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son
of man, all my words that I shall e Holy Spirit.
speak unto thee receive in thine| vs-12,14,24;
heart, and hear with thine ears. | H2kS3,
11 And go, get thee to them of the] Mal.
captivity, unto the children of thy
people, and speak unto them, and
Rbeae
15.)
tell them, Thus saith the Lord
Gop; whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear.
12 Then ‘the spirit took me up,
and I heard behind me a voice of a
great rushing, saying, Blessed be the
glory of the Lorp from his place.
“had the likeness of a man” (Ezk. 1. 5); and when the prophet beheld the throne
of God, he saw
26), See Mt. 8. 20, note; Rey. 1. 12, 13.
“the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it” (Ezk. 1.
(2) As used of Ezekiel, the expression indicates, not what the prophet is in him-
self, but what he is to God: a son of man
(a) chosen, (6) enduéd with the Spirit,
and (c) sent of God. All this is true also of Christ who was, furthermore, the
representative man—the head of regenerate humanity.
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3 13) EZEKIEL. [44
to warn the wicked from his wicked
way, to save his life; the same
wicked: man ‘shall die in his ini-
quity; but his blood will I requir
at thine hand. ;
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked,
and he turn not from his wicked-
ness, nor from his wicked way, he
shall die in his iniquity; ¢but thou
hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man
doth turn from his righteousness,
and commit iniquity, and I lay a
stumblingblock before him, he shall
die: because thou hast not given
him warning, he shall die in his
sin, and his righteousness which he
hath done shall not be remembered;
but his blood will I require at thine
hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the
righteous man, that the righteous
13 I heard also the noise of the} B.C. 595.
wings of the living creatures that
touched one another, and the noise
of the wheels over against them,
and a noise of a great rushing.
14 So the spirit lifted me up, and
took me away, and I went in bitter-
ness, in the heat of my spirit; but], 9 xi3.15;
the “hand of the Lorp was strong} Ezk.1.3;”
upon me. 8.1; 37.1.
15 Then I came to them of the], t5a.52.8;
captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by| 56.10; 62.6;
the river of Chebar, and I sat where| Jer-9-17-
they sat, and remained there aston-| - pz. 33.6;
ished among them seven days. John 8.21,24.
16 And it came to pass at the end| , :
of seven days, that the word of the Tees
LorpD came unto me, saying,
17 Son of man, I have made thee
a ‘watchman unto the house of Is-
tael: therefore hear the word at
my mouth, and give them warning
from me. sin not, and he doth not sin, he
18 When I say unto the wicked, ishall surely live, because he is
Thou shalt surely die; and thou giv- warned; also thou hast delivered
est him not warning, nor speakest thy soul.
PART Ili. EZEKIEL’S SECOND VISION OF THE GLORY, AND THE
RESULT IN SERVICE: CHAPTERS 3. 22-7. 27.
22 And the hand of the LORD was Gop; He that heareth, let him
there upon me; and he said unto hear; and he that forbeareth, let
me, Arise, go forth into the plain, him forbear: for they are a rebel-
and I will there talk with thee. lious house.
23° Then I arose, and went forth
into ire a and, Pe the CHAPTER 4.
glory o e LorpD stood there, as ° Pps t
the glory which I saw by the river (2) The pian ure Ske, SY E%
of Chebar: and I fell on my face. ii 3
1
(1). Ezekiel again filled with the Sedleraarc ee nk er utes
epi (cf: Acts 2. 4; 4. 31): his ect Eek24, |thee, and pourtray upon iethe cise
nele leek 27; 29.21. jeven Jerusalem: : .
24 Then the spirit entered into : 2 And lay siege against it, and
me, and set me upon my feet, and fEzk.24.27; |buiid a fort against it, and cast a
33.22. : ;
spake with me, and said unto me, mount against it; set the camp
Go, shut thyself within thine house.|# Ezk.12.6,,_ |also against it, and set battering
2& But thou, O son of man, behold,| ** 24.24,27. |rams against it round about.
they, shall put bands upon thee, 3 Moreover take thou unto thee
and shall bind thee with them, and an iron pan, and set it for a wall
thou shalt not go out among them: of iron between thee and the city:
26 And I will make thy tongue and-set thy face against it, and it
cleave to the roof of thy mouth, shall be besieged, and thou shalt
that thou shalt be ‘dumb, and shalt jlay. siege against 1t. &This shall be
not be to them a reprover: for they ja sign to the house of Israel. |
' 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side,
are a rebellious house. also 1
27 fBut when I speak with thee, I land lay the iniquity of the house of
will open thy mouth, and thou shalt Israel upon it: according to the
say anto them, Thus saith the Lord number of the days that thou shalt
1 The symbolic actions during the prophet’s dumbness were testimonies to the
past wickedness and chastisement of the house of Israel (the whole nation), and
prophetic. of a coming siege. They are therefore intermediate between the siege of
2 Ki. 24. 10-16, at which time Ezekiel was carried to Babylon, and the siege of
2 Ki. 25. 1-11, eleven years later.
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ite ee : ie:
4B EZEKIEL. [5 10
ikon it! thou shalt bear their} B.C. 595. 17 That they may want bread and
iniquity. water, and be astonied one with
5 For I have laid upon thee the
years of their iniquity, according to
the number of the days, three hun-
dred and ninety days: so shalt thou
bear the iniquity of the house of
Israel.
6 And when thou hast accom-
plished them, lie again on thy tight
side, and thou shalt bear the ini-
quity of the house of Judah forty
days: I have appointed thee each
day for a year.
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face
toward the siege of Jerusalem, and
thine arm shail be uncovered, and
thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And, behold, I will lay bands
upon thee, and thou shalt not turn
thee from one side to another, till
thou hast ended the days of thy
siege.
9 Take thou also unto thee wheat,
and barley, and beans, and lentiles,
and millet, and fitches, and put
them in one vessel, and make thee
bread thereof, according to the
number of the days that thou shalt
lie upon thy side, three hundred
and ninety days shalt thou eat
thereof.
10 And thy meat which thou shalt
eat shall be by weight, twenty
shekels a day: from time to time
shalt thou eat it.
11 Thou shalt drink also water by
measure, the sixth part of an ¢hin:
from time to time shalt thou drink.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley
cakes, and thou shalt bake it with
dung that cometh out of man, in
their sight.
13 And the Lorn said, Even thus
shall the children of Israel eat
their defiled bread among the Gen-
tiles, whither I will drive them.
14 Then said I, “Ah Lord Gop!
behold, my soul hath not been pol-
luted: for from my youth up even
till now have I not eaten of that
which dieth of itself, or is torn in
pieces; neither came there abomina-
ble flesh into my mouth.
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I
have given thee cow’s dung for
man’s ding, and thou shalt prepare
thy bread therewith. :
16 Moreover he said unto me, Son
of man, behold, I will break ¢the
staff of bread in Jerusalem: and
they shall eat bread by weight, and
with caré; and they shall drink
water by measure, and with aston-
ishment:
a One hin =
ahout 6 gts
6 Hos.9.3,
c Acts 10.14.
d Lév.26.26;
f Jer.40.6;
52.16.
8g Lam.4.6;
Dan.9.12;
Amos 3.2.
another, and consume away for —
their iniquity
CHAPTER 5.
(3) The sign of the sharp knife:
l.e. famine, pestilence, the
sword.
aoe D thou, son of man, take thee
a sharp knife, take thee a bar-
ber’s razor, “and cause it to pass
upon thine head and upon thy
beard: then take thee balances to _
weigh, and divide the hair.
2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third
part in the midst of the city, when
the days of the siege are fulfilled:
and thou shalt take a third part,
and smite about it with a knife:
and a third part thou shalt scatter
in the wind; and I will draw out a
sword after them.
3 fThou shalt also take thereof a
few in number,. and bind them in
jthy skirts.
4 Then take of them again, and
cast them into the midst of the fire,
and burn them in the fire; for
thereof shall a fire come forth into
all the house of Israel.
5 Thus saith the Lord Gop; This
is Jerusalem: I have set it in the
midst of the nations and countries
that are round about her.
6 And she hath changed my judg-
ments int? wickedness more than
the nations, and my statutes more
than the countries that are round
about her: for they have refused
my judgments and my statutes,
they have not walked in them.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Because ye multiplied more
than the nations that are round
about you, and have not walked in
my statutes, neither have kept my
judgments, neither have done ac-
jcording to the judgments of the
nations that are round about you;
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Behold, I, even I, am against
thee, and will execute judgments
in the midst of thee in the sight of
the nations.
9 And I will do in thee that
which I have not done, and where-
unto I will not do any more the
like, because of all thine abomina-
tions.
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat
the sons in the midst of thee, and
the sons shall eat their fathers;
and I will execute judgments in
-
7
se Oe
&
thee, and the whole remnant of
thee will I “scatter into all the
winds.
11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the
Lord Gop; Surely, because thou
hast defiled my sanctuary with all
thy detestable things, and with all
thine abominations, therefore will I
also diminish thee; neither shall
mine eye spare, neither will I have
any pity.
12 A third part of thee shall die
with the pestilence, and with fam-
ine shall they be consumed in the
midst of thee: and a third part shail
fall by the sword round about thee;
and I ‘will scatter a third part into
all the winds, and I will draw out
a sword after them.
13 Thus shall mine anger be ac-
complished, and I will cause my
fury to rest upon them, and I wiil
be comforted: ¢and they shall know
that I the Lorp have spoken i¢ in
my zeal, when I have accomplished
my fury in them.
14 Moreover © will make thee
waste, and a reproach among the
nations that are round about thee,
in the sight of all that pass by.
15 So it shail be a freproach and a
‘taunt, an instruction and an aston-
ishment unto the nations that are
round about thee, when I shall
execute judgments in thee in anger
and in fury and in furious rebukes.
I the Lorp have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them
the evil arrows of famine, which
shall be for their destruction, and
which I will send to destroy you:
and I will increase the famine upon
you, and will break your staff of
bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine
and evil beasts, and they shall be-
reave thee; and pestilence and blood
shall pass through thee; and I will
bring the sword upon thee. I the
Lorp have spoken it
CHAPTER 6.
(4) The message against the
mountains of Israel.
an D the word of the LORD came
unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face toward
the mountains of Israel, and proph-
esy against them,
3 And say, Ye mountains of Is-
rael, hear the word of the Lord
Gop; Thus saith the Lord Gop to
the mountains, and to the hills, to
_ the rivers, and to the valleys; Be-
EZEKIEL.
_ B.C. 594.
@v.i2;
Ezk.12.14;
Lev.26.33;
Deut.28.64;
Zech.2.6.
b Ezk.7.4,9;
8.18; 9.10.
c vs.2,10;
Ezk.6.8;
Jer.9.16.
d Ezk.36.6;
38.19.
e Lev.26.31,
32; Neh.
2.17.
f Deut.28.37;
1 Ki.9.7;
Psa.79.4;
Jer.24.9;
Lam.2.15.
g Lev.26.30.
kh Remnant.
vs.8.11-14;
Ezk.9.4.
(Isa.1.9;
Rom.11.5.)
4 Ezk.21.14.
j Ezk.5.12.
k Ezk.5.13.
1 Jer.2.20.
m Hos.4.13.
n Isa.57.5-
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hold, I, even I, will bring a sword
upon you, and éI will destroy your
high places.
4 And your altars shall be deso-
late, and your images shall be bro-
ken: and &I will cast down your
slain men before your idols.
5 And I will lay the dead carcases
of the children of Israel before their
idols; and I will scatter your bones
round about your altars.
6 In all your dwellingplaces the
cities shall be laid waste, and the
high places shall be desolate; that
your altars may be laid waste and
made desolate, and your idols may
be broken and cease, and your im-
ages may be cut down, and your
works may be abolished.
7 And the slain shall fall in the
midst of you, and ye shall know
that I am the LorD.
(5) A remnant to be spared,
8 Yet will I leave a ‘remnant,
that ye may have some that shall
escape the sword among the na-
tions, when ye shall be scattered
through the countries.
9 And they that escape of you
shall remember me among the na-
tions whither they shall be carried
captives, because I am broken with
their whorish heart, which hath
departed from me, and with their
eyes, which go a whoring after
their idols: and they shall lothe
themselves for the evils which they
have committed in all their abom-
inations.
10 And they shall know that I.am
the Lorp, and that I have not
said in vain that I would do this
evil unto them.
(6) Desolation,upon the Jand.
11 Thus saith the Lord Gop;
iSmite with thine hand, and stamp
with thy foot, and say, Alas for all
the evil abominations of the house
of Israel! for they shall fall by the }
sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence.
12 He that is far off shall die of
the pestilence; and he that is near
shall fall by the sword; and he that
remaineth and is besieged shall die
by the famine: *thus will I accom-
plish my fury upon them.
13 Then shall ye know that I am
the LorbD, when their slain men
shall be among their idols round
about their altars, Jupon every high
hill, “in all the tops of the moun-
tains, and “under every green tree,
6 14]
and under every thick oak, the! B.C. 594.
place where they did offer sweet
savour to all their idols.
14 So will I stretch out my hand
upon them, and make the land
desolate, yea, more desolate than
the wilderness toward ¢*Diblath, in
all their habitations: and they shall
know that I am the Lorb.
CHAPTER 7.
(Part ITI., concluded.)
OREOVER the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus 2
saith the Lord Gop unto the land
of Israel; 2An end, the end is come
upon the four corners of the land.
3 Now is the end come upon thee,
and I will send mine anger upon
thee, and will judge thee according .
to thy ways, and will recompense
upon thee all thine abominations.
4 ‘And mine eye shall not spare
thee, neither will I have pity: but
I will recompense ways upon
thee, and thine abominations shall
be in the midst of thee: ¢and ye
shall know that I am the Lorn.
5 Thus saith the Lord Gop; An
evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
6 Anend is come, the end is come:
it watcheth for thee; behold, it is
come. h
7 The morning is come unto thee,
O thou that dwellest in the land:
the ¢time is come, the day of trouble] ;
is near, and not the sounding again
of the mountains.
8 Now will I shortly pour out my
fury upon thee, and accomplish] ;
mine anger upon thee: and I will
judge thee according to thy ways,
and will recompense thee for all
thine abominations.
9 And mine eye shall not spare,
neither will I have pity: I will
recompense thee according to thy
ways and thine abominations that
are in the midst of thee; and ye
shall know that I am the Lorp
that smiteth.
10 Behold the day, behold, it is
come: the morning is gone forth:
*the-rod hath blossomed, pride hath
budded.
11 Violence is risen up into a rod
of wickedness: none of them shall
remain, nor of their multitude, nor
of any of their’s: neither shal!
‘there be wailing for them.
12 #The time is come, the day
draweth near: let not the buver
Num.33.46;
Jer.48.22.
6 vs.3,6;
3-11;
Ezk.6.7;
12.20.
Jer.6.24.
k i.e. nations.
846
EZEKIEL.
[7 25
rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for
thereof.
13 For the seller shall not return
to that which is sold, although
they were yet alive: for the vision
is touching the whole multitude
thereof, which shall not return;
neither shall any strengthen him-
self in the iniquity of his life.
14 They have blown the trumpet,
even to make all ready; but none ©
goeth to the battle: for my wrath
is upon all the multitude thereof.
pestilence and the famine within:
he that is in the field shall die with
the sword; and he that is in the
city, famine and pestilence shall de-
vour him. :
16 But they that escape of them
shall escape, and shall be on the
mountains like doves of the valleys,
all of them mourning, every one
for his iniquity.
17 All hands shall be feeble, and
all knees shall be weak as water.
18 ‘They shall also gird them-
selves with sackcloth, and horror
shall cover them; and shame shal]
be upon all faces, and baldness upon
all their heads. 7
19 They shall cast their silver in
the streets, and their gold shall be
removed: Jtheir silver and their gold
shall not be able to deliver them in
the day of the wrath of the Lorp:
bomina-
tions and of their detestable things
therein: therefore have I set it far
from them.
21 And I will give it into the
hands of the strangers for a prey,
and to the wicked of the earth for a
spoil; and they shall pollute it.
22 My face will I turn also from
them, and they shail pollute my
secret place: for the robbers shall
enter into it, and defile it,
23 Make a chain: for the land is
full of bloody crimes, and the city is
full of violence.
24 Wherefore I will bring the
worst of the *heathen, and they
shall possess their houses: I will also
make the pomp of the strong to
ate and their holy places shall be
25 Destruction cometh; and they
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wrath is upon all the multitude
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15 &The sword fs without, and the |
mo?
7:2) EZEKIEL. [8 12
shall seek peace, and there shall be|__B.c. 594. 27 The king shall mourn, and the
mone. prince shall be clothed with desola-
26 Mischief shall come upon mis- tion, and the hands of the people of
chief, and rumour shall be upon ru-|e Ezk.20.1,3; |the land shall be troubled: I will
mour; “then shall they seek a vision erie do unto them after their way, and
of the prophet; but the law shall ite according to their deserts will I
perish from the priest, and counsel judge them; and they shall know
from the ancients. that I am the Lorpb.
PART IV. GENERAL THEME: JEHOVAH JUSTIFIED IN SENDING HIS
PEOPLE INTO CAPTIVITY: CHAPTERS 8.-33. 21; KEY VERSE, 33. 20.
toward the north. So I lifted up
CHAPTER 8. mine eyes the way toward the
ND it came to pass in the sixth north, and behold northward at the
year, in the ‘sixth month, m gate of the altar this image of jeal-
the fifth day of the month, as I sat ousy in the entry.
in mine house, and the elders of Ju- 6 He said furthermore unto me,
dah sat before me, that the hand of Son of man, seest thou what they
the Lord Gop fell there upon me. do? even: the teat ebb mina
. “7 at the house of Israel committet
Ge Eee ie ne gio tf here, that I should go far off from
E ee na ee bie. Septem- |my sanctuary? but turn thee yet
2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness| 4er- again, and thou shalt see greater
as the appearance of fire: from the] ; oiy Spirit, |abominations.
appearance of his loins even down-) Ezk.10.17. 7 And he brought me to the door
ward, fire; and from his loins even Ca of the court; and when [I looked,
upward, as the appearance of 2.15.) |behold a hole in the wall.
brightness, as the colour of amber.|d Acts 8.39. 8 Then said he unto me, Son of
3 And he put forth the form of an). gay. man, dig now in the- wall: and
hand, and took me by a lock of mine! * jz.730;, | [when I had digged in the wall, be-
head; and the ‘spirit 4lifted me up| 32.34. hold adoor.
between the earth and the heaven, ak 9 And he said unto me, Go in,
and brought me in the !visions of f Deut32.16, land behold the wicked abomina-
God to Jerusalem, to the door of the tions that they do here.
inner gate that looketh toward the|é periree 10 So I went in and saw; and be-
north; ‘where was the seat of the SAE SE hold every form of creeping things,
image of jealousy, fwhich provok- and abominable beasts, and all the
eth to jealousy. idols of the house of Israel, pour-
4 And, behold, the glory of the trayed upon the wall round about.
God of Israel was there, according 11 And there stood before them
to the vision that I saw in the seventy men of the ancients of the
plain. house of Israel, and in the midst of
F f ti f th them stood Jaazaniah the son of
ormer pro aa iONs ©. e Shaphan, with every man his cen-
temple. ser in his hand; and a thick cloud
5 Then said he unto me, “Son of of incense went up.
man, lift up thine eyes now the way ; 12 Then said he unto me, Son of
1 Visions, that is, of former profanations of the temple, and of the wickedness
because of which Israel was then in Babylon, shown the prophet that he might
justify to the new generation born in Assyria and Babylonia during the captivity,
the righteousness of God in the present national chastening. The visions are retro-
spective; Israel had done these things, hence the captivities. This strain continues
to Ezk. 33. 21. It is the divine view of the national sinfulness and apostasy, re-
vi to Ezekiel in a series of visions so vivid that though the prophet was by
the river Chebar (Ezk. 1. 1, 3; 3. 23; 10. 15, 20, 22; 43. 3) it was as if he were trans-
ported back to Jerusalem, and to the time when these things were occurring. | These
visions of the sinfulness of Israel are interspersed with promises of restoration and
blessing which are yet to be fulfilled. See “Israel” (Gen. 12. 2, 3; Rom. 11. 26).
Also “Kingdom, (O.T.)” (Gen. 1. 26-28; Zech. 12.8). Al
2 The combined purport of the four visions of profanation in Chapter 8. is idolatry
set up in the entire temple, even in the holy of holies (vs. 10, 11); women given
over to phallic cults (v. 14); and nature-worship (v. 16).
847
al bs eR re ai
vb 7
8 13]
man, hast thou seen what the an-
cients of the house of Israel do in
the dark, every man in the cham-
bers of his imagery? for they say.
The LorpD seeth us not; the Lorp
hath forsaken the earth.
13 He said also unto me, Turn
thee yet again, and thou shalt see
greater abominations that they
14 Then he brought me to the
door of the gate of the Lorp’s
house which was toward the
north; and, behold, there
women weeping for ¢Tammuz. ;
15 Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this, O son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou shalt
see greater abominations than
these.
16 And he brought me into the
inner court of the Lorp’s house,
and, behold, at the door of the tem-
ple of the Lorp, “between the porch
and the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs to-
ward the temple of the Lorp, and
their faces toward the east; and
they worshipped the ‘sun toward
the east.
17 Then he said unto me, Hast
thou seen this, O son of man? Is
it a light thing to the house of
Judah that they commit the abom-
inations which they commit here?
sat
“5 paced i
~
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 594.
fEx.12.7;
Rev.7.3;
9.4; 13.16,
17; 26.4.
g Remnant.
Ezk..11.
for they have filled the land with) 16-21.
violence, and have returned to pro-| {2s2-1.9: 5)
voke me to anger: and, lo, they put ag
the branch to their nose. h 2 Chr.36.17.
18 Therefore will I also deal in 1 Pet.4.17
ry: mine eye shall not spare, vk
neither will I have pity: and|j Bible
though they 4cry in mine ears (Ot).
with a loud voice, yet will I not Dan.9.4.
hear them. (Gen.15.2;
Hab.3.1-16.)
k Ezk.8.17;
CHAPTER 9. 2 Kil 16.
The vision of the slaying in
Jerusalem.
HE cried also in mine ears’with a
loud voice, saying, Cause them
that have charge over the city to
draw near, even every man with
his destroying weapon in his
hand.
2 And, behold, six men came from
the way of the higher gate, which
10. 4);
on the East of Jerusalem (Olivet, Ezk. 11, 23)
temple to abide (Ezk. 43, 2-5).
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Pek Got Coe he aE ey ee
‘ Mth q
lieth toward the north, and every
man a slaughter weapon in his
hand; and one man among them
was clothed with linen, with a
writer’s inkhorn by his side: and
they went in, and stood beside the
brasen altar.
3 And the glory of the God of Is-
tael was !gone up from the cherub,
whereupon he was, to the threshold
of the house. And he called to the
man clothed with linen, which
had the writer’s inkhorn by his
side;
4 And the Lorp said unto him,
JGo through the midst of the city,
through the midst of Jerusalem,
and Sset a mark upon the foreheads
: * lof the men that sigh and that cry
for all the abominations that be
done im the midst thereof,
5 And to the others he said in mine
hearing, Go ye after him through
the city, and smite: let not your
eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6 *Slay utterly old and young,
both maids, and little children, and
women: but come not near any
Man upon whom is the mark; and
*begin at my sanctuary. Then they
began at the ancient men which
were before the house.
7 And he said unto them, Defile
the house, and fill the courts with
the slain: go ye forth. And they
went forth, and slew in the city.
8 And it came to pass, while they
were slaying them, and I was left,
that I fell upon my face, and cried.
and Jsaid, Ah Lord Gop! wilt thou
destroy all the residue of Israel in
thy pouring out of thy fury upon
Jerusalem?
9 Then said he unto me, The ini-
quity of the house of Israel and
Judah is exceeding great, and ?the
land is full of blood, and the city
full of perverseness: for they say,
The Lorp hath forsaken the earth,
and the LORD seeth not.
10 And as for me also, mine eye
shall not spare, neither will I have
pity, but I will recompense their
way upon their head,
11 And, behold, the man clothed
with linen, which Aad the inkhorn
by his side, reported the matter,
saying, I have done as thou hast
commanded me.
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CHAPTER 10.
The vision of altar fire scattered
over Jerusalem.
HEN I looked, and, behold, in
the firmament that was above
the head of the cherubims there ap-
peared over them as it were a sap-
phire stone, as the appearance of
the likeness of a throne.
2 ¢And he spake unto the man
clothed with linen, and said, Go in
between the wheels, even under the
cherub, and fill 5thine hand with
coals of fire from between the cher-
ubims, and ‘scatter them over
the city. And he went in in my
sight.
3 Now the cherubims stood on
the right side of the house, when the
man went in; and the cloud filled
the inner court.
4 Then the glory of the Lorp
went up from the cherub, and stood
over the threshold of the house; and
4the house was filled with the cloud,
and the court was full of the bright-
ness of the Lorp’s glory.
5 And the sound of the cherubims’
wings was heard even to the outer
court, as the voice of the Almighty
God when he speaketh.
6 And it came to pass, that when
he had commanded the man clothed
with linen, saying, Take fire from
between the wheels, from between
the cherubims; then he went in, and
stood beside the wheels.
7 And one cherub stretched forth
his hand from between the cheru-
bims unto the fire that was between
the cherubims, and took thereof,
and put it into the hands of him
that was clothed with linen: who
took it, and went out.
Description of the cherubim.
8 And there appeared in the cher-
ubims the form of a man’s hand
under their wings.
9 And when I looked, behold the
four wheels by the cherubims, one
wheel by one cherub, and another
wheel by another cherub: and the
appearance of the wheels was as
the colour of a beryl stone.
10 And as for their appearances,
they four had one likeness, as if a
wheel had been in the midst of a
vrheel.
11 fWhen they went, they went
upon their four sides; they turned
not as they went, but to the place
whither the head looked they fol-
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 594.
a Ezk.9.2,3-.
b Heb. the
hollow of
thine hand.
c See Rev.8.5.
d Ezk.43.5;
1 Ki.8.10,11.
e Psa.29.3.
f Ezk.1.17.
g Heb. flesh.
h Ezk.1.5,
t Holy Spirit.
Ezk.36.27,
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
j Hos.9.12.
k Ezk.1.22;
10.15.
Ll v.24;
Ezk.3.12,
14; 8.2
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fil i
lowed it; they turned not as they
went.
12 And their whole 8body, and
their backs, and their hands, and
their wings, and the wheels, were
full of eyes round about, even the
wheels that they four had.
13 As for the wheels, it was cried
unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
14 And every one had four faces:
the first face was the face of a
cherub, and the second face was
the face of a man, and the third the
face of a lion, and the fourth the
face of an eagle.
15 And the cherubims were lifted
up. This is the living creature
that I saw by the river of Chebar.
16 And when the cherubims went,
the wheels went by them: and when
the cherubims lifted up their wings
to mount up from the earth, the
same wheels also turned not from
beside them.
17 When they stood, these stood;
and when they were lifted up,
these lifted up themselves also: for
the ‘spirit of the living creature
was in them. :
18 Then the glory of the Lorp
jdeparted from off the threshold of
the house, and stood over the cher-
ubims.
19 And the cherubims lifted up
their wings, and mounted up from
the earth in my sight: when they
went out, the wheels also were be-
side them, and every one stood at
the door of the east gate of the
Lorp’s house; and the glory of the
God of Israel was over them above.
20 *This is the living creature
that I saw under the God of Israel
by the river of Chebar; and I knew
that they were the cherubims.
21 Every one had four faces apiece,
‘and every one four wings; and the
likeness of the hands of a man was
under their wings.
22 And the likeness of their faces
was the same faces which I saw by
the river of Chebar, their appear-
ances and themselves: they went
every one straight forward.
|
| CHAPTER 11,
Vision of wrath against the
lying princes.
OREOVER "the spirit lifted me
up, and brought me unto the
east gate of the LORD’s house,
which looketh eastward: and be-
hold at the door of the gate five and
11 2]
twenty men; among whom I saw
Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes
of the people.
2 Then said he unto me, Son of
man, these are the men that devise
mischief, and give wicked counsel
in this city:
3 Which say, It is not near; let
us build houses: this city is the
caldron, and we be the flesh. _
4 Therefore prophesy against
them, prophesy, O son of man.
5 And ¢the Spirit of the Lorp fell
upon me, and said unto me, Speak;
Thus saith the Lorp; Thus have
ye said, O house of Israel: for I
know the things that come into
your mind, every one of them. ,
6 Ye have multiplied your slain
in this city, and ye have filled the
streets thereof with the slain.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Your slain whom ye have
laid in the midst of it, they are
the flesh, and this city is the cal-
dron: but I will bring you forth out
of the midst of it.
- 8 Ye have feared the sword; and
I will bring a sword upon you, saith
the Lord Gop. :
9 And I will bring you out of the
midst thereof, and deliver you into
the hands of strangers, and will
execute judgments among you.
10 “Ye shall fall by the sword: I
will judge you in the border of Is-
rael; and ye shall know that I am
the Lorp.
11 This city shall not be your cal-
dron, neither shall ye be the flesh
in the midst thereof; but I will
judge you in the border of Israel:
12 And ye shall know that I am
the Lorn: for ye have not walked
in my statutes, neither executed my
judgments, but have done after the
manners of the 4heathen that are
round about you.
13 And it came to pass, when I
prophesied, that Pelatiah the son
of Benaiah died. Then fell I down
upon my face, and cried with a
loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Gop!
wilt thou make a full end of the
remnant of Israel?
The promise to spare the
remnant,
14 Again the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
15 Son of man, thy brethren, even
thy brethren, the men of thy kin-
dred, and ¢all the house of Israel
wholly, are they unto whom the
EZEKIEL.
__ B.C. 594.
@ Ezk.2.2;
3.24,
b Ezk.24.3,6,
10,11;
Mic.3.3.
c 2 Ki.25.19-
21; Jer.39.6;
52.10.
di.e. nations.
e Kingdom
(O.T.).
vs.14-20;
Ezk.20.33-
44. (Gen.1.
26; Zech.12.
8.)
f Remnant.
hk Ezk.28.25;
34.13; 36.24;
Jer.24.6.
¢ Ezk.36.26;
Jer.32.39;-
Zeph.3.9,
j Ezk.18.31;
Psa.51.10;
Jer.31.33;
32.39.
k Eezk.14.11;
36.28; 37.27;
Jer.24.7.
1 Ezk.8.4;
9.3; 10.4,18;
43.4.
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inhabitants of Jerusalem have said,
Get you far from the LorD: unto us
is this land given in possession.
16 Therefore say,. Thus saith the
them far off among the ¢heathen,
Lord Gop; Although I havé cast —
and although I have /scattered them —
among the countries, %yet will I be ©
to them as a little sanctuary in the
countries where they shall come.
Israel to be restored to the land
and converted.
17 Therefore say, Thus saith the
Lord Gop; I will even “gather you
from the people, and assemble you
out of the countries where ye have
been scattered, and I will give you
the land of Israel.
18 And they shall come thither,
and they shall take away all the
detestable things thereof and all the
aborninations thereof from thence.
19 And ‘I will give them one
heart, and JI will put a new spirit
within you; and I will take the
stony heart out of their flesh, and
will give them an heart of flesh:
20 That they may walk in my
statutes, and keep mine ordinances,
and do them: and they shall be
my people, and I will be their God:
, 21 But as for them whose heart
walketh after the heart of their de-
testable things and their abomina-
tions, I will recompense their way
upon their own heads, saith the
Lord Gop.
Vision of the departure of the
Slory from Jerusalem. (Cf.1 Ki.
8. 5-11; Ezra 3. 12; Ezk. 43. 2-5.)
22 Then did the cherubims lift up
their wings, and the wheels beside
them; and the glory of the God of
Israel was over them above.
23 ‘And the glory of the Lorp
went up from the midst of the city,
and stood upon the mountain which
is on the east side of the city.
24 Afterwards the spirit took me
up, and brought me in a vision by the
Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them
of the captivity. So the vision that
I had seen went up from me.
25 Then I spake unto them of the
captivity all the things that the
Lorp had shewed me.
CHAPTER 12.
Vision of the prophet as a sign
v. 11).
"THE word of the Lorp also
came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the
j
2 3)
midst of a
EZEKIEL.
[12 27
rebellious house, which] B.c. 594. |help him, and all his bands; and I
have eyes to see, and see not; they will draw out the sword after them.
have ears to hear, and hear not: for 15 fAnd they shall know that I
they are a rebellious house.
3 Therefore, thou son of man, pre-
pare thee stuff for removing, and re-
move by day in their sight; and
thou shalt remove from thy place
to another place in their sight: it
may be they will consider, though
they be a rebellious house.
4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy
stuff by day in their sight, as stuff
for removing: and thou shalt go
forth at even in their sight, as they
that go forth into captivity.
5 Dig thou through the wall in
their sight, and carry out thereby.
6 In their sight shalt thou. bear
it upon thy shoulders, and carry it
forth in the twilight: thou shalt
cover thy face, that thou see not
the ground: “for I have set thee].
for a sign unto the house of Is-
rael.
7 And I did so as I was com-
manded: I brought forth my stuff
by day, as stuff for captivity, and
in the even I digged through the
wall with mine hand; I brought|
it forth in the twilight, and I bare it
upon my shoulder in their sight.
8 And in the morning came the
word of the LorRD unto me, saying,
9 Son of man, hath not the house
c Jer.39.4,
d Jez.32.4,5.
e Ezk.5.10;
2 Ki.25.4,5.
Ff vs.16,20;
gi.e. nations.
of Israel, the rebellious house, said 1 13;
unto thee, What doest thou? 2 Pet.3.4.
10 Say thou unto them, Thus] ; Joe 2.1;
saith the Lord Gop; This %burden| Zeph.1.14.
concerneth the prince in Jerusa-| 7... 44.
lem, and all the house of Israel|? pac i228;
that are among them. Dan.9.12;
11 Say, I am your sign: like as Ij Lk-21.33.
have done, so shall it be done unto
them: they shall remove and gol
into captivity.
12 And the “prince that 7s among
them shall bear upon Ais shoulder
in the twilight, and shall go forth:
they shall dig through the wall to
carry out thereby: he shall cover
his face, that he see not the ground
with Ais eyes.
13. My net also will I spread upon
him, ¢and he shall, be taken in my
snare: and I will bring him to Baby-
lon to the land of the Chaldeans;
yet shall he not see it, though he
shall die there.
14 And «I will scatter toward
every wind all that are about him to
am, the Lorb, when I shall scatter
them among the nations, and dis-
perse them in the countries.
16 But I.will leave a few men of
them from the sword, from the fam-
ine, and from the pestilence; that
they may declare all their abomina-
tions among the “heathen whither
ithey come; and they shall know
that I am the LorbD.
The full captivity near at hand.
(Cf. 2 Ki. 25. 1-10.)
17 Moreover the word of the
LorD came to me, saying,
18 Son of man, eat thy bread with
quaking, and drink thy water with
trembling and with carefulness;
19- And say unto the people of the
land, Thus saith the Lord Gop of
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
of the land of Israel; They shall eat
their bread with carefulness, and
drink their water with astonish-
ment, that her land may be desolate
ifrom all that is therein, because of
the violence of all them that dwell
therein.
20 And the cities that are inhab-
ited shall be laid waste, and the
land shall be desolate; and ye shall
know that I am the Lorp.
21 And the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
22 Son of man, what is that prov-
erb that ye have in the land of
Israel, saying, “The days are pro-
longed, and every vision faileth?
23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith
the Lord Gop; I will make this
proverb to cease, and they shall no
more use it as a proverb in Israel;
but say unto them, *The days are
lat hand, and the effect of every
vision.
24 For there shall be no more any
vain vision nor flattering divination
within the house of Israel.
25 For I am the Lorp: I will
speak, and /the word that I shall
speak shall come to pass; it shall be
no more prolonged: !for in your
days, O rebellious house, will I say
the word, and will perform it, saith
the Lord Gop.
26 Again the word of the LorRD
came to me, saying,
27 Son of man, behold, they of
1 It must constantly be remembered that though the prophet was in Babylonia he
prophesies as if in the land, and during the eleven years’ interval between the first
and the final deportation. See Ezk. 8. 3, note.
851
‘
12 28]
the house of Israel say, The vision
that he seeth is “for many days to
come, and he prophesieth of the
times that are far off.
28 Therefore say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord Gop; There shall
none of my words be prolonged any
more, but the word which I have
spoken shall be done, saith the Lord
Gop.
CHAPTER 13. |
The message against the lying
prophets.
ND the word of the LorD came
unto me, saying, F
2 Son of man, prophesy against
the prophets of Israel that prophesy,}
and say thou unto them that proph-
esy out of their own hearts, Hear ye
the word of the LorD;
3 Thus saith the Lord Gop; Woe
unto the foolish prophets, that fol-
low their own spirit, and have seen
nothing! ;
4 O Israel), thy prophets are like
the foxes in the deserts.
5 %Ye have not gone up into the
gaps, neither made up the hedge for
the house of Israel to stand in the}
battle in the day of the Lorp. |
6 They have seen vanity and
lying divination, saying, The Lorp
saith: and the Lorp hath not sent
them: and they have made others
to hope that they would confirm the
word.
7 Have ye not seen a vain vision,
and have ye not spoken a lying|.-
divination, whereas ye say, The
LorD saith it; albeit I have not
spoken?
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Because ye have spoken van-
ity, and seen lies, therefore, behold,
I am against you, saith the Lord
Gop.
9 And mine hand shall be upon
the prophets that see vanity, and
that divine lies: they shall not be
in the assembly of my people,
‘neither shall they be written in
the writing of the house of Israel,
neither shall they enter into the
land of Israel; and ye shall know
that I am the Lord Gop.
10 Because, even because they
have seduced my people, saying,
Peace; and there was no peace;
and one built up a wall, and, lo,
others “daubed it with untempered
morter:
11 Say unto them which daub it
with untempered morter, that it
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 594.
a 2 Pet.3.4.
6 Ezk.22.30;
Psa.106.23,
30.
c Ezra 2.59,62;
Neh.7.5;
Psa.69.28.
d Ezk.22.28.
e Ezk,38.22.
Ff vs.9,21,23;
Ezk.14.8.
g Jer.6.14;
28.9.
Ah 2 Pet.2.14,
852
flowing shower; and ye, O great
wind shall rend 2#.
12 Lo, when the wall is fallen,
shall it not be said unto you, Where
is the daubing wherewith ye have
daubed it?
Gop; I will even rend it with a
stormy wind in my fury; and there
shall be an overflowing shower in
mine anger, and great hailstones in
my fury to consume it.
14 So will I break down the wall
that ye have daubed with untem-
pered morter, and bring it down to
the ground, so that the foundation
jthereof shall be discovered, and it
shall fall, and ye shall be consumed
in the midst thereof: and ‘ye shall
know that I am the Lorpb.
15 Thus will I accomplish my
wrath upon the wall, and upon them
that have daubed it with untem-
pered morter, and will say unto
you, The wall is no more, neither
they that daubed it;
16 To wit, the prophets of Israel
which prophesy concerning Jerusa-
lem, and which see visions of peace
for her, and there is no peace, saith
the Lord Gop.
17 Likewise, thou son of man, set
thy face against the daughters of
thy people, which prophesy out of
their own heart; and prophesy thou
against them,
18 And say, Thus saith the Lord ©
Gop; Woe to the women that sew
pillows to all armholes, and make
kerchiefs upon the head of every
stature to hunt souls! ‘Will ye
hunt the souls of my people, and
will ve save the souls alive that
come unto you?
19 And will ye pollute me among
my people ‘for handfuls of barley
and for pieces of bread, to slay the
souls that should not die, and to
save the souls alive that should not
live, by your lying to my people
that hear your lies?
20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Behold, I am against your
pillows, wherewith ye there hunt
the souls to make them fly, and I
will tear them from your arms, and
will let the souls go, even the souls
that ye hunt to make them fly.
21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear,
and deliver my people out of your
hand, and they shall be no more in
your hand to be hunted; and ye
shall know that {| am the Lorpb,
shall fall: «there shall be an over-
hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy ©
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord ©
Tf, > ie Irn v2 eee * seat e® oman '
2"
a ae ,
13 22)
EZEKIEL.
[14 21
- 22 Because with lies ye have made
the heart of the righteous sad,
whom I have net made sad; and
“strengthened the hands of the
wicked, that he should not return
from his wicked way, by promising
him life:
23. Therefore 5ye shall see no more
vanity, nor divine divinations: for I
will deliver my people out of your
hand: and ye shall know that I am
the Lorp.
CHAPTER 14.
The vision of the elders of Israel.
HEN ‘came certain of the elders
of Israel unto me, and sat be-
fore me.
2 And the word of the LorpD
came unto me, saying,
3 Son of man, these men have set
up their idols in their heart, and
put the stumblingblock of their
iniquity before their face: ¢should I
be enquired of at all by them?
4 Therefore speak unto them, and
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
Gop: Every man of the house of
Israel that setteth up his idols in
his heart, and putteth the stum-
blingblock of his iniquity before his
face, and cometh to the prophet; I
the Lorp will answer him that
cometh according to the multitude
of his idols;
5 That I may take the house of
Israel in their own heart, because
they are all estranged from me
through their idols.
6 Therefore say unto the house of
Israel, Thus saith the Lord Gop;
Repent, and turn yourselves from
your idols; and turn away your
faces from all your abominations.
7 For every one of the nouse of |
Israel, or of the stranger that so-
journeth in Israel, which separateth
himself from me, and setteth up his
idols in his heart, and putteth the
stumblingblock of his iniquity be-
fore his face, and cometh to a pro-
phet to enquire of him concerning
me; I the Lorp will answer him by
myself: :
8 ¢And I will set my face against
that man, and fwill make him a
sign and a proverb, and I will cut
him off from the midst of my peo-
ple; and ye shall know that I am
the Lorb. .
9 And if the prophet be deceived
when he hath spoken a thing, I the
Lorp have édeceived that prophet,
and I will stretch out my hand upon
B.C. 594.
a Jer.23.14.
6 v.6; Ezk.
12.24; Mic.
3.6.
c Ezk.8.1;
20.1; 33.31.
d 2 Ki.3.13.
e Ezk.15.7;
Lev.17.10;
20.3,5,6;
Jer.44.11.
S Ezk.5.15;
Num.26.10;
Deut.28.37.
g1 Ki.22.23;
Job 12.16;
Jer.4.10;
2 Thes.2.11.
h 2 Pet.2.15.
i Important
contempo-
raneous tes-
timony to the
character
and histor-
icity of
Daniel who
was yet
living.
Cf. Jer.15-1;
Ezk.14.15,
18,20. See
Jer.7.16; 11.
14; 14.11.
him, and will destroy him from the
midst of my people Israel. 4
_10 And they shall bear the pun-
ishment of their iniquity: the pun-
ishment of the prophet shall be even
as the punishment of him that
seeketh unto him;
11 That the house of Israel may
hgo no more astray from me, neither
be polluted any more with all their
transgressions; but that they may
be my people, and I may be their
God, saith the Lord Gob.
Jerusalem on no account to be
spared.
12. The word of the Lorp came
again to me, saying,
13 Son of man, when the land sin-
neth against me by trespassing
grievously, then will I stretch out
mine hand upon it, and will break
the staff of the bread thereof,.and
will send famine upon it, and will
cut off man and beast from it:
14 ‘Though these three men,
Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it,
they should deliver but their own
souls by their righteousness, saith
the Lord Gop.
15 If I cause noisome beasts to
pass through the land, and they
spoil it, so that it be desolate, that
no man may pass through because
of the beasts:
16 Though these three men were
in it, as I live, saith the Lord Gop,
they shall deliver neither sons: nor
daughters; they only shall be de-
peared but the land shall be deso-
ate.
17 Or if I bring a sword upon that
land, and say, Sword, go through
the land; so that I jcut off man and
j Ezk.25.13;
Zeph.1.3.
k Ezk.38.22;
2 Sam.24.15.
853
beast from it:
18 Though these three men were
in it, as I live, saith the Lord Gop,
they shall deliver neither sons nor
daughters, but they only shall be
delivered themselves.
19 Or if I send a “pestilence into
that land, and pour out my fury
upon it in blood, to cut off from it
man and beast:
20 Though Noah. Daniel, and
Job, were in it, as I live, saith the
Lord Gop, they shall deliver
neither son nor daughter; they shall
but deliver their own souls by their
righteousness.
21 For thus saith the Lord Gop;
How much more when I send my
four sore judgments upon Jeru-
salem, the sword, and the famine,
and the noisome beast, and the
[16 15
14 22] EZEKIEL.
pestilence, to cut off from it man) __ B.C. 594.
and beast?
22 Yet, behold, therein shall be
left a remnant that shall be brought
forth, both sons and daughters: be-
hold, they shall come forth unto
you, and ye shall see their way and
their doings: and ye shall be com-
forted concerning the evil that I
have brought upon Jerusalem, even
concerning all that I have brought
upon it.
23 And they shall comfort you,
when ye see their ways and their
doings: and ye shall know that I
have not done ¢withcut cause all
that I have done in it, saith the
Lord Gop.
CHAPTER 15.
The vision of the burning vine.
Cf. Isa. 5. 1-24.)
ND the word of the Lorp came|? J&-22-8,9-
unto me, saying, _ |0 Cf. Isa.5.1-7;
2 Son of man, What is the ®vine] John 15.6.
- tree more than any tree, or than a). ney 14.8:
branch which is among the trees of] Ley.17.10.
the forest? dweabs
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to} * *°**-
do any work? or will men take ale x.19.5;
pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?} Jer.2.2.
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire
for fuel; the fire devoureth both the
ends of it, and the midst of it is
burned. Is it meet for any work?
5S Behold, when it was whole, it
was meet for no work: how much
less shall it be meet yet for any
work, when the fire hath devoured] 32.15; Jer.
it, and it is burned? 7.4; Mic.
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord] 34+
Gop; As the vine tree among the
trees of the forest, which I have
given to the fire for fuel, so will I
give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 And “I will set my face against
them; they shall go out from one
fire, and another fire shail devour
them; and ye shall know that I
am the Lorp, when I set my face
against them.
8 And I will make the land deso-
late, because they have committed
a trespass, saith the Lord Gop.
CHAPTER 16.
The harlotry of Jerusalem.
AGAIN the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to
know her abominations,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord
Gop unto Jerusalem; Thy birth
ft Heb. nose.
See Isa.3.21.
gi.e. nations.
h Psa.2.12,
note,
4 See Deut.
854
and thy nativity 1s of the land of ©
Canaan; thy father was an Amor- —
ite, and thy mother an Hittite.
4 And as for thy nativity, 4in the
day thou wast born thy navel was
not cut, neither wast thou washed
in water to supple thee; thou wast
not salted at all, nor swaddled at
all
5 None eye pitied thee, to do any
of these unto thee, to have compas-
sion upon thee; but thou wast cast
out in the open field, to the lothing
of thy person, in the day that thou
wast born,
6 And when I passed by thee, and
saw thee polluted in thine own
blood, I said unto thee when thou
wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said
unto thee when thou wast in thy
blood, Live. :
7 I have caused thee to multiply
as the bud of the field, and thou
hast increased and waxen great,
and thou art come to excellent orna-
ments: thy breasts are fashioned,
and thine hair is grown, whereas
thou wast naked and bare.
8 Now when I passed by thee, and
looked upon thee, behold, thy time
was the time of love; and I spread
my skirt over thee, and covered thy
nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee,
and entered inte a covenant with ~
thee, saith the Lord Gop. and ‘thou
becamest mine.
9 Then washed I thee with water;
yea, I throughly washed away thy
blood from thee, and I anointed
thee with oil.
10 I clothed thee also with
broidered work, and shod thee with
badgers’ skin, and I girded thee
about with fine linen, and I covered
thee with silk.
11 I decked thee also with orna-
ments, and I put bracelets upon thy
hands, and a chain on thy neck.
12 And I put a jewel on thy ffore-
head, and earrings in thine ears,
and a beautiful crown upon thine
head.
13 Thus wast thou decked with
gold and silver; and thy raiment
was of fine linen, and silk, and
broidered work; thou didst eat fine
flour, and honey, and oil: and thou
wast exceeding beautiful, and thou
didst prosper into a kingdom.
14 And thy renown went forth
among the £heathen for thy beauty:
for it was perfect through my come-
liness, which I had put upon thee,
saith the Lord Gop.
153 But thou didst “trust ‘in thine
16 16) _ EZEKIEL. [16 39
28 ¢Thou hast played the whore
also with the Assyrians, because
thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou
hast played the harlot with thent,
and yet couldest not be satisfied.
29 Thou hast moreover multi-
plied thy fornication in the land of
own beauty, and ¢playedst the har-
lot because of thy renown, and
pouredst out thy fornications on
every one that passed by; his it was.
16 And of thy garments thou
didst take, and deckedst thy high
places with divers colours, and
playedst the harlot thereupon: the Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou
like things shall not come, neither wast not satisfied herewith.
Siaethee thse also taken thy fair ae Lee tet rae eeoaddc: oO
; y e OD, seeing ou doest
jewels of my gold and of my silver, all these things, the work of an
which I had given thee, and madest imperious whorish woman;
ee a tarecar i enoat itenit place tar the hectioat Svea
with them, inent place in the head of every
18 And tookest thy broidered gar- way, and makest thine high place
ments, and coveredst them: and in every street; and hast not been
thou Set: set eae oil and mine in- te an harlot, in that thou scornest
cense before them. e;
19 My meat also which I gave 32 But asa wife that committeth
thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, adultery, which taketh strangers
wherewith I fed thee, thou hast), p.23.3,8, instead of her husband!
even set it before them for a sweet| 11;12;Isa. | 33 They give gifts to all whores:
savour: and thus it was, saith the point pele but thou givest thy gifts to all thy
Lord Gop. 35620, lovers, and hirest them, that they
20 piatone ts! a hast waa tes Hos.1.2. ey pitied thee on every side
sons an y daughters, whom thou or thy whoredom.
hast borne unto me, and these hast}? ¥2-43.605 34 And the contrary is in thee
thou sacrificed unto them to be de- Hos.11.1, from other women in thy whore-
voured. Is this of thy whoredoms| | aod 7s doms, whereas none followeth thee
Bot That thou: hast slain my chil “Ye 20, ; inet npg rewind a soa
of de ’ e-
dren, and delivered them to cause Kars _ {ward is given unto thee, therefore
them to pass through the fire for|?P%7% "79, |thou art contrary.
them? 2 Chr.28.20; | 35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the
22 And in all thine abominations] Jer-2.18,36. | word of the LORD:
and thy whoredoms thou hast not], pox 93.45: 36 Thus saith the Lord Gop; Be-
remembered the days of thy “youth,| Lev.20.10: [cause thy filthiness was poured out,
when thou wast naked and bare,| Deut.22.22. land thy nakedness discovered
and wast polluted in thy blood. through thy whoredoms with thy
23 And it came to pass after all lovers, and with all the idols of thy
thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto abominations, and by the blood of
thee! saith the Lord Gop;) thy children, which thou didst give
24 That thou hast also built unto unto them; ;
thee an eminent, place, and ‘hast 37 Behold, therefore I will gather
made thee an high place in every all thy lovers, with whom thou hast
street. : taken pleasure, and all them that
25 Thou hast built thy high place thou hast loved, with all them that
at every head of the way, and hast thou hast hated; I will even gather
made thy beauty to be abhorred, them round about against thee, and
and hast opened thy feet to every will discover thy nakedness unto
one that passed by, and multiplied them, that they may see all thy
thy whoredoms. nakedness. yes
26 Thou hast also committed for- 38 And I will judge thee, “as
nication with the Egyptians thy women that break wedlock and
neighbours, great of flesh; and hast shed blood are judged; and I will
increased thy whoredoms, to pro- give thee blood in fury and jeal-
voke me to anger.. : ousy. ‘ y
27 Behold, therefore I have 39 And I will also give thee into
stretched out my hand over thee, their hand, and they shall throw
and have diminished thine ordi- down thine eminent place, and shall
nary food, and delivered thee unto break down thy high places: they
the will of them-that hate thee, the shall strip thee also of thy clothes,
daughters of the Philistines, which and shall take thy fair jewels, and
are ashamed of thy lewd way- leave thee naked and bare.
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16 40]
EZEKIEL.
Ra AP 2, 9 ee
40 They shall also bring up a
company against thee, and they
shall stone thee with stones, and
thrust thee through with their
swords. i
41 And “they shall burn thine
-houses with fire, and execute judg-
ments upon thee in the sight of
many women: and I will cause thee
to cease from playing the harlot,
and thou also shalt give no hire
any more.
42 So will I make my fury toward
thee to rest, and my jealousy shall
départ from thee; and I will be
quiet, and will be no more angry.
43 Because thou hast not remem-
bered the days of thy youth, but
hast fretted me in all these things;
behold, therefore °I also-will recom-
pense thy way upon thine head,
saith the Lord Gop: and thou shalt
not commit this lewdness above all
thine abominations.
44 Behold, every one that useth
proverbs shail use this proverb
against thee, saying, As is the
mother, so is her daughter.
45 Thou art thy mother’s daugh-
ter, that lotheth her husband and
her children; and thou art the sis-
ter of thy sisters, which lothed
their husbands and their children:
your mother was an Hittite, and
your father an Amorite._
46 And thine elder sister is Sa-
maria, she and her daughters that
dwell at thy left hand: and thy
younger sister, that dwelleth at thy
tight hand, is Sodom and her
daughters.
47 Yet hast thou not walked after
their ways, nor done after their
abominations: but, as if that were
a very little thing, thou wast cor-
rupted more than they in all thy
ways.
48 As I live, saith the Lord Gop,
Sodom thy sister hath not done,
she nor her daughters, as thou hast
done, thou and thy daughters,
49 Behold, this was the iniquity
of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness
of bread, and abundance of idleness
was in her and in her daughters,
neither did she strengthen the hand
of the poor and needy.
50 And they were haughty, and
4committed abomination before me:
therefore I took them away as I
saw good.
51 Neither hath Samaria commit-
ted half of thy sins; but thou hast
multiplied thine abominations more
than they, and hast justified thy
B.C. 594.
a Deut.13.16;
2 Ki.25.95
Jer.39.8;
52:13;
6 Ezk.9.10;
11.21; 22.31.
c Mt.10.15;
11.24.
d Gen.13.13;
18.20; 19.5.
é See vs.60,61;
Tsa.1.9.
f 2 Ki.16.5;
2 Chr.28.18.
g Psa.106.45.
h Jer.32.40;
50.5.
4 Hos.2.19,20.
856
[16 63
stare in all thine abominations
which thou hast done.
52 Thou also, which hast judged
thy sisters, bear thine own shame
for thy sins that thou hast commit-
ced more abominable than they:
they are more righteous than thou:
yea, be thou confounded also, and
bear thy shame, in that thou hast
justified thy sisters. 3
93 ‘When I shall bring again
their captivity, the captivity of
Sodom and her daughters, and the
captivity of Samaria and her
daughters, then will I bring again
the captivity of thy captives in the
midst of them:
54 That thou mayest bear thine
own shame, and mayest be con-
foundedin all that thou hast done, in
that thou art a comfort unto them.
55. When thy sisters, Sodom and
her daughters, shall return to their
former estate, and Samaria and her
daughters shall return to their
former estate, then thou and thy
daughters shall return to your for-
mer estate.
56 For thy sister Sodom was not
mentioned by thy mouth in the day
of thy pride,
57 Before thy wickedness was
discovered, as at the time of thy
Sreproach of the daughters of Syria,
and all that are round about her,
the daughters of the Philistines,
which despise thee round about.
58 Thou hast borne thy iewdness
and thine abominations, saith the
Lorb.
59 For thus saith the Lord Gop,
I will even deal with thee as thou
hast done, which hast despised the
oath in breaking the covenant.
The promise of future blessing
under the Palestinian Cove-
nant (Deut. 30. 1-10, note) and
the New Covenant (Heb. 8. 8-12,
note).
60 Nevertheless éI will remember
My covenant with thee in the days
of thy youth, and I will establish
unto thee “an everlasting covenant.
61 Then thou shalt remember thy
ways, and be ashamed, when thou
shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder
and thy younger: and I will give
them unto thee for daughters, but
not by thy covenant,
62 And ‘I will establish my cove-
nant with thee; and thou shalt
know that I am the Lorp:
63 That thou mayest remember,
and be confounded, and never open
EZEKIEL,
[17 23
thy mouth any more because of thy
shame, when I am pacified toward
thee for all that thou hast done,
saith the Lord Gop.
CHAPTER 17.
The parable of the great eagle.
ND the word of the LoRD came
unto me, 4saying,
2 Son of man, put forth a riddle,
and speak a parable unto the house
of Israel;
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord
Gop; A great eagle with great
wings, longwinged, full of feathers,
which had divers colours, came
unto Lebanon, and took the highest
branch of the cedar:
4 He cropped off the top of his
young twigs, and carried it into a
land of traffick; he set it in a city
of merchants.
5 He took also of the seed of the
land, and planted it in a fruitful
field; he placed it by great waters,
and set it as a willow tree.
6 And it grew, and became a
spreading vine of low stature, whose
branches turned toward him, and
the roots thereof were under him: so
it became a vine, and brought forth
branches, and shot forth sprigs.
7 There was also another great
eagle with great wings and many
feathers: and, behold, this vine did
bend her roots toward him, and
shot forth her branches toward him,
that he might water it by the fur-
tows of her plantation. :
8 It was planted in a good soil by
great waters, that it might bring
forth branches, and that it might
bear fruit, that it might be a goodly
Vine.
9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord
Gop; Shall it prosper? shall he
not pull up the roots thereof, and
cut off the fruit thereof, that it
wither? it shall wither in all the
leaves of her spring, even without
great power or many people to
pluck it up by the roots thereof.
10 Yea, behold, being planted,
shall it prosper? ‘shall it not utterly
wither, when the east wind touch-
eth it? it shall wither in the fur-
rows where it grew.
The rebellion of Zedekiah and
its results. (Cf. 2 Ki. 24. 17-20;
25. 1-10.)
11 Moreover the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying,
12 Say now to the rebellious
__ B.C. 594.
a Parables
(C.T.).
vs.1-14;
Ezk.19.1-14.
(Jud.9.7-15;
Zech.11.
7-14.)
b 2 Ki.25.7.
¢ Ezk.19.12;
Hos.13.15.
dv.3; 2 Ki.24.
11-16.
e 2 Ki.24.17.
f Deut.17.16;
Isa.31.1,3;
36.6,9.
g Jer.37.7.
h Ezk.4.2;
Jer.52.4.
#1 Chr.29.24;
Lam.5.6.
j 1sa.11.1;
Jer.23.5;
Zech.3.8.
k ¥sa.53.2,
1 Ezk.20.40;
Isa.2.2,3;
Mic.4.1.
857
house, Know ye not what these
things mean? tell them, Behold,
éthe king of Babylon is come to Je-
rusalem, and hath taken the king
thereof, and the princes thereof, and
led them with him to Babylon;
13 «And hath taken of the king’s
seed, and made a covenant with
him, and hath taken an oath of
him: he hath also taken the mighty
of the land:
14 That the kingdom might be
base, that it might not lift itself up,
but that by kceping of his cove-
nant it might stand.
_15 But he rebelled against him
in sending his ambassadors into
Egypt, that they might give him
horses and much people. JShall he
prosper? shall he escape that doeth
such things? or shall he break the
covenant, and be delivered?
16 As I live, saith the Lord Gop,
surely in the place where the king
dwelleth that made him king, whose
oath he despised, and whose cove-
nant he brake, even with him in the
midst of Babylon he shall die.
17 sNeither shall Pharaoh with
his mighty army and great com-
pany make for him in the war, “by.
casting up mounts, and building
forts, to cut off many persons:
18 Seeing he despised the oath by
breaking the covenant, when, lo,
he had ‘given his hand, and hath
done all these things, he shall not
jescane. ;
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; As I live, surely mine oath
that he hath despised, and my cov-
enant that he hath broken, even it
will I recompense upon his own
head. f
20 And I will spread my net upon
him, and he shall be taken in my
snare, and I will bring him to Baby-
lon, and will plead with him there
for his trespass that he hath tres-
passed against me.
21 And all his fugitives with all
his bands shall fall by the sword,
and they that remain shall be scat-
tered toward all winds: and ye
shall know that I the Lorp have
spoken 1t.
22 Thus saith the Lord Gop; I
will also take of the highest Jbranch
of the high cedar, and will set it;
I will crop off from the top of his
young twigs *a tender one, and will
plant i# upon an high mountain
and eminent:
23 !'In the mountain of the height
of Israel will I plant it: and it shall
17 24)
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[18 25
bring forth boughs, and bear fruit,|
and be a goodly cedar: and “under
it shall dwell all fowl of every wing;
in the shadow of the branches
thereof shall they dwell.
24 And all the trees of the field
shall know that I the LorD have
brought down the high tree, have
exalted the low tree, have dried up
B.C. 594.
the green tree, and have made the
dry tree to flourish: I the Lorp
have spoken and have done it.
CHAPTER 18.
Ethical instructions for Israel in
captivity.
HE word of the LorpD came
unto me again, saying,
2 What mean ye, that ye use this
proverb concerning the land of Is-
rael, saying, The fathers have eaten.
sour grapes, and the children’s teeth
are set on edge?
3 As I live, saith the Lord Gop,
ye shall not have occasion any
more to use this proverb in Israel.|
4 Behold, all souls are mine; as
the soul of the father, so also the!
soul of the son is mine: “the soul
that sinneth, it shall die.
5 But if a man be Sjust, and do
that which is lawful and right,
6 And hath not eaten upon the
mountains, neither hath lifted up|;
his eyes to the idols of the house of
Israel, neither hath defiled his
neighbour’s wife, neither hath come
near to a menstruous woman,
7 And hath not oppressed any,
but hath restored to the debtor his
@pledge, hath spoiled none by vio-
lence, hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the na-
ked with a garment;
8 He that hath not given forth
upon ‘usury, neither hath taken
any increase, that hath withdrawn
his hand from iniquity, hath exe-
cuted true judgment between man
and man,
9 Hath walked in my statutes,
and hath kept my judgments, to
deal truly; he is just, he shall surely
flive, saith the Lord Gop.
10 If he beget a son that is a rob:
ber, a shedder of blood, and that
doeth the like to any one of these
things,
11 And that doeth not any of|
those duties, but even hath eaten
upon the mountains, and defiled
his neighbour’s wife,
12 Hath oppressed the poor and
@ Ezk.31.6;
Dan.4.12.
6 v.20; Rom.
6.23.
c Righteous-
ness. vs.5-9;
e Ex.22.25;
Lev.25.36,37;
Seppe
f Ezk.20.11;
Amos 5.4.
£ Gen.9.6;
Ex.21.12;
Num.35.31.
jV.4.
& Deut.24.16;
2 Ki.14.6;
2 Chr.25.4;
Jer.31.29,30.
Tisa.3.10,11.
m Rom.2.9.
n v.27; Ezk.
33.12,19,
0 v.32; Ezk.
33.11; 1 Tim.
2.4; 2 Pet.
3.9.
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needy, hath spoiled by violence, —
hath not restored the pledge, and
hath lifted up his eyes to the idols,
hath committed abomination,
13 Hath given forth upon usury,
and hath taken increase: shall he
then live? he shall not Hve: he
hath done all these abominations;
he shall surely die; “his blood shall
be upon him.
14 Now, lo, 1f he beget 4 son, that
‘ Iseeth all his father’s sins which he
hath done, and considereth, and
doeth not such like,
15 That hath not eaten upon the
mountains, neither hath lifted up
his eyes to the idols of the house
of Israel, hath not defiled his neigh-
bour’s wife,
16 Neither hath oppressed any,
hath not withholden the pledge,
neither hath spoiled by violence,
but hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the na-
ked with 4 garment,
17 That hath taken off his hand
from the poor, that hath not re-
ceived usury nor increase, hath exe-
cuted my judgments, hath walked
in my statutes; he shall not die for
the iniquity of his father, he shall
surely live.
18 As for his father, because he
cruelly oppressed, spoiled his bro-
thet by violence, and did that
which is not good among his peo-
ple, lo, even he shall die in his
iniquity.
19 Yet say ye, Why? ‘doth not
the son bear the iniquity of the fa-
ther? When the son hath done
that which is lawful and right, and
hath kept all my statutes, and hath
done them, he shall surely live.
20 JThe soul that sinneth, it shall
die. The son shall not bear the
iniquity of the father, neither shail
the father bear the iniquity of the
son: the ‘righteousness of the right-
eous shall be upon him, and the
mwickedness of the wicked shall be
upon him.
21 But “if the wicked will turn
from all his sins that he hath com-
mitted, and keep all my statutes,
and do that which is lawful and
right, he shall surely live, he shall
not die.
22 All his transgressions that he
hath committed, they shall not be
mentioned unto him: in his right-
eousness that he hath done he shall
ive.
23 °Have I any pleasure at all
that the wicked should die? saith
the Lord Gop: and not that he
peoye return from his ways, and
ver
24 But when the righteous turn-|
eth away from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity, and
doeth according to all the abomina-
tions that the wicked man doeth,
shall he live? All his righteousness
that he hath done shall not be men-
tioned: in his trespass that he hath
trespassed, and in his sin that he
hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25 Yet ye say, *The way of the
Lord is not equal. Hear now, O
house of Israel; Is not my way
equal? are not your ways unequal?
26 When a righteous man turn-
eth away from his righteousness,
‘and committeth iniquity, and dieth
in them; for his iniquity that he
hath done shall he die.
27 Again, when the wicked man
turneth away from his wickedness
that he hath committed, and doeth
that which is lawful and right, he
shall save his soul alive.
28 Because he’ considereth, and
turneth away from all his transgres-
Sions that he hath committed, he
shall surely live, he shall not die.
29 Yet saith the house of Israel,
The way of the Lord is not equal.
O house of Israel, are not my ways
equal? are not your ways unequal?
30 Therefore I will judge you, O
house of Israel, every one accord-
ing to his ways, saith the Lord
Gop. Repent, and turn your-
selves from all your transgressions;
$0 iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 “Cast away from you all your
transgressions, whereby ye have
transgressed: and make you'a 2new
heart and a new spirit: for why will
ye die, O house of Israel?
32 &For I have no pleasure in, the
death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord Gop: wherefore turn your-
selves, and live ye.
CHAPTER 19.
Lamentation for the princes
of Israel.
PYTOREOVER take thou up a
flamentation for the princes
of Israel,
2 And say, What is thy mother?
A lioness: she lay down among
lions, she nourished’ her whelps
among young lions.
3 And she brought up one of her
EZEKIEL.
a v.29; Ezk,
33.17,20.
b Mt.3.2;
Reyv.2.5.
d Ezk.11,19;
36.26;
Jer.32.39.
é v.23;
Ezk.33.11:
Lam.3.33;
2 Pet.3.9.
f Parables
(O.T,).
vs.1-14;
Ezk.23.1-17.
(Jud.9.7-15;
Zech.11.7-
14.)
g v.6; 2 Ki.
23.31,32.
h 2 Ki.23.33;
2 Chr.36.4;
t 2 Ki.23.34.
j 2 Ki.24.2.
k 2 Chr.36.6;
Jer.52.11.
1 Jud.9.15;
2 Ki.24.20.
whelps: sit became a young lion,
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and it learned to catch the prey; it
devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him;
he was taken in their pit, and they
brought him with chains unto the
land of “Egypt.
5 Now when she saw that she had
waited, and her hope was lost, then
she took ‘another of her whelps,
and made him a young lion.
6 And he went up and down
among the lions, he became a
young lion, and learned to catch
the prey, and devoured men.
7 And he knew their desolate
palaces, and he laid waste their
cities; andthe land was desolate,
and the fulness thereof, by the noise
of his roaring.
8 jThen the nations set against
him on every side from the prov~
inces, and spread their net over
him: he was taken in their pit.
9 *And they put him in ward in
chains, and brought him to the king
of Babylon: they brought him into
holds, that his voice should no more
be heard upon the mountains of
Israel.
10 Thy mother is like a vine in
thy blood, planted by the waters:
she was fruitful and full of branches
by reason of many waters.
11 And she had strong rods for
the sceptres of them that bare rule,
and her stature was exalted among
the thick branches, and she ap-
peared in her height with the
multitude of her branches.
12 But she was plucked up in
fury, she was cast down to the
ground, and the east wind dried up
her fruit: her strong rods were
broken and withered; the fire con-
sumed them.
13. And now she is planted in
the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty
ground.
14 And /fire is gone out of a rod
of her branches, which hath de-
voured, her fruit, so that she hath
no strong rod to be a sceptre to
rule. This is a lamentation, and
shall be for a lamentation.
CHAPTER 20.
Jehovah vindicated in the chas-
tisement of Israel.
Ae it came to pass in the
seventh year, in the “fifth
month, the tenth day of the
month, that certain of the elders of
Israel came to enquire of the LorD,
land sat before me.
20 2]
EZEKIEL.
[20 2st
2
2 Then came the word of the
LORD unto me, saying,
3 Son of man, speak unto the
elders of Israel, and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord Gop; Are ye
come to enquire of me? As I live,
saith the Lord Gop, I will not be
enquired of by you.
4 Wilt thou judge them, son of
man, wilt thou judge them? cause
them to know the abominations of
their fathers:
5 And say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord Gop; In the day when I
chose Israel, and lifted up mine
hand unto the seed of the house of
Jacob, and made myself known
unto them in the land of Egypt,
when I lifted up mine hand unto
them, saying, I am the LORD your
God; :
6 Inthe day that I lifted up mine
hand unto them, “to bring them
forth of the land of Egypt into a
land that I had espied for them,
flowing with milk and _ honey,
bwhich is the glory of all lands:
7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye
away every man the abominations
of his eyes, and defile not yourselves
with the ‘idols of Egypt: I am the
LorpD your God.
8 But they rebelled against me,
and would not -hearken unto me:
they did not every man cast away
the abominations of their eyes,
neither did they forsake the idols
of Egypt: then I said, I will pour
out my fury upon them, to accom-
plish my anger against them in the
midst of the land of Egypt.
9 4But I wrought for my name’s
sake, that it should not be polluted
before the ‘heathen, among whom
they were, in whose sight I made
myself known unto them, in bring-
ing them forth out of the land of
Egypt.
10 Wherefore I caused them to go
forth out of the land of Egypt, and
brought them into the wilderness.
11 fAnd I gave them my statutes,
and shewed them my judgments,
which if a man do, he shall even
live in them.
12 Moreover also I gave them my
&sabbaths, to be a sign between me
and them, that they might know
that I am the Lorp that sanctify
them.
13. But the house of Israel rebelled
against me in the wilderness: they
walked not in my statutes, and they
despised my judgments, which if a
man do, he shall even live in them;
B.C. 593.
a Ex.3-8,17;
Deut.8 7-9,
Jer.32.22.
b v.15.
Psa-48.2,
Dan.8 9,
11 16,41,
Zech.7.14.
c Lev 17.7;
18.3;
Deut.29.
16-18; Josh
24.14.
d vs.14,22,
Ezk.36.21,
22, Ex.32.12;
Num.14.13;
Deut.9.28
€i.e. nations
f Deut.4.8;
Neh.9.13,14,
Psa.147.19,
20.
g Ex.20.8;
h Num.14.28,
Psa.95.11;
106.26.
# Num.15.39;
Psa.78.37;
Amos 5.25,
26; Acts 7.
42,43.
j v.12; Jer.
17.22.
k Num.25.
1,2; Deut.9.
23,24; 31.27.
1 Lev.26.33;
Deut.28.64;
Psa.106.27;
Jer.15.4.
m See v.39;
Psa.81.12;
Rom.1.24;
2 Thes.2.11.
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and my sabbaths they greatly pol-
luted: then I said, I would pour out
my fury upon them in the wilder-
ness, to consume them.
14 But I wrought for my name’s
sake, that it should not be polluted
before the ‘heathen, in whose sight
I brought them out.
15 “Yet also I lifted up my hand
unto them in the wilderness, that I
would not bring them into the land
which I had given them, flowing
with milk and honey, which is the
glory of all lands;
16 Because they despised my
judgments, and walked not in my
statutes, but polluted my sabbaths:
for their heart went after their idols.
17 Nevertheless mine eye spared
them from destroying them, neither
did I make an end of them in the
wilderness.
18 But I said unto their children
in the wilderness, Walk ye not in
the statutes of your fathers, neither
observe their judgments, nor defile
yourselves with their idols:
19 I am the LorD your God;
walk in my statutes, and keep my
judgments, and do them;
20 And shallow my sabbaths; and
they shall be a sign between me and
you, that ye may know that I am
the Lorp your God. :
21 Notwithstanding “the children
rebelled against me: they walked
not in my statutes, neither kept
my judgments to do them, which if
aman do, he shall even live in them;
they polluted my sabbaths: then I
said, I would pour out my fury upon
them, to accomplish my anger
against them in the wilderness.
22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine
hand, and wrought for my name’s
sake, that it should not be polluted
in the sight of the ‘heathen, in
whose sight I brought them forth.
23 I lifted up mine hand unto
them also in the wilderness, that I
would ‘scatter them among the
fheathen, and disperse them
through the countries;
24 Because they had not executed
my judgments, but had despised
my statutes, and had polluted my
sabbaths, and their eyes were after
their fathers’ idols.
25 Wherefore “I gave them also
statutes that were not good, and
judgments whereby they should
not live;
26 And I polluted them in their:
own gifts, in that they caused to
pass through the fire all that open-
See ‘
20 27]
EZEKIEL.
[20 45
eth the womb, that I might make} B.c. 593. _|fathers in the wilderness of the
them desolate, to the end that they
might know that I am the LorpD.
27 Therefore, son of man, speak
unto the house of Israel, and say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord
Gop; Yet in this your fathers have
blasphemed me, in that they have
committed a trespass against me.
28 For when I had brought them
into'the land, for the which I lifted
up mine hand to give it to them,
then they saw every high hill, and
all the thick trees, and they offered
there their sacrifices, and there they
presented the provocation of their
offering: there also they made their
sweet savour, and poured out there
their drink-offerings.
29 Then I said unto them, What
is the high place whereunto ye go?
And the name thereof is called
Bamah unto this day.
30 Wherefore say unto the house
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Gop;
Are ye polluted after the manner of
your fathers? and commit ye whore-
dom after their abominations?
31 For when ye offer your gifts,
when ye make your sons to pass
through the fire, ye pollute your-
selves with all your idols, even unto
this day: and shall I be enquired
of by you, O house of Israel? As I
live, saith the Lord Gop, I will
not be enquired of by you.
32 And that which cometh into
your mind shall not be at all, that
ye say, We will be as the “heathen,
as the families of the countries, to
serve wood and stone.
The future judgment of Israel.
33 As I live, saith the Lord Gop,
surely with a mighty hand, and
with a stretched out arm, and with
fury poured out, will I rule ‘over
you:
34 And I will bring you out from
the people, and will gather you out
of the countries wherein ye are
scattered, with a mighty hand, and
with a stretched out arm, and
with fury poured out. .
35 And JI will bring you into the
wilderness of the people, and there
will I plead with you face to face.
36 4Like as I pleaded with your
@ i.e. nations.
6 Judgments
(the seven).
vs.3344.
Dan.7.22.
(2 Sam.7.14;
Rev.22.12.)
c Kingdom
i Ee
d See Num.
14.21,22,23,
28,29.
e Lev.27.32;
Jer.33.13.
f Jud.10.14;
Psa.81.12;
Amos 4.4.
h Ezk.11.17;
34.13; 36.24.
+ Lev.26.39;
Ezk.6.9;
Hos.5.15.
land of Egypt, so will I. plead with
you, saith the Lord Gop.
37 And I will cause you to ‘pass
under the !rod, and I will bring
you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from
among you the rebels, and them
that transgress against me: I will
bring them forth out of the country
where they sojourn, and they shall
not enter into the land of Israel: and
ye shall know that I ana the LorD.
39 As for you, O house of Israel,
thus saith the Lord Gop; /Go ye,
serve ye every one his idols, and
hereafter also, if ye will not
hearken unto me: but pollute ye my
holy name no more with your gifts,
and with your idols.
40 For in mine holy mountain, in
the mountain of the height of Is-
rael, saith the Lord Gop, there shall
all the house of Israel, all of them
in the land, serve me: &there will I
accept them, and there will I re-
quire your offerings, and the first-
fruits of your oblations, with all
your holy things.
41 I will accept you with your
sweet savour, when I bring you out
from the people, and gather you out
of the countries wherein ye have
been scattered; and I will be sancti-
fied in you before the “heathen.
42 And ye shall know that I am
the Lorp, “when I shall.bring you
into the land of Israel, into the
country for the which I lifted up
mine hand to give it to your fathers.
43 And there shall ye remember
your ways, and ali your doings,
wherein ye have been defiled; and
tye shall lothe yourselves in your
own sight for all your evils that ye
have committed.
44 And ye shall know that I am
the Lorp, when I have wrought
with you for my name’s sake, not
according to your wicked ways,
nor according to your corrupt
doings, O ye house of Israel, saith
the Lord Gop.
The parable of the forest of the
south field.
45 Moreover the word of the
LorD came unto me, saying,
1 The passage is a prophecy of the future judgment upon Israel, regathered from
all nations (see “Israel,”
(v. 35). The issue of
enter the land for kingdom blessing (Psa. 50, 1-7;
Isa. 1. 24-26, refs.) into the old wilderness of the wanderings
this judgment determines who of Israel in that day shall
Ezk. 20. 33-44; Mal. 3.2-5; 4. 1,2);
see other judgments, John 12. 31, notes 1 Cor. 11.31, note; 2 Cor. 5.10, note; Mt.
25.32, note; Jude6, note; Rey. 20.12, note:
EZEKIEL.
toward the south, and drop thy
word toward the south,
prophesy against the forest of the
south field;
47 And say to the forest of the
south, Hear the word of the LorD;
Thus:saith the Lord Gop; Behold,
I will kindle a fire in thee, and it
shall devour every green tree in
thee, and every dry tree: the flam-
ing flame shall not be quenched,
and all faces from the south to the
north shall be burned therein.
48 And all flesh shall see that I
the LorpD have kindled it: it shall
not be quenched. ;
49 Then said I, Ah Lord Gop!
they say of me, Doth he not speak
parables?
CHAPTER 21.
The parable of the sighing
prophet.
ND the word of the LorD came
unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face toward
Jerusalem, and “drop thy word
toward the holy places, and proph-
esy against the land of Israel,
3 And say to the land of Israel,
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, Iam
against thee, and will draw forth
my sword out of his sheath, and
will cut off from thee the righteous
and the wicked.
4 Seeing then that I will cut off
from thee the righteous and the
wicked, therefore shall my sword
go forth out of his sheath against
all flesh from the south to the
north:
5 That all flesh may know that I
the LorD have drawn ‘forth my
sword out of his sheath: it shall
not return any more.
6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man,
with the breaking of thy loins; and
with bitterness sigh before their
eyes.
7 And it shall be, when they say
unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou?
that thou shalt answer, For the
tidings; because it cometh: and
every heart shall melt, and all
hands shall be feeble, and every
spirit shall faint, and all knees shall
be weak as water: behold, it com-
eth, and shall be brought to pass,
saith the Lord Gop.
The parable of the sword of God.
8 Again the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
a Deut.32.2;
Amos 7.16;
Mic.2.6,11.
b vs.15,28;
Deut.32.41.
c¢ v.14; Ezk.
22.13.
d@ Ezk.25.5;
Jer.49.2;
Amos 1.14.
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9 Son of man, prophesy, and say,
Thus saith the Lorp; Say, %A
sword, a sword is sharpened, and
also furbished:
10 It is sharpened to make a sore
slaughter; it is furbished that it
may glitter: should we then make
mirth? it contemneth the rod of
my. son, as every tree.
11 And he hath given it to be fur-
bished, that it may be handled:
this sword is sharpened, and it is
furbished, to give it into the hand
of the slayer.
12 Cry and howl, son of man: for
it shall be upon my people, it shall
be upon all the princes of Israel:
terrors by reason of the sword shall
be upon my people: smite there-
fore upon thy thigh.
13 Because it is a trial, and what
if the sword contemn even the
rod? it shall be no more, saith the
Lord Gop.
14 Thou therefore, son of man,
prophesy, and smite thine hands
together, and let the sword be
doubled the third time, the sword
of the slain: it is the sword of the
great men that are slain, which
entereth into their privy chambers.
15 I have set the point of the
sword against all their gates, that
their heart may faint, and their
ruins be multiplied: ah! 1# is made
bright, i# is wrapped up for the
slaughter.
16 Go thee one way or other,
either on the right hand, or on the
left, whithersoever thy face is set.
17 I will also “smite mine hands
together, and I will cause my fury
to rest: I the LorD have said it.
No king till Messiah comes to
reign (vs. 26, 27; Acts 15. 14-17).
18 The word of the LorpD came
unto me again, saying,
19 Also, thou son of man, appoint
thee two ways, that the sword of
the king of Babylon may come:
both twain shall come forth out of
one land: and choose thou a place;
choose it at the head of the way to
the city. _
20 Appoint a way, that the sword
may come to ¢Rabbath of the Am-
monites, and to Judah in Jerusalem
the defenced.
21 For the king of Babylon stood
at the parting of the way, at the
head of the two ways, to use divi-
nation: he made his arrows bright;
he consulted with images, he looked
in the liver,
21 22] EZEKIEL. [22 15.
_22 At his right hand was the div-
ination for Jerusalem, to appoint
captains, to open the mouth in the
slaughter, to lift up the voice with
shouting, to appoint battering
rams against the gates, to cast a
mount, and to build a fort.
23 And it shall be unto them as a
false divination in their sight, to
judge, wilt thou judge the bloody
city? yea, thou shalt shew her all
her abominations. ,
3 Then say thou, Thus saith the
Lord Gop, The City sheddeth blood
in the midst of it, that her time may
come, and maketh idols against her-
self to defile herself.
4 Thou art become guilty in thy
them that have sworn oaths: but blood that thou hast sshed; and
he will call to remembrance the ini- hast defiled thyself in thine idols
quity, that they may be taken. which thou hast made; and thou
Pes Therefore thusrenitinthel odio pantry, |e aa come oven anes thy wean
Gop; made your 36.13; jan come even unto thy years:
poataityy to be ateomitsy in = Jer.52.2. nehereite Hye I nig thee atl
your transgressions are discovered, |, y.13; proach unto the “heathen, and a
so that in all your doings your sins Gen.49.10; |mocking to all countries.
do appear; because, J say, that ye recente 5 Those that be near, and those
are come to remembrance, ye shall ate that be far from thee, shall mock
yaar pat the Sead aca Cada ecto Bee wien art infamous and
nd ou, “profane wicke Loree toh much vexed.
prince of Israel, whose day is come, Zeph.2.8-10. | & Behold, jthe princes of Israel,
when iniquity shall have an end, |d v.25; every one were in thee to their
26 Thus saith the Lord Gop;. Re- feo Bae power to shed blood.
move the diadem, and take off the wae rey 7 In thee have they ‘set light by:
crown: this shall not be the same:|eGen.15.14. |father and mother: in the midst of
pat fim aos low, and abase fE2k.163 thee ere they dealt by oppression
im that is high. = with the stranger: in thee have
27 Iwill overturn, overturn, Over-|g 2 Ki.21.16. they vexed the fatherless and the
turn, it: and it shall be NO MOTs), pe 5.14; widow. , ;
until he come whose rigut it 1s; and|" Deat2837; | 8 Thou hast despised mine holy
I will give it him. 1 Ki.9.7; things, and hast profaned my sab-
28 Andthou, son ofman, prophesy| Dan-9-16. | baths.
and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD] ; ic. nations. | 9 In thee are men that carry tales
éconcerning the Ammonites,andcon-| | to shed blood: and in thee they eat
cerningtheirreproach; evensay thou, Se Vag ke _ |upon the mountains: in the midst
The sword, the sword is drawn: for vehaan of thee they commit lewdness.
the slaughter it is furbished, to 10 In thee have they discovered
consume because of the glittering: |*Deut-27-16. their fathers’ nakedness: in thee
29 Whiles they see vanity unto] ; w2.18.6; have they humbled her that was
thee, whiles they divine a lie unto] Lev.18.19; lset apart for pollution.
thee, to bring thee upon the necks 20.18. 11 And one hath committed
of them that are slain, of thel,, rx.23.8; abomination with his neighbour’s
wicked, ¢2whose day is come, when Deut.i6.19; |wife; and another hath lewdly de-
_their iniquity shall have an end. 27.25. filed his daughter in law; and an-
30 Shall I cause if to return into|,, po4.23.35; |other in thee hath humbled his
his sheath? “I will judge thee in) Deut.32.18; sister, his father’s daughter.
the place where thou wast created, Jer.3,21. 12 In thee “have they taken gifts
fin the land of thy nativity. to shed blood; thou hast taken
31 And I will pour out mine in- usury and increase, and thou hast
dignation upon thee, I will blow greedily gained of thy neighbours
against thee in the fire of my wrath, by extortion, and “hast forgotten
and deliver thee into the hand of me, saith the Lord Gop.
brutish men, and skilful to destroy. 13 Behold, therefore I have smit-
32 Thou shaltbe for fuel tothe fire; ten mine hand at thy dishonest
thy blood shall be in the midst ofthe gain which thou hast made, and at
land; thou shalt be no more remem- thy blood which hath been in the
bered: for Ithe LoRD have spoken it. midst of thee.
14 Can thine heart endure, or can
CHAPTER 22. pine hand? he ganas - one fae
. that Is eal with thee? the
‘The sins of Israel enumerated. Lorp have spoken oe aadailt do
OREOVER the word of. the it. :
Lorp came unto me, saying. 15 And I will scatter thee among
2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou the ‘heathen, and disperse thee in
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22 16]
the countries, and will consume thy
filthiness out of thee. ed
16 And thou shalt take thine in-
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 593.
heritance in thyself in the sight of].
the “heathen, and thou shalt know
that I am the Lorpb.
The parable of the dross in
the furnace,
17 And the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, “the house of Is-
rael is to me become dross: all they
are brass, and tin, and iron, and
lead, in the midst of the furnace;
they are even the dross of silver.
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Because ye are all become
dross, behold, therefore I will gather
you into the midst of Jerusalem.
20 As they gather silver, and
brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,
into the midst of the furnace, to
blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so
will I gather you in mine anger and
in my fury, and I will leave you
there, and melt you.
21 Yea, I will gather you, and
“blow upon you in the fire of my
wrath, and ye shall be melted in
the midst thereof.
22 As silver is melted in the midst
of the furnace, so shall ye be melted
in the midst thereof: and ye shall
know that I the Lorp have ¢poured
out my fury upon you.
Sins of the priests, princes,
prophets, and people.
23 And the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou
art the land that is not cleansed,
nor rained upon in the day of indig-
nation.
25 There is a conspiracy of her
prophets in the midst thereof, like a
Toaring lon ravening the prey;
they have devoured souls; ‘they
have taken the treasure and
precious things; they have made
her many widows in the midst
thereof.
26 Her priests have violated my
Slaw, and have &£profaned mine holy
things: they have put no difference
between the holy and profane,
neither have they shewed differ-
ence between the unclean and the
clean, and have hid their eyes from
my sabbaths, and I am profaned
among them.
27 *Her princes in the midst
thereof are like wolves ravening the
@ i.e. nations.
6 Psa.119.119,
Isa.1.22;
Jer.6.28.
¢ Ezk.22.
20-22.
d v.31; Ezk.
20.8,33.
¢ Mic.3.11;
Zeph.3.3,4.
(Ex.19.1;
Gal.3.1-29.)
g Lev.22.2;
1 Sam.2.29.
h v.6; Isa.1.23;
Mic.3.2,3,
9-11; Zeph.
3.3.
§ Psa.106.23,
j Parables
7-14.)
k Ezk.16.8,20,
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1
{
prey, to shed blood. and to destroy —
souls, to get dishonest gain.
28 And her prophets have daubed
them with untempered morter,
seeing vanity, and divining lies
unto them, saying, Thus saith the
Lord Gop, when the LorpD hath
not spoken.
29 The people of the land have
used oppression, and exercised rob-
bery, and have vexed the poor and
needy: yea, they have oppressed
the stranger wrongfully.
30 And I sought for a man among
them, that should make up the
hedge, and ‘stand in the gap before
me for the land, that I should not
destroy it: but I found none.
31 Therefore have I poured out
mine indignation upon them; I
have consumed them with the fire
of my wrath: their own way have
I recompensed upon their heads,
saith the Lord Gop.
CHAPTER 23.
The parable of Aholah and
Aholibah.
i Res word of the LorD came
again unto me, Jsaying,
2 Son of man, there were two wo-
men, the daughters of one mother:
3 And they committed whore-
doms in Egypt; they committed
whoredoms in their youth: there
were their breasts pressed, and
there they bruised the teats of their
virginity.
4 And the names of them were
Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her
sister: and #they were mine, and
they bare sons and daughters.
Thus were their names; Samaria is
Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
5 And Aholah played the harlot
when she was mine; and she doted
on her lovers, on the Assyrians her
neighbours,
6 Which were clothed with blue,
captains and rulers, all of them de-
sirable young men, horsemen riding
upon horses.
7 Thus she committed her whore-
doms with them, with all them that
were the chosen men of Assyria,
and with all on whom she doted:
Mere all their idols she defiled her-
self.
8 Neither left she her whoredoms
brought from Egypt: for in her
youth they lay with her, and they
bruised the breasts of her virginity,
aoe poured their whoredom upon
er.
23 9]
_9 Wherefore I have delivered her
into the hand of her lovers, into the
hand of the ¢Assyrians, upon whom
she doted.
10 These discovered her naked-
ness: they took her sons and her
daughters, and slew her with the
sword: and she became famous
among women; for they had exe-
cuted judgment upon her.
11 And when her sister Aholibah
saw this, she was more corrupt in
her inordinate love than she, and
in her whoredoms more than her
sister in her whoredoms.
12 She doted upon the Assyrians
her neighbours, captains and rulers
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen
riding upon horses, all of them de-
sirable young men.
13 Then I saw that she was de-
filed, that they took both one way,
14 And that she increased her
whoredoms: for when she saw men
pourtrayed upon the wall, the im-
ages of the Chaldeans pourtrayed
with vermilion,
15 Girded with girdles upon their
loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon
their heads, all of them princes to
look to, after the manner of- the
Babylonians of Chaldea, the land
of their nativity:
16 >And as soon as she saw them
with her eyes, she doted upon them,
and sent messengers unto them into
_Chaldea.
17 And the Babylonians came to
her into the bed of love, and they|
defiled her with their whoredom,
and she was polluted with them,
and her mind was alienated from
them.
18 So she discovered her whore-
-doms, and discovered her naked-
ness: then ‘my mind was alienated
from her, like as my mind was
alienated from her sister.
19 Yet she multiplied her whore-
doms, in calling to remembrance
the days of her youth, wherein she
had played the harlot in the land
of Egypt. :
20 For she doted upon their para-
mours, whose flesh is as the flesh
of asses, and whose issue is like the
issue of horses.
21 Thus thou calliedst to remem-
brance the lewdness of thy youth
in bruising thy teats by the Egyp-|
tians for the paps of thy youth. |
22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus
3aith the Lord Gop; ¢Behold, I will
raise up thy lovers against thee,
from whom thy mind is alienated,
EZEKIEL.
a 2 Ki.17.3-6,
23; 18.9-11.
6 2 Ki.24.1.
c Jer.6.8.
d v.28; Ezk,
16.37.
e Jer.50.21.
f Ezk.16.39.
g Ezk.16.37-
hv.17.
zie, nations.
j Jer.25.15.
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and I will bring them against thee
on every side;
23 The Babylonians, and all the
Chaldeans, ‘Pekod, and Shoa, and
Koa, and all the Assyrians with
them: all of them desirable young
men, captains and rulers, great
lords and renowned, all of them
riding upon horses.
24 And.they shall come against
thee with chariots, wagons, and
wheels, and with an ‘assembly of
people, which shall set against thee
buckler and shield and helmet
round about: and I will set judg-
ment before them, and they shall
judge thee according to their judg-
ments.
25 And I will set my: jealousy
against thee, and they shall deal
furiously with thee: they Shall take
away thy nose and thine ears; and
thy remnant shall fall by the sword:
they shall take thy sons and thy
daughters; and thy residue shall
be devoured by the fire.
26 They shall also ‘strip thee out
of thy clothes, and take away thy
fair jewels.
27 Thus will I make thy lewdness
to cease from thee, and thy whore-
dom brought from the land of
Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift
up thine eyes unto them, nor re-
member Egypt any more.
28 For thus saith the Lord Gop;
Behold, I will deliver thee into the
hand of them whom thou hatest,
into the hand of them "from whom
thy mind is alienated:
29 And they shall deal with thee
hatefully, and shall take away all
thy labour, and shall Jeave thee
naked and bare: and the nakedness
of thy whoredoms shall be discov-
ered, both thy lewdness and thy
whoredoms.
30 I will do
thee, because
whoring after
because thou
their idols.
31 Thou hast walked in the way
of thy sister; therefore will I give
her Jcup into thine hand.
32 Thus saith the Lord Gop;
Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s
cup deep and large: thou shalt be
laughed to scorn and had in deri-
sion; it containeth much.
33 Thou shalt be filled with
drunkenness and sorrow, with the
cup of astonishment and desola-
tion, with the cup of thy sister
Samaria.
these things unto
thou hast gone a
the *heathen, and
art polluted with
23 34]
34 Thou shalt even ¢drink it and
suck it out, and thou shalt break
the sherds thereof, and pluck off
thine own breasts: for I have
spoken it, saith the Lord Gob.
35 Therefore thus saith the Lord
‘Gop; Because thou “hast forgotten
me, and cast me behind thy back,
therefore bear thou also thy lewd-
ness and thy whoredoms.
* 36 The Lorp said moreover unto
me; Son of man, wilt. thou judge
Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare
unto them their abominations;
_ 37 That they have committed
adultery, and blood is in their
hands, and with their idols have
they committed adultery, and have
also caused their sons, “whom they
bare unto me, to pass for them
through the fire, to devour them.
38 Moreover this they have done
unto me: they have defiled my}
sanctuary in the same day, and
have profaned my sabbaths.
39 For when they had slain their
children to their idols, then they
came the same day into my sanctu-
ary to profane it; and, lo, ¢thus
have they done in the midst of
mine house.
40 And furthermore, that ye have
sent for men to come from far, unto
whom a messenger was sent; and,
lo, they came: for whom thou didst
wash thyself, ‘paintedst thy eyes,
and deckedst thyself with orna-
ments,
41 And satest upon a stately bed,
and a table prepared before it,
whereupon thou hast set mine in-
cense and mine oil. ;
42. And a voice of a multitude be-
ing at ease was with her: and with
the men of the common sort were eneea
brought Sabeans from the wilder-| ets ‘io.
ness, which put bracelets upon their
hands, and beautiful crowns upon|™ Lev.17.13;
their heads, ies
43 Then said I unto her that
B.C. 593.
a Psa.75.8;
Isa.51.17.
6 Ezk.22.12;
Jer.2.32;
3.21; 13.25.
c Ezk.16.20.
21,36,45;
20.26,31.
d 2 Ki.21.4,
é 2 Ki.9.30;
Jer.4.30.
f Ezk.16.
18,19;
g Ezk.24.21;
2 Chr.36.
17,19.
h Deut.13.11;
2 Pet.2.6.
j Parables
(O.T:):
vs.3-6;
Ezk.31.3-14.
(Jud.9.7-15;
Zech.11.7-
14.)
kv.9; Ezk.
22.3; 23.37.
See 2 Sam.
was old in adulteries, Will they] v-6;
: : Nah.3.1;
now commit whoredoms with her,| yap'3'1).
and she with them?
44 Yet they went in unto her, as
they go in unto a woman that play-
€th the harlot: so went they in unto
Aholah and unto Aholibah, the
lewd women.
45 And the righteous men, they
shall judge them after the manner
of adulteresses, and after the man-
ner of women that shed blood; be-
cause they are adulteresses, and
blood is in their hands.
46 For thus saith the Lord Gop;
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EZEKIEL.
them, and will give them to be.
removed and spoiled.
47 And the company: shail stone
them with stones, and dispatch
them with their swords; sthey shall
slay their sons and their daugh-
ters, and burn up their houses with
fire.
48 Thus will I cause lewdness to
cease out of the land, “that all
women may be taught not to do
after your lewdness.
49 And they shall recompense
your lewdness upon you, and ye
shall bear the sins of your idols:
iice. January.
8.2; Joel 3.3;
and ye shall know that I am the
Lord Gop. ;
CHAPTER 24.
The parable of the boiling pot.
Awan in the ninth year, in the
?tenth month, in the tenth day
of the month, the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, write thee the name
of the day, even of this same day:
ithe king of Babylon set himself
against Jerusalem this same day.
3 And utter a jparable unto the
rebellious house, and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord Gop; Set
on a pot, set it on, and also pour
water into it:
4 Gather the pieces thereof into
it, even every good piece, the thigh,
and the shoulder; fill 7¢ with the
choice bones.
5 Take the choice of the flock, and
burn also the bones under it, and
make it boil well, and let them
seethe the bones of it therein.
6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; *Woe to the bloody city, to
the pot whose scum is therein, and
whose scum is not gone out of it!
bririg it out piece by piece; let no
‘ot fall upon it.
..7 For her blood is in the midst of
her; she set it upon the top of a
rock; “she poured it not upon the
ground, to cover it with dust:
8 That it might cause fury to
ceme up to take vengeance; I have -
set her blood upon the top of a rock,
that it should not be covered.
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; "Woe to the bloody city! I
will even make the pile for fire
great.
10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire,
consume the flesh, and spice it well,
and let the bones be burned.
(11 Then set it empty upon the
[24.11 :
I will bring up a company upon
24 12]
‘coals thereof, that the brass of it
may be hot, and may burn, and
that the filthiness of it may be
molten in it, that the scum of it
may be consumed.
12 She hath wearied herself
with lies, and her great scum went|
not forth out of her: her scum shall
be in the fire.
13 In thy filthiness is lewdness:
because I have purged thee, and
thou wast not purged, thou shalt
not be purged from thy filthiness
any more, @till I have caused my
fury to rest upon thee.
14 4I the Lorp have spoken it: it
shall come to pass, and I will do it;
I will not go back, neither will I
spare, neither will I ‘repent; ac-
cording to thy ways, and according
to thy doings, shall they judge thee,
saith the Lord Gop.
Ezekiel again made a sign to
Israel. (Cf. Ezk. 12. 11.)
15 Also the word of the LorD
came unto me, saying,
16 Son of man, behold, I take
away from thee the desire of thine
eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt
thou mourn nor weep, neither shall
thy tears run down.
17 Forbear to cry, make no
mourning for the dead, bind the
tire of thine head upon thee, and
¢put on thy shoes upon thy feet,
and cover not thy lips, and eat
not the bread of men.
18 So I spake unto the people in
the morning: and at even my wife
died; and I did in the morning as I
was commanded.
19 And the people said unto me,
eWilt. thou not tell us what these
things areto us, that thou doest so?
~ 20 Then I answered them, The)
word of the LoRD came unto me,
saying,
21 Speak unto the house of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord Gop; Behold,
I will profane my sanctuary, the
excellency of your strength, the de-|
sire of your eyes, and that which
your soul pitieth; and your sons
and your daughters whom ye have
left shall fall by the sword.
92 And ye shall do as I have done:
ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat
the bread of men.
23 And your tires shall be upon
your heads, and your shoes upon
your feet: ye shall not mourn nor
weep; fbut ye shall pine away for
your iniquities, and mourn one
toward another.
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 590.
a Ezk.5.13;
8.18; 16.42.
6b 1 Sam.15.29.
c Zech.8.14,
note.
d 2 Sam.15.30.
e Ezk.12.9;
37.18.
f Ezk.33.10;
Lev.26.39.
g Ezk.4.3;
12.6,11;
Isa.20.3.
h v.24.
¢ Ezk.21.28;
Jer.49.1;
Amos 1.13;
Zeph.2.9.
j Ezk.26.2;
Prov.17.5.
& Job 27.23;
Lam.2.15;
Zeph.2Z.15.
li.e. nations.
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24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a
sign: according to all that he hath
done shall ye do: and when this
cometh, ye shall know that I am
the Lord Gop.
25 Also, thou son of man, shall it
not be in the day when I take from
them their strength, the joy of their
glory, the desire of their eyes, and
that whereupon they set their
minds, their sons and their daugh-
ters,
26 That he that escapeth in that
day shall come unto thee, to cause
thee to hear it with thine ears?
27 In that day shall thy mouth be
opened to him which is escaped,
and thou shalt speak, and be no
more dumb: and /thou shalt be a
sign unto them; and they shall
know that I am the LorD.
CHAPTER 25.
The prophecy against the
monites.
HE word of the LorRD came
again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face ‘against
the Ammonites, and prophesy
against them;
3 And say unto the Ammonites,
Hear the word of the Lord Gop;
Thus saith the Lord Gop; /JBe-
cause thou saidst, Aha, against my
sanctuary, when it was profaned;
and against the land of Israel, when
it was desolate; and against the
house of Judah, when they went
into captivity;
4 Behold, therefore I will deliver
thee to the men of the east for a
possession, and they shall set their
palaces in thee, and make their
dwellings in thee: they shall eat
thy fruit, and they shall drink thy
milk.
5 And I will make Rabbah a sta-
ble for camels, and the Ammonites
a couchingplace for flocks: and ye
shall know that I am the Lorn.
6 For thus saith the Lord Gop;
kBecause thou hast clapped thine
hands, and stamped with the feet,
and rejoiced in heart with all thy
despite against the land of Is-
rael;
7 Behold, therefore I will stretch
out mine hand upon thee, and will
deliver thee for a spoil to the
theathen; and I will cut thee off
from the people, and I will cause
thee to perish out of the countries:
I will destroy thee; and thou shalt
know that I am the LorD.
25 8] _ EZEKIEL. [26 0
The coming judgment upon B.c. 590.__|rebukes; and they shall know that I
Moab. am the Lorp, when I shall lay my
i vengeance upon them.
8 !Thus saith the Lord Gop; Be-
cause that Moab and oes do ey, CHAPTER 26.
is like ‘ :
Behe ids ae prose : i The coming judgment upon
9 Therefore, behold, I will open Tyre.
the side of Moab from the cities, ND it came to pass in the elev
from his cities which are on his A enth year, in the first day of
frontiers, the glory of the country, ‘lthe month that the wordsof-the
Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and LorD came unto me, saying,
Rirathaim, : 2 Son of man, “because that Tyrus
10 Unto the men of the east with hath said against Jerusalem. Aha,
the Ammonites, and will give them she is broken that was the gates of
in possession, that the Ammonites thie ‘peoples sheds baledto hae:
may not be remembered among the T'ishall ‘be Besa nttiey 4. GW stints
nations. laid waste:
(ORE TES Oeinone luciana aie. nations. | 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Behold, I am against thee, Q
that I am the Lorp. > Bek-39-2;,. |Tyrus, and will cause many nations
The coming judgment upon Psa.137.7; ' |t0 come up against thee, as the sea
dom. Jer49780 causetby Bis waves h coms Ae ws
12 Thus ae — may sey ae Obato of Tyrus a break poe he
cause that “Edom hath de t agains oe ay wal 1 her dust
ere poliemot Judah, by, taking then Gees a tll aes tor careers een cron aa
geance, and hath greatly offended,| nore. te of a toeke :
sib ‘Therdore thus sal he Etel¢2 ewan. | FE Sha be @ place for the
. : Fi : spreading of nets in the midst o
Os I, will also strete) eres: ieee the sea: for I have spoken it, saith
hand upon Edom, sur etile “11| 47.4; the Lord Gop: and it shall become
Bane dette or heme mall hate sooth coe elon
make it deso ; Zech.9.2. : ;
‘ 6 And her daughters which are
they of Dedan shall fall by the in the field shall be “slain by the
sword, f Ezra 7.12; in C € sha Ate
14 And I will lay my vengeance Dan.2.37. ote nd they shall know that I
upon Edom by the hand of my peo- 7 For thus saith the Lord Gop:
ple Israel: and they shall do in ©; Se : ,
Edom according to mine anger and OE ee ae at BAe:
according to my fury; and they fa"\kihg of kings” from the none:
shall know my vengeance, saith See cS s ,
the Lord Gop with horses, and se chariots, o
with horsemen, and companies, an
mt ae ee Ela ge mee an weniy 1 ith th d
tlistia, e shall slay wit e€ swor
15 Thus saith the Lord Gop; Be- thy daughters in the field: and’ he
cause the ‘Philistines have dealt shall make a fort against thee, and
by revenge, and have taken ven- cast a mount against thee, and lift
geance with a despiteful heart, to up the buckler against thee.
destroy it for the old hatred; 9 audits a set ee of war
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord against thy walls, and with his axes
Gop; Behold, I will stretch out mine he shall break down thy towers.
hand upon the Philistines, and I will 10 By reason of the abundance of
cut off the Chetethims, and destroy his horses their dust shall cover
the remnant of the sea coast. thee: thy walls shall shake at the
17 And I will execute great ven- noise of the horsemen, and of the
geance upon them with furious wheels, and of the chariots, when
1 The prophecies upon Gentile powers (extending to Ezk. 32. 32) have doubt-
less had partial fulfilments of which history and the present condition of those
cities and countries bear witness, but the mention of the day of Jehovah (Ezk.
30. 3) makes it evident that a fulfilment in the final sense is still future. See “‘Day
of Jehovah” (Isa. 2. 10-22: Rey. 19.-21, note). Also “Armageddon” (Rev. 1614;
19. 17, note), Those countries are once more to be the battle-ground of the
nations,
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he shall enter into thy gates, as
men enter into a city wherein is
made a breach.
11 With the hoofs of his horses
shall he tread down all thy streets:
he shall slay thy people by the
sword, and thy strong garrisons
shall go down to the ground.
12 And they shall make a spoil of
thy riches, and make a prey of thy
merchandise: and they shall break
down thy walls, and destroy thy
pleasant houses: and they shall lay
thy stones and thy timber and thy
dust in the midst of the water.
13 2And I will cause the noise of
thy songs to cease; and the sound of
thy harps shall be no more heard.
14 And I will make thee like the
top of a rock: thou shalt be a place
to spread nets upon; thou shalt be
built no more: for I the LorD have
spoken it, saith the Lord Gop.
15 Thus saith the Lord Gop to
Tyrus; Shall not the “isles shake at
the sound of thy fall, when the
wounded cry, when the slaughter
is made in the midst of thee?
16 Then all the “princes of the sea
shall come down from their thrones,
and lay away their robes, and put
off their broidered garments: they
shall clothe themselves with trem-
bling; they shall sit upon the
ground, and 4shall tremble at every
moment, and ¢be astonished at thee.
17 And they shall take up a
lamentation for thee, and say to
thee, How art thou destroyed, that
wast inhabited of. seafaring men,
the renowned city, which wast
strong in the sea, she and her in-
habitants, which cause their terror
to be on all that haunt it!
18 Now shall the.%isles tremble in
the day of thy fall; yea, the isles
that are in the sea shall be troubled
at thy departure.
19 For thus saith the Lord Gop;
When I shall make thee a desolate
city, like the cities that are not in-
habited; when I shall bring up the
deep upon thee, and great waters
shall cover thee;
20 When I shall bring thee down
fwith them that descend into the
pit, with the people of old time, and
shall Set thee in the low parts of the
earth, in places desolate of old, with
them that go down to the pit, that
thou be not inhabited; and I shall
set glory in the land of the liv-
ing;
21 I will make thee a terror, and
thou shalt be no more: ‘though
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 588.
@ Isa.14.11;
24.8; Jer.7.
34; 16.9;
25.10.
b i.e. coasts.
¢ Isa.23.8.
d Ezk.32.10.
e Ezk.27.35.
fF Ezk.32.18,24.
g Psa.37.36.
hk Ezk.28.2.
# Ezk.28.12.
j Psa.83.7.
k Ezk.30.5;
8.5;
Jer.46.9.
1 Gen.10.4;
2 Chr.20.36.
m Ezk.38.6;
Gen.10.3.
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thou be sought for, yet shalt thou
never be found again, saith the
Lord Gop.
CHAPTER 27.
The lamentation for Tyre.
(Cf. Rev. 18. 1-24.)
HE word of the LorpD came
again unto me, saying,
2 Now, thou son of man, take up
a lamentation for Tyrus;
3 And say unto Tyrus, “O thou
that art situate at the entry of the
sea, which art a merchant of the
people for many isles, Thus saith
the Lord Gop; O Tyrus, thou hast
said, ‘I am of perfect beauty.
4 Thy borders are in the midst of
the seas, thy builders have per-
fected thy beauty.
5 They have made ali thy ship
boards of fir trees of Senir: they
have taken cedars from Lebanon to
make masts for thee.
6 Of the oaks of Bashan have
they made thine oars; the company
of the Ashurites have made thy
benches of ivory, brought out of
the Yisles of Chittim.
7 Fine linen with broidered work
from Egypt was that which thou
spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue
and purple from the isles of Elishah
was that which covered thee.
8 The inhabitants of Zidon and
Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise
men, O Tyrus, that were in thee,
were thy pilots. ;
9 The ancients of JGebal and the
wise men thereof were in thee thy
calkers: all the ships of the sea with
their mariners were in thee to oc-
cupy thy merchandise.
10 They of Persia and of Lud and
of *Phut were in thine army, thy
men of war: they hanged the shield
and helmet in thee; they set forth
thy comeliness.
11 The men of Arvad with thine
army were upon thy walls round
about, and the Gammadims were in
thy towers: they hanged their
shields upon thy walls round about;
they have made thy beauty perfect.
12 /Tarshish was thy merchant
by reason of the multitude of all
kind of riches; with silver, iron,
tin, and lead, they traded in thy
fairs.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech,
they were thy merchants: they
traded the persons of men and ves-
sels of brass in thy market.
' 14 They of the house of ”Togar-
27 15] EZEKIEL. [28 5
mah traded in thy fairs with horses
and horsemen and mules.
15 The men of *Dedan were thy
merchants; many Visles were the
merchandise of thine hand: they
brought thee for a present horns of
ivory and ebony.
16 Syria was thy merchant by
reason of the multitude of the wares
of thy making: they occupied in thy
fairs with emeralds, purple, and
broidered work, and fine linen, and
coral, and agate.
Minnith. and Pannag, and honey,
and oil, and balm.
18 Damascus was thy merchant
in the multitude of the wares of thy
making, for the multitude of all
riches; in the wine of Helbon, and
white wool.
19 Dan also and Javan going to
and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright], Gen.10.7.
iron, cassia, and calamus, were in
thy market. b i.e. coasts.
20 Dedan was thy merchant in|, xi5.9.11;
precious clothes for chariots. Ezra 3.7
21 Arabia, and all the princes of| Acts 12.20.
Kedar, they occupied with thee in a Gernitar
lambs, and rams, and goats: in} 2Ki.1912.
these were they thy merchants.
22 The merchants of Sheba and| ° @e-25-3-
Raamah, they were thy merchants:] / Rev.18.18.
they occupied in thy fairs with chief
of all spices, and with all precious|*
stones, and gold. h Bzk.27.3,4;
23 4Haran,andCanneh,andEden,| 2 Thes.2:
the merchants of ‘Sheba, Asshur,| 3-12
and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
24 These were thy merchants in
all sorts of things, in blue clothes,
and broidered work, and in chests
of rich apparel, bound with cords,
and made of cedar, among thy mer-
chandise.
25 The ships of Tarshish did sing
of thee in thy market: and thou
wast replenished, and made very
glorious in the midst of the seas.
_26 Thy rowers have brought thee
into great waters: the east wind
hath broken thee in the midst of
the seas.
27 Thy Tiches, and thy fairs, thy
merchandise, thy mariners, and thy
pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers
of thy merchandise, and all thy men
of war, that are in thee, and in all
thy company which js in the midst
of thee, shall fall into the midst of
the seas in the day of thy ruin.
28 The suburbs shall shake at the
sound of the cry of thy pilots.
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29 And all that handle the oar,
the mariners, and all the pilots of —
the sea, shall come down from their |
ships, they shall stand upon the
land;
30 And shall cause their voice to
be heard against thee, and shall cry
bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon
their heads, they shall wallow them-
selves in the ashes:
31 And they shall make them-
selves utterly bald for thee, and
gird them with sackcloth, and they
shall weep for thee with bitterness
of heart and bitter wailing.
32 And in their wailing they shall
take up a lamentation for thee, and.
lament over thee, saying, fWhat
city is like Tyrus, like the de-
stroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When thy wares went forth
out of the seas, thou filledst many
people; thou didst enrich the kings
of the earth with the multitude —
oe thy riches and of thy merchan-
se.
34 In the time when thou shalt
be broken by the seas in the depths
of the waters thy merchandise and
all thy company in the midst of thee
shall fall.
35 All the inhabitants of the Pisles
shall be astonished at thee, and
their kings shall be sore afiaid,
they shall be troubled in their
countenance.
36 The merchants among the peo-
ple shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be
a terror, and never shalt be any
more.
CHAPTER 28.
The rebuke of the king of Tyre.
APHE word of the Lorp came
again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, say unto the prince
of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord Gop;
sBecause thine
ou hast f
tanding tho as
ti thou increased
riches, and thine heart is lifted up
because of ches:
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6 ith the Lord
; *Becaus: ou hast set thine
7 Beho erefore I will bring
-strangers upon thee, the terrible of
the nations: at they shall draw
their swords against the beauty of
thy wisdom, and they shall defile
and they.
Bes brightness.
8 They shall bring thee down to
rin;
thou shalt die the
d that are slain in
the midst of the seas.
ilt thou yet say before him|? The Beast.
that slaveth thee, I am God? but
thou shalt be a man, and no God,
in the hand of him that slayeth
thee.
10 Thou shalt die the deaths of
the uncircumcised by the hand of
strangers: for I have spoken it,
saith the Lord Gop.
11 Moreover the word of the
Lorp came unto me, saying,
12 Son of man, take up a lamen-
tation upon the king of Tyrus, and
say unto him, Thus saith the Lord
Gop; !Thou “sealest up the sum,
full of wisdom, and “perfect in
(Dan.7.8;
Rev.19.20.)
6 Ezk.27.3;
28.2.
c Satan.
vs.12-15;
Zech.3.1,2.
(Gen:3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
d See v.16.
Ex.25.20.
e Ezk.26.21;
27.36.
f Ezk.39.13;
beauty. «14.417.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the Belated
garden of God; every precious stone] 22k-38.22.
was thy covering, the sardius,|; num.33.55;
topaz, and the diamond, the beryl,| Josh.23.13.
the onyx, and the jasper, the sap-| 2.43.17;
phire, the emerald, and the car-|’ 99.41; 34.13;
buncle, and gold: the workmanship 37-215 Isa.
of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was
prepared in thee in the day that
thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed ¢cherub
that covereth; and I have set thee
so: thou wast upon the holy moun-
tain of God; thou hast walked up
and down in the midst of the stones
of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways
from the day that thou wast cre-
ated, till iniquity was found in
thee.
16 By the multitude of thy mer-
chandise they have filled the midst
of thee with violence, and thou hast
sinned: therefore I will cast thee as
profane out of the mountain of God:
and I will destroy thee, O covering
jie. nations.
k Ezk.36.28;
Jer.23.6.
1 Here (vs. 12-15), as in Isa.
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 588.
[28 26
cherub, from the midst of the stones
of fire. :
17 Thine heart was lifted up be-
cause of thy beauty, thou hast cor-
rupted thy wisdom by reason of thy
brightness: I will cast thee to the
ground, I will lay thee before kings,
that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctu-
aries by the multitude of thine ini-
quities, by the iniquity of thy traf-
fick; therefore will I bring forth a
fire from the midst of thee, it shall
devour thee, and I will bring thee to
ashes upon the earth in the sight of
all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among
the people shall be astonished at -
thee: «thou shalt be a terror, and
never shalt thou be any more,
The judgment of Zidon.
20 Again the word of the Lorp
jcame unto me, saying,
21 Son of man, set thy face against
Zidon, and prophesy against it,
22 And say, Thus saith the Lord
Gop; /Behold, I am against thee, O
Zidon; and I will be glorified in the
midst of thee: and they shall know
that I am the LorbD, when I shall
have executed judgments in her,
and shall be sanctified in her.
23 &For I will send into her pesti-
lence, and blood into her streets;
and the wounded shall be judged
in the midst of her by the sword
upon her on every side; and they
shall know that I am the LORD.
24 And there shall be no more “a
pricking brier unto the house of
Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all
that are round about. them, that
despised them; and they shall know
that I am the Lord Gop.
The future regatheriné of Israel.
25 Thus saith the Lord Gop;
When I shall have ‘gathered the
house of Israel from the people
among whom they are scattered,
and shall be sanctified in them in
the sight of the Jheathen, then shall
they dwell in their land that I have
given to my servant Jacob.
26 And they shall “dwell safely
14. 12, the language goes beyond the king of Tyre
to Satan, inspirer and unseen ruler of all such pomp and pride as that of Tyre.
Instances of thus indirectly addressing Satan are: |
unfallen state of Satan is here described; his fall in Isa. 14, 12-14.
The vision is not of Satan in his own person, but
10, note.) But there is more.
re: Gen. 3. 14, 15; Mt. 16. 23.
The
(See Rev. 20.
of Satan fulfilling himself in and through an earthly king who arrogates to himself
divine honours, so that the prince of Tyrus foreshadows the Beast (Dan. 7. 8; Rev.
19. 20). ES
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therein, and shall build houses, and
plant vineyards; yea, they shall
dwell with confidence, when I have
executed judgments upon all those
that despise them round about
them; and they shall know that I
am the Lorp their God.
CHAPTER 29.
The prophecy against Egypt.
i hy the tenth year, in the ¢tenth
month, in the twelfth day of the
month, the word of the LorpD came
unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against
Pharaoh kingofEgypt, and prophesy
against him, and against all Egypt:
3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the
Lord Gop; *Behold, I am against
thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the
great ‘dragon that lieth in the
midst of his rivers, which hath
said, My river is mine own, and I
have made it for myself.
4 But 4I will put hooks in thy
jaws, and I will cause the fish of
thy rivers to stick unto thy scales,
and I will bring thee up out of the
midst of thy rivers, and all the fish
of thy rivers shall stick unto thy
scales.
5 And I will leave thee thrown
into the wilderness, thee and all
the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt
fall upon the open fields; thou
shalt not be brought together, ‘nor
gathered: I have given thee for
meat to the beasts of the field and
to the fowls of the heaven.
6 And all the inhabitants of
Egypt shall know that I am the
Lorp, because they have been fa
staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they took hold of thee by
thy hand, thou didst break, and
rend all their shoulder: and when
they leaned upon thee, thou brak-
est, and madest all their loins to be
at a stand.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Behold, I will bring a sword
upon thee, and cut off man and
beast out of thee.
9 And the land of Egypt shall be
desolate and waste; and they shall
know that I am the Lorp: because
he hath said, The river is mine,
and I have made if.
10 Behold, therefore I am against
thee, and against thy rivers, and I
will make the land of Egypt utterly
waste and desolate, éfrom the tower
of Syene even unto the border of
Ethiopia.
EZEKIEL.
ai.e. January.
6 v.10;
Ezk.28.22;
Jer.44.30.
c Ezk.32.2;
Psa.74.13,14;
Isa.27.1;
51.9.
d Ezk.38.4;
Isa.37.29.
é Jer.8.2;
16.4; 25.33.
f 2 Ki.18.21;
Isa.36.6.
g Or, from
Migdol to
Syene.
Ex.14.2;
Jer.44.1.
hi.e. April.
# Ezk.26.7,8;
Jer.27.6.
J Psa.132.17.
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11 No foot of man shall pass
through it, nor foot of beast shall
pass through it, neither shall it be
inhabited forty years.
12 And I will make the land of
Egypt desolate in the midst of the
countries that are desolate, and her
cities among the cities that are laid
waste shall be desolate forty years:
and I will scatter the Egyptians
among the nations, and will dis-
perse them through the countries.
13 Yet thus saith the Lord Gop;
At the end of forty years will I
gather the Egyptians from the peo-
ple whither they were scattered:
14 And I will bring again the
captivity of Egypt, and will cause
them to return into the land of
Pathros, into the land of their habi-
tation; and they shall be there a
base kingdom. ~
15 It shall be the basest of the
kingdoms; neither shall it exalt
itself any more above the nations:
for I will diminish them, that they
Shall no more rule over the na-
tions.
16 And it shail be no more the
confidence of the house of Israel,
which bringeth their iniquity to re-
membrance, when they shall look
after them: but they shall know
that I am the Lord Gop.
17 And it came to pass in the
seven and twentieth year, in the
‘first month, in the first day of the
month, the word of the LorD came
unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, *Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon caused his army to
setve a great service against Ty-
Tus: every head was made bald,
and every shoulder was peeled: yet
had he no wages, nor his army, for
Tyrus, for the service that he had
served against it:
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gon; Behold, I will give the land of
Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king
of Babylon; and he shall take her
multitude, and take her spoil, and
take her prey; and it shall be the
wages for his army.
20 I have given him the land of
Egypt for his labour wherewith he
served against it, because they
wrought for me, saith the Lord
Gop. :
21 In that day Jwill I cause the
horn of the house of Israel to bud
forth, and I will give thee the open-
ing of the mouth in the midst of
them; and they shall know that I
am the Lorp.
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CHAPTER 30.
Egypt in the day of Jehovah.
HE word of the Lorp came
again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy and say,
Thus saith the Lord Gop; Howl ye,
Woe worth the day!
3 For “the day is near, even the
bday of the LorD is near, a cloudy
day; it shall be the time of the
cheathen.
4 And the sword shall come upon
Egypt, and great pain shall be in
Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall
in Egypt, and they shall take away
her multitude, and her foundations
shall be broken down.
5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia,| Joel 2.1;
and all the mingled people, and) Zeph-1.7.
Chub, and the men of the land that], pay (of
is in league, shall fall with them by
the sword.
6 Thus saith the LorD; They also
that uphold Egypt shall fall; and
the pride of her power shall come
down: from the tower of Syene
shall they fall in it by the sword,]d Ezk.29.12.
saith the Lord Gop.
7 And ¢they shall be desolate in Bi So Eee
the midst of the countries that are| f Isa.19.1;
desolate, and her cities shall be in} Jer-43-12;
the midst of the cities that are psec
wasted. {
8 And they shall know that I am|s 2ech.10.11.
the Lorpb, when I have set a fire in], po499.14.
Egypt, and when all her helpers
shall be destroyed. i Jer.2.16.
9 In that day shall messengers 20] ;j.¢. April.
forth from me in ships to make the
careless Ethiopians afraid, and great|* v-26; Ezk.
pain shall come upon them, as in ee
the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. | / Psa.9.16.
10 Thus saith the Lord Gop; I
will also make the multitude of
Egypt to cease by the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him,
the terrible of the nations, shall be
brought to destroy the land: and
they shall draw their swords
against Egypt, and fill the land
with the slain.
12 ¢And I will make the rivers
dry, and sell the land into the hand
of the wicked: and I will make the
land waste, and all that is therein,
by the hand of strangers: I the
Lorp have spoken it. |
13 Thus saith the Lord Gop; I
will also ‘destroy the idols, and I
will cause their images to cease out
of Noph; and &there shall be no
more a prince of the land of Egypt:!
a Ezk.7.7,12;
Joel 1.15.
Rev.19.
11-21.)
873
“*
EZEKIEL.
(Isa.2.10-22;
ci.e. nations.
[30 26
and I will put a fear in the land of
Egypt.
14 And I will make “Pathros deso-
late, and will set fire in Zoan, and
will execute judgments in No.
15 And I will pour my fury upon
Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I
will cut off the multitude of No.
16 And I will set fire in Egypt:
Sin shall have great pain, and No.
shall be rent asunder, and Noph
shall have distresses daily.
17 The young men of Aven and of
Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword;
and these cities shall go into cap-
tivity. _ 4
18 At *Tehaphnehes also the day
shall be darkened, when I shall
break there the yokes of Egypt:
and the pomp of her strength shall
cease in her: as for her, a cloud
shall cover her, and her daughters
shall go into captivity.
19 Thus will I execute judgments
in Egypt: and they shall know that
I am the LorpD.
Jehovah against Pharaoh in the
war with Babylon.
20 And it came to pass in the
eleventh year, in the /first month,
in the seventh day of the month,
that the word of the LORD came
unto me, saying,
21 Son of man, I have broken the
arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt;
and, lo, it shall not be bound up to
be healed, to put a roller to bind
it, to make it strong to hold the
sword.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Behold, I am against Pha-
raoh king of Egypt, and will break
his arms, the strong, and that which
was broken; and I will cause the
sword to fall out of his hand.
23 *And I will scatter the Egvn-
tians among the nations, and will
disperse them through the coun-
tries.
24 And I will strengthen the arms
of the king of Babylon, and put my
sword in his hand: but I will break
Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan
before him with the groanings of a
deadly wounded man.
25 But I will strengthen the arms
of the king of Babylon, and the
arms of Pharaoh shall fall down;
and /they shall know that I am the
Lorpb, when I shall put my sword
into the hand of the king of Baby-
lon, and he shall stretch it out upon
the land of Egypt.
96 And I will scatter the Egyp-
31 1]
EZEKIEL.
tians among the nations, and dis-| B.C. 588. 12 And strangers, the terrible of
perse them among the countries;
and they shall know that I am the
Lorp.
CHAPTER 31.
The prophecy against Pharaoh.
Ake it carne to pass in the
eleventh year, in the “third
month, in the first day of the
month, that the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and to his multitude;
Whom art thou like in thy great-
ess?
3 4Behold, the Assyrian was a
Ccedar in Lebanon with fair
branches, and with a shadowing
shroud, and of an high stature; and
his top was among the thick
boughs. L
4 @The waters made him great,
the deep set him up on high with
her rivers running round about his
plants, and sent out her little rivers
unto all the trees of the field.
5 Therefore his height was ex-
alted above all the trees of the field,
and his boughs were multiplied, and
his branches became long because
of the multitude of waters, when he
shot forth.
6 All the fowls of heaven made
their nests in his boughs, and under
his branches did all the beasts of
the field bring forth their young,
and under his shadow dwelt all
great nations.
Thus was he fair in his great-
ness, in the length of his branches:],
for his root was by great waters.
8 The cedars in the ‘garden of
God could not hide him: the fir
trees were not like his boughs, and
the chesnut trees were not like his
branches; nor any tree in the gar-
den of God was like unto him in his
beauty.
9 I have made him fair by the
multitude of his branches: so that
all the trees of Eden, that were in
the garden of God, envied him.
10 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Because thou hast lifted up
thyself in height, and he hath shot
up his top among the thick boughs,
and his heart is lifted up in his
height;
_11 I have therefore delivered him
into the hand of the mighty one of
the ‘heathen; he shall surely deal
with him: I have driven him out
for his wickedness,
aie. June.
b Parables
37.1-14.
(Jud.9.7-15;
Zech.1i.
7-14.)
¢ Ezk.17.23,
24; Dan.¢.
4-37; Rev.
715
@. Jer.51.36.
e Ezk.28.13;
fie. nations.
g Ezk.32.4;
Isa.18.6.
h Ezk.32.18.
i Heb. Sheol.
See Hab.2.5,
note.
j Isa.14.15.
k Ezk.32.31.
7 Ezk.28.10;
32.19,21,24,
mi.e. March;
also v.17,
874
the nations, have cut him off, and
and in all the valleys his branches
are fallen, and his boughs are
broken by all the rivers of the Jand;
and all the people of the earth are
gone down from his shadow, and
thave left him.
13 sUpon his ruin shall all the
the beasts of the field shall be upon
his branches:
14 To the end that none of all the
trees by the waters exalt themselves
for their height, neither shoot up
their top among the thick boughs,
neither their trees stand up in their
jheight, all that drink water: for
they are all delivered unto death,
|4to the nether parts of the earth, in
ithe midst of the children of men,
with them that go down to the pit.
15. Thus saith the Lord Gop; In
the day when he went down to the
?grave I caused a mourning: I cov-
ered the deep for him, and I re-
strained the floods thereof, and the
great waters were stayed: and I
caused Lebanon to mourn for him,
and all the trees of the field fainted
for him.
16 I made the nations to shake at
the sound of his fall, when I Jcast
him down to thell with them that
descend into the pit: and all the
trees of Eden, the choice and best of
Lebanon, all that drink water,
kshall be comforted in the nether
parts of the earth.
17 They also went down into heil
with him unto them that be slain
with the sword; and they that
were his arm, that dwelt under his
shadow in the midst of the Sheathen.
18 To whom art thou thus like in
glory and in greatness among the
trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be
brought down with the trees of
Eden unto the nether parts of the
earth: /thou shalt lie in the midst
of the uncircumcised with them
that be slain by the sword. This
is Pharaoh and all his multitude,
saith the Lord Gop,
CHAPTER 32.
The lamentation for Pharaoh.
ANP it came to pass in the
twelfth year, in the twelfth
month, in the first day of the
month, that the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
fowls of the heaven remain, and all.
pan
have left him: upon the mountains ©
132 2]
2 Son of man, take up a lamenta-
tion for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
say unto him, Thou art like a young
lion of the nations, and thou art as
a whale in the seas: and thou cam-
est forth with thy rivers, and trou-
bledst the waters with thy feet, and
fouledst their rivers.
3 Thus saith the Lord Gop; I will
therefore spread out my net over
thee with a company of many peo-
ple; and they shall bring thee up in
my net.
4 Then will I leave thee upon the
land, I will cast thee forth upon
the open field, and will cause all
the fowls of the heaven to remain
upon thee, and I will fill the beasts
of the whole earth with thee.
5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the
mountains, and fill the valleys with
thy height.
6 I will also water with thy blood
the land wherein thou swimmest,| 31°. 4.
even to the mountains; and the] wre4.20°
rivers shall be full of thee. |
7 And when I 'shall put thee out,
bJ will cover the heaven, and make
the stars thereof dark; I will cover
the sun with a cloud, and the moon|¢ ¥-2
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven
will I make dark over thee, and set
darkness upon thy land, saith the
Lord Gop. f v.27; Isa.1.
9 I will also vex the hearts of| 31; 14-910.
many people, when I shall bring}, y.27. Heb.
a Ezk.29.5.
6 Isa.13.10;
c Ezk.30.4;
Jer.46.26.
thy destruction among the nations,| Sheol. See
into the countries which thou hast Hab rs ,
not known.
10 Yea, I will make many people] Isa.14.15.
amazed at thee, and their kings}. naae
Shall be horribly afraid for thee,|‘J*49%*
--when I shall brandish my sword
before them; and they shall tremble
at every moment, every man for
his own life, in the day of thy fall.
11 For ‘thus saith the Lord Gop;
The sword of the king of Babylon
shall come upon thee.
12 By the swords of the mighty
will I cause thy multitude to fall,
the terrible of the nations, all of
them: and they shall spoil the
pomp of Egypt, and all the multi-
tude thereof shall be destroyed.
13 I will destroy also all the beasts
thereof from beside the great
waters; neither shall the foot of
man trouble them any more, nor
the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
14 Then will I make their waters
deep, and cause their rivers to run
like oil, saith the Lord Gop.
15 When I shall make the land of :
87
EZEKIEL.
Rev.6.12,13.
2 Chr.35.25.
e Ezk.31.2,18.
[32 25
Egypt desolate, and the country
shall be destitute of that whereof it
was full, when I shall smite all
them that dwell therein, then shall
they know that I am the Lorb.
16 ¢This is. the lamentation
wherewith they shall lament her:
the daughters of the nations shall
lament her: they shall lament. for
her, even for Egypt, and for all her
multitude, saith the Lord Gop.
Lamentation for Egypt.
17 It came to pass also in the
twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of
the month, that the word of the
LorD came unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, wail for the multi-
|tude of Egypt, and cast them down,
even her, and the daughters of the
famous nations, unto the nether
parts of the earth, with them that
go down into the pit.
19 ‘Whom dost thou pass im
beauty? go down, and be thou laid
with the uncircumcised.
20 They shall fall in the midst of
them that are slain by the sword:
she is delivered to the sword: draw
her and all her multitudes.
21 fThe strong among the mighty.
shall speak to him out of the midst
of Shell with them that help him:
they are gone down, they lie uncir-
cumcised, slain by the sword.
22 Asshur is there and all her
company: his graves are about him:
all of them slain, fallen by the
sword:
23 "Whose graves are set in the
sides of the pit, and her company is
round about her grave: all of them
slain, fallen by the sword, which
caused terror in the land of the
living. ‘
24 There is *Elam and all her
multitude round about her grave,
all of them slain, fallen by the
sword, which are gone down uncir-
cumcised into the nether parts of
the earth, which caused their terror
in the land of the living; yet have
they borne their shame with them
that go down to the pit.
| 25 They have set her a bed in the
midst of the slain with all her mul-
titude: her graves are round about
him: all of them uncircumcised,
slain by the sword: though their
terror was caused in the land of the
living, yet have they borne their
shame with them that go down to
the pit: he is put in the midst of
them that be slain.
as
.
- circumcised, which are gone down
32 26]
26 There 1s 2Meshech, Tubal, and
all her multitude: her graves are
round about him. ‘all of them un-
circumcised, slain by the sword,
though they caused their terror in
the land of the living. :
27 And they shall not lie with the
mighty that are fallen of the un-
to hell with their weapons of war:
and they have laid their swords
under their heads, but their in-
iquities shall be upon their bones,
though they were the terror of the
mighty in the land of the living.
28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in
the midst of the uncircumcised, and
shalt lie with them that are slain
with the sword.
29 There is “Edom, her kings, and
all her princes, which with their|® Ezk.25.12.
might are laid by them that were cEzk.38.6,
slain by the sword: they shall lie} 15; 39.2.
with the uncircumcised, and with ad eek 3016
them that go down to the pit. ry
30 “There be the princes of the|e2Sam.18._
north, all of them, and all the Rice ahs
Zidonians, which ‘are gone down| 9/3/° #*
with the slain; with their terror
they are ashamed of their might;|Ezk.3.17.
and they lie uncircumcised with 2 The nation
them that be slain by the sword,| having failed
and bear their shame with them Aipoeibe
that go down to the pit. ity the ap-
31 Pharaoh shall see them, and} peal is now
shall be 4¢comforted over all his Bo au eee
multitude, even Pharaoh and all his Tae se.
army slain by the sword, saith the
Lord Gop. h Ezk.18.23,
32 For I have caused my terror in| 74°14 52Bet,
the land of the living: and he shall] 3.9.
be laid in the midst of the uncir-| . Eekt83i
cumcised with them that are slain| * =7*-18-31-
with the sword, even Pharaoh and j Ezk.3.20;
a his multitude, saith the Lord] 18.24,26,27.
OD.
a Ezk.27.13;
38.2; Gen.
10.2.
k Ezk.3.20;
18.24,
CHAPTER 33.
Ethical instructions for the
captivity.
ASAIN the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak to the chil-
dren of chy people, and say unto
them, When I bring the sword upon
a land, if the people of the land take
a man of their coasts, and set him
for their «watchman:
3 Ifwhen he seeth the sword come!
upon the land, he blow the trumpet,
and warn the people;
4 Then fwhosoever heareth the
sound of the trumpet, and taketh
not warning; if the sword come,
876
EZEKIEL.
and take him away, his blood shail
be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trum-
pet, and took not warning; his blood
shall be upon him. But he that
taketh warning shall deliver his
soul.
6 But if the watchman see the
sword come, and blow not the trum-
pet, and the people be not warned;
if the sword come, and take any
person from among them, he is
taken away in his iniquity; but his
blood will I require at the watch-
man’s hand.
7 &So thou, O son of man, I have
set thee a watchman unto the house
of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear
the word at my mouth, and warn
them from me.
8 When I say unto the wicked, O
wicked man, thou shalt surely die;
if thou dost not speak to warn the
wicked from his way, that wicked
man Shall die in his iniquity; but
his blood will I require at thine
hand.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the
wicked of his way to turn from it;
if he do not turn from his way, he
shall die in his iniquity; but thou
hast delivered thy soul.
10 Therefore, O thou son of man,
speak unto the house of Israel :
Thus ye speak, saying, If our trans-.
gressions and our sins be upon us,
and we pine away in them, how
should we then live?
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith
the Lord Gop, “I have no pleasure
in the death of the wicked; but that
the wicked turn from his way and
live: turn ye, turn ye from your
evil ways; for ‘why will ye die, O
house of Israel?
12 Therefore, thou son of man,
say unto the children of thy people,
The Jrighteousness of the righteous
shall not deliver him in the day of
his transgression: as for the wick-
edness of the wicked, he shall not
fall thereby in the day that he
turneth from his wickedness :
neither shall the righteous be able
to live for his righteousness in the
day that he sinneth.
13. When I shall say to the right-
cous, that he shall surely live; ‘if
he trust to his own righteousness,
ana commit iniquity, all his right-
cousnesses shall not be remembered:
but for his iniquity that he hath
committed, he shall die for it.
14 Again, when I say unto the
‘wicked. Thou shalt surely die; if
7.
: 1
33 15] EZEKIEL. [34 3
equal: but as for them, their way
is not equal. : g
18 When the righteous turneth
from his righteousness, and com-
he turn from his sin, and do that
which is lawful and right;
15 If the wicked restore the
pledge, give again that he had
robbed, walk in the statutes of life,|*#k18.7. | mitteth iniquity, he shall even die
without committing iniquity; he|,px2214; |thereby.
shall surely live, he shall not die. Lev.6.2,4,5; | 19 Butifthe wicked turn from his
16 None of his sins that he hath ao wickedness, and do that which
committed shall be mentioned unto] “19%: jis lawful and right, he shall live
him: he hath done that which is|cv.17;Ezk. |thereby.
lawful and right; he shall surely| 18-25,29. 20 Yet ye say, ‘The way of the
ive. j Lord is not equal. O ye house of
17 Yet the children of thy people Israel, I will judge you every one
say, The way of the Lord is not
after his ways.
Ie hichg tie eI ran oats ieiae ell be pe ee a ee tS
PART V. GENERAL THEME: THE FUTURE KINGDOM OF THE SON
OF DAVID: CHAPTERS 33. 21-36. 38.
21 And it came to pass in the 29 Then shall they know that I
twelfth year of our captivity, in the am the Lorpb, when I have laid the
étenth month, in the fifth day of land most desolate because of all
the month, that one that had es- their abominations which they have
caped out of Jerusalem came unto committed.
me, saying, The city is smitten. 30 Also, thou son of man, the
22 Now the hand of the LORD children of thy people still are talk-
was upon me in the evening, afore ing against thee by the walls and
he that was escaped came; and had in the doors of the houses, and
opened my mouth, until he came to] . speak one to another, every one to
me in the morning; and my mouth|¢i-e- January. |his brother, saying, Come, I pray
was opened, and I was no more} Jca.51.2; you, and hear what is the word
dumb. Acts 7.5. that cometh forth from the LORD.
, is 31 And they come unto thee as.
Hearers of the word, but not |fMic311; the people cometh, and /they sit
Mt.3.9;
doers. John 8.39. |before thee as my people, and they
23 Then the word of the LorD| .43,3, |hear thy words, but they will not
came unto me, saying, ; _ |? 38; Jer44.2, |do them: ‘for with their mouth
24 Son of man, they that inhabit| 6,22. they seers love, but their
ae Wes Ste nee es reel wees pat goeth after their covetous-
and he inherited the land: fbut we] i Psa.78.36, 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as
are many; the land is given us for| 32: 189-29. [a very lovely song of one that hath
inheritance. ; a pleasant voice, and can play well
__ 25 Wherefore say unto them,|j1Sam.3.20. |on an instrument: for they hear
Thus saith the Lord Gop; Ye eat), . os, thy words, but they do them not.
with the blood, and lift up your 33 jAnd when this cometh to
eyes toward your idols, and shed)? Jer.23.1; pass, (lo, it will come,) then ‘shall
blood: and shali ye possess the} 2ch-11.17. they know that a prophet hath been
pode 5 " misa.s6.11; |among them.
26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye} Zech.11.16.
work abomination, and ye defile] | 433.25 CHAPTER 34.
every one his neighbour’s wife: and)” 26: Mic.3.1- | Message to the faithless shep-
shall ye possess the land? 3; Zech.11.5.
27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus herds of Israel.
saith the Lord Gop; As I live, ANE the word of the LorD came
unto me, saying,
surely they that are in the wastes
shall fall by the sword, and him 2 Son of man, prophesy against
that is in the open field will I give the shepherds of Israel, prophesy,
to the beasts to be devoured, and and say unto them, Thus saith the
they that be in the forts and in the Lord Gop unto the shepherds;
caves shall die of the pestilence. lWoe be to the shepherds of Israel
28 &For I will lay the land most that do feed themselves! should not
the shepherds feed the flocks?
3 mYe eat the fat, and ye clothe .
you with the wool, ye *kill them that
are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
desolate, and the pomp of her
strength shail cease; and the moun-
tains of Israel shall be desolate,
that none shall pass through.
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34 4]
4 The 4diseased have ye not
strengthened, neither _ have ye
healed that which was sick, neither
EZEKIEL.
have ye bound up that which was|
broken, neither have ye brought
again that which was driven away,
neither have ye 4sought that which
was lost; but with ‘force and with
cruelty have ye ruled them.
5 And they were scattered, be-
cause there is no shepherd: ¢and
they became meat to all the beasts
of the field, when they were scat-
tered.
6 My sheep wandered through all
the mountains, and upon every high
hill: yea, my flock was scattered
upon all the face of the earth, and
none did séarch or seek after them.
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear
the word of the Lorp;
8 As I live, saith the Lord Gop,
surely because my flock became a
prey, and my flock became meat to
every beast of the field, because
there was no shepherd, neither did
my shepherds search for my flock,
but the shepherds fed themselves,
and fed not my flock:
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear
the word of the Lorp;
10 Thus saith the Lord Gop; Be-
hold, I am against the shepherds;
and I will ‘require my flock at their
hand, and cause them to cease from
feeding the flock; neither shall the
shepherds feed themselves any
more; for I will deliver my flock
from their mouth, that they may
not be meat for them.
Israel to be restored: the Davidic
kingdom to be set up.
11 For thus saith the Lord Gop;
Behold, I, even I, will both search
my sheep, fand seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his
flock in the day that he is among his
sheep that are scattered 3 so will I
seek out my sheep, and will deliver
them out of all places where they
have been scattered in the cloudy
and. dark day.
13 And «I will bring them out
from the people, and gather them
from the countries, and will bring
them to their own land, and feed
them upon the mountains of Israel
by the rivers, and in all the inhab-
ited places of the country.
14 I will feed them in a good pas-
ture, and upon the high mountains
of Israel shall their fold be: there
shall they lie in a good fold, and in
a v.16;
Zech.11.16.
b Lk.15.4,
¢1 Pet.5.3.
d v.8; Isa.56.
9; Jer.12.9.
e Ezk.3.18;
Heb.13.17.
Kingdo
3 (Ol) vel 1-
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
g Ezk.28.25;
36.24; 37.21,
22; Isa.65.9,
10; Jer.23.3.
i Isa.11.1-5,
10; 40.11;
Jer.23.4,5;
John 10.11;
Heb.13.20;
1 Reti2ta5<
5.4.5
j v-30; Ezk.
.37.27; Ex.
29.45.
k Ezk.37.26.
I Lev.26.6;
Isa.11.6-9;
35.9; Hos.
2.18.
m Gen.12.2;
Isa.19.24;
Zech.8.13.
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[34.27
a fat pasture shall they feed upon
the mountains of Israel. i
15 I will feed my flock, and I will
cause them to lie down, saith the
Lord Gop.
16 I ‘will seek that which was
lost, and bring again that which
was driven away, and will bind up
that which was broken, and will
strengthen that which was sick:
but I will destroy the fat and the
strong; I will feed them with judg-
ment. 1
17 And as for you, O my flock,
thus saith the Lord Gop; Behold, I
judge between cattle and cattle, be-
tween the rams and the he goats.
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto
you to have eaten up the good pas-
ture, but ye must tread down with
your feet the residue of your pas-
tures? and to have drunk of the
deep waters, but ye must foul the
residue with your feet? ‘
19 And as for my flock, they eat
that which ye have trodden with
your feet; and they drink that
winch, ye have fouled with your
eet.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop unto them; Behold, I, even i,
will judge between the fat cattle
and between the lean cattle.
21 Because ye have thrust with
side and with shoulder, and pushed
all the diseased with your horns,
till ye.have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock,
and they shall no more be a prey;
and I will judge between cattle and
cattle.
23 And I will set up ‘one shepherd
over them, and he shall feed them;
even my servant David; he shall
feed them, and he shall be their
shepherd.
24 JjAnd I the Lorp will be their
God, and my servant David a
prince among them; I the LorD
have spoken it.
25 And I will make with them a
covenant of peace, and ‘will cause
the evil beasts to cease out of the
land: and they shall dwell safely in
the wilderness, and sleep in the
woods.
26 And I will make them and the
places round about my hill a bless-
ing; and I will cause the shower to
come down in his season; there
shall be showers of blessing.
27 And the tree of the field shall
yield her fruit, and the earth shall
yield her increase, and they shall be
safe in their land, and shall know
34 28] EZEKIEL. [36 3
with his slain men: in.thy hills,
and in thy valleys, and in-all thy
rivers, shall they fall that are slain
with the sword.
9 JI will make thee perpetual des-
olations, and thy cities shall not
return: and ye shall know that I
am the Lorb.
10 Because thou hast said, These
two nations and these two countries
that I am the Lorp, when I have
®broken the bands of their yoke,
and delivered them out of the hand
of those that served themselves of
them.
28 And they shall no more be a
lprey to the “heathen, neither shall
the beast of the land devour them;
but ‘they shall dwell safely, and
none shall make them afraid.
29 And I will raise up for them a shall be mine, and we will possess
plant of renown, and they shall be it; whereas the LORD was there:
no more consumed with hunger in 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the
the land, neither bear the shame of Lord Gop, I will even do according
the Sheathen any more. to thine anger, and according to
30 Thus shall they know that I thine envy which thou hast used out
the LorD their God am with them, of thy hatred against them; and I
and that they, even the house of will make myself known among
Israel, are my people, saith the them. when I have judged thee.
Lord Gop. 12 And thou shalt know that lam
31 And ye my flock, the flock of|aLev.26.13; |the LORD, and that I have heard
my pasture, are men, and I am| Jer-2.20. all thy blasphemies which thou hast
your God, saith the Lord Gop. bie. nations. |SPOken against the mountains of Is-
rael, saying, They are laid desolate,
CHAPTER 35. é Brrr 97, |they pe given us to consume. x
; ; or“ | 13° Thus with your mouth ye have
The prophecy rads Mount |, Deut.2.5. boasted against me, and have mul-
; Fseoemoe tiplied your words against me: I
OREOVER the word of the!“ opaio.’ + jhave heard them.
LORD came unto me, saying, 14 Thus saith the Lord Gop;
2 Son of man, set thy face against f West sWhen the whole earth rejoiceth, I
@mountSeir, and prophesy againstit,| 43: Mal.1.3-4. will make thee desolate.
3 And say unto it, Thus saith the 15 “As thou didst rejoice at the
Lord Gop; Behold, O mount Seir, I g Isa.65.13,14. [inheritance of the house of Israel,
am against thee, and I will stretch], p..35.12; |because it was desolate, so will I
out mine hand against thee, and I} 36.4-7; do unto thee: thou shalt be deso-
will make thee most desolate. Oba.12,15. |Jate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea,
4 I will lay thy cities waste, and even all of it: and they shall know
thou shalt be desolate, and thou that I am the LorpD.
shalt know that I am the LORD.
5 Because, tow hast pad per- 2CHAPTER 36.
petu atred, an ast shed the >
blood of the children of Israel by eed $5 anes ‘Reletgs 4 ‘of
the force of the sword in the time di re ad P
of their calamity, in the time that dCEGGs
their iniquity had an end: LSO, thou son of man, prophesy
6 Therefore, as I live, saith the unto the mountains of Israel,
Lord Gop, I will prepare thee unto and say, Ye mountains of Israel,
blood, and blood shall pursue thee: hear the word of the LorpD:
sith thou hast not hated blood, even 2 Thus saith the Lord Gop; Be-
blood shall pursue thee. cause the enemy hath said against
7 Thus will I make mount Seir you, Aha, even the ancient high
most desolate, and cut off from it places are our’s in possession:
him that passeth out and him that 3 Therefore prophesy and say,
returneth. Thus saith the Lord Gop; Because
8 And I will fill his mountains they have made you desolate, and
1 The whole passage (vs. 23-30) speaks of a restoration yet future, for the rem- ,
nant which returned after the 70 years, and their posterity, were continually under
the Gentile yoke, until, in A.D. 70, they were finally- driven from the land into a
dispersion which still continues. 5 ;
* 2 A beautiful order is discernible in this and the succeeding prophecies: (1) Resto-
ration of the land (36. 1-15); (2) of the people (36. 16-37. 28); (3) judgment on Israel’s
enemies (38. 1-39. 24). Afterward follows that which concerns the worship of
Jehovah that He may dwell amongst His people.
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EZEKIEL.
[36 2s
swallowed you up on every side,| B.c. 587. 14 Therefore thou shalt devour
that ye might be a possession unto men no more, neither bereave thy
nations any more, saith the Lord
the residue of the “heathen, and ye}.
are taken up in the lips of talkers,
and are an infamy of the people:
4 Therefore, ye mountains of Is-
rael, hear the word of the Lord
Gop; Thus saith the Lord Gop to
the mountains, and to the hills, to
the rivers, and to the valleys, to the
desolate wastes, and to the cities
that are forsaken, which became a
prey and derision to the residue of
the 2heathen that are round about;
5 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; Surely in the fire of my jeal-
ousy have I spoken against the
residue of the “heathen, and against
all Idumea, which have appointed
my land into their possession with
the joy of all their heart, with de-
spiteful minds, to cast it out for a
prey.
6 Prophesy therefore concerning
the land of Israel, and say unto the
mountains, and to the hills, to the
rivers, and to the valleys, Thus
saith the Lord Gop; Behold, I have
spoken in my jealousy and in my
fury, because ye have “borne the
shame of the “heathen:
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; I have lifted up mine hand,
Surely the “heathen that are about
you, they shall bear their shame.
8 But ye, O mountains of Israel,
ye shall shoot forth your branches,
and yield your fruit to my people
of Israel; for they are at hand to
come.
9 For, behold, I am for you, and I
will turn unto you, and ye shall be
tilled and sown:
10 And I will multiply men upon
you, all the house of Israel, even;
all of it: and the cities shall be
inhabited, and the wastes shall be
builded:
11 And I will multiply upon you
man and beast; and they shall in-
crease and bring fruit: and I will
settle you after your old estates, and
will do better unto you than at
your beginnings: and ye shall know
that I am the Lorp.
12 Yea, I will cause men to walk
_upon you, even my people Israel;
and ¢they shall possess thee, and
thou shalt be their inheritance, and
thou shalt no more henceforth ¢be-
reave them of men,
13. Thus saith the Lord Gop; Be-
cause they say unto you, Thou land
devourest up men, and hast be-
reaved thy nations;
ai.e. nations.
6 Deut.28.37;
1 Ki.9.7;
Lam.2.15;
Dan.9.16.
v.19
Ezk.34.29;
Psa.123.3,4.
d Oba.17.
eSee Jer.15.7.
Ff Lev.18.25,
27,28;
Jer.2.7.
g Isa.52.5;
Rom.2.24,
h Israel
(prophecies).
# Ezk.20.41;
28.22.
j Isa.52.15;
Heb.10.22.
Gop.
15 Neither will I cause men to
hear in thee the shame of the
“heathen any more, neither shalt
thou bear the reproach of the peo-
ple any more, neither shalt thou
cause thy nations to fall any more,
saith the Lord Gop.
The past sins of Israel: her fu-
ture restoration and conver-
sion.
16 Moreover the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying,
17 Son of man, when the house of
Israel dwelt in their own land,
‘they defiled it by their own way
and by their doings: their way was
before me as the uncleanness of a
removed woman.
18 Wherefore I poured my fury
upon them for the blood that they
had shed upon the land, and for
their idols wherewith they had
polluted it:
19 And I scattered them among
the @heathen, and they were dis-
persed through the countries: ac-
cording to their way and according
‘to their doings I judged them.
20 And when they entered unto
the “heathen, whither they went,
they ¢profaned my holy name, when
they said to them, These are the -
people of the LORD, and are gone
12. \forth out of his land.
21 But I had pity for mine holy
name, which the house of Israel
had profaned among the 2heathen,
whither they went.
22 Therefore say unto the house of
Israel, Thus saith the Lord Gop; I
do not this for your sakes, ?O house —
of Israel, but for mine holy name’s
sake, which ye have profaned among
the “heathen, whither ye went.
23 And I will sanctify my great
name, which was profaned among
the “heathen, which ye have pro-
faned in the midst of them: and the
“heathen shall know that I am the
LorbD, saith the Lord Gop, when I
shall be ‘sanctified in you before
their eyes. :
24 For I will take you from among
the Zheathen, and gather you out of
all countries, and will bring you
into your own land.
25 JThen will I sprinkle clean
water upon you, and ye shall be
clean: from all your filthiness, and
36 26}, EZEKIEL. 137 6
founded for your own ways, O house
of Israel.
33 Thus saith the Lord Gop; In
the day that I shall have cleansed
the stony heart out of your flesh,/aEzk.11.19; |you from all your iniquities I will
and I will give you an heart of| Jer.32.39. also cause you to dwell in the cities,
flesh. . j ._ _ |’ Holy Spirit. |and the wastes shall be builded.
27 And I will put my spirit) Ezt,37.1,14. | 34 And the desolate land shall be
Se ee as Eee ae
y , and ye s eep “2% lsightie' at passed by.
my judgments, and do them. ¢ Ezk.28.25; 35 And they shall say, This land
28 ‘And ye shall dwell in the land} 37-25.. that was desolate is become like the
that I gave to your fathers; and ¢ye|; 72.11.20, |’garden of Eden; and the waste
shall Sey people, and I will be ae és aie ee a Pag serie ae
your God. er-30-22. ecome fenced, and are inhab-:
29 «I will also save you from all), yq¢.1.91; ited.
your uncleannesses: and I will call] Rom.1126. | 36 Then the Sheathen that are
for the corn, and will increase it, left round about you shall know
and lay no famine upon you. fie. nations. lthat J the LorD build the ruined
30 And I will multiply the fruit of| ¢ Ezk.6.9; places, and plant that that was
the tree, and the increase of the| 20.43. desolate: I the LorD have spoken
field, that ye shall receive no more], , 99. it, and I will do it.
Niebraiag of famine among the] Deut.9.5. at Ue sah ibe Lord Se i
eathen. : _ jwill yet for this be enquired of by
31 Then shall ye remember your|‘ F2538;'35 —_|the house of Israel, to do it for them;
own evil ways, and your doings}! Joel 2.3. I will increase them with men like
that were not good, and éshall lothe a flock.
yourselves in your own sight for 4 Seas 38 As the holy flock, as the flock
your iniquities and for your abom- of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts;
inations. so shall the waste cities be filled
32 ANot for your sakes do I this, with flocks of men: and they shall
saith the Lord Gop, be it known know that I am the Lorp.
PART VI. GENERAL THEME: RESTORATION OF ISRAEL; THE DAVIDIC
KINGDOM; JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS: CHAPTERS 37. 1-39. 29.
B.C. 587. |man, can these bones live? And I
CHAPTER 37. = raanaaiad?2 O Lord Gop, thou
The vision of the valley nowest. ‘i
fay ap bones. b Parables 4 Again he said unto me, Proph-
(O.T.). vs.-l- |esy upon these bones, and say
HE hand of the Lorp was upon; 4; Ezk.37. _|unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the
me, and ‘carried me out in the] 7°15; Zech. |word of the Lorp.
Ispirit of the Lorp, and set mej 11.7-14.) 5 Thus saith the Lord Gop unto
down in the midst of the valley these bones; Behold, I will cause
which was full of !bones, Dey endt. breath to enter into you, and ye
2 And caused me to pass by them| Ezk.39.29. [shall live: _ :
round about: and, behold, there! (Gsp125,' | 6 And I will lay sinews upon you,
were very many in the open valley; aa and will bring up flesh upon you,
and, lo, they were very dry. and cover you with skin, and put
3 And he said unto me, Son of breath in you, and ye shall live;
SEEPS a RS 1 eae eben Sea oes
1 Having announced (Ezk. 36. 24-38) the restoration of the nation, Jehovah
now gives in vision and symbol the method of its accomplishment. Verse 11 gives
the clue. ‘The “bones” are the whole house of Israel who shall then be living.
The “graves” are the nations where they dwell. The order of procedure is: (1)
the bringing of the people out (v. 12); (2) the bringing of them in (v.12); (3) their
conversion (v. 13); (4) the filling with the Spirit (v. 14). The symbol follows.
The two sticks are Judah and the ten tribes; united, they are one nation (vs. 19-
21). Then foliows (vs. 21-27) the plain declaratiort as to Jehowah’s purpose, and
verse 28 implies that then Jehovah will become known to the Gentiles in a marked
way. This is also the order of Acts 15. 16, 17, and the two passages strongly indi-
cate the time of full Gentile conversion. See also Isa. If. 10:
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EZEKIEL.
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37 7]
and ye shall know that I am the
LorpD.
7 So I prophesied as I was com-
manded: and as I prophesied, there
was a noise, and behold a shaking,
and the bones came together, bone
to his bone. 5
8 And when I beheld, lo, the
sinews and the flesh came up upon
them, and the skin covered them
above: but there was no breath in
them.
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy
unto the wind, prophesy, son of
man, and say to the wind, Thus
saith the Lord Gop; Come from
the four winds, O breath, and
breathe upon these slain, that they
may live.
10 So I prophesied as he com-
manded me, and the breath came
into them, and they lived, and
stood up upon their feet, an exceed-
ing great army,
The vision explained.
11 Then he said unto me,-Son of
man, these bones are the whole
house of Israel: behold, they say,
Our bones are dried, and our hope
is lost: we are cut off for our
parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord
Gop; Behold, O my people, I will
open your graves, and cause you to
come up out of your graves, and
bring you into the land of Israel.
13_ And ye shall know that I am
the Lorb, when I have opened your
graves, O my people, and brought
you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you,
and ye shall live, and I shall place
you in your own land: then shall
ye know that I the Lorp have
spoken it, and performed it, saith
the Lorp,
The sign of the two sticks.
15 The word of the Lorp came
again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man,
take thee one “stick, and write upon
it, For Judah, and for the children
of Israel his companions: then take
another. stick, and write upon it;
For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim,
and for all the house of Israel his
companions:
_17 And join them one to another
into one stick; and, they shall be-
come one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy
B.C. 587.
a Parables
b Israel
(prophecies).
vs.21-28;
Ezk.39.25,
29. (Gen.12.
2,3; Rom.
11.26.)
c i.e. nations.
d Kingdom
(O.T.).vs.
21-28; Dan. .
2.34-45.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
e Christ
(Second
Advent).
Dan.7.13,14.
(Deut.30.3;
Acts 1.9-11.)
f Isa.40.11;
Jer.23.5; 30.
9; Ezk.34.23,
24; Hos.3.5;
LK.1.32.
g Isa.60.21;
Joel 3.20;
Amos 9.15,
h v.24;
John 12.34,
i Ezk.34.25;
| Psa.89.3;
Isa.55.3;
Jer.32.40.
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people shall speak unto thee, say-
jing, Wilt thou not shew us what —
thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord Gop; Behold, I will take the
stick of Joseph, which zs in the
hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of
Israel his fellows, and will put them
with him, even with the stick of
Judah, and make them one stick,
and they shall be one in mine
hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou
writest shall be in thine hand before
their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord Gop; Behold, I will
take the children: of Israel from
among the ‘heathen, whither they
be gone, and will gather them on
every side, and ¢bring them into
their own land:
22 And I will make them one na-
tion in the land upon the mountains
of Israel; and one ‘king shall be
king to them all: and they shall be
no more two nations, neither shall
they be divided into two kingdoms
any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile them-
selves any more with their idols, nor
with their detestable things, nor
with any of their transgressions:
but I will save them out of all their
dwellingplaces, wherein they have
sinned, and will cleanse them: so
shall they be my people, and I will
be their God.
24 And fDavid my servant shall
be king over them; and they all
shall have one shepherd: they
shall also walk in my judgments,
and observe my statutes, and do
them.
25 And they shall dwell in the
land that I have given unto Jacob
my servant, wherein your fathers
have dwelt; and they shall dwell
therein, even they, and their chil-
dren, and their children’s children
sfor ever: and my servant David
shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a ‘cove-
nant of peace with them; it shall be
an everlasting covenant with them:
and I will place them, and multiply
them, and will set my sanctuary in
the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be
with them: yea, I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
28 And the ‘heathen shall know
that I the Lorn do sanctify Israel,
when my sanctuary shall be in the -
midst of them for evermore.
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CHAPTER 38. 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up
B.C. 587.
. to the land of unwalled villages; I
The prophecy against Gog. will go to them that are at rest, that
ND the word of the LorD tame dwell safely, all of them dwelling
unto me, saying, without walls, and having neither
2 Son of man, set thy face against bars nor gates,
1Gog, the land of Magog, the chief 12 To take a spoil, and to take a
prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prey; to turn thine hand upon the
prophesy against him, desolate places that are now in-
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord habited, and upon the people that
Gop; Behold, I am against thee, are gathered out of the nations, ,
O °Gog, the chief prince of Meshech which have gotten cattle and goods,
and Tubal: that dwell in the midst of the land.
4 And I will turn thee back, and 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the
put hooks into thy jaws, and I will merchants of Tarshish, with all the
bring thee forth, and all thine army, young lions thereof, shall say unto
horses and horsemen, all of them thee, Art thou come to take a spoil?
clothed with all sorts of armour, hast thou gathered thy company to
even a great company with buck- take a prey? to carry away silver
lers and shields, all of them hand- and gold, to take away cattle and
ling swords: goods, to take a great spoil?
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya 14 Therefore, son of man, proph-
with them; all of them with shield esy and say unto 4%Gog, Thus
and helmet: : saith the Lord Gop; In that day
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the when my people of Israel dwelleth
house of Togarmah of the north safely, shalt thou not know it?
quarters, and all his bands: and|cv.2, note. 15. And thou shalt come from thy
many people with thee. bieteeee |place out of the north parts, thou,
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare|’** 77"7°"* |and many people with thee, all of
for thyself, thou, and all thy com- them riding upon horses, a great
pany that are assembled unto thee, company, and a mighty army:
and be thou a guard unto them. 16 And thou shalt come up
8 After many days thou shalt be against my people of Israel, as a
visited: in the latter years thou cloud to cover the land; it shall be in
shalt come into the land that 7s the latter days, and I will bring thee
brought back from the sword, and against my land, that the “heathen
is gathered out of many people, may know me, when I shall be sanc-
against the mountains of Israel, tified in thee, O “Gog, before their
which have been always waste: but; eyes.
it is brought forth out of the na- 17 Thus saith the Lord Gop; Art
tions, and they shall dwell safely all thou he of whom I have spoken in
of them. old time by my servants the proph-
9 Thou shalt ascend and come ets of Israel, which prophesied in
Tike a storm, thou shalt be like a those days many years that I
cloud to cover the land, thou, and would bring thee against them?
all thy bands, and many people with 18 And it shall come to pass at the
thee. same time when 4Gog shall come
10 Thus saith the Lord Gop; It Lo G the land of Israel, saith the
shall also come to pass, that at the Lord Gov, that my fury shall come
same time shall things come into up in my face. :
thy mind, and thou shalt think an 19 For in my jealousy and in the
evil thought: fire of my wrath have I spoken,
1 That the primary reference is to the northern (European) powers, headed
up by Russia, all agree. The whole passage should be read in connection with
Zech. 12. 1-4; 14. 1-9; Mt. 24. 14-30; Rev. 14. 14-20; 19. 17-21. “‘Gog”’ is the prince,
“Magog,” his land. The reference to Meshech and Tubal (Moscow and Tobolsk )
is a clear mark of identification. Russia and the northern powers have been the
latest persecutors of dispersed Israel, and it is congruous both with divine justice
and with the covenants (e.g. Gen. 15. 18, note, Deut. 30. 3, note) that destruction
should fall at the climax of the last mad attempt to exterminate the remnant of
Israel in Jerusalem. The whole prophecy belongs to the yet future ‘‘day of Jeho-
vah” (Isa. 2. 10-22; Rey, 19. 11-21), and to the battle of Armageddon (Rev. 16. 14;
19 19, note), but includes also the final revolt of the nations at the close of the
kingdom-age (Rev. 20. 7-9).
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«Surely in that day there shall be a
great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea,
and the fowls of the heaven, and
the beasts of the'field, and all creep-
ing things that creep upon the
earth, and all the men that are
upon the face of the earth, shall
shake at my presence, “and the
mountains shall be thrown down,
and the steep places shall fall, and
every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a ‘sword
against him throughout all my
mountains, saith the Lord Gop:
deyery man’s sword shall be against
his brother.
22 And I will plead against him
with pestilence and with blood; and
T will rain upon him, and upon his
bands, and upon the many people
that are with him, an overflowing
rain, and great hailstones, fire, and
brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself,
and sanctify myself; ¢and I will be
known in the eyes of many nations,
and they shall know that I am the
Lorp.
CHAPTER 39.
(The prophecy against Gog,
continued.)
(THEREFORE, thou son of man,
prophesy against ‘Gog, and
say, Thus saith the Lord Gop; Be-
hold, I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and
leave but the sixth part of thee, and
will cause thee to come up from the
north parts, and will bring thee
upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of
thy left hand, and will cause thine
_ arrows to fall out of thy right
hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the moun-
tains of Israel, thou, and all thy
bands, and the people that is
with thee: I will give thee unto the
Tavenous birds of every sort, and to
the beasts of the field to be? de-
voured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open
field: for I have spoken it, saith the
Lord Gop.
6 And £I will send a fire on Ma-
gog, and among them that dwell
carelessly in the ‘isles: and they
shall know that I am the Lorp.
7 So will I make my: holy name
known in the midst of my people
Israel; and I will not Jet them pol-
EZEKIEL.
a Hag.2.6,7;
Rev.16.18.
b Jer.4.24;
Nah.1.5,6.
c Armaged-
don
(battle of).
vs.1-23; and
Joel 2.1-11.
(Rev.16.14;
19.11-21.)
d Jud.7.22;
é v.16;
Ezk.37.28;
39.7; Psa.
9.16.
f Ezk.38.2,
note.
g Ezk.38.22;
Amos 1.4.
hi.e. coasts,
tive. nations,
j Rev.16.17;
21.6.
& Isa.14.2,
lie. The
multitude,
m See Arma-
&eddon,
Rev.19.17
n Zeph.1.7,
Ezk.39.1-16;
1 Sam.14.20.
[39 7
lute my holy name any more: and
the ‘heathen shall know that I am
the Lorp, the Holy One in Israel.
8 jBehold, it is come, and it is
done, saith the Lord Gop; “this is
the day whereof I have spoken, |
9 And they that dwell in the cities
of Israel shall go forth, and shall
set on fire and burn the weapons,
both the shields and the bucklers,
the bows and the arrows, and the
handstaves, and the spears, and
they shall burn them with fire
seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood
out of the field, neither cut down
any out of the forests; for they
shall burn the weapons with fire:
Rand they shall spoil those that
spoiled them, and rob those that
robbed them, saith the Lord Gop.
11 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that I will give unto /Gog
a place there of graves in Israel,
the valley of the passengers on the
east of the sea: and it shall stop the
noses of the passengers: and there
shall they bury Gog and all his
multitude: and they shall call it
The valley of Hamon-gog.
i2 And seven months shall. the
house of Israel be burying of them,
that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land
shall bury them; and it shall be to
them a renown the day that I shall
be glorified, saith the Lord Gop.
14 And they shall sever out men
of continual employment, passing
through the land to bury with the
passengers those that remain upon
the face of the earth, to cleanse it:
after the end of seven months shall
they search. 4
15 And the passengers that pass
through the land, when any seeth a
man’s bone, then shall he set up a
sign by it, till the buriers have
buried it in the valley of Hamon-
gog.
16 And also the name of the city
shall be ‘Hamonah. Thus shall
they cleanse the land.
17 And, thou son of man, thus
saith the Lord Gop; ™Speak unto
every feathered fowl, and to every
beast of the field, “Assemble your-
selves, and come; gather yourselves
on every side to my sacrifice that I
do sacrifice for you, even a great
sacrifice upon the mountains of
Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and
drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the
mighty, and drink the blood of the
30 19]
princes of the earth, of rams, of
lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all
of them ¢fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be|@
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 587.
Deut.32.14;
full, and drink blood till ye be| °°???)
drunken, of my sacrifice which I) Ezk.38.16,
ne aOR for you.
us ye shall be filled at my},; ‘
table with horses and chariots, with Aare Gite
mighty men, and with all men of/?¢
war, saith the Lord Gop.
21 And I will set my glory among] e Deut.31.17;
the ‘heathen, and all the heathen] 153-59.2-
shall see my judgment that I have| ¢ 7sraer
executed, and my hand that I have] (prophecies).
laid upon them. Hos.3.4,5.
22 So the house of Israel shall boeeeerrtat
know that I am the LorD their
God from that day and forward. |¢ pee:
23 And the ‘heathen ¢shall know| S21):
that the house of Israel went into]/ Ezk.28.25,
captivity for their iniquity: because| 2°
they trespassed against me, there-
fore ‘hid I my face from them, and
gave them into the hand of their
enemies: so fell they all by the
sword.
24 According to their uncleanness
and according to their transgres-
sions have I done unto them, and
hid my face from them.
Ezk.36.18-
20,23.
# Ezk.34.30;
v.22.
j Holy Spirit.
Ezk.43.5.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
[409
Vision of restored and converted
Israel.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; fNow will I bring again the
captivity of Jacob, and have mercy
upon &the whole house of Israel,
and will be jealous for my holy
mame; °*
26 After that they have borne
their shame, and all their trespasses
whereby they have _ trespassed
against me, when they dwelt safely
in their land, and none made them
afraid. i
27 When I have brought them
again from the people, and gathered
them out of their enemies’ lands,
and am sanctified in them in the
sight of many nations;
28 *Then shall they know that J
am the Lorp their God, which
caused them to be led into captivity
among the ‘heathen: but I have
gathered them unto their own land,
and have left none of them any
more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face
any more from them: for I have
poured out my /spirit upon the
house of Israel, saith the Lord Gop.
ee
PART VII.
GENERAL THEME: ISRAEL IN THE LAND DURING THE
RS 40. 1-48. 35.
KINGDOM-AGE: CHAPTE
CHAPTER 40. Bienes SBM
Vision of the man with the
measuring reed.
pn the five and twentieth year of
our captivity, in the beginning
of the year, in the tenth day of the
tonth, in the fourteenth year after
that the city was smitten, in the
selfsame day the hand of the LoRD
was upon me, and brought me
thither.
2 Inthe visions of God brought he
me into the land of Israel, and set
me upon a very high mountain, by| / One reed =
which was as the frame of a city| about.10 ft.;
on the south. also
3 And he brought me thither, and,|m One cubit =
behold, there was a ‘man, whose| about 18 in.
appearance was like the appearance
of brass, with a line of flax in his
hand, and a measuring ‘reed; and
he stood in the gate.
4 And the man said unto me, Son
of man, behold with thine eyes, and
hear with thine ears, and set thine
heart upon all that I shall shew
thee; for to the intent that I might
shew them unto thee art thou
k The theoph-
vs.5-8.
885
brought hither: declare all that
thou seest to the house of Israel.
Vision of the future temple.
5 And behold a wall on the out-
side of the house round about, and
in the man’s hand a measuring reed
of six "cubits Jong by the cubit and
an hand breadth: so he measured
the breadth of the building, one
reed; and the height, one reed.
6 Then came he unto the gate
which looked toward the east, and
went up the stairs thereof, and
measured the threshold of the gate,
which was one reed broad; and the
other threshold of the gate, which
was one reed broad.
7 And every little chamber was
one reed long, and one reed broad;
and between the little chambers
were five cubits; and the threshold
of the gate by the porch of the gate
within was one reed.
8 He measured also the porch of
the gate within, one reed.
9 Then measured he the porch of
the gate, eight cubits; and the posts
thereof, two cubits; and the porch
of the gate was inward.
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08
10 And the little chambers of the
gate eastward were three on this
side, and three on that side; they
three were of one measure: and the
posts had one measure on this side
and on that side.
11 And he measured the breadth
of the entry of the gate, ten cubits :
and the length of the gate, thirteen
cubits. a:
» 12 The space also before the little
chambers was one cubit on this
side, and the space was one cubit
on that side: and the little chambers
were six cubits on this side, and six
cubits on that side. :
13. He measured then the gat
rom the roof of one little chamber
to the roof of another: the breadth
was five and twenty cubits, door
against door.
14 He made also posts of three-
score cubits, even unto the post of
the court round about the gate.
15 And from the face of the gate
of the entrance unto the face of the
porch of the inner gate were fifty
cubits.
16 And there were “narrow win-
dows to the little chambers, and to
their posts within the gate round
about, and likewise to the arches:
and windows were round about in-
ward: and upon each post were
palm trees.
17 Then brought he me into
the outward court, and, lo, there
were ‘chambers, and a pavement
made for the court round about:
“thirty chambers were upon the
Pavement.
18 And the pavement by the side
of the gates over against the length
of the gates was the lower pave-
ment.
19 Then he measured the breadth
from the forefront of the lower gate
unto the forefront of the inner court
without, an hundred cubits east-
ward and northward.
20 And the gate of the outward
court that looked toward the north,
he measured the length thereof » and
the breadth thereof.
21 And the little chambers thereof
were three on this side and three on
that side; and the posts thereof and
the arches thereof were after the
measure of the first gate: the length
thereof was fifty cubits, and the
breadth five and twenty cubits.
22 And their windows, and their
arches, and their palm trees, were
after the measure of the gate that
looketh toward the east: and they
B.C. 574.
a1 Ki.6.4.
b Rev.11.2.
¢1 Ki.6.5.
d Ezk.45.5.
e See vs.21,
25,33,36.
886
went up unto it by seven steps; and
the arches thereof were before them.
23 And the gate of the inner court
was over against the gate toward
the north, and toward the east; and
he measured from gate to gate an
hundred cubits.
24 After that he brought me
toward the south, and behold a gate
toward the south: and he measured
the posts thereof and the arches
thereof according to these measures.
25 And there were windows in it
and in the arches thereof round
about, like those windows: the
length was fifty cubits, and the
breadth five and twenty cubits.
26 And there were seven steps to
go up to it, and the arches thereof
were before them: and it had palm
trees, one on this side, and another
on that side, upon the posts thereof,
27 And there was a gate in the
inner court toward the south: and
he measured from gate to gate to-
ward the south an hundred cubits.
28 And he brought me to the
inner court by the south gate:
and he measured the south gate
according to these measures;
29 And the little chambers there-
of, and the posts thereof, and the
arches thereof, according to these
measures: and there were win-
dows in it and in the arches there-
of round about: it was fifty cubits
long, and ¢five and twenty cubits
road.
30 And the arches round about
were five and twenty cubits long,
and five cubits broad.
31 And the arches thereof were
toward the utter court: and palm
trees were upon the posts thereof:
and the going up to it had eight
Steps.
_32 And he brought me into the
inner court toward the east: and
he measured the gate according to
these measures.
33 And the little chambers there-
of, and the posts thereof, and the
arches thereof, were according to
these measures: and there were
windows therein and in the arches
thereof round about: it was fifty
cubits long, and five and twenty
cubits broad.
34 And the arches thereof were
toward the outward court; and
palm trees were upon the posts
thereof, on this side, and on that
side: aud the going up to it had
eight steps. __
35 And he brought me to the
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[41 7
north gate, and measured it ac-
cording to these measures;
36 The little chambers thereof,
the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, and the windows to it
round about: the length was fifty
cubits, and the breadth five and
twenty cubits.
37 And the posts thereof were
toward the utter court; and palm
trees were upon the posts thereof,
on this side, and on that side: and
the going up to it had eight steps.
38 And the chambers and the en-
tries thereof were by the posts of,
the gates, where they washed the
burnt-offering.
39 And in the porch of the gate
were two tables on this side, and
two tables on that side, to slay there-
on the burnt-offering and the ¢sin-
offering and the trespass-offering.
40 And at the side without, ‘as
one goeth up to the entry of the
north gate, were two tables; and
on the other side, which was at the
porch of the gate, were two tables.
41 Four tables were on this side,
and four tables on that side, by the
side of the gate; eight tables, where-
upon they slew their sacrifices.
42 And the four tables were of
hewn stone for the burnt-offering,
of a cubit and an half long, and a
eubit and an half broad, and one
cubit high: whereupon also they|/
laid the instruments wherewith
they slew the burnt-offering and
the sacrifice.
43 And within were ¢hooks, an
hand broad, fastened round about:
and upon the tables was the flesh
of the offering. i
The chambers of the singers and
priests.
44 And without the inner gate
were the chambers of the singers
in the inner court, which was at
the side of the north gate; and
their prospect was toward the
south: one at the side of the east
gate having the prospect toward
the north.
45 And he said unto me, This
chamber, whose prospect is toward
the south, is for the priests, the
ékeepers of the charge of the house.
46 And the chamber whose pros-
pect is toward the north is for the
priests, the keepers of the charge
of the altar: these are the sons of
{Zadok among the sons of Levi,
which come near to the LORD to
minister unto him.
a
b
c
é
&
h
B.C. 574.
Lev.4.2,3.
Lev.5.6;
6.6; 7.1.
Or, at the
step.
d Or, endirons,
or, the two
hearth-
stones.
Lev.8.35;
Num.3.27,
28,32,38; 18.
5; 1 Chr.9.
23; 2 Chr.13.
11; Psa.134.1
Ezk.43.19;
44.15,16;
1 Ki.2.35.
1 Ki.6.20;
2 Chr.3.8.
One cubit =
about 18 in.
1 Ki.6.8.
887
47 So he measured the court, an
hundred cubits long, and an hun-
dred cubits broad, foursquare; and
the altar that was before the house.
The porch of the temple.
48 And he brought me to: the
porch of the house, and measured
each post of the porch, five cubits
on this side, and five cubits on that
side: and the breadth of the gate
as three cubits on this side, and
three cubits on that side.
49 The length of the porch was
twenty cubits, and the breadth
eleven cubits; and he brought me
by the steps whereby they went up
to it: and there were pillars by the
posts, one on this side, and another
on that side.
CHAPTER 41.
Description of the temple.
FTERWARD he brought me
to the temple, and measured.
the posts, six cubits broad on the
one side, and six cubits broad on
the other side, which was the
breadth of the tabernacle.
‘2 And the breadth of the door
was ten cubits; and the sides of the
door were five cubits on the one
side, and five cubits on the other
side: and he measured the length
thereof, forty cubits: and the
breadth, twenty cubits.
3 Then went he inward, and
measured the post of the door, two
cubits; and the door, six cubits;
and the breadth of the door, seven
cubits.
4 So She measured the length
thereof, twenty cubits; and the
breadth, twenty cubits, before the
temple: and he said unto me, This
is the most holy place.
5 After he measured the wall of
the house, six cubits; and the
breadth of every side chamber, four
cubits, round about the house on
every side.
6 And the side chambers were
three, one over another, and thirty
in order; and they entered into the
wall which was of the house for
the side chambers round about, that
they might have hold, but they had
not hold in the wall of the house.
7 And ‘there was an enlarging,
and a winding about still upward
to the side chambers: for the wind-
ing about of the house went still
upward round about the house:
therefore the breadth of the house
41 3]
was still upward, and so increased
from the lowest chamber to the
highest byethe midst. _
8 I saw also the height of the
house round about: the foundations
of the side chambers were a full
“reed of six great cubits. 3
9 The thickness of the wall, which
was for the side chamber with-
out, was five cubits: and that which
was left was the place of the side’
chambers that were within. '
10 And between the chambers
was the wideness of twenty cubits}
round about the house on every
side.
11 And the doors of the side
chambers were toward the place!
that was left, one door toward the!
north, and another door toward)
the south: and the breadth of the
place that was left was five cubits)
round about.
12 Now the building that was be-
fore the separate place at the end|a One reed =
toward the west was seventy cubits| about 10 ft.
broad; and the wall of the building! , , Ki.6.29.
was five cubits thick round about,
and the length thereof ninety cubits,| ¢ Ex-30.1.
_13 So he measured the house, an! 1 xj.631-
hundred cubits long; and the sep-| 3
arate place, and the building, with EAS
the walls thereof, an hundred|‘f2*41-12,
cubits long; :
14 Also the breadth of the face of] f One cubit =
the house, and of the separate place
toward the east, an hundred
cubits.
15 And he measured the length of
the building over against the sep-
arate place which was behind it,
and the galleries thereof on the one
side and on the other side, an hun-
dred cubits, with the inner temple,
and the porches of the court;
16 The door posts, and the narrow
windows, and the galleries round
about on their three stories, over
against the door, cieled with wood
round about, and from the ground
up to the windows, and the windows
were covered;
17 To that above the door, even
unto the inner house, and without,
and by all the wall round about
within and without, by measure,
18 And st was made with cher-
ubims and palm trees, so that a
palm tree was between a cherub
and a cherub; and every cherub
had two faces;
19 So that the face of a man was
toward the palm tree on the one
side, and the face of a young lion
toward the palm tree on the other
888
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about 18 in.;
also vs.4,7,8.
house round about.
20 From the ground unto above
the door were cherubims and palm
trees made, and on the wall of the
temple.
21 The posts of the temple were
squared, and the face of the sanc-
tuary; the appearance of the one
as the appearance of the other.
22. ‘The altar of wood was three
cubits high, and the length thereof
two cubits; and the corners thereof,
and the length thereof, and the
walls thereof, were of wood: and
he said unto me, This is the table
that is before the Lorp.
23 4And the temple and the sanc-
tuary had two doors.
24 And the doors had two leaves
apiece, two turning leaves: two
leaves for the one door, and two
leaves for the other door.
25 And there were made on
them, on the doors of the temple,
cherubims and palm trees, like as
were made upon the walls; and
there were thick planks upon the
face of the porch without.
26 And there were narrow win-
dows and palm trees on the one
side and on the other side, on the
sides of the porch, and wpon the
side chambers of the house, and
thick planks.
CHAPTER 42.
(Description of the temple,
continued.)
“THEN he brought me forth into
the utter court, the way toward
the north: and he brought me into
the ‘chamber that was over against
the separate place, and which was
before the building toward the
north.
2 Before the length of an hundred
Scubits was the north door, and the
breadth was fifty cubits.
3 Over against the twenty cubits
which were for the inner court, and
over against the pavement which
was for the utter court, was gallery
against gallery in three stories.
4 And before the chambers was a
walk of ten cubits breadth inward,
a way of one cubit; and their doors
toward the north.
5S Now the upper chambers. were
shorter: for the galleries were
higher than these, than the lower,
and than the middlemost of the
building.
6 For they were in three stories,
side: 1t was made through all the —
42.7]
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[43 8
but had not pillars as the pillars of | B.C. 574.__|five hundred reeds, with the mea-
the courts: therefore the building
was straitened more than the low-
est and the middlemost from the
ground.
7 And the wall that was without
over against the chambers, toward
the utter court on the forepart of
the chambers, the length thereof
was fifty cubits.
8 For the length of the chambers
that were in the utter court was
fifty cubits: and, lo, before the tem-
ple were an hundred cubits.
9 And from under these chambers
was the entry on the east side, as
one goeth into them from the utter
court.
10 The chambers were in the
thickness of the wall of the court
toward the east, over against the
separate place, and over against the
building.
11 And the way before them was
like the appearance of the cham-
bers which were toward the north
as long as they, and as broad as
they: and all their goings cut were
both according to their fashions,
and according to their doors.
12 And according to the doors of
the chambers that were toward the
south was a door in the head of the
way, even the way directly before
the wall toward the east, as one
entereth into them.
13 Then said he unto me, The
north chambers and the south
chambers, which are before the
separate place, they be holy cham-
bers, where the priests that ap-
proach unto the Lorp ¢shall eat
the most holy things: there shall
they lay the most holy things, and
the %meat-offering, and the sin-
offering, and the trespass-offering;
for the place is holy.
14 When the priests enter therein,
then shall they not go out of the
holy place into the utter court, but
there they shall lay their garments
wherein they minister; for they are
holy; and shall put on other gar-
ments, and shail approach to those
things which are for the people.
15 Now when he had made an end
of measuring the inner house, he
brought me forth toward the gate
whose prospect is toward the east,
and measured it round about. |
16 He measured the east side with
the measuring ‘reed, five hundred
reeds, with the measuring reed
round about. ) .
17 He measured the north side,
.
a Lev.6.16,
26; 24.9.
6 Lit. meal.
Lev.2.3,10;
@ Ezk.11.23.
¢ Ezk.1.24;
Rev.1.15;
14.2; 19.1,6.
f Ezk.10.4;
Rev.18 1.
g Ezk.11.23.
h Holy Spirit.
Joel 2.28,29,
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
i Ezk.44.4;
1 Ki.8.10,11,
j See King-
889
suring reed round about.
18 He measured the south side,
five hundred reeds, with the mea-
suring reed.
19 He turned about to the west
side, and measured five hundred
reeds with the measuring reed.
20 He measured it by the four
sides: it had a wall round about,
five hundred reeds long, and five
hundred broad, to make a separa-
tion between the sanctuary and the
profane place.
CHAPTER 43.
(Description of the temple,
continued.)
Pe ee he brought me to
the gate, even the gate that
looketh toward the east:
Vision of the glory of the Lord
filling the temple.
2 ¢And, behold, the glory of the
* 1God of Israel came from the way of
the east: and “his voice was like a
noise of many waters: fand the
earth shined with his glory.
3 And it was according to the ap-
pearance of the vision which I saw,
even according to the vision that I
saw when I came to destroy the
city: and the visions were like the
vision that I saw by the river Che-
bar; and I fell upon my face.
4 And the glory of the Lorp
came into the house by the way of
the gate whose prospect is towar¢
the east.
5 So the “spirit took me up, and
brought me into the inner court;
and, behold, ‘the glory of the LorD
2: \filled the house.
6 And I heard Aim speaking unto
<1. |me out of the house; and the man
*Istood by me.
The place of the throne of the
future kingdom.
7 And he said unto me, Son of
man, the Jplace of my throne, and
the place of the soles of my feet,
where I will dwell in the midst of
the children of Israel for ever, and”
my holy name, shall the house of
Israel no more defile, neither they,
nor their kings, by their whoredom,
nor by the carcases of their kings
in their high places.
8. In their setting of their thresh-
old by my thresholds, and their
post by my posts, and the wall be-
tween me and them, they have even
43 9]
defiled my holy name by their
abominations that they have com-
mitted: wherefore I have consumed
them in mine anger. ;
9 Now let them put away their
whoredom, and the carcases of
their kings, far from me, and I will
dwell in the midst of them for ever.
10 Thou son of man, shew the
house to the house of Israel, that
they may be ashamed of their in-
iquities: and let them measure the} °
pattern.
11 And if they be ashamed of all
that they have done, shew them the
form of the house, and the fashion
thereof, and the goings out thereof,
and the comings in thereof, and all
the forms thereof, and all the ordi-
nances thereof, and all the forms
thereof, and all the laws thereof:
and write it in their sight, that they
may keep the whole form thereof,
and all the ordinances thereof, and
do them.
12 This zs the Jaw of the house;
Upon the top of the mountain the’
whole limit thereof round about
shall be most holy. Behold, this is
the law of the house.
The measure of the altar.
13 And these are the measures of
the altar after the “cubits: The cu-
bit is a cubit and an hand breadth;
even the bottom shali be a cubit,
and the breadth a cubit, and the
border thereof by the edge thereof
round about shall be a span: and
this shall be the higher place of the
altar,
14 And from the bottom upon
the ground even to the lower set-
15 So the altar shall be four cu-
bits; and from the altar and up-
ward shall be four horns.
16 And the altar shall be twelve
cubits long, twelve broad, square
in the four squares thereof.
17 And the settle shall be four-
teen cubits long and fourteen
broad in the four squares thereof;
and the border about it shall be
half a cubit; and the bottom thereof
shall be a cubit about; and his
stairs shall look toward the east.
1 Doubtless these offerings will
offerings under the old covenant were
neither case have animal sacrifices po
EZEKIEL.
a One cubit =
18 in.; also
vs.14-17,
6 One span =
about 9 in.
c Lev.1.5.
d Ezk.44.15,
e Ezk.45.18,
19; Ex.29.
10,12; Lev.8.
14,15.
f Ex.29.14,
g Heb.13.11.
h Lev.2.13.
t Ex.29.35,36;
Lev.8.33.
j Lev.9.1.
890
(44
18 And he said unto me, Son of
man, thus saith the Lord Gop;
These are the ordinances of the
altar in the day when they shall
make it, to offer burnt-offerings
thereon, and to ‘sprinkle blood
thereon.
The offerings.
19 1And thou shalt give to the
dpriests the Levites that be of the
seed of Zadok, which approach unto
me, to minister unto me, saith the
Lord Gop, a ‘young bullock for a
sin-offering.
20 And thou shalt take of the
blood thereof, and put it on the
four horns of it, and on the four
corners of the settle, and upon the
border round about: thus shalt thou
cleanse and purge it.
21 Thou shalt take the bullock
also of the sin-offering, and he /shall
burn it in the appointed place of the
house, &without the sanctuary.
22 And on the second day thou
shalt offer a kid of the goats with-
out blemish for a sin-offering; and
they shall cleanse the altar, as they
did cleanse it with the bullock.
23 When thou hast made an end
of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a
young bullock without blemish, and
a ram out of the flock without
blemish.
24 And thou shalt offer them be-
fore the LorD, “and the priests shall
cast salt upon them, and they shall
offer them up for a burnt-offering
unto the Lorpb.
25 ‘Seven days shalt thou pre-
pare every day a goat for a sin-
offering: they shall also prepare a
young bullock, and a ram out of
the flock, without blemish.
26 Seven days shall they purge
the altar and purify it; and they
shall consecrate themselves.
27 JAnd when these days are ex-
pired, it shall be, that upon the
eighth day, and so forward, the
priests shall make your burnt-offer-
ings upon the altar, and your peace-
offerings; and I will accept you,
saith the Lord Gop.
CHAPTER 44,
The gate for the prince.
(THEN he brought me back the
way of the gate of the outward
bi
be memorial, looking Lack to the cross, as the
anticipatory, looking forward to the cross, In
wer to put away sin (Heb. 10, 4; Rom, 3. 25).
44 2]
sanctuary which looketh toward
the east; and it was shut,
2 Then said the Lorp unto me;
This gate shall be shut, it shall not
be opened, and no man shall enter
in by it; because the LorpD, the God
of Israél, hath entered in by it,
therefore it shall be shut.
3 It is for the prince; the prince,
he shall sit in it to ¢eat bread before
the Lorp; “he shall enter by the
way of the porch of that gate, and
shall go out by the way of the same.
The glory filis the house.
4 Then brought he me the way of
the north gate before the house:
and I looked, and, behold. ‘the glory
of the Lorp filled the house of the
Lorp: and I fell upon my face.
5 And the Lorp said unto me,
Son of man, mark well, and behold
with thine eyes, and hear with thine
ears all that I say unto thee con-
cerning all the ordinances of the
house of the LorD, and all the laws
thereof; and mark well the entering
in of the house, with every going
forth of the sanctuary.
6 And thou shalt say to the rebel-
lious, even to the house of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord Gop; O ye
house of Israel, @let it suffice you of
all your abominations,
7 Im that ¢ye have brought into
my sanctuary strangers, uncir-
cumcised in heart, and uncircum-
cised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary,
to pollute it, even my house, when
ye offer my bread, the fat and the
blood, and they have broken my
covenant because of all your abom-
inations.
8 And ye have not kept the charge
of mine holy things: but ye have
set keepers of my charge in my
sanctuary for yourselves.
The priests of the future temple.
9 Thus saith the Lord Gop; No
stranger, uncircumcised in heart,
nor -uncircumcised in flesh, shall
enter into my sanctuary, of any
stranger that is among the children
of Israel.
10 fAnd the Levites that are gone
away far from me, when Israel went
astray, which went astray away
from me after their idols; they shall
even bear their iniquity.
11 Yet they shall be ministers in
my sanctuary, having charge at the
gates of the house, and ministering
to the house: they shall slay the
purnt-offering and the sacrifice for’
EZEKIEL.
a Gen.31.54;
1 Cor.10.18.
6 Ezk.46.2,8.
¢ Ezk.3.23;
4
d Ezk.45.9;
1 Pet.4.3.
ev.9;
Ezk.43.8;
Acts 21.28.
f See 2 Ki.
23.8; 2 Chr.
29.4,5.
g Psa.106.26.
h Num.18.3;
2 Ki.23.9.
¢ Num.18.4;
1 Chr.23.28,
8.17; 15.
24-29; 20.25.
k Deut.10.8.
1 Ex.28.39,
40,43; 39.
m Ex.28.40,42;
39.28. “
n Ezk.46.20;
Lev.6.27;
Mt.23.17,19.
o Lev.21.7,
13,14.
891
[44 22
the people, and they shall stand be-
fore them to minister unto them.
12 Because they ministered unto
them before their idols, and caused
the house of Israel to fall into in-
iquity; therefore have I 4lifted up
mine hand against them, saith the
Lord Gop, and they shail bear their
iniquity.
13. #And they shall not come near
unto me, to do the office of a priest
unto me, nor to come near to any
of my holy things, in the most holy
place: but they shall bear their
shame, and their abominations
which they have committed.
14 But I will make them ‘keepers
of the charge of the house, for all
the service thereof, and for all that
shall be done therein.
15 But the priests the Levites, the
jsons of Zadok, that kept the charge
of my sanctuary when the children
of Israel went astray from me, they
shall come near to me to minister
unto me, and they “shall stand be-
fore me to offer unto me the fat and
the blood, saith the Lord Gop:
16 They shall enter into my sanc-
tuary, and they shall come near to
my table, to minister unto me, and
they shall keep my charge.
17 And it shall come to pass, that
when they enter in at the gates of
the inner court, ‘they shall be
clothed with linen garments; and
no wool shall come upon them,
whiles they minister in the gates of
the inner court, and within.
18 ™They shall have linen bonnets
upon their heads, and shall have
linen breeches upon their loins;
they shall not gird themselves with
any thing that causeth sweat.
19 And when they go forth into
the utter court, even into the utter
court to the people, they shall put
off their garments wherein they
ministered, and lay them in the
holy chambers, and they shall put
on other garments; and they shall
mnot sanctify the people with their
garments.
20 Neither shall they shave their
heads, nor suffer their locks to grow
long; they shall only poll their
heads.
21 Neither shall any priest drink
wine, when they enter into the
inner court.
22 Neither shall they take for their
wives a widow, nor her that is put
away: but they shall take maidens
of the seed of the house of Israel, or
a widow that had a priest before.
44 23]
23 And “they shall teach my peo-
ple the difference between the
holy and profane, and cause them
to discern between the unclean and
the clean.
24 And in ’controversy they shall
stand in judgment; and they shall
judge it according to my judgments:|
and they shall keep my laws and
my statutes in all mine assemblies;|
and they shall hallow my sabbaths.|
25 And they shall come at no dead,
person to defile themselves: but for
father, or for mother, or for son, or
for daughter, for brother, or for
sister that hath had no husband,
they may defile themselves.
26 And after he is cleansed, they
shall reckon unto him seven days.
27 And in the day that he goeth
into the sanctuary, unto the inner'
court, to minister in the sanctuary,
he shall offer his sin-offering, saith
the Lord Gop.
28 And it shall be unto them for
an inheritance: “I am their in-
heritance: and ye shall give them
no possession in Israel: I am their
possession.
29 They shall eat the ¢meat-offer-
ing, and the sin-offering, and the
trespass-offering; and every dedi-
cated thing in Israel shall be
their’s.
30 “And the first of all the first-
fruits of all things, and every obla-
tion of all, of every sort of your
oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye
shall also give unto the priest the
first of your dough, that he may
cause the blessing to rest in thine
house.
31 The priests shall not eat of any
thing that is dead of itself, or torn,
whether it be fowl or beast.
CHAPTER 45.
The Lord’s portion of the land.
MICREOVER, when ye shall di-
vide by lot the land for inheri-
ye shall offer an oblation
3 And of this measure shalt thou
EZEKIEL.
[45 13
measure the length of five and
twenty thousand, and the breadth
of ten thousand: and in it shall be
the sanctuary and the most holy
| place.
4 The holy portion of the land
shall be for the priests the ministers
of the sanctuary, which shall come
near to minister unto the Lorn:
land it shall be a place for their
houses, and an holy place for the
jsanctuary.
a Ezk.22.26;
Lev.10.10,
11; Mal.2.7.
6 Deut.17:8;
2 Chr.19.8,
10.
c Num.18.20;
Deut.10:9;
18.1,2;
Josh.-13-14,;33.
d Lit.. meal.
e Ex.13.2;
Num.3.13.
f One cubit =
about 18 in.
g One ephah
=1bu.3
pts.; also vs.
3 And the five and twenty thou-
jsand of length, and the ten thou-
sand of breadth, shall also the
Levites, the ministers of the house,
have for themselves, for a posses-
sion for twenty chambers.
6 And ye shall appoint the posses-
sion of the city five thousand ‘bread,
and five and twenty thousand jong,
over against the oblation of the
holy portion: it shall be for the
whole house of Israel.
The portion-for the prince.
7 And a portion shall be for the
prince on the one side and on the
other side of the oblation of the
holy portion, and of the possession
of the city, before the oblation of
10,11,13,24.
h One bath =
about 8 gals.;|
also vs.11,14.
# One homer
= about 86
gals.; also
vs.11,14.
j One shekel
= 2s..9d.,.or
65 cts.
k One gerah =
11.2 grains.
7 One maneh -
= one sixti-
eth of a tal-
ent.
the holy portion, and before the
possession of the city, from the
west side westward, and from the
east side eastward: and the length
shall be over against one of the
portions, from the west border unto
the east border.
8 In the fand shall be his posses-
sion in Israel: aad my princes shall
jmo more oppress my people; and
the rest of the land shall they give
|to the house of Israel according to
their tribes.
§ Thus saith the Lord Gop; Let
|it suffice you, © princes of Israel:
remove violence and spoil, and exe-
jcute judgment and justice, take
away your exactions from my peo-
‘ple, saith the Lord Gop.
10 Ye shall have just balances,
anda just Sephah, and a just “bath.
11 The ephah and the bath shall
be of one measure, that the bath
may contain the tenth part of an
*homer, andthe ephah the tenth part
‘of an homer: the measure thereof
shall be after the homer.
12 And the Jshekel shall be
twenty *gerahs: twenty shekels, five
and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels,
shall be your ‘maneh.
13 This is the oblation that ye
shall offer; the sixth part of an
‘ephah of an ‘homer of wheat, and
45 14]
ye shall give the sixth part of an
ephah of an homer of barley:
14 Concerning the ordinance of
oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer
the tenth part of a bath out of the
2cor, which is an homer of ten
baths; for ten baths are an homer:
15 And one lamb out of the flock,
out of two hundred, out of the fat
pastures of Israel; for a meat-
offering, and for a burnt-offering,
and for peace-offerings, to make
‘reconciliation for them, saith the
Lord Gob.
16 All the people of the land shall
give this oblation for the prince in
Israel.
17 Andit shall be the prince’s part
to sive burnt-offerings, and meat-
offerings, and drink-offerings, in the
feasts, and in the new moons, and|,
in the sabbaths, in all solemnities
of the house of Israel: he shall pre-
pare the sin-offering, and the meat-
offering, and the burnt-offering, and
the peace-offerings, to make ‘recon-
ciliation for the house. of Israel.
18 Thus saith the Lord Gop; In
the “first month, in the first day
of the month, thou shalt take a
young bullock without blemish, and
cleanse the sanctuary: ;
19. And the priest shall take of the|
blood of the sin-offering, and put it
upon the posts of the house, and
upon the four corners: of the settle
of the altar, and upon the posts of|
the gate of the inner court.
20 And. so thou shalt do the sev-|
enth day of the month for every
one that erreth, and for him that
ts simple: so shall ye ‘reconcile the
house.
21 ‘Im the first month, in the
fourteenth day of the month, ye}
shall have the passover, a feast of
seven days; unleavened bread shall
be eaten.
22 And upon that day shall the}
prince prepare for himself and for|
all the people of the land’ a /bullock|
for a sin-offering.
23 And seven days of the feast he
shall prepare a burnt-offering to the}
Lorp, seven bullocks and seven
rams without blemish daily the}
seven days; and a kid of the goats}
daily for a sin-offering.
24 And he shall prepare a “meat-
offering of an Sephah for a bullock,
and an ephah for aram, and an "him
of oil for an ephah.
25 In the ‘seventh month, in the
fifteenth day of the month, shall he
do the like in the feast of the seven
EZEKIEL.
a One cor =
about 86
di.e. April;
also v.21.»
e Ex.12.18;
Num.9.2,3;
| 28.16,17;
Deut.16.1.
| f Lev.4.14.
One ephah
= 1 bu. 3.
| pts.; also
| Ezk.46.5,7,
11,14.
hk 1 hin =
about 6 qts.
ii.e. October.
1g
893
[46 10
days, according to the sin-offer-
ing, according to the burnt-offering,
and according to the "meat-offering,
and according to the oil.
CHAPTER 46.
The worship of the prince and
the people.
HUS saith the Lord Gop; The
gate of the inmer court that
looketh toward the east shall be
shut the six working days; but on
the sabbath it shall be opened, and
in the day of the new moon it shalh
be opened.
2 And the prince shall enter by the
way of the porch of that gate with-
out, and shall stand by the post of
the gate, and the priests shall pre-
pare his burnt-offering and his
peace-offerings, and he shall wor-
ship at the threshold of the gate:
then he shall go forth; but the gate
shall not be shut until the evening.
3 Likewise the people of the land
shall worship at the door of this
gate before the Lorp in the sab-
baths and in the new moons.
4 And the burnt-offering that the
prince shall offer unto the LorD in
the sabbath day shall be six lambs
without blemish, and a ram without
blemish.
5 And the ’meat-offering shall be
an ephah for a ram, and the meat-
offering for the lambs as he shall be
lable to give, and an “hin of oil to an
ephah.
6 And in the day of the new moon
it shall be a young bullock without
Iblemish, and six lambs, and a ram
they shall be without blemish.
7 And he shall prepare a ’meat-
lephah.
| 8 And when the prince shall en-
ter, he shall go in by the way of the
porch of that gate, and he shall go
forth by the way thereof.
_9 But when the people of the land
shall come before the LorD in the
solemn feasts, he that entereth in
by the way of the north gate to
worship shall go out by the way of
the south gate; and he that entereth
by the way of the south gate shall
go forth by the way of the north
gate: he shall not return by the
way of the gate whereby he came
in, but shall go forth over against it.
10 And the prince in the midst of
them, when they go in, shall go in;
and when they go forth, shall go
forth. i ;
11 And in the feasts and in the
solemnities the ¢meat-offering shall
be an ephah to a bullock, and an
ephah to a ram, and to the lambs
as he is able to give, and an ®hin
of oil to an ephah.
12 Now when the prince shall pre-
pare a voluntary burnt-offering or
peace-offerings voluntarily unto the
Lorp, one shall then open him the
gate that looketh toward thé east,
and he shall prepare his burnt-offer-
ing and his peace-offerings, as he
did on the sabbath day: then he
shall go forth; and after his going
forth one shall shut the gate.
13 Thou shalt daily prepare a
burnt-offering unto the LorD of a
lamb of the first year without blem-
ish: thou shalt prepare it every
morning.
14 And thou shalt prepare a
“meat-offering for it every morning,
the sixth part of an ephah, and the
third part of an ¢hin of oil, to tem-
per with the fine flour; a meat-
offering continually by a perpetual
ordinance unto the Lorp.
15 Thus shall they prepare the
lamb, and the ¢meat-offering, and
the oil, every morning for a con-
tinual burnt-offering.
16 Thus saith the Lord Gop; If
the prince give a gift unto any of
his sons, the inheritance thereof
shall be his sons’; it shal/ be their
possession by inheritance.
17 But if he give a gift of his in-
heritance to one of his servants,
then it shall be his to ‘the year of
liberty; after it shall return to the
prince: but his inheritance shall be
his sons’ for them.
18 Moreover “the prince shall not
take of the people’s inheritance by
oppression, to thrust them out of
their possession; but he shall give
his sons inheritance out of his own
possession: that my people be not
scattered every man from his pos-
session.
The place for boiling the
offerings.
19 After he brought me through
the entry, which was at the side of
the gate, into the holy chambers
of the priests, which looked toward
the north: and, behold, there was a
place on the two sides westward,
20 Then said he unto me, This is
the place where: the priests shall
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 574.
a Lit. meal.
6 One hin =
about 6 gts.
¢ Lev.25.10.
d Ezk.45.8.
e 2 Chr.35.13.
f Lev.2.4,5,7.
g Joel 3.18;
Zech.13.1;
14.8; Rev.
22:14
h Ezk.40.3.
# One cubit =
about 18 in.
894
‘boil the trespass-offering and the ©
sin-offering, where they shall fbake
the “meat-offering; that they bear —
them not out into the utter court,
to sanctify the people.
21 Then he brought me forth into
the utter court, and caused me to
pass by the four corners of the
court; and, behold, in every corner
of the court there was a court.
22 Inthe four corners of the court
there were courts joined of forty
cubits long and thirty broad: these
four corners were of one measure.
23 And there was a row of
building round about in them,
round about them four, and it was
made with boiling places under the
rows round about.
24 Then said he unto me, These
are the places of them that boil,
where the ministers of the house
shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
CHAPTER 47.
The river of the sanctuary. (Cf.
Zech. 14. 8, 9; Rev. 22.1, 2.)
AFIERWARD he brought me
again unto the door of the
‘|house; and, behold, swaters issued
out from under the threshold of the
house eastward: for the forefront
of the house stood toward the east,
and the waters came down from
under from the right side of the
house, at the south side of the
altar.
2 Then brought he me out of the
way of the gate northward, and led
me about the way without unto the
utter gate by the way that looketh
eastward; and, behold, there ran
out waters on the right side,
3 And when ‘the man that had °
the line in his hand went forth
eastward, he measured a thousand
‘cubits, and he brought me through
the waters; the waters were to the
ankles. 1
4 Again he measured a thousand,
and brought me through the wa-
ters; the waters were to the knees.
Again he measured a thousand, and
brought me through; the waters
were to the loins.
5 Afterward he measured a thou-
sand; and it was a river that I
could not pass over: for the waters
were risen, waters to swim in, a
Tiver that could not be passed over.
6 And he said unto me, Son of
man, hast thou seen this? Then
he brought me, and caused me to
return to the brink of the river,
_
47 7)
7 Now when I had returned, be-
hold, at the bank of the river were
very many “trees on the one side
and on the other.
8 Then said he unto me, These
waters issue out toward the east
country, and go down into the des-
ert, and go into the sea: which
being brought forth into the sea,
the waters shall be healed.’
9 And it shall come to pass, that
every thing that liveth, which mov-
eth, whithersoever the “rivers shali
come, shail live: and there shall be
a very great multitude of fish, be-
cause these waters shall come
thither: for they shall be healed;
and every thing shall live whither
the river cometh.
10 And it shall come to pass, that
the fishers shall stand upon it from
En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they
shall be a place to spread forth
nets: their fish shall be according
to their kinds, as the fish ‘of the
great sea, exceeding many-
11 But the miry places thereof
and the marishes thereof shall not be
healed; they shall be given to salt.
12 And by the river upon the
bank thereof, on this side and on
that side, shall grow all trees for
meat, ¢whose leaf shall not fade,
neither shall the fruit thereof be
consumed: it shall bring forth new
fruit according to his months, be-
eause their waters they issued out
of the sanctuary: and the fruit
thereof shall be for meat, and the
leaf thereof for medicine.
The borders of the land.
(Cf. Gen. 15. 18-21.)
_.13 Thus saith the Lord Gop; This
shall be the border, whereby ye
shall inherit the land according to
the twelve tribes of Israel: ‘Joseph
shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as
well as another: concerning the
which I /flifted up mine hand to
give it unto your fathers: and this
land shall fall unto you for inheri-
tance.
15 And this shall be the border
of the land toward the north side,
from the great sea, 8the way of
Hethion, as men go to *Zedad;
16 “Hamath, ‘Berothah, Sibraim,
which is between the border of Da-
mascus and the border of Hamath;
Hazar-hatticon, which is by the
coast of Hauran. ;
17 And the border from the sea
shall be “Hazar-enan, the border of
EZEKIEL.
av.12; Rev.
22,2
b Heb. two
rivers.
c Ezk.48.28;
Num.34.6;
Josh.23.4.
d Job 8.16;
Psa..3;
Jer.17.8.
e Ezk.48.4,5;
Gen.48.5;
1 Chr.5.1.
f Ezk.20.5,6,
28,42; Gen.
12°7;,13-15;
TS ais" 0728;
26.3; 28.13.
g Ezk.48.1.
h Num.34.8.
1 2 Sam.8.8.
j Ezk.48.1;
Num.34.9.
k Ezk.48.28;
Num.20.13;
Deut.32.51;
Psa.81.7.
1 Cf. Eph.3.6;
Rev.7.9,10.
m Rom.10.12;
Gal.3.28;
Col.3.11.
n Ezk.47.15.
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[48 7
Damascus, and the north north-
ward, and the border of Hamath.
And this is the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall mea-
sure fromm Hauran, and from Da-
mascus, and from Gilead, and from
the land of Israel by Jordan, from
the border unto the east sea. And
this is the east side.
19 And the south side southward,
from Tamar even to *the waters of
strife 1n Kadesh, the river to the
great sea. And this is the south
side southward.
20 The west side also shall be the
great sea from the border, till a
man come over against Hamath.
This is the west side.
21 Soshall ye divide this land unto
you according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that
ye shall divide it by lot for an in-
heritance unto you, ‘and to the
strangers that sojourn among you,
which shall beget children among
you: and they shall be unto you
as born in the country among the
\children of Israel; they shall have
inheritance with you among the
tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that
in what tribe the stranger sojourn-
eth, there shall ye give him his in-
heritance, saith the Lord Gob.
CHAPTER 48.
The division of the land.
(Cf, Josh. 13. 1-19. 51.)
Ne these are the names of the
tribes. “From the north end
to the coast of the way of Hethlon,
as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-
enan, the border of Damascus
northward, to the coast of Hamath;
for these are his sides east and
west; a portion for Dan.
2 And by the border of Dan, from
the east side unto the west side, a
portion for Asher.
3 And by the border of Asher,
from the east side even unto the
west side, a portion for Naphtali.
4 And by the border of Naphtali,
from the east side unto the west
side, a portion for Manasseh. ‘
5 And by the border of Manasseh,
from the east side unto the west
side, a portion for Ephraim.
6 And by the border of Ephraim,
from the east side even unto the
west side, a portion for Reuben.
7 And by the border of Reuben,
from the east side unto the west
side, a portion for Judah.
8 And by the. border of Judah,
from the east side unto the west
side, shall be ¢the offering which ye
‘shall offer of five and twenty thou-
sand reeds in breadth, and in
length as one of the other parts,
from the east side unto the west
side: and the sanctuary shall be in
the midst of it.
9 The oblation that ye shall offer
unto the LORD shall be of five and
twenty thousand in length, and of
ten thousand in breadth. |
For the priests and Levites.
10 And for them, even for the}
priests, shall be this holy oblation;
toward the north five and twenty
thousand in length, and toward
the west ten thousand in breadth,
and toward the east ten thousand in
breadth, and toward the south five
and twenty thousand in length:
and the sanctuary of the Lorp
shall be in the midst thereof,
11 °It shall be for the priests that
are sanctified of the sons of Zadok;
which have kept my charge, which
went not astray when the children
of Israel went astray, “as the Le-
vites went astray.
12 And this oblation of the land
that is offered shall be unto them a
thing most holy by the border of
the Levites.
13 And over against the border of
the priests the Levites shali have
five and twenty thousand in length,
and ten thousand in breadth: all
the length shail be five and twenty
thousand, and the breadth ten
thousand.
14 4And they shall not sell of it,
neither exchange, nor alienate the
firstfruits of the land: for it is holy
unto the Lorp.
15 And the five thousand, that
are left in the breadth over against
the five and twenty thousand, shall
be a “profane place for the city, for
dwelling, and for suburbs: and the
city shall be in the midst thereof.
16 And these shail be the mes-
sures thereof; the north side four
thousand and five hundred, and the
south side four thousand and five
hundred, and on the east side four
thousand and five hundred, and the
west side four thousand and five
hundred.
17 And the suburbs of the city
shall be toward the north two hun-
dred and fifty, and toward the
south two hundred and fifty, and
toward the east two hundred and
EZEKIEL.
a Ezk.45.1-6.
6 Ezk.44.15.
c Ezk.44.10.
d Lev.27.10,
e Ezk.42.20.
f Ezk.45.7.
g vs.8,10.
h Heb. one
portion.
# Ezk.47.19.
j Heb. Meri-
bah-Kadesh.
k Ezk.47.14,
2.
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fifty, and toward the west two hun-
dred and fifty.
18 And the residue in length over
against the oblation of the holy
portion shall be ten thousand
jeastward, and ten thousand west-
ward: and it shall be over against
the oblation of the holy portion;
and the increase thereof shall be for
food unto them that serve the city.
19 And they that serve the city
shall serve it out of all the tribes of
Israel.
20 All the oblation shall be five
and twenty thousand by five and
twenty thousand: ye shall offer the
holy oblation foursquare, with the
possession of the city.
The portion for the prince.
21 fAnd the residue shail be for
the other of the holy oblation, and.
of the possession of the city, over
against the five and twenty thou-
sand of the oblation toward the
east border, and westward over
against the five and twenty thou-
against the portions for the prince:
and it shall be the holy oblation;:
Sand the sanctuary of the house
shall be in the midst thereof.
22 Moreover from the possession
of the Levites, and from the pos-
session of the city, being in the
midst of that which is the prince’s,
between the border of Judah and
the border of Benjamin, shall be for
the prince.
23 As for the rest of the tribes,
from the east side unto the west
ade Benjamin shall have a ‘por-
ion.
24 And by the border of Benja-
min, from the east side unto the west
side, Simeon shai] have a portion.
25 And by the border of Simeon,
from the east side unto the west
side, Issachar a portion.
26 And by the border of Issachar,
from the éast side unto the west
side, Zebulun a portion.
27 And by the border of Zebulun,
from the east side unto the west
side, Gad a portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at
the south side southward, the bor-
der shall be even from Tamar unto
the ‘waters of Jstrife in Kadesh, and
to the river toward- the great sea.
29 &This is the land which ye shall
divide by lot unto the tribes of Is-
rael for inheritance, and these are
their portions, saith the Lord Gop.
[48 29.
the prince, on the one side and on |
sand toward the west border, over _
48 30]
The city and its gates.
(Cf. Rev. 21. 10-27.)
30 And these are the goings out
of the city on the north side, four
thousand and five hundred mea-
sures.
31 2And the gates. of the city
shall be after the names of the
tribes. of Israel: three gates north-
ward; one gate of Reuben, one gate
of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32 And at the east side four thou-
sand and five hundred: and three}
gates; and one gate of Joseph,
EZEKIEL.
B.C. 574.
a Rev.21.12.
b Heb. Jeho-
vah-sham-
mah. See
Ex.17.15;
Jud.6.24.
6 Jer.3.17;
Joel 3.21;
Zech.2.10;
Rev.21.3;
2203s
bo7
[48 35
one gate of Benjamin, one gate of
Dan.
33 And at the south side four
thousand and five hundred mea-
sures: and three gates; one gate of
‘Simeon, .one gate of Issachar, one
gate of Zebulun.
34 Atthe west side four thousand
land five hundred, with their three
gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of
Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
35 It was round about eighteen
thousand measures: Yand the
name of the city from that day
shall be, “The Lorp is there.
‘THE BOOK OF DANIEL. "*
DANIEL, like Ezekiel, was a Jewish captive in Babylon. He was of royal or princely
descent (1. 3). For his rank and comeliness he was trained for palace service. In
the polluted atmosphere of an oriental court he lived a life of singular piety and
usefulness. His long life extended from Nebuchadnezzar to Cyrus. He was a con-
temporary of Jeremiah, Ezekiel (14. 20), Joshua, the high priest of the restoration,
Ezra, and Zerubbabel. a
Daniel is the indispensable introduction to New Testament prophecy, the themes
of which are, the apostasy of the Church, the manifestation of the man of sin, the
great tribulation, the return of the Lord, the resurrections and the judgments.
These, except the first, are Daniel’s themes also.
But Daniel is distinctively the prophet of the “times of the Gentiles” (Lk. 21.
24, refs.). His vision sweeps the whole course of Gentile world-rule to its end in
catastrophe, and to the setting up of the Messianic kingdom.
Daniel is in four broad divisions: I. Introduction. The personal history of
Daniel from the conquest of Jerusalem to the second year of N ebuchadnezzar, 1. 1-
21. II. The visions of Nebuchadnezzar and their results, 2. 1-4. 37. III. The per-
sonal history of Daniel under Belshazzar and Darius, 5. 1-6. 28. IV. The visions of
Daniel, 7. 1-12. 13.
The events recorded in Daniel cover a period of 73 years (Ussher).
B.C. 607. 7 Unto whom the prince of the
CHAPTER 1. eunuchs gave names: for he gave
Part I. Introduction: the per- unto Daniel the name of “Belte-
sonal history of Daniel (vs. 1-21). shazzar; and to Hananiah, of Sha-
; : a 2 Ki.24.1,2; |drach; and to Mishael, of Meshach;
IX me ea yee of ie rele of ae and ~ Azariah, of Abed-nego.
TRS eeree ae a Babion pases hee het co ee eas
unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. ere self with the portion of the king’s
King of Judah wero hie Bean Bestel Grant therclore ie tone
part of the ‘vessels of the house of|? Dan.5.1-3; prince of the eunuchs that he might
God: which he carried into the land a yeton not defile himself.
of Shinar to the house of his god;| 19,20. .9 Now God had fbrought Daniel
and he brought the vessels into the eee el into favour and tender love with
treasure house of his god. 2 Ki.20.18; |the prince of the eunuchs.
3 eid the king spake unto bi Isa.39.7. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs
that he should bring certain of the|“4s,the (guid. Unto Daniel, I a ae
children of Israel, and of the ‘king’s| Zeader,or /|meat and your drink: for why
seed, and of the princes; Daves should he see your faces éworse
_4 Children in whom was no blem- 4.8,9,18,19; |liking than the children which are
ish, but well favoured, and skilful in 5.12. Iden- jof your sort? then shall ye make
all wisdom, and cunning in know-| tical in me endanger my head to the king.
ledge, and understanding science, ok 11 Then said Daniel to Melzar,
and such as had ability in them to] shazzar. whom the prince of the eunuchs
stand in the king’s palace, and had set over Dani i
whom they might teach the learning RNa * |Mishael, and Aeenaee anemia,
an a coe of the ee 10.21. 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech
daily provision of tee Renee mene [/Genapay |i, ten days: and let them give
and of the wine which he drank.| A710 [US Pulse to eat, and uitcna cae
a the : k nm let our countenances be
. Nate eS three years,|£Or, sadder. |}ooked upon before thee, and the
: ae ne pad thereof they might countenance of the children that
fe Now aes ee were of the aN os ee ee a ee foes
: { meat: and as thou seest, deal wi
children of Judah, Daniel, Hana- thy servants. ye
niah, Mishael, and Azariah: 14 So he consented to them in
898
1 15] DANIEL. 7 [2 10
this matter, and proved them ten| B.c. 606. _jcall the magicians, and the astrolo-
days. gers, and the sorcerers, and the
15 And at the end of ten days eChaldea s, for to she ; i
their countenances appeared fairer his dveaanss “So Nebey ed nae
and fatter in flesh than all the chil- stood before the king.
S pateneeers eat the portion of Ei ue es oe sa unto them,
eat. ave dream:
16 Thus Melzar took away the spirit was cratibied Conta the
portion of their meat, and the wine dream.
ahs a should drink; and gave } _ Ee sense the Chaldeans to
pulse. i i i
17 As for these four children, God | ea ea fon net CE ning sores oaiea es
ee ere oaa| ic? \\prseseec hua saab aoe
! - E as.1.5-7. pretation.
Daniel had understanding in all weet 5 The king answered and said to
visions anti dreams. hire the Chaldeans, The thing is gone
18 Now at the end of the days|c Heb. wisdom from me: if ye will not make known
that the king had said he should pe unto me the dream, with the inter-
pete ee 2 sri ae Aes of ot pretation eae oe shall be cut in
e eunuchs broug em in before|d ice. t the |pieces, an
Nebuchadnezzar. ; return of the madd a dinehills Sain Mada
19 And the king communed with| JuGan at the | 6 But if ye shew the dream, and
them; and among them all was] end of the 70 the interpretation thereof, ye shall
found. none like Daniel, Hananiah,| Ye4r> Orr receive of me gifts and rewards and
Mishael, and Azariah: therefore) 9/10}. Dan- |ereat honour: therefore shew me
stood they before the king. iel actually |the dream, and the interpretation
20 And in all matters of ‘wisdom lived beyond | thereof.
and understanding, that the king] of Cyrus. 7 They answered again and said,
enquired of them, he found them] Dan.10.1. Let the king tell his servants the
ten times Se ae ind 085| os cathe dream, ne re will shew the inter-
gicians and astrologers that were] "paving the |Pretation o it.
in all his realm. ancient wis- | 8 The king answered and said, I
21 And Daniel ¢continued_even oe know of certainty that ye would
unto the first year of king Cyrus.] Chaldeans |gain the time, because ye see the
parexcel- |thing is gone from me.
CHAPTER 2. ost 9 But if ve wall not make known
ahys ; unto me the dream, there 1s but
P. ae ata 4 phe eaeions oF igs tes one decree for you: for ye have pre-
(Dan. 2.14.37). (1) The forgot- pared lying and corrupt words to
ten dream: failure of the magi. speak before me, till the time be
; j changed: therefore tell me the
ND in the second year of the dream, and I shall know that ye
reign of Nebuchadnezzar Neb- can shew me the interpretation
uchadnezzar dreamed dreams, thereof.
wherewith his spirit was troubled, 10 The Chaldeans answered be-
and his sleep brake from him. fore the king, and said, There is not
2 Then the king commanded to a man upon the earth that can
i From Dan. 2. 4 to 7. 28 the Book of Daniel is written in Aramaic, the ancient
language of Syria, and substantially identical with Chaldaic, the language of ancient
Babylonia. Upon this fact, together with the occurrence of fifteen Persian, and
three Greek words, has been based an argument against the historicity of Daniel,
and in favour of a date after the conquest of Palestine by Alexander (B.c. 332)... alt
has, however, seemed, with some modern exceptions, to the Hebrew and Christian
scholarship of the ages an unanswerable proof rather of the Danielic authorship of
the book that, living from boyhood in a land the language of which was Chaldaic, a
great part of his writing should be in that tongue. It has often been pointed out
that the Chaldaic of Daniel is of high antiquity, as is shown by comparison with
that of the Targums. The few words of Persian and Greek in like manner confirm
the writer’s residence at a court constantly visited by emissaries from those peoples.
It is noteworthy that the Aramaic section is precisely that part of Daniel which most
concerned the peoples amongst whom he lived, and to whom a prophecy written in
Hebrew would have been unintelligible. The language returns to Hebrew in the
predictive portions which have to do with the future of Israel. “The Hebrew of
Daniel is closely related to that of Ezekiel.’’—Delitzsch.
899
211] DANIEL. {2 32
23 I thank thee, and praise thee,
O thou God of my fathers, who hast
given me wisdom and might, and
hast made known unto me now
what we desired of thee: for thou
hast mow made known unto us the
king’s matter.
24 Therefore Daniel went in unto
fArioch, whom the king had or-
|dained to destroy the wise men of
Babylon: he went and said thus
unto him; Destroy not the wise
men of Babylon: bring me in before
the king, and I will shew unto the
king the interpretation.
shew the king’s matter: therefore}
thereisno king,lord,nor ruler, that
asked such things at any magician,
or astrologer, or ‘Chaldean.
11 And it is a rare thing that the
king requireth, and there is none
other that can shew it before the
king, except the gods, whose dwell-
ing is not with flesh.
42 For this cause the king was
angry and very furious, and com-
manded to destroy all the wise men
of Babylon.
13 And the decree went forth that
the wise men ‘should be slain; and
they sought Daniel and his fellows
to be slain. iel before the king in haste, and
a Or, execu-
(2) The prayer for wisdom. tioner(v-24). bape ie oe eesti pepe ea
14 Then Daniel answered with}? ae of the |will make icakvoisi unto the king the
counsel and wisdom to Arioch the] 519.2837, |interpretation. E
captain of the king’s guard, which] 44; Dan4. 26 The king answered and said to
was gone forth to slay the wise men| 37; 5-23. Daniel, whose name was Belteshaz-
of ‘Babylon: cCfDan.7, |Zar, Art thou able to make known
15 He answered and said to} 25. unto me the dream which I have
rap the king’s a Saat Why as Beal ed oes an SEL Eira iat sen
the decree so hasty from the king? “ae aniel answered in the pres-
Then Arioch made the thing known} e Gen.41.45, {ence or ee ew ara ne The =
to Daniel. marg.; cret whic e king hat mande
sed of the king fiat hewonidl Reittic!’ [gees tee tances the oot
give him time, and that he would| Prov-3-32; |ers, shew unto the king;
shew the king the interpretation. ee 28 But there is a God in heaven
17 Then Daniel went tohis house,| f v.14. that érevealeth secrets, and maketh
and made the thing known to known to the king Nebuchadnezzar
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,|° 2? what shall’ be in the latter days.
his companions: h Times Thy dream, and the visions of thy
18 That they would desire mer-| (of the head upon thy bed, are these:
cies of the God bof heaven concern-| Gentiles). | 99 As for thee, O king, thy
ing this secret; that Daniel and his} Rev.16.i9. |thoughts came into thy mind
fellows should not perish with the a upon thy bed, “what should come
rest of the wise men of Babylon. tv-10.19.) |to pass hereafter: and he that re-
(5) The secret revealad toaceat, vealeth secrets maketh known to
thee what shall come to pass.
19 Then was the secret revealed 30 But as for me, this secret is not
unto Daniel in a night vision. Then revealed to me for any wisdom that
Daniel blessed the God of heaven. I have more than any living, but
20 Daniel answered and _ said, for their sakes that shall make
Blessed be the name of God for known the interpretation to the
ever and ever: for wisdom and king, and that thou mightest know
might are his:
theethoughts of thy heart.
21 Andhe “changeth the times and
the seasons: ¢he removeth kings, (4) The forgotten dream
and setteth up kings: he giveth wis- recovered.
dom unto the wise, and knowledge 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and
to them that know understanding: behold a great limage. This great
22 He ‘revealeth the deep and image, whose brightness was excel-
secret things: he knoweth what is lent, stood before thee; and the
in the darkness, and the light dwell- form thereof was terrible.
eth with him.
32 This image’s head was of fine
_ 1 The monarchy-vision. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, as interpreted by Daniel,
gives the course and end of “the times of the Gentiles” (Lk. 21. 24; Rev. 16. 19, note),
that is, of Gentile world-empire. The four metals composing the image are explained
as symbolizing (vs. 38-40) four empires, not necessarily possessing the inhabited
900
25 Then Arioch brought in Dan-’
-
i
2 33] DANIEL. [2 42
gold, his breast and his arms of sil. B.C. 603. _|of men dwell, the beasts of the field
ver, his belly and his “thighs of and the fowls of the heaven hath
brass, 20r, sides. | he given into thine hand, and hath
33 His legs of iron, his feet part pS aida aS made thee ruler over them all.
of iron and part of clay. vs.34,35,44, |Thou art this head of gold.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone re ee (BY The secand world. 5
icains - ‘17.6; orld-empire:
was cut out without hands, which] ; p28) Media-Persia. (Cf Dati. 7,5.)
smote the image upon his feet. that} ; pan.7.23-27.
ere gf iron and clay, and brake See Rev.19. (c) The third world-empire:
em to pieces. pees Greece. (Cf. Dan. 7. 6.
35 °Then was the iron, the clay,) gorr@sct f ;
the brass, the silver, and the gold, 16.14; 19.17).| 39 And after thee shall arise
broken to pieces together, and be-|d Psa.1.4; another kingdom inferior to thee,
came like the ¢chaff of the summer] Mt-3.12. and another third kingdom of
Wireshinesloors: and the wind car-|¢ — Has which shall bear rule over all
ried them away, that no place was 34-45- e earth. t
found for them: ¢and the stone that Dan7.1-27. (d) The fourth world-empire:
smote the image became a great} (Gen.1.26- R Cf D Bes
fmountain, and filled the whole| 28},2° abe ies 138: Mae)
earth. fe Avenountain ae kAnd the too kingdom shall
. - is one of the |be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron
a ot Bhs ree rete se A eng vas bean e in pes and sebdoste a
nis is the dream; and we will) jingd ings: and as iron that breake
tell the interpretation thereof before Tea no. all these, shall it break in pieces
the king. note. and bruise.
= 7 se g This isuni- | 41 And whereas thou sawest the
(a) The first world-empire: Baby-| versatdo- | r.c¢ and toes, part of potters’ clay,
inion. It
Jon under Nebuchadnezzar.) Vor ne and part of iron, the kingdom shall
(CE. Dan. 7 4.) was never pa shal
mie ' fully real- | be divided; 1pbut there shall be in it
37 Thou, O king, art a king off power was Of the strength of the iron, foras-
kings: for the God of heaven hath} given for it. much as thou sawest the iron mixed
given thee a kingdom, power, and}; Dan.7.7,23. |with ‘miry clay. _
strength, and glory. iLit. brittle. | 42 And as the /toes of the feet
38 And &wheresoever the children| j Dan.7.24. were part of iron, and part of clay,
earth, but able to do so (v. 38), and fulfilled in Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece (under
Alexander), and Rome. The latter power is seen divided, first into two (the legs),
fulfilled in the Eastern and Western Roman empires, and then into ten (the toes)
(see Dan. 7.26, note). As a whole, the image gives the imposing outward greatness
and splendour of the Gentile world-power.
The smiting Stone (2. 34, 35) destroys the Gentile world-system. (in its final form)
by a sudden and irremediable blow, not by the gradual processes of conversion
and assimilation; and then, and not before, does the Stone become a mountain which
fills “the whole earth.” (Cf. Dan. 7. 26, 27.) Such a destruction of the Gentile mon-
archy-system did not occur at the first advent of Christ. On the contrary, He was put
to death by the sentence of an officer of the fourth empire, which was then at the
zenith of its power. Since the crucifixion the Roman empire has followed the course
marked out in the vision, but Gentile world-dominion still continues, and the crush-
ing blow is still suspended. The detail of the end-time is given in Dan. 7. 1-28,
and Rev. 13.-19. It is important to see (1) that Gentile world-power is to end in
a sudden catastrophic judgment (see “Armageddon,” Rev. 16. 14; 19. 21); (2) that
it is immediately followed by the kingdom of heaven, and that the God of the heavens
does not set up His kingdom till after the destruction of the Gentile world-system,
Tt is noteworthy that Gentile world-dominion begins and ends with a great image
(Dan. 2. 31; Rev. 13. 14, 15). ?
1 From the “head of gold” (v. 38) to the “iron” of the “fourth kingdom” (Rome)
there is deterioration in fineness, but increase of strength (v. 40). Then comes the
deterioration of the “fourth kingdom” in that very quality, strength. (1) Deterio-
ration by division: The kingdom is divided into two, the legs (Eastern and Western
empires), and these are again divided into kingdoms, the number of which when
the Stone smites the image will be ten (toes, v. 42; cf. Dan. 7.23, 24). (2) Deteriora-
tion by admixture; the iron of the Roman imperium mixed with the clay of the
popular will, fickle and easily moulded. This is precisely what has come to pass
in the constitutional monarchies which, with the Republic of France and the despotism
of Turkey, cover the sphere of ancient Roman rule.
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2 43] DANIEL. [3 6
ined hall be partl B.C. 603. 49 Then Daniel requested of the 7}
ret Mee a sb ehrokea. si dan king, and he set Shadrach, Me-
43 And whereas thou sawest iron shach, and Abed-nego, over the. ©
mixed with miry clay; they shall affairs of the province of Babylon:
mingle themselves with the seed of but “Daniel sat in the gate of the
men: but they shall not cleave one king.
to another, even as iron is not ;
mixed with clay. CHAPTER 3.
one The pride of Nebuchadnezzar
(e) The final world-empire: the ee hes oh 2
: punishment: (1) the,
ganador os heaven. (See Mt. Haze of Zolt!
44 1And in the days of these WNEBUCHADNEZZAR the king
a made an *4image of gold, whose
kings shall the God of heaven set}, o;,aritt/e. height was threescore cubits, and
up a ‘kingdom, which shall never
: the breadth thereof six cubits: he
ae etre ae ae iepgcon tet poe heey it up in the plain of Dura, in
shall not be left to other people, the province of Babylon.
Dut it shall break ui ver and Con c Lk 182, 2. “Then Nekehadnezcar-th e king
pt gle theses deine oms, and it ' ” i rae to gather soutien the Prine
s . v.34, refs. e governors, an e captains,
t that :
che oprah ious that Cyan, [ibe dees, the treasurers, the coum
‘ ) 2 | 28,30. se ,
tain without hands, and that it : malena of the : ny
3 gr hes a provinces, to come to
ae ue Dens HOR, saene fv.22, refs. |+he dedication of the image which
nae great God hath made ktown|*Provis. |Nebuchadnezzar the king had
A 353 21.1. set up
to the king what shall come to pass 5 .
petericey ana the dream is ter hCfGen.19, | 3 Then the princes, the governors,
tain, and the inter retation thereof| 2%t the and captains, the judges, the wer
genet P compro-.,, _ |surers, the counsellors, the sheriffs,
Daniel the [and all the rulers of the provinces,
(6) The promotion of Daniel, | infexible. were gathered together unto the
i CfRev.13 dedication of the image that Nebu-
46 ¢Then the king Nebuchadnez- 14,15. chadnezzar the king had set up;
zar fell upon his face, and wor- and they stood before the image
shipped Daniel, and commanded that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
that they should offer an oblation -4 Then an herald cried aloud, To
and sweet odours unto him. you it is commanded, O people, na-
47 The king answered unto Dan- tions, and languages,
iel, and said, Of a truth it is, that S That at what time ye hear the
your God is a God of gods, and a sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
Lord of kings, and a /revealer of sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all
secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal kinds of musick, ye fall down and
this secret. worship the golden image that
48 &Then the king made Daniel a Nebuchadnezzar the king hath
great man, and gave him many set up:
great gifts, and made him ruler 6 And whoso falleth not down
over the whole province of Baby- and worshippeth shall the same
lon, and chief of the governors over hour be cast into the midst of a
all the wise men of Babylon. burning fiery furnace.
when the kingdom of the heavens will be set up. It will be’ “in the days of these
kings,” i.e. the days of the ten kings (cf. Dan. 7. 24-27) symbolized by the toes of
the image. That condition did not exist at the advent of Messiah, nor was it even
possible until the dissolution of the Roman empire, and the rise of the present na-
tional world-system. See ‘Kingdom (O.T.)” (Gen. 1. 26; Zech. 12. 8); “Kingdom
(N.T.)” (Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor. 15, 28); Mt. 3. 2, note (defining “kingdom of heaven’’).
Verse 45 repeats the method by which the kingdom will be setup. (Cf. v.31, note 5
Psa. 2.5 with Psa. 2. 6; Zech. 14. 1-8 with Zech. 14. 9.)
+ The attempt of this great king of Babylon to unify the religions of his empire
by self-deification will be repeated by the beast, the last head of the Gentile world-
dominion (Rev. 13. 11-15). See ‘Beast, the” (Dan. 7. 8; Rev. 19. 20). It has
repeatedly characterized Gentile authority in the earth, e.g. Dan, 6. 7; Acts 12. 22,
and the later Roman emperors.
1 The passage fixes authoritatively the time relative to other predicted events,
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7 Therefore at that time, when|
all the people heard the sound of
the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, and all kinds of musick,
all the people, the nations, and the
languages, fell down and worship-
ped the golden image that Nebu-
chadnezzar the king had set up.
(2) The three Jews refuse to wor-
ship the image.
8 Wherefore at that time certain
@Chaideans came near, and accused
the Jews.
9 They spake and said to the king
Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for
ever.
10 Thou, O king, hast made a de-
cree, that every man that shall
hear the sound of the cornet, flute,
harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulci-
mer, and all kinds of musick, shall
fall down and worship the golden
image:
11 And whoso falleth not down
and worshippeth, that he should
be cast into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace.
12 There are certain Jews >whom
thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego; these
men, O king, have not regarded
thee: they serve not thy gods, nor
worship the golden image which
thou hast set up.
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his
rage and fury commanded to bring
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego. Then they brought these
men before the king.
14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said
unto them, Js 1¢ true, O Shadrach,
_Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye
serve my gods, nor worship the
golden image which I have set up?
15 Now if ye be ready that at
what time ye hear the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psal-
tery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of
musick, ye fall down and worship
the image which I have made; well:
but if ye worship not, ye shall be
cast the same hour into the midst of
a burning fiery furnace; and who is
that God that shall deliver you out
of my hands?
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego, answered and said to the
king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are
DANIEL.
B.C. 580.
a Cf. the con-
duct of Dan-
iel, Dan 2.24.
6 Dan.2.49.
c Cf.Dan.6.
19-22;
Jer.30.7-9.
d Job 13.15;
Acts 4.19.
e Ex.20.3-S;
Lev.19.4.
f 1sa.43.2.
g Phil.2.6-8.
h Or, a Son of |
God.
+ Cf.Dan.4.
2,3,17,34,35.
[3 26
not careful to answer thee in this
matter.
17 Ifit be so, our “God whom we
serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, land he will
deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18 But if not, be it known unto
thee, O king, that 4we will not serve
thy gods, nor “worship the golden
image which thou hast set up.
(3) The harmless furnace.
19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar
full of fury, and the form of his
visage was changed against Shad-
rach, Meshach, and Abed-nego:
therefore he spake, and command-
ed that they should heat the furnace
one seven times more than it was
wont to be heated.
20 And he commanded the most
mighty men that were in his army
to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, and to cast them into
the burning fiery furnace.
21 Then these men were bound in
their coats, their hosen, and their
hats, and their other garments,
and were cast into the midst of the
burning fiery furnace.
22 Therefore because the king’s
commandment was urgent, and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flames of
the fire slew those men that took up
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
23 And these three men, Sha-
drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
fell down bound into the midst of
the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the
king was astonied, and rose up in
haste, and spake, and said unto his
counsellors, Did not we cast three
men bound into the midst of the
fire? They answered and said unto
the king, True, O king.
25 He answered and said, Lo, I
see four men loose, walking in the
midst of the fire, and they have ‘no
hurt; and the form of the fourth is
like “the Son of God.
(4) The convinced king.
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came
near to the mouth of the burning
fiery furnace, and spake, and said,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego, ye servants ‘of the most high
God, come forth, and come Azther.
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and
bear no testimony, are a
Rom. il. 5), who will be faithful in ‘the
Rev. 7. 14).
903
1 The three Jews, faithful to God while the nation of Israel far from their land
fit type of the Jewish remnant in the last days (isaelao%
furnace of the great tribulation (Psa. 2. 5;
3 27] DANIEL. ‘[4 16
6 Therefore made I a decree “to
bring in all the wise men of Baby-
jon before me, that they might
make known unto me the interpre-
tation of the dream.
7 Then came in the magicians, the
astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers: and I told the dream
before them; but they did not make
Abed-nego, “came forth of the
midst of the fire. P
27 And the princes, governors,
and captains, and the king’s coun-
sellors, being gathered together,
saw these men, upon whose bodies
the fire had no power, nor was an
hair of their head singed, neither
were their coats changed, nor the
smell of fire had passed on them. known unto me the interpretation
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, thereof. :
and said, Blessed be the God of|¢ Miracles 8 But at the last Daniel came in
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-| (0-7),vs- | lbefore me, whose name was Belte-
nego, who hath sent his "angel, and} 16-23. shazzar, according to the name of
delivered his servants ae) — Carers my god, and in ene oe rae
in him, and have change: e king’s ~~" lof the holy gods: and before hi
word, and yielded their bodies, that] » Heb.1.4, told the dream, saying,
they might not serve nor worship| 7o¢e. 9 © Belteshazzar, master of the
any god, except their own God. magicians, because I know that the
c Cf.Dan.2. AS Sptaais
The d. Fe icahar 37,38; 3.29. |spirit of the holy gods is in thee,
(S) The decree of Nebuchad- ¢2S8am.7.16, |22dnosecret troubleth thee, tell me
ez ZnS Psa.g035-' |thevisions of my dream thatI have
i genet mets a aeney 37; Dan.7.__{seen, oe _—
at every people, nation, and jan- 14; 10 us were the visions of mine
SaaS eee pe eral ESSER ke in — ‘ ln behold
again: 5 -| ¢ Cf.Dan.2. a Stree in the midst of the earth,
shach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut| 1,2. and the height thereof was great.
in pieces, and their houses shall be 11 The tree grew, and was strong
rk ~~ | f Symbol of a I ? ,
made a dunghill: because there is|’ great king. and the height thereof reached unto
no eee God that can deliver after aes Sh ee the sight thereof to the
is sort. F * Jend o the earth:
30 Then the king promoted Sha-| 27
drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in| g vs.17,23; and the fruit thereof much, and in
the province of Babylon. plural in 17. |i+ was meat for all: the beasts of
h Sanctify, the field had shadow under it, and
CHAPTER 4. holy (O.T.). |the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the
(6) The king’s proclamation. cee boughs thereof, and all flesh was
JNEBUCHADNEZZAR the king,| 28:3) fed of it. ete
cunto all people, nations, and] ; cp me3. 13 I saw in the visions of my
languages, that !dwell in all the] ‘10: 7.19: head upon my bed, and, behold, a
earth; Peace be multiplied unto you,| Lk-13.6-10. Tees we an “holy one came
2 I thought it good to shew the! ; 7, b OWL SEORISNCAV EIN :
signs and wonders that the high we Sompietes 14 He cried aloud, and said thus,
God hath wrought toward me. ness. *Hew down the tree, and cut off his
3 How great are his signs! and branches, shake off his leaves, and
how mighty are his wonders! his scatter his fruit: let the beasts get
kingdom jis an 4everlasting king- away from under it, and the fowls
dom, and his dominion is from gen- from his branches:
eration to generation. 15 Nevertheless leave the stump
of his roots in the earth, even with
(7) The tree vision of Nebuchad- a band of iron and brass, in the ten-
nezZar. der grass of the field; and let it be
_4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest wet with the dew of heaven, and Jet
in mine house, and flourishing in his portion be with the beasts in
my palace: the grass of the earth:
5 I saw a dream which made me 16 Let his heart be changed from
afraid, and the thoughts upon my man’s, and let a beast’s heart be
bed and the visions of my head given unto him; and let Jseven
troubled me. times pass over him.
! Nebuchadnezzar, first of the Gentile world-kings in whom the times of the
Gentiles (Lk. 21. 243 Rev. 16. 14) began, perfectly comprehended the universality
of the sway committed to him (Dan. 2. 37, 38); as also did Cyrus (Ezra 1.2). That
they did not actually subject the known earth to their sway is true, but they might
have done so, The earth lay in their power.
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12 The leaves thereof were fair, :
~~
34 7] DANIEL. [4 34
25 That they shall drive thee from
men, and thy dwelling shall be with
ithe beasts of the field; and they
shall make thee to eat grass as
loxen, and they shall wet thee with
the dew of heaven, and seven times
shall pass over thee, till thou know
‘that the most High ruleth in the
kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever he will.
26 And whereas they commanded
to leave the stump of the tree roots;
thy kingdom shall be sure unto
thee, after that thou shalt have
whomsoever he will, and setteth up
over it the basest of men.
18 This dream I king Nebuchad-
nezzar have seen. Now thou, O
Belteshazzar, declare the inter-
pretation thereof, forasmuch as all
the wise men of my kingdom are
not able to make known unto me
the interpretation: but thou art known that the heavens do rule.
able; for the spirit of the holy gods | 27 Wherefore, O king, let my
1s in thee. } counsel be acceptable unto thee,
and “break off thy sins by righteous-
(8) The tree vision interpreted. ness, and thine iniquities by shew-
19 Then Daniel, whose name was], psa.9.16. ing mercy to the poor; if it may be
Belteshazzar, was astonied for one tee} a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
vs.25,32;
hour, and his thoughts troubled Dan.2.24; |(9) ‘The tree vision fulfilled: res-
him. The king spake, and said,| Pon?-?H) :
Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or br toration of Nebuchadnezzar.
the interpretation thereof, trouble] ¢See,2 Sam. 28 All this came upon the king
thee. Belteshazzar answered and Fege Nebuchadnezzar.
said, My lord, ‘the dream be to 29 At the end of twelve months
them that hate thee, and the inter-|@ The dis- he walked in the palace of the king-
pretation thereof to thine enemies.| GPlB® ¥**,, [dom of Babylon. £
20 The tree that thou sawest,| v.30 with 30 The king spake, and said, Is
which grew, and was strong, whose} v-37- not this great Babylon, that /I have
height reached unto the heaven,}, 15a.55.7; built for the house of the kingdom
and the sight thereof to all the| Rom.2.9-11. |by the might of my power, and for
earth; fCEV.37 the honour of-my majesty?
21 Whose leaves were fair, and pve 31 sWhile the word was in the
the fruit thereof much, and in it|/zg1Thes.5.3. |king’s mouth, there fell a voice from
was meat for all; under which the ey. heaven, saying, “O king Nebuchad-
beasts of the field dwelt, and upon|” ope Inezzar, to thee it is spoken; The
whose branches the fowls of the kingdom is departed from thee.
heaven had their habitation: 32 And they shall drive thee from
22 It is thou, O king, that art men, and thy dwelling shall be
grown and become strong: for ‘thy with the beasts. of the field: they
greatness is grown, and reacheth shall make thee to eat grass as oxen,
unto heaven, and thy dominion to and seven times shall pass over
the end of the earth. thee, until thou know that the most
23 And whereas the king saw a High ruleth in the kingdom of men,
watcher and an holy one coming and giveth it to whomsoever he
down from heaven, and saying, ill.
Hew the tree down, and destroy it; 33. The same hour was the thing
yet leave the stump of the roots fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and
thereof in the earth, even with a he was driven from men, and did
band. of iron and brass, in the ten- eat grass as oxen, and his body was
der grass of the field; and Tet it be wet with the dew of heaven, till his.
wet with the dew of heaven, and hairs were grown like eagles’ feath~
let his portion be with the beasts of ers, and his nails like birds’ claws:
the field, till seven times pass over 34 And at the end of the days I
him; Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine
24 This is the interpretation, O eyes unto heaven, and mine under-
king, and this zs the decree of the standing returned unto me, and 1q
most High, which is come upon my blessed the most High, and I
lord the king: praised and honoured him that
1 A progress may be traced in Nebuchadnezzar’s apprehension of the true God.
(1) “God is a God of gods [one amongst the national or tribal gods, but greater than
they], and a Lord [Adonai = Master] of kings, and a revealer of secrets” (Dan. 2.
905
DANIEL.
liveth for ever, whose dominion is
@an everlasting dominion, and his
kingdom 1s from generation to gen-
eration: 3 F
35 And all the inhabitants of the
earth are reputed as nothing: and
he doeth according to his will in
the army of heaven, and among
the inhabitants of the earth: and
none can stay his hand, or say unto
him, What doest thou?
36 At the same time my reason
returned unto me; and for the glory
of my kingdom, mine honour and
brightness returned unto me; and
my counsellors and my lords sought
~ ~|a@ Dan.2.44;
unto me; and I was established in} 7.14;
my kingdom, and excellent majesty reas
ic.4.7;
was added unto me. Lk.1.33.
37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise
and extol and honour the King of he ere
heaven, all whose works are truth,| ©*18-11-
and his ways judgment: and) Nebuchad-
those that walk in pride he is able ceeatie!
to abase. Belshazzar
in the bi =
CHAPTER 5. that David is
Part III, The personal history ee Gk Iakad
of Daniel under Belshazzar} (Lk.1.32). "
and Darius (Dan. 5. 1-6. 28). pe eae
The pride of Belshazzar and| grandson.
his downfall. LAL aase
BELSHAZZAR the king made] 2%) } The
a great feast to a thousand of
his lords, and drank wine before] ¢ Cf-Isa.21.
the thousand. 1s
2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted f Isa.47.13.
the wine, commanded to bring the
golden and silver vessels which his
ather Nebuchadnezzar had taken
out of the temple which was in Je-
Tusalem; that the king, and his
g Chald.
bright-
nesses. v.6.
h Or, grand-
: 3 5 = father. v.2.
princes, his wives, and his concu-
bines, might drink therein. t Chald.
3 Then they brought the golden| *7°¢s
vessels that were taken out of the
temple of the house of God which
was at Jerusalem; and the king,
and his princes, his wives, and his
concubines, drank in them.
4 They drank wine, and praised
the gods of gold, and of silver, of
brass, of iron, of wood, and. of
stone.
(1) The writing on the wall.
5 4In the same hour came forth
fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote
over against the candlestick upon
[4
the plaister of the wall of the king’s
palace: and the king saw the part
of the hand that wrote.
6 Then the king’s countenance
was changed, ‘and his thoughts
troubled him, so that the joints of
his loins were loosed, and his knees
smote one against another. — i
7 The king cried aloud to bring in
the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and
the soothsayers. And the king
spake, and said to the wise men
of Babylon, Whosoever shall read
this writing, and shew me the in-
terpretation thereof, shall be clothed
with scarlet, and have a chain of
gold about his neck, and shall be
the third ruler in the kingdom.
8 Then came in all the king’s
wise men: but they could not read
the writing, nor make known to the
king the interpretation thereof.
9 Then was king Belshazzar
greatly troubled, and his scounte-
nance was changed in him, and his
lords were astonied.
10 Now the queen by reason of
the words of the king and his lords
came into the banquet house: and
the queen spake and said, O king,
live for ever: let not thy thoughts
trouble thee, nor let thy counte-
nance be changed: ©
11 Thereis a man in thy kingdom,
in whom is the spirit of the holy
gods; and in the days of /'thy father
light and understanding and wis-
dom, like the wisdom of the gods,
was found in him; whom the king
Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the
jking, I say, thy father, made mas-
ter of the magicians, astrologers,
Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
12 Forasmuch as an_ excellent
spirit, and knowledge, and under-
standing, interpreting of dreams,
and shewing of hard sentences, and
dissolving of ‘doubts, were found in
the same Daniel, whom the king
named Belteshazzar: now let Dan-
iel be called, and he will shew the
interpretation.
13 Then was Daniel brought in
before the king. And the king
spake and said unto Daniel, Art
thou that Daniel, which art of the
children of the captivity of Judah,
whom the king my father brought
out of Jewry?
14 I have even heard of thee, that
the spirit of the gods is in thee,
47). (2) He is still a Hebrew deity, but Master of angels, and a God who responds to
faith (Dan. 3. 28
of God. Cf. Darius; Dan. 6. 25-27.
906
): (3) Here (Dan. 4. 34, 35) the king rises into a true apprehension
and that light and understanding
and excellent wisdom is found in
thee.
15 And now the wise men, the
astrologers, have been brought in
before me, ‘that they should read
this writing, and make known unto
me the interpretation thereof: but
they could not shew the interpreta-
tion of the thing:
16 And I have heard of thee, that
thou canst make interpretations,
and dissolve doubts: now if thou’
canst read the writing, and make
known to me the interpretation], pan.2.37
thereof, thou shalt be clothed with] 38.
scarlet, and have a chain of gold
about thy neck, and shalt be the|’jopea?
third ruler in the kingdom.
c Ex.40.9;
(2) The writing interpreted. | Txe2 ti)
Heb.9.21.
17 Then Daniel answered and), .0004 93.
said before the king, Let thy gifts|“3.23. °°
be to thyself, and give thy rewards
to another; yet I will read the sae
writing unto the king, and make] Cfy.3i, and
known to him the interpretation. | Dan.9.1.
18 O thou king, the most high
4God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy
father a kingdom, and majesty,
and glory, and honour:
19 And for the majesty that he
gave him, all people, nations, and
languages, trembled and feared be-
fore him: whom he would he slew;
and whom he would he kept alive;
and whom he would he set up; and
whom he would he put down.
20 But when his heart was lifted
up, and his mind hardened in pride,
he was deposed from his kingly
throne, and they took his glory
from him:
21 And he was driven from the
sons of men; and his heart was
made like the beasts, and his dwell-
ing was with the wild asses: they
DANIEL.
[5 31
fed him with grass like oxen, and
his body was wet with the dew of
heaven; till he knew that the most
high God ruled in the kingdom of
men, and that he appointeth over
it whomsoever he will.
22 And thou his son, O Belshaz-
zar, hast not humbled thine heart,
though thou knewest all this;
23 But hast “lifted up thyself
against the Lord of heaven; and
they have brought the ‘vessels of
his house before thee, and thou.
and thy lords, thy wives, and thy
concubines, have drunk wine in
them; and thou hast praised the
gods of silver, and gold, of brass,
iron, wood, and stone, which see
not, nor hear, nor know: ¢and the
God in whose hand thy breath 1s,
and whose are all thy ways, hast
thou not glorified:
24 Then was the part of the hand
sent from him; and this writing
was written.
25 And this is the writing that was
written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of
the thing: MENE; God-hath num-
bered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in
the balances, and art found want-
ing.
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is di-
vided, and ¢given to the Medes and
Persians.
29 Then commanded Belshazzar,
and they clothed Daniel with scar-
let, and put a chain of gold about
his neck, and made a proclamation
concerning him, that he should be
the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 In that night was Belshazzar
the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31 And 1Darius the Median took
the kingdom, being about three-
score and two years old.
1 The biblical order of the monarchs of Daniel’s time, and of the period of the cap-
tivity and restoration of Judah, is as follows:
(1) Nebuchadnezzar (B.C. 604-561) with whom the captivity of Judah and the
“times of the Gentiles” (Lk. 21. 24, note; Rev. 16. 19, note) began, and who es-
tablished the first of the four world-monarchies (Dan. 2. 37, 38; 7. 4).
(2) Belshazzar (prob. B.C. 556), the Bel-shar-uzzar of the inscriptions, grandson
of Nebuchadnezzar, and son of the victorious general Nabonidus.
seems to have reigned as viceroy.
(3) Darius the Mede (Dan. 5, 31; 6. 1-27; 9. i).
Belshazzar
Concerning this Darius secu-
lar history awaits further discoveries, as formerly in the case of Belshazzar. He
has been conjectured to be identical with Gobryas,
Darius was “the son of Ahasuerus, of the see
king over the realm of the Chaldeans” (Dan. 9. 1).
a name, the equivalent of the modern “Majesty,”
rather than Median.
Ahasuerus proves no more than that he was, probably
personages, and is Persian
“son” (or grandson) of an
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a Persian general. This
d of the Medes, which was made
“‘Ahasuerus,” more a title than
“3s used in Scripture of at least four
That Darius the Mede was the
61] . DANIEL. [6 7
CHAPTER 6.
History of Daniel to the acces-
sion of Cyrus.
E pleased Darius to set 4over the
kingdom an hundred and twenty
princes, which should be over the
whole kingdom; :
2 And over these three presidents;
of whom Daniel was first: that the
princes might give accounts unto
them, and the king should have no
damage. "
3 Then this Daniel was preferred
above the presidents and princes,
because an excellent spirit was in
him; and the king thought to set|¢ CfEsth.1.1.
him over the whole realm. b Acts 24,
13.21:
the writing was signed, he went
into his house; and his windows
being open in his chamber Stoward
Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his
knees. three times a, day, and
prayed, and gave thanks before his
God, as he did aforetime. ’
11 Then these men assembled, and
found Daniel praying and making
supplication before his God.
12 Then they came near, and >
spake before the king concerning
the king’s decree; Hast thou not
signed a decree, that every man
that shall ask a petition of any
God or man within thirty days, save
of thee, O king, shall be cast into the
den of lions? The king answered
and said, The thing 7s true, accord-
‘ing to the law of the Medes and Per-
Isians, which altereth not,
| 13 Then answered they and said
before the king, That Daniel, which
1s 80f the children of the captivity
of Judah, regardeth not thee, O
king, nor the decree that thou hast
signed, but maketh his petition
three times a day.
14 Then the king, when he heard
these words, was sore displeased
with himself, and set Ais heart on
Daniel to deliver him: and he ‘Ja-
B.C. 538:
(1) The decree of Darius. ee hae
4 Then the presidents and princes
sought to find occasion against
Daniel concerning the kingdom ;]¢ Esth.1.19.
but they could find none occasion
nor fault; forasmuch as he was
faithful, neither was there any 1
error or fault found in him. f ee
5 Then said these men, We shall) 32° 57st
not find any occasion against this} Jon.2.4.
Daniel, except we find it against Dens
him concerning the law of his God.|£ ?2"->-!3-
6 Then these presidents and|h Psa.49.7.
princes assembled together to the
¢ Rev.13.15.
e Acts 20.
22-24.
king, and said thus unto him, King] PERE. 33 punted Ma the eos down of the
Darius, live for ever. 40; 50.15; | |SUN to deliver him,
7 All the presidents of the king-| Mt.27.43: 15 Then these men assembled un-
‘ 1.1.13;
dom, the governors, and the princes, Gee:
the counsellors, and the captains,| 2 Pet.2.9.
have consulted together to estab.
lish a royal statute, and to make a
firm decree, that whosoever shall
ask a petition of any God or man
for thirty days, ‘save of thee, O
king, he shall be cast into the den
of lions.
8 Now, O king, establish the de-
cree, and sign the writing, that it be
not changed, ¢according to the law
of the Medes and Persians, which
altereth not.
9 Wherefore king Darius signed
the writing and the decree,
(2) The steadfastness of Daniel.
10 Now when Daniel «knew that
to the king, and said unto the king,
Know, O king, that the law of the
Medes and Persians is, That no
decree nor statute which the king
establisheth may be changed.
(3)Daniel cast into the lions’ den.
16 Then the king commanded,
and they brought Daniel, and cast
continually, he will ‘deliver thee.
17 And a stone was brought, and
laid upon the mouth of the den;
and the king sealed it with his own
signet, and with the signet of his
lords; that the purpose might not -
be changed concerning Daniel.
= ae a
through his mother, of the seed royal not only of Media, but also. of Persia. There
is but one Darius in Daniel, (See Dan. 9. 1.)
_ (4) Cyrus, with whose rise to power came fully into existence the Medo-
Persian, second of the world-empires (Dan. 2. 39: 7, 5). In Daniel’s vision of this
empire in “the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar” (Dan. 8. 1-4) the
Median power of Darius is seen as the lesser of the two horns of the Tam; the
Persian power of Cyrus, under whom the Medo-Persian power was consolidated,
as the “higher” horn which “came up last.” Under Cyrus, who was. propheti-
cally named more than a century before his birth (Isa. 44. 28-45. 1-4), the return
to Palestine of the Jewish remnant began (Ezra 1. 1-4). See Dan, 11. 2, marg. ref,
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(4) The delivering God.
18 Then the king went to his pal-
ace, and passed the night fasting:
neither were instruments of musick
brought before him: and his sleep
went from him.
19 Then the “king arose very
early in the morning, and went in
haste unto the den of lions.
20 And when he came to the den,
he cried with a lamentable voice
unto Daniel: and the king spake
and said to Daniel, O Daniel, ser-
vant of the living God, is thy God,
whom thou servest continually,
able to deliver thee from the lions?
21 Then said Daniel unto the
king, O king, live for ever.
- 22 My God hath 4sent his ‘angel,
and hath shut the lions’ mouths,
that they have not hurt me: foras-
much as before him innocency was
found in me; and also before thee,
O king, have I done no hurt.
23 Thea was the king exceeding
glad for him, and commanded that!
they should take Daniel up out of|
the den. So Daniel was taken up
out of the den, and no manner of
hurt was found upon him, because
he believed in his God.
24 And the king commanded, and
they brought those men which had
accused Daniel, and they cast them
into the den of lions, them, their
children, and their wives; and the
lions had the mastery of them, and
brake all their bones in pieces or
ha they came at the bottom of the
en.
(5) The decree of Darius.
25 Then king Darius wrote ¢unto
all people, nations, and languages,
that dwell in all the earth; Peace
be multiplied unto you.
26 Imakea decree, “That in every
dominion of my kingdom men trem-
ble and fear before the God of Dan-
jel: for he is the living God, and
stedfast for ever, and his kingdom
that which shall not be destroyed,
and his dominion shall be even
unto the end.
27 He delivereth and rescueth,
and he worketh signs and wonders
in heaven and in earth, who hath
delivered Daniel from the power of
the lions.
28 So this Daniel prospered in the
reign of Darius, and in the reign of
Cyrus the Persian.
—
DANIEL.
a Cf.Dan.3.17,
Jon.2.1-10.)
cHeb.1.4,
note.
d Dan.4.1,
note.
e Cf.Dan.2.47;
3.28,29; 4.
1-3,34,35.
f CfRev.1.19.
g Times (of
the Gen-
tiles).
vs.1-27;
Rev.16.19,
(Lk.21.24;
Rev.16.19.)
h Cf.v.17.
i Jer.4.7 with
Jer.25.9.
j Ezk.17.3
with Ezk.17.
12.
k Dan.4.16,
34.
1A reference
to the three-
fold domin-
ion of the
second em-
pire, Media,
Persia,
Babylonia.
m 1.e. Lydia,
Babylonia,
Egypt, etc.
n Swiftness of
Alexander’s
conquests.
o Cf.Dan.8.
22.
p A horn
symbolizes a
king.
Cf.Rev.17.
#2;
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CHAPTER 7.
Part IV. The visions of Daniei
(Dan, 7, 1-12. 13). The beast _
vision of Daniel.
jee: the first year of Belshazzar
king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head upon
his bed: ‘then he wrote the dream,
and told the sum of the matters.
2 Daniel spake and said, 8I saw
in my vision by night, and, behold,
the four winds of the heaven strove
upon the !great sea.
3 And “four great beasts camé up
from the sea, diverse one from
another.
(1) The world-empire of Nebu-
chadnezzar. (Cf. Dan. 2.37, 38.)
4 The first was like a ‘lion, and
had Jeagle’s wings: I beheld till the
wings thereof were plucked, and it
was lifted up from the earth, and
made stand upon the feet as a man,
and a *man’s heart was given to it.
(2) The world-empire of Media-
Persia. (Cf. Dan. 2. 39.)
5 And behold another beast, a
second, like to a bear, and it raised
up itself on one side, and 1t had
‘three ribs in the mouth of it be-
tween the teeth of it: and they said
a unto it, Arise, “devour much
esh.
(3) The world-empire of Greece
under Alexander. (Cf. Dan. 2.
39; 8. 20-22; 10. 20; 11. 2-4.)
6 After this I beheld, and lo
another, like a “leopard, which had
upon the back of it four wings of a
fowl; the beast had also °four
heads; and dominion was given to it.
(4) The Roman world-empire.
Cf. vs. 23, 24; Dan. 2. 40-43.)
7 After this I saw in the night
visions, and behold a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron
teeth: it devoured and brake in
pieces, and stamped the residue
with the feet of it: and it was di-
verse from all the beasts that were
before it; and it had ten “horns.
|(5) The ten kings (v. 24) and the
“Iittle horn” (vs. 24-27). See
v. 14, note.
8 I considered the horns, and, be-
1 The “sea” in Scripture imagery stands for the populace, the mere unorganized
mass of mankind (Mt. 13. 47; Rev.
=
1329)).
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taken away: yet their lives were
prolonged for a season and time.
Scene in heaven before the com-
hold, there came up among them
another 14little horn, before whom
there were three of the first horns
plucked up by the roots: and, be-
hold, i i €
the eye: an, and a mouth
speaking great things.
13 I ¢saw in the night visions, and,
behold, one like the Son of man
rit 7 The Beast, |Came with the clouds of heaven, and
(6) The vision of the coming a v v3.20-26." came to the Ancient of days, 2and
: Hd pon oF ae: paey 2 ee hoo ionels they brought him near before him.
14 And there was given °him do-
minion, and glory, and a kingdom,
that all people, nations, and lan-
guages, should serve him: his édo-
minion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his
kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed.
(7) The interpretation of the
beast vision.
15 I Daniel was grieved in my
spirit in the midst of my body, and
the visions of my head troubled
me.
16 I came near unto one of them
that stood by, and asked him the
truth of all this. So he told me,
and made me know the interpreta-
tion of the things.
17 These great 4beasts, which are
four, are four kings, which shall
arise out of the earth.
11-21.)
9 I beheld till the thrones were
bcast down, and the Ancient of days
did sit, whose garment was white
as snow, and the hair of his head
like the pure wool: his ‘throne was
like the fiery flame, and his wheels
as burning fire.
10 A fiery stream issued and came
forth from before him: thousand Pte oe ay
thousands ministered unto him, and| ¥s.13,14.
ten thousand times ten thousand| Hos.3.4,5.
stood before him: the judgment was pee ea,
set, and the books were opened. ony
11 I beheld then because of the
voice of the great words which the
horn spake: I beheld even till the
beast was slain, and his body de-
stroyed, and given to the burning
flame.
12 As concerning the rest of the
beasts, they had their dominion
6 placed.
c Kingdom
(O.T.
Zech.12.8.)
d Cf.Rev.5.
6-10.
the king on Zion (Psa. 2. 6; Rev. 20. 4). The vision (Dan. 7. 9-14) reverses the
order of events as they will be fulfilled. Verse 13 describes the scene in heaven
cf, Rev. 5. 6-10) which, in fulfilment, precedes the events which Daniel sees in
vision in vs, 9-12. The historic order will be: (1) The investiture of the Son of man
with the kingdom (Dan. 7. 13, 14; Rev. 5. 6-10). (2) Th
fully described in Mt. 24, 21, 22: Rev. 6-18. (3) The return of the
in glory to deliver the “smiting” blow of Dan. 2. 45 (Dan. 7. 9-11; Rey. 19. 11-21),
(4) The judgment of the nations and the setting up of the kingdom (Dan. 7. 10,
26, 27; Mt. 25. 31-46; Rev. 20. 1-5).
3 Dan, 7. 13, 14 is identical with Rev. 5. 1-7, and antedates the fulfilment of Dan.
2. 34, 35. Dan. 7, 13, 14 and Rev. 5. 1-7 describe the investiture of the Son of man
and Son of David with the kingdom authority, while Dan, 2. 34, 35 describes the
crushing blow (Armageddon, Rev. 16. 14, refs.) which destroys Gentile world-
power, thus clearing the way for the actual setting up of the kingdom of heaven.
Dan. 2. 34, 35 paar 19, aa the same event.
€ monarchy vision of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 2.) covers the same historic
order as the beast vision of Daniel, but with this whom Nebuchadnezzar saw
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ing of the Son of maninvs. 9-12. —
a 18] DANIEL. [8 3
18 But the “saints of the most] B.C. 555. most High, and think to change
Bree shall take the kingdom, and
| ged eee for ever, even given into his hand until a time and
for ever and ever. : |times e dividin t nee
.18,22,25, iding of time.
“19 Then I would ’know the truth!” 27. That
ut the “judgment shall sit,
of the fourth beast, which was di-| church saints |1 gers Sok:
fi : will also ne e away his do-
verse from all the others, exceeding} Share in the |Mimion, to consume and to destroy
each, whose teeth were of iron,| ruleseems [1
an is nails of brass; which) clear from” 27 And the kingdom and domin-
devoured, brake in pieces, and Poa ion, and the greatness of the king-
stamped the residue with his feet; | 2 Tim.2.10- |dom under the whole heaven, shall
20 And of the ten horns that were et Rt oe be given to the people of the saints
in his head, and of the other which} 3791; 5.10; [of the most High, whose kingdom.
came up, and before whom three} 20.4-6. is an ‘everlasting kingdom, and all,
fell; even of that chorn that had ac P dominions shall serve and obey,
eyes, and a mouth that spake very|"S°oin” ” [him.
great things, whose look was more 28 Hitherto zs the end of the mat-
stout than his fellows. é The oe ter. As for me Daniel, my cogita-
21 I beheld, and the same horn Mees Ae tions much troubled me, and my
made war with the saints, and pre-| 25. (Dan.7.8; |countenance changed in me: but I
vailed against them; Rev.19.20.) /kept the matter in my heart.
22 Until the Ancient of days|y ;uagments
came, and ¢judgment was given to| (the seven). CHAPTER 8.
the saints of the most High; and| Joel 3-1;14. rant
the time came that the saints pos-| QS39'{s/y" ua. i a ste! is LAAN Sele WiSIOTR
sessed the kingdom. c an. 8, 1-27), (1) The vision.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast| ¢ Rev-15-1. WN the ’third year of the reign of
shall be the fourth kingdom upon| yg. I king Belshazzar a “vision ap-
earth, which shall be diverse from peared unto me, even unto me
a Sai) eat g Rev-13.1-6. |Daniel, after that which appeared
whole earth, and shall tread it|;sceepan.2, |unto me at the first.
down, and break it in pieces. 35, ref. c. 2 And I saw in a vision; and it
24 And the ¢ten horns out of this ese Ne came to pass, when I saw, that I
kingdom are ten kings that shall)’ rez.’ was at Shushan in the palace,
arise: and fanother shall rise after which is in the province of Elam;
them; he shall be di ese from j one B.C. |and I saw in a vision, and I was by
nal be div 1
rst, and he shail subdue three the river of Ulai.
aay k v.20. 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and
ond he shall ¢speak sreat saw, and, behold, there stood be-
ords against the most High, and fore the river a “ram which had two
Rue teen the saints of the horns: and the two horns were
the imposing outward power and splendour of the “times of the Gentiles” (Lk.
21. 24: Rev. 16. 19), while Daniel saw the true character of Gentile world-govern-
ment as rapacious and warlike, established and maintained by force. It is re-
markable that the heraldic insignia of the Gentile nations are all beasts or birds
of prey.
1 The end of Gentile world-power. (1) In the beast vision of Daniel 7. the
fourth beast (v. 7) is declared to be “the fourth kingdom,” i.e. the Roman empire, |
the “iron” kingdom of Dan. 2. The “ten horns” upon the fourth beast (Roman
empire), v. 7, are declared to be “‘ten kings that shall arise” (v. 24) answering to
the ten toes of the image vision of Dan. 2. The ten kingdoms, covering the regions .
formerly ruled by Rome, will constitute, therefore, the form: in which the fourth or
Roman empire will exist when the whole fabric of Gentile world-domination is smit-
ten by the “stone cut out without hands” = Christ (Dan. 2. 44, 45; 7. 9). (2) But
Daniel sees a “little horn” rise up and subdue three of the ten kings (vs. 24-26).
His distinguishing mark is hatred of God and of the saints. He is not to be con-
founded with the “little horn” of Dan. 8.—a prophecy fulfilled in Antiochus
Epiphanes (Dan. 8. 9, note). In Rev. 13. additional particulars of the ‘‘little horn”
of Dan. 7. are given (Rev. 13.1, note). f 4
2 The eighth chapter gives details concerning the second and third world-king-
doms: the silver and brass kingdoms of Dan. 2.; the bear and leopard kingdoms of
Dan. 7.,. viz., the Medo-Persian and Macedonian kingdoms of history. At the
time of this vision (Dan. 8. 1) the first monarchy was nearing its end. Belshazzar
was the last king of that monarchy. :
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8 4] DANIEL. [8 16
high; but one was higher than the
other, and the higher came up
last.
4 I saw the ram pushing west-
ward, and northward, and south-
ward; so that no beasts might stand
before him, neither was there any
that could deliver out of his: hand; Bap *
but he did according to his will,|?%*)
and a oe pit “s b v.22.
5 And as I was considering, be- ?
hold, an he ¢goat came from the Tae
west on the face of the whole earth,| came out of
and touched not the ground: and| Syria, one
the goat had a notable horn be-
tween his eyes. kingdoms
6 And he came to the ram that ytsel eccrieat
had two horns, which I had seen| usec’
standing before the river, and ran} divided.
unto him in the fury of his dress
power. 27, where
7 And I saw him come close unto} the Beast
the ram, and he was moved with| comes into
choler against him, and smote the! Vi’
ram, and brake his two horns: and e Or, holy one,
there was no power in the ram to ‘ete
stand before him, but he cast him| *}%17-
down to the ground, and stamped| The theo-
upon him: and there was none that pees
could deliver the ram out of his| Gan‘)
hand. Rey.1.9.)
8 Therefore the he goat waxed
very great: and when he was strong,
the “great horn was broken; and
for it came up °four notable ones
toward the four winds of heaven.
9 And out of “one of them came
forth a llittle horn, which waxed
exceeding great, toward the south,
and toward the east, and toward
the pleasant Jand.
10 2And it waxed great, even to
the host of heaven; and it cast
down some of the host and of the
stars to the ground, and stamped
upon them.
11 Yea, he magnified himself
even to the prince of the host,
and by him the daily sacrifice
was taken away, and the place of
his sanctuary was cast down.
12 And an host was given Arm
against the ¢daily sacrifice by rea-
son of transgression, and it cast
down the truth to the ground; and
it practised, and prospered.
13. Then I heard one ¢saint speak-
ing, and another saint said unte
that certain saint which spake,
How long shall be the vision con-
cerning the daily sacrifice, and
the transgression of 3desolation, to
give both the sanctuary and the
host to be trodden under foot?
14 And he said unto me, Unto
two thousand and three hundred
days; then shall the sanctuary be
cleansed.
(2) The-vision interpreted,
-16 And I heard a man’s Voice be-
1 The “little horn” here is a prophecy fulfilled in Antiochus Epiphanes, B.c.
175, who profaned the temple and terribly persecuted the Jews. He is not to be
confounded with the “little horn” of Dan. 7. who is yet to come, and who. will
dominate the earth during the great tribulation. See “The Beast,” Dan. 7. 8:
Rev. 19. 20, notes, and “The great tribulation,” Psa. 2. 5; Rev. 7.14, note. But
Antiochus is a remarkable type of the Beast, the terrible “little horn” of the last
days. Verses 24, 25 go beyond Antiochus and evidently refer to the “‘little horn”
of Daniel 7. Both Antiochus and the Beast, but the Beast pre-eminently, are in
view In verses 24, 25. That the “little horn” of Dan. 7. cannot be the little horn of
Dan. 8. 9-13, 23, is evident. The former comes up among the ten horns into which
the fourth empire (Roman) is to be divided; the little horn of Dan. 8. comes out
of one of the four kingdoms into which the third (Grecian) empire was divided
(v. 23), and in “the latter time” of the four kingdoms (vs. 22, 23). This was
historically true of Antiochus Epiphanes. They are alike in hatred of the Jews
and of God, and in profaning the temple. Cf. 7. 25 (the Beast) with 8. 10-12
(Antiochus).
2 This passage (vs. 10-14) is confessedly the most difficult in prophecy, a dif-
ficulty increased by the present state of the text. Historically this was fulfilled
in and by Antiochus Epiphanes, but in a more intense and final sense Antiochus
but adumbrates the awful blasphemy of the “little horn” of Dan. 7, 8, 24, 25; 9,
27; 11. 36-45; 12.11. In Daniel 8. 10-14 the actions of both “little horns”’ blend,
Seven times in Daniel the “desolation”? is spoken of: (1) Of the sanctuary, 8.
13, fulfilled by Antiochus Epiphanes, B.c. 175-170. (2) Of the sanctuary, 9. 17,
the condition in Daniel’s time, when the Jews were in exile and the sanctuary desolate.
(3) Generally, of the land, 9. 18, also referring to Daniel’s time. (4) Of the sanctu-
ary, 9, 26, fulfilled a. 70, in the destruction of city and temple after the cutting
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8 17]
tween the banks of Ulai, which
‘called, and said, ¢Gabriel, make this
man to understand the vision.
17 Sohe came near where I stood:
and when the came, I was afraid,
and fell upon my face: but he said
unto me, Understand, O son of|?
man: for at the time of ‘the end
shall be the vision.
18 Now as he was speaking with
me, I was in a deep sleep on my
face toward the ground: but he
touched me, and set me upright.
19 And he said, Behold, I will
make thee know what shall be in
the last end of the indignation: for
at the time appointed the Jend
shail be.
20 The ‘ram which thou ssawest
having two horns are the kings of
Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat is the king
of Grecia: and the great horn that!
is ‘between his eyes is the dfirst
Dan.9.21;
Lk.1.19,26.
5 v.20.
cvs.3,4. The
“higher”
horn which
“came up
last”’ is
Cyrus, the
Great.
e The four
empires into
king. | Ghost B.C
22 Now that being broken, where-| 300;
as four stood up for it, ‘four king-| eae
doms shall stand up out of the} S93 30p°r
nation, but not in his power. | Syria, Egypt,
93 And in the latter time of their] the East.
kingdom, when the transgressors} fj. Antio-
‘are come to the full, a ‘king of] chus Epiph-
anes who
fierce countenance, and understand-
shall stand
dark sentences, arose out of
ing
up.
24 And his power shall be mighty,
but not by his own power: and he
shall destroy wonderfully, and shall
prosper, and practise, and shall
destroy the mighty and the holy} (an.73:
Rev.19.20.)
people. : J
25 And through his policy also}, Q 1919
he shall cause craft to prosper in his)" 99° ~~”
thand; and he shall magnify him-
self in his
alte. f
heart, and by peace shall
‘: he shall 4also stand
‘destroy many
inst the Prince of princes;)7 Bible
but he. shall be broken. without, prayers
hand. hoes
26 And the vision of the evening] (Gen.15.2;
and the morning which was told is] Hab.3.1-16.)
true: wherefore shut thou up the
vision; for it shall be for many
the “‘four
kingdoms,”
B.C. 170.
g The Beast.
vs.24,25;
# Cf. Jer.25.
11,12, note.
days. t I
27 And I Daniel fainted, and was
DANIEL.
which Alex- |
Syria, one of
[9 9
and I was astonished at the vision,
but none understood /t.
CHAPTER 9,
Vision of the seventy weeks
(vs. 1-27).
N the first year of Darius the son
of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the
Medes, which was made king over
the realm of the Chaldeans;
2 In the first year of his reign I
Daniel understood by books the
number of the years, whereof the
word of the LoRD came to Jere-
miah the prophet, that he would
accomplish ‘seventy years in ‘the
desolations of Jerusalem.
(1) Daniel’s prayer and
confession.
3 And I set my face unto the Lord
God, to seek by prayer and suppli-
cations, with fasting, and sackcloth,
and ashes:
4 And I Jprayed unto the Lorp
jmy God, and made my confession,
and said, O Lord, the great and
dreadful Ged, keeping the covenant
and mercy to them that love him,
land to them that keep his com-
mandments;
5 We have sinned, and have com-
mitted iniquity, and have done
wickedly, and have rebelled, even
by departing from thy precepts and
from thy judgments:
6 Neither have we hearkened un-
to thy servants the prophets, which
spake in thy name to our kings, our
princes, and our fathers, and to all
the people of the land.
7. O Lord, righteousness belong-
eth unto thee, but unto us confu-
sion of faces, as at this day; to the
men of Judah, and to the inhabit-
ants of Jerusalem, and unto all Is-
rael, that are near, and that are
far off, through all the countries
whither thou hast driven them, be-
cause of their trespass that they
have trespassed against thee.
8 OLord, to us belongeth confu-
sion of face, to our kings, to our
princes, and to our fathers, because
sick certain days; afterward I rose we have sinned against thee.
up, and did the king’s business; 9 To the Lord our God belong
off of Messiah (Lk. 21. 20).
12, 11.
(5, 6, 7) Of the sanctuary, by the Beast, 9. 27; 11. 31;
(Cf. Mt. 24. 15; Mk. 13. 143.2 Thes. 2. 3, 8-12; Rev. 13. 14, 15.) :
1 Two “ends” are in view here: (1) historically, the end of the third, or Grecian
‘empire of Alexander out of one of the divisions of which the little horn of verse 9
(Antiochus) ‘arose; (2) prophetically, the end of the times of the Gentiles (Lk, 21.
‘94: Rev. 16. 14), when the “little horn” of Dan. 7. 8, 24-26, the Beast, will arise—
Daniel’s final time of the end (Dan. 12. 4, note).
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9 10] DANIEL. [9 a
are become a reproach to all that
are about us.
17 Now therefore, O our God,
hear the prayer of thy servant, and
his supplications, and cause thy face
to shine upon thy sanctuary that is
mercies and forgivenesses, though
we have rebelled against him;
10 Neither have we obeyed the
voice of the LorD our God, to walk
in his laws, which he set before us
by his servants the prophets.
11 Yea, all Israel have trans- desolate, for the Lord’s sake;
gressed thy law, even by departing, 18 O my God, incline thine ear,
that they might not obey thy voice; and hear; open thine eyes, and be-
therefore the curse is poured upon hold our desolations, and the city
us, and the oath that #s written in which is called by thy name: for
the “law of Moses the servant of we do not present our supplications
God, because we have sinned \before thee for our righteousnesses,
against him. but for thy great mercies.
12 And he hath confirmed his 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive;
words, which he spake against us, O Lord, hearken and do; defer not,
and against our judges that judged|c Law (of for thine own sake, O my God: for
us, by bringing upon us a great evil: Moses)..vs-8-\thy city and thy people are called
for under the whole heaven hath| j3' ‘Gs i9i.|/by thy name.
Br ben es as hath been done} Gal.3.1-29.) (2) The seventy weeks of years:
13 As it is written in the law of DUUIE SON 20 And whiles I was speaking,
Moses, all this evil is come upon us:| ¢ Cf.Hos.1.9. and praying, and confessing my
yet made we not our prayer before} The Jews, |sin and the sin of my people Israel,
the ORD our God, that we might pac eatie by and presenting my supplication be-
turn aoe our ees and under- ple,” ic. ps the Lorp — God for the
stand thy truth. aniel’s, not |holy mountain of my God;
(aie pera ane aoe Oe rye Ea
ry oO be re- ’ ,
it upon us: for the LorD our God /s|_ stored. whom I had seen in the vision at
righteous in all his works which he the beginning, being caused to fly
gocrh a or we oe tee ey his ay ee touched te about the time
nd now, ord our God, of the evening oblation.
that hast brought thy people forth 22 And he informed me, and
out of the land of Egypt with a talked with me, and said, O Daniel,
mighty hand, a — gotten Bock I Pie a come forth to give thee
renown, as at this day; we have skill and understanding.
sinned, we have done wickedly. 23 At the beginning of thy sup-
16 O Lord, according to all thy plications the commandment came
righteousness, I beseech thee, let forth, and I am come to shew thee;
thine rede ae etd Fe oe — eu art ereaty beloved: —
away from thy ci erusalem, thy ore understan e matter, an
holy mountain: because for our consider the vision.
sins, and for the iniquities of our 24 Seventy weeks are determined
fathers, Jerusalem and thy people upon ‘thy people and upon thy holy
Sse ED eS EE NCEE hen ap ae prep Se Os ene oo de Pe
1 These are “weeks” or, more accurately, sevens of years; seventy weeks of seven
years each. Within these “weeks” the national chastisement must be ended and the
nation re-established in everlasting righteousness (v. 24). The seventy weeks are
divided into seven = 49 yeans; sixty-two = 434 years; one = 7 years (vs. 25-27). In
the seven weeks = 49 years, Jerusalem was to be rebuilt in “‘troublous times.” This
was fulfilled, as Ezra and Nehemiah record. Sixty-two weeks = 434 years, there-
after Messiah was to come (v. 25). This was fulfilled in the birth and manifestation
of Christ. Verse 26 is obviously an indeterminate period. The date of the cruci-
fixion is not fixed. It is only said to be “after” the threescore and two weeks. It.
is the fitst event in verse 26. The second event is the destruction of the city, ful-
filled A.D. 70. Then, “unto the end,” a period not fixed, but which has already
lasted nearly 2000 years. To Daniel was revealed only that wars and desolations
should continue (cf. Mt. 24. 6-14). The N.T. reveals, that which was hidden from |
the O.T. prophets (Mt. 13, 11-17; Eph. 3. 1-10), that during this period should be _
accomplished the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven (Mt. 13. 1-50), and the out- |
calling of the Church (Mt. 16. 18; Rom. 11. 25), When the Church-age will end,
and the seventieth week begin, is nowhere revealed. Its duration can be but seven |
years. To make it more violates the principle of interpretation already confirmed |
by fulfillment. Verse 27 deals with the last week. The “he” of verse 27 is the |
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peed
9 25] , DANIEL. [10 5
city, to finish the transgression, and|__B.c.538.__|desolate, even until the consumma-
to make an end of sins, and_ to|aHeb. kaphar,|tion, and that determined shall be
make reconciliation for iniquity,| atonement. |poured upon the édesolate.
and to bring in everlasting right-| S°¥-78) 4,
eousness, and to seal up the vision] 33, note. CHAPTER 10
and prophecy, and to anoint the be tenn rang r
vent).fios. eos
most Holy. 2.23. (Gen.3.|2 he vision of the glory of God.
25 Know therefore and under-| 15: Acts i.9.)
stand, that from the going forth of|¢ Sacrifice _ WN the third year of Cyrus king
the commandment to restore and to fprophete)- of Persia a “thing was revealed
build Jerusalem unto the Messiah] (Gen.4.4;/° |unto Daniel, whose ‘name was
the Prince shall be seven weeks,}| Heb.10.18.) [called Belteshazzar; Jand the thing
and threescore and two weeks: the 4 Létvehell was true, but the time appointed
erect Sreyuparene ware and the ing. Nothing, was ponge ane be understood the
is, wl
“6 Onad after ‘threescore and two rightly WSs, Sch Se ed Fs
weeks shall ’Messiah be ‘cut off,| eThe Beast.vs.| 2 In those days I Daniel was
but not for himself: and the people} 26,27;Dan.11. mourning three full weeks.
of the ¢prince that shall come shall eer 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither
destroy the city and the sanctuary;| f Lit. unto the|came flesh nor wine in my mouth,
and the end thereof shall be witha ones and|neither did I anoint myself at all,
flood, and unto the Jend of the war desolenone till three whole weeks were ful-
desolations are determined. mined. Cf. |filled. _
27 And _he.shall confirm.the.cove-| Mt-24.6-14. | 4 And in the four and twentieth
ant. with many for one week: and/f Gi*-deso/ator day of the ‘first month, as I was by
iC of vee Pe i Dan.1.7. oe sce gf the great river, which is
sacrifice an £0 10n| 7 Dan.8.26; iddekel; ;
to cease, and for the overspreading], a ar aeons 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and
3abominations he shall make it) 7ie. April. _ |looked, and behold a certain man
abominath 1 7
“prince that shall come” of verse 26, whose people (Rome) destroyed the temple,
AD. 70. He,is the same with the “‘little horn’ of chapter 7, He will covenant
with the Jews to restore their temple sacrifices for one week (seven years), but in
the middle of that time he will break the covenant and fulfil Dan. 12. 11; 2 Thes.
2. 3, 4. Between the sixty-ninth week, after which Messiah was cut off, and the
seventieth week, within which the ‘“‘little horn” of Dan. 7. will run his awful course,
intervenes this entire Church-age. Verse 27 deals with the last three and a half
years of the seven, which are identical with the “great tribulation” (Mt. 24. 15-28);
“time of trouble’? (Dan. 12. 1); “hour of temptation” (Rev. 3. 10). (See “Tribula-
tion,” Psa. 2.5; Rev. 7. 14.)
1 There is no word in the O.T. properly rendered reconcile. In A.V.*the Eng-
lish word is found in 1 Sam. 29. 4; 2 Chr. 29. 24; Lev. 6. 30; 8. 15; 16. 20; Ezk. 45.
15, 17, 20; Dan. 9. 24, but always improperly; atonement is invariably the meaning,
Reconciliation is a N.T. doctrine (Rom. 5. 10; Col. 1. 21, note).
2 Three decrees concerning Jerusalem are recorded, that of Cyrus, B.c. 536
(Ussher), for the restoration of the “house of the LorpD God of Israel’’ (2 Chr. 36.
22, 23; Ezra 1. 1-3); that of Darius (Ezra 6. 3-8, B.C. 521-486), and that. of Artaxerxes
in his seventh year (Ezra 7. 7, say, B.c. 458). Artaxerxes in his twentieth year,
B.c. 444 (Hales, Jahn), 446 (A.V.), 454 (Ussher, Hengstenberg), gave permission
for the rebuilding of the ‘“‘city,’’ i.e. “Jerusalem” (Neh. 2. 1-8). The latter decree
is, obviously, that from which the “seven weeks” (49 years) run, unless by “the
commandment to restore,’’ etc., is meant the divine decree (Dan. 9. 23). In the
present state of biblical chronology the date of the decree of Artaxerxes cannot
be unanswerably fixed farther than to say that it was issued between 454 and 444
Bc. In either case we are brought to the time of Christ. Prophetic time is in-
variably so near as to give full warning, so indeterminate as to give no satisfaction
to mere curiosity (cf. Mt. 24. 36; Acts 1.7). The 434 years reckon, of course, from
the end of the seven weeks, so that the whole time from “the going forth of the
commandment to restore,” etc., ‘unto the Messiah’”’ is sixty-nine weeks of years,
or 483 years.
3 Cf, Mt. 24. 15. The expression occurs three times in Daniel. In Dan. 9. 27
and 12. 11 the reference is to the ‘Beast,’ “man of sin’; (2 Thes. 2. 3, 4), and is
identical with Mt. 24. 15. In Dan. 11. 31 the reference is to the act of Antiochus
Epiphanes, the prototype of the man of sin, who sacrificed a sow upon the altar,
and entered the holy of holies.
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[11 2
15 And when he had spoken suc
words unto me,I set my face to-
ward the ground, and I became
dumb. f =
16 And, behold, onelike the simil-
itude of the sons of men touched
my lips: then I opened my mouth,
and spake, and said unto him that
DANIEL.
clothed in linen, whose 2loins were
girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
6 ‘His body also was like the
‘beryl, and his face as the appear-
ance of lightning, and his eyes as}
lamps of fire, and his arms and his|# pio
feet like in colour to polished brass, :
and the voice of his words like the|s The the-
voice of a multitude. i pe stood before me, O my lord, by the
7 And I Daniel alone saw the| (Gcq.12.7; |Vision my sorrows are turned upon
vision: for the men that were Rev.1.9.) me, and I have retained no
with me saw not the vision; but
ae strength.
a great quaking fell upon them,|° C2xso/te-
17 For how can the servant of
Cf.Ezk.1.16. | +! ‘ }
so that they fled to hide them- a ‘this my lord talk with this my lord?
selves. @CfEx32- |for as for me, straightway there re-
8 Therefore I was left alone, and} ]°)°%° |mained no strength in me, neither
saw this great vision, and there} 1.12.19.
4remained no strength in me: for|
my comeliness was turned in me}*¥S2035
into corruption, and I retained no} angel. The
strength. theophany
9 Yet heard I the voice of his} Dems again
words: and when I heard the voice}
of his words, then was I in a deep|fv-20. The
sleep on my face, and my face to-| umatisn |
ward the ground. as the holy
10 ¢And, behold, an hand touched| angels are
me, which set me upon my knees} f¢7t forth in
me. .
and upon the palms of my] heirs of sal- e ees said he, rcepamst
t 4 F
Tau he said. unto me, O Daniel, demons are now will I Peemcrre : with ‘the
aman greatly beloved, understand] behalf of the |prince of Persia: and when I am
the words that I speak unto thee,| world-sys- [gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia
and stand upright: for unto thee} ($0, °0S#t#"|shall come.
am I now sent. And when he had} Rev.13.8} | 21 But I wilt shew thee that which
spoken this word unto me, I stood +i is noted in the scripture of truth:
oer tie said he unto me, Fear “Bu Jude aS bs Stes ease eee
: ’ 3 ev. ° >
not, Daniel: for from the first day| 7- your prince.
that thoy didst set thine heart to}, anasuerus
understand, and to chasten thyself| (&zra 4.6); CHAPTER 11
before thy God, thy words were] Artaxerxes “4
(Ezra 4.7); 4
heard, and I am come for thy and Darius |From Darius to the man of
is there breath left in me.
18 Then there came again and
touched mé one like the appear-
ance of a man, and he strengthened
Ime,
19 And said, O man greatly be-
loved, fear not: peace be unto thee,
be strong, yea, be strong. And
when he had spoken unto me, I was
strengthened, and said, Let my lord
speak; for thou hast strengthened
words. called “Fiys- | sin (2 Thes..2. 3 <1
13_ But the /prince of the kingdom A yaoi sia lee » 4), Dan- 11,
of Persia withstood me one and| ‘ta 4-24)-
twenty days: but, lo, ¢Michael, one] i Xerxes, who A? Tin the first year of Darius
of the chief princes, came to help| invaded the Mede, ever I, stood to con-
me; and I remained there with the} $'2°°S,, 4g) |firm and to strengthen him.
kings of Persia. 2 And now will I shew thee the
14 Now I am come to make thee truth. ‘Behold, there shall stand
understand what shall befall thy} up yet /three kings in Persia; and
people in the latter days: for yet the the fourth shall be far richer than
vision 7s for many days. they all: and by his strength
t Phe spirit of prophecy here returns to that which more immediately concerned
Daniel and his royal masters—the near future of the empire in which he was so
great a personage. Four kings were yet to follow in Media-Persia. Then will come
Alexander the “mighty king” of Grecia (v. 3). The division of Alexander’s empire
into four parts (v. 4) as already predicted (Dan. 8. 22) is foretold. The troublous
course of affairs in two parts of the disintegrated Alexandrian empire, Syria and.
Egypt, is then traced down to verse 20. Here Antiochus Epiphanes, the “little
-horn”’ of Chapter 8., occupies the vision down to verse 36. His pollution of the
sanctuary is again mentioned. (Cf. Dan. 8. 9, note.) From verse 36 the interpre-.
tation is of the final ‘little horn” (Dan. 7. 8, 24-26). See Dan. 11. 35, note.
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DANIEL.
[11 23
through his riches he shall stir up
all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And a mighty ¢king shall stand
up, that shall rule with great do-
minion, and do according to his
will.
4 And when he shall stand up, his
kingdom shall be broken, and shall
be divided toward the four winds of
heaven; and not to his posterity,
nor according to his dominion which
he ruled: for his kingdom shall be
plucked up, even for others beside
those.
5 And the king of the 4south shall
be strong, and one of ‘his princes;
and ¢he shall be strong above him,
and have dominion; his dominion
shall be a great dominion.
6 And in the end of years ‘they
shall join themselves together; for
the king’s daughter of the south
shall come to the king of the north
to make an agreement: but she
shall not retain the power of the
arm; neither shall he stand, nor
his arm: but she shall be given up,
and they that brought her, and he
that begat her, and he that
strengthened her in these times.
7 But out of afbranch of her roots
shall one stand up in his estate,
which shall come with an army,
and shall enter into the fortress of
the king of the north, and shall deal
against them, and shall prevail:
8 And shall also carry captives
into Egypt their gods, with their
princes, and with their precious
vessels of silver and of gold; and he
shall continue more years than the
king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall
€ome into his kingdom, and shall
return into his own land.
10 “But his sons shall be stirred
up, and shall assemble a multitude
sof great forces: and one shall cer-
tainly come, and overflow, and pass
through: then shall he return, and
be stirred up, even to his fortress.
11 And the king of the south shall
be moved with choler, and shall
come forth and fight with him, even
with the king of the north: and he
shall set forth a great multitude;
but the multitude shall be given
qnto his hand.
12 And when he hath taken away
the multitude, his heart shall be
lifted up; and he shall cast down
many ten thousands: but he shall
not be strengthened by it.
13 For the king of the north shall
return, and shali set forth a multi-
B.C. 534.
@ Alexander
the Great,
B.C. 332.
See Dan.8.
5-8,21,22.
bie. ‘‘south’’
of Palestine.
Egypt is meant.
¢ci.e. One of
Alexander's
princes; histori-
cally Ptolemy
Lagidae.
d Not the “king of
the south’*
(Ptolemy
Lagidae, to
whom Egypt'was
given), but the
“king of the
north” (v.6),
Seleucus, to
whom Syria was
given.
€i.e the descend-
ants and succes-
sors of Ptolemy
Lagidae and
Seleucus, not
those very per-
sonages. The
prediction was
fulfilled in the
marriage of
Berenice, daugh-
ter of Ptolemy
Philadelphus, to
Antiochus
Theos, third king
of Syria,
B C. 285-247.
FS Ptolemy Euer-
getes, brother of
Berenice, who in-
vadedSyria as de-
scribed in vs. 7-9.
9 vs.10-19, pro-
phetic foreview
of the wars of
Egypt and Syria,
Palestine (v.17)
the battleground,
B.C. 284-175.
h Antiochus the
Great, B.C. 198,
i Probably a refer-
ence to the mar-
riage of Cleo-
patra to an
Egyptian king,
Ptolemy
Philometor,
Ji.e. of Greece.
k i.e. Historically
one of the
Scipios: the
power of Rome
felt in the East
for the first time.
1A reference to
the fribute ex-
acted of the son
of Antiochus the
Great by the
Romans.
ANAT
tude greater than the former, and
shall certainly come after certain
years with a great army and with
much riches.
14 And in those times there shall
many stand up against the king of
the south: also the robbers of thy
people shall exalt themselves to es-
peblis the vision; but they shall
all.
15 So the “king of the north shall
come, and cast up a mount, and
take the most fenced cities: and the
arms of the south shall not with-
stand, neither his chosen people,
neither shall there be any
strength to withstand.
16 But he that cometh against
him shall do according to his own
will, and none shail stand before
him: and he shall stand in the
glorious land, which by his hand
shall be consumed.
17 He shall also set his face to
enter with the strength of his whole
kingdom, and upright ones with
him; thus shall he do: and he shall
give him the ‘daughter of women,
corrupting her: but she shall not
stand on his side, neither be for |
him.
18 After this shall he turn his face
unto the Jisles, and shall take many:
but a “prince for his own behalf
shall cause the reproach offered by
him to cease; without his own re-
proach he shall cause it to turn
upon him.
19 Then he shall turn his face
toward the fort of his own land:
but he shall stumble and fall, and
not be found.
20 Then shall stand up in his es-
tate ‘a raiser of taxes in the glory
of the kingdom: but within few
days he shall be destroyed, neither
in anger, nor in battle.
The “little horn” of Dan. 8.:
Antiochus Epiphanes (to v.
35). (See Dan. 11. 2, note.)
21 And in his estate shall stand
up a vile person, to whom they
shall not give the honour of the
kingdom: but he shall come in
peaceably, and obtain the kingdom
by flatteries.
22 And with the arms of a flood
shall they be overflown from before
him, and shall be broken; yea, also
the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the league made
with him he shall work deceitfully:
for he shall come up, and shall be-
come strong with a small people.
DANIEL. [11
He shall enter peaceably even| B.c. 534. [indignation against the holy cov-
ahi the fattest places of the prov- enant: so shall he do; he shall even
ince; and he shall do that which return, and have intelligence with
his fathers have not done, nor his = that forsake the holy cov-
thers’ fathers; he shall scatter enant. i
sist them the prey, and spoil, 31 And arms shall stand on his
and riches: yea, and he shall fore-|c Egypt. part, and they shall pollute the
ast his devices against the strong sanctuary of ‘strength, and shall
holds: even for a time. Epiphanes’ |take away the daily sacrifice, and
25 And he shall stir up his power} second expe- |they shall place the ‘abomination
and his courage against the king} dition — that maketh desolate. 3
of the “south with a great army;| 7eenrt 32 And such as do wickedly
and the king of the south shall be] Stoppedby |against the covenant shall he cor-
stirred up to battle with fe wo! ae Eng ee by RS is ratte
great and mighty army; bu €| 30), he tums at do ow ;
shall not stand: for they shall fore- posed the |@strong, and do exploits.
cast devices against him. Jews. 33 And they that understand
26 Yea, they that feed of the por-| - 7:5 is hise among the people ape aa
tion of his meat shall destroy him,]" toric—+he many: yet they shall f. y the
and his army shall overflow: and| act of Antio- sword, and by flame, by captivity,
many shall fail down slain. chus Eyiphe and by spoil, many days.
27 And both these kings’ hearts] 9415 refers 34 Now when they shall fall, they
shall be to do mischief, and) to Dan.i2.11./shall be holpen with a little help:
they shall speak lies at ate table; peepee ag a many shail cleave to them with
but it shall not prosper: for yet p 3 atteries.
the end shall be at the time ap- de.g. the 35 And some of them of under-
pointed. f - aay tines 4 |Standing ane aoe tn tay thes aeg
feldlvitivereatsichespanditoweadt| SESE Orn de
and with great riches; and his ; i: be-
shall be against the holy coveee 3] ¢ i evs cause it is yet for a time appointed,
and he shall do exploits, and return) p3n.1231. The end-time. The “little horn™
to his own land. (Dan.7.8; z rea
29 At the time appointed he shall| Rev.19.20.) | of Dan. 7. foe Dan.11, 2, note.)
return, and “come toward the south; _36 And the king shall do accord-
but it shall not be as the former. or ine tings stig d € t
as the latter. i
30 For the ships of Chittim shall ever: . h =
come against him: therefore he shall vellous thin ins
be grieved, and return, and have! igods, and shall prosp. :
l\Here the prophetic foreview, having traced the history of the two parts of
Alexander’s empire which had to do with Palestine and the Jews, viz. Syria and
Egypt, to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, and having described his career, Over-
leaps the centuries to “‘the time of the end,’’ when he of whom Antiochus Epiphanes
was a type, the ‘‘little horn” of Dan. 7. 8, the ‘“Beast out of the sea” of Rev. 13. 4-10,
shall appear (cf. Dan. 7. 8, note). Prophecy does not concern itself with history
as such, but only with history as it affects Israel and the Holy Land. Antiochus
Epiphanes was insignificant as compared with historical personages whom the Bible
does not mention, but he scourged the covenant people and defiled God’s altar,
thus coming into prophetic light. From verse 36 the “little horn”? of Dan. 7.8, 24-26
fills the scene. His prosperity lasts until “the indignation” (the “time of trouble”
of Dan. 12. 1 and Mt. 24. 21) is accomplished (v. 36). This is parallel with Rev.
17, 10-14; 19. 19-21. Verses 37-45 supply details not mentioned in the N.T. The |
expression “God of his fathers” (v. 37) has been held to indicate that the ‘“‘king” |
is an apostate Jew, but this does not accord with Dan. 9. 26, which was fulfilled by |
the Gentile armies of Rome. The “‘little horn” is an apostate, but from Christianity,
not Judaism (cf. 1 John 2. 18, 19). Werses 38-45 describe his career. Substituting -
“the god of forces” (i.e. forces of nature) for the true God (vs. 38, 39), he soon pre- |
sents himself as that god (cf. 2 Thes. 2.3, 4). While his career lasts he is an irre- |
sistible conqueror (vs. 40-44). He establishes his palace in Jerusalem, probably |
at the time of his supreme act of blasphemous impiety (Dan. 9. 27; 12. 113)
Mt. 24.15; 2 Thes. 2.4). From this time begins the great tribulation (Dan. 12.
1; Mt. 24, 21) which runs its course during the last half of Daniel’s seventieth :
week, viz. three and one half years (Dan. 7. 25; 12. 7, 11; Rev. 13. 5). See Rey.
19. 20, note.
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ie
a137]. - DANIEL. [12 7
uetanemantg cee ished: for yet he shall come to his end, and
at is determined shall be none shall helphim. =
don
e.
ee pee cial. he. peaeast -the
athers, nor the desire of
nor regard any god: for he
shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he hon-
our the God of forces: and a god
whom his fathers knew not shall
h ur with gold, and silver,
CHAPTER 12.
The great tribulation (Psa. 2. 5;
Rev. 7.14). (See Dan. 11.35, note.)
ND at that time shall Michael)».
which standeth for the children of
\thy people: and there shall be a
and with neereprernananr eee time a trouble, ’such as never was
“on pe ae : t since there was a nation even to
strong holds with, Te that same time: and at that time
yn ds with a strang y people shall be delivered, every
whom he separ peace tor mt it one that shall be found written in
ca o rule over many, and|¢ See Dan.11. the book.
ric e land for gain. Pasa The Resurrections (Job 19. 25;
40 And at the time of the end) Tribulation |1 Cor. 15.52). (See nS Ne 1.35, note.)
shall the king of the south push at| {the great).
: : woeere 2 And many of them that sleep in
c i i irlwind,| Rev.7.14.) |the dust of ia caret shall caw,
with chariots, id wi lorsemen, some to ever. asting ife, and some
and with many ships; and he shall|° ainttey es to shame and everlasting contempt.
enter into the countries, and shall| Hos.13.14. ’ | 3, And they that be wise shall
overflow and pass “over. (Job 19.25; |shine 2as the brightness of the fir-
41 enter also into the| } ©°F15-52.) |mament; and they that turn many
glorious land, and many countries|d Rewards. _ |to righteousness as the stars for ever
shall be overthrown: but these shail eo é and ever.
1 Cor.3.14.) The last message to Daniel.
a untries: and the
e out of his hand, even Edom,
eae
10n. ia
42 He shall stretch forth his hand
Gea toe 3
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the
words, and seal the book, even to
the time of the 2end: many shall
run to and fro, and knowledge shall
43 But he a all have power over be increased.
the treasures of gold and of silver, 5 Then I Daniel looked, and, be-
be at his steps.
of the east and
ouble him:
nacles of @
seas in the glorious
hold, there stood other two, the one
on this side of the bank of the river,
and the other on that side of the
bank of the river.
6 And one said to the man clothed
e he shall go forth with in linen, which was upon the waters
ary to destroy, and utterly to of the river, How long shal/ it be
ny. to the end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man clothed in
linen, which was upon the waters of
the river, when he held up his right
1 That is, Daniel’s people, the Jews. Cf, Dan. 9. 15, 16, 20, 24; 10. 14.
2 The “time of the end” in Daniel.
end.”’ occurs, Dan. 8. 17-19; 9. 26; 11. 35, 40, 45; 12. 4, 6, 9.
The expression, or its equivalent, “in the
Summary: (1) The time
stand up, the great prince ~~
of the end in Daniel begins with the violation by “the prince that shail come”’ (i.e.
‘4ittle horn,” “man of sin,” “Beast’”’) of his covenant with the Jews for the restora-
tion of the temple and sacrifice (Dan. 9. 27), and his presentation of himself as
God (Dan. 9. 27; 11. 36-28; Mt. 24. 15; 2 Thes. 2. 4; Rev. 13. 4-6), and ends with
his destruction by the appearing of the Lorp in glory (2 Thes. 2. 8; Rev. 19. 19, 20).
(2) The duration of the “time of the end” is three and one half years, coinciding
with the last half of the seventieth week of Daniel (Dan. 7. 25; -12. 7; Rev. 13.5).
(3) This “time of the end” is the “time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jer. 30. 7); “a time
of trouble such as never was since there was a nation” (Dan. 12. 1); “great tribu-
lation such as was not from the beginning of the world ... . nor ever shall be”
(Mt. 24. 21). The N.T., especially the Book of the Revelation, adds many
details.
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12 8] DANIEL. . [12 13
hand and his left hand unto heaven,| B.C. 534.__|mone of the wicked shall under-
and sware by him that liveth for/z a prophecy |Stand; but the wise shall under- .
ever that it shall] be for a time,| describing the|/stand. :
times, and an half; and when he] Moral state of) 11 And from the time that the.
shall have accomplished to scatter] Daniel's day |daily sacrifice shall be taken away,
the power of the holy people, all] to the time of/an b G ‘
these things shall be finished. eee. Hesalate. setninetinecs aieih he a
8 And I heard, but I padenstood 36-43,47-49,. |thousand two hundred and ninety
not: then said I, O my Lord, what|® See Dan.9. ee eee ee ee
days.
shall be the end of these things?) . pa oan 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and
9 And he said, Go thy way, Dan-| Ezi.28.2-8.. |cometh to the thousand three hun-
iel: for the words are closed up and| (Dan.7.8; dred and five and thirty days.
sealed till the time of the end. Rev.19.20.) 13 But go thou thy way till the
10 ¢Many shall be purified, and T cen sa00. end be: for thou shalt rest, and
made white, and tried; but the}. and 1335 stand in thy lot at the end of the
wicked shall do wickedly: and| 42ys- édays.
1 Three periods of “days” date from the “abomination” (i.e. the blasphemous
assumption of deity by the Beast, v. 11; Mt. 24. 15; 2 Thes. 2.4): (1) Twelve hun-
dred and sixty days to the destruction of the Beast (Dan. 7. 25; 12. 7; Rev. 13. 5;
19. 19, 20). This is also the duration of the great tribulation (cf. Dan. 12. 4, note).
(2) Dating from the same event is a period of 1290 days, an addition of thirty
days (Dan. 12.11). (3) Again forty-five days are added, and with them the promise
of verse 12. No account is directly given of that which occupies the interval of
seventy-five days between the end of the tribulation and the full blessing of verse
12. It is suggested that the explanation may be found in the prophetic descriptions
of the events following the battle of Armageddon (Rev. 16. 14; 19. 21). The Beast
is destroyed, and Gentile world-dominion ended, by the smiting of the “Stone cut
out without hands” at the end of the 1260 days, but the scene is, so to speak, filled
with the debris of the image which the “wind” must carry away before full blessing
comes in (Dan. 2. 35). 1
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i HOSEA. nn
HOSEA was a contemporary of Amos in Israel, and of Isaiah and Micah in Judah,
and his ministry continued after the first, or Assyrian, captivity of the northern
kingdom (2 Ki. 15. 29). His style is abrupt, metaphorical, and figurative.
Israel is Jehovah’s adulterous wife, repudiated, but ultimately to be purified and
restored.. This is Hosea’s distinctive message, which may be summed up in his two
words, Lo-ammi, “not my people,” and Ammi, “‘my people.” Israel is not merely
apostate and sinful—that is said also; but her sin takes its character from the exalted
relationship into which she has been brought.
The book is in three parts: I. The dishonoured wife, 1.1-3.5. II. The sinful
people, 4. 1-13. 8. III. The ultimate blessing and glory of Israel, 13. 9-14.9.
The events recorded in Hosea cover a period of 60 years (Ussher).
bare a daughter. And God said
‘unto him, Call her name ‘Lio-ruha-
imah: for I will no more have mercy
‘upon the house of Israel; but I will
utterly take them away.
7 4¢But I will have mercy upon the
house of Judah, and will save them
by the Lorp their God, and will
not save them by bow, nor by
sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor
by horsemen.
CHAPTER 1.
Part I. Israel Jehovah’s dishon-
oured wife, repudiated but to
be restored (Hos. 1. 1-3. 5).
‘HE word of the Lorp that came
unto Hosea, the son of Beeri,
in the days of Uzziah, Jotham,
Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Ju-
dah, and in the days of Jeroboam
the son of Joash, king of Israel. eae
a ut. . > rn 3 =
(1) The symbolic marriage: the| Psa.73.27; (3) The birth of Lo-ammi.
i f Jezreel. Jer.2.13; 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-
birth of J Hea 3 r
o~The beak ad Se thd Wend of Zi. 25.S- ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a
the Lorp by Hosea. Anti the Lorp|?? ¥#1014#- |SO™ 74 on said God, Call his name
said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a] cic. unpitied.|e1o-ammi: for ye are not Imy peo-
wife of whoredoms and children of|,, 4: 3935. |ple, and I will not be your God.
whoredoms: @for the land hath com- Saami x
mitted great whoredom, departin&| ec i.e. not my (4) The future blessing and res-
from the LorD. | people. toration of Israel.
3 So he went and took Gomer the] ¢Rom.9.25,26. | 10. Yet the number of the children
daughter of Diblaim; which con- of 2Israel shall be as the sand of the
ceived, and bare him a son. | sea, which cannot be measured nor
4 And the LorD said unto him, per es fee i eer come to
Call his name Jezreel; for yet a jpass, that in the place where it was
little while, and I will avenge the said unto them, Ye are not my
blood of ®Jezreel upon the house of fpeople, there it shall be said unto
Jehu, and will cause 7 ae the ate Ye are the sons of the living
kingdom of the house of Israel. od.
5 Ped it shall come to pass at that 11 Then shall the children of Ju-
day, that I will break the bow of dah and the children of Israel be
gathered together, and appoint
Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
rhe Birthof Lh pret themselves one head, and they shall
(2) DUSLES DANONE ETAL IE) : come up out of the land: for great
6 And she conceived again, and shall be the day of Jezreel.
1 “Wily people” is an expression used in the O.T. exclusively of Israel the nation.
It is never used of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. See Mt. 2.6. .
2 “Tsrael” in Hosea means the ten tribes forming the northern kingdom as dis-
tinguished from “Judah” (the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) forming the southern
kingdom which adhered to the Davidic family. (See 1 Ki. 12. 1-21.) The promise
of verse 10 awaits fulfilment. See “Israel” (Gen. 12, 2, 3; Rom. 11, 26),
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2 1]
CHAPTER 2.
(5) The chastisement of adulter-
ous Israel. (Cf. 2 Ki. 17. 1-18.)
SY ye unto your brethren,
¢Ammi; and to your sisters,
6’Ruhamah.
2. Plead with your mother, plead:
for 1she is not my ‘wife, neither am
I her husband: let her therefore put
away her whoredoms out of her
sight, and her adulteries from be-
tween her breasts;
3 4Lest I strip her naked, and set
her as in the day that she was born,
and make her as a wilderness, and
set her like a dry land, and slay her
with thirst.
4 And I will not have mercy upon
her children; for they be the chil-
dren of whoredoms.
5 For their mother hath played
the harlot: she that conceived them
hath done shamefully: for she said,
I will go after my lovers, that give
me my bread and my water, my
nee my flax, mine oil and my
nk,
6 Therefore, ‘behold, I will hedge
up thy way with thorns, and make
a wall, that she shall not find her
paths.
7 And she shall follow after her
lovers, but she shall not overtake
them; and she shall seek them, but
shall not find them; then shall she
say, I will go and return to my
first husband; for then was it bet-
ter with me than now.
8 For she did not know that I
gave her corn, and wine, and oil,
and multiplied her silver and gold,
which they prepared for Baal.
9 Therefore will I return, and
take away my corn in the time
thereof, and my wine in the season
thereof, and will recover my wool
and my flax given to cover her na-
kedness.
10 And now will I discover her
lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
and none shall deliver her out of
mine hand.
11 I will also cause all her mirth
to cease, her feast days, her new
1 That Israel is the wife of Jehovah
HOSEA.
a@i.e. my peo-
ple.
bie. having
obtained
pity.
c Wife of Je-
hovah. vs.
d Jer.13.22,26;
Ezk.16.37,
39.
é Job 3.23;
19.8; Lam,
3.7,9.
fi.e. trouble,
Josh.7.26;
Tsa.65.10.
gice. my
husband.
hi.e. my lord.
restored, is the-clear teaching of the passages.
founded with that of the Church to Christ (Jo
the Divine tri-unity both are true.
é
moons, and her sabbaths, and all
her solemn feasts. :
12 And I will destroy her-vines
and her fig trees, whereof she hath
said, These are my rewards that
my lovers have given me: and I
will make them a forest, and the
beasts of the field shall eat them.
13 And I will visit upon her the
idays of Baalim, wherein she burned
incense to them, and she decked
herself with her earrings and her
jewels, and she went after her
lovers, and forgat me, saith the
LorRD.
(6) Israel, the adulterous wife,
to be restored.
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure
her, and bring her into the wilder-
ness, and speak comfortably unto
er.
15 And I will give her her vine-
yards from thence, and the valley
of fAchor for a door of hope: and
she shall sing there, as in the days
of her youth, and as in the day
when she came up out of the land
of Egypt.
16 And it shall be at that day,
saith the Lorp, that thou shalt call
me Ishi; and shalt call me no more
*Baali.
17_ For I will take away the names
of Baalim out of her mouth, and
they shall no moré be remembered
by their name.
18 And in that day will I make a
covenant for them with the beasts
of the field, and with the fowls of
heaven, and with the creeping
things of the ground: and I will
break the bow and the sword and
the battle out of the earth, and will.
hn 3. 29, refs.),
The N.T. speaks of the Church as 4 virgin
make them to lie down safely.
19 And I will betroth thee unto
me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee
unto me in righteousness, and in
judgment, and in lovingkindness,
and in mercies.
20 I will even betroth thee unto
me in faithfulness: and thou shalt ~
know the Lorp2=" 4
21 And it shall come to pass in
that day, I will hear, saith the
(see vs. 16-23), now disowned but yet to be
This relationship is not to be con-
In the mystery of
espoused to one husband (2 Cor, 11. 1, 2); which could never be said of an adulterous
wife, restored in grace.
Jehovah’s earthly wife (Hos.
19. 7).
2. 23); the Church the Lamb’s heavenly bri
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Israel is, then, to be the restored and forgi i 2
hovah, the Church the virgin wife of the Lamb (John 3. 29 entero? Baie
; Rev. 19, 6-8); Israel
e (Rev.
Lorp, I will hear the heavens, and
they shall hear the earth;
22 And the earth shall hear the
corn, and the wine, and the oil;
and they shall hear Jezreel.
23 And I will sow her unto me in
the earth; and I will have mercy|? 20%9;?5
upon her that had not -obtained Tage t Bet.
mercy; and I will say to them] ?-10-
which were not my “people, Thou}; chrise
art my people; and “they shall say,|. (First
Thou art my God. Advent)
(Gen.3.i5;
CHAPTER 3. ners tS.)
iif
(7) The undyiné love of Jehovah: peice os
the future Davidic kingdom. | ®!*-
HEN said the Lorp unto me, Bias
Go yet, love a woman beloved! 4,5; Joel
of her friend, yet an adulteress, ac- soe a
cording to the love of the Lorp| $2'ivs}
toward the children of Israel, who
e John 19.15.
look to other gods, and love flagons
of wine.
2 SoI bought her to me for fifteen
pieces of silver, and for an ‘homer
of barley, and an half homer of
barley:
3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt
abide for me many days; thou shalt
not play the harlot, and thou
shalt not be for another man: so
will1 also be for thee.
4 For the children of Israel shall} 9-11.)
abide many days 4without a “king,|, 5.0. 19.9.
f Israel (pro-
phecies).
vs.4,5.
3.1-8,15-20.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
g Christ
(Second
and without a prince, and without} y.4.1.18;’3.
a sacrifice, and without an itmage,| 13,14; Jer-
and without an ephod, and with- ravage Mic.
out teraphim: a
5 Afterward shall the children of} i Jer.4.28;
Israel freturn, and seek the Lorp| 224: ae
their God, and David their ‘king;
“and shall fear the Lorp and his|jfsa.5 13.
goodness in the latter days. k 1 Sam.2.30;
Mal.2.9;
CHAPTER 4. Phil.3.19.
2 Tim.4.
1
Part Il. The sinful people (Hos.| 3,4.
bse 8). (1) The general), rey.26.26;
HES the word of the LORD,
ye children of Israel: for the Carer
Lorp hath “a controversy with the) kzx'6/13;
inhabitants of the land, because| 20.28.
there is no truth, nor mercy, nor), 40. 7.17;
knowledge of God in the land. |” Rom.1.28..
2 By swearing, and lying, and)
killing, and stealing, and com-)
mitting adultery, they break ont. |
and blood toucheth blood.
3 ?Therefore shall the land mourn,
and every one that dwelleth there-|
in shall languish, with the beasts -.
HOSEA.
Joel
[4 15
of the field, and with the fowls of
heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea
also shall be taken away.
4 Yet let no man strive, nor
reprove another: for thy peopie
are as they that strive with the
priest. ,
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the
day, and the prophet also shall fall
with thee in the night, and I will
destroy thy mother.
(2) The wilful ignorance of Israel.
6 JMy people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge: because thou
hast rejected knowiedge, I will also
reject thee, that thou shalt be no
priest to me: seeing thou hast for-
gotten the law of thy God, I will
also forget thy children,
7 As they were increased, so they
sinned against me: “therefore will
I change their glory into shame.
8 They eat up the sin of my peo-
ple, and they set their heart on
their iniquity.
9 And there shall be, ‘like people,
like priest: and I will punish them
for their ways, and reward them
their doings.
10 “For they shall eat, and not
lhave enough: they shall commit
whoredom, and shall not increase:
because they have left off to take
heed to the LorpD,
11 Whoredom and wine and new
wine take away the heart.
(3) The idolatry of Israel.
12 My people ask counsel at their
stocks, and their staff declareth
unto them: for the spirit of whore-
doms hath caused them to err, and
they have gone a whoring from
under their God.
13 "They sacrifice upon the tops
of the mountains, and burn incense
upon the hilis, under oaks and pop-
lars and elms, because the shadow
thereof is good: therefore your
|daughters shall commit whoredom,
and your spouses shall commit
adultery.
14 I will not punish your daugh-
ters when they commit whoredom,
nor your spouses when they commit
adultery: for themselves are sepa-
rated with whores, and they sacri-
fice with harlots: therefore the
people that doth not understand
shall fall.
15 Though thou, Israel, play the
harlot, yet let not Judah offend;
and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither
4 16]
go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear,
The Lorp liveth.
16 ®For Israel slideth back as a
backsliding heifer: now the LorpD
will feed them as a lamb in a large
place. &
17 Ephraim 1s joined to idols: let
him alone.
18 Their drink is sour: they have
committed whoredom continually:
her rulers with shame do love, Give
ye.
19 The wind hath bound her up
in her wings, and they shall be
‘ashamed because of their sacrifices.
CHAPTER 5.
(4) The withdrawn face of
Jehovah. .-
HEAk ye this, O priests; and
hearken, ye house of Israel;
and give ye ear, O house of the
king; for judgment is toward you,
because ye have been a snare on
Mizpah, and a net spread upon
Tabor.
2 And the revolters are profound
to make slaughter, though I have
been a rebuker of them all.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is
not hid from me: for now, O Eph-
taim, thou committest whoredom,
and Israel is defiled.
4 They will not frame their do-
ings to turn unto their God: for the
spirit of whoredoms is in the midst
of them, and they have not known
the Lorp.
5 And ‘the pride of Israel doth}
testify to his face: therefore shall]
Israel and Ephraim fall in their
iniquity; Judah also shall fall with]
m.
HOSEA.
6 Mt.15.14.
¢ Hos.7.10.
d Prov.1.28;
Isa.1.15;
Jer-11.11;
Ezk.8.18;
Mic.3.4;
John 7.34.
e Hos.8.1;
Joel 2.1.
f Hos.4:15;
Josh.7.2.
g Jud.5.14.
h Deut.19.14;
27.17.
¢ Deut.28.33.
| 7 Prov.12.4.
k Jer.30.12.
| | Hos.13.7,8;
| Lam.3.10.
and with their herds to seek the| 12.7
Lorp; but they shall not find him;
he hath withdrawn himself from]
now
shall a month devour them with
their portions.
8 ‘Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah,
and the trumpet in Ramah: /Scery
aloud at Beth-aven, éafter thee, O
Benjamin.
10 The princes of Judah were like
them that ‘remove the bound:
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therefore I will pour out my wrath
upon them like water.
11 Ephraim is ‘oppressed and
broken in judgment, because he
willingly walked after the com-
mandment. ~
12 Therefore will I be unto Eph-
faim as a moth, and to the house
of Judah Yas rottenness.
13 When Ephraim saw his sick-
ness, and Judah saw *his wound,
then went Ephraim to the Assyrian,
and sent to king Jareb: yet could
he not heal you, nor cure you of
your wound.
14 For ‘I will be unto Ephraim as
a hon, and as a young lion to the
house of Judah: I, even I, will tear
and go away; I will take away,
and none shall rescue. him.
15 I will go and retum to my
place, till they acknowledge their
offence, and seek my face: in their
affliction they will seek me early.
CHAPTER 6.
(5) The voice of the remnant in
the last days. (Cf. “Remnant,”
Isa. 1. 9; Rom. 11. s.)
Gome: and let us return unto the
LorpD: for he hath torn, and
he will heal us; he hath smitten,
and he will bind us up.
2 After two days will he revive
us: in the third day he will raise us
up, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Then shall we know, if we fol-
low on to know the Lorn: his go-
ing forth is prepared as the morn-
ing; and he shall come unto us as
the rain, as the latter and former
Tain unto the earth.
(6) The response of Jehovah.
4 ™O Ephraim, what shall I do
junto thee? O Judah, what shall I
do unto thee? for your goodness is
jas a morning cloud, and as the
early dew it goeth away.
5 Therefore have I hewed them
by the prophets; I have slain them
by the words of my mouth: and
thy judgments are as the light that
goeth forth.
6 For I desired *mercy, and not
sacrifice; and the knowledge of God
more than burnt-offerings.
7 But they like men have trans-
gressed the covenant: there have
they dealt treacherously against
me.
8 Gilead is a city of them that
roe iniquity, and is polluted with
re
6 9]
9 And as troops of robbers wait
for aman, so the company of priests
murder in the way by consent: for
they commit lewdness-
10 I have seen an horrible thing
in the house of Israel: there is the
whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is
defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an
harvest for thee, when I returned
the captivity of my people.
CHAPTER 7.
(Response of Jehovah, continued.
Begins Hos. 6. 4.)
HEN I would have healed
Israel, then the iniquity of
Ephraim was discovered, and the
wickedness of Samaria: for they
commit falsehood; and the thief
cometh in, and the troop of robbers
spoileth without.
2 And they consider not in their
hearts that I remember all their
wickedness: now their own doings
have beset them about; they are
before my face.
3 They make the king glad with
their wickedness, and the princes
with their lies.
4 They are ali adulterers, a. an
oven heated by the baker, who
ceaseth from raising after he hath
kneaded the dough, until it be
leavened.
5 In the day of our king the
princes have made him sick with
bottles of wine; he stretched out
his hand with scorners.
6 For they have made ready their
heart like an oven, whiles they lie
~ in wait: their baker sleepeth all the
night; in the morning it burneth as
a flaming fire.
7 They are all hot as an oven,
and have devoured their judges;
all their kings are fallen: ¢there is
none among them that calleth unto
me.
8 Ephraim, he hath mixed him-
self among the people; Ephraim is
a cake not turned.
9 Strangers have devoured his
strength, and he knoweth it not:
yea, gray hairs are here and there
upon him, yet he knoweth not. |
10 And the pride of Israel testifi-
eth to his face: and they do not re-
turn to the Lorp their God, nor
seek him for all this. :
‘11 Ephraim also is like a silly
dove without heart: they call to
Egypt thev go to Assyria.
HOSEA.
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B.C. 780.
a 1sa.64.7.
6 Hos.11.11,
¢ Ezk.12.13.
d Ex.14.30,
note;
Isa.59.20,
note.
é Job 35.9,10;
Psa.78.36;
Jer.3.10;
Zech.7.5.
f Hos.5.15;
Psa.78.34.
12 When they shall go, I will
spread my net upon them; I will
bring them down as the fowls of
the heaven; I will chastise them,
as their congregation hath heard.
13 Woe unto them! for they have
fled from me: destruction unto
them! because they have trans-
gressed against me: though I have
dredeemed them, yet they have
spoken lies against me.
14 ¢And they have not cried unto
me with their heart, when they
howled upon their beds: they as-
semble themselves for corn and
wine, and they rebel against me.
15 Though I have bound and
strengthened their arms, yet do
they imagine mischief against me.
16 They return, but not to the
most High: they are like a deceitful
bow: their princes shall fall by the
sword for the rage of their tongue:
this shall be their derision in the
land of Egypt.
CHAPTER 8.
(Response of Jehovah, continued,
Begins Hos. 6. 4.)
ET the trumpet to thy mouth.
He shall come as an eagle
against the house of the LoRD, be-
cause they have transgressed my
covenant, and trespassed against
my law.
2 fIsrael shali cry unto me, My
God, we know thee.
3 Israel hath cast off the thing
that is good: the enemy shall pur-
sue him,
4 They have set up kings, but not
by me: they have made princes,
and I knew it not: of their silver
and their gold have they made them
idols, that they may be cut off.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast
thee off; mine anger is kindled
against them: how long will it be
ere they attain to innocency?
6 For from Israel was it also: the
workman made it; therefore it rs
not God: but the calf of Samaria
shall be broken in pieces.
7 &For they have sown the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall
lyield no meal: if so be it yield, the
strangers shall swallow it up.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now
shall they be among the Gentiles
as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9 For they are gone up to Assyria,
a wild ass alone by himself: Eph-
raim hath hired lovers.
~
10 Yea, though they have hired
among the nations, now will I
gather them, and they shail sorrow
a little for the burden of the king
of princes.
"11 Because Ephraim hath made
many altars to sin, altars shall be
unto him to sin.
12 I have written to him ¢the
great things of my law, but they
were counted as a strange thing.
13 They sacrifice flesh for the
sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat
it; but the LorD accepteth them
not; “now will he remember their
iniquity, and visit their sins: they
shall return to Egypt.
14 ‘For Israel hath forgotten his|? Devty68
Psa.119.18;
Maker, and buildeth temples 3 and} 147.19,20.
Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: Ave wate
but I will send a fire upon his cities,|” Amos 8.7.
and it shall devour the palaces
thereof, c Deut.32.18.
d Lev.25.23;
CHAPTER 9. ead
(Response of Jehovah, continued. |e Hos.8.13;
Begins Hos. 6. 4.) 11.5.
REJOICE not, O Israel, for joy,
as other people: for thou hast
gone a whoring from thy God, thou|s Hos.10.8:,
hast loved a reward upon every| 13-3443.”
cornfloor.
2 The floor and the winepress|/ ee Hee
shall not feed them, and the new} 3357." ”
wine shall fail in her. :
3 They shall not dwell 4in thel# woe
Lorp’s land; “but Ephraim shall| “27-1:
return to Egypt, and ‘they shall eat! j Num.25.3;
unclean things in Assyria. Psa.106.28.
4 They shall not offer wine offer-};. Ki.18.21;
ings to the LorpD, neither shall they| Mt.6.24.
be pleasing unto him: their sacri- : ES
fices shall be unto them as the)! v:2633:
bread of mourners; all that eat|m CfHos.
thereof shall be polluted: for their| 14-8.
bread for their soul shall not come
into the house of the Lorp.
5 What will ye do in the solemn
day, and in the day of the feast of
the Lorp?
6 For, lo, they are gone because of
destruction: Egypt shali gather
them up, Memphis shall bury them:
the pleasant places for their silver,
nettles shall possess them: thorns
shall be in their tabernacles.
7 The days of visitation are come,
the days of recompence are come:|
{srael shall know it: the prophet zs
a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for
the multitude of thine iniquity, and
the great hatred, ‘
8 The “watchman of Ephraim!
f Ezk.4.13;
Dan.1.8.
926
was with my God: but the prophet
is a snare of a fowler in all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his
God.
9 They have deeply corrupted
themselves, as in the days of
Gibeah: therefore he will Temem-
ber their iniquity, he will visit
their sins. A
10 I found Israel like grapes in the
wilderness; I saw your fathers as
the ‘firstripe in the fig tree at her
first time: but they went to JBaal-
peor, and separated themselves unto
that shame; and their abomina-
tions were according as they loved.
11 As for Ephraim, their glory
shall fly away like a bird, from the
birth, and from the womb, and from
the conception. :
12 Though they bring up their
children, yet will I bereave them,
that there shall not be a man
left: yea, woe also to them when I
depart from them! ,
13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is
planted in a pleasant place: but
Ephraim shall bring forth his chil-
dren to the murderer.
14 Give them, O LorpD: what wilt
thou give? give them a miscarrying
womb and dry breasts.
15 All their wickedness is in Gil-
gal: for there I hated them: for the
wickedness of their doings I will
drive them out of mine house, I will
love them no more: all their princes
are revolters.
_16 Ephraim is smitten, their root
is dried up, they shall bear no fruit:
yea, though they bring forth, vet
will I slay even the beloved fruit
of their womb,
17_ My God will *cast them away,
because they did not hearken unto
him: and they shall be ‘wanderers
among the nations.
CHAPTER 10.
(Response of Jehovah, continued,
| Begins Hos. 6. 4.)
[SRAEL is an empty vine, he
bringeth forth fruit unto him-
self: according to the multitude of
his fruit he hath increased the al-
tars; according to the goodness of
his land they have made goodly
"2 Their, heart is divided
eir he: is divided; now
shall they be found faulty: he shall
break down their altars, he shall
spoil their images.
3 For now they shall say, We
a. ne)
10 4]
have no king, because we feared not
the LorD; what then should a king
do to us?
4 They have spoken words, swear-
ing falsely in making a covenant:
thus judgment springeth up as
hemlock in the furrows of the
field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria}
shall fear because of “the calves of |
Beth-aven: for the people thereof
shall mourn over it, and the priests
thereof that rejoiced on it, >for the
glory thereof, because it is departed
from it.
6 It shall be also carried unto As-
syria for a present to king Jareb:
Ephraim shall receive shame, and
Israel shall be ashamed of his own
counsel,
7 As for Samaria, her king is cut
off as the foam upon the water.
8 The high places also of Aven,
the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed:
the thorn and the thistle shall come
up on their altars; and they shall
say to the mountains, “Cover us:
and to the hills, Fall on us.
9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from
the days of Gibeah: there they
stood: ¢the battle in Gibeah against
the children of iniquity did not
overtake them.
10 f¢1s in my desire that I should
chastise them; and the people shall
be gathered against them, whcn
they shall bind themselves in their
two furrows.
11 And Ephraim is as “an heifer
that is taught, and loveth to tread
out the corn; but I passed over
upon her fair neck: I will
make Ephraim to ride; Judah
_. shall plow, and Jacob shall break
his clods.
12 Sow to pcb in righteous-
ness, reap in mercy; fbreak up your
fallow ground: for it 1s time to seek
the Lorp, till he come and rain
righteousness upon you.
13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye
have reaped iniquity; ye have
eaten the fruit of lies: because thou)
didst strust in thy way, in the mul-;
titude of thy mighty men.
14 Therefore shail a tumult arise]
among thy people, and all thy for-
tresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman
spoiled *Beth-arbel in the day of
battle: the mother was dashed in
pieces upon her children.
15 So shall Beth-el do unto you
because of your great wicledness:
in a morning shall the king of Israel
utterly be cut off.
@ Hos.8.5,5;
1 Ki.12,28,
29.
6 Hos.9.11
¢ Lk.23.30.
d See Jud.20.
e Jer.50.11;
Mic.4.13,
f Jer.4.3,
g Psa.2.12,
note,
h 2 Ki,18.34;
19/13.
z Mt.2.15.
j Lev.26.13.
k i.e. to Jeho-
vah.
1 Gen.14.8; 19.
24,25; Deut.
29.23; Amos
4.11.
m Zech.8.14,
note,
n Hos.8.7,
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CHAPTER 11.
~ itReseanee of Jehovah, continued,
Begins Hos, 6, 4.)
HEN Israel was a child, then
I loved him, and called ‘my
json out of Egypt.
2 As they called them, so they
went from them: they "sacrificed
unto Baalim, and burned incense
to graven images.
3 I taught Ephraim also to go,
taking them by their arms; but they
knew not that I healed them.
4 I drew them with cords of a
man, with bands of love: and JI
was to them as they that take off
the yoke on their jaws, and I laid
meat unto them.
5 He shall not return into the land
of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be
his king, because they refused to
kreturn.
6 And the sword shall abide on
his cities, and shall consume his
branches, and devour them, be-
cause of their own counsels.
7 And my people are bent to
backsliding from me: though they
called them to the most High, none
at all would exalt him.
8 How shail I give thee up,
Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee,
Israel? how shall I make thee as
‘Admah? how shall I set thee as
Zeboim? mine heart is turned
within me, my “repentings are
kindled together.
9 I will not execute the fierceness
of mine anger, I will not return to
fe \,
destroy Ephraim: for.l.am_ “God Ct eh
and not man; the Holy One inthe
midst of thee: and I will not’enter
into the city.
10 They shall walk after the
Lorb: he shall roar like a lion:
when he shall roar, then the chil-
dren shall tremble from the west.
11 They shall tremble as a bird
out of Egypt, and as a dove out of
the land of Assyria: and I will place
them in their’ houses, saith the
LorpD.
12 Ephraim compasseth me about
with lies, and the house of Is-
rael with deceit: but Judah yet
ruleth with God, and is faithful
with the saints.
CHAPTER 12.
(Response of Jehovah, continued.
Begins Hos. 6. 4.)
PHRAIM “feedeth on wind, and
followeth after the east wind:
he daily increaseth lies and desola-
“\
12 2] HOSEA.
tion; and they do make a covenant| B.C. 725.
with the Assyrians, and oil is car-
ried into Egypt.
2 %The LorpD hath also a contro-
versy with Judah, and will punish
Jacob according to his ways; ac-
cording to his doings will he recom-
pense him.
3 He took his brother >by the heel) , proe.4.1;
in the womb, and by oe strength] Mic.6.2.
he ‘had power with God:
4 Yea, he had power over the]? G¢7-25-26-
@angel, and prevailed: he wept, and} c Gen.32.24.
made supplication unto him: he Parenti a
found him in «Beth-el, and there he|* 757..°"
spake with us;
5 Even the Lorp God of hosts; aay
the LorD is his ‘memorial. ee eg
6 Therefore Sturn thou to thy
God: keep mercy and judgment,|/Ex-3.15.
and wait on thy God continually. |. v5.14 1;
A He isa poe ae eee Mic.6.8.
of deceit are in his hand: he love’ f
£0 oppress. h 2 Ki.17.13.
; 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am be-] i Gen.28.5;
come rich, I have found me out sub-| Deut.26.5.
stance: in all my labours they shall
Rig es j Gen.29.20,
find none iniquity in me that were!” 28.
sin. 3
9 And I that am the Lorp thy Rees
God from the land of Egypt will yet| Psa.77.20;
make thee to dwell in tabernacles,| Isa-63.11;
as in the days of the solemn feast.| Mic-&4-
10 AI have also spoken by the| 1! Hos.11.2:
prophets, and I have multiplied| 2 Ki.17.16,
visions, and used similitudes, by| !*
the ministry of the prophets. m 2 Sam.17.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? ee
surely they are vanity: they sacri-
fice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their]: Resurrec-
altars are as heaps in the furrows] tion.
Mt.9.23-25.
of the fields. (Job 19.25;
1Z And Jacob ‘fled into the coun-
try of Syria, and Israel served for
a wife, and for a wife he kept
sheep.
13 And *by a prophet the Lorp
brought Israel out of Egypt, and by
a prophet was he preserved.
14 Ephraim provoked him to
anger most bitterly: therefore shall
he leave his biood upon him, and
his reproach shall his Lord return
unto him.
CHAPTER 13.
(Response of Jehovah, concluded.
Begins Hos. 6. 4.)
WEEN Ephraim spake trem-
bling, he exalted himself in
Israel; but ‘when he offended in
Baal, he died.
o Heb. goel,
Redemp.
(Kinsman
type).
Tsa.59.20,
note.
p 1 Cor.15.55.
q Heb. Sheol,
also in pre-
ceding
clause. See
Hab.2.5,
note.
1 The response of Jehovah continues
~~ treaty and promise. 928
ne
[13 15
2 And now they sin more and
more, and have made them molten
images of their silver, and idols ac-
cording to their own understanding,
all of 1t the work of the craftsmen:
they say of them, Let the men that
sacrifice kiss the calves.
3 Therefore they shall be as the
morning cloud, and as the early
dew that passeth away, as the chaff
that is driven with the whirlwind
out of the floor, and as the smoke
out of the chimney.
4 Yet I arm the Lorp thy God
from the land of Egypt, and thou
shalt know no god but me: for there
is no saviour beside me.
5 I did know thee ‘in the wilder-
ness, in the land of great drought.
6 According to their pasture, so
were they filled; they were filled,
and their heart was exalted; there-
fore have they forgotten me.
7 Therefore I will be unto them as
a lion: as a leopard by the way will
I observe them:
8 I will meet them “as a bear
that is bereaved of her whelps,
and will rend the caul of their heart,
and there will I devour them like a
lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
toe III. 1The ultimate blessing
of Israel in the kingdom (Hos.
13. 9-14, 9),
9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed
thyself; but in me is thine help.
10 Iwill be thy king: where is any
other that may save thee in all thy
cities? and thy judges of whom thou
saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11 I gave thee a king in mine
1 Cor.15.52.) }|anger, and took Arm away in my
wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is
bound up; his sin is hid.
13 The sorrows of a travailing
woman shall come upon him: he is
an unwise son; for he should not
stay long in the place of the break-
ing forth of children.
4 I will ransom them from the
power of the “grave; I will °redeem
them from ?death: O death, I will
be thy plagues; 2O grave, I will be
thy destruction: repentance shall be
hid from mine eyes.
15 Though he be fruitful among
his brethren, an east wind shall
come, the wind of the Lorp shall
come up from the wilderness, and
his spring shall become dry, and
to the end, but at verse 9 changes to en-
13 16]
HOSEA.
[14 9
his fountain shall be dried up: he
‘shail spoil the treasure of all pleas-
ant vessels.
16 Samaria shall become desolate;
“for she hath rebelled against her
God: they shall fall by the sword:
their infants shall be dashed in
pieces, and their women with child
shall be ripped up.
CHAPTER 14.
ISRAEL, return unto the
LorpD thy God; for thou hast
fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Take with you words, and turn
to the LorpD: say unto him, Take
away all iniquity, and receive us
graciously: so will we render the
calves of our lips.
3 Asshur shall not save us; we}
wili not ride upon horses: neither
will we say any more to the work
of our hands, Ye are our guds: for
in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
B.C. 725.
a 2 Ki.18.12,
b Hos.12.6;
Joel 2.13.
d Eph.1.6.
e Job 29.19;
Prov.19.12,
f Psa.52.8;
128.3.
g John 15.4.
Cf.Hos.10.
1.
929
1. See Jas.
17.
4 I will heal their backsliding,
4J will love them freely: for mine
anger is turned away from him.
5 ¢I will be as the dew unto Israel:
he shall grow as the lily, and cast
forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 His branches shall spread, and
fhis beauty shall be as the olivé
tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 They that dwell under his
shadow shail return; they shall re-
vive as the corn, and grow as the
vine: the scent thereof shall be as
the wine of Lebanon. *
8 Ephraim shall say, What have
I to do any more with idols? I have
heard him, and observed him: I
am like a green fir tree. &From
me is thy fruit found.
9 Who is wise, and he shall un,
derstand these things? prudent,
and he shall know them? for the
ways of the LORD are right, and
the just shall walk in them: but the
transgressors shail fall therein.
nH JOEL. a?
JOEL, a prophet of Judah, probably exercised his ministry during the reign of Joash
(2 Chr, 2%. to 24.). In his youth he may have known Elijah, and he certainly was
a contemporary of Elisha. The plagues of insects, which were the token of the
divine chastening, give occasion for the unveiling of the coming ‘“‘day of the LorD”
oat 12, refs.), in its two aspects of judgment on the Gentiles and blessing for
srael,
Joel is in three chief parts: I. The plague of insects, 1.1-20. II. The day of
the Lorp, 2. 1-3. 8. III. Retrospect of the day of the Lorp, and full kingdom bless-
ing, 3. 9-21.
B.C. 800. |which the cankerworm hath left
hath the caterpiller eaten.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and
weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of
wine, because of the new wine; for
it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation is come up upon
my land, strong, and without num-
ber, whose teeth are the teeth of a
aLit. meat. lion, and he hath the cheek teeth
of a great lion.
7 He hath laid my vine waste,
and barked my fig tree: he hath
made it clean bare, and cast it
away; the branches thereof are
made white.
8 Lament like a virgin girded
with sackcloth for the husband of
her youth.
9 The “‘meat-offering and the
drink-offering is cut off from the
‘ CHAPTER 1.
Part I. The plague of insects (vs.
1-20). (1) Introduction (vs. 1-3).
HE word of the Lorp that came
to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, ye old men, and give
ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
Hath this been in your days, or
even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell ye your children of it, and
Jet your children tel] their children,
and their children another genera-
tion.
(2) Desolation of the land.
4 That which the !palmerworm
hath left hath the locust eaten; and
that which the locust hath left hath
the cankerworm eaten; and that
1 The palmerworm, locust, etc., are thought to be different forms, at different
stages of development, of one insect. The essential fact is that, according to the
usual method of the Spirit in prophecy, some local circumstance is shown to be of
spiritual significance, and is made the occasion of a far-reaching prophecy (e.g. Isa.
7. 1-14, where the Syrian invasion and the unbelief of Ahaz give occasion to the
great prophecy of verse 14). Here in Joel a plague of devouring insects is shown
to have spiritual significance (Joel J. 13, 14), and is made the occasion of the proph-
ecy of the day of the Lorp, not yet fulfilled (Isa. 2. 12, refs.). This is more devel-
oped in Joel 2., where the literal locusts are left behind, and the future day of Jehovah
fills the scene. j
The whole picture is of the end-time of this present age, of the “times of the
Gentiles” (Lk. 21. 24; Rev. 16. 14); of the battle of Armageddon (Rev. 16. 14; 19.
11-21); of the regathering of Israel (Rom. 11. 26, note), and of kingdom blessing.
It is remarkable that Joel, coming at the very beginning of written prophecy (B.c.
836), gives the fullest view of the consummation of all written prophecy.
The order of events is: (1) The invasion of Palestine from the north by Gentile
world-powers headed up under the Beast and false prophet (Joel 2. 1-10; ““Arma-
geddon,” Rev. 16. 14, refs.); (2) the’ Lord’s army and destruction of the invaders
(Joel 2. 11; Rev. 19. 11-21); (3) the repentance of Judah in the land (Joel 2. 12-17;
Deut. 30. 1-9, note); (4) the answer of Jehovah (Joel 2. 18-27); (5) the effusion of
the Spirit in the (Jewish) “last days” (Joel 2. 28, 29); (6) the return of the Lord
in glory and the setting up of the kingdom (Joel 2. 30-32; Acts 15. 15-17) by the re-
gathering of the nation and the judgment of the nations (Joel 3. 1-16); (7) full and
permanent Kingdom blessing (Joel 3. 17-21; Zech. 14. 1-21; Mt, 25. 32, note).
930,
Pr my JOEL. yay,
house of the LORD; the priests, the
LorpD’s ministers, mourn.
10 The field is wasted, the land
mourneth; for the corn is wasted:
the new wine is dried up, the oil
languisheth.
11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husband-
men; howl, O ye vinedressers, for
CHAPTER 2.
Part II. The day of the Lorp:
(1) The invading host from
the north preparatory to Ar-
mageddon (Rev. 16. 14, refs.).
Bow ye the trumpet in Zion,
and sound an alarm in my holy
the wheat and for the barley; be- mountain: let all the inhabitants
cause the harvest of the field is of the land tremble: for the day of
perished. : the Lorp ¢cometh, for it is nigh at
12 The vine is dried up, and the hand;
fig tree languisheth; the pome- _2 A day of darkness and of gloom-
granate tree, the palm tree also, and iness, a day of clouds and of thick
the apple tree, even all the trees of darkness, as the morning spread
the field, are withered: because joy} upon the mountains: a great peo-
is withered away from the sons of| |... ear ple and a strong; there hath not
men. * |been ever the like, neither shall be
13 Gird yourselves, and lament,|b Sanctify, jany more after it, even to the years
ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the’ pe Gta of many. generations.
altar: come, lie all night in sack-| (Gen.23: 3 A fire devoureth before them;
cloth, ye ministers of my God: for| Zech.8.3.) and behind them a flame burneth:
the ¢meat-offering and the drink- the land is “as the garden of Eden
offering is withholden from the|*7éfocan). |before them, and behind them a
Beret re ioe tea| Beit, (een means a
emn assembly, gather the elders qtv2i>” | 4 The appearance of them is as
Be De ae Seto See joey rl. Ineeeeren eo chal they mark OM
God, and cry unto the Lorp, icy so 5 Like the noise of chariots on the
32; Joel 3.5- |tops of mountains shall they leap,
The piague of insects: (3) A type a al like the noise of a flame of fire that
of the day of the Lord. 19.11-21.) ceo bee eubies a8 a strong
pe se attle array. ,
15 Alas for the day! ‘for the day|*Gen2-8: 32. | 6 Before their face the people
of the Lorp is at hand, and as a pera Baal pe ma pained: all.faces shall
destruction from the Almighty|f jcel 3.16; gather blackness. _ ‘
shall it come. wargie 7 They shall run like mighty men;
16 Is not the meat cut off before they shall climb the wall like men
our eyes, yea, joy and ladness g ee of war; and they shall march every
2 lon (62 a
Sere ce Hees OF MEGS fe] oth ved at Wercethsie nanicss a aris
clods, the garners are laid desolate,| 13. (Rev.16. 8 Neither shall one thrust another;
the barns are broken down; for| 14; 19-11-21) \they shall walk every one in his
“the corn is withered. path: and when they fali upon the
18 How do the beasts groan! the sword, they shall not be wounded,
herds of cattle are perplexed, be- 9 They shall run to and fro in the
cause they have no pasture; yea, city; they shall run upon the wall,
the flocks of sheep are made deso- they shall climb up upon the houses;
late. they shall enter in at the windows
19 OLorD, to thee will I cry: for like a thief,
the fire hath devoured the pastures 10 The earth shall quake before
of the wilderness, and the flame them: the heavens shall tremble: the
hath burned all the trees of the sun and the moon shall be dark, and
field. thestars shall withdraw their shining:
20 The beasts of the field cry also (2) Ther Lord's atmy-atvAcmar
unto thee: for the rivers of waters! ; af
are dried up, and the fire hath de- geddon (Rev. 19. 11-21). >
voured the pastures of the wilder-| 11 And the Lorp /shall utter his
ness, i voice before this farmy: for his
1 To verse 10 inclusive the invading army is described; at verse 11 Jehovah's
army, This “army” is described, Rev. 19, 11-18. The call to repentance 1s based
upon the Lord’s promise of deliverance, vs. 12-17. At verses 18-20 we have the
deliverance (v. 20; see “Armageddon,” Rev. 16. 14, refs.), and kingdom blessing
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2 12]
camp is very great: for he is strong
that executeth his word: “for the
day of the Lorp is great and very
terrible; and who can abide it?
(3) Repentance of the Jews who
are in the land.
12 Therefore also now, saith the
Lorp, turn “ye even to me with all
your heart, and with fasting, and
with weeping, and with mourning:
13. And rend your heart, and not
your garments, and turn unto the
LorD your God: for he is gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of|
great kindness, and ‘repenteth him
of the evil.
14 Who knoweth if he will returnja
and ‘repent, and leave a blessing
behind him; even a ¢meat-offering
JOEL.
B.C. 800.
Jer.30.7;
Amos
and a drink-offering unto the LorpD|» Jer.4.1;
your God? 3 ah
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanc-
tify a fast. call a solemn assembly: | c Zech.8.14,
16 Gather the people, sanctify the
note,
congregation, assemble the elders,| rit. meal.
gather the children, and those that
suck the breasts: let the bridegroom] ¢i-¢- nations.
go forth of his chamber, and the EON
bride out of her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of
the LORD, weep between the porch
and the altar, and let them say,
Spare thy people, O Lorb, and give!
not thine heritage to reproach, that
the ‘heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among
the people, Where is their God?
(4) The Lorn’s response (a) in
promise of deliverance.
18 Then will the Lorn be jealous
for his land, and pity his people.
19 Yea, the LoRD will answer and
say unto his people, Behold, I will
send you corn, and wine, and oil,
and ye shall be satisfied therewith:
and I will no more make you a re-
proach among the ‘heathen:
20 But I will remove far off from
you the northern army, and will
drive him into a land barren and
desolate, with his face toward the
east sea, and his hinder part toward
the utmost sea, and his stink shall
come up, and his ill savour shall
the ‘last days’’ as applied to Israel,
last days.”
Spirit.
vs.28,29;
Mic.2.7.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
vs.28-32;
Acts 2.17-21.
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come up, because he hath done ©
great things. :
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and
rejoice: for the LORD will do great
things
|
field: for the pastures of the wilder-
ness do spring, for the tree beareth
her fruit, the fig tree and the vine
do yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, ye children of
Zion, and rejoice in the LoRD your
God: for he hath given you the
former rain moderately, and he will
cause to come down for you the
rain, the former rain, and the latter
rain in the first month.
24 And the floors shall be full of
wheat, and the fats shall overflow
with wine and oil.
25 And I will restore to you the
years that the locust hath eaten,
the cankerworm, and the caterpil-
ler, and the palmerworm, my great
army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and
be satisfied, and praise the name of
the LorpD your God, that hath dealt
wondrously with you: and my peo- 4
ple shall never be ed. : A
shall kn at lam*® '
in the midst of Israel, and that I
am the LorpD your God, and none
else: and m: people shall never be
(b) The promise of the Spirit.
28 And it shall come to pass !af-
terward, that I will pour out my
Jspirit upon all flesh; and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants
and upon the handmaids in those
days will I pour out my spirit.
(5) The signs preceding the sec-
ond advent and the day of the
Lorp. (Cf. Isa. 13. 9, 10; 24. 21-
23; Ezk. 32. 7-10; Mt. 24. 29, 30.)
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the
|
31 The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood,
. 1, 2); but the greater fulfilment awaits
See Acts 2. 17, note, for phrase, “the
2 32]
* before the great and the terrible
day of the LoRD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that
@éwhosoever shall call on the name
of the LorpD shall be delivered: for
jn mount Zion and in Jerusalem
shall be deliverance, asthe LORD
hath said, and in the remnant
whom the LorD shall call.
CHAPTER 3.
(6) The restoration _of Israel.
(Cf. Isa. 11. 10-12; Jer. 23_.5-8;5
Ezk. 37. 21-28; Acts 15. 15-17.)
Fo. behold, in those days, ‘and
in that time, ¢when I shall
bring again the captivity of Judah
and Jerusalem,
(7) The judgment of the Gentile
natjons after Armageddon.
(See Mt. 25. 32, note.)
2 I will also gather all nations,
and will bring them down into the
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will
plead with them there for my peo-
ple and for my heritage Israel,
whom they have scattered among
the nations, and parted my land.
3 And they have cast lots for my
people; and have given a boy for
an harlot, and sold a girl for wine,
that they might drink.
4 Yea, and what have ye to do
with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and
all the coasts of Palestine? will ye
render me a recompence? and if ye
recompense me, swiftly and speed-
ily will I return your recompence
upon your own head;
5. Because ye have taken my sil-
ver and my gold, and have carried
_-into your temples my goodly plea-
sant things:
6 The children also of Judah and
the children of Jerusalem have ye
sold unto the Grecians, that ye might
remove them far from their border.
7 Behold, I will raise them out of
the place whither ye have sold
them, and will return your recom-
pence upon your own head:
“8 And I will sell your sons and
your daughters into the hand of the
children of Judah, and they shall
sell them to the Sabeans, to a people
far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Part III. (1) Retrospect: the
day of the LORD.
9 <Proclaim ye this among the
JOEL.
B.C. 800.
@ Rom.10.13.
6 Remnant.
Amos 5.15.
(Isa.1.9;
Rom.11.5.)
c Judgments
(the seven).
vs.1-14;
Mt.13.40-42.
(2 Sam.7.14;
Reyv.22.12.)
d Israel (pro-
phecies).
vs.1-8,15-20;
Zech.10.6-12.
(Gen.12.2,3;
Rom.11.26.)
e Day (of
Jehovah).
vs.9-21;
f Armaged-
don (battle
of). vs.9-13;
Oba.15.
(Rev.16.14;
19.11-21.)
gi.e. nations.
\h Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.16-
20; Amos 9.
# Dan.11.453
Oba.16;
Zech.8-.3.
j 1sa.35.8;
52.1; Nah.1.
15; Zech.14.
21, Rev.21.
27
k Psa 46.4,
Ezk.47.1,;
Zech.14 8;
Rev 22.1,
| Amos 9.15.
[3 21
Gentiles; 1Prepare-fwar, wake up
the mighty men, let all the men of
war draw near; let them come
up:
10 Beat your plowshares into
swords, and your pruninghooks
into spears: let the weak say, Iam
strong.
11 Assemble yourselves, and
come, all ye Sheathen, and gather
lyourselves together round about:
thither cause thy mighty ones to
come down, O LORD.
12 Let the %heathen be wakened,
and come up to the valley of Jehosh-
aphat: for there will I sit to judge
all the heathen round about.
13 Put ye in the sickle, for the
harvest is ripe: come, get you down;
for the press is full. the fats over-
flow; for their wickedness is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the
valley of decision: for the day of
the Lorp is near in the valley of
decision.
15 The sun and the moon shall be
darkened, and the stars shall with-
draw their shining.
16 The Lorp also shall roar out
of Zion, and utter his voice from
hJerusalem; and the heavens and
the earth shall shake: but the LorD
will be the hope of his people, and
the strength of the children of Israel.
(2) Full kingdom blessing.
(See Zech. 12. 8, note.)
17 Soshall ye know that Iam the
Lorp your God dwelling in Zion,
‘\imy holy mountain: then shall Jeru-
lsalem be holy, and there shall Jno
strangers pass through her any more.
18 And it shall come to pass in
shall water the valley of Shittim.
19 Egyptshall bea desolation, and
Edom shall be a desolate wilder-
ness, for the violence against the
children of Judah, because they
have shed innocent blood in their
Nand.
20 But Judah shall ‘dwell for ever,
and Jerusalem from generation to
generation.
21 For I will cleanse their blood
that I have not cleansed: for the
Lorb dwelleth in Zion.
1 Verses 9-14 refer to Armageddon; verses 15. 16 are parallel with Joel 2. 30-32.
From verses 2 to 16 we have a résumé of Joel 2. 9-32.
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i AMOS. ae
Amos, a Jew, but prophesying (B.C. 776-763) in the northern kingdom (1. 1; 7. 14,
15), exercised his ministry during the reign of Jeroboam II, an able but idolatrous
king who brought his kingdom to the zenith of its power. Nothing could seem
more improbable than the fulfilment of Amos’ warnings; yet within fifty years the
kingdom was utterly destroyed. The vision of Amos is, however, wider than the
northern kingdom, including the whole “house offJacol. Lm ;
Amos is in four parts: I. Judgments on the cities surrounding Palestine, 1y4=25 3,
Ii. Judgments on Judah and Israel, 2. 4-16. III. Jehovah’s controversy with ‘‘the
whole family” of Jacob, 3. 1-9. 10. IV. The future glory of the Davidic kingdom,
9, 11-15,
B.C. 787.__|captivity, to deliver them up to
CHAPTER i. —e Edom: ee iene fa
é 7 But I will send a fire on the w:
iat eae Cen Ba ce of Gaza, which shall devour the
; palaces thereof:
HE words of Amos, who was 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant
among the “herdmen of Tekoa, from Ashdod, and him that holdeth
which he saw concerning Israel in the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I
the days of /Uzziah king of Judah,/a Amos 7.14. |will turn mine hand against Ekron:
and in the days of Jeroboam the], , Kias1-7 {and the remnant of the Philistines
son of Joash king of Israel, two} (marg.: shall perish, saith the Lord Gop.
years before the “earthquake. 2 Chr.26. 9 Thus saith the Lorp; For three
2 And he said, The Lorp will Fae transgressions of Tyrus, and for
lroar from Zion, and utter his| posj7. four, I will not turn away the pun-
voice from Jerusalem; and the ishment thereof; because they de-
habitations of the shepherds shall es livered up the whole captivity to
mourn, and the top of Carmel shall] 39! ysei3.16; |Edom, and remembered not the
wither. Zech.14.5. _|brotherly covenant:
3 Thus saith the Lorp; For three Tees o: 10 But I will send a fire on the
transgressions of ¢4Damascus, and|° ;>j'~’ wall of Tyrus, which shall devour
for four, I will not turn away the the palaces thereof.
punishment thereof; because they) ¢ Jer-49-27. 11 Thus saith the Lerp; For
have threshed Gilead with thresh- f1Ki201; |three transgressions of Edom, and
ing instruments of iron: 2 Ki.6.24, for four, I will not turn away the
4 But I will send a fire into the Jer. 81°s0, punishment thereof; because he
house of ‘Hazael, which shall de-|° 324; 0%, |did pursue his brother with the
vour the palaces of fBen-hadad. sword, and did cast off all pity, and
5 I will sbreak also the bar of|' eae é his anger did tear perpetually, and
srt a Roa “ A We age Zeph.2.4. he kept bis wrate fos avers i
ant from the plain of Aven, an ut I will send a fire upon Te-
him that holdeth the sceptre from man, which shall devour the pal-
the house of Eden: and the people aces of Bozrah.
of Syria shall go into captivity unto 13 Thus saith the Lorp: For
bees — aa my ee Bites presen cesions ios the children
a ORD; For three j 5 i
Sfadbghestions of hGaza, ee for a aa the pte Mel
ead I will an Oats bee the Pan of; because they have ripped up the
ishment ereof; because they women with child of Gilead, that
carried away captive the whole \they might enlarge their border:
1 “Roar,” etc. Cf. Isa. 42. 13; Jer. 25. 30-33; Hos. 11. 10, 11; Joel 3. 16. It will
be found that wherever the phrase occurs it is connected with the destruction of
Gentile dominion (see “Times of the Gentiles,”’ Lk, 21. 24: Rev. 164. 19, note), and
the blessing of Israel in the kingdom. Without doubt a near fulfilment upon Syria
occurred (2 Ki. 14. 28), but the expression, “the LorD will roar.” looks forward te’
a vaster fulfilment. See Joel 1. 4, note.
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1 14] AMOS. (32
14 But I will kindle a fire in the
wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour
the palaces thereof, with shouting
in the day of battle, with a tempest
in the day of the whirlwind:
15 And their king shall go into
captivity, he and his princes to-
gether, saith the LorpD.
CHAPTER 2.
(Judgments on surrounding
peoples, continued.)
HUS saith the Lorp; “For three
transgressions of Moab, and
for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because he
burned the bones of the king of
Edom zato Hane: .
2 But will send a fire upon
Moab, and it shall devour the pal-|? #758
aces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die|5 Amos 3.2;
with tumult, with shouting, and 2s
with the sound of the trumpet: pee
3 And I will cut off the judgelcctf. Jud.2.
from the midst thereof, and. will pee: Ki.
slay all the princes thereof with ;
him, saith the LorD. d Num.6.1-8.
Part II. Judgments on Judah
and Israel (vs. 4-16).
4 Thus’ saith the Lorp; 1For
three transgressions of Judah, and
for four, J will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they
have despised the law of the LorbD,
and have not kept his command-
ments, and their lies caused them
to err, after the which their fathers
have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Ju-
dah, and it shail devour the palaces
of Jerusalem.
.. 6 Thus saith the Lorp; For three
transgressions of ‘Israel, and for
four, I will not turn away the pun-
ishment thereof; because they sold
the righteous for silver, and the
poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the
earth on the head of the poor, and}
turn aside the way of the meek:
and a man and his father will go in
_junto the same maid, to profane my
holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down
upon clothes laid to pledge by every
altar, and they drink the wine of
the condemned in the house of
their god.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite
before them, whose height was like
the height of the cedars, and he was
strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed
his fruit from above, and his roots
from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the
land of Egypt, and led you forty
years through the wilderness, to
possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up of your sons
even thus, O ye children of Israel?
saith the LorD.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine
to drink; and commanded the
prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under
you, as a cart is pressed that is full
of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish
from the swift, and the strong shall
not strengthen his force, neither
shall the mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall he stand that
handleth the bow; and he that is
swift of foot shall not deliver him-
self: neither shall he that rideth
the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that is courageous
among the mighty shall flee away
naked in that day, saith the LorD.
CHAPTER 3.
Part Ill. Jehovah’s controversy
with “the whole family” of
Jacob (Amos 3. 1-9. 10).
EAR this word that the Lorp
hath spoken against you, O
children of Israel, against the
2whole family which I brought up
from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I known of all
the families of the earth: ®therefore
1 The judgments on Judah and Israel were fulfilled as to Judah in the 70 years’
captivity; as to Israel (the northern kingdom) in the world-wide dispersion which
still continues. : :
2 The language here, and the expression “house of Jacob,” v. 13, evidently gives
the prophecy a wider application than to “Israel,”’ the ten-tribe northern kingdom,
though the judgment was, in the event, executed first upon the northern kingdom
(2) Kay, 117. 18293), eee se 5
3 It is noteworthy that Jehovah’s controversy with the Gentile cities which hated
Israel is brief: “I will send a fire.” But Israel had been brought into the place of
privilege and so of responsibility, and the Lorp’s indictment is detailed and unspar-
ing. Cf, Mt. 11, 23; Lk, 12. 47, 48.
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23
I will punish you for all your ini-
quities.
3 Can two walk together, except
they be agreed?
4 Wili a lion roar in the forest,
when he hath no prey? will a young
lion cry out of his den, if he have
taken nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon
the earth, where no gin is for him?
shall one take up a snare from the
earth, and have taken nothing at
all?
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the
city, and the people not be afraid?
shall there be evil in a city, “and
the LorD hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord Gop will do
nothing, but he revealeth his secret
unto, his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will
not fear? the Lord Gop hath
spoken, ‘who can but prophesy?
9 Publish in the palaces at Ash-
dod, and in the palaces in the land
of Egypt, and say, Assemble your-
selves upon the mountains of Sa-
maria, and behold the great tumults
in the midst thereof, and the op-
pressed in the midst thereof.
10 For they know not to do right,
saith the Lorp, who store up
violence and robbery in their pal-
aces.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord
Gop; An adversary there shall be
even round about the land; and he
do some-
what?
Mic.3.8.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
d Psa.22.12;
Ezk.39.18.
e Psa.89.35.
Mt.13.33.)
shall bring down thy strength from|hie. freewill.
thee, and thy palaces shall be|. woe
spoiled. "Ysa.3611;
12 Thus saith the Lorp; As the} Jer.5.3;_
shepherd taketh out of the mouth| Hag.2.17.
of the lion two legs, or a piece of
an ear; so shall the children of
Israel be taken out that dwell in
Samaria in the corner of a bed, and
in Damascus in a couch.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the
house of Jacob, saith the Lord Gop,
the God of hosts,
14 That in the day that I shall
visit the transgressions of Israel
upon him I will also visit the altars
of Beth-el: and the horns of the
altar shall be cut off, and fall to the
ground.
15 And I will smite the winter
house with the summer house; and
the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses shall have an
end, saith the Lorp.
1 Cf. 1 Ki. 12. 25-33.
AMOS.
B.C. 787.
a Or, and shall
not the Lord
b Inspiration.
[4 10
CHAPTER 4.
The very sacrifices at Beth-el
were the scorn of Jehovah.
EAR this word, “ye kine of
Bashan, that are in the moun-
tain of Samaria, which oppress the
poor, which crush the needy, which
say to their masters, Bring, and let
us drink.
2 The Lord Gop hath sworn by
his holiness, that, lo, the days shall
come upon you, that he will take
you away with hooks, and your
posterity with fishhooks.
3 And ye shall go out at the
breaches, every cow at that which
is before her; and ye shall cast
them into the palace, saith the
LorpD.
4 Come to 1Beth-el, and. trans-
gress; at Gilgal multiply trans-
gression; and bring your sacrifices
every morning, and your tithes
after three years:
5 And offer a sacrifice of /thanks-
giving with 4leaven, and proclaim
and publish the free “offerings: for
this liketh you, O ye children of
Israel, saith the Lord Gop.
Israel reminded of Jehovah's
chastenings.
6 And I also have given you
cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
and want of bread in all your
places: tyet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the Lorp.
7 And also I have withholden the
rain from you, when there were yet
three months to the harvest: and
I caused it to rain upon one city,
and caused it not to rain upon an-
other city: one piece was rained
upon, and the piece whereupon it
rained not withered.
8 So two or three cities wandered
unto one city, to drink water; but
they were not satisfied: yet have
ye not returned unto. me, saith the
LORD. ‘
9 I have smitten you with blast-
ing and mildew: when your gardens
and your vineyards and your fig
trees and your olive trees increased,
the palmerworm devoured them:
yet have ye not returned unto me,
saith the Lorp.
10 Ihave sent among you the pes-
tilence after the manner of Egypt:
your young men have I slain with
Any altar at Beth-el, after the establishment of Jehovah’s
worship at Jerusalem, was of necessity divisive and schismatic (Deut. 12. 4-14).
Cf. John 4. 21-24; Mt. 18. 20; Heb. 13, 10-14.
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the sword, and have taken away
your horses; and I have made the
stink of your camps to come up
unto your nostrils: yet have ye not
returned unto me, ‘saith the LorD.
11 I have overthrown some of
you, ¢as God overthrew Sodom and
Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire-
brand plucked out of the burning:
yet have ye not returned unto me,
saith the Lorp.
* 12 Therefore thus will I do unto
thee, O Israel: and because I will
do this unto thee, "prepare to meet
thy God, O Israel.
13 Fer, lo, he that formeth
AMOS.
the} Gen.19.
mountains, and createth the wind,| 24,25;
and ‘declareth unto man what is arent
his thought, that maketh the morn-
ing darkness, and treadeth upon|b See Ezk.
the high places of the earth, The 43-35 225
Lorp, The God of hosts, 1s his : tia
name. ¢ Psa.139.25
CHAPTER 5. awe
i 2 Chr.15.2;
Jehovah’s lamentation over Jer.29.13.
Israel.
i 2 e Hos.4.15;
HEAR ye this word which I take; 10.8.
up against you, even a lamen- f Job 9.9;
tation, O house of Israei. 38.31.
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen;
she shall no more rise: she is for-|# Deut.2830,.
saken upon her land; there fs none| 15: Zeph.1.
to raise her up. 13; Hag.1.6.
3 For thus saith the Lord GoD;|, , 4349.4.
The city that went out by a thou-| Joel 2.14.
sand shall leave an hundred, andj .
that which went forth by an hundred] * barter | fz
shall leave ten, tothe honse of Israel.) (1sa.19;)
4 For thus saith the LoRD unto} Rom.11.5.)
the house of Israel, Seek ye me, 5 Dar
and ye shall live: Jehovah).
5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter] vs.18-20;
into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer- eer 6-49:
sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go} Rev.19.11-’
into captivity, and °Beth-el shall} 21.)
come to nought. By teerneal:
6 Seek the Lorp, and ye shall
live; lest he break out like fire in
the house of Joseph, and devour it,:
and there be none to quench it in}
Beth-el.
7 Yewho turn judgment to worm-
wood, and leave off righteousness
in the earth,
8 fSeek him that maketh the
seven stars and Orion, and turneth
the shadow of death into the morn-
ing, and maketh the day dark with
night: that calleth for the waters
of the sea, and poureth them out
upon the face of the earth: The
LorbD is his name: ;
9 That strengtheneth the spoiled es
[5 23
against the strong, so that the
spoiled shall come against the
fortress.
10 They hate him that rebuketh
in the gate, and they abhor him
that speaketh uprightly.
11 Forasmuch therefore as your
treading fs upon the poor, and ye
take from him burdens of wheat:
8ye have built houses of hewn stone,
but ye shall not dwell in them; ye
have planted pleasant vineyards,
but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold
transgressions and your mighty
sins: they afflict the just, they take
a bribe, and they turn aside the
poor in the gate from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent shall
keep silence in that time; for it 1s an
evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that
ye may live: and so the LorD, the
God of hosts, shall be with you, as
ye have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the
good, and establish judgment in the
gate: “it may be that the LorD God
of hosts will be gracious unto the
‘remnant of Joseph.
The day of the Lorp.
16 Therefore the LorpD, the God
of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wail-
ing shall be in all streets; and they
shall say in all the highways, Alas!
alas! and they shall call the hus-
bandman to mourning, and such as
are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 And in all vineyards shall be
wailing: for I will pass through
thee, saith the Lorp.
18 Woe unto you that desire the
jday of the Lorp! to what end is
it for you? the day of the LorD is
darkness, and not light. |
19 As if a man did flee from a
lion, and a bear met him; or went
into the house, and leaned his hand
on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the LORD
be darkness, and not light? even
very dark, and no brightness in it?
Worship without righteousness
Jehovah’s abomination.
21 I hate, I despise your feast
days, and I will not smell in your
solemn assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt-
offerings and your *meat-offerings,
{ will not accept them: neither will
I regard the peace-offerings of your
fat beasts.
23 ‘Take thou away from me the
i %
5 24] AMOS.
al oe A
i hi" eR
Ni) 8*
noise of thy songs; for I will not|_ B.C. 787
hear the melody of thy viols.
' 24 But let judgment run down
as waters, and righteousness as a
mighty stream.
25 Have ye offered unto me @sac-
tifices and offerings in the wilder-
ness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But ye have borne the taber-
nacle of your Moloch and China|
your images, the star of your god,
which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to
go into captivity beyond Damascus, |
saith the Lorp, whose name is|
The God of hosts.
225-275 9 +
CHAPTER 6. Kee 7.42,43.
1 Ki.11.33.
Woe to those at ease in a day of
unrighteousness.
is by the sides of the house, Js
there yet any with thee? and he
shall say, No. Then shall he say,
Hold thy tongue: for we may not
make mention of the name of the
Lorb.
11 For, behold, the LorD com-
mandeth, and he will smite the
great house with breaches, and the
little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the
rock? will one plow there with
oxen? for ye have turned judgment
into gall, and the fruit of righteous-
ness into hemlock:
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of
nought, which say, Have we not
taken to us horns by our own
strength?
14 But, behold, I will raise up
against you a nation, O house of
OE ‘to them that are at ease|“*°7* Israel, saith the Lorp the God of
in Zion, and ¢4trust in theld Psa.2.12, hosts; and they shall afflict you
mountain of Samaria, which are| 7°¢- from the entering in of Hemath
named chief of the nations, to whom] ¢ Jsa.30.9.
the house of Israel came! ;
2 Pass ye unto ¢Calneh, and see;|/2 ¥i-18.34,
and from thence go ye to /Haimath] ¢1 chr.23.5.
the great: then go down to Gath
of the Philistines: be they better|/ Gen-49.23.
than these kingdoms? or their bor-] ; yer.51.14;
der greater than your border? Heb.6.13,17.
3 Ye that put far away the evil! . ERS cigs
day, and cause the seat of violence]? Psad74:’
to come near; Ezk.24.21,
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, 5 Deal
and stretch themselves upon their] Zore.
couches, and eat the lambs out of
the flock, and the calves out of the / Sarina
midst of the stall; po Reon
5 That chant to the sound of the
viol, and invent to themselves in- Wig ts Hemalige
struments of musick, élike David;! 2ccosding to
6 That drink wine in bowls, and) rightecus-
anoint themselves with the chief] ¢ss-
ointments: “but they are not grieved
for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore now shall they go
captive with the first that go cap-
tive, and the banquet of them that
stretched themselves shall be re-
moved.
8 ‘The Lord Gop hath sworn by
himself, saith the LoRD the God of
hosts, JI abhor the excellency of
Jacob, and hate his paiaces: there-
fore will I deliver up the city with
all that is therein.
Y And it shall come to pass, if
there remain ten men in one house,
that they shall die.
10 And a man’s uncle shall take
him up, and he that burneth him,
to bring out the bones out of the
house, and shall say unto him that
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unto the river of the wilderness.
CHAPTER 7.
The prophet’s intercession to
prevail no longer.
us hath the Lord Gop
shewed unto me; and, behold,
he formed grasshoppers in the be-
ginning of the shooting up of the
latter growth; and, lo, it was the
latter growth after the king’s mow-
ings.
2 And it came to pass, that when
they had made an end of eating the
grass of the land, then I said, O
Lord Gop, forgive, I beseech thee:
by whom shall Jacob arise? for he
is small.
3 The Lorn “repented for this: It
shall not be, saith the Lorp.
4 Thus hath the Lord Gop
shewed unto me: and, behold, the
Lord Gop called to contend by fire,
and it devoured the great deep, and
did eat up a part.
5 Then said I, O Lord Gop, cease,
I beseech thee: by whom shall
Jacob arise? for he fs small. 7
6 The Lorp repented for this:
This also shall not be, saith the
Lord Gop.
7 Thus he shewed me: and, be-
hojid, the Lord stood upon a wall
made by a plumbline, with a
plumbline in his hand.
8 And the Lorp said unto me,
Amos, what seest thou? And I said,
A 'plumbline. Then said the Lord,
Behold, I will set a ™plumbline
in the midst of my people Israel:
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AMOS.
[8 14
I will not again pass by them any
more: |
9 And the high places of Isaac
shall be desolate, and the sanctu-
aries of Israel shall be laid waste;
and I will rise against the house of|
Jeroboam with the sword.
The priest of Beth-el charges
Amos before the king.
10 Then ¢Amaziah the priest of|
Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of
Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired
against thee in the midst of the
house of Israel: the land is not able
to bear all his words.
11 For thus Amos saith, Jero-
boam shall die by the sword, and
Israel shall surely be led away cap-
tive out of their own land.
12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos,
O thou seer, go, flee thee away into
the land of Judah, and there eat
bread, and prophesy there:
13 But prophesy not again any
more at Beth-el: for it rs the king’s
chapel, and it is the king’s court.
The answer of Amos.
14 Then answered Amos, and said
to Amaziah, I was no prophet,
neither was I a prophet’s son; but
I was an herdman, and a gatherer
of sycomore fruit:
15 And the Lorpd took me as I
followed the flock, and the Lorp
said unto me, Go, prophesy unto
my people Israel. :
16 Now therefore hear thou the
word of the Lorp: Thou sayest,
Prophesy not against Israel, and
drop not thy word against the
house of Isaac.
17 Therefore thus saith the
Lorp;: Thy wife shall be an harlot
in the city, and thy sons and thy
daughters shall fall by the sword,
and thy land shall be divided by
line; and thou shalt die in a polluted
land: and Israel shail surely go into
captivity forth of his land,
CHAPTER 8.
The basket of summer fruit:
Israel soon to perish.
HUS hath the Lord Gop
shewed unto me: and behold a
basket of summer fruit. ‘
2 And he said, Amos, what seest
thou? And I said. A “basket of
‘summer fruit. Then said the
Lorp unto me, The end is come
B.C. 787.
a1 Ki.12.31,
32.
b Cf. Jer.24.
1-3.
ci.e. soon to
perish.
d One ephah =
1 bu. 3 pts.
eCf.1 Sam.
28.6; 2 Chr.
f Heb. ways.
See Acts 9.2;
18.25; 19.9,
23; 24.14.
upon my people of Israel; I will not
again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple
shall be howlings in that day, saith
the Lord Gop: there shall be many
dead bodies in every place; they
shall cast therm forth with silence.
Jehovah's full case agains#
Israel.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow
up the needy, even to make the
poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new!
moon be gone, that we may sell
corn? and the sabbath, that we may
set forth wheat, making the “ephah
small, and the shekel great, and
falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for
silver, and the needy for a pair of
shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of
the wheat?
7 The Lorp hath sworn by the
excellency of Jacob, Surely I will
never forget any of their works.
8 Shall not the land tremble for
this, and every one mourn that
dwelleth therein? and it shall rise
up wholly as a flood; and it shall
be cast out and drowned, as by
the flood of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the Lord Gop, that I will
cause the sun to go down at noon,
and I will darken the earth in the
clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up
sackcloth upon all loins, and baid-
mess upon every head; and I will
make it as the mourning of an only
son, and the end thereof as a bitter
ay.
11 Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord Gop, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of
bread, nor a thirst for water, “but
of hearing the words of the
LorD:
12 And they shall wander from
sea to sea, and from the north even
to the east, they shall run to and
fro to seek the word of the LORD,
and shall not find it¢.
13 In that day shall the fair vir-
gins and young men faint for
thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of
iSamaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan,
liveth; and, The ‘manner of Beer-
sheba liveth; even they shall fall,
and never rise up again.
9 1]
AMOS.
CHAPTER 9.
The final prophecy of dispersion.
(Cf. v. 9; Deut. 28. 63-68.)
I the altar: and he said, Smite the
lintel of the door, that the posts
may shake: and cut them in the
head, all of them; and I will slay
the last of them with the sword: he
that fleeth of them shall not flee
away, and he that escapeth of them
shall not be delivered.
2 “Though they dig into °hell,
thence shall mine hand take them;
‘though they climb up to heaven,
thence will I bring them down:
3 And though they hide them-
selves in the top of Carmel, I will
search and take them out thence;
and though they be hid from my
sight in the bottom of the sea,
thence will I command the serpent,
and he shall bite them:
4 And though they go into cap-
tivity before their enemies, thence
will I command the sword, and it
shall slay them: and I will set mine
eyes upon them for evil, and not for
good.
5 And the Lord Gop of hosts is
he that toucheth the land, and it
shall melt, and all that dwell therein
shall mourn: and it shall rise up
wholly like a flood; and shall be
drowned, as by the flood of
Egypt.
6 It is he that buildeth his stories
in the heaven, and hath founded
his troop in the earth; he that call-
eth for the waters of the sea, and
poureth them out upon the face of
the earth: The Lorp js his name.
7 Are ye not as children of the
Ethiopians unto me, O children of
Israel? saith the LoRD. Have not
I brought up Israel out of the land!
of Egypt? and the Philistines from
Caphtor, and the Syrians from
SAW the Lord ‘!standing upon| -
Kir?
1 The position of the Lord
B.C. 797.
a Psa.139.8.
6 Heb. Sheol
See Hab.2.
5, note.
c Job 20.6;
Jer.51.53;
Oba.4-
d See Psa.72,
1, note,
eivs Mi hs
Acts 15.16,
17.
f Kingdom
(Coos woe
vs.11-15;
Mic.4.1-3.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
i.e. nations.
h Isa.60.21;
Jer.32.41;
Ezk.34.28;
Joel 3.20.
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord
|Gop are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from off the
9 For, lo, I will command, and I
will ¢sift the house of Israel among
all nations, like as corn is sifted in
a sieve, yet shall not the least grain
fall upon the earth.
| 10 All the sinners of my people
shall die by the sword, which say,
The evil shall not overtake nor
prevent us.
Part IV. Future kingdom bless-
ing: (1) The Lorv’s return
and the re-establishment of
the Davidic monarchy.
11 In that ¢day will I raise up the
tabernacle of David that is fallen,
and close up the breaches thereof;
and I will raise up his ruins, and I
will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the
remnant of Edom, and of all the
Sheathen, which are called by my
name, saith the Lorp that doeth
this.
(2) Full kingdom blessing of
restored Israel.
13 Behold, the days come, saith
the Lorp, that the plowman shall
overtake the reaper, and the treader
of grapes him that soweth seed; and
the mountains shall drop sweet
wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the cap-
tivity of my people of Israel, and
they shall build the waste cities,
and inhabit them; and they shall
plant vineyards, and drink the wine
thereof; they shall also make gar-
dens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon
their land, ‘and they shall no more
be pulled up out of their land which
I have given them, saith the Lorp
thy God.
(Adonai) is significant. The altar speaks properly of
mercy because of judgment executed upon an interposed sacrifice, but when altar
and
sacrifice are despised the altar becomes a place of
judgment. Cf. John 12. 3:
VER. 1] OB ADI AH. [VER. 16
INTERNAL evidence seems to fix the date of Obadiah’s ministry in the reign of the
bloody Athaliah (2 Ki. 8. 16-26). If this be true, and if the ministry ied was
during the reign of Joash, then Obadiah is chronologically first of the writing proph-
ets, and first to use the formula, “the day of the Lorp.” (Cf. Joel 1. 4, note.)
_ The book is in four parts: I. Edom’s humiliation, vs. 1-9. II. The crowning
sin of Edom, vs. 10-14. HII. The future visitation of Edom in the day of the Lorp,
vs. 15, 16 (Isa. 34., 63. 1-6). IV. The inclusion of Edom in the future kingdom,
vs. 17-21 (Num. 24. 17-19).
Part II. The great sin of Edom.
(Cf Num. 205 74-21; Psarts7 7;
Ezk. 35. 5.)
10 For thy violence against thy
brother Jacob shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for
ever.
11 In the day that thou stoodest
on the other side, in the day that
the strangers carried away captive
his forces, and foreigners entered’
into his gates, and cast lots upon
Part I. The humiliation
of Edom.
from the LORD, and an ambassador
is sent among the “heathen, Arise
ye, and let us rise up against her in
battle.
2 Behold, I have made thee srnall
among the “heathen: thou art
greatly despised.
I : Psa.137.7;
. pas pie st Soe piots evs “Yea. 34.1.15; Jere even thou wast as one
eceiv ee, thou that dwelies -1-6; Jer. jof them.
in the clefts of the rock, whose hab-| F7y>s4. | 12 But thou shouldest not have
itation is high; that saith in his} 13. looked on the day of thy brother in
heart, Who shall bring me down to ee : the day that he became a stranger;
the ground? eo ERIE neither shouldest thou have re-
4 Though thou exalt thyself as| c Gen.36.1, joiced over the children of Judah in
the eagle, and though thou set thy] note. the day of their destruction; neither
nest among the stars, thence will I|j 4.,.36.11: shouldest thou have spoken proudly
bring thee down, saith the LorD. | 1 Chr.1.45; [in the day of distress.
5 If thieves came to thee, if rob-| Jer-49.7,20. 13 Thou shouldest not have en-
bers by night, (how art thou cut], p., (of tered into the gate of my people in
off!) would they not have stolen till Jehovah) |the day of their calamity; yea,
they had enough? if the grape-| vs.15-21; thou shouldest not have looked on
gatherers came to thee, would they Par aee their affliction in the day of their
not leave some grapes? 10-22; Rey, |calamity, nor have laid hands on
6 How are the things of Esau] 19.11-21.) their substance in the:day of their
searched out! how are his hidden Feet calamity;
things sought up! don (battle | 14 Neither shouldest thou have
7 All the men of thy confederacy] of). Zeph.3. |stood in the crossway, to cut off
have brought thee even to the bor- Pe Ape those of his that did escape; neither ,
der: the men that were at peace ae » Ishouldest thou have delivered up
with thee have deceived thee, and those of his that did remain in the
prevailed against thee; they that day of distress.
eat thy bread have laid a wound Part IIT. Edom in the dayiot
under thee: there is none under-| - the LORD.
standing in him. ¢
15 For the “day of the LorpD is
8 Shail I not in that day, saith the
Lorb, even destroy the wise men near Jupon all the “heathen: as thou
out of “Edom, and understanding hast done, it shall be done unto
out of the mount of Esau? thee: thy reward shall return upon
9 And thy mighty men, O ¢Te- thine own head.
man, shall be dismayed, to the end 16 For as ye have drunk upon my
that every one of the mount of holy mountain, so shall all the
Esau may be cut off by slaughter. bheathen drink continually, yea,
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Ver. 17]
OBADIAH.
[VER. 21
they shall drink, and they shall) 8B.c..88s. 19 And they of the south “shall
possess the mount of Esau; and
swallow down, and they shall be as
though they had not been.
Part IV. Edom to be included in
the kingdom.
17 ¢But upon mount Zion shall be
deliverance, and there shall be
holiness; and the house of Jacob
shall possess their possessions.
18 **And the house of Jacob shall
be a fire, and the house of Joseph a
flame, and the house of Esau for
stubble, and they shall kindle in
them, and devour them; and there
shall not be any remaining of the
house of Esau; for the Lorp’ hath
spoken it.
a Joel 2.32.
b Ezk.25.14;
Dan.11.41.
c Amos 9.12.
d Zeph.2.7.
e See King-
dom, Zech.
12.8, note;
1 Cor.15.28,
note.
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¢they of the plain the Philistines:
and they shall possess the fields of
Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria:
iH Benjamin shall possess Gil-
ead.
20 And the captivity of this host
of the children of Israel shall pos-
sess that of the Canaanites, even
unto Zarephath; and the captivity
of Jerusalem, which zs in Sepharad,
shall possess the cities of the
south.
21 And saviours shall come up on
mount Zion to judge the mount of
Esau; and the “kingdom shall be
the LORD’s.
—
1) JONAH. [1 6
TuE historical character of the man Jonah is vouched for by Jesus Christ (Mt.
' 12. 39-41), as also that his preservation in the great fish was a “sign” or type of
_ence of the LORD.
our Lord’s own entombment and resurrection. Both are miraculous and both are
equally credible. 2 Ki. 14. 25 records the fulfilment of a prophecy by Jonah. ‘The
man himself was a bigoted Jew, unwilling to testify to a Gentile city, and angry
that God had spared it. Typically he foreshadows the nation of Israel out of its
own land; a trouble to the Gentiles, yet witnessing to them; cast out by them, but
miraculously preserved; in their future deepest distress calling upon Jehovah-
Saviour, and finding deliverance, and then becoming missionaries to the Gentiles
(Zech. 8. 7-23). He typifies Christ as the sent One, raised from the dead, and
carrying salvation to the Gentiles. The chapter divisions indicate the analysis of
Jonah.
us, we pray thee, for whose cause
this evil is upon us; What is thine
occupation? and whence comest
thou? what is thy country? and
of what people art thou?
9 And he said unto them, Iam an
Hebrew; and I “fear the Lorb, the
God of heaven, ‘which hath made
the sea and the dry Jand.
10 Then were the men exceed-
ingly afraid, and said unto him,
Why hast thou done this? For the
men knew that he fied from the
presence of the LORD, because he
had told them.
CHAPTER 1. .
The prophet’s first commission.
OW the word of the LoRD came
unto Jonah the son of Amittai,
saying,
2 Arise, go to %Nineveh, that
bgreat city, and cry against it; for
their wickedness is come up before
me.
The prophet’s flight from Jeho-
vah; the great storm.
3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto ‘
Tarshish from the presence of the 11 Then said they unto him,What
Lorp, and went down to Joppa;|, Nab.1.1, shall we do unto thee, that the sea
and he found a ship going to Tar-| note. may be calm unto us? for the sea
shish: so he paid the fare thereof, wrought, and was tempestuous.
and went down into it, to go with|? Jon 32,3;
them unto Tarshish ‘from the pres- CERRY ony Ripe bearer PB Ea
4 But the LorD sent out a great|* ey nim 7,12 And he said unto them, Take
wind into the sea, and there was a “ey tne up, and cast me forth into the
mighty tempest in the sea, so that|d Psa.19.9, sea; so shall the sea be calm unto
the ship was like to be broken. note. you: for I know that for my sake
5 Then the mariners were afraid,|, psa.146.6; |this great tempest is upon you.
and cried every man unto his god,| Acts 17.24. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed
and cast forth the wares that were hard to bring it to the iand; but
in the ship into the sea, to lighten they could not: for the sea wrought,
it of them. But Jonah was gone and was tempestuous against them.
down into the sides of the ship; 14 Wherefore they cried unto the
and he lay, and was fast asleep. LorpD, and said, We beseech thee,
6 So the shipmaster came to him, O Lorp, we beseech thee, let us
and said unto him, What meanest not perish for this man’s life, and
thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy lay not upon us innocent blood: for
God, if so be that Ged will think thou, O Lorp, hast done as it
upon us, that we perish not. pleased thee.
15 So they took up Jonah, and
cast him forth into the sea: and the
sea ceased from her raging.
7 And they said every one to his
fellow, Come, and let us cast lots,
that we may know for whose cause
this evil is upon us. So they cast 16 Thenthe men @feared the LorD
lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice
8 Then said they unto him, Tell unto the Lorp, and made vows.
Pe iZ| - JONAH. [4 3
great city, and preach unto it the
preaching that I bid thee.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto
Nineveh, according to the word of
the Lorp. Now Nineveh was an
17. Now the Lorp had ¢prepared
a !great fish to swallow up Jonah.
And Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.
CHAPTER 2. exceeding great city of three days’
The prophet’s prayer; Jehovah's et AGd Jonah began to enter into
AUST the city a day’s journey, and he
HEN Jonah prayed unto the cried, and said, Yet forty days, and -
‘ Lorp his God out of the fish’s Nineveh shall be overthrown.
belly, 5 So the people of Nineveh Jbe-
2 And said, <I cried by reason of}, Four pre- lieved God, and proclaimed a fast,
mine affliction unte the LORD, and| pared things. |and put on sackcloth, from the
he heard me, out of the belly of| Jo™-4-6.7.8- |greatest of them even to the least
thell cried I, and thou heardest my] Bpie of them.
voice. prayers 6 For word came unto the king of
3 For thou hadst cast me into the se 34:15, |Nineveh, and he arose from_his
deep, in the midst of the seas; and ~~" \throne, and he laid his robe from
the floods compassed me about: ¢all| c Psa.120.1; him, and covered Aim with sack-
thy billows and thy waves passed peers cloth, and sat in ashes.
over me. ~~" 1 7 And he caused it to be pro-
4 fThen I said, I am cast out of|d Heb. Sheol. |claimed and published through
thy sight, yet I will look again See Bab = {Nineveh by the decree of the king
toward thy holy temple. ; jand his nobles, saying, Let neither
5 8The waters sumapessed me} e Psa.42.7, |man nor béast, herd nor flock, taste
Eretavonnde der batieeeeae tt deer eo eae
aes Moi about freee 4 g nes : rata he enaibsre be spe
went down to the bottoms o RSID wi sackcloth, and cry mi ily
the mountains; the earth with her], agiractes unto God: yea, let them turn every
bars was about me for ever: yet| (O.T.). vs.1 one from his evil way, and from the
hast thou brought up my life from ah) (Gens. violence that is in their hands.
corruption, O LoRD my God. . 9 Who can tell if God will tum
When my soul fainted within} :Nah.1.1, and “repent, and turn away from
me I remembered the LorpD: andj 7°te- his fierce anger, that we perish not?
my prayer came in unto thee, into! ; raity. 10 And God saw their works, that
thine holy temple. Hab.2.4.- they turned from their evil way:
8 They that observe lying vanities eee and God “repented of the evil, that
forsake their own mercy. oor) lhe had said that he would do unto
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee|& Zech.8.14, them; and he did sé not.
with the voice of thanksgiving; I| 7°fe-
will pay oan atte vowed.| ) rx.34.6; CHAPTER 4.
alvation is 0 ORD. Psa.86.5; ‘ =
10 And the ee hspake unto the Joe! 2.3, The prophet s displeasure; the
fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon sheltering gourd.
the dry Jand. But it displeased Jonah exceed-
= Tea. ingly, and he was very angry.
2 And he prayed unto the Lorp,
and said, I pray thee, O Lorp, was
not this my saying, when I was yet
in my country? Therefore I fled be-
fore unto Tarshish: for I knew that
thou art a “gracious God, and merci-
ful, slow to anger, and of great kind-
ness, and “repentest thee of the evil.
3 Therefore now, O Lorn, take, I
The prophet’s second commis-
sion; his obedience; the re-
pentance of Nineveh.
AA the word of the Lorp came
- unto Jonah the second time,
saying,
2 Arise, go unto *Nineveh, that
! No miracle of Scripture has called forth so much unbelief. i i
tween the doubter and this ancient record, but between the Pree atc eon
Jesus Christ (Mt. 12. 39, 40). Science, “falsely so called” (1 Tim. 6. 20), failing to
take account of the fact that it deals only with the outward phenomena ‘of a fallen
race, and of an earth under a curse (Gen. 3. 17-19), is intolerant of miracle. To
faith, and to true science, miracle is what might be expected of divine love inter- \
posing for good in a physically and morally disordered universe (Rom. 8. 19-23),
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Pa 4]
JONAH.
[4
Se SS Sn ee ee EE SS eee eee
beseech thee, my life from me; for
it is better for me to die than to
live.
4 Then said the Lorp, Doest
thou well to be angry? ‘
5 So Jonah went out of the city,
and sat on the east side of the city,
* and there made him a booth, and
sat under it in the shadow, till he
might see what would become of
e city.
6 And the LorD God “prepared a
gourd, and made it to come up over}
Jonah, that it might be a shadow
over his head, to deliver him from
his grief. So Jonah was exceeding
glad of the gourd.
7 But God prepared a worm when
the morning rose the next day, and
it smote the gourd that it withered.
8 And it came to pass, when the
1Cf. 1 Ki. 19, a8.
B.C. 862.
a Four pre-
pared things.
Jon.1.17; 4.
6,7,8.
6 Nah.1.1,
note.
sun did arise, that God prepared a
vehement east wind; and the sun
beat upon the head of Jonah, that
he !fainted, and wished in himself
to die, and said, It is better for me
to die than to live.
9 And God said to Jonah, Doest
thou well to be angry for the gourd?
And he said, I do well to be angry,
even unto death.
10 Then said the LorpD, Thou
hast had pity on the gourd, for the
which thou hast not laboured, nei-
ther madest 1t grow; which came up
in a night, and perished in a night:
11 And should not I spare ®Nine-
veh, that great city, wherein are
more than sixscore thousand per-
sons that cannot discern between
their right hand and their left hand,
jand also much cattle?
Taken as a lesson in service we have in Jonah a servant,
(1) disobedient, Chapter 1 1-11, (2) afflicted, Chapter 1. 12-17, (3) praying,
Chapter 2. 1-9; (4) delivered, Chapter 2. 10: (5)
5) recommussioned, Chapter 3.
1-3; (6) powerful, Chapter 3. 4-9; (7) perplexed and fainting but not forsaken,
Chapter 4. 1-11.
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a MICAH. oe
MicauH, a contemporary of Isaiah, prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, .
and Hezekiah over Judah, and of Pekahiah, Pekah, and Hoshea over Israel (2 Ki.
15. 23-30; 17. 1-6). He was a prophet in Judah (Jer. 26. 17-19), but the book called
by his name chiefly concerns Samaria. pac :
Micah falls into three prophetic strains, each beginning, ““Hear’’: I. 1. 1-2. 13.
If. 3.1-5. 15. III. 6. 1-7. 20.
The events recorded in Micah cover a period of 40 years (Ussher).
B.c. 750. |will make a wailing like the drag-
CHAPTER 1. ons, and mourning as the owls.
Part I. (1) The case of Jehovah 9 For her wound is incurable; for
against the “house of Israel” it is come unto Judah; he is come
(Mic. 1, 1-2. 13). unto the gate of my people, even to
Jerusalem.
HE word of the LorD that came 10 Declare ye zt not at Gath,
to ¢Micah the Morasthite inthe weep ye not at all: in the house of
days of “Jotham, Ahaz, and Heze- Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
kiah, kings of Judah, which he saw 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant
concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. of Saphir, having thy shame naked:
2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O}¢ Jer-26.18. the inhabitant of Zaanan came not
earth, and all that therein is: and); xi151-5, |forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel;
let the Lord Gop be witness against} 7,32-38; he shall receive of you his standing.
you, the Lord from his holy temple. 2 Sie 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth
3 For, behold, the LoRD ‘cometh| ~~ waited carefully for good: but “evil
forth out of his place, and will come} ¢ Isa. 63.1; came down from the LORD unto the
down, and tread upon 4the high Lae Teg gate of Jerusalem.
places of the earth. | Mt.24.27-30; | 13. O thou inhabitant of Lachish,
4 And the mountains shall be! 2Thes.2.8; {bind the chariot to the swift beast:
alten under him, end the valleys ata ae se the pe of the sin to the
shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, rae. _|daughter of Zion: for the transgres-
and as the waters that are poured|d Deut 32.13; sions of Israel were found in thee.
OS For the Cancetecionsat Jace) SAIS lagen nee ne eee en eee
is all this, and for the sins of the) ¢ Mic.3.12; of ‘Achzib shall be alie to the kings
house of Israel. What is the trans-| 2 Ki19.25. |of Israel.
Ec otst socthe Wek Dae cde SO. Nay tae eae
ee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he
Judah? are they not Jerusalem? [¢ Job 30.29; |shall come unto JAdullam the glory
6 sbheretove I will make Samaria] PS2-192-6- |of Israel.
fas an heap of the field, and asjh Amos 3.6. 16 Make thee bald, and poll thee
plantings of a vineyard: and I will) . en for thy delicate children; enlarge
pour down the stones thereof into} *¥°5™ “44. \thy baldness as the eagle; for they
ee velirs end I al discover the!j2Chr.11.7. {are gone into captivity from thee.
oundations thereof.
7 And all the graven images there-
2 sane be oe to pieces, and ail CHAPTER 2.
the Shires thereof shall be burned 5
with the fire, and all the idols ehoraiiaen ns Assael.
eireek ae gine iepeye 1 gue ‘
gathered it of the hire of an harlot, WOE to them that d ise ini-
and they shall return to the hire of quity, and mre col isen
an. harlot. Y . their beds! when the morning is
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, light, they practise it, because it is
E will go stripped and naked: &I in the power of their hand.
_ _In verses 6-16 the Assyrian invasion is described. Cf. 2 Ki. 17. 1-18. This
is the local circumstance which gives rise to the prophecy of the greater invasion in
the last days (Mic. 4. 9-13), and of the Lord’s deliverance at Armageddon (Rev.
16. 14; 19. 17),
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2 And they covet fields, and take
them by violence; and houses, and
take them away: so they oppress a
man and his house, even a man and
his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith the LorD;
Behold, against “this family do I
devise an evil, from which ye shall
not remove your necks; neither
shall; ye go haughtily: for this
time is evil.
4 In that day shall one take up a
parable against you, and lament
with a doleful lamentation, and
say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath
changed the portion of my people:
how hath he removed it from me!
turning away he hath divided our
fields.
5 Therefore thou shalt have none
that shall cast a cord by lot in the
congregation of the Lorpb.
6 Prophesy ye not, say they to
them that prophesy: they shall not
prophesy to them, that they shall
not take shame.
7 O thou that art named the
house of Jacob, is the “spirit of the
Lorp straitened? are these his
doings? do not my words do good
to him that walketh uprightly?
8 Even of late my people is risen
up as an enemy: ye pull off the
robe with the garment from them
that pass by securely as men averse
from war.
9 The women of my people have
ye cast out from their pleasant
houses; from their children have
ye taken away my glory for ever.
10 Arise ye, and depart; for this
is not your rest: because it is pol-
luted, it shall destroy you, even
with a sore destruction.
11 If a man walking in the spirit
and falsehood do lie, saying, I will
prophesy unto thee of wine and of
strong drink; he shall even be the
prophet of this people.
(2) The promise to the remnant.
12 Iwill surely assemble, O Jacob,
all of thee; I will surely gather the
éremnant of Israel; I will put them
together as the sheep of Bozrah,
as the flock in the midst of their
fold: they shall make great noise
by reason of the multitude of
men.
13 The breaker is come up before
them: they have broken up, and
have passed through the gate, and
are gone out by it: and their king
shall pass before them, and the
Lorp on the head of them.
MICAH.
a Jer.8.3.
b Amos 5.13;
Eph.5 16.
c Holy Spirit.
Mic.3.8.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
d Remnant.
vs.12,13;
Mic.4.1-7.
(Isa.1.9;
Rom.11.5.)
e Inspiration.
Hab.2.2.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
f Holy Spirit.
Zech.4.6.
(Gen.1.2;
Mal.2.15.)
g Prediction
of the de-
struction of
Jerusalem,
fulfilled A.D.
70. Cf.Dan.
9.
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[3 12
. CHAPTER 3.
Part II. (Mic. 3. 1-5. 15.) (1) The
coming judgment of the cap-
tivities.
An I said, Hear, I pray you, O
heads of Jacob, and ye princes
of the house of Israel; Zs zt not for
you to know judgment?
2 Who hate the good, and love
the evil; who pluck off their skin
from off them, and their flesh from
off their bones;
3 Who also eat the flesh of my
people, and flay their skin from off
them; and they break their bones,
and chop them in pieces, as for
the pot, and as flesh within the cal-
dron.
4 Then shall they cry unto the
LORD, but he will not hear them:
he will even hide his face from
them at that time, as they have
behaved themselves ill in their
doings.
5 Thus saith the LorD concerning
the prophets that make my people
err, that bite with their teeth, and
cry, Peace; and he that putteth
not into their mouths, they even
prepare war against him.
6 Therefore night shall be unto
you, that ye shall not have a vision;
and it shall be dark unto you, that
ye shall not divine; and the sun
shall go down over the prophets,
and the day shall be dark over
them. .
‘7 Then shall the seers be ashamed,
and the diviners confounded: yea,
they shall all cover their lips; for
there is no answer of God.
8 But truly I am full of ‘power by
the fspirit of the Lorp, and of
judgment, and of might, to declare
unto Jacob his transgression, and
to Israel his sin.
9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads
of the house of Jacob, and princes
of the house of Israel, that abhor
judgment, and pervert all equity.
10 They build up Zion with blood,
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 The heads thereof judge for
reward, and the priests thereof
teach for hire, and the prophets
thereof divine for money: yet will
they lean upon the LORD, and say,
Is not the LorRD among us? none
evil can come upon us.
12 &Therefore shall Zion for your
sake be plowed as a field, and Jeru-
salem shall become heaps, and the
mountain of the house as the high
places of the forest.
41] MICAH.
Ti 5824
CHAPTER 4.-
(2) The future kingdom of Mes-
siah: (a) the kingdom to be
supreme.
Bor in the last days it shall come}
to pass, that the !mountain of
the house of the LorD shall be es-
tablished in the “top of the moun-!
tains, and 4it shall be exalted above’
the hills; and people shall flow ae
aahes | 1:3; Mics.2.
(b) The kingdom to be universal.| ie
2 And many nations shall come,
and say, Come, and let us go up to]? Reesor
the mountain of the Lorn, and to} ¥3'o/* (25°
the house of the God of Jacob; and] 1.9; Rom.11.
he will teach us of his ways, and]! 5-)
we will walk in his paths: for the SPRATT
law shall go forth of Zion, and the peoples do
word of the LORD from Jerusalem.| now walk in
the name of
(c) The kingdom to be peaceful.|_ their god,
’ but shall
3 And he shall judge among many] Walk in the
people, and rebuke strong nations| name of
afar off; and they shall beat their Aimer soon
swords into plowshares, and their| ?5r ever.
spears into pruninghooks: nation f
shall not lift up a sword against ore
nation, neither shall they learn Advent).
war any more. pee:
(d) The kingdom to secure uni-| 30.3; Acts
versal prosperity. 1.9-11.)
4 But they shall sit every man|e Heb. goel,
under his vine and under his fig Resemes
tree; and none shall make them] type).
afraid: for the mouth of the Lorp| Isa.59.20,
of hosts hath spoken :#. : note.
5 For “all people will walk every f Zech.12.1-
one in the name of his god, and wel 8; 14.14.
will walk in the name of the Lorp CEMt.26
our God for ever and ever. S67: 27.30.
(e) Israel to be regathered.
6 In that day, saith the Lorn,
will I assemble her that halteth,
and I will gather her that is driven
out, and her that I have afflicted;
7 And I will make her that halted
a remnant, and her that was cast
far off a strong nation: and ¢the
Lorp shall reign over them in
mount Zion from henceforth, even
for ever.
8 And thou, O tower of the flock,
B.C. 710.
the strong hold of the daughter of
Zion, unto thee shall it come, even
the first dominion; the kingdom
shall come to the daughter of Jern-
salem,
(f) The intervening Babylonian
captivity.
9 Now why dost thou cry out
aloud? is there no king in thee? is
thy counsellor perished? for pangs
have taken thee as a woman in
travail.
10 Bein pain, and labour to bring
forth, O daughter of Zion, like a
woman in travail: for now shalt
thou go forth out of the city, and
thou shalt dwellinthe field, andthou
shalt go even to Babylon; there
shalt thou be delivered; there the
Lorpb shall ‘redeem thee from the
hand of thine enemies.
(g) How the kingdom is set up:
the gathering of the Gentile
nations against Jerusalem,
and battle of Armageddon
(Rev. 16. 14; 19. 17, note).
11 Now also many nations are
gathered against thee, that say,
Let her be defiled, and let our eye
look upon Zion.
12 Butthey knownot the thoughts
of the LorD, neither understand
they his counsel: for he shall gather
them as the sheaves into the fioor.
13 Arise and thresh, O daughter
of Zion: for I will make thine horn
iron, and I will make thy hoofs
brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces
many people: and I will consecrate
their gain unto the Lorp, and their
substance unto the Lord of the
whole earth.
CHAPTER 5.
Parenthesis: the birth and re-
jection of the King. (Cf. Mt.
“1-6; 2/2¢sasa sr)
2
"Now gather thyself in troops, O
daughter of troops: he hath
laid siege against us: they shall
ssmite the judge of Israel with a
rod upon the cheek.
2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephra-
tah, though thou be little among
1 General predictions concerning the kingdom.
symbol of a great earth power (Dan. 2. 35); hills,
diction asserts (1) the ultimate establishment of the
the capital (v. 1); (2) the universality of the future
acter—peace (v. 3); (4) its effect—prosperity (v. 4).
2 ‘word of the Lorp that came to Micah”
‘
The
future kingdom
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(Mic. 4. 1-8), and glanced at the
9-10), goes forward into the last days to refer to
In Scripture a mountain is the
of smaller powers. The pre-
kingdom, with Jerusalem for
kingdom (vy. 2); (3) its char-
Cf. Isa. 2. 1-5; 11. 1-12.
(Mic. 1. 1), having described the
Babylonian captivities (Mic. 4.
the great battle (see “Armaged-
}
,
}
mS
5 3] MICAH. : [61
the thousands of Judah, yet “out of; B.C. 710. 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall
bthee shall he come forth unto me be among the Gentiles in the midst
that is to be ‘ruler in Israel; whose of many people as a lion among the
goings forth have been from of old,} beasts of the forest, as a young lion
from everlasting. among the flocks of sheep: who, if
Interval between the rejection|¢Mt25-12; he ue through, both treadeth down,
pod return of the King. End Tenn Pan, acl eae in pieces, and none can
eee ee ay os Pee 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up
3 Therefore will he give them up,} (First upon thine adversaries, and all
until the time that she which trav- ier thine enemies shall be cut off.
aileth hath brought forth: then the] (Géi3.is; 10 “And it shall come to pass in
¢remnant of his brethren shall re-| Acts 1.9.) that day, saith the Lorn, that I
¢ Rinedom will cut off thy horses out of the
In the kingdom-aége. Sethen er ee marty ne pie bag
4 And he shall stand and feed in} 20. (Gent. | 11 And I will cut off the cities of
the aie ane of the repre the} 49's) thy — oe throw down all thy
majesty o e name oO: e LORD strong holds:
his God; and they shall abide: for|¢ Remnant. j(12: And:1 will cut off witchcrafts
= oe he Be great unto the] \eic7 18. aed of thind ee and thou shalt
ends of the earth. (Isa.1.9; ave no more soothsayers:
5 And Le igs wre be an Rom.11.5.) se whe ae Be “ieee also will I
peace, when e Assyrian s : 8: cut off, and thy standing images
come into our land: and when he pre out of the midst of thee; and thou
shall tread in our palaces, then Zech shalt no more worship the work of
shall we raise against him seven ee, thine hands.
turn unto the children of Israel.
shepherds, and eight principal men.| f Gen.10.8, 14 And I will pluck up thy ‘groves
6 And they shall waste the land| 19.11- out of the midst of thee: so will I
of Assyria with the sword, and the}, peut322, [destroy thy cities.
fland of Nimrod in the entrances] ” Psa.72.6; ° 15 And I will execute vengeance
thereof: thus shall he deliver us| 110-3. in anger and fury upon the Jheathen,
from the Assyrian, when he cometh], 7.4939, | |Such as they have not heard.
into our land, and when he tread-
eth ras ne omager queso ean i Deut.16.21. CHAPTER 6.
‘7 An e 2remnant of Jacob shall| ; . ;
be in the midst of many people “as a fe eS gests ie. Bat he ae () ine
dew from the LorD, as the showers! eas a eh Pp ‘; eRe (Cons
upon the grass, that tarrieth not for PVE LSNy Watch tShees
man, nor waiteth for the sons of 1S Ger ye now what the Lorp
men. saith; Arise, contend thou be-
don,” Rev. 16. 14; 19. 17, note), which immediately precedes the setting up of the
Messianic kingdom (see “Kingdom (O.T.),” Gen. 1. 26; Zech. 12. 8, note; also,
“Kingdom (N.T.),” Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor. 15, 28).
Mic. 5. 1, 2 forms a parenthesis in which the “‘word of the LORD” goes back
from the time of the great battle (yet future) to the birth and rejection of the King,
Messiah-Christ (Mt. 27. 24, 25, 37). This is followed by the statement that He
will “give them up until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth”
(v. 3). There is a twofold ‘“‘travail’’ of Israel: (1) that which brings forth the
‘man child” (Christ) (Rev 12.1, 2): and (2) that which, in the last days, brings
forth a believing “‘remnant’’ out of the still dispersed and unbelieving nation
(v. 3: Jer. 30. 6-14; Mic. 4. 10). Both aspects are combined in Isa. 66. In verse
7 we have the “man child’? (Christ) of Rev. 12. 1.2; in verses 8-24 the remnant,
established in kingdom blessing. ‘The meaning of Mic. 5. 3 is that, from the rejec-
tion of Christ at His first coming Jehovah will give Israel up till the believing remnant
appears; then He stands and feeds in His proper strength as Jehovah (v. 4); He
is the defence of His people as in Mic. 4.3, 11-13, and afterward the remnant go as
missionaries to Israel and to all the world (vs. 7, 8; Zech. 8. 23).
1 Cf, Isa. 7. 13, 14; 9.6, 7. The “child” was born in Bethiehem, but the “Son”
was “from everlasting.”
2 The ministry of the Jewish remnant (Isa. 1. 9; Rom. 11. 5, note) has a twofold
aspect, “a dew from the Lorp”; “a lion among the beasts.” Turning to the Lord
in the great tribulation (Psa. 2. 5; Rev. 7. 14, note), the remnant takes up the
beautiful gospel of the kingdom (Rev. 14. 6, note) and proclaims it under awfui
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6 2] MICAH. Pe
thee sick in smiting thee, in mak-
ing thee desolate because of thy
sins.
14 Thou shalt eat, but not be sat- —
isfied; and thy casting down shall ©
be in the midst of thee; and thou
shalt take hold, but shalt not de-
liver; and that which thou deliver-
est will I give up to the sword.
15 *Thou shalt sow, but thou
shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the
olives, but thou shalt not anoint —
thee with oil; and sweet wine, but
shalt not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of fOmri are
fore the mountains, and let the hills
hear thy voice.
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the
Lorp’s controversy, and ye strong
foundations of the earth: for the
Lorp hath a controversy with his
_ people, and he will plead with
Israel.
3 Omy people, what have I done
unto thee? and wherein have I
wearied thee? testify against me.
4 For I brought thee up out of the
land of Egypt, and “redeemed thee
out of the house of servants; and I
sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and
Miriam. kept, and all the works of the house
5 O my people, remember now of 8Ahab, and ye walk in their coun-
what Balak king of Moab con- Ceccit 59, |Scls;_ that I should make thee a
sulted, and what Balaam the son] 20, note. |desolation, and the inhabitants
of Beor answered him from Shittim thereof an hissing: therefore ye
unto Gilgal; that ye may know the|?Num23,— |shall bear the reproach of my
righteousness of the LorpD. 24.3-9,15-24. |People.
6 Wherewith shall I come before Dp
the LORD, and bow myself before|¢Deut-10.12;_ ete SER Ts
the high God? shall I come be-| Hose6; OE is me! for I am as when
fore him with burnt-offerings, with| 12.6. they have gathered the sum-
calves of a year old? dGen.18.19, |mer fruits, as the grapegleanings of
7 Will the Lorp be pleased with|" t:,1.17.' |the vintage: there is no cluster to
thousands of rams, or with ten eat: my soul desired the firstripe
thousands of rivers of oil? shall I eee fruit.
give my firstborn for my trans-| Amos's.11; | 2 The good man is perished out
gression, the fruit of my body for| Zeph.1.13; of the earth: and there is none up-
the sin of my soul? Hag.1.6. right among men: they all lie in
8 ‘He hath shewed thee, O man,| +1 xi.16.25,26,|Wait for blood; they hunt every
what is good; and what doth the ‘ man his brother with a net,
LoRD require of thee, but ¢to do &} Ki.16-30; | 3 That they may do evil with both
justly, and to love mercy, and to| 2xi313. {hands earnestly, the prince asketh,
walk humbly with thy God? and the judge asketh for a reward:
9 The LorD’s voice crieth unto and the great man, he uttereth his
the city, and the man of wis- mischievous desire: so they wrap:
dom shall see thy name: hear ye it up.
the rod, and who hath appointed 4 The best of them is as a brier:
the most upright is sharper than a
it.
10 Are there yet the treasures of thorn hedge: the day of thy watch-
wickedness in the house of the
wicked, and the scant measure that
is abominable? 5 ‘Trust ye not in a friend, put
ye not confidence in a guide: keep
the doors of thy mouth from her
that lieth in thy bosom.
For the son dishorioureth the
father, the daughter riseth up
against her mother, the daughter
in law against her mother in law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his
own house.
full of violence, and the inhabi-
tants thereof have spoken lies, and
their tongue is deceitful in their
mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make
persecution “unto all nations, for a witness” (Mt. 24. 14). The result is s i
Rev. 7. 4-14. This is the “dew” aspect, and mS ah i the “day of the LozD”
QEER DE 10-22; Rev. 19. 11-21), in the morning of which the kingdom is set up in
power. Again there is a world-wide preaching to Jew and Gentile, but now it is
the word that the King is on His holy hill of Zion (Psa. 2.), and the unrepentant wilk
be broken with His rod of iron (Psa. 2. 6-9). The preaching is given in Psa. 2. 10-12.
This is the “lion” aspect of the remnant’s testimony (Rev. 2. 26-28). The full
kingdom-age of blessing follows the “rod of iron”? aspect.
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(2) The voice of the remnant in
the last days.
7 ‘Therefore I will look unte the
Lorp; I will wait for the God of
my salvation: my God will hear
me.
8 Rejoice not against me, O mine
enemy: when I fall, I shall arise;
when I sit in darkness, the LorD
Shall be a light unto me.
9 I will bear the indignation of
the Lorpb, because I have sinned
against him, until he plead my/ Amos 9.11,
cause, and execute judgment for SSS
me: he will bring-me forth to the Ske
light, and I shall behold ¢his right-|¢ Psa.72.9;
eousness. Isa.49.23.
10 Then she that is mine enemy]| ¢ Jer.33.9.
shall see it, and shame shall cover
her which said unto me, Where is|/ peep ype
the Lorp thy God? mine eyes shall] 7°" Gea’
behold her: now shall she be] 1.9; Rom.
trodden down as the mire of the| 41-5-)
streets.
11 In the day that thy 4walls are
to be built, in that day shall the
decree be far removed.
12 In that day also he shall come
even to thee from Assyria, and
from the fortified cities, and from
the fortress even to the river, and
from sea to sea, and from moun-
tain to mountain.
13 Notwithstanding the land shall
be desolate because of them that
a Rom.10.1-4;
11.23-27.
MICAH.
[7 20
dwell therein, for the fruit of their
doings.
14 Feed thy people with thy rod,
the flock of thine heritage, which
dwell solitarily in the wood, in the
midst of Carmel: let them feed in
Bashan and Gilead, as in the days
of old.
15 ‘According to the days of thy
coming out of the land of Egypt
will I shew unto him marvellous
things.
16 The nations shall see and be
confounded at all their might: they
shall lay their hand upon their
mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall 4lick the dust like a
serpent, they shall move out of their
holes like worms of the earth: ‘they
shall be afraid of the Lorp our
God, and shail fear because of thee.
18 Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and pass-
eth by the transgression of the
fremnant of his heritage? he re-
taineth not his anger for ever, be-
cause he delighteth zn mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have
compassion upon us; he will subdue
our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all
their sins into the depths of the
sea.
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to
Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,
which thou hast sworn unto our
fathers from the days of old.
1 Mic. 7. 7-20 is, primarily, the confession and intercession of the prophet, who
identifies himself with Israel.
prophetic office (Jer. 27. 18; Gen. 20. 7).
exercise of the remnant in the last days.
near and the far. (Cf. Psa. 22.1; Mt. 27. 46.)
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Cf. Dan. 9. 3-19,
But Micah’s prayer voices also the heart
Such is prophecy, an intermingling of the
Intercession was a test of the
vy NAHUM. na
NauuM prophesied during the reign of Hezekiah, probably about one hundred and
fifty aes aiter Jonah. He has but one subject—the destruction of Nineveh.
According to Diodorus Siculus, the city was destroyed nearly a century later, pre-
cisely as here predicted. The prophecy is one continuous strain which does not
yield to analysis. The moral theme is: the holiness of Jehovah which must deal with
sin in judgment.
CHAPTER 1 __ B.C. 713. |and the hills melt, and the earth is
burned G? para aoe the
4 world, an at dwe erein.
The holiness of Jehovah. wer 6 eWito carl stand’ befare tis ae
HE “burden of 1Nineveh. The} noe. dignation? and who can abide in
book of the vision of Nahum! Frese \the fierceness of his anger? his fury
“2 2God 19 jeal cher cies) Noun US Sees Ou ep eaeisae Tay
is jealous, an e€ D) Psa.103.8; 1 i
revengeth; the LorpD revengeth,| Jon-4.2. 7 The LorpD is “good, a strong
and is furious; the Lorn will take) , psa.1g.7: hold in the day of trouble; and fhe
vengeance on his adversaries, and “97.2; Hab. jknoweth them that trust in him.
he reserveth wrath for his enemies.| 3-5,11,12. 8 But with an overrunning flood
3 The Lorp is slow to anger,|g yai3.2. he will make an utter end of the
and great in power, and will not at place thereof, and darkness shall
all acquit the wicked: ‘the Lorn) é Psa.25.8; jpursue his enemies. _ ~
hath his way in the whirlwind and teas ina 9 What do ye imagine against the
in the storm, and the clouds are the] Lam.3.25. Lorp? he will make an utter end:
ie dated the sea, and mak-|7 FR se bs rapes sey DPRSee neath tee
’ im.2. > 2 Ly
eth it dry, and drieth up all the} Psa.2.12, 10 For while they be folden to-
Tivers: Bashan languisheth, and] 7°fe- gether as thorns, and while they
Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon are drunken as drunkards, they
languisheth.
shall be devoured as stubble fully
5 The mountains quake at him, idry.
a ee ee ee Wen SLL SP
1 Nineveh stands in Scripture as the representative of apostate religious Gentile-
dom, as Babylon represents the confusion into which the Gentile political world-
system has fallen (Dan. 2. 41-43). See Isa. 13. 1, nofe. Under the preaching of
Jonah, B.c. 862, the city and king had turned to God (Elohim), Jon. 3. 3-10. But
in the time of Nahum, more than a century later, the city had wholly apostatized
from God. It is this which distinguishes Nineveh from all the other ancient Gen-
tile cities, and which makes her the suited symbol of the present religious Gentile
world-system in the last days. Morally, Nineveh is described in Rom. 1. 21-23.
The chief deity of apostate Nineveh was the bull-god, with the face of a man and
the wings of a bird: ‘‘an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-
footed beasts.”
The message of Nahum, uttered about one hundred years before the destruction
of Nineveh, is, therefore, not a call to repentance, but an unrelieved warning of
judgment: “He will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time,”’
v. 9; see, also, Nah. 3. 10. For there is no remedy for apostasy but utter judg-
ment, and a new beginning. Cf. Isa. 1. 4, 5, 24-28: Heb. 6. 4-8; Prov. 29.1. It is
the way of God; apostasy is punished by catastrophic destruction. Of this the
flood and the destruction of Nineveh are witnesses. The coming destruction of
apostate Christendom is foreshadowed by these. (Cf. Dan. 2. 34, 35, Lk. 17. 26,
27; Rev. 19. 17-21.)
2 The great ethical lesson of Nahum is that the character of God makes Him
not only “slow to anger,” and “‘a stronghold to them that trust Him,” but also one
who “will not at all acquit the wicked.” He can be “just, and the justifier of him
which believeth in Jesus” (Rom. 3. 26), but only because His holy law has been
viidicated in the cross.
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11 There is one come out of thee,
that imagineth evil against the
Lorp, a wicked counsellor.
12 Thus saith the Lorp; Though
they be quiet, and likewise many,
yet thus shall they be cut down,
when he shall pass through.
Though I have afflicted thee, I
will afflict thee no more.
bonds in sunder.
14 And the LorpD hath given aj
commandment concerning thee,|
that no more of thy name be sown:
out of the house of thy gods will I
cut off the graven image and the
molten image: I will make thy
grave; for thou art vile.
The future evanégel.
15 Behold upon the mountains
the “feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace! O
Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, per-
form thy vows: for the wicked shail]? m= a0; 1
no more pass through thee; he is} °“*
utterly cut off. ¢ Job 4.10,11;
Ezk.19.2,7.
a Isa.52.7;
Rom.10.15.
CHAPTER 2. aap
zk.29.3;
The battle in the streets. 38.3; 39.1.
e Ezk.22.2,3;
24.6.9;
HE that dasheth in pieces is come
up before thy face: keep the Hab.2.12.
munition, watch the way, make thy f1sa.47.9,12
ae Getrdns, fortify thy power|’ Rev.i8.2,3.
mi y.
2 "For the Lorp hath turned
away the excellency of Jacob, as the
excellency of Israel: for the emptiers
have emptied them out, and marred
their vine branches.
3 The shield of his mighty men is
made red, the valiant men are in
scarlet: the chariots shall be with
flaming torches in the day of his
preparation, and the fir trees shall
be terribly shaken.
4 The chariots shall rage in the
streets, they shall justle one against
another in the broad ways: they
shall seem like torches, they shall
run like the lightnings.
5 He shall recount his worthies:
they shall stumble in their walk;
they shall make haste to the wall
thereof, and the defence shall be
prepared.
6 The gates of the rivers shall be
opened, and the palace shall be dis-
solved.
7 And Huzzab shall be led away
captive, she shall be brought up,
and her maids shall lead Aer as :
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NAHUM.
B.C. 713.
136
with the voice of doves, tabering
upon their breasts.
8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool
of water: yet they shall flee away.
Stand, stand, shall they cry; but
none shall look back.
G Take ye the spoil of silver, take
the spoil of gold: for there is none
end of the store and glory out of
all the pleasant furniture.
10 She is empty, and void, and
waste: and the heart melteth, and
the knees smite together, and much
pain is in all loins, and the faces of
them. all gather blackness.
11 Where zs the dwelling of the
icons, and the feedingplace of the
young lions, where the lion, even
the old lion, walked, and the lion’s
whelp, and none made them afraid?
12 The lion did tear in pieces
enough for his whelps, and stran-
gled for his lionesses, and filled his
holes with prey, and his dens with
avin.
13 4Behold, I am against thee,
saith the Lorp of hosts, and I will
burn her chariots in the smoke, and
the sword shall devour thy young
lions: and I will cut off thy prey
from the earth, and the voice of thy
messengers shall no more be heard.
CHAPTER 3.
As Nineveh sowed, so must
she reap.
OE to ¢the bloody city! it is
all full of lies and robbery;
the prey departeth not;
2 The noise of a whip, and the
noise of the rattling of the wheels,
and of the pransing horses, and of
the jumping chariots.
3 The horseman lifteth up both
the bright sword and the glittering
spear: and there is a multitude of
slain, and a great number of car-
cases; and there is none end of
their corpses; they stumble upon
their corpses:
4 Because of the multitude of the
whoredoms of the wellfavoured
harlot, the ‘mistress of witchcrafts,
that selleth nations through her
whoredoms, and families through
her witchcrafts.
5 Behold, I am against thee, saith
the Lorp of hosts; and I will dis-
cover thy skirts upon thy face, and
I will shew the nations thy naked-
ness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
6 And I will cast abominable filth
upon thee, and make thee vile, and
will set thee as a gazingstock.
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7 And it shall come to pass, that
all they that look upon thee shall
flee from thee, and say, “Nineveh is
laid waste: who will bemoan her?
whence shall I seek comforters for
thee?
8 Art thou better than populous
‘No, that was situate among the
tivers, that had the waters round
about it, whose rampart was the eee gt
sea, and her wall was from the) 7°”
sea? b Or, No-
j 7 men.
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her jer46.25:
strength, and zt was infinite; Put
and Lubim were thy helpers.
10 Yet was she carried away, she
went into captivity: her young chil-
dren also were dashed in pieces at|d Joel 1.4.
the top of all the streets: and they
cast lots for her honourable men,’ S45°""1*
and all her great men were bound
in chains.
11 Thou also shalt be drunken:
thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt
seek strength because of the en-
emy.
12 Ali thy strong holds shall be
like fig trees with the firstripe figs:
if they be shaken, they shall even
fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, thy people in the midst
of thee are women: the gates of thy
land shall be set wide open unto
Ezk.30.15,
16.
f Lam.2.15;
Zeph.2.15.
OR.
NAHUM.
c Rev.6.12,13.
See Isa.14.8.
thine enemies: the fire shall devour
thy bars. j
14 Draw thee waters for the siege,
fortify thy strong holds: go into
clay, and tread the morter, make
strong the brickkiln.
15 There shall the fire devour
thee; the sword shall cut thee off,
it shall eat thee up like the 4can-
kerworm: make thyself many as the
cankerworm, make thyself many as
the locusts.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy ‘mer-
chants above the stars of heaven:
the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth
away.
17 Thycrowned areas thelocusts,
and thy captains as the great grass-
hoppers, which camp in the hedges
in the cold day, but when the sun
ariseth they flee away, and their
place is not known where they are.
18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king
of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell
in the dust: thy people is scat-
tered upon the mountains, and no
man gathereth them.
19 There is no healing of thy
bruise: thy wound is grievous: Jall
that hear the bruit of thee shall
clap the hands over thee: for upon
whom hath not thy wickedness
passed continually?
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Bu HABAKKUK. ue
It seems most probable that Habakkuk prophesied in the fatter years of Josiah.
Of the prophet himself nothing is known. To him the character of Jehovah was
revealed in terms of the highest spirituality. He alone of the prophets was more
concerned that the holiness of Jehovah should be vindicated than that Israel should
escape chastisement. Written just upon the eve of the captivity, Habakkuk was
God’s testimony to Himself as against both idolatry and pantheism.
The book is in five parts: I. Habakkuk’s perplexity in view of the sins of Israel
and the silence of God, 1. 14. Historically this was the time of Jehovah’s for-
bearance because of Josiah’s repentance (2 Ki. 22. 18-20). II. The answer of Je-
hovah to the prophet’s perplexity, 1. 5-11. III. The prophet, thus answered,
utters the testimony to Jehovah, 1. 12-17; but he will watch for further answers,
2.1. IV. To the watching prophet comes the response of the “‘vision,’’ 2. 2-20.
V. All ends in Habakkuk’s sublime Psalm of the Kingdom.
As a whole the Book of Habakkuk raises and answers the question of God’s con-
sistency with Himself in view of permitted evil. The prophet thought that the
holiness of God forbade him to go on with evil Israel. The answer of Jehovah
announces a Chaldean invasion (1. 6), and a world-wide dispersion (1, 5). But
Jehovah is not mere wrath; “‘He delighteth in mercy” (Mic. 7. 18), and introduces
into His answers to the perplexed prophet the great promises, 1. 5; 2. 3, 4,
14, 20.
B.c. 626. |that bitter and hasty nation, which
CHAPTER 1. shall march through the breadth of
Part I. Prayer of Habakkuk: evil the land, to possess the dwelling-
in dispersed Israel. (Cf. Deut. places that are not their’s.
28. 64-67.) fe They, are perible end sient
: j their judgment and their dignity
HE “burden which Habakkuk shall proceed of themselves.
the prophet did see. 8 Their horses also are swifter
2 O Lorp, how long shall I cry, than the leopards, and are more
and thou wilt not hear! even cry fierce than the evening wolves: and
out unto thee of violence, and thou their horsemen shall spread them-
wilt not save! _ , (2 1sa.13.1, selves, and their horsemen shall
3 Why dost thou shew me ini-| 7°fe- come from far; they shall fly as the
quity, and cause me to behold|yic. nations. jeagle that hasteth to eat.
grievance? for spoiling and violence 9 They shall come all for violence:
are before me: and there are that their faces shall sup up as the east
raise up strife and contention. wind, and they shall gather the
4 Therefore the law is slacked, captivity as the sand.
and judgment doth never go forth: 10 And they shall scoff at the
for the wicked doth compass about kings, and the princes shall be a
the righteous; therefore wrong judg- scorn unto them: they shall deride
ment proceedeth. every strong hold; for they shall
4 ‘ heap dust, and take it.
perils, Vows re wie Por eis £646 11. Then shall Ais mind change,
and he shall pass over, and offend,
5 Behold ye among the *heathen, irnputing this his power unto his
and regard, and wonder marvel-
, A god.
lously: Mor J will ‘work a work in Part IJ. Habakkuk’s testimony
your days, which ye will not be-
lieve, though it be told you to Jehovah (extends to Hab. 2.1).
6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, 12 Art thou not from everlasting,
c Acts 13.41.
l Verse 5 anticipates the dispersion “among the nations” (cf. Deut. 28. 64-67)
While Israel as a nation is thus dispersed, Jehovah will “work a work” which Israeh
“will not believe.” Acts 13. 37-41 interprets this prediction of the redemptive
work of Christ. It is significant that Paul quotes this to Jews of the dispersion in
the synagogue at Antioch.
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PASTY 7 HABAKKUK. pare
O LorD my God, mine Holy One?! B.c. 626. |unto me, and what I shall answer
we shall not die. O Lorp, thou when I am reproved. '
hast ordained them for judgment; Part IV. Jehovah's response to
and, O mighty God, thou hast es- Habakkuk’s testimony: the
tablished them for correction. ear aer 2?
13. Thou art of purer eyes than to
behold evil, and canst not look on 2 And the Lorp answered me,
iniquity: wherefore lookest thou and said, *Write the vision, and
upon them that deal treacherously. th eee make it plain upon tables, that he
and holdest thy tongue when the]® 72:P73"7°™ |may Irun that readeth it.
wicked devoureth the man that ts} (Ex.4.15; 3. For the vision is yet for an 2ap-
more righteous than he? Rev.22.19.) | nointed time, but at the end it shall
14 And makest men as the fishes], y5.3,4 speak, and not lie: though it “tarry,
of the sea, as the creeping things,} Heb.10.37, | wait for it; because it will surely
that have no ruler over them? — 38. come, it will not tarry, Nears vos
15. They take up all of them with], Righteous. | 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted
the angle, they catch them in their} ness. Mal. |up is not ‘upright in him: but the
net, and gather them in their drag: akeaay a oe Salt ave by his Sheila
therefore. they rejoice and are| ~° Sye8 5 Yea also, ecause he transgres-
glad. : Hom 117: seth by wine, he s3 proud man,
RRO Ce gree ete eegaehin CETL SI ea oop at ee a at et eae
their drag: because by them their] e Faith. Mts. |death, and cannot be satisfied, but
portion is fat, and their meat plen-} 10. _(Gen.3. |gathereth unto him all nations, and
teous. 30) |heapeth unto him all people:
17 Shall they therefore empty] _ 6 Shall not all these ‘take up a
their net, and not spare continually| f Mic. 2.4. parable against him, and a taunt-
to slay the nations? ing proverb against him, and say,
: | Woe to him a neg
; which is not his! how long? and to
CHARDER 2 | him that ladeth himself with thick
I WILL stand upon my watch,| clay! :
and set me upon the tower, and) 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly
will watch to see what he will say| that shall bite thee, and awake that
1 Not, as usually quoted, “that he that runneth may read,” but, ‘‘that he may run
that readeth”; i.e. as a messenger of the “vision.” Cf. Zech. 2.4, 5.
2 To the watching prophet comes the response of the “vision” (vs. 2-20). Three
elements are to be distinguished: (1) The moral judgment of Jehovah upon the evils
practised by dispersed Israel (ys. 5-13, 15-19), (2) The future purpose.of God that,
“the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters
cover the sea” (v.14). That this revelation awaits the return of the Lord in glory
is shown (a) by the parallel passage in Isa. 11. 9-12; and (b) by the quotation of
verse 3 in Heb. 10. 37, 38, where the “it”? of the “vision” becomes ‘‘he”’ and refers
to the return of the Lord. It is then, after the “vision” is fulfilled, that ‘“‘the
knowledge of the glory,” etc., shall fill the earth. But (3) meantime, “the just
shall live by his faith.” This great evangelic word is applied to Jew and Gentile in
Rom. 1. 17; to the Gentiles in Gal. 3. 11-14; and to Hebrews (especially) in Heb, 10, 38.
This opening of life to faith alone, makes possible not only the salvation of the
Gentiles during the dispersion of Israel “among the nations” (Hab. 1. 5; Gal. 3. 11-14),
but also makes possible a believing remnant in Israel while the nation, as such, is
in blindness and unbelief (Rom. 11. 1-5, note), with neither priesthood nor temple,
and consequently unable to keep the ordinances of the law. Such is Jehovah! In
disciplinary government His ancient Israel is cast out of the land and judicially
blinded (2 Cor. 3. 12-15), but in covenanted mercy the individual Jew may resort to
the simple faith of Abraham (Gen. 15. 6: Rom. 4. 1-5) and _ be saved. But this
does not set aside the Palestinian (Deut. 30. 1-9, refs.) and Davidic (2 Sam. 7..8-
16, refs.) Covenants, for “the earth shail be filled,” etc. (v. 14), and Jehovah wili
again be in His temple (v.20). Cf. Rom. 11. 25-27.
8 Sheol is, in the O.T., the place to which the dead go. (1) Often, therefore, it is
spoken of as the equivalent of the grave, merely, where all human activities cease;
the terminus toward which all human life moves (e.g. Gen. 42. 38, rave; Job 14. 13,
Srave; Psa. 88. 3. grave). (2)°To the man “under the sun,” the natural man,
who of necessity judges from appearances, sheol seems no more than the grave—
the end and total cessation, not only of the activities of life, but of life itself (Eccl.
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2 8]
shall vex thee, and thou shalt be
for booties unto them?
8 *Because thou hast spoiled
many nations, all the remnant of
the people shall spoil thee; because
of men’s blood, and for the violence
of the land, of the city, and of all
that dwell therein.
9 Woe to him that coveteth an
evil covetousness to his house, that
he may %set his nest on high, that
he may be delivered from the power
of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to
thy house by cutting off many peo-
ple, and hast sinned against thy
soul,
11 For the stone shall cry out of
the wall, and the beam out of the
timber shall answer it.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a
town ‘with blood, and stablisheth
a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, 47s it not of the LorD
of hosts that the people shall labour
in the very fire, and the people shalt
peaty. themselves for very van-
ity?
14 1For the earth shall be filled
with the ‘knowledge of the glory
of the Lorpb, as the waters cover
the sea.
15 Woe unto him that giveth his!‘
neighbour drink, that puttest thy
bottle to him, and makest him
drunken also, that thou mayest look
on their nakedness!
16 Thou art filled with shame for
glory: drink thou also, and let thy
foreskin be uncovered: the cup of
the Lorp’s right hand shall be
turned unto thee, and shameful
_spewing shall be on thy glory.
17 For the violence of Lebanon
9. 5, 10).
1
' HABAKRUE.
a Isa.33.1.
b Jer.49.16;
Oba.4.
c Jer.22.13;,
Ezk.24.9;
Mic.3.10;
Nah.3.1.
d Or, it is not
of the
LORD,
etc., i.e.
though per-
mitted in His
providence,
not His plan.
Cf.Mic.4.
2-4.
e Isa.11.9.
F Jer.10:8,14;
Zech.10.2.
g Psa.2.12,
note,
h Zeph.1.7;
Zech.2.13..
Gen.15.2.
j Deut.33.2;
Jud.5.4;
[3 5
shall cover thee, and the spoil of
beasts, which made them afraid,
because of men’s blood, and for the
violence of the land, of the city, and
of all that dwell therein.
18 What profiteth the graven im-
age that the maker thereof hath
graven it; the molten image, and a
Steacher of lies, that the maker of
his work &trusteth theréin, to make
dumb idols?
19 Woe unto him that saith to the
wood, Awake; to the dumb stone,
‘Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it rs
laid over with gold and silver, and
there is no breath at all in the
midst of it.
20 But the LoRD is in his holy
temple: let all the earth keep silence
before him.
CHAPTER 3.
Part V. Habakkuk’s answer of
faith.
A 23PRAYER of Habakkuk the
‘ prophet upon Shigionoth.
2 O Lorp, I have heard thy
speech, and was afraid: O Lorpb,
revive thy work in the midst of the
years, in the midst of the years make
known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman, and the
JHoly One from mount Paran,
Selah. His glory covered the
heavens, and the earth was full of
his praise.
4 And his brightness was as the
light; he had horns coming out of
his hand: and there was the hiding
of his power.
| 5 Before him went the pestilence,
lect burning coals went forth at his
eet.
(3) But Scripture reveals sheol as a place of sorrow (2 Sam. 22. 6; Psa.
8. 5; 116. 3), into which the wicked are turned (Psa. 9. 17), and where they are
fully conscious (Isa. 14. 9-17; Ezk. 32. 21; see, especially,
of the great fish was to Jonah that sheol is to those who ar
of the O.T. and hades of the N.T. (Lk. 16. 23, note) are identical.
1 Cf, Isa. 11. 9, which fixes the time when “the earth,” etc.
righteous Branch has set up the kingdom.
Zech. 12. 8; also, “Kingdom (N.T.),” Lk. 1.
phrase marks an advance on that of Isaiah.
the Lorp.”
That, in a certain sense, is being.
Jon. 2. 2; what the belly
are therein), The sheol
It is when David’s
(See “Kingdom (O.T.),” 2 Sam. 7. 9;
3123371 Cored.) 28.)
In the latter it is “the knowledge of
diffused now; but in Habakkuk it is
Habakkuk’s
“the knowledge of the glory of the Lorp,” and that cannot be till He is manifested
in glory (Mt. 24. 30; 25. 31; Lk. 9. 26; 2 Thes. 1. 7; 2. 8; Jude 14).
tion was a foreview of this (Lk. 9. 26-29).
2 Prayer in the O.T. is in contrast wit
the former the basis of prayer is a covenan
character as merciful, gracious, etc. I
ye pray, say, Our Father” (Mt. 6. 9).
Moses and Paul, will show that one was pray1
the other for a heavenly people whose dangers
gers and blessings were earthly;
and blessings were spiritual.
The transfigura-
h prayer in the N.T. in two respects: (1) In
t of God, or an appeal to his revealed
In the latter the basis is relationship: ““When
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(2) A comparison, e.g. of the prayers of
ing for an earthly people whose dan-
3 6]
HABAKKUK.
Cat SS a ee
[3 19
6 He stood, and measured the
earth: he beheld, and drove asun-
der the nations; and the everlast-
ing mountains were scattered, the
perpetual hills did bow: his ways
are everlasting. f
7 I saw the tents of *Cushan in
affliction: and the curtains of the
land of Midian did tremble.
8 Was the Lorp displeased
against the rivers? was thine
anger against the rivers? was thy
wrath against the sea, °that thou
didst ride upon thine horses and
thy chariots of salvation?
9 Thy bow was made quite naked,
according to the oaths of the tribes,
even thy word. Selah. Thou
didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 “The mountains saw thee, and
they trembled: the overflowing of
the water passed by: the deep ut-
tered his voice, Zand lifted up his
hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood still
in their habitation: fat the light of
thine arrows they went, and at the
shining of thy glittering spear.
12 Thou didst march through the
land in indignation, thou didst
thresh the Sheathen in anger.
13. Thou wentest forth for the sal-
vation of thy people, even for salva-
tion with thine anointed; thou
woundedst the head out of the
B.C. 626.
@ Or, Ethiopia.
b v.15;
Deut.33.26,
27; Psa.68.
4; 104.3.
c Ex.19.16,18;
Jud.5.4,5;
Psa.68.8; 77.
18; 114.4.
d Ex.14.22;
Josh.3.16.
e Josh.10.12,
is
f Or,thine ar-
rows walked
in the light,
etc.
gi.e. nations.
hv.8; Psa.
77.19.
ti.e. despite
the affllic-
tions of Is-
rael in
dispersion,
the prophet
will rejoice
because of
the Lord, as
yet to return
to His
temple.
j Isa.41.16;
61.10.
k Psa.27.1.
1 2 Sam.22.34;
Psa.18.33.
m Deut.32.13;
33.29.
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house of the wicked, by discovering
the foundation unto the neck.
Selah.
14 Thou didst strike through with —
his staves the head of his villages:
they came out as a whirlwind to
scatter me: their rejoicing was as
to devour the poor secretly.
15 “Thou didst walk through the
sea with thine horses, through the
heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly trem-
bled; my lips quivered at the voice:
rottenness entered into my bones,
and I trembled in myself, that I
might rest in the day of trouble:
when he cometh up unto the peo-
ple, he will invade them with his
troops.
17 ‘Although the fig tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit be in
the vines; the labour of the olive
shall fail, and the fields shall yield
no meat; the flock shall be cut off
from the fold, and there shall be
no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will/rejoice in the LorbD,
I will joy in the God of my salva-
tion.
19 The LorD God is ‘my
strength, and he will make my feet
like 4hinds’ feet, and he will make
me to ™walk upon mine high
places. ‘To the chief singer on my
stringed instruments.
1
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eh
ZEPHANIA®.
{1 18
Tus prophet, a contemporary of Jeremiah, exercised his ministry during the
reign of Josiah.
It was a time of revival (2 Ki. 22.), but the captivity was im-
pending, nevertheless, and Zephaniah points out the moral state which, despite the
superficial revival under Josiah (Jer. 2. 11-13), made it inevitable.
Zephaniah is in four parts: I. The coming invasion of Nebuchadnezzar a figure
of the day of the Lorp, 1. 1-2. 3.
2. 4-15.
II. Predictions of judgment on certain peoples,
III. The moral state of Israel for which the captivity was to come, 3, 1-7.
ae The judgment of the nations followed by kingdom blessing under Messiah,
. 8-20.
CHAPTER 1.
Part I. The coming judgment
on Judaha figure of the future
day of the LorpD (Zeph.1.1-2.3).
-_, |@ 2 Ki.22.1-20;
ae word of the Lorp which! 2 Chr.34.1-
came unto Zephaniah the son Fa care
of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah,
the son of Amariah, the son Of|bic. idola-
Hizkiah, in the days of ¢Josiah| trous
the son of Amon, king of Judah. iar 3
2 Iwill utterly consume all things ee? a
from off the land, saith the LORD. |¢ 2 Ki.23.12;
3 I will consume man and beast;| Je-19-15-
I will consume the fowls of the|d An idol of
heaven, and the fishes of the sea,| the on-
and the stumblingblocks with the| *75,S2r<25
wicked; and I will cut off man from] Milcom.
off the land, saith the LorbD.
4 I will also stretch out mine|° Day Jer
hand upon Judah, and upon all the} 7-18; Zech.
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and Ij 12.1-14. (Isa.
will cut. off the remnant of Baal] 3,192; Rev:
from this place, and the name of ‘ ‘
“the ’Chemarims with the priests; | /Lit. The
5 And them that worship the reed ge
chost of heaven upon the housetops;| Jerusalem
and them that worship and that] where the
swear by the Lorp, and that bazaars were.
swear by ¢Malcham; g Jer.48.11;
6 And them that are turned back] Amos 6.1.
from the Lorp; and those that h Joel 2.1,11.
have not sought the LORD, nor en- x
quired for him. v.23 Isa.22.5;
7. Hold thy peace at the presence Joel seep
of the Lord Gop: !for the ‘day of| Amos 5.18)
the LoRD js at hand: for the LORD
hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath
bid his guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in
| 3
B.c. 630. {the day of the Lorp’s sacrifice,
that I will punish the princes, and
the king’s children, and all such as
are clothed with strange apparel.
9 Inthe same day also will I pun-
. lish all those that leap on the thresh-
old, which fill their masters’ houses
with violence and deceit.
10 And it shall come to pass in
that day, saith the Lorpb, that
there shall be the noise of a cry
from the fish gate, and an howling
from the second, and a great crash-
ing from the hills.
11 Howl, ye inhabitants of /Mak-
tesh, for all the merchant people
are cut down; all they that bear
silver are cut off.
12 And it shall come to pass at
that time, that I will search Jerusa-
lem with candles, and punish the
men that are &settled on their
lees: that say in their heart, The
Lorp will not do good, neither will
he do evil.
13 Therefore their goods shali be-
come a booty, and their houses a
desolation: they shali also build
houses, but not inhabit them; and
they shall plant vineyards, but not
drink the wine thereof.
14 *The great day of the Lorp
is near, it is near, and hasteth
greatly, even the voice of the day of
the LorpD: the mighty man shall
cry there bitterly.
15 ?That day is a day of wrath, a
day of trouble and distress, a day
of wasteness and desolation, a day
of darkness and gloominess, a
day of clouds and thick darkness,
1 As in the other Prophets, the approaching invasion of Nebuchadnezzar is treated
as an adumbration of the true day of
the LORD in which ali earth-judgments will
culminate, to be followed by the restoration and blessing of Israel and the nations
in the kingdom. See “Day of the LORD”
(Gen. 12.2, 3; Rom. 11,26). Cf. Joel 1., 2.
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(Isa. 2. 10-22; Rev. 19. 11-21); “Israel?”
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16 A day of the trumpet and
alarm against the fenced cities, and
against the high towers.
17 And I will bring distress upon
men, that they shall walk like
blind men, because they have
sinned against the LorpD: and their
blood shall be poured out as dust,
and their flesh as the dung.
18 @Neither their silver nor their
gold shall be able to deliver them
in the day of the Lorp’s wrath;
but the whole land shall be de-
voured by the fire of his jealousy:
for he shall make even a speedy
riddance of all them that dwell in
the land.
CHAPTER 2.
The call to the remnant (Isa. 1, 9;
Rom. 11.5), in the day of judg-
ment on the nations.
QA ATHER yourselves together,
yea, gather together, O nation
not 4desired;
2 Before the decree bring forth,
before the day pass as the chaff,
before the fierce anger of the LorpD
come upon you, before the day of
the LorpD’s anger come upon you.
3 Seek ye the Lorp, all ye meek
of the earth, which have wrought
his judgment; seek righteousness,
seek meekness: it may be ye shall
be hid in the day of the Lorp’s
anger.
Part II. Judgments on certain
nations.
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and
Ashkelon a desolation: they shall
drive out Ashdod at the noon day,
and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the
sea coast, the nation of the Cher-
ethites! the word of the Lorp js
against you; O Canaan, the land
of the Philistines, I will even de-
stroy thee, that there shall be no
inhabitant.
6 And the sea coast shall be
dwellings and cottages for shep-
herds, and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the
‘remnant of the house of Judah;
they shall feed thereupon: in the
houses of Ashkelon shall they lie
down in the evening: for the Lorp
their God shall visit them, ¢and
turn away their captivity.
8 I have heard the reproach of
Moab, and the revilings of the chil-
dren of Ammon, whereby they have
B.C. 630.
a Prov.11.4;
Ezk.7.19.
6 Lit. that
hath not
shame.
Cf. Jer.3.3.
c Remnant.
vs.1-3,7-9;
Zeph,3.13-
20:° (Fsad
9; Rom.
11.5.)
d Or, bring
again.
‘Cf.Zeph.
Jer.23.5-8.
ei.e. coasts.
fie. nations.
g Isa.10.12;
Ezk.31.3;
h Nah. 1.1,
note,
i Psa.2.12,
note,
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reproached my people, and magni-
fied themselves against their bor-
der.
9 Therefore as I live, saith the
Lorp of hosts, the God of Israel,
Surely Moab shall be as Sodom,
and the children.of Ammon as Go-
morrah, even the breeding of net-
tles, and saltpits, and a perpetual
desolation: the residue of my peo-
ple shall spoil them, and the rem-
nant of my people shall possess
them.
10 This shall they have for their
pride, because they have reproached
and magnified themselves against
the people of the Lorp of hosts.
11 The Lorp will be terrible
unto them: for he will famish all
|the gods of the earth; and men
shall worship him, every one from
his place, even all the ¢isles of the
fheathen.
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall
be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his
hand against the north, and destroy
8Assyria; and will make "Nineveh
a desolation, and dry like a wil-
derness.
14 And flocks shall lie down in the
midst of her, all the beasts of the
nations: both the cormorant and
the bittern shall lodge in the upper
lintels of it; their voice shall sing
in the windows; desolation shall
be in the thresholds: for he shall
uncover the cedar work.
15 This fs the rejoicing city that
dwelt carelessly, that said in her
heart, I am, and there is none be-
side me: how is she become a deso-
lation, a place for beasts to lie
down in! every one that passeth by
her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
CHAPTER 3.
Part III. The moral state of Je-
rusalem in the _ prophet’s
time. (Cf. Isa, 3, 1-26; Jer. 6.
1-15.)
WV to her that is filthy and
polluted, to the oppressing
city!
2 She obeyed not the voice: she
received not correction; she ‘trusted
not in the Lor»; she drew not near
to her God.
_3 Her princes within her are roar-
ing lions; her judges are evening
wolves; they gnaw not the bones
till the morrow.
4 Her prophets are light and
treacherous persons: her priests
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have polluted the sanctuary, they
have done violence to the law.
5 The just LorD zs in the midst
thereof; he will not do iniquity:
every morning doth he bring his
judgment to light, he faileth not;
but the knoweth
shame.
6 I have cut off the nations: their
towers are desolate; I made their
streets waste, that none passeth by:
their cities are destroyed, so that
there is no man, that there is none
inhabitant.
7 L said, Surely.thou wilt “fear
me, thou wilt receive instruction;
so their dwelling should not be cut
off, howsoever I punished them:
but they rose early, and corrupted
all their domgs.
Part IV. (1) The judgment of
the nations. (Cf. Zech. 14. 1-21;
Mt. 25. 32, note.)
unjust no
8 Therefore wait ye upon me,
saith the LoRD, until the day that
I rise up to the prey: for my deter-
mination is to gather the nations,
that I may assemble the kingdoms,
4t0 pour upon them mine indigna-
tion, even all my fierce anger: for
all the earth shall be devoured with
the fire of my jealousy.
9 For !then will I turn to the
“¢epeople a pure language, that they
may all call upon the name of the
Lorp, to serve him with one con-
sent.
10 From beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia my suppliants, even the
daughter of my dispersed, shall
bring mine offering.
11 In that day shalt thou not be
ashamed for all thy doings, wherein
thou hast transgressed against me:
for then I will take away out of the
midst of thee them that “rejoice in
thy pride, and thou shalt no more
B.C. 630.
@ Psa.19.9,
note.
b Armaged-
don. Zech.
12.1-9,
16.14; 19.11-
2¥.)
c Lit. the
peoples, i.e.
Genftties.
d Jer.7.4;
Mic.3-11;
Mt.3 9.
e Heb. in my
holy name.
f Psa.2.12,
note.
g Remnant.
vs.13-20;
Hag.1.14.
(Isa.1.9;
Rom.11.5.)
h Kingdom
(O.T.). vs.
13-20; Zech.
6.12,13.
(Gen.1.26;
Zech.12.8.)
z Isa.35.3,4-.
j Deut.30.9;
Isa.62.5; 65.
19; Jer.32.41.
k Isa.11.123,
27.12; 56.8;
Ezk.28.25;
34.13; 37.21;
Amos 9.14.
(Rev.
be haughty “because of my holy
mountain.
12 I will also leave in the midst of
thee an afflicted and poor people,
and they shall /trust in the name of
the LorpD.
. 13. The éremnant of Israel shall
not do iniquity, nor speak lies;
neither shall a deceitful tongue be
found in their mouth: for they shall
feed, and lie down, and none shall
make them afraid.
(2) The kingdom blessing of
Lsrael.
14 Sing, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice
with all the heart, O daughter of
Jerusalem.
15 TheLorp hath taken away thy
judgments, he hath cast out thine
enemy: the “king of Israel, even the
LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou
shalt not see evil any more. :
16 In that day ‘it shall be said to
Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to
Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
17 The Lorp thy God in the
midst of thee is mighty; he will
save, Jhe will rejoice over thee with
joy; he will rest in his love, he will
joy over thee with singing.
18 I will gather ther that are
sorrowful for the solemn assembly,
who are of thee, to whom the re-
proach of it was a burden.
19 Behold, at that time I will undo
all that afflict thee: and I will save
her that halteth, and gather her that
was driven out; and I will get them
praise and fame in every land where
they have been put to shame.
20 At. that time will I bring you
again, even in the time that I
gather you: for I will make you a
name and a praise among all people:
of the earth, when I turn back your
captivity before your eyes, saith the
LORD. :
1 In Zephaniah the conversion of “‘the peoples” is stated out of the usual prophetic
order, §
the conversion of the Gentiles.
the passage gives clear testimony as to w
Tt is after the smiting of the nations.
34, 35; Psa. 2. 5-8; Acts 15. 15-17; Rev. 19. 19-20. 6.
2 That this, and all like passages in the Pr
occur,
1. 26; Zech. 1”. 8), cannot refer to anything w
Christ is clear ‘rom the context.
The precise reverse was true.
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ophets (see ‘
hich occurred at the first coming of
in which the blessing of Israel and the setting up of the kingdom precedes
See Zech. 12.1, note, and Zech. 12. 8, note.
hen the conversion of the nations will
But
Cf. Isa. 11. 9 with context; Dan. 2.
“Kingdom (O.T.),” Gen.
See Isa. 11. 1, note.
1] 3 HAGGAL [1s
HAGGAI was a prophet of the restored remnant after the 70 years’ captivity. The
circumstances are detailed in Ezra and Nehemiah. To hearten, rebuke, and in-
struct that feeble and divided remnant was the task of Haggai, Zechariah, and
Malachi. The theme of Haggai is the unfinished temple, and his mission to
admonish and encourage the builders. ,
The divisions of the book are marked by the formula, “came the word of the
LorpD by Haggai’: I. The event which drew out the prophecy, 1. 1, 2.. II. The
divine displeasure because of the interrupted work, 1. 3-15. III. The temples—
Solomon’s, the restoration temple, and the kingdom-age temple, 2. 1-9. IV. Un-
cleanness and chastening, 2. 10-19. V. The final victory, 2. 20-23 (see Rev. 19. 17-20;
14. 19, 20; Zech. 14. 1-3).
B.c. 520. __|it home, I did blow upon it. Why?
CHAPTER 1. saith the LorD of hosts. Because
Part I. The occasion and theme of mine house that is waste, and ye
of the prophecy (vy. 2, l.c). Aue every man unto his own
4 ouse.
Ly the isopod thea a5 pais we _10 Baeteiore ‘hg peed LOS vu
ing, in €. "six month, 13 staye m » an € eart.
the first day of the month, came is ae ae hee fruit.
the word of the LorpD by ‘Hag- 11 And I called for a drought
gai the prophet unto ¢Zerubbabel upon the land, and upon the
the son of Shealtiel, governor of - mountains, and upon the corn, and
Judah, and to “Joshua the son of|*#9&219; |u5on the new wine, and upon the
Josedech, the high priest, saying, Zech.1.1,7.. |oil, and upon that which the ground
2 Thus speaketh the LorpD of] | bringeth forth, and upon men, and
hosts, saying, This people say, The) ie. Septem: | oon cattle, and upon all the
time is not come, the time that the] Pe" “°% [ob oue of the hands.
Lorp’s house should be built.
c Ezra 5.1; (2) The work recommenced.
Part IT. (1) Jehovah’s chastening| ©14.
because of the interrupted work.|, 1 Chr.3.19; gee ieee soph! te = of
3. Then came the word of the Ny Josedech, the high priest, with all
Lorp by Haggaithe prophet, saying,| Zech.4.6; the remnant of the people, obeyed
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to) Mt1-1213. the voice of the Lorp their God,
dwell in your cieled houses, and eEzra 3.2; and the words of Haggai the
this house lie waste? Neh.12.1; prophet, as the Lorp their God
5 Now therefore thus saith the ree had sent him, and the people did
Lorp of hosts; Consider your| °*)'?- fear before the Lorp.
ways. f Psa.19.9, 13 Then spake Haggai the
_6 Ye have sown much, and bring} 7°¢e- Lorp’s messenger in the Lorp’s
in little; ye eat, but ye have not|, remnant, |message unto the people, saying, I
enough; ye drink, but ye are not| Zech.8.6-12. lam with you, saith the Lorp.
filled with drink; ye clothe you, but Na iss, 14 And the Lorp stirred up the
there is none warm; and he that att spirit of Zerubbabel the son of She-
earneth wages earneth wages to altiel, governor of Judah, and the
put it into a bag with holes. spirit of Joshua | the son of Jose-
7 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts; dech, the high priest, and the spirit
Consider your ways. R of all the remnant of the people;
bing fond aa Bee eee peas Ohthe Pony ae eeetene
a i ouse; ouse of - ORD i
and I will take pleasure in it, and I God, R CASS at
mut be poner saith the Lorb. | 15 In the four and twentieth day
€ looked for much, and, lo, it of the sixth month, in the second
came to little; and when ye brought year of Darius the king.
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of the ninth month, in the second
year of Darius, came the word of
the LorD by Haggai the prophet,
saying,
11 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
Ask now the priests concerning
the law, saying,
12 If one bear holy flesh in the
skirt of his garment, and with his
skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or
wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be
holy? And the priests answered
and said, No.
13 Then said Haggai, If one that
is unclean by a dead body touch
any of these, shall it be unclean?
And the priests answered and said,
It shall be unclean.
CHAPTER 2.
Part lI. The temples.
N the “seventh montA, in the one
and twentieth day of the month,
came the word of the LORD by the
prophet Haggai, saying,
2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and to Joshua the son of Josedech,
the high priest, and to the residue
of the people, saying,
3 “Who is left among you that
saw this thouse in her first glory?
and how do ye see it now? is it not
in ORAS hae in comparison of it as
nothing: A
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerub-|7*~ October:
babel, saith the Lorp; and be/bCfEzra3. 14 Then answered Haggai, and
strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech,} 2- said, So is this people, and so is this
the high Bret hs Pe ae a ¢ Heb.12.26. neon before me, sith ae toe
ye people of the land, sait e _ {and so zs every work of their hands;
Lorpb, pd ee: for nee with|2 Chest eee and that which they offer there is
you, sal e LORD of hosts: Zech.9.9.. unclean.
5 According to the word that I} (Gen.3.15; 15 And now, I pray you, consider
covenanted with you when ye came} Acts 1.9.) from this day and upward, from be-
eur of Egypt, Pick puess gerizini: On the pe : ies a oe ee ae Bees a stone
eth among you: fear ye not. ture glory of|in the temple o e :
6 For thus saith the Lorp of ee 16 Since those days were, when
hosts; “Yet once, it is a little while,| Greater thanjome came to an heap of twenty
‘and I will shake the heavens, andthe] the former. |measures, there were but ten:
earth, and the sea, and the dry land; when one came to the pressfat for
7 And I will shake all nations, to draw out fifty vessels out of the
and the 4desire of all nations shall press, there were but twenty.
come: and I will fill this house with 17 I smote you with biasting and
glory, saith the LorD of hosts. with mildew and with hail in all the
8 The silver is mine, and the gold labours of your hands; yet ye
is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. turned not to me, saith the
9 The “glory of this latter house Lorp.
shall be greater than of the former, 18 Consider now from this day and
saith the LorD of hosts: and in this upward, from the four and twentieth
place will I give peace, saith the day of the ninth month, even from
Lorp of hosts. the day that the foundation of the
Lorp’s temple was laid, consider /t.
Part IV. The chastening of the 19 Is the seed yet in the barn?
Lorp for the impurity of the i
: yea, as yet the vine, and the fig
P age ete, lay of the peo- tree, and the pomegranate, and the
J EOP ME olive tree, hath not brought forth:
10 In the four and twentieth day from this day will I bless you.
1 The prophet calls the old men who remembered Solomon’s temple to witness to
the new generation how greatly that structure exceeded the present in magnifi-
cence; and he then utters a prophecy (vs. 7-9) which can only refer to the future
kingdom temple described by Ezekiel. It is certain that the restoration temple and
all subsequent structures, including Herod’s, were far inferior in costliness and
splendour to Solomon’s. The present period is described in Hos. 3. 4, 5. Verse 6
is quoted in Heb. 12. 26, 27. Verse 7: “I will shake all nations,”’ refers to the great
tribulation and is followed by the coming of Christ in glory, as in Mt. 24. 29, 30.
“The desire of all nations” is Christ. See Mal. 3.1, nate. ; 4
2In a sense all the temples (i.e. Solomon’s; Ezra’s; Herod’s; that which will be
used by the unbelieving Jews under covenant with the Beast [Dan. 9. 27; Mt. 24.
15: 2 Thes. 2. 3, 4]; and Ezekiel’s future kingdom temple [Ezk. 40.—47.]), are treated
as one “house”—the “‘house of the Lorp,” since they all profess to be that. For
that’ reason Christ purified the temple of His day, erected though it was by an
Idumean usurper to please the Jews (Mt. 21. 12, 13).
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B.C. 520.
Part V. The future destruction
of Gentile power.
Ezra 5.1-3;
20 And again the word of the| 72ch.2'6-10.
LorD came unto Haggai in the four), pan.234,
a Hag.1.1;
and twentieth day of the month,| 35,44,45;
saying, Rev.19.11-21.
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, @gover-|¢i-e- nations.
nor of Judah, saying, I will shake/¢ Song 8.6;
the heavens and the earth; ‘lech ae
22 And 1 will Yoverthrow the) $3627!
throne of kingdoms, and I will de-
stroy the strength ofthe kingdoms
of the ‘heathen; and I will over-
throw the chariots, and those that
tide in them; and the horses and
\their riders shall come down, every
one by the sword of his brother.
23 In that day, saith the Lorp of
hosts, will I take thee, O Zerub-
babel, my servant, the son of Sheal-
tiel, saith the Lorb, ¢and will make
thee as a signet: for ‘I have chosen
thee, saith the LorpD of hosts.
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2 ZECHARIAH. 8
ZECHARIAH, like Haggai, was a prophet to the remnant which return
70 years. There is much of symbol in Zechariah, but these difficult abe ve
readily interpreted in the light of the whole body of related prophecy. The great
Messianic passages are, upon comparison with the other prophecies of the kingdom
perfectly clear. Both advents of Christ are in Zechariah’s prophecy (Zech. 9. 9
with Mt. 21. 1-11 and Zech. 14. 3, 4). More than Haggai or Malachi, Zechariah
gives the mind of God about the Gentile world-powers surrounding the restored
See, ee aS ae their ay (Dan. 2. 37-40), and will hold therm to
account; the test, as always, being their treatment o s
4 cause panei e ai: g t of Israel. See Gen. 15. 18, note
echariah, therefore, falls into three broad divisions: I. Symbolic visi i
the light of the Messianic hope, 1. 1-6. 15. II. The mission bean BAS Monee 3.
III. Messiah in rejection and afterwards in power, 9.-14. oy oth
CHAPTER 1. B.C. 520.05 | oe ae prophets, do they live for
Part I. Symbolic visions in the 6 But my words and m
: ons 4 y statutes,
light of the Messianic hope| _ $3 which I commanded my servants
(Zech. 1. 1-6. 15): the people seid the prophets, did they not take
warned. ; hold is uae ere and they re-
T the teighth month, in the sec. Dy7y : turned and said, Like as the LorD
ond year of 8Darius, came the ae of ee s thought to do unto us,
word of the LorD unto “Zechariah,| §-15- SES Ch cT ade ten ane yb eco use
the son of Berechiah, the son of|-gora 5.1. rie our doings, so hath he dealt
@Iddo the prophet, saying, WIT Us,
ig-|d Neh.12.4. ore :
eae cay be ES PR sore dis ar The ten pore 2 (1) the rider on
4 eal 5 -
3 Therefore say thou unto them, ° 9 Chr.24.19. eee ore
Thus saith the LorD of hosts; Turn] .. a) 7 Upon the four and twentieth
ye unto me, saith the LorD of hosts, Treweoruary \day of the eleventh month, which
and I will turn unto you, saith the} ¢ Cf.Rev.6.4. lis the month /Sebat, in the second
R’ f A The whole ) i
Lorp of hosts Gee lyear of Darius, came the word of
4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto) $s4 is char- |the Lorp unto Zechariah, the son
whom the “former prophets have} acterized by lof Berechiah, the son of Iddo the
cried, saying, Thus saith the Lorp| the red prophet, saying,
of hosts; Turn ye now from your En 8 I lsaw by night, and behold a
evil ways, and from your evil do-| Dan.9.26; man riding upon a £red horse, and
ings: but they did not hear, nor] Mt.24.6,7. |he stood among the myrtle trees
hearken unto me, saith the ithat were in the bottom; and be-
Lorp. hind him were there red horses,
5 Your fathers, where are they? speckled, and white.
1 The “man” (v. 8) is the “my lord,” “the angel that talked with me” (v. 9), and
“the angel of the LORD” (vs. 10,11). The “man” “stood among the myrtle trees”
(v. 8). The prophet addresses him as “my lord”? (cf. Gen. 19. 2), but when the
“man’’ answers he perceives that he has addressed an angel—‘“‘the angel that talked
with me” (v. 9). In verse 10 the being of the vision is again “‘the man that stood
among the myrtle trees.” In verse 11 he is called ‘‘the angel of the LorD,” and
to him the (riders on the) “red horses, speckled and white” say: ‘“‘We have walked
to and fro,” etc. Then (v. 12) “the angel of the LorD”’ (i.e. the “man,”’ “my lord,”
“the angel that talked with me’’) intercedes for the land against a world at ease.
The date of the intercession was at the end of the 70 years’ captivity of Judah.
Taken as a whole (vs. 8-17), Zechatiah’s first vision reveals Judah in disper-
sion; Jerusalem under adverse possession; and the Gentile nations at rest about it.
This condition still continues, and Jehovah’s answer to the intercession of the angel
sweeps on to the end-time of Gentile domination, when “‘the LorpD shall yet comfort
Zion,” etc. (vs. 16, 17; Isa, 40, 1-5). See “Kingdom (O.T.)” (Gen. 1. 26; Zech.
12. 8, note).
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The BL iar a praaas ) et CIEE! prosperity sh all yet be, spread
» Wala ; e
Sylncer And ge dvenneel aia eaitare Zion, and shall yet choose
talked with me i oe me, I will Jerusalem.
hew thee what these be. ts
10 And the man that stood among The ten visions: (2) the four
the myrtle trees answered and said, horns.
Beer’ Hew nom tHe Pee 18 1Then lifted I up mine eyes,
pa Boat at OeaL ro and ve and behels oe hoe i
rou : 19 said unto the ¢angel tha
We AUN SMG AI RU Caal fallsect with une: Wiat soe cies:
of the LORD that stood among the
myrtle trees, and said, We have
walked to and fro through the
And he answered me, These are the
horns which have scattered Judah,
earth, and, behold, all the earth sit- Tgrach: and Teriaaleus.
teth still, and is at rest. The ten visions: (3) the four
¢ ; carpenters.
h displ d with the
ies mations ig 20 2And the Lorp shewed me
four “carpenters.
eee in cea 3 Poesy a Heb.1.4, 21 Then said I, What come these
note. to do? And he spake, saying,
hosts, how long wilt thou not have PHidsavere chheu hoansivwisch’ hee
mercy on Jerusalem and on the|bic. nations.
Sie = ray scattered Judah,. so that no man
ee oe Pesete ean AE Nae le cOr, carvers, |did lift up his head: but these are
ast had indigna ign Hiese LAFEE-| or smiths. |come to fray them, to cast out the
ae rer a ses ed a bos Dees horns of the Gentiles, which lifted
eangel that talked with me with Pu ie eetpeh to seat ie
good words and comfortable words. ;
14 So the “angel that communed 4
with ae cad pe me, ay ago CHAPTER 2.
saying, us saith the Lorp o o> t
hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem ane eh fie oda Rah
and for Zion with a great jealousy. : vas
15 And I am very sore displeased I LIFTED up mine eyes 3again,
with the heathen that are at ease: and looked, and behold a man
for I was but a little displeased, and with a measuring line in his hand.
they helped forward the affliction. 2 Then said I, Whither goest
16 Therefore thus saith the Lorp; thou? And he said unto me, To
I am returned to Jerusalem with measure Jerusalem, to see what is
gnctries: By pose a be ule in the preach theveot, and what is
it, saith the LorpD of hosts, and a the length thereof,
line shall be stretched forth upon Sie pebold, the. dense aa
Jerusalem. talked with me went forth, and an-
17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the other angel went out to meet him,
1A “horn” is the symbol of a Gentile king (Dan. 7. 24: Rev. 17. 12), and the
vision is of the four world-empires (Dan. 2. 36-44: 7. 3-7) which have “scattered
Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem’ (v. 19).
2 The word charash, trans. “carpenter,” is lit. carver, engraver. Verse 21
makes it plain that, whatever the four carvers may be, they are used to “fray,” or
carve away (Heb. charad) in the sense of diminishing, enfeebling, the great Gentile
world-powers. They may stand for Jehovah’s “four sore judgments,” the sword,
famine, evil beasts, and pestilence (Ezk. 14, 21), the four horses of Rev. 6.
3 As in Zech. 1. 8-11, the “man’”’ of verse 1 is “the angel that talked with me” of
verse 3. The measuring-line (or reed) is used by Ezekiel (Ezk. 40. 3, 5) as a symbol
of preparation for rebuilding the city and temple in the kingdom-age. Here also it
has that meaning, as the context (vs. 4-13) shows. ‘The subject of the vision is
the restoration of nation and city. In no sense has this prophecy been fulfilled.
The order is: (1) The Lorn in glory in Jerusalem, v.5 (cf. Mt. 24. 29, 30); (2) the
restoration of Israel, v. 6; (3) the judgment of Jehovah upon the nations, v. 8, “after
the glory” (Mt. 25. 31, 32); (4) the full blessing of the earth in the kingdom, vs. 10-13.
pee Svan (O.T.)” (Gen. 1. 26; Zech. 12. 8, note. “Israel,’? Gen. 12. 2; Rom,
+ 26).
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4 And said unto him, Run, ote
o him, Run, speak 2 And the LorD said unto Satan,
to this young man, saying, Jerusa- The Lorp rebuke thee, O Satan;
lem shall be inhabited t
without walls for the multitude of even the LorD that hath chosen
Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this
men and cattle therein:
5 For I, saith the Lorp, will be a brand plucked out of the fire?
unto her a wall of fire round about, .3 Now Joshua was ‘clothed with
cil sail herthe, Slory’ i thet indst filthy garments, and stood before
Pe hee: the langel.
6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee 4 And he answered and spake
Mena fend of the north anith unto those that stood before him,
he Corp: for Th. saying, Take away the filthy gar-
OF ave spread you ments from him. And unto him he
abroad as the four winds of the p :
eaten fenith the LORD. a Gee G said, Behold, I have caused thine
7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that| Advent). iniquity to pass from thee, and I
dwellest with the daughter of foeue303; sal or pe ss abet beer ta Sa
Babylon. 9-11. A
RE rad aaa eRe opal Pr | so a, a. | Ss Anidelmeaid Liet:thenn set) anigee
hosts; After the glory hath he sent oH ey a his en aa thes ts
me unto the nations which spoiled dlothed apes en gherichts : ont
you: for he that touch ¢ Satan. vs.1,
y ucheth you)">*i04’ |the bangel of the LORD stood by.
toucheth the apple of his eye. 8,10,11. 6 And the Yangel of the LorD pro-
9 For, behold, i 4 i 33.15 :
r, behold, I will shake mine| (Gen 31). ‘tested unto Joshua, saying,
hand upon them, and they shall be :
a spoil to their servants: and yelg job 1.6; r Z hus iy Po Lorp of hosts;
shall know that the LORD of hosts| Rev.12.10. |i- bake ath walk in my ways, and
hath sent me. Bard. = ne x 4 poe pe ee then
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter Vesntrar Rial: edt ie a SOME Se ye. sna i and
a Oe for, is I come, and I will] 3.1-9. ee ee oe cast rege sae ti
well in the midst of thee, saith the
Lorn. FGen3.21, these that stand by.
11 And ti hal ,
joined +a de Les eatEne et g Isa.4.2, The ten visions: (6) Jehovah’s
shall be my people: and I will dwell Base Servant the BRANCH.
a the eae — poe gas oe piel h See 1 Pet.2. SineHear sidwriO! Joshunothe timeh
ow that the LORD of hosts hat » note. 4 ? :
y priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit
Po ar anpheoiaoetd emai ainenel re ee my pefore then: for they are anes Meee
Judah his portion in the holy land Rev.5.6. dered at: for, behold, I will bring
and shall choose “Jerusalem again. | ji forth my servant the ‘BRANCH.
. :|j Mic.4.1-6. For behold the “stone that I
13 Besilent, O all flesh, before the 9 For. t stone that
Lorp: for he is raised up out of his have laid before Joshua; upon one
"Holy habitation stone shall be ‘seven eyes: behold,
. 4 I coe cnepeyS a cronies raged
saith the Lorp of hosts, and I wi
The ten Ns ers ih Piel fis ramoye the iniquity of that land in
‘ Cty one day.
high priest. ; 10 In 2that day, saith the LorD
ANP he shewed me !Joshua the of hosts, shall ye call every man his
high priest standing before the neighbour under the vine and
bangel of the Lorp, and Satan under the fig tree.
1 The fifth vision discloses: (1) The change from self-righteousness to the right-
eousness of God (Rom. 3. 22, note), of which Paul’s experience, Phil. 3. 1-9, is the
illustration, as it is also the foreshadowing of the conversion of Israel. (2) In type,
the preparation of Israel for receiving Jehovah’s “BRANCH” (Isa. 4. 2, note).
The refusal of the Jews to abandon self-righteousness for the righteousness of God
blinded them to the presence of the BRANCH in their midst at His first advent
(Rom. 10. 1-43 11. 7, 8)... Cf. Zech. 6. 12-15, which speaks of the manifestation of
the BRANCH in glory (v. 13) as the Priest-King, when Israel will receive Him.
See Heb. 5. 6, note.
2 Verse 10 marks the time of fulfilment as in the future kingdom. It speaks of a
security which Israel has never known since the captivity, nor will know till the
kingdom comes. (Cf. Isa. 11. 1-9.)
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CHAPTER 4. hosts Bee Sen me: unto Piers "
The ten visions: (7) the golden! 10 For who ha espise e day
Z Ii of small things? for they shall re-
teaectent, BR choy jay soe joice, and shall see the plummet in
i the hand of Zerubbabel with those
ND the 2angel that felkodna seven: they, = the err
me came again, and waked me, 'LorD, which run
as a man that is wakened out of his through the whole earth.
sleep, 4 R
2 And said unto me, What seest The one £5 at bec et
thou? !And I said, I have looked, |, Heb.1.4, (Cf. Rev. 11. 3, 4. :
and behold a candlestick all of gold,| note. 11 Then answered I, and said
with a bowl upon the top of it, and b Zech.1.8, unto him, What are these two olive
his seven lamps thereon, and ‘seven| nore. trees upon the right side of the
pipes to the seven lamps, which are candlestick and upon the left side
upon the top thereof: cCf.v.12. thereof? , P
3 And two olive trees By at me d Rev.11.3,4. on Agee I SIE ful: eee
upon the right sde of the bowl, an .., junto him, What be these
the other upon the left side thereof.|° Hol Spitit. branches which through the ‘two
4 Sol nee ey ae spake to the (Geo ae pe amply the golden o//
angel that talked with me, saying, al.2.15. out o emselves? :
What are these, my lord? «| f Crist (as 13 And he RoR EENS me wed Soe
5 Then the angel that talked with Stone). Mt. |Knowest thou not w at these be?
me answered and said unto me, pie And I said, No, ay, Bok is
x. 05
fod UaeidsNaray oe | eee ege Bet one ee a
6-Then he answered and spakelz sees the Lord of the whole earth.
unto me, saying, This is the word] ‘efs-
of the Lorp cat poeshbere. Say-|h Cfy.2. nae Saeed) a ayite
ing, Not by might, nor by power,]| | : e ten visions: e flyin
but by my ‘spirit, saith the Lorp # One cals roll,
of hosts. ve | DEEN I tumed, and lifted up
7 Who art thou, O great moun-]j Lit. fang, i. mine eyes, and looked, and be-
tain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt} Palestine.
hold a 2flying roll.
2, And he said unto me, What
seest thou? And I answered, I see
a flying roll; the length thereof is
twenty ‘cubits, and the breadth
thereof ten cubits.
3 Then said he unto me, This is
the curse that goeth forth over the
face of the whole Jearth: for every
one that stealeth shall be cut off as
on this side according to it: and
every one that sweareth shall be cut
off as on that side according to it.
become a plain: and he shall bring
forth the Sheadstone thereof with
shoutings, crying, Grace, grace
unto it.
Zerubbabel to finish the restora-
tion temple.
8 Moreover the word of the Lorp
came unto me, saying,
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have
laid the foundation of this house;
his hands shall also finish it; and
(Cf. Zech. 4. 6.) In measure this power would rest upon Zerubbabel, who
begun the restoration temple of Zechariah’s time, would finish it (v. 9) laying the
“headstone’’ amid the shoutings of the people. The w
fulfilment of the ministry of the two witnesses of Rev.
true “headstone,” Prince Messiah, of whom prince Zerubbabel is a type. Oil is a
uniform symbol of the Spirit (Acts 2. 4, note),
is to set aside God’s claim to Teverence. As always the law can o:
Gal. 3. 10-14).
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4 I will bring it forth, saith the! B.c. 519, |talked with me, Whither do these
Lorp of hosts, and it shall enter bear the ephah?
into the house of the thief, and into 11 And he said unto me, To build
the house of him that sweareth \ it an house in the land of ¢Shinar:
falsely by my name: and it shall and it shall be established, and set
remain in the midst of his house, there upon her own base.
and shall consume it with the tim-
ber thereof and the stones thereof. CHAPTER 6.
The ten visions: (9) the ephah.
5 Then the angel that talked with
me went forth, and said unto me, ions
ae up are ine bea ae SEE} also vs.7-10. POS I ae cae ee ~ ane
at rs this that goeth f \ : ’ eyes, and looked, and, behold,
6 And TI said, ‘What sit? And he|? Kit /and, ie. |/there came 2four chariots out from
said, This 7s an “ephah that goeth between two mountains; and the
The ten visions: (10) the
four chariots.
forth. He said moreover, This ss} Heb.1.4, mountains were mountains of
their resemblance through all the] 7°f¢ brass.
bearth. ia euRbye 2 In the first chariot were red
7 And, behold, there was lifted up} lonia.Dan. |horses; and in the second chariot
a talent of lead: and this is aj 1? black horses;
woman that sitteth in the midst of 3 And in the third chariot white
the ephah. horses; and in the fourth chariot
8 And he said, This 7s wickedness. grisled and bay horses.
And he cast it into the midst of the 4 Then I answered and said unto
ephah; and he cast the weight of the ‘angel that talked with me,
lead upon the mouth thereof. What are these, my lord?
9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and 5 And the ‘angel answered and
Tooked, and, behold, there came out said unto me, These are the four
fwo women, and the wind was in spirits of the heavens, which go
their wings; for they had wings forth from standing before the Lord
like the wings of a stork: and they of all the earth.
lifted up the ephah between the 6 The black horses which are
earth and the heaven. therein go forth into the north
10 Then said I to the ‘angel that country; and the white go forth
1 In the vision of the ephah local and prophetic elements are to be distinguished.
The elements are: an ephah or measure; a woman in the ephah; a sealing weight
upon the mouth of the ephah confining the woman, and the stork-winged women
whose only function is to bear the ephah and woman away into Babylonia (Shinar).
The thing thus symbolized was “through all the land” (v. 6).
Symbolically, a ‘‘measure”’ (or ‘‘cup’’) stands for something which has come to
the full, so that God must judge it (2 Sam. 8. 2; Jer. 51. 13; Hab. 3.6, 7; Mt. 7. 2;
23. 32), A woman, in the bad ethical sense, is always a symbol of that which,
religiously, is out of its place. The “woman” in Mt. 13. 33-is dealing with doc-
trine, a sphere forbidden to her (1 Tim. 2. 12). In Thyatira a woman is suffered
to teach (Rev. 2. 20). The Babylon phase of the apostate church is symbolized by
an unchaste ere sodden with the greed and luxury of commercialism (Rev. 17..
1-6; 18. 3, 11-20).
The local application of Zechariah’s ninth vision is, therefore, evident. The
Jews then in the land had been in captivity in Babylon. Outwardly they had put
away idolatry, but they had learned in Babylon that insatiate greed of gain (Neh.
5. 1-9; Mal. 3. 8), that intense commercial spirit which had been foreign to Israel as
a pastoral people, but which was thenceforward to characterize them through the
ages. These things were out of place in God’s people and land. Symbolically He
judged them as belonging to Babylon and sent them there to build a temple—they
could have no part in His. The “woman” was to be “‘set there upon her own
base” (v. 11). It was Jehovah’s moral judgment upon Babylonism in His own
land and people.
Prophetically, the application to the Babylon of the Revelation is obvious. The
professing Gentile church at that time condoning every iniquity of the rich, doc-
trinally a mere “confusion,” as the name indicates, and corrupted to the core by
commercialism, wealth, and luxury, falls under the judgment of God (Rev. 18.).
_2The interpretation of the tenth vision must be governed by the authoritative
declaration of verse 5. That which is symbolized by the four chariots with their
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his ‘throne; and he shall be a
priest upon his “throne: and the
counsel of peace shall be between
them both.
14 And the crowns shall be to
Helem; and to Tobijah, and to Je-
through the earth. So they walked daiah, and to Hen the son of Zepha-
to and fro through the earth. pes rae a memorial in the temple
8 Then cried he upon me, and/¢ Parables fe) e LoRD.
spake unto me, ra Behold,| {2-7..59 | 15 And they that are far off shall
these that go toward the north] 7-14. (Jua.9. |come and build in the temple of the
country have quieted my spirit in| 7-15; Zech. |LorpD, and ye shall know that the
after them; and the grisled-go forth} _B.c. 519.
toward the south country.
7 And the bay went forth, and
sought to go that they might walk
to and fro through the earth: and he
said, Get you hence, walk to and fro
the north country. SRD, LoRD of hosts hath sent me unto
Th boli 5 f |b Tsa.4.2, you. And this shall come to pass,
GEYER OG, CLOW IB sO note. if ye will diligently obey the voice
Joshua. ; of the LorpD your God.
9 And the word of the LorD came|* to rg,
unto me, “saying, _ 13; Zech.14. CHAPTER 7.
ye Fars CF bhem of the saptruity,|| 1621 (Ge Ipace IT. (Zech. Yio" 1 Ree
even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of oes f i
Jedaiah, which are come from “i mussion ‘from Babylon ‘the
Babylon, and come thou the same|d Christ A eeoueod of the vies
day, and go into the house of Josiah peenst ANY it came to pass in the fourth
the son of Zephaniah; Zech.12.10, year of king Darius, that the
11 Then take silver and gold, and} (Deut.30.3; |word of the LorD came unto Zech-
make !crowns, and set them upon| Acts 1-9-11.) Jarijah in the fourth day of the ninth
the head of Joshua the son of}cie. Decem. |month, even in ¢Chisleu f
Josedech, the high priest; ber. 2 When ?they had sent unto the
12 And speak unto him, saying, fie. August, |Ouse of God Sherezer and Regem-
Thus speaketh the Lorp of hosts,|7 “~ * Imelech, and their men, to pray be-
saying, Behold the man whose name fore the Lorp,
is The "BRANCH; and he shall 3 And to speak unto the priests
grow up out of his place, and he which were in the house of the
shall build the temple of the Lorp: Lorp of hosts, and to the prophets,
13. Even he shall build the temple saying, Should I weep in the /fifth
of the Lorp; and he shall bear the month, separating myself, as I have
glory, and shall sit and rule upon done these so many years?
horses is not the four world-empires of Daniel, but “the four spirits of heaven which
go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth” (v. 5). These “spirits” are
angels (Lk. 1. 19; Heb. 1. 14), and are most naturally interpreted of the four angels
of Rev. 7. 1-3; 9. 14, 15. These have also a ministry earthward, and of like nature
with the “spirits” of Zech. 6. 1-8, viz. judgment. ‘The symbol (chariots and horses)
is in perfect harmony with this. Always in Scripture symbolism they stand for
the power of God earthward in judgment (Jer. 46. 9, 10; Joel.2. 3-11; Nah. 3, 1-7).
The vision, then, speaks of the LoRD’s judgments upon the Gentile nations north
and south in the day of the Lorp (Isa. 2. 10-22: Rey. 19. 11-21).
__1 Following the earth-judgments symbolized in the horsed chariots (Zech. 6. 1-8)
comes the manifestation of Christ in His kingdom glory (vs. 9-15). This is the in-
variable prophetic order: first the judgments of the day of the Lorp (Isa. 2. 10-22 .
Rev. 19. 11-21), then the kingdom (cf. Psa. 2.5 with Psa. 2. 63 Isa. 3. 24-26 with 4. 2-6:
10, 33, 34 with 11. 1-10; Rev. 19. 19-21 with 20. 4-6). This is set forth symbolically
by the crowning of Joshua, which was not a vision, but actually done (cf. Isa. 8.
3, 4; Ezk. 37. 16-22). The fulfilment in the BRANCH will infinitely transcend the
symbol. He “shall bear the glory” (v. 13; Mt. 16. 27; 24. 30; 25. 31) as the Priest-
King on His own throne (vs. 12, 13; Heb. 7. 1-3). Christ is now a Priest, but still
in the holiest within the veil (Lev. 16. 15; Heb. 9. 11-14, 24), and seated on the Father’s
throne (Rey. 3. 21). He has not yet come out to take His own throne (Heb. 9. 28).
The crowns made for the symbolical crowning of Joshua were to be laid up in the
temple as a memorial to keep alive this larger hope of Israel.
_ 2 “They,” i.e. of the captivity in Babylon. The mission of these Jews of the cap-
tivity concerned a fast day instituted by the Jews in commemoration of the de-
struction of Jerusalem, wholly of their own will, and without warrant from the
word of God. In the beginning there was doubtless sincere contrition in the ob-
servance of the day; now it had become a mere ceremonial. The Jews of the dis-
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The answer of Jehovah: (1) ‘their
an adamant stone, lest they should
fast was a mere form; they hear the law, and the words which
should have heeded the proph- the Lorp of hosts hath sent in his
ets. spirit by the former prophets: there-
4 Then) came the wort of the fore came a great wrath from the
Lorp of host ayin Lorp of hosts.
Sider aa vest ms 13 Therefore it is come to pass,
5 Speak unto all the le of é
find, and to the eonnag Soune that as he cried, and they would
When ye fasted and mourned in the not hear; so they cried, and I
rth and seventh | moati even pee not hear, saith the LorD of
those seventy years, did osts : :
Bist nto ae! Reo ee at all 14 But I scattered them with a
6 And when ye did eat, and when whom they knew not. Thus the
ye did drink, did not ye “eat for
Yourselves, and dik for your ied eacieea on eas
selves! : 3
7 Should ye not hear the words|*$$.20°"* oe 2 em laid the pleasant
which the Lorp hath cried by thé ; acta
former prophets, when Jerusalem eS ea hie
was inhabited and in prosperity,| My442"° CHAPTER 8.
and the cities thereof round about] Rev.22-19.) 5
her, when men inhabited the south (3) Jehovah’s unchanged pur-
< c Sanctify, r
and the plain? holy Or». rach aes Israel in the
2) W. heir prayer, cht.
oh a heady ee ethene Aco the word of the Lorp of
hosts came to me, saying,
8 And the word of the LoRD came 2 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
unto Zechariah, saying, I was jealous for Zion with great
9 Thus speaketh the Lorp of jealousy, and I was jealous for her
hosts, saying, Execute true judg- with great fury.
ment, and shew mercy and com- 3 Thus saith the Lorp; I am re-
passions every man to his brother: turned unto Zion, and will dwell in
10 And oppress not the widow, the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusa-
nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor lem shall be called a city of truth;
the poor; and let none of you and the mountain of the LorD of
imagine evil against his brother hosts the !¢holy mountain.
in your heart. 4 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
11 But they refused to hearken, There shall yet old men and old
and pulled away the shoulder, and women dwell in the streets of Jeru-
stopped their ears, that they should salem, and every man with his staff
not hear. in his hand for very age.
12 Yea, they made their hearts as 5 And the streets of the city shall
persion would be rid of it, but seek authority from the priests. The whole matter,
like much in modern pseudo-Christianity, was ‘extra-Biblical, formal, and futile.
Jehovah takes the occasion to send a divine message to the dispersion. That mes-
sage is in five parts: (1) Their fast was a mere religious form; they should rather
have given heed to the “former prophets” (vs. 4-7; cf. Isa. 1. 12; Mt. 15. 1-10);
(2) they are told why their 70 years’ prayer has not been answered (vs. 8-14; cf.
Psa. 66. 18; Isa. 1. 14-17); (3) the unchanged purpose of Jehovah, and the blessing
of Israel in the kingdom (Zech. 8. 1-8; cf. a like order in Isa. 1. 24-31 with 2. 1-4);
(4) the messengers of the captivity are exhorted to hear the prophets of “these
days,” i.e. Haggai; Zechariah, and Malachi, and to do justly; then all their fasts
and feasts will become gladness and joy (8. 9-19); (5) they are assured that Jeru-
salem ao to be the religious centre of the earth (8. 20-23; cf. Isa. 2. 1-3; Zech.
14. 16-21).
1 Holiness, Sanctification, Summary: In the O.T. the words consecration, dedi-
cation, sanctification, and holiness are various renderings of one Hebrew word, are
used of persons and of things, and have an identical meaning, i.e. set apart for
God. Only when used of God himself (e.g. Lev. 11. 45), or of the holy angels (e.g.
Dan. 4. 13), is any inward moral quality necessarily implied. Doubtless a priest
or other person set apart to the service of God, whose whole will and desire went
with his setting apart, experienced progressively an inner detachment from evil;
but that aspect is distinctively of the N.T., not of the O.T. See Mt. 4. 5.
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» be full of boys and girls playing in} B.C. 518: 14 For thus saith the Lorp of
the streets thereof. hosts; As I thought to. punish you,
6 Thus saith the LorD of hosts; when your fathers provoked me to
If it be marvellous im the eyes of wrath, saith the Lorp of hosts,
the ¢remnant of this people in these and I repented not: 7
days, should it also be marvellous 15 So again have I thought in
in mine eyes? saith the Lorp of these days to do well unto Jerusa-
hosts. lem and to the house of Judah: fear
7 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts; ye not.
Behold, I will save my people from 16 These are the things that ye
the east country, and from the west shall do; ‘Speak ye every man the
country; truth to his neighbour: execute the
8 And I will bring them, and they|, remnant. |judgment of truth and peace in
shall dwell in the midst of Jerusa-| vs.6-8,11,12; |your gates:
lem: Sand they shall be my people, meio 17 And Iet none of you imagine
and I will be their God, in truth) Romii's. |evil in your hearts against his
and in righteousness. eee neighbour; and love no false oath:
ech.13.9;
(4) The people to heed the resto- EE ean oe i ser eed es that I hate,
Beg ron besa hs, Madsen ig 18 And the word of the Lor of
and Zechariah. Ezra 51,2. hosts came unto me, saying,
9 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;|¢0;,remnant.| 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Let your hands be strong, ye that| _ The fast of the "fourth month, and
hear in these days these words by|¢* nations. |the fast of the ‘fifth, and the fast of
the mouth of ‘the prophets, which f Gen.12.2; the Jseventh, and the fast of the
were in the day that thefoundation| Ruth 4.11, *tenth, shall be to the house of Ju-
of the house of the LorD of hosts. was| 12: Jse-19 |dah joy and gladness, and cheerful
laid, that the temple might be built. Bo snes feasts; therefore love the truth and
10 For perere these days there] Hag.2.19. peace.
was no hire for man, nor any hire d :
for beast; neither was there any BEph ta. (5) jerusalem eae une Ene Fete
peace to him that went out or camel|h i.e. July. HOUS. COOGEE G OSes te
im because of the affliction: for I set XEON , |_20 Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
all men every one against his|*** 44€4S* |7¢ shall’ yet come to pass, that
neighbour. : jie. October. |there shall come people, and the
Y1 But now I will not be unto the Pie jamasty: inhabitants of many cities:
dresidue of this people as in the for- 21 And the inhabitants of one
mer days, saith the Lorp of hosts. city shall go to another, saying,
12 ae the seen stad sie Pe ee us go eet! 4 ed pease
ous; € vine shall give her fruit, ORD, an Oo seek the LORD o
and the ground shall give her in- hosts: IT will go also. °
crease, and the heavens shail give 22 Yea, many people and strong
their dew; and I will cause the nations shall come to seek the
rennet of this people to possess LorpD of hosts in Jerusalem, and
ali these things. to pray before the Lorp.
13 And it shall come to pass, that 23. Thus saith the Lorp of hosts;
as ye were a curse among the In those days it shail come. to
*heathen, O' house of Judah, and Pass, that ten men shall take hold
Bees of Israel; so will IT save you, out of all languages of the nations,
and fye shall be a blessing: fear even shall take hold of the skirt of
not, but let your hands be strong. him that is a Jew, Saying, We will
!' The “remnant” in verses 6, 11, 12 refers to the remnant of Judah which re-
ws ree Babylon, and among whom Zechariah was prophesying. -See Rom.
. 5, note.
2 Repentance (0.T.), Summary: In the O.T., repentance is the English word
used to translate the Heb. nacham, to be “‘eased”’ or “comforted.’”? It is used of
both God and man. Notwithstanding the literal meaning of nacham, it is evident,
from a study of ali the passages, that the sacred writers use it in the sense of me.
tanoiza in the N.T.—a change of mind. See Mt. 3. 2; Acts 17. 30, note. As. in the
9 1]
go with you: for we have heard
that God is with you.
CHAPTER 9.
Part III. (Zech. 9. 1-14. 21.) Bur-
den upon cities surrounding
Palestine. (See v. 8, note.)
HE “burden of the word of the
LorpD in the land of Hadrach,
and Damascus shall be the rest
thereof: when the eyes of man, as
of all the tribes of Israel, shall be
toward the Lorp.
2 And Hamath also shall border
thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though
it be very wise.
3 And Tyrus did build herself a
strong hold, and heaped up silver
as the dust, and fine gold as the
mire of the streets.
4 Behold, the Lord will cast her
out, and he will smite her power in
the sea; and she shall be devoured
with fire.
5 Ashkelon shall see zt, and fear;
Gaza also shall see it, and be very
sorrowful, and Ekron; for her ex-
pectation shall be ashamed; and the
king shall perish from Gaza, and
Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
6 And a bastard shall dwell 4in
Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride
of the Philistines.
7 And I will take away his blood
out of his mouth, and his abomina-
tions from between his teeth: but
he that remaineth, even he, shall
be for our God, and he shall be as a
governor in Judah, and Ekron as
a Jebusite.
8 And I will encamp about mine
house because of the army, ‘be-
“cause of him that passeth by, and
because of him that returneth: and
ho oppressor shall pass through
them any more: for now have I
seen with mine eyes.
B.C. 487.
ZECHARIAH.
a Isa.13.1,
note,
b Isa.23.1.
c Amos 1.8.
d Mt.21.1-10;
Mk.11.1-10;
Lk.19.40;
John 12.12-
15.
e Christ (First
Advent).
Zech.11.11-
13. (Gen.3
15; Acts 1.9.)
fi.e. nations.
g Cf.Isa.24.
17-23. vs.21,
23 fix the
time as the
day of the
LORD. Rev.
19.11-21.
h Jer.16.19.
See context
from v.14.
i Or, For I
have, etc.
j Or, I will
raise up, etc.
k Or, the, not
with,
Presentation of Christ as King
at His first advent.
unto thee: ‘he is just, and having
salvation; lowly, and riding upon
an ass, and upon a colt the foal of
an ass.
The future deliverance of Judah
and Ephraim, and the world-
wide kingdom..
10 2And I will cut off the chariot
from Ephraim, and the horse from
Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall
be cut off: and he shall speak peace
unto the fheathen: and his domin-
ion shall be from sea even to sea,
and from the river even to the
ends of the earth.
11 As for thee also, by the blood
of thy covenant I have sent forth
thy prisoners out of the pit wherein
is no water.
12 Turn you to the “strong hold,
ye prisoners of hope: even to day
do I declare that I will render
double unto thee;
13 *When I have bent Judah for
me, filled the bow with Ephraim,
Jand raised up thy sons, O Zion,
against thy sons, O Greece, and
made thee as the sword of a mighty
man.
14 And the Lorp shall be seen
over them, and his arrow shall go
forth as the lightning: and the Lord
Gop shall blow the trumpet, and
shall go with whirlwinds of the
south.
15 The Lorp of hosts shall defend
them; and they shail devour, and
subdue “with sling stones; and they
shall drink, and make a noise as
through wine; and they shall be
filled like bowls, and as the corners
of the altar.
Verse 23 explains: the Jew (see “Remnant,” Isa. 1. 9; Rom. 11. 5) will then be the
missionary, and to the very ‘‘nations” now called “Christian
Cee |
1 There seems to be a reference here to the advance and return of Alexander
(v. 13) after the battle of Issus, who subdued the cities mentioned in verses 1-6,
and afterward returned to Greece without harming Jerusalem. But the greater
meaning converges on the yet future last days (Acts 2. 17, note), as the last clause
of verse 8 shows, for many oppressors have passed through Jerusalem since the
days of Alexander.
2 The events following this manifestation of Christ as King are recorded in the
Gospels.
The real faith of the multitude who cried, ‘“Hosanna” is given in Mt.
21. 11; and so little was Jesus deceived by His apparent reception as King, that He
wept over Jerusalem and announced its impending destruction (fulfilled A.D. 70;
Lk. 19. 38-44). The same multitude soon cried, “Crucify Him.” :
3 Having introduced the King in verse 9, verse 10 and the verses which follow
look forward to the end-time and kingdom. Except in verse 9, this present age is
not seen in Zechariah.
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16 And the Lorp their God shall] B.c. 487. | 7 And they of Ephraim shall be
save them in that day as the flock
of his people: for they shall be as
the stones of a crown, lifted up as
an ensign upon his land.
17 For how great is his goodness,
and how great 1s his beauty! corn
shall make the young men cheerful,
and new wine the maids.
CHAPTER 10.
The future strengthening of
Judah and Ephraim.
BS ye of the LorD rain in the
time of the Matter rain; so the
Lorb shall make bright clouds, and
give them showers of rain, to every
one grass in the field.
2 For the idols have spoken van-
ity, and the diviners have seen a
lie, and have told false dreams:
they comfort in vain: therefore they
went their way as a flock, they
were troubled, because there was
no shepherd.
3 Mine anger was kindled against
the shepherds, and I punished the
goats: for the Lorp of hosts hath
visited his flock the house of J udah,
and hath made then as his goodly
horse in the “battle.
4 Out of him 2came forth the cor-
ner, out of him the nail, out of him
the battle bow, out of him every
oppressor together.
5 And they shall be as mighty
men, which tread down their ene-
mues in the mire of the streets in
the battle: and they shall fight, be-
cause the LORD is with them, and
the riders on horses shall be con-
founded.
6 And I will strengthen the house
of Judah, and I will save the house
of Joseph, and I will bring them
again to place them: for I have
mercy upon them: and they shall
be as though I had not cast them
off: for I am the Lorp their God,
and will hear them.
1 Cf. Hos. 6, 3; Joel 2. 23-32; Zech. 12. 10.
meaning: Rain as of old will be restored to Pal
a See Arma-
geddon.
(Rev.16.14;
19.17.)
b Israel (pro-
phecies).
vs.6-12. Mt.
(Gen,
12.2,3; Rom.
24.31.
11.26.)
¢ Ex.14.30,
note; Isa.59,
20, note.
effusion of the Spirit upon restored Israel.
2 The tense is future: “From him [Judah]
1 Pet. 2. 8, note), from him the nail
etc. The whole scene is of the
Jews in Palestine in the time of the aorthern
7. 8; Rev. 19. 20, and “Armageddon,”
wholly effected by the return of the
Strengthens the hard-pressed Israelites
14.14). That there may have been a
tories can neither be affirmed nor denie
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(Isa. 22
events which group about the deliverance of the
invasion under the
Rev. 16. 14; 19. 17).
LorD (Rev. 19. 11-21), but previously He
(Mic. 4. 13; Zech. 9, 13-15: 10, 5-7; 12, 2-6:
precursive fulfilment in
d from Scripture.
ine, but, also, there will bea mighty
like a mighty man, and their heart
shall rejoice as through wine: yea,
their children shall see it, and be
glad; their heart shall rejoice in the
Lorp.
8 I will hiss for them, and gather
them; for I have ‘redeemed them:
and they shall increase as they
have increased.
The dispersion and regathering
of Israel in one view.
9 And I will sow them among the
people: and they shall remember
me in far countries; and they shall
live with their children, and turn
again.
10 Iwill bring them again also out
of the land of Egypt, and gather
them out of Assyria; and I will
bring them into the land of Gilead
and Lebanon; and place shall not
be found for them.
11 And he shall pass through the
sea with affliction, and shall smite
the waves in the sea, and all the
deeps of the river shall dry up: and
the pride of Assyria shall be brought
down, and the sceptre of Egypt
shall depart away.
12 And I will strengthen them in
the LorpD; and they shall walk up
and down in his name, saith the
LORD.
CHAPTER 11.
The first advent and rejection of
Messiah, and the result: the
wrath.
@FEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that
the fire may devour thy cedars.
2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is
fallen; because the mighty are
spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan :
for the forest of the vintage is come
down.
3 There is a voice of the howling
of the shepherds: for their glory is
spoiled: a voice of the roaring of
There is both a physical and spiritual
est:
shall be the cornerstone (Ex. 17. 6;
23, 24), from him the battle-bow,”
“Beast” (Dan.
The final deliverance is
the Maccabean yic-
2 hie Der Peas J
ie ‘ Ps
1147 ZECHARIAH. [11 17
young lions; for the pride of Jordan|__B.C. 487. might break my covenant which I
is spoiled. | had made with all the people.
4 Thus saith the LorD my God; 11 And it was broken in that day:
Feed the flock of the slaughter; and so the 3poor of the flock that
5 Whose possessors slay them, waited upon me knew that it was
and hold themselves not guilty: and the word of the LORD.
12 And I said unto them, If ye
they that sell them say, Blessed be
a Remnant. 5 si :
think good, give me my price; and
the Lorp; for I am rich: and their] ys.7,11
own shepherds pity them not. Mal.3.16-18. lif not, forbear. ‘So they weighed
6 For I will no more pity the in- Geunsig for my price thirty pieces of sil-
habitants of the land, saith the) “°™"~ ) Iver,
Lorpb: but, lo, I will deliver the|+ Parables 13 And the LorpD said unto me,
men every one into his neighbour’s| (0:7.)- Cast it unto the potter: a goodly
a. eae ve Rit eho mits oie 7-15) ery ashen ase via at of yin
: hey shall smite the f n 00) e thirty pieces of sil-
land, and out of their hand I will Srrer i: ver, and cast them to the potter in
not deliver them. BE the house of the LorD.
d Christ (First} 14 Then I cut asunder mine other
The ee me yet ane Te-) Advent). staff, even Bands, that I might
Fei PE OTR AACE TST yeiss. |break the brotherhood between
é ae I will feeciithe flock of Coxe Judah and Israel.
slaughter, even you, O “poor of the ae 2 ae
flock. And I took unto me !two}¢ r2x.34.2-4. The Beast and his judgment.
15 4And the LorD said unto me,
bstaves; 2the one I called Beauty, :
and the other I called Bands; and| fOr Ridden. |eTake unto thee yet the instruments
I fed the flock. g Jer.23.1; of a foolish shepherd.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off} Ezk.34.2; 16 For, io, I will raise up a shep-
in one month; and my soul lothed See 10.12, |herd in the land, which shall not
them, and their soul also abhorred ‘ visit those that be fcut off, neither
me. shall seek the young one, nor heal
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that is broken, nor. feed that
that that dieth, let it die; and that _ |that standeth still: but he shall eat
that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; the flesh of the fat, and tear their
and let the rest eat every one the claws in pieces.
flesh of another. 17. Woe to the idol shepherd that
10 And I took my staff, even leaveth the flock! the sword shall
Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I) |be upon his arm, and upon his right
1 The scene belongs to the first advent. Beauty and Bands—literally “gracious-
ness and union’; the first signifying God’s attitude toward His people Israel, in
sending His Son (Mt. 21. 37); the second, His purpose to reunite J udah and Ephraim
(Ezk. 37. 15-22). Christ, at His first advent, came with grace (John 1. 17) to offer
union (Mt. 4. 17), and was sold for thirty pieces of silver (Zech. 11. 12, 13). “Beauty”
_(i.e. raciousness) was “cut in sunder” (vs. 10, 11), signifying that Judah was
abandoned to the destruction foretold in verses 1-6, and fulfilled A.D. 70. After
the betrayal of the Lord for thirty pieces of silver (vs. 12, 13) “Bands” (i.e. union)
was broken (v. 14), signifying the abandonment, for the time, of the purpose to
reunite Judah and Israel. The order of Zech, 11. is, (1) the wrath against the land
(vs. 1-6), fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem after the rejection of Christ (Lk.
19. 41-44); (2) the cause of that wrath in the sale and rejection of Christ (vs. 7-14);
(3) the rise of the “idol shepherd,” the Beast (Dan. 7. 8; Rev. 19. 20), and his de-
struction (vs. 15-17).
2 The O.T. Parables: Summary. A parable is a similitude used to teach or en-
force a truth, The O.T. parables fall into three classes: (1) The story-parable, of
which Jud. 9. 7-15 is an instance; (2) parabolic discourses; e.g. Isa. 5. 1-75 (3) para-
bolic actions; e.g. Ezk. 37. 16-22. ‘
3 The “poor of the flock”: i.e. the “remnant according to the election of grace”
(Rom. 11. 5); those Jews who did not wait for the manifestation of Christ in glory,
but believed on Him at His first coming, and since. Of them it is said that they
“waited upon Me,” and “knew.” Neither the Gentiles nor the Gentile church,
corporately, are in view: only the believers out of Israel during this age. The
church, corporately, is not in O.T. prophecy (Eph. 3. 8-10). ;
4 The reference to the Beast is obvious; no other personage of prophecy in any
sense meets the description. He who came in His Father’s name was rejected; the
alternative is one who comes in his own name (John 5. 43; Rev. 13. 4-8),
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ishment, and his rider with mad-
ness: and I will open mine eyes.
upon the house of Judah, and will
smite every horse of the people
with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah
shall say in their heart, The inhab-
itants of Jerusalem shall be my
strength in the Lorp of hosts their
God.
6 ‘In that day will I make the
eye: his arm shall be clean dried] Bic. 487.
up, and his right eye shall be ut-
terly darkened.
CHAPTER 12.
a Day (of
The siege of Jerusalem by the Jehovah:
Beast Hie his armies. (Cf. Rev. ysd-l4: |
19, 19-21. Bei
(Isa.2.10-22;
THE Iburden of the word of the} fy291
Lorp for Israel, saith the
LorD, which stretcheth forth the baer:
heavens, and layeth the foundation] (p2¢46 ay.
of the earth, and formeth the spirit] vs.1-9:
Vee ep Zech.14.1-5.
of man within him. , (Rev i614,
2 %Behold, I will make Jerusalem] 19.11.21.)
a cup of trembling unto all the peo- Crzecho
ple round about, when they shall] © y3:7s"49's.
be in the 'siege both against Judah] 7; 12.2-6:
and against Jerusalem. 14.14.
3 And in that day will I makeld Kingdom
Jerusalem a burdensome stone for LEE ae
all people: all that burden them-| 93',,GenJ-
selves with it shall be cut in pieces,
though all the people of the earth Poe
be gathered together against it. ite
7 The Lorp also shall save the
tents of Judah first, that the glory
of the house of David and the glory
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do:
not magnify themselves against
Judah.
8 In that day shall the Lorp de-
fend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
and he that is feeble among them
at that day shall be as David; and
the house of 2David shall be as
God, as the “angel of the Lorp
before them.
9 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that I will seek to destroy
The siege: Judah strengthened;
the Lord’s deliverance.
4 In that day, saith the Lorp, I
will smite every horse with aston-
1 Zech. 12.-14. form one prophecy the general theme of which is the return of
the Lord and the establishment of the kingdom. The order is: (1) The siege of
Jerusalem preceding the battle of Armageddon (vs. 1-3); (2) the battle itself (vs.
4-9); (3) the “latter rain” in the pouring out of the Spirit and the personal revela-
cleansing fountain (Zech. 13. 1) then to be effectually “opened” to Israel.
? Kingdom in O.T., Summary:
I, Dominion over the earth before the call of Abraham.
(1) Dominion over creation was given to the first man and woman (Gen. 1. 26,
28). Through the fall this dominion was lost, Satan becoming “prince of this world”
(Mt. 4. 8-10; John 14. 30).
(2) After the flood, the principle of human government was established under
the covenant with Noah (Gen. 9, 1, note). Biblically this is still the charter of all
Gentile government,
II. The Theocracy in Israel. The call of Abraham involved, with much else,
the creation of a distinctive people through whom great purposes of God toward the
race might be worked out (see “Israel” Gen. 12. 1-3; Rom. 11. 26, summary).
Among these purposes is the establishment of a universal kingdom. The order
of the development of the Divine rule in Israel is:
(1) The mediatorship of Moses (Ex. 3. 1-10; 19. 9; 24, 12). =
(2) The {eadership of Joshua (Josh. 1, 1-5).
33 The institution of Judges (Jud. 2. 16-18),
P e cont out rejection of the Theocracy, and choice of a king—Saul (1 Sam.
» 1-7; 9. 12-17),
III. The Davidic kingdom.
fi) The divine choice of David (1 Sam. 16. 1-13).
(2) The giving of the Davidic Covenant (2 Sam. 7. 8-16; Psa. 89, 3, 4, 20, 28,
28-37).
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all the nations that come against
Jerusalem.
The Spirit poured out: the
pierced One revealed to the
delivered remnant.
apart, and their wives apart; the
family of Shimei apart, and their
wives apart; ‘
14 All the families that remain,
every family apart, and their wives
apart.
25 eo I —_ pour eer Mae house]a Holy Spirit. ’
of David, and upon the inhabitants il.2-15.
of Jerusalem, the ¢spirit of grace See CHAPTER 13.
and of supplications: and they shall "3s The repentant remnant pointed
look upon me whom they have}? John 19.37. to the cross
‘pierced, and they shall mourn for] , cp,;<¢ :
him, as one mourneth for his only| (Second N that ¢day there shall be a foun-
son, and shall be in bitterness for| Advent). tain opened to the house of David
him, as one that is in bitterness for Fees: and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
his firstborn. Acts 19-11.) |for sin and for uncleanness.
The repentance of the remnant. ODay, (of Idols and false prophets cease
11 In that day shall there be a cist 3 $414 (isa. 2.185 10. 11).
great mourning in Jerusalem, as Ceasink: 2 Andit shall come to pass in that
the mourning of Hadadrimmon in] p2y71933.' |day, saith the Lorp of hosts, that
the valley of Megiddon. 21.) I will cut off the names of the
12 And the land shall mourn, idols out of the land, and they shall
no more be remembered: and also
I will cause the prophets and the
unclean spirit to pass out of the
land.
3 And it shall come to pass, that
when any shall yet prophesy, then
every family apart; the family of
the house of David apart, and their
wives apart; the family of the
house of Nathan apart, and their
wives apart;
13 The family of the house of Levi
(3) The exposition of the Davidic Covenant by the prophets (Isa. 1. 25, 26 to
Zech. 12. 6-8. See marg. Isa. 1. 26, “‘Kingdom”’ and refs.). The kingdom as de-
scribed by the prophets is:
(a) Davidic, to be established under an heir of David, who is to be born of
a virgin, therefore truly man, but also “Immanuel,” ‘‘the mighty God, the everlast-
ing Father, the Prince of Peace” (Isa. 7. 13, 14; 9. 6, 7; 11. 1; Jer. 23.5; Ezk. 34. 23;
37. 24; Hos. 3. 4,5). ;
' (b) A kingdom heavenly in origin, principle, and authority (Dan. 2. 34, 35,
44, 45), but set up on the earth, with Jerusalem as the capital (Isa. 2. 2-4; 4. 3, 5;
24. 23; 33. 20; 62. 1-7; Jer. 23. 5; 31. 38-40; Joel 3. 1, 16, 17).
(c) The kingdom is to be established first over regathered, restored, and con-
verted Israel, and is then to become universal (Psa. 2. 6-8; 24.; 22.; Isa. 1. 2, 3;
11. 1, 10-13; 60. 12;. Jer. 23. 5-8; 30, 7-11;° Ezk.,20. 33-40; 37. 21-25; Zech. 9. 105
_14. 16-19), ;
(d) The moral characteristics of the kingdom are to be righteousness and
peace. The meek, not the proud, will inherit the earth; longevity will be greatly
increased; the knowledge of the LoRD will be universal; beast ferocity will be re-~
moved; absolute equity will be enforced; and outbreaking sin visited with instant
judgment; while the enormous majority of earth’s inhabitants will be saved (Isa.
11. 4, 6-9; 65. 20; Psa. 2.9; Isa. 26.9; Zech. 14. 16-21). The N.T. (Rev. 20. 1-5)
adds a detail of immense significance—the removal of Satan from the scene. It
is impossible to conceive to what heights of spiritual, intellectual, and physical per-
fection humanity will attain in this, its coming age of righteousness and peace
(Isa. 11. 4-9; Psa. 72. 1-10).
(e) The kingdom is to be established by power, not persuasion, and is to fol-
Jow divine judgment upon the Gentile world-powers (Psa._2. 4-9; Isa. 9. 7; Dan. 2.
35, 44, 45: 7. 26, 27; Zech. 14. 1-19). See Zech. '\6. 11, note.
(f) The restoration of Israel and the establishment of the kingdom are con-
nected with an advent of the Lord, wet future (Deut. 30. 3-5; Psa. 2, 1-9; Zech.
14, 4). e:
(g) The chastisement reserved for disobedience in the house of David (2 Sam.
7. 14; Psa. 89. 30-33) fell in the captivities and world-wide dispersiori, since which
time, though a remnant returned under prince Zerubbabel, Jerusalem has been
under the overlordship of Gentiles. But the Davidic Covenant has not been abro-
gated (Psa. 89. 33-37), but is yet to be fulfilled (Acts 15, 14-17).
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13 4] ZECHARIAH. [14 7
his father and his mother that be-|__B.c. 487. CHAPTER 14.
gat him shall say unto him, Thou
shalt not live; for thou speakest Summary of events at the re-
lies in the name of the LoRD: and turn of the LoRDin glory: (1)
his father and his aie) pie cas ce Armageddon.
gat him shall thrust him ‘ough;2 fee ee EHOLD, the /day of the Lorp
when he prophesieth. ene ’ Yeon
4 And it-shall come to pass in Zech iad. B cometh, and thy spoil shall be
(Deut.30.3; |divided in the midst of thee. :
ey ace Ob as viaOd, Acts 1.9-11.) | 2 For I will gather all nations
when he hath prophesied; neither|s Psa.22.16. |@8ainst Jerusalem to battle; and
the city shall be taken, and the
sreusthe V. Were a.sough senment tp ¢ Sacrifice houses rifled, and the women rav-
5 But he shall say, I am no Migene.” lished; and half of the city shall
sfor| (Gen.4.4; go forth into captivity, and the
Fan Lae ee eae Heb.10.18.) {residue of the people shall not be
5 - {cut off from the city.
pmevouth, 4 eae 3 Then shall the eve go forth,
The preaching to Israel after| Mal.3.1,2. and ‘fight against those nations,
the return of the Lorp. earn es when he fought in the day of
attle.
6 And one shall say unto ¢him,]|¢ mt.26.31, site B
What are these ’wounds in thine] 67;Mk.14. |(2) The visible return in glory:
Shands? Then he_ shall answer,| 27:65: 15-19- |” physical changes in Palestine
Those with which I was wounded] ¢ Day (of Je- (vs. 4, 10).
17 ‘Awake, 0 sword, agsinst_my| fiat” |,¢ And ‘is Mect ‘shall stand in
shepherd, and against the man that Pe Nace Lhe = Sefer é Sr ecuskt fess a she
ie my, fellow, Ach fis LORD of i) Jeast, 2and the mount of Olives shall
osts;, *smite -the-¢shepherd, an cleave in the midst thereof toward
the sheep shall be scattered: and I}, Armaged-
: : z the east and toward the west, and
wail fuse mine hand upon the little gon tiertte there shall be a very great valley;
Mt.24.27,28. |and half of the mountain shall re-
Résumé: Result of the Gentile| {5$7355* |move toward the north, and half of
invasion under the Beast. eae it toward the south.
; : h Ysa.52.7. S And ye shall flee to the valley
teal the eawi, oattn ho omy titolé Geicrulodene teens Seatac nnn
> ’ econ
parts therein shall be cut off and| Advent). Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye
die; but the third shall be left) Mt19-28. fled from before the Jearthquake in
ae Pb reer et pe rout) the days of Uzziah king of Judah:
9 An will bring the third part
and the LoRD my God shall come,
through the fire, and will refine)#Amos11. [and all the saints with thee.
them as silver is refined, and will 6 And it shall come to pass in that
try them as gold is tried: they shall day, that the light shall not be
call on my name, and I will hear clear, nor dark:
them: I will say, It 7s my people: 7 But it shall be one day which
and they shall say, The Lorp is shall be known to the Lorp, not
my God. day, nor night: but it shall come
1 Zech. 13. now returns to the subject of Zech. 12. 10. Verses 8, 9 refer to the
sufferings of the remnant (Isa. 1. 9; Rom. 11. 5) preceding the great battle. Zech.
14. is a recapitulation of the whole matter. ‘The order is: (1) The gathering of the
nations, v. 2 (see “Armageddon,” Rev. 16. 14; 19. 11, note); (2) the deliverance, ”
v. 3; (3) the return of Christ to the Mount of Olives, and the physical change of the
scene, vs. 4-8; (4) the setting up of the kingdom, and full earthly blessing, vs.
9-21.
2 Verse 5 implies that the cleavage of the Mount of Olives is due to an earth-
quake, and this is confirmed by Isa. 29. 6; Rev. 16.19. In both passages the context,
as in Zech. 14, (see vs. 1-3) associates the earthquake with the Gentile invasion
under the Beast (Dan. 7. 8; Rev. 19. 20). Surely, in a land seamed by seismic
disturbances it should not be difficult to believe that another earthquake might
cleave the little hill called the Mount of Olives. Not one of the associated events
of Zech. 14. occurred at the first coming of Christ, closely associated though Hé
then was with the Mount of Olives.
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to pass, that at evening time it
shall be light.
(3) The river of the sanctuary.
(Cf. Ezk. 47. 1-12; Rev. 22. 1, 2.)
§ And it shall bein that day, that
living waters.shall go out from Je-
rusalem; half of them toward the
former sea, and half of them toward
the hinder sea: in summer and in
winter shall it be.
(4) The kingdom set up on the
earth.
9 And the Lorp shail be king
over all the learth: in that day
shall there be one LORD, and his
name one.
10 Ali the land shall be turned as
a plain from Geba to Rimmon south
of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted
up, and inhabited in her place, from
Benjamin’s gate unto the place of
the first gate, unto the corner gate,
and from the tower of Hananeel
unto the king’s winepresses.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and
there shall be no more utter de-
struction; but Jerusalern shall be
safely inhabited.
12 And this shall be the plague
wherewith the LorpD will smite all
the people that have fought against
Jerusalem; Their flesh shall con-
sume away while they stand upon
their feet, and their eyes shall con-
sume away in their holes, and their
tongue shall consume away in their
mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that a great tumult from
the Lorp shall be among them;
and they shail lay hold every one
on the hand of his neighbour, and
his hand shall rise up against the
hand of his neighbour.
14 And Judah also shall fight at
ZECHARIAH.
ai.e. nations.
b Kingdom
(0. T.).vs.16-
; Zech.12.
c Or, bridies.
d Isa.23.18.
e Isa.35.8;
Joel 3.17;
Rev.21.27;
22.15.
f Eph.2.19-22.
Jerusalem; and the wealth of all
[14 21
the “heathen round about shall be
gathered together, gold, and silver,
and apparel, in great abundance.
15 And so shall be the plague of
the horse, of the mule, of the camel,
and of the ass, and of ail the beasts
that shali be in these tents, as this
plague.
(5) The worship and spirituality
of the kingdom.
16 And it shall come to pass, that
every one that is left of all the na-
tions which came against Jerusalem
shall even go up from year to year
to. worship the King, the LorD of
hosts, and to keep the feast of tab-
ernacles.
i7 And it shall be, that whoso
will not come up of a// the families
of the earth unto Jerusalem to wor-
ship the King, the Lorp of hosts,
even upon them shall be no rain.
18 And if the family of Egypt go
not up, and come not, that have no
rain; there shall be the plague,
wherewith the Lorp will smite the
heathen that come not up to keep
the feast of tabernacles.
19 This shall be the punishment
of Egypt, and the punishment of all
nations that come not up to keep
the feast of tabernacles.
20 In that day shall there be upon
the ‘bells of the horses, “HOLI-
NESS UNTO THE LORD; and
the pots in the Lorp’s house shall
be like the bowls before the altar.
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem
and in Judah shall be holiness unto
the LorpD of hosts: and all they
that sacrifice shall come and take
of them, and seethe therein: and in
that day there shall be no more the
eCanaanite in Jthe house of the
LorpD of hosts.
1 The final answer to the prayer of Mt. 6. 10,
(Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor. 15, 28).
“Kingdom (N.T.)
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Cf. Dan. 2. 44, 45; 7. 24-27. See
pes MALACHI ees
MaLacui, “my messenger,” the last of the prophets to the restored remnant after
the 70. years’ captivity, probably prophesied in the time of confusion during Nehe-
miah’s absence (Neh. 13.6). The burden of his message is, the love of Jehovah,
the sins of the priests and of the people, and the day of the LorD. Malachi, like
Zechariah, sees both advents, and predicts two forerunners (Mal. 3. 1 and 4. 5, 6).
As a whole, Malachi gives the moral judgment of God on the remnant restored
by His grace under Ezra and Nehemiah. He had established His house among
them, but their worship was formal and insincere.
The book is in four natural divisions: I. The love of God for Israel, 1. 1-5. HH.
The sins of the priests. rebuked, 1. 6-2. 9. III. The sins of the people rebuked,
2. 10-3. 18. IV. The day of the Lorn, 4. 1-6.
say, The table of the LorD is con-
B.C. 397.
CHAPTER 1. ———— | temptible,
Part I. The love of God for 8 And if ye offer the blind for
Israel (vs. 1-5). a Deut.4.37; | |Sacrifice, zs it not evil? and if ye
8. offer the lame and sick, is it not
HE burden of the word of the
Lorp to Israel by Malachi. |? Rom-9-13.
2 I have loved you, saith the} -ic. Esau’s
Lorp. Yet ye say, Wherein hast] descendants.
thou loved us? Was not Esau ace Gen.25.
Jacob’s brother? saith the Lorpb: :
yet I loved 5Jacob, d Mic.5.4.
3 And I hated Esau, and laid: his SSAITeE
mountains and his heritage waste] © wt15.4-8;
for the dragons of the wilderness. Eph.6.2.
4 Whereas “Edom saith, We are f1sa.63.16:
impoverished, but we will return|’ 648: jer.
and build the desolate places; thus} 31.9.
saith the Lorp of hosts, They shall Ore eaita
build, but I will throw down; and|® yA; os
they shall call them, The border of| among you
evil? offer it now unto thy gover-
nor; will he be pleased with thee,
or accept thy person? saith the
Lorp of hosts.
9 And now, I pray you, beseech
God that he will be gracious unto
us: this hath been by your means:
will he regard your persons? saith
the Lorp of hosts. 4
10 sWho is there even among
you that would shut the doors for
nought? neither do ye kindle fre
on mine altar for nought. I have
no pleasure in you, saith the Lorp:
of hosts, neither will I accept an
offering at your hand.
cee : t : a
wickedness, and, The people against edged ie, 1)“ or from the rising of the sun
bygen the Lorp hath indignation fofthe at (even Unto the going down of the
or ever. temple) tha
5 end your eyes shall see, and ye} 7° more ree ai ‘Gentil cagg rh be great
‘ aA See, SoTtAtS among the Gentiles; and in every
shall say, 4{he Lorp will be mag-| {Aouzg lplace incense shall be offered unto
nified from the border of Israel.: kindle on |
my name, and a pure offering: for
my name shalf be great among the
theathen, saith the LorpD of hosts.
mine altar.
Part If. The sins of the restora-| Cobalt
tion priests (Mal. Ag 2.9), hie. Sit 12 But ye have profaned it, in
6 A son ¢honoureth his father,| would have that ye say, The table of the Lorp
and a servant his master: lif then I reno Bed Is- {7s polluted 3 and the fruit thereof,
bea father, where is mine honour? ee Tonase even his meat, is contemptible.
and if I be a master, where is my Aan ate 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a
fear? saith the Lorp of hosts unto] _ shall be de- {weariness is it! and ye have snuffed
you, O priests, that despise my a Neer aah at it, saith the Lorn of hosts; and
name. And ye say, Wherein have : ye brought that which was torn
we despised thy name? fie. nations. jand the lame, and the sick; thus
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon ye brought an offering: should I
mine altar; and ye say, Wherein accept this of your hand? saith the
have we polluted thee? In that ye LorpD.
1Cf. Isa. 63. 16, note. The relationship here is national, not personal (Jer. 3.
18, 19); here, apparently, the Jews were calling Jehovah “Father,” but yielding
Him no filial obedience. See John 8. 37-39; Rom, 9. 1-8.
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1 4j MALACHI. [2 16
14 But cursed be the deceiver,] B.c. 397 9 Therefore have I also made
t cursed i sc. 397. “ef you
ee ee
; 5 f o the ae people, according as ye have
Sa a era Sat eiah. ties lies a Sea a
6 | artial in aw.
and my name is dreadful among a i.
ae heathen: Part III, (Mal. 2. 10-3. 18.) The
sins of the people: (1) sins
CHAPTER 2. against brotherhood.
UT he snes . 10 ¢Have we not all one father?
lS See a priests, hath not one God created us? why,
i : do we deal treacherously every man
AND now, O ye priests, this com- against his brother, by profaning
Zi seepomeDe ts for or ei a Peis the covenant of our fathers? :
ye will not hear, and if ye wi : A x 2
not lay it to heart, to give glory|s cCf.Deut.28. (2) Sins against God in the
unto my name, saith the Lorp of pre py vs. family.
hosts, I will even send acurse upon| }5:33- Js 11 Judah hath dealt treacher-
you, and I will “curse your bless- tinctive ously, and an abomination is com-
ings: yea, I have cursed them al- eae mitted in Israel and in Jerusalem;
ready, because ye do not lay it to] (g°8S i" |for Judah hath profaned the holi-
heart. P ness of the LoRD which he loved,
ee enold, eal corrupt Deut sec c eats and hath meused the daughter of a
and sprea ung upon your faces, an strange god.
even the dung of your solemn|¢cr.Acts 17. 12 The Lorp will cut off the man
feasts; and one shall take you rt In |that doeth this, the master and the
away with it. acai ie scholar, out of the tabernacles of
4 And ye shall know that I have} feference is |Jacob, and him that offereth an
sent this commandment unto you,| tocreation, offering unto the LorpD of hosts.
that my covenant might be with Ea new | 13 And this have ye done again,
Levi, saith the LorpD of hosts. rh covering the altar of the LorD with
» My ‘covenant was with him of|e Deity tears, with weeping, and with cry-
life and peace; and I gave them to rer. ). ling out, insomuch that he regardeth
him for the fear wherewith he (Geni: not the offering any more, or receiv-
feared me, and was afraid before} Mal.3.18.) |eth zt with good will at your hand.
my name. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Be-
“6 The law of truth was in his|’/Z0!” Spr | cause the LoRD hath been witness
mouth, and iniquity was not found between thee and the wife of thy
in his lips: he walked with me in youth, against whom thou hast
peace and Gouri _and did turn dealt ares ge yet ie ars by
Many away from iniquity. companion, and the wife of thy
7 For the priest’s lips should keep covenant.
knowledge, and they should seek 15 And did not he make one? Yet
the law at his mouth: for he is the had he the residue of the spirit.
Messenger of the LORD of hosts. And wherefore one? That he might
8 But ye are departed out of the seek a godly seed. Therefore take
ey: ve eave caused paaiy to heed to vpis spits and iS none
stumble at e law; ye have cor- eal treacherously against the wife
tupted the covenant of Levi, saith of his youth.
the Lorp of hosts. 16 For the Lorp, the God of Is-
1 Summary of the O.T. doctrine of the Holy Spirit: (1) The personality and
Deity of the Holy Spirit appear from the attributes ascribed to Him, and from
His works. (2) He is revealed as sharing the work of creation and therefore om-
nipotent (Gen. 1. 2; Job 26. 13; 33. 4; Psa. 104. 30); as omnipresent (Psa. 139. 7);
as striving with men (Gen. 6. 3); as enlightening (Job 32.8); enduing with con-
structive skill (Ex. 28. 3; 31. 3); giving physical strength (Jud. 14. 6, 19); execu-
tive ability and wisdom (Jud. 3. 10; 6. 34; 11. 29; 13. 25); enabling men to receive
and utter divine revelations (Num. 11. 25; 2 Sam. 23. 2); and, generally, as em-
powering the servants of God (Psa. 51. 12; Joel 2. 28; Mic. 3. 8; Zech. 4.6). (3) He
is called holy (Psa. 51.11); good (Psa. 143.10) ; the Spirit of judgment and burning
(Isa. 4. 4); of Jehovah, of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, good,
knowledge, the fear of the Lord (Isa. 11. 2), and of grace and supplications
(Zech. 12. 10). (4) In the O.T. the Spirit acts in free sovereignty, coming upon
men and even upon a dumb beast as He will, nor are conditions set forth (as in the
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% ae
2 17] MALACHI. eS 18
rael, saith that he hateth putting
away: for one covereth violence
with his garment, saith the LoRD of
hosts: therefore take heed to your
spirit, that ye deal not treacher-
ously.
(3) The sin of insincere religious
profession. a Mt.11.10;
17 Ye have wearied the Lorp| MEA)
with your words. Yet ye say,
4 . (mm?|6 Christ (First
Wherein have we wearied him: Vere
against the adulterers, “and against
false swearers, and against those
that oppress the hireling in Ayzs
wages, the widow, and the father-
less, and that turn aside the stran-
ger from his right, and fear not
me, saith the LorpD of hosts.
6 For I am the Lorp, ‘I change
not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are
not consumed.
Part III. resumed: The people
When ye say, Every one that doeth) ye11,93. have robbed God.
evil is good in the sight of the] (Gen.3.15;
Lorpb, and he delighteth in them;}| Acts 1.9.) 7 Even from the days of your
or, Where is the God of judgment?) . yya14.3. fathers ye are gone away from mine
ordinances, and have not kept
CHAPTER 3. d Rev.6.17. them. jReturn nahi rae I is
4th e1sa.4.4; Mt. |return unto you, sait e LORD o
Parenthesis:, The mission of|° 379147. hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall
John the Baptist and coming ?
f the Lord foretold (vs, 1-6).|fsaa.2s; [We Seer
AOE 28) ORC OF EL OIG Sea ea eee aaah 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye
EHOLD, I will send ¢my mes- have robbed me. But ye say,
senger, and *he shall prepare|*1Pet?5- Wherein have we robbed thee?
the way before me: and the !Lord,|h Zech.5.4: *In tithes and offerings.
whom ye seek, shall suddenly come} Jas.5.4,12. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for
to his temple, even the messenger] - . |ye have robbed me, even this whole
of the covenant, whom ye delight gba 3 nation :
) » WE om.11.29; mm a -
in: behold, he shall come, saith the} Jes-1-17. 10 ‘Bring ye all the tithes into the
PEt aie nage. abide “the day of poe ee oebrens Wotce und Shoes hie Ha
his coming? oe athe shall stand geen se OD saith the rane of Se
when he appeareth? for ¢he 7s like a 2 will not open you the windows
refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:| 7 Prov.3.9,10; |Of heaven, and pour you out a bless-
3 And ‘She shall sit as arefiner and} 1 Chr.26.20; jing, that there shail not be room
purifier of silver: and he shall pu- frenae sant enough to receive it.
rify the sons of Levi, and purge! 13.12. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer’
them as gold and silver, that they for your sakes, and he shail not de-
may Soffer unto the Lorp an offer- stroy the fruits of your ground;
ing in righteousness. neither shall your vine cast her
4 Then shall the offering of Judah fruit before the time in the field,
and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the saith the LorD of hosts.
LorD, as in the days of old, and as 12 And all nations shall call you
in former years. blessed: for ye shall be a delight-
5 And I will come near to you to some tand, saith the Lorp of hosts.
judgment; and I will be a swift 13 Your words have been stout
witness against the sorcerers, and against me, saith the LorD. Yet
N.T.) by complying with which any one may receive the Spirit. The indwelling of
every believer by the abiding Spirit is a N.T. blessing consequent upon the death and
resurrection of Christ (John 7. 39; 16. 7; Acts 2. 33; Gal. 3. 1-6). (5) The O.T.
contains predictions of a future pouring out of the Spirit upon Israel (Ezk. 37. 14:
39. 29), and upon “all flesh” (Joel 2. 28, 29). The expectation of Israel, therefore,
was twofold—of the coming of Messiah-Immanuel, and of such an effusion of the
Spirit as the prophets described. See Mt. 1. 18, refs.
1 The f.c. of verse 1 is quoted of John the Baptist (Mt. 11. 10; Mk. 1. 2: Lk. 7, 27),
but the second clause, ‘‘the Lord whom ye seek,” etc., is nowhere quoted in the
N.T. The reason is obvious: in everything save the fact of Christ’s first advent,
the latter clause awaits fulfilment (Hab. 2.20). Verses 2-5 speak of judgment, not
of grace. Malachi, in common with other O.T. prophets, saw both advents of
Messiah blended in one horizon, but did not see the separating interval described in
Mt. 13. consequent upon the rejection of the King (Mt. 13. 16, 17). Still less was
the Church-age in his vision (Eph. 3. 3-6; Col. 1. 25-27). “My messenger” (v. 1) is
John the Baptist; the “messenger of the covenant” is Christ in both of His advents,
but with especial reference to the events which are to follow His return,
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Ps lg ee
: 14) MALACHI. [4 2
ye say, What have we spoken so| B.C. 397. _|spare them, as a man spareth his
much against thee? , é 2 Tamptation.|OWH Son that serveth him.
14 Ye have said, It is vain to} mt41,3,7.| 18 Then shall ye return, and dis-
we ped — bees sees =. it ak seas Se the aie e and the
re hav e s ordinance, Btn ‘ ,
and that we jaca walked mourn- peer leGod at hiod that pe Lae
ENS te os ae
prou sa.1.9;
happy; yea, they that a wicked- Saree CHAPTER 4.
ness are set up; yea, they that) F4-19-%
“tempt God are even delivered. note. Part IV. The day of the Lorp.
T ; era OR, behold, the day fcometh
SS. 1.6. ’ , 5
"- ns are = unoreras “ rye Ptnat shall burn as an oven;
nen %the at ‘feared th Sele th
LorpD spake often one to puiotiies: e re ae 5 a6 Sepia) Sey as Se bs
and the LORD hearkened, and heard (Geni) * |the day that cometh shall burn
it, and a book of remembrance was] ¢ Day of Jeho- them up, saith the Lorp of hosts,
| eebatns ee oe oe anor vat vas F that if shell leave them neither roo
eared the % at thoug -24.29-31.. nor branch. :
upon his name. : ; Reval The second coming of Christ
17 And they shall be mine, saith| 21.) ‘ pote SE.
the Lorp of hosts, in that day when|gSee Gen.1. | 2 But unto you that “fear my
I make up my jewels; and I will| 16 70fe. name shall the 8Sun of righteous-
1 Summary of the O.T. revelation of Deity: God is revealed in the O.T. (1)
through His names, as follows:
CLASS. | ENGLISH FORM. HEBREW EQUIVALENT.
God El, Elah, or Elohim (Gen. 1.1, note)
Primary LORD Jehovah (Gen. 2. 4, note)
Lord Adon or Adonai (Gen. 15. 2, note)
a 4 faith Saar oe pe El Shaddai (Gen. 17. 1, note)
ompound (wi ost High, or
va El— God) Mhost higitGodl'¥ El Elyon (Gen. 14. 18, note)
everlasting God El Olam (Gen. 21. 33, note)
c rear netc i Lorp God Jehovah Elohim (Gen. 2. 4, note)
Sukie fe ) Lord Gop Adonai Jehovah. (Gen. 15. 2, note)
Jehovah = LoRD ( [Lorp of hosts Jehovah Sabaoth (1 Sam. 1.3, note)
; The Trinity is suggested by the three times repeated groups of threes. This
‘4s not an arbitrary arrangement, but inheres in the O.T. itself. _ $ :
This revelation of God by His names is invariably made in connection with
some particular need of His people, and th
names do not answer as showing that man n |
d fuller revelations of the divine fulness.
failure and sin but evoke new an
’s tru
(2) The O.T. Scriptures reveal the existen : ‘
of the universe and of man, the Source of all life and of all intelligence, who is to
be worshipped and served by men and angels.
jn some sense not fully revealed in
by the plural name, Elohim, by the use o
of Deity as evidenced in Gen. 1. 26; 3. 22; Psa. 110. 1; and Isa. 6. 8.
rality is really a Trinity is intimated in t
threefold ascription of the Seraphim in Isa. 6. 3.
the O:t.;
if
js that of Father and Son is directly asserted in
Spirit is distinctly recognized in His personality,
divine attributes (e.g. Gen. 1. 2; Num. 11. 25; 24. 2; Jud. 3.
14. 6, 19; 15. 14; 2 Sam. 23. 2; Job 26. 13; 33. 4; Psa, 106. 3
(3) The future incarna
63. 10. See Mal. 2. 15, note).
theophanies, or appearances of God in human form (e.
24-30), and distinctly predicted in the promises connec
Gen. 3. 15) and with the Davidic Covenant (e.g. Isa. 7. 13, 145
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the plural pronoun in the interrelation
he three primary names of Deity,
ere can be no need of man to which these
e resource is in God. Even human
ce of a Supreme Being, the Creator
This Supreme Being is One, but,
ty in plurality. This is shown
That this plu-
and in the
That the interrelation of Deity
Psa. 2. 7 (with Heb. 1. 5); and the
and to Him are ascribed all the
10; 6, 642 11er29 lo. os
3: 139. 7; Isa. 40. 7; 59. 195
tion is intimated in the
g. Gen. 18. 1, 13, 17-22; 32.
ted with redemption (e.g.
9. 6, 7; Jer. 23. 5, 6)»
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ness arise with healing in his wings;
and ye shall go forth, and grow up
as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the
wicked; for they shall be ashes un-
der the soles of your feet in the day
that I shall do this, saith the Lorp
of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses
my servant, which I commanded
unto him in Horeb for all Israel,
with the statutes and judgments.
B.C. 397.
Elijah to come again before the
day of the Lorp. (Cf. Rev.11.3-6.)
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah
the prophet before the coming of
the great and dreadful day of the
LorbD:
6 And he “shall turn the heart of
the fathers to the children, and the
heart of the children to their
fathers, lest I come and smite the
earth with a curse.
a Lk.1.17.
The revelation of Deity in the N.T. so illuminates that of the O.T. that the latter
is seen to be, from Genesis to Malachi, the foreshadowing of the coming incar-
nation of God in Jesus the Christ. In promise, covenant, type, and prophecy,
the O.T. points forward to Him. (4) The revelation of God to man is one of
authority and of redemption. He requires righteousness from man, but saves
the unrighteous through sacrifice; and in His redemptive dealings with man all
the divine persons and attributes are brought into manifestation. ‘The O.T.. re-
veals the justice of God equally with His mercy, but never in opposition to His
mercy. The flood, e.g., was an unspeakable mercy to unborn generations. From
Genesis to Malachi He is revealed as the seeking God who has no pleasure in the
death of the wicked, and who heaps up before the sinner every possible motive
to persuade to faith and obedience. (5) In the experience of the O:T. men of
faith their God inspires reverence but never slavish fear; and they exhaust the
resources of language to express their love and adoration in view of His loving-
kindness and tender mercy. ‘This adoring love of His saints is the triumphant
answer to those who pretend to find the O.T. revelation of God cruel and repel-
lent. It is in harmony, not contrast, with the N.T. revelation of God in Christ.
(6) Those passages which attribute to God bodily parts and human emotions
(e.g. Ex. 33. 11, 20; Deut. 29. 20; 2 Chr. 16. 9; Gen. 6.6, 7; Jer. 15. 6) are metaphorical
and mean that in the infinite being of God exists that which answers to these things
—eyes, a hand, feet, etc.; and the jealousy and anger attributed to Him are the
emotions of perfect Love in view of the havoc of sin. (7) In the O.T. revelation
there is a true sense in which, wholly apart from sin or infirmity, God is like His
creature man (Gen. 1. 27), and the supreme and perfect revelation of God, toward
which the O.T. points, is a revelation in and through a perfect Man.
FROM MALACHI TO MATTHEW.
THE close of the Old Testament canon left Israel in two great divisions. The mass
of the nation were dispersed throughout the Persian Empire, more as colonists
than captives. A remnant, chiefly of the tribe of Judah, with Zerubbabel, a prince
of the Davidic family, and the survivors of the priests and Levites, had returned to
the land under the permissive decrees of Cyrus and his successors (Dan. 5. 31, note;
9. 25, note), and had established again the temple worship. Upon this remnant
the interest of the student of Scripture centres; and this interest concerns both their
political and religious history.
I. Politically, the fortunes of the Palestinian Jews followed, with one exception
ow eo ei revolt—the history of the Gentile world-empires foretold by Daniel
an2%, ‘7:.).
(1) The Persian rule continued about one hundred years after the close of the
O.T. canon, and seems to have been mild and tolerant, allowing to the high priest,
along with his religious functions, a measure of civil power, but under the overlord-
ship of the governors of Syria. The sources of the history of the Jewish remnant
during the Persian period were purely legendary when Josephus wrote. During
this period the rival worship of Samaria (John 4. 19, 20) was established.
Palestine suffered much from the constant wars between Persia and Egypt,
lying as it did ‘‘between the anvil and the hammer.”’
(2) In 333 B.c. Syria fell under the power of the third of the world-empires, the
Grzco-Macedonian of Alexander. That conqueror, as Josephus relates, was in-
duced to treat the Jews with much favour; but, upon the breaking up of his empire,
Judza again fell between the hammer and the anvil of Syria and Egypt, falling first
under the power of Syria, but later under Egypt as ruled by the Ptolemaic kings.
During this period (B.c. 320-198) great numbers of Jews were established in Egypt,
and the Septuagint translation of the O.T. was made (B.c. 285).
(3) In B.c. 198 Judea was conquered by Antiochus the Great, and annexed to
Syria. At this time the division of the land into the five provinces familiar to read-
ers of the Gospels, Galilee, Samaria, Judzea (often collectively called Judza), Tra-
~chonitis and Perea, was made. The Jews at first were permitted to live under
their own laws under the high priest and a council. About B.c. 180 the land be-
came the dowry of Cleopatra, a Syrian princess married to Ptolemy Philometor,
king of Egypt, but on the death of Cleopatra was reclaimed by Antiochus Epiphanes
(the “‘little horn” of Dan. 8. 9, note), after a bloody battle. In 170 B.c., Antiochus,
after repeated interferences with the temple and priesthood, plundered Jerusalem,
profaned the temple, and enslaved great numbers of the inhabitants. December 25,
B.c. 168, Antiochus offered a sow upon the great altar, and erected an altar to
Jupiter. This is the “desolation” of Dan. 8. 13, type of the final ‘“‘abomination
of desolation” of Mt. 24. 15. The temple worship was forbidden, and the people
compelled to eat swine’s flesh.
(4) The excesses of Antiochus provoked the revolt of the Maccabees, one of the
most heroic pages of history. Mattathias, the first of the Maccabees, a priest of
great sanctity and energy of character, began the revolt. He did little more than
to gather a band of godly and determined Jews pledged to free the nation and re-
store the ancient worship, and was succeeded by his son Judas, known in history
as Maccabzus, from the Hebrew word forhammer. He was assisted by four brothers
of whom Simon is best known. f :
In B.c. 165 Judas regained possession of Jerusalem, purified and rededicated the
temple, an event celebrated in the Jewish Feast of the Dedication. The struggle
with Antiochus and his successor continued. Judas was slain in battle, his brother
Jonathan succeeding. In him the civil and priestly authority w2re united (B.c.
143). Under Jonathan, his brother Simon, and his nephew John Hyrcanus, the
Hasmonean line of priest-rulers was established, under sufferance of other powers.
They possessed none of the Maccabean virtues.
(5) A civil war followed, which was terminated by the Roman conquest of Judza
and Jerusalem by. Pompey (B.c. 63), who left Hyrcanus, the last of the Hasmoneans,
a nominal sovereignty, Antipater, an Idumean, wielding the actual power. B.C. 47
Antipater was made procurator of Juda by Julius Cesar, and appointed his son,
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Herod, governor of Galilee. After the murder of Czsar disorder ensued in Judza, |
and Herod fled to Rome. There he was appointed (B.c. 40) king of the Jews, and
returning, he conciliated the people by his marriage (B.c. 38) with Mariamne, the
beautiful grand-daughter of Hyrcanus, and appointed her brother, the Maccabean
Aristobulus III., high priest. Herod was king when jesus Christ was born. —
II. The religious history of the Jews during the long period from Malachi (B.c.
397) to Christ followed, as fo outer ceremonial, the high-priestly office, and the temple
worship, the course of the troublous political history, and is of scant interest.
Of greater moment are the efforts and means by which the real faith of Israel
was kept alive and nurtured. .
(1) The tendency to idolatry seems to have been destroyed by the Jews expe-
rience and observation of it during the captivity. Deprived of temple and priest,
and of the possibility of continuing a ceremonial worship, the Jewish people were
thrown back upon that which was fundamental in their faith, the revelation of God
as One, the Creator, to be conceived of as having made man in His own image, and
therefore as having such analogies to the nature and life of man as to be compre-
hensible by man, while remaining the Eternal Spirit, God. This conception of God,
enforced by the-mighty ministries of the pre-exilic and exilic prophets, finally pre-
vailed over all idolatrous conceptions, and this ministry was continued amongst the
returned remnant by Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The high ethics of the older
prophets, their stern rebuke of mere formalism, and their glowing prophecies of the
ultimate restoration of Israel in national and religious supremacy under Messiah,
were all repeated by the three prophets of the restoration.
The problem was to keep alive this exalted ideal in the midst of outward persecu-
tions and sordid and disgraceful divisions within.
2) The organic means to this end was the synagogue, an institution which
formed no part of the biblical order of the national life. Its origin is obscure. Prob-
ably, during the captivity, the Jews, deprived of the temple and its rites, met on
the Sabbath day for prayer. This would give opportunity for the reading of the
Scriptures. Such meetings would require some order of procedure, and some au-
thority for the restraint of disorder. The synagogue doubtless grew out of the
necessities of the situation in which the Jews were placed, but it served the purpose
of maintaining familiarity with the inspired writings, and upon these the spiritual
life of the true Israel (see Rom. 9. 6, note) was nourished.
(3) But during this period, also, was created that mass of tradition, comment
and interpretation, known as Mishna, Gemara (forming the Talmud) Halachoth,
Midrashim and Kabbala, so superposed upon the Law that obedience was trans-
ferred from the Law itself to the traditional interpretation.
_ (4) During this period also rose the two great sects known to the Gospel narra-
tives as Pharisees and Sadducees. (See Mt. 3.7, notes 2,3.) . The Herodians
were a party rather than a sect.
Amongst such a people, governed, under the suzerainty of Rome, by an Idumean
usurper, rent by bitter and unspiritual religious controversies, and maintaining an
elaborate religious ritual, appeared Jesus, the Son and Christ of God.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
AUTHORIZED VERSION
WITH A NEW SYSTEM OF CONNECTED TOPICAL REFER-
ENCES TO ALL THE GREATER THEMES OF SCRIPTURE,
WITH ANNOTATIONS, REVISED MARGINAL RENDERINGS,
SUMMARIES, DEFINITIONS, CHRONOLOGY, AND INDEX
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
HELPS AT HARD PLACES, EXPLANATIONS OF SEEMING DISCREPANCIES,
y AND A NEW SYSTEM OF PARAGRAPHS
EDITED BY
REV. C. I. SCOFIELD, D.D.
CONSULTING EDITORS:
REV. HENRY G. WESTON, D.D., LL.D., REV. PROF. W. G. MOOREHEAD, D.D.,
President Crozer Theological Seminary. Prof. in Xenia (U. TP.) Theological Seminary.
REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D.D., REV. ELMORE HARRIS, D.D.,
Dean of Moody Bible Institute. President Toronto Bible Institute,
REV. WILLIAM J. ERDMAN, D._D., ARNO C. GAEBELEIN,
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THE FOUR GOSPELS.
THE four Gospels record the eternal_bemg, human ancestry, birth, death, resur-
tection, and ascension of Jesus the Christ, Son of God, and Son of Man. They
tecord also a selection from the incidents of His life, and from His words and works.
Taken together, they set forth, not a biography but a Personality.
These two facts, that we have in the four Gospels a complete Personality, but
not a complete biography, indicate the spirit and intent in which we should approach
them. What is important is that through these narratives we should come to see
and know Him whom they reveal. It is of relatively small importance that we
should be able to piece together out of these confessedly incomplete records (John
21. 25) a connected story of His life. For some adequate reason—perhaps lest we
should be too much occupied with “Christ after the flesh’”—it did not please God to
cause to be written a biography of His Son. The twenty-nine formative years are
passed over in a silence which is broken but once, and that in but twelve brief verses
of Luke’s Gospel. It may be well to respect the divine reticencies.
But the four Gospels, though designedly incomplete as a story, are divinely per-
fect as a revelation. We may not through them know everything that He did, but
we may know the Doer. In four great characters, each of which completes the
other three, we have Jesus Christ Himself. The Evangelists never describe Christ
—they set Him forth. They tell us almost nothing of what they thought about
Him, they let Him speak and act for Himself.
This is the essential respect in which these narratives differ from mere biogra-
phy or portraiture. “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they
Be: life,” The student in whom dwells an ungrieved Spirit finds here the living
st.
_ The distinctive part which each Evangelist bears in this presentation of the liv-
ing Christ is briefly noted in separate Introductions, but it may be profitable to
add certain general suggestions.
I. The Old Testament is a divinely provided Introduction to the New; and who-
ever comes to the study of the four Gospels with a mind saturated with the Old
Testament foreview of the Christ, His person, work, and kingdom, will find them
open books.
For the Gospels are woven of Old Testament quotation, allusion, and type.
The very first verse of the New Testament drives the thoughtful reader back to
the Old; and the risen Christ sent His disciples to the ancient oracles for an explana-
tion of His sufferings and glory (Lk. 24. 27, 44, 45). One of His last min-
istries was the opening of their understandings to understand the Old Testa-
ment.
Therefore, in approaching the study of the Gospels the mind should be freed, so
far as possible, from mere theological concepts and presuppositions. Especially
is it necessary to exclude the notion—a legacy in Protestant thought from post-
apostolic and Roman Catholic theology—that the Church is the true Israel, and
that the Old Testament foreview of the kingdom is fulfilled in the Church.
Do not, therefore, assume interpretations to be true because familiar. Do not
assume that “the throne of David” (Lk. 1. 32) is synonymous with “My Father’s
throne” (Rev. 3. 21), or that “the house of Jacob” (Lk. 1. 33) is the Church com-
posed both of Jew and Gentile.
II. The mission of Jesus was, primarily, to the Jews (Mt. 10. 5, 6; 15. 23-25;
John 1. 11). He was ‘‘made under the law” (Gal. 4. 4), and was “‘a minister of the
circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers’
(Rom. 15. 8), and to fulfil the law that grace might flow out.
Expect, therefore, a strong legal and Jewish colouring up to the cross (e.g. Mt. 5.
17-19; 6. 12; cf. Eph. 4. 32; Mt. 10. 5, 6; 15. 22-28; Mk. 1. 44; Mt. 23. 2, etc.). The
Sermon on the Mount is law, not grace, for it demands as the condition of bless-
ore: as 3) that perfect character which grace, through divine power, creates
ye. 225, 23))
III. The doctrines of grace are to be sought in the Epistles, not in the Gospels;
but those doctrines rest back upon the death and resurrection of Christ, and upon
the great germ-truths to which He gave utterance, and of which the Epistles are
the unfolding. Furthermore, the only perfect example of perfect grace is the Christ
of the Gospels.
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IV. The Gospels do not unfold the doctrine of the Church. The word occurs
in Matthew only. After His rejection as King and Saviour by the Jews, our Lord,
announcing a mystery until that moment “hid in God” (Eph. 3. 3-10), said, “I will
build my church” (Mt. 16. 16, 18). It was, therefore, yet future; but His personal
ministry had gathered out the believers who were, on the day of Pentecost, by the
baptism with the Spirit, made the first members of “‘the church which is his body
(1 Cor. 12. 12, 13; Eph. 1. 23). : Aye : :
The Gospels present a group of Jewish disciples, associated on earth with a
Messiah in humiliation; the Epistles a Church which is the body of Christ in glory,
associated with Him in the heavenlies, co-heirs with Him of the Father, co-rulers
with Him over the coming kingdom, and, as to the earth, pilgrims and strangers
(1 Cor, 12. 12, 13; Eph. 1. 3-14, 20-23; 2. 4-6; 1 Pet. 2. 11). : :
V. The Gospels present Christ in His three offices of Prophet, Priest, and King.
As Prophet His ministry does not differ in kind from that of the Old Testament
prophets. It is the dignity of His Person which makes Him the unique Prophet.
Of old, God spoke through the prophets; now He speaks in the Son (Heb. 1. 1, ane
The old prophet was a voice from God; the Son is God Himself (Deut. 18. 18, 19
The prophet in any dispensation is God’s messenger to His people, first to estab-
lish truth, and, secondly, when they are in declension and apostasy to call them
back to truth. His message, therefore, is, usually, one of rebuke and appeal. Only
when these fall on deaf ears does he become a foreteller of things to come. In
this, too, Christ is at one with the other prophets. His predictive ministry fol-
lows His rejection as King. . i i?
The sphere and character of Christ’s Kingly office are defined in the Davidic
Covenant (2 Sam. 7. s-16, and refs.), as interpreted by the prophets, and confirmed
by the New Testament. The latter in no way abrogates or modifies either the
Davidic Covenant or its prophetic interpretation. It adds details which were not
in the prophet’s vision. The Sermon on the Mount is an elaboration of the idea of
“righteousness” as the predominant characteristic of the Messianic kingdom (Isa. 11.
2-5; Jer. 23. 5, 6; 33. 14-16). The Old Testament prophet was perplexed by see-
ing in one horizon, so to speak, the suffering and the glory of Messiah (1 Pet. 1-10;
11). The New Testament shows that these are separated by the present church-
age, and points forward to the Lord’s return as the time when the Davidic Covenant
of blessing through power will be fulfilled (Lk. 1. 30-33; Acts 2. 29-36; 15. 14-17);
just as the Abrahamic Covenant of blessing through suffering was fulfilled at His
first coming (Acts 3. 25; Gal. 3. 6-14).
Christ is never called King of the Church. “The King” is indeed one of the
divine titles, and the Church in her worship joins Israel in exalting ‘‘the king, eternal,
immortal, invisible’ (Psa. 10. 16; 1 Tim. 1.17). But the Church is to reign with
Him. The Holy Spirit is now calling out, not the subjects, but the co-heirs and
co-rulers of the kingdom (2 Tim. 2. 11, 12; Rev. 1.6;3. 21:5. 10; Rom. 8. is-18; 1 Cor 6.
2,
3),
Christ’s Priestly office is the complement of His prophetic office. The prophet
is God’s representative with the people; the priest is the people’s representative
with God. Because they are sinful he must be a sacrificer: because they are needy
he must be a compassionate intercessor (Heb. 5. 1, 2: 8. 1-3). So Christ, on the
cross, entered upon His high-priestly work, offering Himself without spot unto God
(Heb. 9. Hy as now He compassionates His people in an ever-living intercession
(Heb, 7. 25 ). Of that intercession John 17. is the pattern,
. Distinguish, in the Gospels, interpretation from moral application.
Much in the Gospels which belongs in strictness of interpretation to the Jew or the
kingdom, is yet such a revelation of the mind of God, and so based on eternal prin-
ciples, as to have a moral application to the people of God whatever their position
dispensationally. It is always true that the “pure in heart” are happy because
they “‘see God,” and that “‘woe”’ is the portion of religious formalists whether under
law or grace.
VII. Especial emphasis rests upon that to which all four Gospels bear a united
testimony. ‘That united testimony is sevenfold:
1. In all alike is revealed the one unique Personality. The one Jesus is King in
Matthew, Servant in Mark, Man in Luke, and God in John. But not only so: for
Matthew’s King is also Servant, Man, and God; and Mark’s Servant is also King,
and Man, and God; Luke’s Man is also King, and Servant, and God; and John’s
eternal Son is also King, and Servant, and Man.
The pen is a different pen; the incidents in which He is seen are sometimes dif-
ferent incidents; the distinctive character in which He is presented is a different
character; but He is always the same Christ. That fact alone would mark these
books as inspired.
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‘4 2. All the Evangelists record the ministry of John the Baptist.
3. All record the feeding of the five thousand.
4. All record Christ’s offer of Himself as King, according to Micah.
5. All record the betrayal by Judas; the denial by Peter; the trial, crucifixion,
and literal resurrection of Christ. And this record is so made as to testify that
the death of Christ was the supreme business which brought Him into the world;
that all which precedes that death is but preparation for it; and that from it flow
all the blessings which God ever has or ever will bestow upon man.
6. All record the resurrection ministry of Christ; a ministry which reveals Him
as unchanged by the tremendous event of His passion, but a ministry keyed to a
new note of universality, and of power. _
7. All point forward to His second coming.
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HOW TO USE THE SUBJECT REFERENCES.
. THE subject references lead the reader from the first clear mention of a great truth
to the last. The first and last references (in parenthesis) are repeated each time,
so that wherever a reader comes upon a subject he may recur to the first reference
and follow the subject, or turn at once to the Summary at the last reference.
ILLUSTRATION
(at Mark 1. 1.)
6 Gospel. vs.
1,14,15; Mk.
8.35. (Gen.
12.1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
Here Gospel is the subject; vs. 1, 14, 15 show where it is at that particular place;
Mk. 8. 35 is the next reference in the chain, and the Teferences in parenthesis are
the first and last.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
11)
WRITER.
ST. MATTHEW.
The writer of the first Gospel, as all agree, was Matthew, called also
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Levi, a Jew of Galilee who had taken service as a tax-gatherer under the Roman
oppressor.
He was, therefore, one of the hated and ill-reputed publicans.
The date of Matthew has been much discussed, but no convincing reason has
been given for discrediting the traditional daté of A.D. 37.
Theme.
The scope and purpose of the book are indicated in the first verse.
Matthew is the “book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son
of Abraham” (Mt. 1. 1).
This connects Him at once with two of the most im-
nortant of the Old Testament covenants: the Davidic Covenant of kingship, and the
Abrahamic Covenant of promise (2 Sam. 7. 8-16; Gen. 15. 18).
Of Jesus Christ in that twofold character, then, Matthew writes.
Following the
order indicated in the first verse, he writes first of the King, the Son of David; then
of the Son of Abraham, obedient unto death, according to the Isaac type (Gen. 22.
1-18; Heb. 11. 17-19).
But the prominent character of Christ in Matthew is that of the covenanted King,
David’s “righteous Branch” (Jer. 23. 5; 33. 15). Matthew records His genealogy;
His birth in Bethlehem the city of David, according to Micah (5
. 2); the minis-
try of His forerunner according to Malachi (3. i); the ministry of the King Him-
self; His rejection by Israel; and His predictions of His second coming in power
and great glory.
Only then (Mt. 26.-28.) does Matthew turn to the earlier covenant, and record
the sacrificial death of the Son of Abraham.
This determines the purpose and structure of Matthew. It is peculiarly the
Gospel for Israel; and, as flowing from the death of Christ, a Gospel for the
world.
Matthew falls
into three principal divisions:
whole
I. The manifestation to Israel and rejection of Jesus Christ the Sort of David,
born King of the Jew8, 1. 1-25. 46- The subdivisions of this part are: (1) The official
genealogy and birth of the King, 1. 1-25; (2) the infancy and obscurity of the King,
2, 1-23; (3) the kingdom “at hand,” 3. 1-12. 50 (the order of events of this sub-
division is indicated in the text); (4) the mysteries of the kingdom, 13. 1-52; (5) the
ministry of the rejected King, 13. 53-23. 39; (6) the promise of the King to return
in power and glory, 24. 1-25. 46.
Il. The sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of Abraham, 26
1-28. 8.
III, The risen Lord in ministry to His own, 28. 9-20.
The events recorded in Matthew cover a period of 38 years (Ussher).
CHAPTER 1.
S eee book of the generation of
Jesus Christ, the son of David,
the son of Abraham,
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac
begat Jacob; and Jacob begat #Ju-
das and his brethren,
3 And Judas begat 'Phares and
Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat
Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram;
4 And Aram begat Aminadab;
and Aminadab begat Naasson, and
‘Naasson begat Salmon;
5 And Salmon begat “Booz of Ra-
chab; and Booz begat Obed of
Rath, and Obed begat Jesse; _
6 And Jesse begat David the king;
and David the king begat Solomon
a Judah, Gen.
29.35.
b Pharez, Gen.
38.27
¢ Boaz, 1 Chr.
¢ Rehoboam,
1 Ki.11.43.
f Abijah,
2 Chr.11.20.
g Jehosha-
phat, 1 Chr.
3.10.
h Uzziah, 2 Ki.
15.13. Called
also Azariah,
2 Chr.22.6.
é Ahaz, 2 Ki
38.
j Josiah, 1 Ki.
13.2.
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of her that had been the wife of
@Urias;
7 And Solomon begat “Roboam;
and Roboam begat fAbia, and Abia
begat Asa;
8 And Asa begat *Josaphat, and
Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram
begat “Ozias;
9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and
Joatham begat *Achaz; and Achaz
begat Ezekias; .
10 And Ezekias begat Manasses,
and Manasses begat Amon; and
Amon begat JJosias;
And Josias begat Jechonias
and his brethren, about the time
ney were cafried away -to Baby-
ion:
| 12 And after they were brought to
1 13] St. MATTHEW. (2%
Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; 20 But while he thought on these
and Salathiel begat ¢Zorobabel;
13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud;|¢ Zerubbabel,
» and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eli-| 1°'*34% |saying, Joseph, thou son of David,
akim begat Azor; b Christ (First|fear not to take unto thee Mary thy
14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and} Advent). wife: for that which is conceived in
Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim be- pee her is of the Holy Ghost.
gat Eliud; Acts 1.9.) 21 And she shall bring forth a son,
15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and and thou shalt call his name
Eleazar begat Matthan; and Mat- ee coer JESUS: for he shall “save his peo-
than begat Jacob; 20; Mt.3.11- |ple from their Jsins.
16 And Jacob begat Joseph the| 16. piel. 22 Now all this was done, that
husband of 1Mary, 20f whom was| 7% 4cts 24) lit micht be fulfilled which was
born Jesus, who is called 3Christ. |¢Gr. an spoken 8of the Lord by the prophet,
17 So all the generations from| @néel. saying, Me ‘
Abraham to David are fourteen), Rom.1.16, 23 Behold, “a virgin shall be with
rd ii bela and from Dar aa note. ie ccrmie an bree forth a ah,
the carrying away into Babylon an ey shall ca is name Em-
are fourteen senesations: pag aa es manuel widen being interpreted is,
the carrying away into Babylon od with us.
unto Christ are fourteen genera- bf ae creas! 24 Then Joseph being raised from
tions, through the|SiceP did as the ‘angel of the Lord
prophet. had bidden him, and took unto him
Conception and birth of Jesus ae a
(Lk. ‘ Renee a aed s Poh Aa, a} oie ee ea 25 And knew her not till she had
18 °Now the birth of Jesus Christ HeeeR brought forth her firstborn son: and
Wart 98 es ee es = is oe he called his name JJESUS.
seph, before they came together,| j The Gr.
she was found with child of the| form of the
“Holy Ghost. erp
19 Then Joseph her husband, be-| meaning
ing a just man, and not willing to| Saviour.
make her a publick example, was}, 14 94-7,
minded to put her away privily.
CHAPTER 2.
Visit of the Magi.
5 Now when Jesus was “born in
-% Bethlehem of Judza inthe days
of 4Herod the king, behold, there
1 Six Marys are to be distinguished in the N.T.: (1) Mary the mother of Jesus;
always clearly identified by the context. (2) Mary Magdalene, a woman of Mag-
dala, “‘out of whom went seven demons” (Lk. 8.2). She is never mentioned apart
from the identifying word “Magdalene.” (3) The mother of James (called “the
less,” Mk. 15. 40) and Joses, the apostles. A comparison of John 19, 25, Mt. 27. 56,
and Mk. 15. 40 establishes the inference that this Mary, the mother of James the
less, and of Joses, was the wife of Alpheus (called also Cleophas, John 19. 25), and
a sister of Mary the mother of Jesus. Except in Mt. 27. 61, and 28. 1, where she
is called “the other Mary” (i.e. “other” than her sister, Mary the Virgin); and
John 19. 25, where she is called “of Cleophas,” she is mentioned only in connec-
tion with one or both of her sons. (4) Mary of Bethany, sister of Martha and
Lazarus, mentioned by name only in Lk. 10. 39, 42; John 11, 1, 2, 19, 20, 28, 31, 32, 45;
12. 3, but referred to in Mt. 26. 7; Mk. 14. 3-9. (5) The mother of John Mark
and sister of Barnabas (Acts 12, 12). (6) A helper of Paul in Rome (Rom. 16. 6).
k 2 The changed expression here is important. It is no longer, “who begat,” but
Mary, of whom was born J esus.” Jesus was not “begotten” of natural generation.
3 Christ (Christos =anointed), the Greek form of the Hebrew “Messiah”
(Dan, 9. 25, 26), is the official name of our Lord, as Jesus is His human name (Lk.
Lesh ae 21). The name, or title, “Christ,” connects Him with the entire O.T.
foreview (Zech. 12. 8, note) of a coming Prophet (Deut. 18, 15-19), Priest (Psa.
110. 4), and King (2 Sam. 7. 7-10). As these were typically anointed with oil (1 Ki.
19. 16; Ex. 29. 7; 1 Sam. 16 13), so Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit (Mt.
isi 16; Mk. 1. 10, 11; Lk. 3. 21, 22; John 1. 32, 33), thus becoming Officially ‘the Christ,?
Called Herod the Great, son of Antipater, an Idumean (see Gen. 36. 1, note)
and _ Cypros, an Arabian woman, Antipater was appointed Procurator of Judea
by Julius Cesar, B.c.47. At the age of fifteen Herod was appointed to the govern-
ment of Galilee. B.C. 40 the Roman senate made him king of Judea. An able
strong, and cruel man, he increased greatly the splendour of Jerusalem erecting the
temple which was the centre of Jewish worship in the time of our Lord.
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things, behold, ¢the angel of the\_
Lord appeared unto him in a dream,\ vo
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came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born
1eKing of the Jews? for we have
seen his star in the east, and are
come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard
these things, he was troubled, and
all Jerusalem with him. <
4 And when he had gathered all]? Nags",
the chief priests and “scribes of the! 2.6. “(Lk.1.
people together, he demanded of| 31-33; 1 Cor.
them where oChrist should be born.| 15-24)
5 And they said unto him, In|pLit. the
Bethlehem of Juda: ‘for thus it is} Christ
written by the prophet, ¢ Christ (First
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the] Advent). Mt.;and be thou there until I bring thee
land of Juda, art not the least) 4.15,16. word: for Herod will seek the young
amos > oro for ae eee sigid ito glestany, him. 2
of thee shall come a Governor, that 1 en he arose, he took the
shall ¢rule my people Israel. d Kingdom |young child and his mother by
_7 Then Herod, when he had priv- wer night, and departed into Egypt:
ily called the wise men, enquired) (1131-33; | 15 And was there until the death
of them diligently what time the] 1 Cor.15.28.) jof Herod: that it might be fulfilled
Se eda them to Bethle x pac a Hip cule cartier pe
hem, and said, Go and cord pac f Lit.an angel.|have I called my son.
gently for the young child; an : :
when ye have found him, bring me 5 pee oe Herod ‘ PGA bas of the
word again, that I may come and] through the .
child with Mary his mother, and
fell down, and worshipped him: and
when they had opened their treas-
ures, they presented unto him gifts; ©
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a
dream that they should not return
to Herod, they departed into their
own country another way.
The flight into Egypt.
13. And when they were departed, } ,
behold, fthe angel of the Lord ap-."”
peareth to Joseph in a dream, say-
ing, Arise, and take the young chiid
and his mother, and flee into Egypt,
worship him also. prophet. 16 Then Herod, when he saw that
9 When they had heard the king,| », #403.11.1. he was mocked of the wise men, was
they departed; and, lo, the star, exceeding wroth, and sent forth,
which they saw in the east, went and slew all the children that were
before them, till it came and stood in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts
over where the young child was. thereof, from two years old and
10 When they saw the star, they under, according to the time which
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. he had diligently enquired of the
11 And when they were come in- wise men.
to the house, they saw the young 17 Then was fulfilled that which
1 “The King” is one of the divine titles (Psa. 10. 16), and so used in the worship
of the Church (1 Tim 1. 17), but Christ is never called ‘““King of the Church.” He
is “King of the Jews” (Mt. 2. 2) and Lord and “Head of the Church” (Eph. 1. 22,
93). See “Church” (Mt. 16. 18; Heb. 12. #3) A 1's ; ’
2Gr. grammateis, “writer.” Heb. sopherim, “to write,” “set in order,”
‘count.’ The scribes were so called because it was their office to make copies of the
Scriptures; to classify and teach the precepts of the oral law (see “Pharisees,” Mt.
3. 7, note), and to keep careful count of every letter in the O.T. writings. Such an
office was necessary in a religion of law and precept, and was an O.T. function
(2 Sam, 8.17; 20. 25; 1 Ki.4. 3; Jer. 8.8; 36.10,12,26). To this legitimate work the
scribes added a record of rabbinical decisions on questions of ritual (Halachoth);
the new code resulting from those decisions (Mishna); the Hebrew sacred legends
(Gemara, forming with the Mishna the Talmud); commentaries on the O.T. (Mid-
tashim); reasonings upon these ( Hagada); and, finally, mystical interpretations
which found in Scripture meanings other than the grammatical, lexical, and obvious
ones (the Kabbala); not unlike the allegorical method of Origen, or the modern
Protestant “spiritualizing” interpretation. In our Lord’s time, to receive this
mass of writing superposed upon the Scriptures was fo be orthodox; to return to the
Scriptures themselves was heterodoxy—our Lord’s most serious offence.
3 The words quoted are in Hos. 11. 1, and the passage illustrates the truth that
prophetic utterances often have a latent and deeper meaning than at first appears.
Israel, nationally, was a ‘‘son” (Ex. 4. 22), but Christ was the greater “Son.” see
Rom. 9. 4, 5; Isa. 41. 8, with Isa. 42. 1-4; 52. 13, 14, where the servant-nation and the
Servant-Son are both in view. 0
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a ei i ee
was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, B.C. 3. be fulfilled which was spoken by
saying, |——....—|the prophets, ¢He shall be called a
18 *In Rama was there a voice es Nazarene.
heard, lamentation, and weeping,|’ jor.”
and great mourning, Rachel weep-|c Son of Herod CHAPTER 3.
ing for her children, and would not pe Great(Mt.) ee
-1) and Mal-) Ministry of John the Baptist
be comforted, because they are not.| thace, a Sa. (Mie 1 Be? Be PG oot 8.
maritan
The return from Egypt to Naza-| woman, | De- 6-8, 19-28).
reth. (Cf. Lk. 2. 39, 40.) a Pe obably re- | IN ‘those days came John the Bap-
19 But when Herod was dead, be- wens © tist, preaching in the wilderness
ae «ly,
~ hold, an angel of the Lord appéar-| Where Christ |Of Judea,
eth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,| is spokenofas| 2 And ‘saying, ‘Repent ye: for
20 Saying, Arise, and take the) (4 7etzer | sthe “kingdom of heaven is ‘at hand.
young child and his mother, and] {,,°¢)08"| 3 For this is he that was spoken
go into the land of Israel: for they of. Jesse." pa the prophet Esaias, faving,
i cts 17. bs
Gates We, e* lsu Losses Sion] 2, wOIML > \dermesed Pune ion wate
21 And he arose, and took the]’ vs.2,8,11; Mt.| ‘Lord, make his paths straight.
young child and his mother, and 4.17. (Mt.3.2;| 4 And the same John had his rai-
came into the land of Israel. ¢inadions ON. ment of camel’s hair, and a leathern
22 But when he heard that “Ar-|" 7). "Mt.4.17.| gitdle about his loins; and his meat
chelaus did reign in Judza in the| (k.1.31-33; | was locusts and wild honey.
room of his father Herod, he was RESET oe, 5 Then went out to him Jerusa-
afraid to go thither: notwithstand-| 2; Mt.4.23. '|lem, and ail Judea, and all the re-
ing, being warned of God in aj (Gen.12.1-3; | gion round about Jordan,
dream, he turned aside into the]; ¥syi4¢) 6 And were baptized of him in
parts of Galilee: Isa.40.3. Jordan, confessing their /sins.
23 And he came and dwelt in ali Sin. Rom.3.| 7 But when he saw many of the
city called Nazareth: that it might] 23 ote- *Pharisees and 3Sadducees come to
1 (1) The phrase, kingdom of heaven (lit. of the heavens), is peculiar to Matthew
and signifies the Messianic earth rule of Jesus Christ, the Son of David. It is called
the kingdom of the heavens because it is the rule of the heavens over the earth
(Mt. 6.10). The phrase is derived from Daniel, where it is defined (Dan, 2. 34-36,
44; 7. 23-27) as the kingdom which ‘‘the God of heaven’’ will set up after the de-
struction by ‘‘the stone cut out without hands’’ of the Gentile world-system, It is
the kingdom: covenanted to David’s seed (2 Sam. 7. 7-10, refs.); described in the
prophets (Zech. 12. 8, note); and confirmed to Jesus the Christ, the Son of Mary,
through the angel Gabriel (Lk. 1. 32, 33).
(2) The kingdom of heaven has three aspects in Matthew: (a) “at hand”
from the beginning of the ministry of John the Baptist (Mt. 3. 2) to the virtual
rejection of the King, and the announcement of the new brotherhood (Mt. 12. 46-
50); (b) in seven “mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,” to be fulfilled during the
present age (Mt. 13. 1-52), to which are to be added the parables of the kingdom
of heaven which were spoken after those of Mt. 13., and which have to do with the
sphere of Christian profession during this age; (c) the prophetic aspect—the king-
dom to be set up after the return of the King in glory (Mt. 24. 29-25. 46; Lk. 19.
12-19; Acts 15. 14-17). See “Kingdom (N.T.)” (Lk. 1. 33; 1 Cor. 15. 28). Cf. “King-
dom of God,’ Mt. 6. 33, note.
2 So called from a Heb. word meaning “separate.’”’ After the ministry of the post-
exilic prophets ceased, godly men called ‘“‘Chasidim” (saints) arose who sought to
keep alive reverence for the law amongst the descendants of the Jews who returned
from the Babylonian captivity. This movement degenerated into the Pharisaism
of our Lord’s day—a letter-strictness which overlaid the law with traditional inter-
pretations held to have been communicated by Jehovah to Moses as oral explana-
tions of equal authority with the law itself (cf. Mt. 15. 2, 3; Mk. 7. 8-13: Gal. 1. 14),
The Pharisees were strictly a sect. A member was “chaber” (i.e. “knit to-
gether,” Jud. 20. 11), and took an obligation to remain true to the principles of
Pharisaism, They were correct, moral, zealous, and self-denying, but self-righteous
(Lk. 18. 9), and destitute of the sense of sin and need (Lk. 7. 39). They were the
foremost persecutors of Jesus Christ and the objects of His unsparing denunciation
(e.g. Mt. 23, 13-29; Lk. 11. 42, 43).
3 Not strictly a sect, but rather those amongst the Jews who denied the existence
of angels or other spirits, and all miracles, especially the resurrection, They were
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his baptism, he said unto them, O
“generation of vipers, who hath
warned you to flee from the wrath
to come?
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A.D. 27
a Lit. progeny.
6 Repentance.
[4 4
15 And Jesus answering said unto
him, 1Suffer it to be so now: for
thus it becometh us to fulfil all
Then he suffered
2 2,8,11; ‘righteousness.
Bring forth therefore fruits meet Me 4.17 im.
or “repentance: £.3.25 16 And 2Jesus, when he was bap-
5 5 5 A 30. . zi 5 Pp
9 And think not to say within ool Soiek. tized, went up straightway out of
yourselves, We have Abraham to reaps the water: and, lo, the heavens
our father: for I say unfo you, that my ane -18;/were opened unto him, and he saw
God is able of these stones to raise
up children unto Abraham‘
d would have
hindered.
the Spirit of God descending like a
dove, and lighting upon him:
10 And now also the axe is laid - Rare 3.7, 17 And lo a voice from heaven,
unto the root of the trees; therefore! -Tit “rnis is |Saving, /This is my beloved Son, in
every tree which bringeth not forth|’ my Son— |whom I am well pleased.
good aes hewn down, and cast Se Pelaved:
into the fire. Mk9.7:.
11 I indeed baptize you with] Lk.9.3s. CHAPTER 4.
water unto repentance: but he that) CfIsa.42.1
cometh after me is mightier than I,|, Holy Spirit, |The temptation of Jesus (Mk.1.
whose shoes I am not worthy to] Mt.10.20. 12, 13; Lk. 4. 1-13; cf. Gen. 3. 6).
bear: he shall baptize you with the yey es
“Holy Ghost, and with fite: h Temptation.|*/ | HEN was Jesus led up of the
12 Whose fan is in his hand, and) vs.1,3,7; Mt. &spirit into the wilderness to
he will throughly purge his-floor,, °.13. eRe be *tempted of the ‘devil.
and gather his wheat into the gar-| ; ie 4) | 9 And when he had fasted forty
ner; but he wii burn up the chaff| Gr.diabolos, |days.and forty nights, he was after-
with unquenchable fire. pres Pare * epee
> ee ais METOS when the tempter came to
panceay of: agua (ME. San U5! 96. (Gen 3.1; him, he said, If thou be the Son of
es pe NG es, : é wet © i Se ea God, command that these stones be
en cometh Jesus from -|k Inspiration. |made bread.
lee to Jordan unto John, to be| vs.4,7,10; 4 But he answered and said, It is
baptized of him. ) : KP ETE written, JMan shall not live by
14 But John 4forbad him, saying,| Rey2219,.) |bread alone, but by “every word
I have need to be baptized of thee,|! Jehovah. {that proceedeth out of the mouth of
‘and comest thou to me? Deut.8.3. ‘God.
the religious rationalists of the time (Mk. 12. 18-23; Acts 5. 15-17; 23. 8), and strongly
entrenched in the Sanhedrin and priesthood (Acts 4. 1; 5. 17).
They are identified
with no affirmative doctrine, but were mere deniers of the supernatural. _
1 Why one who needed no repentance should insist upon receiving a rite which
signified confession ~(v. 6) and repentance (v. 11) is nowhere directly explained.
It may be suggested: (1) That Jesus was now to receive His anointing with the
-Holy Spirit (v. 16) unto His threefold office of Prophet, Priest, and King. In the
Levitical order (Ex. 29. 4-7) the high priest was first washed, then anointed. While
Christ’s priestly work did not begin till He ‘‘offered Himself without spot to God’’
(Heb. 9. 14), and His full manifestation as the King-Priest after the order of Mel-
chisedek awaits the kingdom (Gen. 14. 18, note), yet He was then anointed, once
for all. (2) But John’s baptism was the voice of God to Israel, and the believing
remnant responded (v. 5). It was an act of righteousness on the part of Him
who had become, as to the flesh, an Israelite, to take His place with this believing
remnant.
2 For the first time the Trinity, foreshadowed in many ways in the O.T., is fully
manifested. .The Spirit descends upon the Son, and at the same moment the Father’s
voice is heard from heaven.
3 The temptation of Christ, the “last Adam” (1 Cor. 15. 45), is best understood
when contrasted with that of ‘‘the first man Adam.” Adam was tempted in his
place of lord of creation, a lordship with but one reservation, the knowledge of
good and evil (Gen. 1. 26; 2. 16, 17). Through the woman he was tempted to add
that also to his dominion. Falling, he lost all. But Christ had taken the place of
a lowly Servant, acting only from and in obedience to the Father (Phil. 2. 5-8;
John 5. 19; 6. 57; 8. 28, 54. Cf. Isa. 41. 8, note), that He might redeem a. fallen
race and a creation under the curse (Gen. 3. 17-19; Rom. 8. 19-23), Satan’s one
object in the threefold temptation was to induce Christ to act from Himself, in
independency of His Father. The first two temptations were a challenge to Christ
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5. Then the devil taketh him up| A.D. 27. 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came
into the /¢holy city, and setteth him and dwelt in Capernaum, which is
on a pinnacle of the temple, anctif upon the sea coast, in the borders
Bp c 2 as. ‘y, :
6 And saith unto him, If thou be} hAoly(¢hings)|of Zabulon and Nephthalim: __
the Son of God, cast thyself down: DRS 3 ro 14 That it might be fulfilled which
for ie pitts Heschel ae Be ee Aa ae ae by Esaias the prophet,
angels charge e E b.1.4, ;
eek in their hands they shall bear : 78 ; 15 The land of Zabulon, and the
thee up, lest at any time thou dash} Psa.91.12, and of garg ew oe Hay of
thy foot against a stone. ¥ 2. e sea, beyond Jordan, ee 0
7 Jesus said unto him, It is writ-)¢ qenesek, the /Gentiles; , ' ‘
ten again, Thou shalt not tempt the 16 The people which sat in dark
dLord thy God. e pepor ae ness saw great élight; Kees $a: them
8 Again, the devil taketh him up} 10.20. ’. |which sat in the region and shadow
into an exceeding high mountain,|¢ Carist (First|0f death light is sprung up.
and sheweth him ail the kingdoms} Advent). 17 From that time Jesus began to
of the 2world, and the glory of pene SR pre Speke say, pu in ee
them; Acts 1.9.) |/kingdom of heaven “is ?at hand.
9 And saith unto him, All these] ¢1sa.42.6,7. | The call of Peter and Andrew to
things will I give thee, if thou wilt]; tsa.9.1,2. . = Fog sett Tit
fall ow ee a my i Repentance. nario (Mk. 1. 16-20; cf. ae
i to him, £.9.13. :
oa enlace for it is ts. raed 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea
Thou shalt worship the ‘Lord thy j Kind dom \o! Galilee, saw /two brethren,
God, and him only shalt thou)” at). mt.s.|Simon called Peter, and Andrew
serve. 2,35, and his brother, casting a net into the
11 Then the devil leaveth him,| 7°‘ Cea sea: for they were fishers.
and, behold, ’angels came and min-
19 And he saith unto them, Fol-
istered unto him. kMt.3 2, low me, and I will make you fishers
toc ;| note of men.
Jesus comes to Capernaum and) jp... and 20 And they straightway left
Begins > dis) publio Vansste ye john were their nets, and followed him
(Mk. 1. 14; Lk. 4. 14, 15). aoe ae is , .
ciples je}
12 Now when Jesus had heard} 1.35-42). The col gf Shatre John,
that John was cast into prison, he eee :
departed into Galilee;
21 And going on from thence, he
from the god of this world to prove Himself indeed the Son of God (vs. 3, 6).
The
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third was the offer of the usurping prince of this world to divest himself of that
which rightfully belonged to Christ as Son of man and Son of David, on the con-
dition that He accept the sceptre on Satan’s world+principles (cf. John 18. 36; Rev.
13.8, note). Christ defeated Satan by a means open to His humblest follower, the
intelligent use of the word of God (vs. 4, 7). In his second temptation Satan also
used Scripture, but a promise available only to one in the path of obedience. The .
scene gives apness to the vital importance of “rightly dividing the word of truth”
2 Tim, 2. 15).
1 In the N.T. one Greek word, hagios, in its various forms, is rendered, “holy,”
“holiness,” “sanctify,” “sanctified,” “sanctification.” Like the Heb. qodesh, it
signifies “set apart for God.” The important references follow Mt. 4.5, mars.
The Greek word kosmos means “order,”’ “arrangement,” and so, with the
Greeks, “‘beauty”; for order and arrangement in the sense of system are at the
bottom of the Greek conception of beauty. ;
When used in the N.T. of humanity, the “world” of men, it is organized
humanity—humanity in families, tribes, nations—which is meant. The word for
chaotic, unorganized humanity—the mere mass of men—is thalassa, the “‘sea’”’ of
men (e.g. Rev. 13.1). For “world” (kosmos) in the bad ethical sense, see John
7.7, refs.
3 “At hand” is never a positive affirmation that the person or thing said to be
“at hand” will immediately appear, but only that no known or predicted event
must intervene. When Christ appeared to the Jewish people, the next thing, in the
order of revelation as it then stood, should have been the setting up of the Davidic
kingdom. In the knowledge of God, not yet disclosed, lay the rejection of the
kingdom (and King), the long period of the mystery-form of the kingdom, the
world-wide preaching of the cross, and the out-calling of the Church. But this was’
as yet locked up in the secret counsels of God (Mt. 13. 11, 17; Eph. 3. 3-10).
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saw other two brethren, James the} A.D.31. 4 Blessed are they that mourn:
son of Zebedee, and John his
for they shall be comforted.
brother, in a “ship with Zebedee|? 2°2* 5 Blessed are the meek: for the
their father, mending their nets;|° Goss! shall inherit the earth. — r “4
Potties, miner eal Sone |e ie
’ ; y e -14.6. ger an Ss er righteousness:
ship and their father, and followed Met for they shall be flied =
oe AGE Fenlis Srontiawen? ait Cus ae ; t Blessed are the merciful: for
-|" 33; Lik.4-40. ey shall obtain mercy.
ilee, teaching in their synagogues,
and preaching the “gospel of the
e Gr. daimoni-
zomal, de-
8 Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.
‘kingdom, and healing all manner eae 9 Blessed are the peacemakers:
of sickness and all manner of dis-| Mt&2? for they shall be called the children
ease among the people. fMtsA: of God.
24 And his fame went throughout)” mx.3.7'8; 10 Blessed are they which are
all Syria: and they “brought unto] Mt.8.1,18. [persecuted for righteousness’ sake:
him all sick people that were: taken
with divers diseases and torments,
and those which were &possessed
with devils, and those which were
lunatick, and those that had the
palsy; and he healed them.
g C£Mt.17.
1; 8.1.
h The beatific
character,
unattainable
by effort, is
wrought in
the believer
for their’s is the *kingdom of
heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men
shall revile you, and persecute
you, and shall say all manner of
evil against you falsely, for my
25 And there followed him great! by the Spirit |Sake. y
IRATE of a8 ad eee Suerte ae Rejoice, ene be exceeding glad:
an rom Decapolis, and from! **)- or great 1s your ‘reward in heaven:
Jerusalem, and from Judza, and 3 Peete 82. for so persecuted they the prophets
from beyond Jordan. jIsa.55.1. which were before you.
vac ope ye! ari oases Sten facies oF Ene Peteren: eee
The sermon on the mount. (Cf. |* Mt3.2, BLS Oa, tig ASS
Tie 6. 20-49.) ( pee i ae rere ae diay ae earth:
4 ewards. ut if the salt have lost his savour,
The bea ieee. (Cf. LS. 6. 20-23.) REAR EER wherewith shall it be salted? it is
ACP seeing the multitudes, he} 1 Cor.3.14.) |thenceforth good for nothing, but to
swent up into a mountain:/™ eee ad be cast out, and to be trodden undet
“and when he was set, his disciples) y¢"ya¢.794. |foot of men,
came unto him: : 27. (Mts. | 14 Ye are the light of the "world.
2 2And he opened his mouth, and pa) aa i we that is set on an hill cannot
taught them, “saying, Bee e hid.
3 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit:|” ery = | 15 Neither do men light a candle,
for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.} mankind. land put it under a bushel, but on a
1 Two persons are called by this name in the N.T.: (1) James the son of Zebedee,
an apostle (Mt. 10. 2), and the brother of the Apostle John, apart from whom he is
never mentioned, and with whom, together with Peter, he was admitted to the es-
pecial intimacy of our Lord (Mt. 17. 1; Mk. 5, 37; 9. 2; 14. 33). He was martyred
by Herod (Acts 12.2). (2) A son of Alpheus (or Cleopas) and of Mary the sister
of Mary the mother of Jesus (see Mt. 1. 16, note), and brother of Joses (Mk. 15.
40). He was, therefore, a cousin of the Lord Jesus. He is called James “the less”
(Mk. 15. 40; lit. ttle, i.e. of shorter stature than James the son of Zebedee). He
was an apostle (Mt. 10.3). It has been conjectured that ““Lebbzus, whose surname
was Thaddeus” (Mt. 10. 3) was identical with the Judas of Lk. 6. 16, who is there
called “of fi.e. ‘son’ or ‘brother’ as it has been variously translated] James.” A
Juda is mentioned with a James and Joses and Simon in Mk. 6. 3 as “brother’’ of
our Lord (see Mt. 13. 55, marg.).. The Gospels mention no other James who could
be called the brother of the Lord Jesus, but James the less was certainly the son
of Alpheus and Mary the sister of our Lord’s mother. The conclusion seems,
therefore, most probable that Mt. 10. 3; 13. 55; Mk. 3.18; 6. 3; Lk. 6. 15; Acts 1.
13; 12. 17; 15. 13; 21. 18; Gal. 1. 19; 2. 9, 12; and Jas. 1. 1 refer to James the less, son
of Alphzeus and Mary, and cousin, or, according to Jewish usage, “brother” of the
Lord Jesus. He was the author of the Epistle of James.
2 Having announced the kingdom of heaven as “‘at hand,” the King, in Mt.
5.-7., declares the principles of the kingdom. ‘The Sermon on the Mount has
a twofold application: (1) Literally to the kingdom. In this sense it gives the
divine constitution for the righteous government of the earth. Whenever the
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candlestick; and it giveth light unto
all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven.
Relation of Christ to the law.
17 Think not that I am come to
destroy the law, or the prophets:
1] am not come to destroy, but ta
fulfil. :
18 For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pass, “one jot or
20 ForI say unto you, That except
your righteousness shall “exceed
the Sn i lee pater et the scribes
--ation, |and Pharisees, ye s in no case
Mee enter into the kingdom of hea-
Mt.10.14. an
Rev22.10, ) |221 Ye have heard that it was said
: by them of old time, ¢Thou shalt not
be in danger of the judgment:
(nto = 22 But I say unto you, That who-
Gal.3.1-29.) |soever is angry with his brother
cCfLkig, |Without a cause shall be in danger
11,12; of the judgment: and whosoever
one tittle shall in no wise pass from} Rom-.3.20; |shall say to his brother, Raca, shall
bthe law, till all be fulfilled. ~“ ibe in danger of the council: but
19 Whosoever therefore shall|d Righteous- |whosoever shall say, Thou fool,
break one of these least command- eine shall be in danger of “hell fire.
ments, and shall teach men so, he] pémio.10, | 23. Therefore if thou bring thy gift
shall be called the least in the king-| nofe. to the altar, and there rememberest
dom of heaven: but whosoever shall esate. that thy brother hath ought against
do and teach them, the same shall] © ***" thee; '
be called great in the kingdom of 24 Leave there thy gift before the
heaven. altar, and go thy way; first be rec-
kingdom of heaven is established on earth it’ will be according to that constitu-
tion, which may be regarded as an explanation of the word “righteousness” as
used by the prophets in describing the kingdom (e. g. Isa. 1]. 4, 5;.32. 1; Dan. 9.
24). In this sense the Sermon on the Mount is pure law, and transfers the offence
from the overt act to the motive (Mt. 5. 21, 22, 27, 28). Here lies the deeper reason
why the Jews rejected the kingdom. They had reduced “righteousness”? to mere
eeremonialism, and the Old Testament idea of the kingdom to a mere affair of
outward splendour and power. They were never rebuked for expecting a visible
and powerful kingdom, but the words of the prophets should have prepared them
to expect also that only the poor in spirit and the meek could share in it (e.g. Isa.
11. 4). The seventy-second Psalm, which was universally received by them as
a description of the kingdom, was full of this. For these reasons the Sermon on
the Mount in its primary application gives neither the privilege nor the duty of
the Church. These are found in the Epistles. Under the law of the kingdom,
for example, no one may hope for forgiveness who has not first forgiven (Mt. 6.
12, 14, 15). Under grace the Christian is exhorted to forgive because he is already
forgiven (Eph. 4. 30-32).
(2) But there is a beautiful moral application to the Christian. It always
remains true that the poor in spirit, rather than the proud, are blessed, and those
who mourn because of their sins, and who are meek in the consciousness of them,
will hunger and thirst after righteousness, and hungering will be filled. The mer.
ciful are “blessed,” the pure in heart do “see God.” These principles fundamentally
reappear in the teaching of the Epistles.
'Christ’s relation to the law of Moses may be thus summarized: (1) He was
made under the law (Gal. 4. 4); (2) He lived in perfect obedience to the law (John
Sido; Mt l7as; 1 Pet. 2. 21-23); (3) He was a minister of the law to the Jews, clearing
it from rabbinical sophistries, enforcing it in all its pitiless severity upon those
who professed to obey it (e.g. Lk. 10. 25-37), but confirming the promises made
to the fathers under the Mosaic Covenant (Rom. 15. 8); (4) He fulfilled the types
of the law by His holy life and sacrificial death (Heb. 9. 11-26); (5) He bore, vicari-
ously, the curse of the law that the Abrahamic Covenant might avail all who be-
lieve (Gal. 3. 13, 14); (6) He brought out by His redemption all who believe from
the place of servants under the law into the place of sons (Gal. 4. 1-7); (7) He
mediated by His blood the New Covenant of assurance and grace in which all
believers stand (Rom. 5. 2; Heb. 8. 6-13), so establishing the “law of Christ” (Gal.
8 Bs por with its precepts of higher exaltation made possible by the indwelling
pirit.
2Gr Geenna = Gehenna, the place in the valley of Hinnom where, anciently,
human sacrifices were offered (2, Chr:"33! 6°" Jer. 7: 31). The word occurs, Mt.
5. 22, 29, 30; 10. 28, 18. 9, 23. 15, 33; Mk. 9. 43, 45, 47; Lk. 12. 5; Jas. 3.6. In every
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onciled to thy brother, and then
come and offer thy gift.
25 Agree with thine ¢adversary|a.Lk.12.58,59.
quickly, whiles thou art in the way| Cf-Prov.
with him; lest at any time the ad-| 35:3: b@™-?-
versary deliver thee to the judge,|5 CfIsa.40.2
and the judge deliver thee to the} with Ruth
officer, and thou be cast into prison.| , seg ee
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou] of a cent.
shalt by no means come out thence, }? Ex-20.14.
ae oe hast ‘paid the uttermost| ‘ J°2 31313
farthing. 2-5; Jas.1
27 Ye have heard that it was said} 14,15; Mt.
by them of old time, ¢Thou shalt foe Ghai
not commit adultery: ing thee to
28 But I say unto you, That who-| offend.
soever ‘looketh on a woman to lust|* Phin card
after her hath committed adultery 24'1; Jer.3.1.
with her already in his heart. hMt.19.3-9;
29 And if thy right eye offend) M03)?
thee, pluck it out, and cast ft from} 1 Cor.7.’
thee: for it is profitable for thee} . 10.11; 8.12.
that one of thy members should| } jepovan.
perish, and not that thy _ whole] Deut.23.23.
body should be cast into hell. & CE.Mt.26.63;
30 And if thy right hand foffend| 7? €?523%
thee, cut it off, and cast ft from|! Kingdom
thee: for it is profitable for thee} (N-T-)-
perish, and not that thy whole} 15.24.)
body should be cast into’ hell. m Psa.48.2.
n Or, the evil
Jesus and divorce. (Cf. Mt. 19. 3- spoon
11; Mk. 10. 2-12; 1 Cor. 7. 10-15.) |" Ley.24.20:
31 It hath been said, Whosoever|, Beutas.
_ shall put away his wife, let him give] 7-11, Lk.6.
her a writing of divorcement: ree $43
32 But I say unto you, That who-|, pev.19.18:
soever shall put away his wife, sav-; Deut.23.3-6.
ing fot the cause of fornication,|” 9ray for
fcauseth her to commit adultery:|” psa.65.9-13;
and whosoever shall marry her) Lk.12.16,17.
that is divorced committeth adul-|‘ tax:
atherers.
_tery. . .. | Or, right-
33 Again, ye have heard that it| eous acts.
hath been said by them of old time,| The word
*Thou shalt not forswear thyself,| tetigious ex-
but shalt perform unto the /Lord) ternalities.
thine oaths: Papeete f
< seen O!
34 ButI say unto you, ‘Swear not
at all; neither by heaven; for it is
God’s throne: Ry,
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his
footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for
it is the city ‘of the “great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by
must not be
the motive.
1-4; Mt.10.
41,42.
12.3; 1 Cor.
3.14.)
warning of the consequences of sin,
worm never dies and of fire never to
St. MATTHEW.
A.D: 31.
men, but that
v Rewards. vs.
(Dan.
[61
thy head, because thou canst not
make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication
be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for what-
soever is more than these cometh of
nevil.
38 Ye have heard that it hath
been said, An °eye for an eye, and
a tooth for a tooth:
! 39 But I say unto you, That ye
lresist not evil: but whosoever shall
smite thee on thy right cheek, turn
to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee
at the law, and take away thy coat,
let him have thy cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel
thee to go a mile, go with him
twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee,
and from him that would borrow of
thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath
been said, ?Thou shalt love thy
neighbour, and hate thine enemy
44 But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, "bless them that curse you,
Mt.|do good to chem that hate you, and
that one of thy members should| $;'33. aie pray for them which despitefully
use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of
your Father which is in heaven: for
he ‘maketh his sun to rise on the
evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the un-
just.
46 For if ye love them which love
you, what reward have ye? do not
even the ‘publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren
only, what do ye more than others?
do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore !perfect, even
as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.
CHAPTER 6,
Sermon on the mount, contin-
ued: mere externalism in re-
ligion condemned.
oe heed that ye do not your
“alms before men, to be seen of
them: otherwise ye have no "re-
ward of your Father which is in
heaven.
instance except the last the word comes from the lips of Jesus Christ in most solemn
i He describes it as the place where “their’
be quenched, The expression is identical
in meaning with “lake of fire” (Rev. 19. 20; 20. 10, 14, 15). See “Death, the second”
(John 8. 24; Rev. 21. 8); also Lk. 16. 23, note.
1 The word implies full development, growth into Y sinle
In this passage the Father’s kindness, not His sin-
perfection. See Eph, 4. 12, 13.
lessness, is the point in question. Cf. Lk. 6. 35,
i001
rs
maturity of godliness, not sinless
36,
6 2]
2 Therefore when thou doest
thine alms, do not sound a trum-
pet before thee, as the hypocrites do
in the synagogues and in the streets,
that they may have glory of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have
their “reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let
not thy “left hand know what thy
right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in se-
cret: and thy ‘Father which seeth
in secret himself shall reward thee
openly.
5 And when thou prayest, thou
shalt not be as the hypocrites are:
for they love to pray standing in
the synagogues and in the corners
of the streets, that they may be
seen of men. Verily I say unto
you, They have their “reward.
6 But thou, when thou ¢prayest,
enter into thy closet, and when
thou hast shut thy door, pray to}
thy Father which is in secret; and
thy Father which seeth in secret
shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not /vain
repetitions, as the Sheathen do: for
they think that they shall be heard
for their much speaking.
The new revelation concerning
prayer. (Sce Lk. 11. 1-13, note.)
8 Be not ye therefore like unto
them: for your Father *knoweth
what things ye have need of, before
ye ask him. .
9 After this ‘manner therefore
Jpray ye: ‘Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy /name.
10 Thy *”kingdom “come. Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in
heaven.
11 Giveus this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our ?debts, as
lwe forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into %tempta-
tion, but deliver us from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father];
will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither ‘will your Fa-
ther forgive your trespasses.
Externalism again rebuked.
16 Moreover when ye ‘fast, be
not, as the hypocrites, of a sad
St. MATTHEW.
A.D. 31,
@i.e. the re-
ward they
have sought.
b Mt.8.4.
c¢Lk.14.12-
14; Phil.4.
17-19; 2 Tim.
1.16-18.
di.e. the
praise of
men.
e Mt.23.5-7,
14; Mk.12.
38-40; Lk.
18.10-12; 20.
46,47.
fCf.i Ki.1g.
26-39; Mt.
26.39-44;
2 Cor.12.8,9.
gi.e. Gentiles
m Kingdom
(N.T.).
Mt.11.27-30.
(LE.1.31-333
1 Cor.15.24.)
n Mt.3.2,
note.
o Forgiveness.
vs.12,14,15;
Mt.9.2,5,6.
(Lev.4.20;
Mt.26.28.)
~p Sin. Rom,
3.23, note.
q Temptation.
Mt.16.1.
(Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.14.)
r Cf.Mt.18.
21-35; Jas.
2.13.
s Cf.Isa.58.
3-7;
16. Cf.Prov.
14.10; 2 Cor.
6.10.
u Proy.23.4,
1 Tim.6.
19; 4.6,7.
y About 18 in.
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countenance: for they disfigure
their faces, that they may appear
unto men to fast. Verily I say
unto you, They have their ¢reward,
17 But thou, when thou fastest,
fanoint thine head, and wash thy
face;
18 That thou appear not unto
men to fast, but unto thy Father
which is in secret: and thy Father,
which seeth in secret, shall reward
thee openly.
The kingdom Iaw of riches.
i9 Lay not up for yourselves
“treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and
steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves trea-
sures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where
ee do not break through nor
steal:
; 21 For where your treasure is,
);|there will your heart be also.
22 The *light of the body is the
eye: if therefore thine eye be single,
thy whole body shall be full of
‘light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy
whole body shall be full of dark-
ness. If therefore the light that is
in thee be darkness, how great is
that darkness!
24 No man can serve “two mas-
ters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will
hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God and
mammon.
The cure of anxiety: trust in the
Father’s care.
25 Therefore I say unto you,
*Take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what
ye shall puton. Is not the life more
than meat, and the body than
raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air:
for they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns: yet
your heavenly Father feedeth them.
Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking
thought can add one Ycubit unto
his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for
raiment? Consider the lilies of the
! This is legal ground. Cf. Eph. 4. 32, which is grace.
Under law forgiveness
is conditioned upon a like spirit in us; under grace we are forgiven for Christ’s sake,
and exhorted to forgive because we have been forgiven.
1002
See Mt. 18. 32; 26. 28, note,
field, how they grow; they toil not,
neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That
even Solomon in all his glory was
a Or, have no
not arrayed like one of these. baal
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the] “°*
grass of the field, which to day is,|® v-8; Fx3.
and to morrow is cast into the| 2 Peut3,7s
oven, shall he not much more] mx.6.33; |
clothe you, O ye of little faith? Lk.12.29,30:
31 Therefore “take no thought, eae Ta
saying, What shall we eat? or, ¢ TS tee
What shall we drink? or, Where-|d In the sense
withal shall we be clothed? Se coodemas-
32 (For after all these things do
the Gentiles seek:) for ®your hea-| e Lr.6.37;
venly Father knoweth that ye have} Rom44,
need of all these things. | 4.3-5:5.12,
33 But seek ye first the kingdom
of ‘God, and his righteousness; and|/L-6.41.42; |
all these things shall be added unto| 7 Co;i012: |
you. Gal.6.1.
34 Take therefore no thought for crete ee
the ‘morrow: for the morrow shall] * qo: yie.5.23,
take thought for the things of itself.) 24; John 8.7.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil i SEAR LIEY
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judgment of others forbidden. | ; mt.21.22;
Lk.11.9-13;
GE ¢not, that ye “be not
judged.
2 For with what judgment ye
18.1; John
15.7.
judge, ye shall be judged: and with he 9, 8
what measure ye mete, it shall be} Jas.i.17.
measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the
St. MATTHEW.
| AsDest.
[7 1
fmote that is in thy brother’s eye,
but considerest not the beam that
is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy
brother, Let me pull out the mote
out of thine eye; and, behold, a
beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, @first cast out
the beam out of thine own eye; and
then shalt thou see clearly to cast
out the mote out of thy brother’s
eye.
6 Give not that which is “holy
unto the dogs, neither cast ye your
pearls before swine, lest they tram-
ple them under their feet, and turn
again and rend you.
Encouragements to pray.
(See Lk. 11. 1-13, note.)
7 Ask, and it shall be ‘given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and
it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh re-
ceiveth; and he that seeketh find-
eth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you,
whom if his son ask bread, will he
give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give
him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your
children, how Jmuch more shall
your Father, which is in heaven
give good things to them that ask
|him?
1 The kingdom of God is to be distinguished from the kingdom of heaven (Mt.
3. 2, note) in five respects:
(1) The kingdom of God is universal, including all
moral intelligences willingly subject to the will of God, whether angels, the Church,
_or saints of past or future dispensations (Lk. 13. 28, 29; Heb. 12. 22, 23); while the
kingdom of heaven is Messianic,
mediatorial, and Davidic, and has for its object the
establishment of the kingdom of God in the earth (Mt. 3. 2, note; 1 Cor. 15. 24,
2s). (2) The kingdom of God is entered only
the kingdom of heaven, during this age, is
real or false (Mt. 13. 3, note; 25. 1, 11, 12).
by the new birth (John 3. 3, 5-7);
the sphere of a profession which may be
(3) Since the kingdom of heaven ts the
earthly sphere of the universal kingdom of God, the two have almost all things
in common,
kingdom of heaven in Matthew, and o
is the omissions which are significant
of the net (Mt. 13. 24-30,
For this reason many parables and other teachings are spoken of the
the kingdom of God in Mark and Luke.
The parables of the wheat and tares, and
36-43, 47-50), are not spoken of the kingdom of God. In
It
that kingdom there are neither tares nor bad fish. But the parable of the leaven
(Mt. 13. 33) is spoken of the
_of the kingdorn are leavened with the errors of which
and the Herodians were the representatives.
kingdom of God
kingdom of God also, for, alas, even the true doctrines
the Pharisees, Sadducees,
(See Mt. 13. 33, note.) (4) The
“comes not with outward show” (Lk. 17. 20), but is chiefly that
which is inward and spiritual (Rom. 14. 17); while the kingdom of heaven is organic, .
and is to be manifested in glory on the earth.
8, note; (N.T.), Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor. 15, 24, note; t
God when Christ, having “‘put all enemies
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father”
dom of heaven merges into the kingdom of
under His feet,’’ “shall have
(1 Cor. 15. 24-28). Cf, Mt. 3. 2, note.
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(See “Kingdom (O.T.),” Zech. 12.
Mt. 17.2, note.) (5) The king-
shall know them,
| 1 Pet.2.8.)
7 12} St. MATTHEW. [7 27
Summary of O.T. righteousness.| A.D.31. |The danger a ee ‘with<
= ; out faith.
12 Therefore all things *whatso- hy
ever ye would that men should dojo Mt.s.7; 18. | 21 Not every one that saith unto
to you, do ye even so to them: for} 23-25; L&.6, |me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
this is the law and the prophets. ; ee genedoe ae nedvetl, Pus he eee
‘ Mk.10.23-27; | doe ® of my Father whic
The two ways. (Cf. Psa. 1.) Lk,13.24; is in heaven.
John 10.7,9. 3 F
: dstrai she Lif “| 22 Many will say to me in that
4 ree eet hake a ee nad. Meas. day, Lord, Lord, have we not
the wa “that leadeth to destruc-| $?° ,™57- |prophesied in thy name? and in
fin, end many there be whichwee| i-0 (ehy mame Rave cast Gy Uidevils?
satpro sut.13.1-5; in thy name done ‘many won-
in thereat: d Deut.13.1-5; |and in
14 Because strait is the gate, and] T“jg5, jderful works?
narrow is the way, which leadeth}e Mt.3.10; 23 And then will I profess unto
unto ‘life, and few there be that) 25,4146; |them, I never knew you: ‘depart
andaicee figois,” \from me, ye that Jwork Ainiquity.
; : Ezk.33.31; Sotadh teas
Warning against false teachers:| Lk.6.46; The two foun °
2 Tim.3.5. Cf. Lk. 6. 4749.
the test. Mead ( )
15 Beware of “false prophets, which a sa ee os 24 Therefore whosoever heareth
come to you in sheep’s clothing, but!" 49.17.29, |these sayings of mine, and doeth
inwardly they are ravening wolves. | i Mt.25.41; them, I will Hiken him unto a wise
ries Seal tom them by their! Ee, (faa, wich bolt hie oure uponia
‘ f thi ? jSin. Rom.3.} 25 And the rain descended, and
Seige peptide Beet bring- i 23, note. the floods came, and the winds blew,
eth forth good fruit; but a corrupt|] Parables |and beat upon that house; and it
tree bringeth forth evil fruit. (N.T.). vs. {fell not: for it was founded upon a
18 A good tree cannot bring forth fet freee rock,
\ evil rt pelt Sly corrupt tree 13-16; Lic21. R 2 And ane one ae eee
ring forth good fruit. 29-31. ese sayings of mine,
19 Every tree that bringeth not)™ [Arist (as /them not, shall be likened unto a
forth good fruit is hewn down,} 2495:m. |foolish man, which built his house
and cast into the fire. 21.42-44. upon the sand; — 3
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye! (Ex-17.6; 27 And the rain descended, and
the floods came, and the winds blew,
ee
! Devils, lit. demons.
To the reality and personality of demons the N.T. Scrip-
tures bear abundant testimony. As to their origin nothing is clearly revealed,
but they are not to be confounded with the angels mentioned in 2 Pet. 2. 4; Jude
6. Summary: Demons are spirits (Mt. 12. 43, 45); are Satan’s emissaries (Mt.
12. 26, 27; 25. 41); and so numerous as to make Satan’s power practically ubiquitous
(Mk. 5. 9). They are capable of entering and controlling both men and beasts
(Mk. 5. 8, 11-13), and earnestly seek embodiment, without which, apparently, they
are powerless for evil (Mt. 12. 43, 44; Mk. 5. 10-12). Demon influence and demon
possession are discriminated in the N.T. Instances of the latter are Mt. 4. 24:
8. 16, 28, 33; 9. 32; 12. 22; Mk. 1. 32; 5. 15, 16, 18; Lk. 8. 36; Acts 8. 7: 16. 16. They
are unclean, sullen, violent, and malicious (Mt. 8. 28; 9. 33; 10, 1; 12. 43: Mk. 1,
23; 5. 3-5; 9. 17, 20; Lk. 6. 18; 9. 39). They know Jesus Christ as Most High
God, and recognize His supreme authority (Mt. 8. 31, 32; Mk. 1. 24; Acts 19.
15; Jas. 2. 19). They know their eternal fate to be one of torment (Mt.
8. 29; Lk. 8. 31). They inflict physical maladies (Mt. 12. 22; 17. 15-18; Lk. 13. 16),
but mental disease is to be distinguished from the disorder of mind due
to demoniacal control. Demon influence may manifest itself in religious ascet-
icism and formalism (1 Tim. 4. 1-3), degenerating into uncleanness (2 Pet. 2.
10-12), The sign of demon influence in religion is departing from the faith, ie. the
body of revealed truth in the Scriptures (1 Tim. 4. 1). The demons maintain
especially a conflict with believers who would be spiritual (Eph. 6. 12; 1 Tim, 4.
’ 1-3), All unbelievers are open to demon possession (Eph, 2. 2). The believer’s
resources are, prayer and bodily control (Mt, 17. 21), “the whole armour of God”
(Eph. 6. 13-18), Exorcism in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 16. 18) was practised
for demon possession. One of the awful features of the apocalyptic judgments
in which this age will end is an irruption of demons out of the abyss (Rev.
9, 1-11).
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7 28)
St. MATTHEW.
[8 19
Sa ee ee OE ANT
and beat upon that house; and it
fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when|c Mt.13.54;
Jesus had ended these sayings, the| Mk.1.22;
A.D. 31.
people were “astonished at his| “432.
édoctrine: b Or, teach-
29 For he taught them as one| 778
having authority, and not as the See caat
scribes, Mk.1.40-45;
CHAPTER 8. Lk.5.12-15,
Jesus heals a leper (Mk, 1. 403 |¢ oboe
Lk. 5. 12-14). NT). Mts.
HEN he was come down from| 3199555!
the mountain, great multi- La
tudes followed him. e Miracles
2 And, behold, there came al S¥T).vs.
deper and worshipped him, 4say-| 27,28-32;
ing, ?Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst] Mt-9.2-8.
make me clean. Kets 28.8.9.)
3 And Jesus put forth Ais hand ms
and touched him, saying, I will; be|/ La etae
thou clean. And immediately his| Rom3.21’
‘leprosy was cleansed. with Mt.5.17.
4 And Jesus saith unto him, See], a Roman
thou tell no man; but go thy way,| commander
shew thyself to the priest, and offer| of 100 men.
the /gift that Moses commanded, |; Cf.Mk.1.27;
for a testimony unto them. Lk.9.1.
Jesus heals the centurion’s 2, (Gen.3.20;
servant (Lk, 7. 1-10). Heb.11.39.)
5 And when Jesus was entered )/ Mt.3.2, note.
into Capernaum, there came unto ears 4
him a centurion, beseeching him, | 8.48.50.” ’
_»6 And saying, Lord, my servant} 7y.3.
lieth at home ‘sick of the palsy,|m1x8.23.
grievously tormented. yg, |) unto him,
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will], Gr. daimo-
come and heal nizomai,
i Faith. Mt.9.
him, i
8 The centurion answered and| demonized.
said, Lord, I am not’ worthy that ,
note.
and to another, Come, and he
cometh; and to my servant, Do this,
and he doeth it.
‘10 When Jesus heard it, he mar-
velled, and said to them that fol-
lowed, Verily I say unto you, I have
not found so great “faith, no, not in
Israel.
11 And I say unto you, That
j/many shall come from the east and
|west, and shall sit down with Abra-
jham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the
kingdom of Jheaven.
12 But the children of the king-
dom shall be cast out into outer
darkness: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jesus said unto the centu-
tion, Go thy way; and “as thou hast
believed, so be it done unto thee.
And his servant was healed in the
selfsame hour.
Jesus heais Peter’s wife’s moth-
er (Mk. 1. 29-34; Lk. 4. 38-41).
14 And when Jesus was come into
Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s
mother laid, and sick of a fever.
15 And he !touched her hand, and
the fever left her: and she arose,
and “ministered unto “them.
16 When the even was come, they
brought unto him many that were
°possessed with devils: and he cast
out the spirits with ?Ais word, and
healed. all that were sick:
17 That it might be 4@fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias the
prophet, “saying, Himself ‘took our
infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
18 Now when Jesus saw great
multitudes about him, he gave com-
thou shouldest come under my roof:|» rit. 2 word, |mandment to depart unto the other
but speak the word only, and my], mt.1.22;
servant shall be healed. 1sa.53.4.
9 For I am a man under “author-|r Isa.53.4.
ity, having soldiers under me: and I|s 2 Cor.5.21;
say to this man, Go, and he goeth;]} 1 Pet-2.24.
side.
Professed disciples tested
(Lk. 9. 57-62).
19 And acertain scribe came, and
1 The King, having-in Chapters 5.-7. declared the principles of the kingdom,
makes proof, in Chapters 8., 9., of His power to banish from the earth the conse-
quences of sin, and to control the elements of nature. 4 ‘
2Gr. kurios. The first occurrence of the word as applied to Jesus with His
evident sanction. In itself the word means “master,” and is so used of mere human
relationships in, ¢.g., Mt. 6. 24; 15. 27; Mk. 13. 35; Eph. 6. 9. _ Both uses, divine
and human, are brought together in Col. 4.1. It is the Gr. equivalent of the Heb.
Adonai (see Gen. 15. 2, note), and is so used by Jesus Christ in Mt. 22. 4345. In
the N.T. the distinctive uses of kKurios (Lord) are: (1) As the N.T. .translation
of the Heb. Jehovah (Lorp), e.g. Mt. 1. 20, 22; 2. 15; 3. 3; 4. 7, 10; 11. 25; 21. 9; Mk.
12. 29, 30; Lk. 1. 68; 2. 9. (2) Jesus Himself so uses Kurios, e.g. Mt. 4. 7, 10; 11. 25;
Mk. 12.11, etc. (3) But the great use of kurios is as the divine title of Jesus, the
Christ. In this sense it occurs in the N.T. 663 times, That the intent is to identify
Jesus Christ with the O.T. Deity is evident from Mt. 3. 3; 12. 8; 21. 9 (Psa, 118.
26); 22. 43-45; Lk.-1.43; John 8. 58; 14. 8-10; 20. 28; Acts 9. 5; 13. 33 (Psa. 2.). See
John 20. 28, note.
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said unto him, Master, I will follow
thee whithersoever thou goest.
20 And Jesus “saith unto him,
The foxes have holes, and the birds
of the air have nests; but the !Son
of man hath not where to lay his
head.
21 And another of his disciples
said unto him, Lord, suffer me first
to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus said unto him, Fol-
low me; and %et the “dead bury
their dead.
Jesus stills the waves (Mk, 4.
36-41; Lk. 8. 22-25).
23 And when he was entered into
a ship, his disciples followed him.
24 And, behold, there arose a
great tempest in the sea, insomuch
that the ship was covered with the
waves: but he was asleep.
25 And his disciples came to him,| i
and awoke him, ¢saying, Lord, save
us: we perish.
26 And he saith unto them, Why
are ye fearful, O ye of ‘little faith?
Then he arose, and rebuked the
winds and the sea; and there was
a great calm.
27 But the men marvelled, say-
ing, What manner of man is this,
that even the winds and the sea
obey him!
Jesus casts out demons at Ga-
dara (Mk. 5. 1-21; Lk. 8. 26-40).
28 And when he was come to the
other side into the country of the
fGergesenes, there met him two
&possessed with devils, coming out
of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so
that no man might pass by that
way.
29 And, behold, they cried out,
saying, *What have we to do with
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art
thou come hither to Jtorment us
before the time?
1Cf. Ezk. 2. 1, note.
St. MATTHEW.
A.D. 31.
a Cf.vs.21,22;
Mt.10.36;
John 6.68,69.
6 Or, jeave the
dead to bury
their own
dead.
¢ Death (spir-
itual). Lk.15.
24, (Gen.2.
17; Eph.2.5.)
d Bible
prayers
Mk.16.17,18.
f Gadarenes.
g Gr. daimo-
Mt.7.22,
note.
h demons.
#Lk.5.8; Acts
-7 65
Lk.15.15,16.
Heb.11.39.)
q Forgiveness.
Rom.
3.23, note.
iSee Mt.8.
20, note.
u Mt.21.23-
27; John 3.
353°5.275
Acts 2.36;
4.7-12.
30 And there was a good way off
from them an herd of many swine
feeding.
31 So the #devils besought him,
saying, If thou cast us out, suffer —
us to go away into the “herd of
swine.
32 And he said unto them, Go.
And when they were come out,
they went into the herd of swine:
and, behold, the whole herd of
swine ran violently down a steep
-|place into the sea, and perished in
the waters.
33 And they that kept them fled,
and went their ways into the city,
and told every thing, and what was
befallen to the possessed of the
devils.
34 And, behold, the whole city
came out to meet Jesus: and when
they saw him, they besought Aim
that he would “depart out of their
. |coasts.
CHAPTER 9,
Jesus returns to Capernaum:
heals the palsied man (Mk. 2.
3-12; Lk. 5. 18-26).
| AND he entered into a ship, and
passed over, and came into his
“own city.
2 And, behold, they “brought to
him a man sick of the palsy, lying
on a bed: and Jesus seeing their
?faith said unto the sick of the
palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy
sins be @forgiven thee.
3 And, behold, certain of the
scribes said within themselves,
This man blasphemeth.
And Jesus knowing their
thoughts said, Wherefore think ye
evil in your hearts?
For whether is easier, to "say,
Thy ‘sins be forgiven thee; or to
say, Arise, and walk?
6 But that ye may know that the
‘Son of man hath “power on earth
Our Lord thus designates Himself about eighty times.
It is His racial name as the representative Man,
as Son of David is distinctively His Jewish name,
Our Lord constantly uses this term as implying
in the sense of 1 Cor. 15. 45-47;
and Son of God His divine name.
that His mission (e.g. Mt. 11. 19;
Lk. 19. 10), His death and resurrection (e.g. Mt. 12. 40; 20. 18; 26. 2), and His second
coming (e.g. Mt. 24. 37-44; Lk. 12. 40), transcended in scope and result all merely
Jewish limitations. When Nathanael confesses Him as “King of Israel,” our Lord’s
answer is, “Thou shalt see greater
scending upon the Son of man.”
His thought leaps forward to the
to Israel only but to the race (Mt.
universal judgment is
cating that in Him is
(Gen. 1. 26, mote; 3. 15; 12. 3; Psa.
things . .
. the angels of God ascending and de-
When His messengers are cast out by the Jews,
8. 4;
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time when the Son of man shall come; not then
10. 5, 6 with y. 23). 2
committed to Him (John 5. 22,
fulfilled the O.T. foreview of blessing
It is in this name, also, that
27). It is also a name indi-
through a coming man
80. 17; Isa. 7. 14; 9. 6, 7; 32. 2; Zech. 13, 7),
to forgive “sins, (then saith he to
the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take
_ up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
7 >And he arose, and departed to
his house.
8 But when the multitude saw it,
they ‘marvelled, and glorified God,
which had given such power unto
men.
The call of Matthew (Mk. 2. 14;
Lk. 5. 27-29).
9 And as Jesus passed forth from) ,
thence, he saw a man, named Mat-
thew, sitting at the receipt of cus-
tom: and he saith unto him,
¢Follow me. And he arose, and
followed him.
Jesus answers the Pharisees
(Mk. 2. 15-20; Lk. 5. 29-35).
{10 And it came to pass, as Jesus
sat at meat in the house, behold,
many publicans and sinners ‘came
and sat down with him and his
disciples.
i1 And when the fPharisees saw
it, they said unto his disciples,
gWhy eateth your Master with
publicans and ¢sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that,
he said unto them, They that be
hywhole need not a physician, but
they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what that
meaneth, ‘I will have mercy, and)
not sacrifice: for I am not come to
call the Jrighteous, but sinners to
krepentance.
14 Then came to him the disciples
of John, saying, Why do we and
the Pharisees fast oft, but thy dis-
ciples fast not?
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can
the children of the bridechamber
mourn, as long as the ’bridegroom
is with them? but the days will
come, when the bridegroom ‘shall
be taken from them, and then shall
they fast.
Parables of the garment and
bottles (Mk. 2. 21, 22; Lk. 5. 36-39).
16 Noman putteth a piece of new
mcloth unto an old garment, for
at which is put in to fill it up
aketh from the garment, and the
rent is made worse.
17 Neither do men put new wine
into old “bottles: else the bottles)
break, and the wine runneth out,
and the bottles perish: but they
ut new wine into new bottles, and
th are preserved.
St. MATTHEW.
b Miracles
(N.T.).
23-25,27-30,
32-35; Mt.
12.10-13.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
c Acts 2.43;
vs.
5.11.
d Mt.4.18-22.
g Mt.11.19.
hk L&.18.9-14;
John 9.39-41.
i Hos.6.6.
j Rom.10.10,
note.
k Repentance.
Mt.11.20.
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
n wine-skins,
o MKE.5.22-
43; Lk.8.
41-56.
Bible
prayers
(N.T.).
Mt.9.27.
(Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
qMt.8.3.
r Faith. Mt.9.
29. (Gen.3.
20; Heb.11.
39.)
s John 11.11-
14; 1 Thes.4.
1
d
u Resurrec-
tion. vs.23-
25; Mt.10.8.
(Job 19.25;
1 Cor.15.52.)
v Bible
prayers
(N.T.).
Mt.11.25,
w Mt.15.22;
Lk.18.38,39.
x Faith.
17.20-22.
(Gen.3.20;
Heb.11.39.)
y Gr. dar-
monizomel,
demonized.
Mt.7.22,
note,
zdemon, See
Mt.7.22,
| note.
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‘lruler’s house, and
[9 33
Jesus heals the woman with an
issue of blood, and raises the
daughter of a ruler (Jairus)
(Mk. 5. 22-43; Lk. 8. 41-56).
18 While he spake these things
unto them, behold, there came a
certain ruler, and worshipped him,
saying, My daughter is even now
dead: but come and lay thy hand
upon her, and she shall live.
19 And Jesus arose, and followed
him, and so did his disciples.
20 And, behold, a woman, which
was diseased with an issue of blood
twelve years, came behind Arm, and
%touched the hem of his garment:
21 For she said within herself, If
I may but touch his garment, I
shall be whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about,
and when he saw her, he said,
Daughter, be of good comfort; thy
‘faith hath made thee whole. And
the woman was made whole from
that hour.
23 And when Jesus came into the
saw the min-
strels and the people making a
noise,
24 Hesaid unto them, Give place:
for the maid is not dead, but Ssleep-
eth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the people were put
forth, he went in, and ‘took her by
the hand, and the maid “arose.
26 And the fame hereof went
abroad into all that land.
Two blind men healed: a demon
cast out.
27 And when Jesus departed
thence, two blind men followed him,
crying, and "saying, “Thou son of
David, have mercy on us.
28 And when he was come into
the house, the blind men came to
him: and Jesus saith unto them,
Believe ye that I am able to do
this? They said. unto him, Yea,
Lord.
29 Then touched he their eyes,
saying, According to your *faith be
* lit unto you.
30 And their eyes were opened;
and Jesus straitly charged them,
Mt. | saying, See that no man know it.
31 But they, when they were de-
parted, spread abroad his fame in
all that country.
32 As they went out, behold, they
brought to him a dumb man “pos-
sessed with a 2devil.
33 And when the “devil was cast
out, the dumb spake: and the mul-
9 34]
St. MATTHEW.
titudes marvelled, saying, It was
never so seen in Israel.
34 But the Pharisees said, He
casteth out @devils through the
prince of the devils.
Jesus preaches and heals in Gal-
ilee (Mk. 6. 5, 6).
35 And Jesus went about all the
cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the °gos-
pel of the kingdom, and healing
every sickness and every disease
among the people.
36 But when he saw, the multi-
tudes, he was moved with compas-
sion on them, because they fainted,
and were scattered abroad, as sheep
having no shepherd.
37 Then saith he unto his disci-
ples, The harvest truly is plenteous,
but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of
the harvest, that he will send forth
labourers into his harvest.
CHAPTER 10.
The twelve instructed and sent
forth (Mk. 6. 7-13; Lk. 9. 1-6),
Abe when he had called unto
him his ‘twelve disciples, he
gave them “power against unclean
A.D. 31.
a demons. See
Mt.7.22,
note.
b Gospel. Mt.
11.5. (Gen.
12.1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
c Mk.3.13-19;
Lk.6.12-16.
19; Lk.6.12-
16; Acts 1.13.
f Mt.4.21,
note.
g The king-
dom was
promised to
the Jews.
Gentiles
could be
blessed only
through
Christ cruci-
fied and
Tisen. Cf.
John 12.20-2 4.
h Gr. apollu-
i. John 3.
15.24,26;
Acts 13.46.
i Mt.3.2; 4.17.
jv.1; 2 Cor.
12.12.
k Resurrec-
tion. Mt.17.
3. (Job 19.25;
1 Cor.15.52.)
1 Lk.10.7;
1 Cor.9.4-15;
1 Tim.5.18.
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal
all manner of sickness and all man-
ner of disease.
2 Now the “names of the twelve
Japostles are these; The first,
Simon, who is called Peter, and An-
drew his brother; James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother;
3) Philip; “and Bartholomew;
Thomas, and Matthew the publi-
can; James the son of Alphzus,
and Lebbzeus, whose surname was
Thaddzus;
4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas
Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth,
and commanded them, saying, Go
not into the way of the @&Gentiles,
and into any city of the Samaritans
enter ye not:
6 But go rather to the “lost sheep
of the house of Israel.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying,
The ‘kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 JHeal the sick, cleanse the lep-
‘Jers, Fraise the dead, cast out ¢dev-
ils: freely ye have received, freely
give.
9 2Provide neither gold, nor sil-
ver, nor brass in your purses.
10 Nor scrip for your journey,
neither two coats, neither shoes,
nor yet staves: for the workman is
worthy of his meat.
1 The word apostle, = “one sent forth,” is used of our Lord (Heb. 3. 1). Else-
where it is used of the twelve who were called to that office by our Lord during His
eatth ministry; of Paul, called to the a
postleship by the risen and ascended Lord,
and of Barnabas (Acts 14. 14), specially designated by the Holy Spirit (Acts 13.
2).
Of Matthias, chosen by lot by the eleven to take the place of Judas Iscariot
(Acts 1. 16-26), it.is said: “And he was numbered with the eleven” (Acts 1. 26).. See
Acts 1. 26.
The “signs of an apostle” were: (1) They were chosen directly by. the Lord
Himself, or, as in the case of Barnabas,
14; Lk. 6. 13; Acts 9. 6, 15; 13. 2; 22. 10,
with sign gifts, miraculous
(Mt. 10. 1; Acts 5. 15, 16;
as at hand (Mt. 4. 17, note), and ma
one of them, Peter, the keys of th
Christian profession, as in Mt. 13.,
relation to the kingdom will be that
(6) Consequent upon the rejection o
tery hid in God (Mt. 16. 18; Eph. 3.
vested with a new enduement, the b
new power, that of imparting the
lation, that of foundation stones of the
that of preaching the glad tidings
to Jew and Gentile alike,
shat he should have been
40h
_ * Cf. Mk. 6. 8, 9; Lk. 9. 3.
mind, The emphasis is upon
additional staves or shoes,
such staff as they might have. or with none.
“provide.”
by the Holy Spirit (Mt. 10. 1, 2; Mk. 3. 13,
14, 153) Rom... 4).
powers which were the divine credentials of their office
16. 16-18; 28. 8, 9).
was that of heralds, announcing,
(2) They were endued
(3) Their relation to the kingdom
to Israel only (Mt. 10. 5, 6), the kingdom
1-12), the
nifesting kingdom powers (Mt. 10. 7, 8).
e kingdom of heaven, viewed as the sphere of
were given (Mt. 16. 19).
of judges over the twelve tribes (Mt. 19. 28).
f the kingdom, and the revelation of the mys-
(4) To
(5) Their future
Church, the apostolic office was in-
aptism with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2. 14); a
Spirit to Jewish-Christian believers; a new re-
of salvation
1008
new temple (Eph. 2, 20-22); and a new function,
through a crucified and risen Lord
(7) The indispensable qualification of an apostle was
an eye-witness of the resurrection (Acts 1. 22; 1 Cor.
The central thought here, urgency, must be kept in
Time is not to be taken to search for
The disciples were to go in their ordinary sandals, with
Cf. Paul, Rom. 1, 15.
10 11]
St. MATTHEW.
(10 35
_—_ CN Or — — eee
11 And into whatsoever city or
A.D. 31.
23 But when they persecute you
1 The scope of verses 16-23 reaches beyond the personal ministry of the twelve,
covering in a general sense the sphere of service during the present age.
Verse 23
has in view the preaching of the remnant (Isa. 1. 9; Rom. 11. 5, note) in the tribu-
lation (Psa. 2.5; Rev. 7. 14, note), and immediately preceding the return of Christ
in glory (Deut. 30. 3; Acts 1. 9-11,
note).
over the cities of Israel till the Lord comes.
2Cf. John 14. 27.
Peace is spoken of in Scripture in three ways:
The remnant then will not have gone
(1) ‘Peace
with God’? (Rom. 5. 1); this is the work of Christ into which the individual enters
by faith (Eph. 2. 14-17; Rom. 5.1). (2) “The peace of God” (Phil. 4. 7); inward
peace, the state of soul of that believer who, having entered into peace with God
through faith in Christ, has also committed to God through prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving all his anxieties (Lk. 7. 50; Phil. 4. 6). (3) Peace ‘“‘on earth”
(Lk. 2. 14; Psa. 72. 7; 85. 10; Isa. 9. 6, 7; 11. 1-12); the universal prevalency of peace
in the earth under the kingdom. Mt. 10. 34 was Christ’s warning that the truth
which He was proclaiming would not bring in the kingdom-age of peace, but conflict
rather. (Cf. John 14. 27.)
1009
town ye shall enter, enquire who in . _.. jin this city, flee ye into another:
it is worthy; and there abide till ye|* ae ma for verily I say unto you, Ye shall
go thence. (Ex.4.15; not have “gone over the cities of
12 And when ye come into an Bearers Israel, till the *Son of man be come.
house, salute it. Re igei, | 24 °The disciple is not above Ais
a if the house rd stage rat e Mt.11.22. raked nor the servant above his
péace come upon it: but if it jay of sudg-|lord,
pot worthy, let your peace return to Fete eas: 25 It is enough for the disciple
you. Rev.20.11.) |that he be as his master, and the
14 And whosoever shall not re-|¢ Mt.7.15; servant as his lord. If they have -
Geive mh, no hear oy ears, Ck 12, |called the *master of the house
when ye depart out of that house|” 16; coi4.5.. |?Beelzebub, how much more shall
or city, “shake off the dust of your pre they call them of his household?
ect ning - nee ? Mk.13.11-13, | 20 Fear them not therefore: for
Be ciras, Cole teeth Mcatoet! Siieino fact beverenicesce rea Ga Ge
I _ 21.14-19, not be revealed; an , that s
socom que Gomes hs oo the day|/ #2 instruc: inot be known. !
ie ehddedtatadiyiie coratrrud! Lee. inedeupeepoie meneotns Oet
! ¢ ‘ fo) as] preachers. — at ‘speak ye in light: and what
“sheep in the midst of wolves: be bee ye hear in the ear, that preach ye
ye therefore wise as serpents, and| 28,32. (mt.1./upon the housetops.
harmless as &doves. ie pened) 28 And fear not them which kill
ES tees beware of sa for they|, NioReaD, [eae body, but are not able to kill the
will deliver you up to the councils,|» See Mt.8.20, |Soul: but rather fear ‘him which is
and they will scourge you in their aoe able to destroy both soul and body
synagogues; One E in “hell.
18 And ye shall be brought before nee 8.48 29 Are not two "sparrows sold for
governors and kings for my sake, ? ae Acts a “farthing? and one of them shall
~a A aenteeey against them and], aethoes z, {not fall on the ground without your
e Gentiles. ; title ofa Father. ,
e. But oe sage deliver ou pire au Bub oe ee, pee of your
e no thoug ow or what ye}, Sie % oo ead are all numbered.
shall speak: Jfor it shall be given|” tr12.23 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of
elite nee same hour what ye yea more value than many sparrows.
s speak. CEtsn ; 32 Whosoever therefore shall
20 For it is not ye that speak, but peat Yconfess me before men, him will I
the “Spirit of your Father which # M522, confess also before my Father
4 note. ; ig j
Pe aca “tiie cotton’ shall deliver ilar side ae Bat Tee shall deny me
“ w 1-4 penny,
up the brother to death, and the 1-2 cent. |before men, him will I also 2
P aA Secleteaiter Ue ae Leena
father the child: and the children|* ;' Sites before my Father which is in
shall rise up against their parents,|y Psa.119.46; |heaven.
and cause them to be put to death.| Lk.12.8; 34 Think not that I am come to
22 And ye shall be hated of all] Rev-3.8. isend 2peace on earth: I came not to
Li a Mt.7.23;
men for my name’s sake: but he| [419.9 send peace, but a sword.
that ’endureth to the end shall be}e Mic.7.6; 35 For I am come to set a man at
saved. John 9.18 4yariance against his father, and
10 36]
Sr. MATTHEW.
the daughter against her mother,
and theedaughter in law against
her mother in law.
36 And aman’s foes shall be they
of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or
mother more than me is not worthy
of me: and he that loveth son or
daughter more than me is not
¢worthy of me. ‘
38 And he that taketh not his
cross, and followeth after me, is not
worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall
lose it: and he that loseth his life
for my sake shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you re-
ceiveth me, and he that receiveth
me receiveth him that sent me.
41 He that receiveth a prophet in
the name of a prophet shall receive
a prophet’s ‘reward; and he that
receiveth a ¢righteous man in the
name of a righteous man shall re-
ceive a righteous man’s reward.
42 And whosoever shall give to
drink unto one of these little ones a
‘cup of cold water only in the name
of a disciple, verily I say unto you,
he shall in no wise lose his reward.
CHAPTER 11.
ANP it came to pass, when Jesus
had made an end of command-
ing his twelve disciples, he departed
thence to teach and to preach in
their cities.
John the Baptist sends disciples
to question Jesus (Lk. 7, 18-35).
2 Now when ‘John had heard in
the prison the works of Christ, he
sent two of his disciples,
3 And said unto him, Art thou he
that should come, or do we look for
another?
4 Jesus answered and said unto
them, Go and shew John again
those things which ye do hear and
see:
5S The %blind “receive their sight,
a Deut.33.9;
Lk.14.26;
2 Cor.5.16.
b Mt.25.40,
45; Acts 9.4.
¢ Rewards, vs.
41,42; Mt.
16.27.
12.3; 1 Cor.
3.14.)
d Righteous-
ness. Rom.
10.10, note.
e1 Ki.18.4;
Lk,21,1-4.
f Mt.4.12; 14.3.
g Mt.9.27.
h Isa.53.4.
i Gospel.
Mt.24.14.
(Gen.12.1-3;
Rev.14.6.)
j In prison,
the King re-
jected,
John’s faith
servant. Cf,
John 15.20;
Isa.42.3.
k find cause
of offence.
1 LK.7.24-30.
m 1sa.40.3;
Mal.3.1.
n Eph.3.4-10;
Heb.11.40;
1 Pet.1.10-12.
o Mt.3.2,
note,
b Lk.5.19,20;
16.16.
q Inspiration.
Mt.12,3-5,
40. (Ex.4.
15; Rev.
22.19.)
y See Mt.17.
10, note.
s Mt.17.12;
Mal.4.5.
? demon.
Mt.7.22,
note,
u See Mt.8.
20, note.
v Lk.5.29-32;
7.36; John
2.1-11.
(Dan.
See
[11 »
ink | Mei REO era
AD.31. |and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the
dead are raised up, and the poor
have the ‘gospel preached to them.
6 And Jblessed is he, whosoever
shall not “be offended in me.
7 And as they departed, Jesus be-
gan to say unto the multitudes con-
cerning John, What went ye out
into the wilderness to see? A reed
shaken with the wind?
8 But what went ye out for to
see? A man clothed in soft rai-
ment? behold, they that wear soft
clothing are in kings’ houses.
9.But what went ye out for to
see? A prophet? yea, I say unto
you, and more than a prophet.
10 Wor this is he, of whom it is
written, *Behold, I send my mes-
senger before thy face, which shall
prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among
them that are born of women there
hath not risen a greater than John
the Baptist: notwithstanding he
that is “least in the °kingdom of
heaven is !greater than he.
12 And from the days cf John the
Baptist until now the kingdom of
heaven ?suffereth 2violence, and
the violent take it by force.
13 9For all the prophets and the
law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, ’this
is ‘Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear.
16 But whereunto shall I liken
this generation? It is like unto
children sitting in the markets, and
calling unto their fellows,
17 And saying, We have piped
unto you, and ye have not danced;
we have mourned unto you, and ye
have not lamented.
18 For John came neither eating
nor drinking, and they say, He
hath a ‘devil.
19 The “Son of man came "eating
and drinking, and they. say, Behold
1 Positionally greater, not morally.
man “born of woman,”
kingdom did not then come,
It is not heaven which
6. 323, note.)
2 Tt has
into it. Both things are true.
this is the primary and greater
disciples. (Cf. Lk. 16. 16.)
f been much disputed whether the “violence”
the kingdom in the persons of John the Baptist and
the opposition of the scribes and Ph
1010
_John Baptist was as great, morally,
but as to the kingdom he but announced it at hand. The
g but was rejected, and John was martyred, and the
presently crucified. The least in the kingdom when it is se
dom (N.T.),” Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor, 15. 24) will be in the fut
is in question, but Messiah’s kingdom,
arisees, only the violently
The King and His herald suffered violence, and
meaning, but also,
as any
King
t up in glory (see ‘‘King-
Iness of power and glory.
(See Mt. 3. 2, note;
here is external, as against
Jesus; or that, considering
resolute would press
some were resolutely becoming
ae
’
11 20]
St. MATTHEW.
[121
a man gluttonous, and a wine-
bibber, a friend of publicans and
A.D. 31.
thou hast ‘hid these things from
the wise and prudent, and hast re-
“sinners. But wisdom is justified|* $33 .R°™ |vealed them unto babes.
of her children. Protaras. 26 Even so, Father: for so it
Jesus, rejected, predicts | Sgaie"" seamed send in thy Sight
: 12.43,
judgment. P (Mt.3.2; me of my Father: and no man know:
es began ie ee Acts 17.30.) oe et Son, but the eee neither
cities wherein most of his mighty]. pay of oweth any man the Father, save
works were done, because they °re- 4 paiement, the Son, and he to whomsoever the
Pented, not: ia Sprranite Son will reveal Aim. sa?
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe] 40’is: Rey. Th
unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the] 2011.) e new message of Jesus: not
mighty works, which were done in| ,,. |, ee cere but personal
‘pi had been done in Tyre and Si-|? 5E29-23, 52753 yet
on, they would have repented long c 28 2Come unto /me, all ye that
ago in sackcloth and ashes. e Bible labour and are heavy laden, and I
22 But I say unto you, It shall be} 47-75. 'me, |Will give you rest.
more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon| i5.22. (mt. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and
at the ‘day of judgment, than for $30)” learn of me; for ‘I am meek and
you. ae lowly in heart: and ye shall find
23 And thou, Capernaum, which fPea8.2; rest unto your souls.
ee area etnies) earaen | stg E Roo Senriand a
ny Wiis en nave been & Fapedars | cenee
one in thee, ha een done in .T.). Mt. ER 12.
Sodom,.it would have remained| 12;3,70%e._ :
until this day. Leases (Verde sdeclanee Fimecit. Lord of
24 But I say unto you, That it|, 40138 6 fk a caAotlas poaaaune
shall be more plesable ie the land] 39. 6.35,37 eae
of Sodom in the day of judgment,|..,. ; As that time Jesus went on the
than for thee. ; bigot 3igabbath day through the
25 At that time Jesus answered ries 3.2. |corn; and his disciples were an
and ‘said, I thank thee, O Father,|; sappath. |hungred, and began to pluck the
Lord of heaven and earth, because} (Gen.2.3.) ears of corn, and to eat.
1 The kingdom of heaven announced as “at hand’? by John the Baptist, by the
King Himself, and by the twelve, and attested by mighty works, has been morally
rejected. The places chosen for the testing of the nation, Chorazin, Bethsaida, etc.,
having rejected both John and Jesus, the rejected King now speaks of judgment.
The final official rejection is later (Mt. 27. 31-37).
2 The new message of Jesus. The rejected King now turns from the rejecting
nation and offers, not the kingdom, but rest and service to such in the nation as
are conscious of need. It is a pivotal point in the ministry of Jesus.
3 (1) The sabbath (‘cessation’) appears in Scripture as the day of God’s rest in
the finished work of creation (Gen. 2. 2,3). For 2500 years of human life absolutely
no mention is made of it. Then the sabbath was revealed (Ex, 16.23; Neh. 9. 13, 14);
made a part of the law (Ex. 20. 8-11); and invested with the character of a “‘sign’”’ be-
tween Jehovah and Israel, and a perpetual reminder to Israel of their separation to God
(Ex. 31. 13-17). It was observed by complete rest (Ex. 35.2,3), and by Jehovah’s ex-
press order a man was put to death for gathering sticks on the sabbath day (Num. 15.
32-36). Apart from maintaining the continued burnt-offering (Num. 28.9), and its con-
nection with the annual feasts (Ex. 12.16; Lev. 23. 3,8; Num. 28. 25), the seventh-day
sabbath was never made a day of sacrifice, worship, or any manner of religious service.
It was simply and only a day of complete rest for man and beast, a humane pro-
vision for man’s needs. In Christ’s words, ‘““The sabbath was made for man, and
not man for the sabbath” (Mk. 2. 27). (2) Our Lord found the observance of
the day encrusted with rabbinical evasions (Mt. 12. 2) and restrictions, wholly
unknown to the law, so that He was Himself held to be a sabbath-breaker by the
religious authorities of the time. The sabbath will be again observed during the
kingdom-age (Isa. 66. 23). (3) The Christian first day perpetuates in the dis-
pensation of grace the principle that one-seventh of the time is especially sacred,
but in all other respects is in contrast with the sabbath. One is the seventh day,
the other the first. The sabbath commemorates God’s creation rest, the first day
Christ’s resurrection. On the seventh day God rested, on the first day Christ
1011
; q
12 2] St. MATTHEW. [12.25
A.D.31. _|stretched ## forth; and “it was re-
stored whole, like as the other.
vite 14 Then the Pharisees went out,
eg sro See and held a council against him,
Mt.19-4-6. how they might ‘destroy him.
x.4.15;
2 But when the Pharisees saw it,
they said unto him, Behold, thy dis-
ciples do that which is not lawful to
do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye
not Sread }what *David did, when Rev.22.19.) |Jesusand the multitudes (at the
he was an hungred, and they that : : z o
crete hems b Kingdom sea of Tiberias) (Mk. 3. 7-i2).
4 How he entered into the house toe 15 But when Jesus knew it, he
of God, and did eat the “shewbread,| (Lk-1-31-33; | withdrew himself from thence: and
which was not lawful for him to eeacaner great multitudes followed him, and
eat, neither for them which were|° 77/27" he healed them all;
with him, but only for the priests?| 7 num.28.9 16 And charged them that they
5 Or have ye not read in the law,} 10. *|should not make hirn known:
how that on the sabbath days the|c2 chr.6.18; | 17 Thatit might be fulfilled which
dpriests in the temple profane the} Is2.66.1,2. |was spoken by Esaias the prophet,
sabbath, and are blameless? f1 Sam.15.22; |saying, : :
6 ButI say unto you, That in this ea! 18 Behold my Jservant, whom f
place is one ‘greater than the have chosen; my beloved, in whom
g See Mt.8, 5
temple. 20. my soul is well pleased: I will put
7 But if ye had known what this|; Miracies my 4spirit upon him, and he shall
meaneth, I will have ‘mercy, and| (.T.). shew judgment to the 2/Gentiles.
not sacrifice, ye would not have| ¥7701322) | 19 He shall not strive, nor cry;
condemned the guiltless. (Mt.8.2,3;.. |neither shall any man hear his
8 For the ¢Son of man is Lord] Acts 28.8,9.) |voice in the streets.
even of the sabbath day. i Psa.2.2. 20 A bruised reed shall he not
: i 4 j vs.18-21; k, and smoking flax -shall he
The healing of the withered|’ }s Piya break, ; :
hand on the sabbath (Mk. 3.|, Holy Spirit. ree cue Net aang Ua, Bs
1-6; Lk. 6. 6-11). vs.18,28,32; | | Ene unto victory,
. Mt.22.43. 21 And in his name shall the Gen-
9 And when he was departed! (Mt.1.18; tiles “trust.
: = _| Acts 2.4.) : ;
thence, he went into their syna 1 Christ (First| A demoniac healed: the Phari-
gogue: ven ;
10 And, behold, there was a man seen). peor, Piaspibeme (MK. 3. 22-30;
which had Ars hand withered. And} (Gen.3.15; « 11, 14-23).
they asked him, saying, Is it lawful) 4cts19) | 22 Then was brought unto him
im heal ai of cigs days? that S sa, Si aes eeeheds ee . ae blind,
ey might acéuse him. so aimont-land dumb: and he healed him, inso-
11 aed a wee unto them, Hai ionized. ue that the blind and dumb both
sad hove Cie sheet anak fall note. i “03 ere “al” the people were
- So a as ear ar be @ cree pl eee be Is not this the
e not lay hold on it, and lift 7 cz °son of David?
out? eae 24 But when the Pharisees heard
12 How much then is a man better nore ; it, they said, This fellow doth not
than a sheep? Wherefore it is law-!¢ Mt.9.34; cast out ?devils, but by "Beelzebub
ful to do well on the sabbath days. PES phy the prince of the devils.
13 Then saith he to the man, A420. 5h 195 And Jesus knew their thoughts,
tretch forth thine hand. And he and said unto them, Every kingdom
was ceaselessly active. The sabbath commemorates a finished creation, the first
day a finished redemption. The sabbath was a day of legal obligation, the first
day one of voluntary worship and service. The sabbath is mentioned in the Acts
only in connection with the Jews, and in the rest of the N.T. but twice (Col. 2. 163
Heb. 4. 4), In these passages the seventh-day sabbath is explained to be to’ the
Christian not a day to be observed, but a type of the present rest into which he
enters when “he also ceases from his own works” and trusts Christ.
1 Jesus’ action (Mt. 12. 1-7) is highly significant. ‘What David did’ refers
to the time of his rejection and persecution by Saul (1 Sam. 21.6). Jesus here is
ae 7 much the rejected Saviour as the rejected King; hence the reference to
avid.
2 This too is most significant. The rejected King of Israel will turn to the Gen-
tiles (cf. Mt. 10.5,6). In fulfilment this awaited the official rejection, crucifixion,
and resurrection of Christ, and the final rejection of the risen Christ (Lk, 24. 46, 473
Acts 9. 15; 13. 46; 28. 25-28; Rom. 11. 11).
1012
12 26]
St. MATTHEW.
divided against itself is brought to
desolation; and every city or house
divided against itself shall not
stand:
26 And if *Satan cast out Satan,
he is divided against himself; how
shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out
devils, by whom do your &children
cast them out? therefore they shall
be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of
God is come unto you.
. 29 Or else how can one enter into
a strong man’s house, and spoil his
goods, except he first bind the
strong man? and then he will spoil
his house.
30 He that is not with me is
against me; and he that gathereth
not with me scattereth abroad.
The unpardonable sin: ascrib-
ing to Satan the works of the
.. Spirit (Mk. 3. 29, 30).
31 Wherefore I say unto you All
manner of ‘sin and blasphemy shall
pe 4forgiven unto men: but the
blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven unto
men,
32 And whosoever speaketh a
word against the Son of man, it
shall be ¢forgiven him: but whoso-
“ever speaketh against the Holy
Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him,
neither in this fworld, neither in
the world to come.
Destiny in words.
33 Either make the ‘tree good,
and his fruit good; or else make the
tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt:
for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O ‘generation of vipers, how
can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth
good things: and an evil man out of
the evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things.
36 ButI say unto you, That every
idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the
jday of judgment.
A.D. 31.
a Satan.
vs.26,27;
Mt.13.39.
(Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
6 Lk.9.49,50;
10.17; Acts
19.13-16.
¢ Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
d Forgiveness.
vs.31,32;
Mt.18.21,27,
32,35. (Lev.4.
20; Mt.26.
28.)
e Ascribing
to Satan the
work of the
Holy Spirit.
Cf.vs.24,32,
40.
fie. age.
g Mt.7.17,18,
h Jas.3.12.
i Progeny.
Mt.3.7;
j Day of judg-
ment. vs.36,
41,42; Mk.
6.11. (Mt.
10.15; Rev.
20.11.)
k Mt.16.1-4;
Mk.8.11;
7
cf.John 2.
18-22.
1 Kingdom
(N.T.). Mt.
12.46-50.
(Lk.1.31-33;'
1 Cor.15.24.
m Jon.1.17.
n Jon.3.5-9;
Lk.11.32;
see Nah.1.
1, note.
o Repentance.
ME.1.4. (Mt.
3.2; Acts ~
17.30.)
p@ Chr.9.
1-12.
q Lk.11.24-26.
r CE.Mt.24,
34, note.
_37 For by thy words thou shalt be
justified, and by thy words thou
shalt be condemned.
The sign of the prophet Jonas:
Jesus foretells his death and
resurrection (Lk. 11. 29-44).
38 Then certain of the scribes and
of the Pharisees answered, saying,
Master, we would see a “sign from
thee,
39 But he answered and said unto
them, An evil and adulterous ‘gene-
Tation seeketh after a sign; and
there shall no sign be given to it, but
the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40 For as “Jonas was three days
and three nights in the whale’s
belly; so shall the Son of man be
three days and three nights in the
heart of the earth.
41 1The men of “Nineveh shall
rise in judgment with this genera-
tion, and shall condemn it: because
they °"repented at the preaching of
Jonas; and, behold, a greater than
Jonas is here.
42 The queen of the south shall
rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it:
for she came from the uttermost
parts of the earth to hear the wis-
dom of Solomon; and, behold, a
greater than Solomon is here.
The worthlessness of self-refor-
mation (Lk. 11. 24-26).
43 @When the unclean spirit i¢
gone out of a man, he walketh
‘through dry places, seeking rest,
and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return
into my house from whence I came
out; and when he is come, he findeth
it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh
with himself seven other spirits
more wicked than himself, and they
enter in and dwell there: and the
last state of that man is worse than
the first. Even so shall it be also
unto this wicked “generation.
The. new relationships (Mk. 3.
31-35; Lk. 8. 19-21).
46 2While he yet talked to the
people, behold, his mother and his
1 Again the rejected King announces judgment (cf. Mt. 10. 20-24). Israel, in the
midst of the Pharisaic revival of outward religious strictness, was like a man out of
whom a demon had “gone,” i.e. of his own volition. i
‘The personal application is to a mere self-cleansed moralist.
an empty house, etc.
He would come back and find
2 Rejected by Israel, His “kinsmen according to the flesh” (cf. Rom. 9, 3), our
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brethren stood without, desiring’to] A.D. 31.__|fell by the Wiese side, and the fowls
speak with him. came and devoured them up: }
47 Then one said unto him, Be- 3 Some fell upon stony places,
hold, ¢thy mother and thy brethren where they had not much earth:
stand without, desiring to speak and forthwith they sprung up, be-
with thee. ; cause they had no deepness of
48 But he answered and said unto earth:
him that told him, Who is my 6 And when the sun was up, they
mother? and who are my brethren?|¢ ME3.31-35; |were scorched; and because they
49 And he stretched forth his) “©8191: [had no root, they withered away.
hand toward his disciples, and said,|b Kingdom 7 And some fell among thorns;
Behoid my mother and my breth-| (NT). Mt. jand the thorns sprung up, and
ren! (LE.1.31-33; choked them: i -
50 For ‘whosoever shall do the} 1 Cor.15.24.) | 8 But other fell into good ground,
will of my Father which is in Parabl and brought forth fruit, some an
heaven, the same is my brother,|°qq't). vs, |hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some
and sister, and mother, 3-9,18-23, thirtyfold. oa
ee Aeettrn 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him
CHAPTER 13. 45,46,47-50; hear.
Mt.18.12-14. | 10 And the disciples came, and
The mysteries of the kingdom eye aerd said unto him, Why speakest thou
: 5 unto them in parables? x!
gf hi as Lk lens somes ME $1) 11 He answered and said unto
5 i evi rs d eRe, & them, Because it is given unto you
(THE same day went Jesus out of| 39°“? |to know the vyumesieties of the |
the house, and sat by the sea |‘kingdom of heaven, put to them it,
side. e Mt.3.2, is not given. 4
2 And great multitudes were] "f° 12 For whosoever hath, to him
gathered together unto him, solfJohn 7.16, shall be given, and he shall have
that he went into a ship, and sat;] 17; 8.43. more abundance: but whosoever
and the whole multitude stood on hath not, from him shall be taken
the shore. away even that he hath. 5
3 And he !spake many things un- 13 Therefore speak I to them in
to them in “parables, saying, Be- parables: fbecause they seeing see
hold, a 2sower went forth to sow; not; and hearing they hear not,
4 And when he sowed, some seeds} neither do they understand.
Lord intimates the formation of the new family of faith which, overstepping mere ra-
cial claims, receives “whosoever” will be His disciple (vs. 49, 50. Cf. John 6. 28, 29),
1 The seven parables of Mt. 13., called by our Lord “mysteries of the kingdom
of heaven” (v, 11), taken together, describe the result of the presence of the Gospel
in the world during the present age, that is, the time of seed-sowing which began
with our Lord’s personal ministry, and ends with the “harvest” (vs. 40-43). Briefly,
that result is the mingled tares and wheat, good fish and bad, in the sphere of Chris-
tian profession. It is Christendom.
? The figure marks a new beginning. To labour in God’s vineyard (israel, Isa. 5.
1-7) is one thing, to go forth sowing the seed of the word in a field which is the world,
quite another (cf. Mt. 10. 5). One-fourth of the seed takes permanent root, but
the result is “wheat” (v. 25; 1 Pet. 1. 23), or “children of the kingdom” (v. 38).
This parable (vs. 3-9, 18-23) is treated throughout as foundational to the mysteries
of the kingdom of heaven. 3t is interpreted by our Lord Himself.
3 A “mystery” in Scripture is a previously hidden truth, now divinely revealed,
but in which a supernatural element still remains despite the revelation. The
greater mysteries are: (1) The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven (Mt. 13. 3-50
3) the mystery of Israel’s blindness during this age (Rom. 11. 25, with context):
(3) the mystery of the translation of living saints at the end of this age (1 Cor. 15.
51, 52; 1 Thes. 4. 14-17); (4) the mystery of the N.T. church as one body composed
of Jew and Gentile (Eph. 3. 1-11; Rom. 16. 25; Eph. 6. 19; Col. 4. 3); (S) the mystety
of the church as the bride of Christ (Eph. 5. 28-32); (6) the mystery of the inliving
Christ (Gal. 2. 20; Col. 1. 26, 27): (7) the “mystery of God even Christ,” i.e. Christ
as the incarnate fullness of the Godhead embodied, in whom all the divine wisdom
for man subsists (Col. 2. 2, 9; 1 Cor. 2. 7)3 fe the mystery of the processes by which
godlikeness is restored to man (1 Tim. 3. 16); (9) the mystery of iniquity (2 Thes.
2.7; Mt. 13. 33); (10) the mystery of the seven stars (Rev, 1. 20); (11) the mystery
of Babylon (Rev. 17. 5, 7).
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14 And in them is fulfilled the} Awv.31. |self, but dureth f ile:
Sprophecy of Esaias, which saith, when cteibolation folate secon:
ae aoe wi Se and a neta pees of the word, by and
3; and seeing yes y he is offended.
see, and shall not perceive: 3
15 For this peenie's heart is waxed |¢ Isa.6.9,10; Seales neti peel eee
gross, and their ears are dull of eaipe the word; and the care of this
Hey ae their eyes ay John 12.39. |/world, and the deceitfulness of
peeneniiahoielercacamdiaret ihc. Pee ieereatiilat aces, Gaia
bie. turn me rurtiul,
their ears, and should understand! again. 23 But the that received seed into
Mocneeted cond t atiohid healthend TESUIO® [the Ceca” end ‘unmerstandeietes
16 But blessed are your eyes, for gies ehichyalsd pearctn dae ey ni
2. i 2 ring=
ce. see: and your ears, for they|? Righteous- leth forth, some bi hundredfold,
17 For verily I say unto you, That Pl ied ada ldiona ae
any od hee sees eMt.3.2, Second mystery, the tares
“ga TERROR elon ecard ET amoné the wheat (ys. 24-30,
ee ye ree ~ have not} fat once. 36-43).
seen them; and to hear those 24 2Another parable put he forth
things which ye hear, and have|*f£ 3%, unto them, saying, ‘The kingdom of
23 Seah Sia oia ee a S45 Acts 14. Bearer ie Sp ee a ae which
ye therefore the parable| 2?- sowed *good seed in his field:
of the sower. hie. age 25 But while men slept, his enemy
19 When any one heareth the! ~ _ L z
word of the aeedoue and cue +Lk.8.15. seheats me gartes Mien) Sei
standeth it not, then cometh the) ; ppit1.11; 26 But when the blade was sprung
wicked one, and catcheth away} Col.1.6. up, and brought forth fruit, then
that which was sown in his heart.|, , 5.4193. appeared the tares also.
This is he which received seed by|"1 Jom 3.9. 27 So the servants of the house-
the way side.
20 But he that received the seed
into stony places, the same is he
that heareth the word, and ‘anon
with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in him-
1 Acts 20.29,
30.
holder came and said unto him, Sir,
didst not thou sow good seed in thy
field? from whence then hath it
tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy
hath done this. The servants said
1 The O.T. prophets saw in one blended vision the rejection and crucifixion of
the King (see “Christ, sacrifice,” Gen. 4. 4; Heb. 10. 18, note), and also His glory
as David’s Son (Zech. 12. 8, note), but “what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
which was in them did signify when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ
and the glory chat should follow,” was not revealed to them—only that the vision
_-was not for themselves (1 Pet. 1. 10-12). That revelation Christ makes in these
parables. A period of time is to intervene between His sufferings and His glory.
That interval is occupied with the “mysteries of the kingdom of heaven” here
described.
2 This parable (vs. 24-30) is also interpreted by our Lord (vs. 36-43). Here the
“good seed’ is not the “word,” as in the first parable (vs. 19, 23), but rather that
which the word has produced (1 Pet. 1. 23), viz.: the children of the kingdom, These
are, providentially (v. 37), “sown,” i.e. scattered, here and-there in the ‘‘field’’
of the “world” (v. 38). The “world” here is both geographical and ethnic—the
earth-world, and also the world of men. The wheat of God at once becomes the
scene of Satan’s activity. Where children of the kingdom are gathered, there,
“among the wheat” (vs. 25, 38, 39), Satan ‘‘sows” “children of the wicked one,”
who profess to be children of the kingdom, and in outward ways are so like the
true children that only the angels may, in the end, be trusted to separate them
(vs. 28-30, 40-43). So great is Satan’s power of deception that the tares often
really suppose themselves to be children of the kingdom (Mt. 7. 21-23). Many
other parables and exhortations have this mingled condition in view (e.g. Mt. 22.
11-14; 25. 1-13, 14-30; Lik. 18. 10-14; Heb. 6. 4-9). Indeed, it characterizes Matthew
from Chapter 13. to the end. The parable of the wheat and tares is not a descrip-
tion of the world, but of that which professes to be the kingdom. Mere unbe-
fievers are never called ‘children of the devil, but only religious unbelievers are so
called (cf. v.38; John 8. 8-44; Mt. 23. 15).
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unto him, Wilt thou then that we
go and gather them up? f
29 But he said, Nay; lest while
ye gather up the tares, ye root up
also the wheat with them. :
30 Let *both grow together until
the harvest: and in the time of har-
vest I will say to the reapers,
LGather ye together first the tares,
and bind them in bundles to burn
them: but gather the wheat into
my barn.
13 29]
Third mystery, the grain of
mustard seed (Mk. 4. 30-32).
31 Another parable put he forth
unto them, saying, The “kingdom
of heaven is like to a grain of ‘mus-
tard seed, which a man took, and
sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all
MATTHEW.
A.D. 31.
a Phil.3.18,
19; 2: Thes.3.
6; 2 Tim.2.
19.
b Mt.3.2,
note.
c M&.4.30-
32; Lk.13.18,
195 Acts 1.15.
d Ezk.17.22-
24; 31.3-9;
cf.Dan.4.
20-22.
e Leaven.
(Gen.19.3.)
f v.25; Gal.2.
431.
g Num.15.8,
9; John 6.32-
35.
h 1 Cor.5.6;
15.33; Gal.
5.6-9.
i Psa.78.2.
seeds: but when it is grown, it is
the greatest among herbs, and be-
cometh a “tree, so that the birds of
the air come and lodge in the
branches thereof.
Fourth mystery, the leaven
Lk. 13. 20, 21).
33 Another parable spake he un-
to them; The kingdom of heaven is
like unto “4leaven, which a woman
took, and fhid in &three measures
of meal, till the ‘*’whole was
leavened.
34 All these things spake Jesus
unto the multitude in parables; and
without a parable spake he not unto
them: f ;
35 That it might be ‘fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophet,
saying, I will open my mouth in
1 The gathering of the tares into bundles for burning does not imply immediate
judgment. At the end of this age (v. 40) the tares are set apart for burning, but.
first the wheat is gathered into the barn (John 14. 3; 1 Thes. 4. 14-17).
2 The parable of the Mustard Seed prefigures the rapid but unsubstantial growth
of the mystery form of the kingdom from an insignificant beginning (Acts 1. 153 2. 413.
1 Cor. 1, 26) to a great place in the earth. The figure of the fowls finding shelter in
the branches is drawn from Dan.
context in Daniel shows.
3 That interpretation of the
4. 20-22.
How insecure was such a refuge the
parable of the Leaven (v. 33) which makes (with
variation as to details) the leaven to be the Gospel, introduced into the world (“three
measures of meal’) by the church, and working subtly until the world is converted
(‘till the whole was leavened”) is open to fatal objection: (1) It does violence to
the unvarying symbolical meaning of leaveén,
by our Lord Himself (Mt. 16. 6-12;
33, note), 3
was leavened’),
ables of the Wheat
ME. 8. 15.
and especially to the meaning fixed
See ‘‘Leaven,’’ Gen. 19. 3; Mt. 13.
The implication of a converted world in this age (“till the whole
is explicitly contradicted by our Lord’s interpretation of the par-
and Tares, and of the Net.
Our Lord presents a picture of
a partly converted kingdom in an unconverted world; of good fish and bad in the
very kingdom-net itself.
in the first parable.
_ (3) The method of the extension of the kingdom is given
; } It is by sowing seed, not by mingling leaven.
have, in Scripture, a meaning fixed by inspired usage.
. The symbols
Leaven is the principle
of corruption working subtly; is invariably used in a bad sense (see “Leaven,”
Gen, 19. 3, refs.), and is defined by our Lord as evil doctrine (Mt. 16. 11, 12; Mk, ©
8.15). Meal, on the a a
1-3), and was food for the friests (Lev. 6. 15-17).
always symbolizes something out of place, religiously (see Zech. 5. 6, note).
Thyatira it was a woman teaching (cf. Rev. 2. 20 with Rev. 17. 1-6).
was used in one of the sweet-savour offerings (Lev. 2.
A woman, in the bad ethical sense,
In
Interpreting
the parable by these familiar symbols, it constitutes a warning that the true doc-
trine, given for the nourishment of the childr.
4. 6; 1 Pet. 2. 2), would be mingled with co
that officially, by the apostate church itsel
ZEPCts y2%e1-3)):
en of the kingdom (Mt. 4. 4; 1 Tim.
trupt and corrupting false doctrine, and
f (1 Tim. 4. 1-3; 2 Tim. 2. 17, 18; 4. 3, 43
+ Summary: (1) Leaven, as a symbolic or typical substance, is always mentioned
in the O.T. in an evil sense (Gen. 19. 3, refs.).
N.T. explains its symbolic meaning.
with “‘sincerity and truth” (1 Cor. 5. 6-8).
fold form of Pharisaism, Sadduceeism, a
The leaven of the Pharisees was extern
the Sadducees, scepticism as to the sup
23, 29); of the Herodians, worldliness-—
16-21; Mk. 3. 6).
versal meaning.
1016
(2) The use of the word in the
It is “malice and wickedness,” as contrasted
It is evil doctrine (Mt. 16. 12) in its three-
nd Herodianism (Mt. 16. 6; Mk. 8. 15).
alism in religion (Mt. 23. 14, 16, 23-28); of
ernatural and as to the Scriptures (Mt. 22.
a Herod party amongst the Jews (Mt. 22.
(3) The use of the word in Mt. 13. 33 is congruous with its uni-
a
13 36] St. MATTHEW. [13 48
caer F eel
parables; I will utter things which] a.D.31. _|nace of fire: there shall be wailing
: and /gnashing of teeth.
foundation of the ¢world. Sree 43 1Then shall the *righteous
: 33,34. *|shine forth as the sun in the king-
The second mystery explained.|¢ kosmos (Mt.|\dom of their Father. “Who hath
4.8), = man- ; @
36 Jeg caus sent the multitude 1 Mis, note. pope tea a
away, and went int :)@Satan. Gr. 3 H
and his disciples oe east cara Ser ar gins tier tle 3 yes
saying, Declare unto us the parable 53 (Gen dds, x
of the tares of the field. Rev.20.10.) | 44 Again, the ¢kingdom of heaven
37 He answered and said untol’ cee: 1 like unto treasure “hid in a field;
them, He that soweth the good seed| age. Mt.24.3./the which when a man hath found,
is the Son of man; g Heb.1.4,note.|he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth
38 The field is the cworld: the|” See Mt’ and ?selleth all that he hath, and
good seed are the children of the ji.iy2e37, |buyeth that field.
¢kingdom; but the tares are the|/Sim. Rom.
children of the wicked one; Beeecten aan! Sixth mystery, the pearl.
39 The enemy that sowed them is| ness. 45° Again, the ¢kingdom of heaven
the ‘devil; the harvest is the fend}! Judgments |. *).
: (the seven). |is like unto a merchant man, seek-
of the world; and the reapers are] jyt36.27. ing goodly 2pearls:
the angels. (2 Sam.7.14;
40 As therefore the tares are Remaay | MeoW/bo.aitien be rhad found done
gathered and burned in the fire;|"Rom2019 pearl of ereat price wens anckispid
2} note. Col.3.4;/all that he had, and bought it.
so shall it be in the fend of this| 2 Thes.1.5-10:
world. "veka? |\Seventh mystery, the drag-net.
41 The “Son of man shall send|, 5319.5:
forth his fangels, and they shall] Deut.4.20. 47 Again, ‘the kingdom of
igather out of his “kingdom all|? 2534-10; /dheaven is like unto a net, that
Bere offend, and Jthem which| 5 Go.¢.. ih cast ee the sea, and gathered
o Finiquity ; q Eph.5.25-27; |of every kind:
42 And shall cast thern into a fur-| Rev-21-21. 48 Which, when it was full, they
_ 1 The kingdom does not become the kingdom of the “Father” until Christ, hav-
ing “put all enemies under His feet,’’ including the last enemy, death, has “‘delivered
up the kingdom to God, even the Father” (1 Cor. 15. 24-28; Rev. 20. 2). There
is triumph over death at the first resurrection (1 Cor. 15. 54, 55), but death, “‘the
last enemy,” is not destroyed till the end of the millennium (Rev. 20. 14).
2 The interpretation of the parable of the treasure, which makes the buyer of
the field to be a sinner who is seeking Christ, has no warrant in the parable itself.
The field is defined (v. 38) to be the world. The seeking sinner does not buy, but
forsakes, the world to win Christ. Furthermore, the sinner has nothing to sell,
nor is Christ for sale, nor is He hidden in a field, nor, having found Christ, does
‘the sinner hide Him again (cf. Mk. 7. 24; Acts 4. 20). At every point the inter-
pretation breaks down.
Our Lord is the buyer at the awful cost of His blood (1 Pet. 1. 18), and Israel,
especially Ephraim (Jer. 31. 5-12, 18-20), the lost tribes hidden in “the field,” the
world (v. 38), is the treasure (Ex. 19. 5; Psa. 135.4). Again, as in the separation
of tares and wheat, the angels are used (Mt. 24. 31; Jer. 16.16). The divine Mer-
-chantman buys the field (world) for the sake of the treasure (v. 44; Rom. il. 28),
beloved for the fathers’ sakes, and yet to be restored and saved. The note of joy
(v. 44) is also that of the prophets in view of Israel’s restoration (Deut. 30. 9; Isa. =
49. 13: 52. 1-3; 62. 4-7: 65. 18, 19). (See “Israel,” Gen. 11. 10; Rom. 11. 26.)
3 The true Church, ‘‘one body” formed by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12.12,13). As
Israel is the hid treasure, so the Church is the pearl of great cost. Covering the
same period of time as the mysteries of the kingdom, is thé mystery of the Church
(Rom. 16. 25, 26; Eph. 3. 3-10; 5. 32). Of the true Church a pearl is a perfect sym-
bol: (1) A pearl is one, a perfect symbol of unity (1 Cor. 10. 17; 12. 12, 13; Eph. 4,
4-6). (2) A pearl is formed by accretion, and that not mechanically, but vitally,
through a living one, as Christ adds to the Church (Acts 2. 41, 47; 5.14; 11. 24; Eph.
2. 21; Col. 2. 19). (3) Christ, having given Himself for the pearl, is now preparing
it for presentation to Himself (Eph. 5. 25-27). The kingdom is not the Church, but
the true children of the kingdom during the fulfilment of these mysteries, baptized
by one Spirit into one body (1 Cor. 12. 12, 13), compose the true Church, the pear,
4 The parable of the Net (Gr. drag-net) presents another view from that of the
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drew to shore, and sat down, and| A.D. 32. 58 And he did not many mighty
@gathered the good into vessels, but
cast the bad away. PRES IR.
49 So shall it be at the %end of|5 consumma-
the world: the angels shall come) ‘07 ye
forth, and sever the wicked from) 3/3 “*
among the just,
50 And shall cast them into the|*v42;, 9)
‘furnace of fire: there shall be wail-
ing and gnashing of “teeth. d Kingdom
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye] (.T:).
understood all these things? They
say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52 Then said he unto them,
Therefore every scribe which is
instructed unto the kingdom of
heaven is like unto a man that is
an householder, which bringeth
forth out of his treasure things new
and old,
Jesus returns to Nazareth:
again rejected (Mk. 6. 1-6; cf.
Lk. 4. 16-32).
53 And it came to pass, that
when Jesus had finished these par-
ables, he departed thence.
54 And when he was come into
his own country, he taught them in
their synagogue, insomuch that
they were “astonished, and said,
Whence hath this man this wis-
dom, and these mighty works?
55 Is not this the ‘carpenter’s
son? is not his mother called Mary?
and his brethren, ‘James, and Joses,
and Simon, and Judas?
56 And his sisters, ‘are they not
all with us? Whence then hath
this man all these things? p
57 And they were offended in
him. But Jesus said unto them, A
prophet is not without honour, save
in his own country, and in his own
house.
vs.1-50;
Mt.15.21-28.
(Lk.1.31-33;
1 Cor.15.24.)
e John 7.15.
f John 6.42;
7.41,48,52.
g Son of Al-
phzeus, Mt.
4.21, note.
# Called Anti-
pas; son of
Herod the
Great (Mt.2.
1, note) and
Malthace, a
Samaritan
woman;
brother of
Archelaus
(Mt.2.22).
Mar. (1) a
daughter of
King Aretas;
(2) Herodias,
wife of his
half-brother,
Philip.
j vs.1,6.
k See Lk.3.
1, refs,
1 Prov.29.25;
Lk.18.23;
| Acts 7.52.
works there “because of their un-
belief:
CHAPTER 14.
Herod’s troubled conscience.
Murder of John the Baptist
(ME. 6. 14-29; Lk. 9. 7-9).
A T that time ‘Herod the tetrarch
heard of the fame of Jesus,
2 And said unto his servants, This
is John the Baptist; he is risen
from the dead; and_ therefore
mighty works do shew forth them-
selves in him.
3 For JHerod had laid hold on
John, and bound him, and put him
in prison for *Herodias’ sake, his
brother Philip’s wife.
4 For John said unto him, Itis not
lawful for thee to have her.
5 And when he would have put
him to death, he feared the multi-
tude, because they counted him as
a prophet.
6 But when Herod’s birthday was
kept, the daughter of Herodias
danced before them, and pleased
Herod.
7 Whereupen he promised with
an oath to give her whatsoever she
would ask.
8 And she, being before instructed
of her mother, said, Give me here
John Baptist’s head in a charger.
9 And the king was sorry: nev-
ertheless for the oath’s sake, and
them which sat with him at meat,
he commanded i¢ to be given her.
10 And he sent, and beheaded
John in the prison.
ii And his head was bought in
a charger, and given to the damsel:
and she brought it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came, and
wheat and tares of the mysteries of the kingdom as the sphere of profession, but
with this difference: there Satan was the active agent; here the admixture is more
the result of the tendency of a movement to gather to itself that which is not really
of it. The kingdom of heaven is like a net which, cast into the sea of humanity,
gathers of every kind, good and bad. And these remain together in the net (v. 49),
and not merely in the sea, until the end of the age. It is not even a converted
net, much less a converted sea. Infinite violence has been done to sound exegesis
by the notion that the world is to be converted zn this age. Against that notion
stands our Lord’s own interpretation of the parables of the Sower, the Wheat and
Tares, and the Net.
Such, then, is the mystery form of the kingdom (see Mt. 3. 2, note; 6. 33,
note). It is the sphere of Christian profession during this age. It is a mingled
body of true and false, wheat and tares, good and bad. It is defiled by formalism
doubt, and worldliness. But within it Christ sees the true children of the true
kingdom who, at the end, are to “shine forth as the sun.” In the great field, the
world, He sees the redeemed of all ages, but especially His hidden Israel yet to
be restored and blessed. Also, in this form of the kingdom, so unlike that which
is to be, He sees the Church, His body and bride, and for joy He sells all that He
has (2 Cor. 8.9) and buys the field, the treasure, and the pearl.
1018
14 13] St. MATTHEW. [15 6
took up the body, and buried it, and|__ 4-D- 32.__|him walking on the sea, they were
went and “told Jesus. mtroubled, saying, It is a spirit;
13 When Jesus heard of it, he °de- and they cried out for fear.
parted thence by “ship into a desert|2 seth 27 But straightway Jesus spake
place apart: and when the people| °7' 11-21. lunto them, saying, "Be of good
had heard thereof, they followed|é Met 153 cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
hin: on foot out of the cities. %.6.32-46. | 98 And Peter answered him and
14 And Jesus went forth, and saw|¢ boat. said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me
a great multitude, and was movedla mt.9.36. come unto thee on the water.
with ¢compassion toward them, and], yg. 108: 29 And he said, Come. And
he healed their sick. | 2 Cor.4.5,6. [when Peter was come down out of
The five thousand fed (Mk. 6.|f Mt28.18. BE eee aine walked on the water, to
30-44; Lk. 9. 10-17; John 6. 1-14). |g John 6.1-14. 30 “But Ronen he saw the wind
$ ; «_|h John 6.23; i afraid; .
15 And when it was evening, his eae Se San ete ete wae pe
isci i ing is] 1 Cor 11.24, , ? ’
disciples came to him, saying, This or Para. cave aie
is a desert place, and the time is|; miracles : ; i
now past; send the multitude away,] (N.T.) vs. beget reais
that they may go into the villages, ao eaeeERS's a natch ite hice Oth aa f dlittle
and buy themselves victuals. ee eal eet eae EE oat
: ‘faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
16 But Jesus said unto them,] 8.2,3; Acts 3
hesn 28.8,9.) 32 And when they were come into
They need not depart; ‘give ye the chip -tHeMvIne: ceased:
them to eat. j 2 Ki.4.1-7, S i
: Wel 42-44; Mt. 33 Then they that were in the ship
17 And they say unto him, We 15.27. came and worshipped him, saying,
sake Bete xPusL Ave lonuss) and two k Mk.6.46, |Of a truth thou art the ’Son of God.
2 : : LE.5.16 34 And when they were gone
18 He said, {Bring them hither to}, ear. lover, they came into the land of
me
. ; | 52; John6 |Gennesaret.
19 And he commanded the multi-} 36791. 33 UAnd when #he amen “ot thee
tude to sit down on the grass, and :
: mLk.24.36. |place had knowledge of him, they
tog the ive loaves and the to)" hit, lato nfl gt county found
he "blessed, and ae and gavel, a ee sok Saperky deep unto him all
the loaves to his disciples, and the] 16.33. 36 And besousht him that:they
aigerpls fo the Blea: ere oHe8aAS. fight only touch the hetn of hs
filled: and they took up of the frag-|» Mt.8.25. gal ope pee eel ale touched
ments that Jremained twelve bas- Ree ee Reet Oral Fse:
kets full. q Mt.8.26.
zh ord they. that ied eaten wee 7 Mey CHAPTER 15.
t t , besi 54; Psa. j ;
: Boe baa chives spring cas Pie John | Jesus rebukes scribes and Phari-
‘ sees (Mk. 7. 1-23).
sus walks on the water: Pe-|' M&-5-24.34. 3
Je "s little faith Mic —ce:|t Mt.23.16-18; HEN came to Jesus scribes and
ter’s little fatth (Mk. 6. 45-56; ; } ,
John 6. 15-21). Mk.7.1-23. Pharisees, which wer of Jeru-
u Mt.23.23; |Salem, saying, van
22 And straightway Jesus con-| John 18.28; | 2 Why do thy disciples transgress
strained his disciples to get into a Seer y a Den: the tei avi of fhe, erat Pie
i fe i ee they wash not their hands when
Sine alae: guile Re he theauies Gee iei9 they eat bread. Meadicdhcees
des a i ~*~") 3° But he answered and said unto
Eee ant vies he had sent the mul-|¥ =*-2117, |them, Why do ye also transgress
titudes away, he went up ra alx surely ey the spose Ss of God by your
mountain apart to pray: and when| %°¢“ev-<0. |tradition:
the evening was come, he was there Bi rity ab! 4 For God commanded, saying,
alone. 17.Cf.1Tim.|/"Honour thy father and mother:
24 But the ship was now in the] 4-8: and, “He that curseth father or
midst of the sea, ‘tossed withly ie. dedi- mother, let him “die the death.
waves: for the wind was con- peed See 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall
toto, lsay to his father or his mother, It
trary. See Mk.7.11, |S 3
25 And in the fourth watch of the Bs is a gift, by whatsoever thou
night Jesus went unto them, walk- mightest be profited by me; ‘
ing on the sea. 6 And honour not his father or his
26 And when the disciples saw 019 mother, he shall be free. Thus
15 7]
have ye made the commandment of
God of none effect by your tradi-
tion. Y ; Ezek.33.31.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did ?Esaias Pe
prophesy of you,saying, _ Isa.29.13.
8 This people draweth nigh unto] , pon 14.14-
a Isa.29.13;
mae with their “mouth, and honour-} 23; Gol.2.
eth me with their lips; but their| 20,23.
heart is far from me.., _ |d Jer.17.9,10;
ne hip] Tes
pee - STORED mapa e Mt.5.20;
“10 Hass Be eiied the multitude,| ‘cts 15-10:
and said unto them, Hear, and|/fOr. even yet.
understand: g Gen.6.5;
11 “Not that which goeth into the| Jer-17.9,10;
mouth defileth a man; but that| Jas-3-10-12.
which ¢cometh out of the mouth,|* Gal.5.19-21.
this defileth a man. 4 Ss AP)
12 Then came his disciples, and} prayers
said unto him, Knowest thou that Bs tues
the Pharisees were offended, after] 9: Re, 0
they heard this saying? jMe13:
13 But he answered and said,|7 99 4r4b-
Every plant, which my heavenly] ” Psa.132.11.
Father hath not planted, shall be}z¢,. apol=
‘rooted up. ; lumi, John 3.
14 Let them alone: they be blind} 16, note.
leaders of the blind. And if the] 7Psa.145.18.
blind lead the blind, both shall fall], w1.7.6:
into the ditch. : John 4.22,
15 Then answeréd Peter and said), rit. 1e¢10
unto him, Declare unto us this par-| dogs.
able. ms
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also oN -
fyet without understanding? ver Moto
17 Donot ye yet understand, that} .2924: Mes
whatsoever entereth in at the] 15.24.)
mouth goeth into the belly, and is}, 11.779.
cast out into the draught? . cf. Mi.0.6.
18_E e thing r ed ‘ail on-
out OF the MoU come forth trom) oo Sed,
the sheart;.and they defile the man.| that he's
Pes ein ean R tossed Sa
Jevil thoughts, mur \duiteries, aC
pe thou ae false witness, | 7 Mt.9.27-29;
blasphemies*" aie sa NA SOL ) 2¥-3% 20%
20 These are the things which|r Miracles
defile a man: but to eat with’ un- Coe
washen. hands “defileth nota” man.} Meisaaig.
The Syrophenician woman’s Pras
daughter healed (Mk. 7. 24-30). 5 Mk.7.25;
21 Then Jesus went thence, and roa
Ideparted into the coasts of Tyre| 71+ 1059
and Sidon. ¢ Mt.11.20-
22 And, behold, a woman of Ca- an eK
naan came out of the same coasts, Mo.seeg!
and ‘cried unto him, saying, Havel“ wicsio.
1¥For the first time the rejected Son
precursive fulfilment of Mt. 12. 18. Addressed
St. MATTHEW.
A.D. 32.
9; Rev.22.20.)|thou wilt.
of David ministers to a Gentile.
[15 34
mercy on me, O Lord, thou Json of ©
David; my daughter is grievously
vexed with.a devil.
23 But he answered her not a
word. And his disciples came and
besought him, saying, Send her
away; for she crieth after us. ,
24 ‘But he answered and said, I
am not sent but unto the Alost sheep
of the house of Israel. y
25 Then came she and worshipped
him, saying, Lord, “help me.
26 But he answered and said, It
is not meet to take the children’s
bread, and cast if to “dogs.
27 And she said, ‘Truth, Lord: yet
the "dogs eat of the crumbs which
fall from their masters’ table.
28 °Then Jesus answered and
said unto her, O woman, great is
thy faith: be it unto thee even fas
And her daughter was
made "whole from that very hour.
The multitudes healed.
(Cf. Mk. 7. 31-37:)
29 And Jesus departed from
thence, and came nigh unto, the sea
of Galilee; and went up into a
mountain, and sat down there.
30 And great multitudes came
unto him, having with them those
that were lame, blind, dumb,
maimed, and many others, and Scast
them down at Jesus’ feet: and he
healed them:
31 Inscmuch that the multitude
wondered, when they saw the dumb
to speak, the maimed to be whole,
the lame to walk, and the blind to
oe ed they ‘glorified the God of
stael.
The four thousand fed
k. 8. 1-9).
32 Then Jesus called his disciples
unto him, and said, I have “com-
passion on the multitude, because
they continue with me now three
days, and have nothing to eat: and
I will not send them away fasting,
lest they faint in the way.
33 And his disciples say unto him,
Whence should we have sc much
bread in the wilderness, as to fill so
great a multitude?
34 And Jesus saith unto them,
How many loaves have ye? And
It isa
by a Gentile as Son of David, He
makes no reply, for a Gentile has no claim upon Him in that character (sce Mt. 2. 2,
note; Eph. 2. 12).;
Addressing Him as
See Rom. 10, 12, 13,
1020
“Lord,”
she obtained an immediate answer.
15 35] Sr. MATTHEW. > [16 18
they said, “Seven, and a few little
A.D. 32. _|themselves, saying, It is because
es. i we have taken no bread.
35 And he commanded the multi-|c v.37; Mt.14. | 8 Which when Jesus perceived
tude to sit down on the ground. 17. he said unto them, O ye of little
36 And he took the seven loaves!) Mt.14.20.. |faith, why reason ye among your-
and the fishes, and gave thanks,|-y+44.91, _|selves, because ye have brought nao
and brake them, and gave to his a Tested bread?
Series, and the disciples to the|* (eips"°"| 9 Do ye not ‘yet understand,
multitude. *| Gen3.1; neither remember the five loaves
37 And they did all eat, and were} Jas-1-14.) ie thodive Ghoidsndl amity
filled: and they took up of the|eMt12.38- {baskets ye took a Biba
broken meaé that was left Sseven| 41; Mk.8. 10 Neither the seven loaves of th
baskets full. ES {four thousand, and ho’ ee 2 z
38 And they that did eat were| fLk.12.54-57. kets ye took up? ee
‘four thousand men, beside women| g Mt.21.23- 11 Howisit that ye do not under-
and children. 27. stand that I spake it not to you
39 And he sent away the multi-], reavert. vs. [Concerning bread, that ye should
tude, and took ship, and came into! 6,11,12; beware of the “leaven of the Phari-
the coasts of Magdala. roma 3, {Sees and of the Sadducees?
Mt.13.33.) 12 Then understood they how
CHAPTER 16. i John 12.37. ee 5s bade er RCE. beware of
wy he aes e leaven of bread, but of the
oat te rebar rg ‘ani (ciel Ges doctrine of the Pharisees and of the
+ ee “4 Fes Soni that Sadducees.
ai daeses dare) aba ecsiag ae. “packets” Peter's po aierion. Cans 2
sired him that he would shew them| “*‘*- mi Bobi hndtral sad Ae, Doce,
€a sign from heaven. k Gal.1.6-9; :
_2 Heanswered and said unto them, CHa 13 When Jesus came into the
When it is fevening, ye say, It will ete ae coasts of Czsarea Philippi, he asked
be fair weather: for the sky is red. pe * This disciples, saying, Whom do men
eae a the ne: It will be|™ Se say that I the "Son of man am?
‘oul weather to day: for the sky is! 20, note. 14 And they said, Some say that
red arid lowring. O ye hypocrites,| , John 6.67. thou art John the Baptist: some,
ye can discern the face of the sky; Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one
but can ye not discern the signs of|° pie of the prophets.
matte pee 11.27; Acts 15 we san ate them, But whom
A Swi and adulterous gen-| 9.20. say “ye that I am:
eration seeketh after a sign; and|» mt.11.27; 16 And Simon Peter answered
there shall no sign be given unto it,|} 1 John 4.15; |and said, Thou art the °Christ, the
ren the = ‘ed the prophet bi pee John |Son of the living God.
- POSE LE Ra pet were|7 Son of First mention of the church.
come to the other side, they had ‘ 17 And Jesus answered and said
forgotten to take bread. r John 6.63. {ynto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
i 5 Church (the|@Bar-jona: for “flesh and blood hath
Jesus interprets the symbol of | true). Acts |not revealed it unto thee, but my
leaven (Mk. 8. 13-21). rCaEN ear Father which is in heaven.
6 Then Jesus said unto them,| 12.23.) 18 And I say also unto thee, That
Take heed and beware of thel;ar. pades, |thou art !Peter, and upon this rock
heaven of the Pharisees and of| Lk.16.23, I will build my 2Schurch; and the
the Sadducees. note. gates of ‘hell shall not prevail
7 And they reasoned among against it.
1 There is in the Greek a play upon the words, “‘thou art Peter [petros—literally,
‘a little rock’], and upon this rock [Petra] I will build my church.” He does not
promise to build His church upon Peter, but upon Himself, as Peter himself is care-
ful to tell us (1 Pet. 2. 4-9).
2 Gr. ecclesia (ek = “out of,” kaleo = “to call”), an assembly of called-out ones.
The word is used of any assembly; the word itself implies no more, as, e.g., the
town-meeting at Ephesus (Acts 19, 39), and Israel, called out of Egypt and assem-
bled in the wilderness (Acts 7. 38). Israel was a true “church,” but not in any
sense the N.T. church—the only point of similarity being that both were ‘‘called
out” and by the same God. All else is contrast. See Acts 7, 38, note; Heb. 12.
23, note.
1021
he
16 19]
19 And I will give unto thee the
ikeys of the *kingdom of heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then 2ocharged he his disciples
that they should tell no man that
he was “Jesus the Christ.
Christ foretells his death and
resurrection (Mk. 8. 31-38; Lk.
9, 22-27).
21 From that time forth .began
Jesus to shew unto his disciples,
how that he must go unto Jerusa-
lem, and ¢suffer many things of the
elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be killed, and be raised again
the third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and be-
gan to ‘rebuke him, saying, Be it
far from thee, Lord: this shall not
‘be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto
Peter, Get thee behind me, fSatan:
thou art an 8offence unto me: for
thou savourest not the things that
be of God, but those that be of men.
24 Then said Jesus unto his dis-
ciples, If any man will come after
me, let him deny himself, and take
up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: and whosoever will
lose his life for my sake shall
find it. )
26 For what is a man ‘profited, if
he shall gain the whole “world, and
lose his own soul? or what shall a
man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come
De? ? a
et
St. MATTHEW. |
in the glory of his Father with is
A.D. 32.
a Mt.3.2, note.
b Kingdom (N.
T.). vs.20,21;
Mt.16.28.
(Lk.1.31-33;
25.41. (Gen.3.
1; Rev.20.10.)
g Gal.1.8;
John 18.10,11.
h ME.8.34-38;
Lk.9.23-26;
2 Cor.4.10,11,
t Mk.8.36,37;°
LkK.12.20,21;
Jas.5.¥-6,
jie. kosmos =
world-system.
k Rewards.Mk.
9.41. (Dan.12.
3; 1 Cor.3.14.)
lt Judgments
(the seven).
Mt.25.31-46.
(2 Sam.7.14;
Rev.20.12.)
mKingdom(N.
T.). Mt.17.1-
3.(Uk.1.31-33;
1 Cor.15.24.)
n Mx.9.2-10;
LkE.9.27-36.
o See Mt.4.
21, note.
P Rev.1.13-
16; Heb.2.9;
2 Cor.4.6.
q Resurrec-
tion. Mt.
22.23,28-31,
(Job 19.25;
1 Cor.15.52.)
r Kingdom (N.
T.). vs.1-3;
Mt.19.27,28.
(Lk.1.31-33;
1 Cor.15.28.)
Ss Mt.3.17;
1 Pet.1.21.
angels; and then he shall “reward
[1774
. |
every man ‘according to his works, _
The transfiguration: a picture
of the future kingdom (Mk,
9. 2-13; Lk. 9. 28-36).
28 Verily I say unto you, There be
jsome standing here, which shall not
. |taste of death, till they see the Son
of man coming in “his “kingdom.
CHAPTER 17.
AX? tafter six days Jesus taketh
Peter, °-James, and John his
brother, and bringeth them up into
an high mountain apart,
2 And ®*was ?transfigured before
them: and his face did shine as the
sun, and his raiment was white as
the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared
unto them Moses and Elias talking
with *him,
4 Then answered Peter, and said
unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to
be here: if thou wilt, let us make
here three tabernacles; one for
thee, and one for Moses, and one
for Elias.
5, While he yet spake, behold, a
bright cloud overshadowed them:
and behold a voice out of the cloud,
which said, This is my belovey
SSon, in whom I am well pleased;
hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard
it, they fell on their face, and were
sore afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched
them, and said, Arise, and be not
afraid.
1 Not the keys of the church, but of the kingdom of heaven
13., i.e. the sphere of Christian profession.
(cf. Isa. 22. 22; Rev. 3. 7).
34-46).
11-15).
the other disciples.
tiny of souls is clear from Rev. 1. 18.
spirits are held by Christ alone.
The apostolic h
for it was Peter who opened the door of Chri
of Pentecost (Acts 2. 38-42), and to Gentile
There was no assumption by Peter of
In the council James, not Peter, seems to ha
Peter claimed no more for himself tha
and an elder by office (1 Pet. 5. 1).
he power of binding and loosin
2 The disciples had been proclaiming Jesus
King of a kingdom promised to the Jews, and “
trary, must be built
cended, and made
testimony
death and resurrection (v, 21).
g was shared
That it did not involve the determination of the eternal des-
The keys of death and the place of departed
at hand.”
upon testimony to Him as crucified,
“Head over all things to the church”
was ended, the new testimony was not yet ready, because the blood
of the new covenant had not yet been shed, but our
in the sense of Mt.
A key is a badge of power or authority
istory explains and limits this trust,
stian opportunity to Israel on the day
$ in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10.
any other authority
ve presided (Acts 15. 19; cf. Gal. 2.
n to be an apostle by gift (1 Pet. 1,
(Acts 15, 7-11).
1),
(Mt. 18. 18; John 20, 23) by
as the Christ, ie. the covenanted
The church, on the con-
Tisen from the dead, as-
(Eph. 1. 20-23). The former
Lord begins to speak of His
It is a turning-point of immense significance.
3 The transfiguration scene contains, in miniature, all the elements of the future
kingdom in manifestation: (1)
The Lord, not
1022
in humiliation, but in glory (v. 2)
|
eer DS ae
, 7. S,
PERS ~ t ¥
178]
8 And when they had lifted up
their eyes, they saw no man, save
Jesus only.
9 And as they came down from
the mountain, Jesus charged them,
saying, Tell the vision to no man,
until the ¢Son of man be risen again
from the dead.
10 And his disciples asked him,
saying, 1!Why then say the scribes
that Elias must first come?
11 And Jesus answered and said
unto them, Elias truly shall first
come, and restore all things.
12 But I say unto you, That Elias
is come already, and they knew him)
not, but have done unto him what-
soever they listed. Likewise shall
also the Son of man suffer of them.
13 Then the disciples understood
that he spake unto them of John
the Baptist.
The powerless disciples: the
mighty Christ (Mk. 9. 14-29;
Lk. 9, 37-43).
14 And ‘when they were come to
the multitude, there came to him a
certain man, kneeling down to him,
and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son:
for he is lunatick, and sore vexed:
for ofttimes he falleth into the fire,
and oft into the water. \
16 And I brought him to thy dis-
ciples, and they could not cure
him.
17 Then Jesus answered and said,
O faithless.and perverse generation,
"how long shall I be with you? how
long shall I suffer you? bring him
hither to ¢me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the ¢devil;
and he departed out of him: and
tthe child was cured frora that very
hour.
19 Then came the disciples to|
x
t Si >
A.D.32. |
8.20, note.
6 Mt.11.14;
Lk.1.17;
Mal.4.5;
Mk.9.11-13.
c¢ Mk.9.14-29;
Lk.9.37-42;
Psa.72.4-6.
d Mt.14.18;
John 15.5;
Phil.4.13.
edemon. Mt.
7.22, note,
f Miracles
(N.T.). vs.
14-18,24-27;
Mt.20.30-34.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
g Lit. little
faith. Mt.
16.8; 21.21;
Lk.17.6.
h Faith, Mk.
t The two
best MSS.
omit v.21.
j Acts 13.2,3;
2 Cor.12.9.
k Mt.16.21;
MkE.9.30-32;
Lk,9.43-45.
l anticipated.
nt Isa.60,
10-17;
49.22,23.
pe). ) ok ae 3 a i. vPY hae! ee Se as
St. MATTHEW. ~ p
[17 27
Jesus apart, and said, Why could
not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Be-
cause of your unbelief: for verily
I say unto you, If ye nave “faith as
. {a grain of mustard seed, ye shall
say unto this mountain, Remove
hence to yonder place; and it shall
remove; and iothing shall be im-
possible unto you.
21 *Howbeit this kind goeth not
out but by /prayer and fasting.
Jesus again foretells his death
and resurrection (Mk. 9. 30-
32; Lk. 9. 43-45).
22 And while they abode in Gali-
lee, Jesus said unto them, The Son
of man shall be “betrayed into the
hands of men:
23 And they shall kill him, and
the third day he shall be raised
again. And they were exceeding
sorry.’
The muracle of the tribute
money. (Cf, Mk. 12. 13.)
24 And when they were come to
_|Capernaum, they that received trib-
ute money came to Peter, and said,
Doth not your master pay tribute?
25 He saith, Yes. And when he
was come into the house, Jesus /pre-
vented him, saying, What thinkest
thou, Simon? of whom do the kings
of the earth take custom or trib-
ute? of their own children, or of
mstrangers?
26 Peter saith unto him, Of stran-
gers. Jesus saith unto him, Then
are the children free.
27 Notwithstanding, lest we
should offend them, go thou to the
sea, and cast an hook, and take up
the fish that first cometh up; and
when thou hast opened his mouth,
(2) Moses,
into the kinzdom, (Mt. 13. 43; cf. Lk. 9. 30, 31).
glorified, representative of the redeemed who have passed through death
(3) Elijah, glorified, representa-
tive of the redeemed who have entered the kingdom by translation (1 Cor. 15.
50-53; 1 Thes. 4. 14-17).
(fot the moment) of Israel in the flesh in the future kingdom (Ezk. 37. 21-27).
(4) Peter, James, and John, not glorified, representatives
(5)
The multitude at the foot of the mountain (v. 14), representative of the nations
who are to be brought into the kingdom after it is established over Israel (isa. 11.
10-12, etc.).
1Cf, Mt,.11. 14; Mk. 9. 11, 12, 13; Lk. 1. 17; Mal. 3. 1; 4. 5, 6. j
(1) Christ confirms the specific and still
“Elias shall truly first come and restore all things.”
din John the Baptist, and that yet to be ful-
(2) But John the Baptist_had come already,
must be construed together.
prophecy of Mal. 4. 5, 6:
as in Malachi, the prediction fulfille
filled in Elijah, are kept distinct.
and with a ministry so completely
is come already.”
fication, while yet presérving personal distinction, occurs (cf. John 1.
All the passages
unfulfilled
Here,
in the spirit and power of Elijah’s future min-
istry (Lk. 1. 17) that in an adumbrative and typical sense it could be said: “Elias
1023
Cf. Mt. 10. 40: Phm. 12, 17, where the same thought of identi-
27).
St.
18 1]
thou shalt find a piece of money:
that take, and give unto them for
me and thee.
CHAPTER 18.
The sermon on the child-text
(ME: 9. 33-37; Lk. 9. 46-48).
T the same time came the dis-
ciples unto Jesus, saying, 7>Who
is the greatest in the “kingdom of
heaven? ;
2 And Jesus called a little ‘child
unto him, and set him in the midst
of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you,
Except ye be converted, and be-
come as little children, ye shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whoscever therefore shall hum-
ble himself as this little child, the
same is greatest in the kingdom of
heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one
such little child in my name
receiveth me.
6 But whoso shall ¢offend one of
these little ones which believe in
Me, it were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in
the depth of the sea.
7 Woe unto the ‘world because of
offences! for it must needs be that
offences come; but woe to that man
by whom the offence cometh!
8 Wherefore Sif thy hand or thy
foot offend thee, cut them off, and
cast them from thee: it is better for
thee to enter into 4life halt or
maimed, rather than having two
hands or two feet to be cast into
heverlasting fire.
9 And if thine eye offend thee,
pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
it is better for thee to enter into
life with one eye, rather than hav-
ing two eyes to be cast into ‘hell
e.
10 Take heed that ye despise not
one of these little ones; for I say
unto you, That in heaven their
Jangels do always behold the face
of my Father which is in heaven.
The lost sheep: the seeking
Lord. (Cf. Lk. 15. 3-7.)
11 For the “Son of man is come to
‘save that which was “lost.
12 .How think ye? “if a man have
an °hundred sheep, and one of them| 22
be gone astray, doth he not leave
the ninety and nine, and goeth into
the mountains, and seeketh that
which is gone astray?
MATTHEW.
A.D. 32.
a Lk.9.46-48.
b Mt.3.2, note.
d cause to
stumble,
ME.9.42; Lk.
17.1,2.
ekosmos =
mankind.
Mt.4.8, note.
f Mt.5.29,30;
Mk.9.43-48.
g Life (eter-
nal). vs.8,9.
He
.7.14;
Rev.22.19.)
h The Greek
has the be-
fore ‘“‘ever-
lasting.’’
t Gr. gehenna.
Mt.5.22,
note.
j Heb.1.4,
note.
k See Mt.8.
20, note.
2 Rom.1.16,
note.
m Gr. apol-
Tumi. John 3.
16, note.
n Parables
(N.T.). vs.
12-14,23-35;
> Lk.17.3,4;
Gai.6.1,2;
Eph,4.30-32.
q Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
ry Mt.18.19,
s Or,assembly.
1 Cor.5.3-5;
6.1,5.
t the Gentile
and the tax
gatherer.
u Mt.16.19;
John 20.22,
23.
v1 Pet.3.7.
w Acts 20.7;
1 Cor.14.26.
# Cf.v.153,
17.4.
y.Rom.3.23,
note.
2 Forgiveness.
10. (Lev.4.
20; Mt.26.
28.)
aa Psa.78.40.
Or, make .
settlement |
with,
cc Rom.3.19,
20; 5.8.
1024
[18 26
13 And if so be that he find it,
verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth
more of that sheep, than of the
ninety and nine which went not
astray. A
14 Evenso itis not the will of your
Father which is in heaven, that one
of these little ones should perish.
Discipline in the future church.
15 Moreover if thy *brother shall
“trespass against thee, go and tell
him his fault between thee and him
alone: if he shall hear thee, thou
hast gained thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear thee,
then take with thee one or two
more, that in the mouth of ’two or
three witnesses every word may be
established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear
them, tell 7 unto the Schurch: but if
he neglect.to hear the church, let
him be unto thee as an ‘heathen
man and a publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, Whatso-
ever ye shall “bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven: and whatso-
ever ye shall loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven. L
19 Again I say unto you, That if
two of you shall “agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them of
my Father which is in heaven.
The simplest form of a local
church.
20 For “where two or three are
gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them.
Thelaw of forgiveness(Lk.17.3,4).
21 Then came Peter to him, and
said, Lord, how oft shall my
brother Ysin against me, and I #for-
give him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not
unto thee, Until seven times: but,
Until ®¢seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the “kingdom of
heaven likened unto a certain king,
which would take account of his
servants.
24 And when he had begun to
reckon, one was brought unto him,
which owed him ten thousand tal-
ents. °
25 But forasmuch as he had not
to pay, his lord commanded him to
be sold, and his wife, and children,
and all that he had, and payment
to be made.
26 The servant therefore fell
down, and worshipped him, saying,
18 27]
Sr.
MATTHEW. [19 16
Lord, have patience with me, and I
éwill pay thee all.
27 Then the lord of that servant
was moved with compassion, and
loosed him, and forgave him the
debt.
28 But the same servant went
out, and found one of his fellowser-
vants, which owed him an hundred
“pence: and he laid hands on kim,
and took him by the throat, say-
ing, Pay me that thou owest.
29 And his fellowservant fell
down at his feet, and besought him,
saying, Have patience with me, and
I will pay thee all.
30 And he 4would not: but went
and cast him into prison, till he
should pay the debt.
31 So when his fellowservants
saw what was done, they were very
sorry, and came and told unto their
lord all that was done.
32 Then his lord, after that he
had called him, said unto him, O
thou wicked servant, ¢I forgave thee
all that debt, because thou desiredst
me:
33 Shouldest not thou also have
had compassion on thy fellowser-
vant, even as I had pity on thee?
34 And his lord was wroth, and
delivered him to the /tormentors,
till he should pay all that was due
unto him. .
35 So likewise shal: my heavenly
Father do also unto you, if ye from
your hearts forgive not every one)
his brother their trespasses.
CHAPTER 19.
Jesus again in Juda.
ae it came to pass, that when
Jesus had finished these say-
ings, he &departed from Galilee, and
came into the coasts of Judza be-
yond Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed
him; and he “healed them there.
Christ and divorce. (Cf. Mt. 5.
31, 22; Mk. 10. 1-12; Lk. 16. 18;
1 Cor. 7. 10-15.)
3 The Pharisees also came unto
him, ‘tempting him, and saying
unto him, JIs it lawful for a man to
put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto
them, *Have ye not read, ‘that he
which made them at the beginning
made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a
man leave father and mother, and
A.D. 33.__|shall cleave to his wife: and they
|twain shall be one flesh?
Jee Bet 6 Wherefore they are no more
b Eph. ye + |twain, but one flesh. What there-
cdenarius = |fore God hath joined together, let
7 4-2 pence; not man put asunder. ‘
Brice ue They say unto him, Why did
Col.3.12,13. loses then command to give a
: Le ate pane _ divorcement, and to put
ct _ |her away?
get justices 8 He ees oO. how Hue be-
“grace, cause Oo (S ardness of your
are hearts suffered you to put away
30: also John |YOUF Wives: but from the beginning
1.17, note. it was not so.
ee ie 9 And I say unto you, ?Whoso-
40. “See also |¢Ver shall put away his wife, ex-
Mt.7.28. cept 1t be for fornication, and shall
hMt425; |marry another, committeth’ adul-
7.93.35, |tery: and whoso marrieth her
i Temptation. Rane is put away doth commit
a -18. adultery.
fers 10 His disciples say unto him, If
7 Mt5.31: the case of the man be so with his
pa wife, itisnot good tomarry, __
rrnty ae 14 But he said unto ae TAll
The passage |Men cannot receive this saying,
is significant |save they to whom it is given. :
as Jesus’ | 12 For there are some eunuchs,
of the Gene- |which were so born from their
sis narrative {mother’s womb: and there are some
ees eunuchs, which were made eunuchs
vs.4-8; Mt, |Of men: and there be eunuchs,
22.31,32. which have smade themselves eu-
eet Pk nuchs for the ‘kingdom of heaven’s
mGen.2.23; |sake. He that is able to receive it,
Eph 5.29: let him receive st.
6.16. Jesus receives and blesses little
a Daeat children (Mk. 10. 13-16; Lk. 18.
o Thus con- 15-17).
firming the | 13 Then were there brought unto
authorship j|him little children, that he should
eee: put Ais hands on them, and pray:
Heb.3.15; |and the disciples rebuked them.
7.18,19._ 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little
BP ees children, and forbid them not, to
1 Cor.7.10, |Come unto me: for “of such is the
11. But see |‘kingdom of heaven.
Yale aac 15 And he laid his hands on them,
John 16.12. and departed thence.
51 Coe. a, The nial vaund ed ae 10.
- C£.4 Tim., | » 917-303 . 18. 18-30; cf. .
tees 2 25-30),
pron 16 And, behold, one came and
1 Pet.2.2 said unto him, Good Master, what
v Life (eter- |good. thing shall I do, that I may
nel). vel |have Yeternal life? x
as46. (Mt. | 17 And he said unto him, Why
7:14;Rev. |callest thou me good? there is none
eyo ae tes good but one, that 1s, God: but if
PRonn thou wilt enter into life, “keep the
19; 10.1-4 commandments,
18 He saith unto him, Which?.
19 19]
Jesus said, ¢Thou shalt do no mur-
der, Thou shalt not commit adul-
tery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou
shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy
mother: and, “Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto
him, All these things have I ¢kept
from my youth up: what lack I
yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou
wilt be ¢perfect, go and sell that
thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven:
and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard
that saying, he went away sorrow-
ful: for he had great possessions. Jer.32.17;
23 Then said Jesus unto his disci-| wi10.27.
ples, Verily I say unto you, That a|i Christ (Sec-
a Ex.20.13.
6 Ex.20.12;
Eph.6.1,2.
c Lev.19.18;
Lk.10.29-
37; Rom.13.9
d Phil.3.6,7;
contra vs.
eSee Mt.s.
48, note.
Ex.14.13;
Jrich_ man shall hardly enter into| 9rd Advent).
the kingdom of heaven. (Deut.30.3;
24 And again I say unto you, It Moar
is easier for a camel to go through|* See Mt-25.
the eye of a needle, than for a rich a Stik.
man to enter into the kingdom of|_1.31-33.
God. ee ee
25 When his disciples heard it,] 37,28.” Mt
they were exceedingly amazed, say-| 211-11. (Lk
ing, Who then can be “saved? are aa
26 But Jesus beheld them, and] m mic.10.20:
said unto them, With men this is} Lk.18.29.
‘impossible; but with God all things aon Tak.
are possible. 1.3-5..
The apostles’ future place in the|> PoLens
kingdom. (N.T.). vs.
1-16; Mt.21.
27 Then answered Peter and said| 28-32. (Mt.
unto him, Behold, we have forsaken] 3;13-16: she
all, and followed thee; what shall p 1sa.5.7;_
we have therefore? Mt.21.28-33;
28 And Jesus said unto them,| Joho 151-5
Verily I say unto you, That ye 16) More
which have followed me, in the Ire-|¢ Lk.14.21;
generation Jwhen the Son of man Sate isee
‘shall sit in the ¥/throne of his glory,|” John 94:°
ye also. shall sit upon twelve| 1 Cor.12
thrones, 2judging the twelve tribes ee a
‘or.5.10,
of Israel. 11 Cor.3.14,
29 And “every one that hath for-| note; 9.24;
saken houses, or brethren, or sis- o tae
ters, or father, or mother, or wife, or]" yy”
children, or lands, for my name’s)vLt.17.7-
sake, shall receive an hundredfold, oieusen
and shall inherit everlasting life. capa aaht?
St. MATTHEW.
A.D. 33,
pes
30 "But many that are first shall _
be last; and the last shall be first.
CHAPTER 20.
Parable of the labourers in the
vineyard.
FoR the kingdom of heaven is
ike unto a man that is an
householder, which went out early
in the morning to hire labourers
into his ?vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with
the labourers for a penny a day, he
sent them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third
hour, and saw Yothers standing
idle in the marketplace,
4 And said unto them; Go ye also
into the vineyard, and whatsoever
is right I will give you. And they
went their way.
5 Again he went out about the
sixth and ninth hour, and did like-
wise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he
went out, and found others standing
idle, and saith unto them, 7Why
-|stand ye here all the day idle?
7 They say unto him, Because no
man hath hired us. He saith unto
them, Go ye also into the vineyard;
and whatsoever is right, that shall
ye receive,
8 So when Seven was come, the
lord of the vineyard saith unto his
steward, Call the labourers, and
give them their hire, beginning
from the last unto the first.
9 And when they came that were
hired about the eleventh hour, they
‘received every man a penny.
10 But when the first came, they
supposed that they should have re-
ceived more; and they likewise
received every man a penny,
11 And when they had received
it, they “murmured against the
goodman of the house,
12 Saying, These last have
wrought but one hour, and thou
hast made them *equal unto us,
which have borne the burden and
heat of the day.
; 13 But he answered one of them,
Sie palingenesia =
again, in Tit. 3. 5,
19-23) when the kingdom shall come.
1 Cor. 15. 24, note.)
2 Disclosing how the
set up. The kingdom
(See
1026
“re-creation,” “making new.”
x There it refers to the new birth of a believing person: here to
the re-creation of the social order, and renewal of the earth (Isa. 11. 6-9;
The word occurs once
Rom. 8.
“Kingdom (0.T.),”? Zech, 12. 8, note;
promise (Isa. 1. 26) will be fulfilled when the kingdom is
D will be administered over
cording to the ancient theocratic judgeship (Jud.
Israel through the apostles, ac-
218).
maviwer ee . bs ‘ i A oid y Oa cuir etn ‘ ce) oie Gone
20 14] _ St. MATTHEW. (211
and said, Friend, I do thee no| A.»D.33. |given to them for whom it is pre-
wrong: didst not thou agree with
me for a penny?
14 Take that thine fs, and go thy
a Rom.9.20,21.
b Mt.19.20;
pared of my Father.
24 And when the ten heard i¢,
they were moved with “indignation
way: I will give unto this last, even cMiieol against the two brethren.
as unto thee. d Mt.26.47-57. | 25 But Jesus called them unto
15 Is it not lawful for me to do §Mt26.67 6g. |nim, and said, Ye know that the
4what I will with mine own? Is/2Mt.27.26. princes of the Gentiles exercise do-
thine eye evil, because I am good? pee ee minion over them, and they that
16 So the last shall be first, and|’ Cfinc vo are great exercise authority upon
the first last: for many be called,| 35-37. them.
but few chosen. pian 26 But it shall °not be so among
Jesus again foretells his death
1Mt.3.2, note.
you: but whosoever will be great
and resurrection (Mk. 10. 32- Mets Fr fect you, let lumijoe yours saa
ig) pe ay Aelatets Peacied te Fein 48113 27 And whosoever will be chief
ER ‘dj heen a j 159,53.4-6- ones you, let him be your Sser-
nd Jesus going up to Jerusa- or.5.21; | vant:
lem took the twelve disciples apart] S#3-13;,, | 28 Even as the ’Son of man came
s f 1 Pet.2.24; ais
in the way, and said unto them, 3.18. not to be ministered unto, but to
18 “Behold, we go up to Jerusa-|” Lk.22.23-27. |minister, and to give his life a Sran-
lem; and the ¢Son of man shall be/? M@52323} jsom for many.
betrayed unto the chief priests and)» servant. . .
unto the scribes, and they shall} 1 Cor.9.19-22. a od OF Ee Pee pice
condemn him to death q pene ser- ( . LO. 46-52. ° . 18. 35-43).
< 2 . ant,
19 And shall deliver him to the|, mts.20, 29 And as they ‘departed from
¢Gentiles to fmock, and to Sscourge, a 5 Jericho, a great multitude followed
U.cele
and to “crucify him: and the third
day he shall ‘rise again.
$ Isa.53.10,11:
Mt.20.22,
him.
30 And, behold, 1two blind men
OT vegas ieecee. (aiees ;
James and John, through their Ex14.30, ee Ree Pipidingia pias pale
mother, make an ambitious} note; Isa.59. |. * H ; O
20, note; out, saying, Have mercy on us,
request (Mk. 10. 35-45). Rom.3.24, |Lord, thou “son of David.
20 Then came to him the smother] , 2? Mx.10. 31 And the multitude rebuked
of Zebedee’s children with her sons,| 46'52;Lk. |them, because they should hold
worshipping Aim, and desiring a} 18.35-43. their peace: but they cried the
certain thing of him. 4a ee more, saying, Have mercy on us,
21 And he said unto her, What] 3.s,19-37; O Lord, thou son of David.
wilt thou? She saith unto him,| Isa-11.10-12; | 32 And Jesus stood still, and
Grant that these my “two sons may| E2*37-2h |called them, and said, ‘What will
sit, the one on thy right hand, and dee ay ye that I shall do unto you?
the other on the ieft, in thy /king- arene) rah 33 They say unto him, Lord, that
cen ‘But Jesus answered and said, “ John 8.6. °34 reoliresas bed. bite ra on
Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye} 14.14; 15.32; them, and touched their eyes: and
able to drink of the "cup that I PAST “immediately their eyes received
shall drink of, and to be hiagenee (N.T.). vs.30-|Sight, and they followed him,
with the baptism that Iam baptized| 34; Mt.22.
: : 17-22. (Mt. Y
“igh They say unto him, We are) 3/73: heeeaa. aE Caen ‘ok a
able. . 9. 1 bli er of hime
23 And he saith unto them, Yel» vs.1-9; © ae kK, ve (7 cH 9. 9: Mk
satiegs Zech.9.9 self as King (Zech, 9. 9;
shall drink indeed of my cup, and) fcc 14. 11. 1-10; Lk. 19, 29-38).
be baptized with the baptism that 4-9. ‘The two a
I am baptized with: but to sit on| advents are 5 wipes when they drew ‘nigh unto
my right hand, and on my left, is ae Jerusalem, and were come to
not mine to give, but it shall be
Bethphage, unto the mount of
—
1 A discrepancy has been imagine
Lk. 18. 35.
parted from Jericho.
*‘Tesus, thou Son of David,”
of the “two,’”’ we know nothing.
before Jesus entered Jericho.
As to the form of appeal,
d between this account and those in Mk. 10. 46;
Matthew and Mark obviously refer to a work of healing as Jesus de-
Bartimzus, the active one of the two, the one who cried,
is specifically mentioned by Mark.
The healing described by Luke (18. 35) occurred
Of the other one
“Son of David’ (cf. Mt. 9,
27; 15. 22; 21. 9), Jesus must have been so addressed constantly. The narratives
therefore supplement, but in no wise contra
1027
dict each other.
21 2]
Olives, then sent jesus two dis- AD. 33.
ciples,
2 Saying unto them, Go into the|} Gyre oot
village over against you, and] Advent). Mt.
straightway ye shall find an ass SSS ray
tied, and a colt with her: loose} 77) ggom(N.
them, and bring them unto me. T.). vs.1-11;
3 And if any man say ought unto bear
you, ye shall say, The Lord hath} j Co-15.03)
“need of them; and straightway he 4 CEMt 27.22;
will send them. Psa,118.26.
4 All this was done. that it might ceed shovels
be 1fulfilled which was spoken by|2Li.19.45;
the prophet. saying, Mk.11.15-18.
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, ete
>Behold, thy ‘King cometh unto] introduced,
thee, meek, and’sitting upon an ass,} as this oat
and a colt the foal of an ass. pa eb
6 And the disciples went, and did] to Israel as
as Jesus commanded them, King.
7 And brought the ass, and the peat
ee and put on ae their clothes, |; CeLic 14.21;
and they set him thereon. cts 3.1-10.
8 And a very great multitude|* Seer MAE 28-90,
spread their garments in the way;|;Pes3.2. .
others cut down branches from the} John 11.54.
trees, and strawed them in the way. |” jee
9 And the multitudes that went] Cf wiqi
before, and that followed, cried,| 1-11; Lk.19.
saying, ¢Hosanna to the son of ee
David: Blessed is he that comet
in the name of the ‘Lord: Ho-
sanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into
Jerusalem, all the city was moved,
no other place
is the human
Christ so ten-
derly associ-
ated, while it
also was the
saying, Who is this? place of mani-
11 And the /multitude said, This| {s*#tion of
is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of| power (John
Galilee. F i as 44)
Jesus’ second purification of the ete ee
temple (Mk. 11. 15-18: Lk. 19. tary fig tree.
45-47. Cf. John 2. 13-16), )
Lk.13.6-9. F
e€ wither
12 And Jesus went into the tem-| fig tree isa.
ple of God, and écast out all them parsbobs ray
that sold and bought in the temple, ing Yorael (Li.
and Lote acl —_ le of = eee
moneychangers, an e€ seats o Se pene
them that sold doves, pate id
13 And said unto them, It is writ-| again bud.
ten, ‘My house shall be called the ores
house of prayer; but ‘ye have made| Mic 1S35e""
it a den of thieves. (Mt.8.2,3;
14 And the Jblind and the lame rie eel
came to him in the temple; and hel” t1'53-74M*
healed them. 6; 1 Cor.13.2.
15 And when the chief priests and
scribes saw the wonderful things
that he did, and the children crying
in the temple, and saying, fHosanna
to the “son of David; they were
S Mt.7.7-11;
John 15.7;
sore displeased, -
1John5.14,15.
¢ Mk.11.27-33;
Lk.20.1-8.
u John 1.19-28.
v Cf.v.46. See
Prov.29.25.
St. MATTHEW.
[2i 27
16 And said unto him, Hearest
thou what thesé say? And Jesus
saith unto them, Yea; have ye
never read, ‘Out of the mouth of
babes and sucklings thou hast per-
fected praise?
17 And he “left them, and went
out of the city into "Bethany; and
he lodged there.
The barren fig tree cursed (Mk.
: 11. 12-14, 20-24).
18 Now in the morning as he re-
turned into the city, he °hungered.
19 And when he saw a ?fig tree in
the way, he came to it, and found
nothing thereon, but leaves only,
and said unto it, Let no fruit grow
on thee henceforward for ever.
And presently the fig tree 4withered
away.
20 And when the disciples saw it,
they marvelled, saying, How soon-
is the fig tree withered away!
21 Jesus answered and said unto
them, Verily I say unto you, If ye
have ‘faith, and doubt not, ye shall
not only do this which is done to
the fig tree, but also if ye shall say
unto this mountain, Be thou re-
moved, and be thou cast into the
sea; it shall be done.
22 And ‘all things, whatsoever ye
shall ask in prayer, believing, ye
shall receive.
Jesus’ autherity questioned
(Mk. 11. 27-33; Lk. 20. 1-8).
23 And when he was come into
the temple, the chief priests and the
elders of the people came unto him
as he was teaching, and said, By
what ‘authority doest thou these
things? and who gave thee this
authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said
unto them, I also will ask you one
thing, which if ye tell me, I in like
wise will tell you by what authority
I do these things.
25 The “baptism of John, whence
was it? from heaven, or of men?
And they reasoned with themselves,
saying, If we shall say, From
heaven; he will say unto us, Why
did ye not then believe him?
26 But if we shall say, Of men;
we "fear the people; for all hold
John as a prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus, and
said, We cannot tell. And he said
1 The King’s final and official offer of Himself according to Zech. 9.9. Acclaimed by
an unthinking multitude whose real belief is expressed in verse 11, but with no welcome
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unto them, @Neither tell I you by
what authority I do these things.
Parable of the two sons.
28 But what think ye? °A cer-
tain man had two sons; and he
came to the first, and said, Son, go
work to day in my ‘vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will
not: but afterward he repented,
and went.
30 And he came to the second,
and said likewise. And he answered
and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the
will of Ais father? They say unto
him, The first. Jesus saith unto
them, Verily I say unto you, That
the publicans and the harlots go
into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came unto you in the
way of frighteousness, and ye be-
lieved him not: but the publicans
and the harlots believed him: and
ye, when ye had seen it, repented
not afterward, that ye might be-
lieve him.
Parable of the householder de-
manding fruit from his vine-
yard (Mk. 12. 1-9; Lk. 20. 9-19.
Cf. Isa.’5. 1-7).
33 Hear another parable: There
was a certain householder, which
planted oe and hedged it
round about, and digged a wine-
press in it, and built a tower, and
let it out to *husbandmen, and went
into afar country: _
34 And when the ‘time of the
fruit drew near, he sent his servants
to the husbandmen, that they might
receive the fruits of it.
35 And the husbandmen took his
servants, and beat one, and killed
another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants
more than the first: and they did
unto them likewise.
37 But last of ail he sent unto
them his Json, saying, They will
reverence my son.
38 But when the husbandmen
saw the son, they said among them-
selves, This is the *heir; come, let
us kill him, and let us seize on his
inheritance.
St. MATTHEW.
AD. 33.
@ Cf.v.32. See
Mt.3.3.
> Parables (N. AN os
; Mt.
Lk.21.29- “31. )
¢See Mt.20.
ge “vine-
yard,’’ refs.
4@Cf.Lk.15.20, the
other perfect
illustration of re-
pentance. See
Acts 17.30, note,
* 6 Mt.7.21-23; 15.8,
FSee Roz. 10,
10, “‘right-
eousness,’’
9 Lk.3.12,13.
* Mt.23.2; poueb.
1; Jas.5.7,8,
¢Mk.11.13.
J John 3.16;
Heb.1.2.
note,
& Heb. 1.2;
Rom,8.16,17.
' Cf.2 Sam.12.5-9..
™ Psa.118.22,23.
” Christ (as
Stone). vs.42-44;
Acts 4.11, (Ex.17.
6; 1 Pet.2.8.)
° Christ (First Ad-
vent). mite 26.31.
(eee 3.1)
DP Jzhovah.
Psa.118.23.
gi.e, national
Israel, the barren
ne Qs. 33-41.)
Cf.Isa.5.1-7.
r Kingdom
(N.T.).vs.33-43;
+39.
(Lk. 1.31 33;
1Cor.15. 24.)
Or, Whosoever
fails on this
stone shall be
crushed together
il.e. theJews, Isa,
8.14; Rom.9.32,
33; 1 Cor.1.233;
but on whomso-
ever it may fall,
he will be scat-
tered as dust
(Gr. “win-
nowed,"’ i.e. the
Gentile nations,
Dan.2.34,35,45,
note).
t Mt.14.5; 21.26,
46; Mk.11.18,32.
u Mt.13.13,14.
v Mt.3.2,. note.
w Parables
(N.T.9. vs.2-14;
Mt.24,32,33.
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
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39 And they caught him, and cast
him out of the vineyard, and slew
him.
40 When the lord therefore of the
vineyard cometh, what will he do
unto those husbandmen?
41 /They say unto him, He will
miserably destroy those wicked
men, and will let out Ais vineyard
unto other husbandmen, which shall
render him the fruits in their sea-
sons.
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye
never “read in the scriptures, The
stone which the builders °rejected,
the same is become the head of the
corner: this is the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto ¢you, The
Irkingdom of God shall be taken
from you, and given to a nation
bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 sAnd whosoever shall fall on
this 2stone shall be broken: but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will
grind him to powder. i
45 And when the chief priests
and Pharisees had heard his para-
bles, they perceived that he spake
of them.
46 But when they sought to lay
hands on him, they ‘feared the
multitude, because they took him
for a prophet.
CHAPTER 22.
Parable of the marriage feast
Lk. 14. 16-24).
AN Jesus answered and spake
unto them again by “parables,
and said;
2 The “kingdom of heaven is
Wike unto a certain king, which
made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to
call them that were bidden to the
wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other ser-
vants, saying, Tell them which are
bidden, Behold, I have prepared my
dinner: my oxen and, my fatlings
are killed, and all things are ready:
come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of 7¢, and
went their ways, one to his farm,
another to his merchandise:
from the official representatives of the nation, He was soon to hear the multitude
shout: “Crucify Him.’’
1 Note that’ Matthew here as in verse 31 uses the larger word, kingdom of God.
(Cf. Mt. 6. 33, note.)
The kingdom of heaven {Mt. 3. 2, note; 1 Cor. 15. 24, sum-
mary) will yet be set up. Meantime the kingdom of God ge His righteousness is,
taken from Israel nationally and given to the Gentiles (Rom, 9
30-33),
2 Christ as the “Stone” is revealed in a threefold way: (1) To Israel Christ,
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' 6 And the remnant took his ser-
vants, and entreated them spite-
fully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard there-
of, he was wroth: and he sent forth
his armies, and destroyed those
murderers, and “burned up their
city.
8 Then saith he to his servants,
The wedding is ready, but they
which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the high-
bid to the marriage.
|
St. MATTHEW.
A.D, 33.
@ Fulfilled as to
Jerusalem A.D.
70. Lk.21.20-24,
5 The world-wide’
call. Mt.28.16-20;
Rev.22.17.
¢ Acts 28.28,
4 Mt. 13.47.
¢Rom.10.1-3;
contra, Phil.
3.7-9.
ways, and as many as ye shall ssl bee
g
10 Sothose servants went out into
the ‘highways, and gathered to-
gether all as many as they found,
“both bad and good: and the wed-
ding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to
see the guests, he saw there a man
which had not on a wedding gar-
ment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend,
how camest thou in hither not hav-
ing a ‘wedding garment? And he
was ‘speechless.
13 Then said the king to the ser-
vants, Bind him hand and foot, and
take him away, and cast Aim into
Souter darkness; there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For ‘many are called, but few
are chosen.
Jesus answers the Herodians
(Mk. 12, 13-17; Lk. 20. 20-26),
1S *Then went the Pharisees, and
took counsel how they might en-
tangle him in his talk.
16 And they sent out unto him
their disciples with the /Herodians,
saying, Master, we know that thou
art true, and teachest the way of
God in truth, neither carest thou for
any man: for thou regardest not
the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore. What think-
est thou? Is it lawful to give ‘trib-
ute unto Cesar, or not?
18 But Jesus perceived their wick-
edness, and said, Why ‘tempt ye
me, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew me the tribute money.
And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he said unto them, Whose
coming not as a splendid monarch but in the form of a servant
and rock of offence (Isa. 8. 14, 15; Rom. 9. 32,
the church, Christ is the foundati
Mt.13.40-43,
49,50.
A Mt.20.16; Isa.65,
2; Mt.23.37;
Rom.8.30.
‘In the different
classes, vs.15-40,
Jesus meets rep-
resentatives of all
Israel, Pharisees,
Sadducees, Hero-
dians (Mt.3.7,
note). For them,
silenced but un-
repentant, no
message Is left
but “‘woe"’
(Mt. 23).
lj C#.M&.8.15.
& Cf. Mt.17.24-27.
' Temptation.
Mt.26.41. (Gen.
3.1; Jas.1.14.)
m1 Pet.2,.13-17,
"1 Cor.3.23; 12.27;
2 Cor.6.15.
© Resurrection.
vs.23.28-31; Mt
27.52,53. Gob 19.
25; 1 Cor.15.52.)
P Deut.25.5.
@1 Tim.1.4;4.736.4;
2 Tim.2.24-26,
ir Or, ye deceive
yourselves, etc,
Jesus’ answer
gives the three
incapacities of
the rationalist:
self-deception
(Rom. 1.21,22);
ignorance of the
spiritua content
of Scripture
(Acts 13,27); dis-
belief in the in-
tervention of
divine power
(2 Pet.3.5-9),
5 Mt.27.52,53.
¢Heb.1.4, note,
& Inspiration.
vs. 31,32; Mt.24;
15,37-39. (Ex.4,
15; Rev.22,19.)
vEx.3.6.
on-stone an
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is this
tion?
21 They say unto him, Cesar’s.
Then saith he unto them, Render
therefore unto Czsar the things
which are Cesar’s; and unto "God
the things that are God’s.
22 When they had heard these
words, they marvelled, and left
him, and went their way.
Jesus answers the Sadducees
(Mk. 12, 18-27; Lk. 20. 27-38).
23 Yhne same day came to him the
Sadducees, which say that there is
no °resurrection, and asked him,
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, ?If
a man die, having no children, his
brother shall marry his wife, and
raise up seed unto his brother.
25 9%Now there were with us seven
brethren: and the first, when he.
had married a wife, deceased, and,
having no issue, left his wife unto
his brother:
26 Likewise the second also, and
the third, unto the seventh,
di And last of all the woman died
also.
28 Therefore in the resurrection
whose wife shall she be of the
seven? for they all had her.
29 Jesus answered and said unto
them, "Ye do err, not knowing the
Scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the ‘resurrection they
neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are ‘as the angels of
Godin heaven. _
31 But as touching the resurrec-
tion of the dead, have ye not read
“that which was spoken unto you
by God, saying,
32 "Iam the God of Abraham, and
the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob? God is not the God of the
dead, but of the living.
33 And when the multitude heard
this, they were astonished at his
doctrine,
Jesus answers the Pharisees
(Mk. 12, 28-34. Cf. Lk. 10. 25-28),
34 But when the Pharisees had
heard that he had put the Saddu-
cees to silence, they were gathered
together.
33; 1 Cor. 1. 23; 1 Pet. 2. 8 5 (2pet
id the head of the corner @ coe 3.
ile world-powers (see “Gentiles,” Lk.
(Sn ei rv
2 AAS Se UF ne
7 . 4
Z
22 35] St. MATTHEW.
35 Then one of them, which was} A.D. 33.
a lelawyer, asked him a question,
tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, ‘which is the %great|, crt 10.05
commandment in the law? Nereis
37 Jesus said unto him, OW tun wh
shalt ¢love the Tord thy. God 11h) MA ea
» a eart, an Ew y soul, CEO Gal.3,
ay Wi :
ae firstand great com.|'Pst8sh™
Sala like unto tie
eut.0.9.
/ fThou shalt love we thy neighbour as|rtev.t9.18. ct.
rt epee ee eres
40" On. these.two.c andments |, ar 19: Rom.’
hang £all the law and the prophets. 13.3-10.
4
,
. for they say, and do not.
4
[23 21
ACE. Mt.21.24;
John 19.7. Jesus
question is not
personal but doc-
Jesus questions the Rivarteres
(Mk, 12. 35-37; Lk. 20. 41-44).
41 While the Pharisees were gath-| tinal: Whose”
ered together, Jesus “asked them, | siah?’’ Cf.Acts
42 Saying, What think ye of 2.25-36; Rom.1.
Christ? whose son is he? They say|itit. in the spirit.
unto him, The son of David. Cf. Mk. 12.36;
43 He saith unto them, How then}. ““*??
doth David ‘in Jspirit call him Lord, Bein. |
saying, 18; Acts 2.4.)
44 *The Lorp said unto my Lord, | Psa.110.1.
Sit thou on my right hand, till I
make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David then call him Lord,
how is he his son?
46 And no man was able'to answer
him a word, neither durst any man
from that day forth ask him any
more questions.
CHAPTER 23. .
The marks of a Pharisee (Mk. 12.
38-40; Lk. 20. 45-47).
SHEN spake Jesus to the multi-
tude, and to his disciples,
2 Saying, The scribes and the
Pharisees ‘sit in Moses’ seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they
bid you observe, that observe and
do; but do not ye after their works:
'Cf. Ezra 7.6,25,26.
Jesus’ disciples
were to honour
the law, but not
the hypocriticat
teachers of it.
m™ Cf, Mt.11.29,30;
Acts 15.10; Gal.
5.1; Col.2.16,
” Mt.6.1,2,5,16.
° Passages of
Scripture en+
closed in a small
case, bound upon
arm or forehead,
Deut.6.8.
?Gr. teacher,
@i.e. authoritative
teacher.
rLit. Neither may
ye be called
leaders, because
your leader is
Christ.
* The best MSS,
omit v.14.
t condemnation.
% Acts 2.10.
v Gehenna,
Mt.5.22, note,
w Mt.15.14; Mal.
2.8.
4 For “they bind heavy burdens
and grievous to be borne, and lay
them on men’s shoulders; but they
themselves will not move them
with one of their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for
to "be seen of men: they make
broad their °phylacteries, and en-
large the borders of their garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms
at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues, f f
xOr, bound; also
v.18, “‘guilty.””
vSanctify, holy
(things).
vs.17-19; Mt.27,
53. (Mt.4.5; Rev.
22.11.)
7 And greetings.in the markets,
and to be called of men, Rabbi,
Rabbi.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for
one is your #Master, even Christ;
and all ye are brethren,
9 And call no man your ¢father
upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.
10 *Neither be ye called masters:
for one is your Master, even Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among
you shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt him-
self shall be abased; and he that
seal humble himself shall be ex-
ted.
Jesus denounces woe upon the
Pharisees (Mk. 12. 38-40; Lk.
20. 47).
13 But woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut
up the kingdom of heaven against
men: for ye neither go in your-
selves, neither suffer ye them that
are entering to go in.
14 SWoe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye de-
vour widows’ houses, and for a pre-
tence make long prayer: therefore
ye shall receive the greater ‘dam-
nation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye “com-
pass sea and land to make one
proselyte, and when he is made, ye
make him twofold more the child of
vhell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye “blind
guides, which say, Whosoever shall
swear by the temple, it is nothing;
but whosoever shall swear by the
gold of the temple, he is a *debt-
r!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether
is greater, the gold, or the temple
that Ysanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by
the altar, it is nothing; but who-
soever sweareth by the gift that is
upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether
is greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by
the altar, sweareth by it. and by all
things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the
temple, sweareth by it, and by him
that dwelleth therein.
1Gr. nomikos, ‘‘of the law’’; occurs also, Lk. 7. 30; 10. 25; 11. 45, 46, 52; 14. 3;
Except in the last instance,
In Tit. 3. 13 the term has the
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Tit; (3.013.
(Mt. 2. 4, note).
‘lawyer’ is another name for “scribe”
modern meaning.
‘gogues, and persecute them from
23 22]
St. MATTHEW.
- ~
a
[24 4
22 And he that shall swear by| A.D. 33. 35 That upon you may come “all
heaven, sweareth by the throne of the righteous blood shed upon the
God, and by him that sitteth there-|¢ Lk.11.42;18.12. jearth, from the blood of righteous
n.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
“tithe of mint and anise and
cummin, and have omitted the
bweightier matters of the law,
judgment, mercy, and faith: these;
ought ye to have done, and not to
leave the other undone. a
24 Ye blind guides, which strain
fat a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make
clean the 4outside of the cup and of
the platter, but within they are full
of extortion and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse
first that wAich is within the cup
and platter, that the outside of
them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are
like unto ¢whited sepulchres, which
indeed appear beautiful outward,
bat are within full of dead
men’s bones, and of all unclednness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly ap-
pear righteous unto men, but with-
in ye are full of hypocrisy and
Siniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
ébuild the tombs of the prophets,
and garnish the sepulchres of the
righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the
days of our fathers, we would not
have been partakers with’ them in
the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses un-
to yourselves, that ye are the
4children of thern which killed the
prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of
your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of
vipers, how can ye escape the ‘dam-
nation of jhell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I *send un-
to you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of thein ye shall
4cill and crucify; and some of them
ye scourge in your syna-
city to city:
1 The three “untils” of uae
2
(Mt. 23. 39; cf. Rom. 10. 3, 4).
21. 24; Dan. 2. 34,. 35),
b1Sam.15,22; Isa.
1.11-17.
¢ strain out.
@ Mk.7.4,8,9; Lk.
11.39,40.
é Lk.11.44; Acts 23.
3; Phil.3.4-6.
F Lit. Lawless-
ness. Rom.3.23,
note.
9 Dan.9.5-8; Lk.11.
47,48.
A Acts 7.51,52.
+ condemnation.
Jj v.15, ref.
& The Jews’ treat-
ment of the
apostles is
proved, vs.31-33.
lJohn 16.2; Acts 5.
40; 7.54-60.
m Rev.18.24,
n Jesus’ confirma-
tion of Gen.4.8-
nAbel unto the blood of °Zacha-
Trias son of Barachias, whom ye
slew between the temple and the
altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All
these things shall ?come upon this
/generation.
The lament over Jerusalem
(Lk. 13. 34, 35).
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou
that killest the prophets, and ston-.
est them which are sent unto thee,
how often would ‘I have gathered
thy children together, even as a:
hen gathereth her chickens under
her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto
you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall
not see me henceforth, 1still ye
10. Cf,Heb-12.24.| shall say, ‘Blessed is he that com-
0 2 Chr.24.20-£2,
P Rev.18.21-24. It
is the way also of
history: judg-
ment falls upon
one generation
for the sins of
centuries. T!
prediction was
fulfilled in the
destruction of
Jerusalem,
A.D. 70.
@ Lk.13.34,35; 19.
41,42.
r Mt.11.28-30;
John 10.30.
8 Kingdom(N.T.).
vs.37-39. Mt.24,
29-51. (Lk,1.31-
33; 1 Cor.15.24.)
t Christ (Second
Advent). Mt.24.
27-30. (Deut,30.
3; Acts 1.9-11.
& Jesus-leaves that
which He aban-
dons to judg-
ment. See Mk.
8.21,23, note, in
the light of Mt.
11.21,22. Cf.Rev.
18.4.
0 1Ki.9.8 Psa.79.
1; Isa.64,.11; Lk.
19.44.
w Mk.13.3-37; Lk.
21.7-37.
2 Lk.17.20-37.
¥ v.30; 2 Pet.3.4,
2 consummation
of the age.
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CHAPTER 24.
The Olivet discourse: (1) de-
struction of the temple fore-
told (Mk. 13. 1, 2; Lk. 21. 5, 6).
ys see Jesus went out, and 4de-
parted from the temple: and his
disciples came to him for to shew
him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See
ye not all these things? verily I say
unto you; *There shall not be left
here one stone upon another, that
shall not be thrown down.
The Olivet discourse: (2) the
threefold question (Mk. 13.
3, 4; Lk. 21.7).
3 And “as he sat upon the mount
of Olives, the disciples came unto
him. privately, saying, ?Tell us,
*when shall these things be? and
what shall be the sign of thy Ycom-
ing, and of the *end of the world?
The Olivet discourse: (3) the
course of this age (Mk. 13.
5-13; Lk. 21. 8-19).
4 And Jesus answered and said
lessing: (1) Israel must say, “Blessed is He”
entile world-power must run its course (Lk.
(3) The elect number of the Gentiles must be brought in.
Then “the Deliverer shall come out of Zion;” etc. ;
?Mt. 24. with Lk. 21. 20-24 answers the threefold question.
follows: ‘When shall these things be?”—
(Rom. 11. 25-27).
The order is as
i.e. destruction of the temple and city.
24 5]
unto them, Take heed that no man|
deceive you.
5 For “many shall come in my
name, saying, I am Chirist; and shall
deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and
rumours of wars: see that ye be not
troubled: for all these things must
come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For ‘nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against king-
dom; and there shall be “famines,
and pestilences, and ‘earthquakes,
in divers ‘places.
8 All these are the beginning of
sorrows.
9 Then shall they /deliver you up
to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of-all nations
for my name’s sake.
10 And then shall &many be of-
fended, and shall betray one an-
other, and shall hate one another.
11 And many “false prophets shalt
rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because “iniquity shall
abound, the love of many shall
wax Acold.
St. MATTHEW.
A.D. 33.
a@y.24; John 5.43;
1 John 2.18.
6 Rev.6.2-4,
Hag.2.22.
d Rev.6,5,6.
e
fee 12.
Mt.10.17,18.
9 Dan.12.10.
h2 Pet.2.1; Rev,
13.11; 19.20.
ii.e. lawlessness,
i Sin. Rom.3.23;
note.
k2 Thes.2.3,4;
2 Tim.3.1.
Gospel. Mt.26. ~
13. (Gen. 12.1-3;
°
Rev.14.6.)
mMt.3.2, note,
n otkoumene=
inhabited earth,
(Lk.2:1.)
° The Beast.
John 5.43. (Dan.
7.8; Rev.19.20.)
p Inspiration,
vs.15,37-39; Mt.
26.54. (Ex.4,15;
Rev.22.19)
@Dan.9.27; 11.31;
12211.
r Tribulation
(24 24
The Olivet discourse: (4) the
Sreat tribulation (Mk. 13. 14-23).
15 When ye therefore shall see the
°abomination rg esolation, *spoken
of By qDaniel the prophet, stand in
the holy place, (whoso readeth, let _
him understand:
16 !Then let them which be in Ju-
dea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the house-
top not come down to take any
thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the
\field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are
with child, and to them that give
suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be
not in the winter, neither on the
sabbath day:
21 For then shall be "great tribu-
lation, such as was not since the
beginning of the ‘world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should
be ‘shortened, there should no flesh
be saved: but for the elect’s sake
13. But he that shall endure unto vezi ga: Rev.3. those days shall be shortened.
the end, the same shall be saved. | }9.,°3%° pe ie mi any Loa le ree un-
4 And this ‘gospel of the “king-jore. earth. o you, Lo, here 1s st, or there;
ope shall be Sernahed in all the in. 65,895 Dan. believe it not. L
mworld for a witness unto all na-| $Wo%s17, | 24 For there shall arise false
tions; and then shall the end come.
Christs, and false prophets, and
camiele. dele pose re re ee Eee eee
‘Answer, Lk. 21. 20-24. Second and third questions: “And what shall be the sign of
thy coming, and of the end of the age?” Answer, Mt. 24. 4-33. Verses 4 to 14
have a-double interpretation: They give (1) the character of the age—wars, inter-
national conflicts, famines, pestilences, persecutions, and false Christs (cf. Dan. 9.
26). This is not the description of 4 converted world. (2) But the same answer
(vs. 4-14) applies in a specific way to the end of the age, viz. Daniel’s seventieth
week (Dan. 9. 24-27, note 2). All that has characterized the age gathers into awful
intensity at the end. Verse 14 has specific reference to the proclamation of the good
news that the kingdom is again “at hand’”’ by the Jewish remnant (Isa. 1. 9; Rev.”
14. 6, 7; Rom. 11.5, note). Verse 15 gives the sign of the abomination (Dan. 9, 27,
note)—the “man of sin,” or “Beast” (2 Thes. 2. 3-8; Dan, 9. 27; 12, 11; Rev. 13.
wee This introduces the great tribulation (Psa. 2. 5; Rev. 7. 14, note), which runs.
its awful course of three and a half years, culminating in the battle of Rev. 19.
19-21, note, at which time Christ becomes the smiting Stone of Dan. 2. 34. The
detail of this period (vs. 15-28) is: (1) The abomination in the holy place (v. 15);
(2) the warning (vs. 16-20) to believing Jews who will then be in Jerusalem; (3) the
great tribulation, with renewed warning as to false Christs (vs. 21-26); (4) the sud-
den smiting of the Gentile world-power (vs. 27, 28); (5) the glorious appearing of
the Lord, visible to all nations, and the regathering of Israel (vs. 29-31); (6) the
sign of the fig-tree (vs. 32, 33); (7) warnings, applicable to this present age over
which these events are ever impending (vs. 34-51; Phil. 4. 5). Careful study of
Dan. 2., 7., 9., and Rev. 13. will’ make the interpretation clear. See, also, “Rem.
nant”? (Isa. 1. 9; Rom. 11. 5). f “a :
L Cf, Lk. 21. 20-24. The passage in Luke refers in express terms to a destruction
of Jerusalem which was fulfilled by Titus, a.D. 70; the passage in Matthew to a future
crisis in Jerusalem after the manifestation of the “‘abomination.”’ See “Beast”
(Dan. 7. 8; Rev. 19. 20); and “Armageddon” (Rev. 16, 14; 19. 17). As the cir-
cumstances in both cases will be similar, so are the warnings. In the former case
Jerusalem was destroyed; in the latter it will be delivered by divine interposition.
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24 25]
f
St. MATTHEW.
a ES Ia cA I OSES See REE EE NYE RR Se ee
shall shew great signs and won-
ders; insomuch that, if it were pos-
sible, they shall deceive the very
elect.
25 Behold, I have told you be-
fore.
26 Wherefore if they shall say
unto you, Behold, he is in the des-
ert; go not forth: behold, he is in
the secret chambers; believe it
not.
The Olivet discourse: (5) the re-
turn of the King in glory (Mk.
13. 24-37; Lk. 21. 25-36).
27 For as the lightning cometh
out of the east, and shineth even
unto the west; 'so shall also the
coming of the ‘Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the 2carcase
is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
29 Immediately after the tribula-
tion of ‘those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven, and the powers of
the heavens shall be shaken;
30 And then shall appear the sign
of the Son of man in heaven: and
then shall all the tribes of the earth
mourn, and they shall see /the Son
of man coming in the clouds of hea-
ven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall ésend his “angels
with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they ‘shall gather together his
elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other.
Parable of the fig tree (Mk. 13.
28, 29; Lk. 21. 29-31).
32 Now learn a Jparable of the fig
tree; When his branch is yet ten-
der, and putteth forth leaves, ye
know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall
Xsee all these things, know that Jit
is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, 1”This
generation shall not pass, till ail
these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass
away, but my words shall not pass
away.
36 But of that day and hour
A.D. 33.
@ Tsa.30.30; 1 Thes.
5.1-3.
+ Gen.7.11; Lk.17.
26,27; 1Thes.5.3;
2 Pet.2.5; 3.6.
¢ Also ys.37,39,44.
See Mt.8.20,
note.
@ Armageddon
(battle of), Rev.
19.17. (Rev, 16.14;
19.21.)
€ Day of Jehovah.
vs.29-31; Mt.25.
31-46. (Isa.2.10-
22; Rev.19.11-21.)
F Christ (Second
Advent). Mt.24.
36-50. (Deut.30,3;
« Acts 1.9-11.)
9 Psa.50.4,5; Mt.
13.41,
A Heb. 1.4, note,
t Israel (prophe-
cies). Lk.1.31-33,
(Gen. 12,2,3;
Rom. 11,26.)
3 Parables(N.T.).
vs.32,33; Mt.25.
& v.15; 1 Thes.5.1-5.
lOr, he.
m Mt.12.45; 23.35,
36.
m Psa.119.89,160;
138.2; Isa.51.6;
Mt.5.18; 1 Pet.1.
23.25,
© vs.42,44; Acts1.7.
P Gen.6.5-3; 1 Pet.
3.20.
@ Christ (Second
Advent). vs.36-
50; Mt.25.31-46,
(Deut.30.3; Acts
1.9-11.)
7 Mt.25.13; Rev.
3.3.
son what day.
t Mt.25.10; Lk.12.
35-40,43; 21.34-36.
u Lk. 12.42-46;
1 Cor.4.2. It is
faithfulness, not
ability, in the
Lord's service
that is first ap-
proved by Him.
v John 21.15;
1 Pet.5.2.
w Heb, 10.37; 2 Pet.
3.4,9; Rev.22.7,
12,20.
= Kingdom
(N.T.).
31-46. (Lk.1.
31-33; 1 Cor,15.
24.)
v Mt.7.21-23; 25.
3,11,12; 2 Pet.2.
20-22,
loknoweth no man, no, not the /an-
gels of heaven, but my Father
only.
37 But as the ?days of Noe were,
so shall also the coming of the Son
\of man be.
38 For as in the days that were
before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood
came, and took them all away; %so
shall also the coming of the Son of
man be. ;
40 Then shall two be in the field;
the one shall be taken, and the
other left.
41 Two women shall be grind-
ing at the mill; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
42 *Watch therefore: for ye know
not ‘what hour your Lord doth
5. .|COMe.
43 But know this, that if the good-
man of the house had known in
what watch the thief would come,
he would have watched, and would
not have suffered his house to be
broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ‘ready:
for in such an hour as ye think not
the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a “faithful and
wise servant, whom his lord hath
made ruler over his household, “to
give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom
his lord when he cometh shall find
so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you; That he
shall make him ruler over all his
goods. ;
48 But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, “My lord de-
layeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his
fellowservants, and to eat and drink
with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall
*come in a day when he looketh
not for Airn, and in an hour that he
is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and
appoint him his portion with the
Yhypocrites: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
1 Gr. genea, the primary definition of which is,
(So all lexicons.) That the word is used in this
“these things,’’ i.e. the world-wide
the return of the Lord in visible glory,
the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus,
generation—nation, or family of Israel—will be
“race, kind, family, stock, breed.”
sense here is sure because none of
preaching of the kingdom, the great tribulation,
‘A.D. 70.
Promise wonderfully fulfilled to this day.
1034
and the regathering of the elect, occurred at
The promise is, therefore, that the
preserved unto “these things”; a
CHAPTER 25.
Sr. MATTHEW.
The Olivet discourse: (6) the|aMt.3.2, note.
Lord’s return tests the real
state of the kingdom in mys-
tery.
?[HEN Ishall the kingdom of
Sheaven be “likened unto ten
2virgins, which took their lamps,
and went forth to: meet the bride-
groom.
2 And five of them were ‘wise,
and five were “foolish.
3 They that were foolish took
their lamps, and took no oil with
them:
4 But the wise took oil in their
vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried,
they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a
cry made, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7.Then all those virgins arose,
and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the
wise, Give us of your oil; for our
lamps are “gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying,
Not so; lest there be not enough for
us and you: but goye rather to them
that sell, and buy for yourselves.
b Parables
(N.T.). vs.
1-13,14-30;
ME.2.21.
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
¢ Mt.7.24,25;
Deut.32.29.
d Mt.7.26,27;
22.11; Lk.12.
e o1ng out.
ft Mt.24.44;
Col.1.12-14,
g Lk.13.25-30.
h Mt.24.36,42,
4 Also v.31;
Mt.8.20,
note,
j Omit the itali-
cised words.
k Lk.19.12-27;
1 Tim.6.20.
2 Lk.12.48;
Rom.12.6-8;
1 Cor.12.7.
m Eph.5.16;
1 Tim.4.13;
2 Pet.1.5-8.
n Prov.26.15;
1 Pet.4.10;
2 Pet.1.9-12,
p The Lorxd’s
commenda-
tion mezy be
earned by the
10 And while they went to buy,
the bridegroom came; and they
that were /ready went in with him
to the marriage: and the door was
shut.
11 Afterward came also the other
virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, Sopen
to us.
12 But he answered and said,
Verily I say unto you, I know you
not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye "know
neither the day nor the hour where-
in the ‘Son of man cometh.
The Olivet discourse: (7) the
Lord’s return tests the ser-
vants.
14 For /the kingdom of heaven
is'as a man travelling into a far
weakest of
His servants;
it is given
for faithful
service.
Lk.16.10-12;
1 Cor.4.2;
2 Tim.4.7,8.
r The same
commenda-
tion is gained
by the ser-
vant with two
q
talents as by
him with five:
he was equal-
ly faithful
though his
gift was less.
s Psa.16.11;
Zeph.3.17;
Jonn15.10,11;
Heb.12.1,2.
t Mt.20,11,12;
Mal.1.13.
Cf.1 John 5.3.
|u Mt.22.12,
| 13; 24.48-50.
[25 26
vants, and delivered unto them his
kgoods.
15 And unto one he gave five tal-
ents, to another two, and to an-
other one; to every man ‘according
to his several ability; and straight-
way took his journey.
16 Then he that had received the
five talents went and traded with
the same, and made them other
five talents. .
17 And likewise he that had re-
‘ceived two, he also gained other
two.
18 But he that had received one
went and digged in the earth, and
nhid his lord’s money.
19 After a long time the lord of
those servants cometh, and °reck-.
oneth with them.
20 And so he that had received
five talents came and brought other
five talents, saying, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me five talents:
behold, I have gained beside them
five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, ?Well
done, thou good and faithful ser-
vant: thou hast been ¢faithful over
a few things, I will make
over many things: enter thou into
the joy of thy lord.
22 He also that had received two
talents came and said, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me two talents:
behold, I have gained two other
talents beside them.
23 His lord said unto him, ”Well
done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithfy] over a few
things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the
Sjoy of thy lord.
24 Then he which had received
the one talent came and said, Lord,
I knew thee that thou art an ‘hard
man, reaping where thou -hast not
sown, and gathering where thou
hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went
and hid thy talent in the earth: lo,
there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said
unto him, Thou “wicked and sloth-
country, who called: his own ser-
1 This part of the Olivet discourse goes beyond the
ples (Mt. 24. 3), and presents our Lord’s return in three aspects:
profession, vs. 1-13; (2) as testing service, vs.
nations, vs. 31-46.
(1) As testing
14-30; (3) as testing the Gentile
2 The kingdom of heaven here is the sphere of profession, as in Mt. 13. All
alike have lamps, but two
no oil,” and the Lord said, “I know you not.” i y fol;
spirit of Christ, he is none of his” (Rom.
and “If any man have not the
Nor could the Lord say to
any
1035
facts fix the real status of the foolish virgins: They “took
Oil is the symbol of the Holy Spirit,
believer, however unspiritual, “I know you
ee ruler —
‘sign’? questions of the disci-
se:
‘shall be given, and he shall have
25 27]
ful servant, thou knewest that I
reap where I sowed not, and gather
where. I have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to
have put my money to the ex-
changers, and then at my_ coming
I should have received mine own
with usury. ‘
28 Take therefore the talent from
him, and give it unto him which
hath ten talents.
29 For unto “every one that hath
abundance: but from him that hath
not shall be taken away even “that
which he hath. :
30 And ‘cast ye the unprofitable
servant into Youter darkness: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
The Olivet discourse: (8) the
Lord’s return tests the Gen-
tile nations. (Cf. Joel 3. 11-16.)
31 When the Son of man shall
“come in his glory, and all the fholy
Sangels with him, “then shall he sit
upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be ‘gath-
ered all nations: and he shall
separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divideth Ais sheep
from the goats: y
33 And he shall set the jsheep on
his right hand, but the *goats on
the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto
them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the
‘kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the ™world:
35 For I was an “hungred, and
ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink: I was a
stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I
was sick; and ye visited me: I was
in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the °righteous an-
swer him, saying, Lord, when saw
we thee an hungred, and fed thee?
or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a ‘stranger,
1 This judgment is to be distin
throne.
11. 5). The
20. 37,
Here there is no resurrection; the
St. MATTHEW.
A.D. 33.
a@Mt.13.12; Lk.19.
26; John 15.2,
6 Lk.8.18, last
clause,
¢Mt.7.21-23.
d the outer
darkness.
¢ Christ (Second
Advent). Mk.
13.24-27. (Deut.
30.3; Acts 1.9-11.)
Ff Sanctify, holy
(persons)
(N.T.). Mk.6.20.
(Mt.4.5; Rev.22.
11.)
9 Heb.1.4, nofe.
h Day of Jehovah.
vs.31-46; Acts
2.19,20. (Isa.2.
10-22; Rev. 19.
1-21.)
7 Psa.96.13; John
5.28,29; Rev.20. *
11-15.
J Psa.79.13; 100.3;
Ezk.20,38; 34.17,
22,31; John 10.11.
k Zech. 10.3.
1 Mt.3.2, note.
™mi.e. earth.
nm Mt.10.40; Heb,
11.37,38.
© Rom.10.10, nofe.
P Mt.10.40-42; Acts
*$.2,4,5.
@ Mt.7.23,
r Satan. Gr.
diabolos, ac-
cuser, Mk.1,13.
(Gen.3.1; Rev.
20.10.)
8 vs.35,40,45, refs.
t Prov.14.31;
Zech.2.8.
u Kingdom
(N.T.). vs.31-46;
Acts 1.6,7. (Lk.
1.31-33; 1 Cor.15,
24.)
v Judgments (the
seven). Lk.14.
14. (2 Sam.7.
14; Rev.20.12.)
“Eternal ‘and
“everlasting’’
are the same
word,
w Day of destruc-
tion, 2 Thes.1.
7-10. Gob 21.
30; Rev.20.11-15.)
« Life (eternal).
Li
k.10,25. (Mt.7.
14; Rev.22.19,)
guished
. +e test in Rev. 20. 11-15, is the possession of eternal life.
other six judgments, John 12. 31, note; 1C
- 12, note,
1036
from the judgment of
persons
or. 11. 31, note; 2 Cor,
and took thee in? or naked, and
clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or
in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer
and say unto them, Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye have
done zt unto one of the fleast of
these my brethren, ye have done it
unto =e. ,’
41 Then shall he say also unto
them on the left hand, 7Depart from
me,. ye cursed, into everlasting fire,
prepared for the ‘devil and his
8angels:
42 For I was an Shungred, and ye
gave me no meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took
me not in: naked, and ye clothed
me not: sick, and in prison, and ye
visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee an hungred, or athirst, or a
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did not minister unto
thee?
45 Then shall he answer them,
saying, Verily I say unto you, ‘In-
asmuch as ye did it not to one of
the least of these, ye did /¢ not to me.
46 “And these shall go away *into
everlasting “punishment: but the
righteous into “life eternal,
CHAPTER 26.
The Jewish authorities consult
to put Jesus to death (Mk. 14.
BQ sic 2.1012),
AN Dit came to pass, when Jesus
had finished all these sayings,
he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is
the feast of the passover, and the
Son of man is betrayed to be cru-
cified.
3 Then assembled together the
chief priests, and the scribes, and
the elders of the people, unto the
palace of the high priest, who was
called Caiaphas,
the treatment
“my brethren.” These
have preached the Gospel of the
See “Remnant” (Isa. 1, 9; Rom.
See, for the
5. 10, note; Ezk,
26 4]
4 And “consulted that they might
take Jesus by subtilty, and _ kill
him.
5 But they said, Not on the feast
day, lest there be an “uproar among
the people.
a John 11.47;
b Mt.21.26;
Mk.14.2.
c Mk.14.3;
John 12.1-8.
d Mk.16.9;
Lk.15..
Jesus anointed by Mary of Beth-
any (Mk. 14. 3-9; John 12. 1-8).
6 Now when Jesus was in “Beth-
any, in the house of Simon the
dleper,
7 There came unto him a ¢woman
having an alabaster box of very
precious ointment, and poured it on
his head, as he sat at meat., FLK.5.34,35;
8 But when his disciples saw it,| Job" 1©-28-
they had indignation, saying, To] Supply to
what purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have
ei.e. Mary of
Bethany.
h Mt.16.21-
been sold for much, and given to| 23; Mk.16.1.
the poor. :
10 When Jesus understood it, he|* #2sg°,M™
said unto them, Why trouble ye! (Gen.i2.1-3;
the woman? for she hath wrought] Rev-14.6.)
a good work upon me. O eneartns
11 For ye have the poor always
with you; but ‘me ye have not
k Zech.11,12,
13.
always.
12 For in that she hath poured|/Lk.9.51;
this ointment on my body, she did rer 8.20;
it &for my “burial. er
13 Verily I say unto you, Where-|m John 6.70,
soever this ‘gospel shall be preached} 71: 13-21.
in the whole Jworld, there shall|,, psa.41.9;
also this, that this woman hath] 55.12-14;
done, be told for a memorial of her. ee 13.18,
Judas Iscariot sells the Lord |, mx9.12:
(Mk. 14. 10, 11; Lk. 22. 3-6). Lk.24.25-27,
44-46; John
14 Then one of the twelve, called| 19-28.
Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief], john 17.12;
priests, Acts 1.25.
15 And said unto them, What
will ye give me, and I will deliver
‘him unto you? And they covenanted
with him for ‘thirty pieces of silver.
1 No contradiction of John 12. 3 is implied.
ity and honour was of the feet (Lk. 7. 38) and head (Lk. 7. 46).
St. MATTHEW.
A.D. 33.
Acts 4.25-28.
prepare me.
[26 26
16 And from that time he sought
opportunity to betray him.
The preparation of the passover
(Mk. 14. 12-16; Lk. 22. 7-13).
17 Now the first day of the feast
of unleavened bread the disciples
came to Jesus, saying unto him,
Where wilt thou that we prepare
for thee to eat the passover? ‘
18 And he said, Go into the city to
such a man, and say unto him, The
Master saith, ‘My time is at hand;
I will keep the passover at thy
house with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jesus
had appointed them; and they
made ready the passover.
The last passover (Mk. 14. 17-21;
Lk. 22. 14-20, 24-30). :
20 Now when the even was come,
he 2sat down with the twelve.
(Here read John 13: 2-30.)
21 And as they did eat, he said,
Verily I say unto you, that one of
you shall “betray me.
22 And they were exceeding sor-
rowful, and began every one of
them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
23 And he answered and said, He
that “dippeth Ais hand with me in
the dish, the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth as it is
°owritten of him: but woe unto that
man by whom the Son of man is
betrayed! ?it had been good for
that man if he had not been born.
25 Then Judas, which betrayed
him, answered and said, Master, is
it i He said unto him, Thou hast
said.
Jesus institutes the Lord’s Sup-
per (Mk. 14. 22-25; Lk, 22. 17-20;
InGorie 115 123-25))
| 26 And as they were eating, Je-
The ordinary anointing of hospital-
But Mary of
Bethany, who alone of our Lord’s disciples had comprehended His thrice repeated
announcement of His coming death and resurrection, invested the anointing with
the deeper meaning of the preparation of His body for burying.
Mary of Bethany
was not among the women who went to the sepulchre with intent to embalm the
body of Jesus.
2 The order of events on the night of the Passover supper appears to have been:
(1) The taking by our Lord and the disciples of their places at the-table; (2) the
contention who should be greatest; (3) the feet-washing; (4) the identification of
Judas as the traitor; (5) the withdrawal of Judas; (6) the institution of the supper;
(7) the words of Jesus while still in the room (Mt. 26. 26-29; Lk. 22. 35-38; John
13. 31-35; 14. 1-31); (8) the words of Jesus between the room and the garden (Mt.
26. 31-35; Mk. 14. 26-31; John 15., 16., 17.); it-seems probable that the high-priestly
prayer (John 17.) was uttered after they reached the garden; (9) the agony in the
garden; (10) the betrayal and arrest; (11) Jesus before Caiaphas; Peter’s denial.
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26 27]
sus “took bread, and blessed it,
' and brake it, and gave it to the dis-
ciples, and said, Take, eat; this is
my “body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave
thanks, and gave it to them, say-
ing, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my ¢2blood of the
‘new /testament, w. Tr
many for the 14remission of “sins.
29 But I say unto you, I will not
drink henceforth of this fruit of the
vine, until that day when I drink
it new with you in my Father’s
*kingdom.
(Here read John 14, 1-31.)
Jesus foretells Peter’s denial
Mk. 14. 26-31; Lk, 22. 31-34; John
13. 36-38).
_30 And when they had sung an
Jhymn, they went out into. the
mount of Olives.
(Here read John 15., 16., 17.)
31 Then saith Jesus unto them,
RAI ye shall be offended because of
me this night: for it is written, I
will ‘smite the *shepherd, and the
sheep of the flock shall be scattered
abroad.
32 But after I am risen again, I
will go before you into Galilee.
33 Peter answered and said unto
him, Though “all men shall be of-
fended because of thee, yet will I
never be offended.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I
say unto thee, That this night, be-|»
fore the °cock crow, thou shalt deny
me thrice.
Sr.
Ll md | >) oe
MATTHEW.
A.D. 33. 35 Peter said unto him, ThoughI ©
a Mk.14.22-25; |Should die with thee, yet will I not
5 Li: 22.19,20." deny thee. Likewise also said all
21 Conil23. |the disciples.
d aoosmonn Jesus’ agony in the Garden (Mk.
(of Christ). 14. 32-42; Lk. 22. 39-46; John
John 1.29, 18. 1).
(Gen.4.4;
e Bed t018) 36 Then ?cometh Jesus with them
(new). Mk. | untoa place called Gethsemane, and
ae Sy saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here,
feovenant. | While I go and pray yonder.
g Forgiveness.| 37 And he took with him Peter
; Se and the two sons of Zebedee, and
3.23, note. |began to be Ysorrowful and very
iMt.3.2, note.|heavy.
eae 38 Then saith he unto them, My
Mk.14.27. : ;
1Zech.13.7, |SOul is exceeding sorrowful, even
m Christ(Piret unto death: tarry ye here, and
ve. ° e
279.10. (Gen: watch with me.
nMbi49s 31,| The first prayer (Mk. 14. 353
122.3134; Lk. 22., 41,42).
oMnis ae, ‘| 39 And he went a little farther,
rare and fell on his face, and "prayed,
? 22 40-46 \Savying, O my Father, if it be possi-
John 18.1. |ble, let this 2Scup pass from me:
CE ober . |mevertheless not as I will, ‘but as
am.1.12; >
poss 12.27. thou wilt.
1O1e prayers
; Gut) Mat 27. The sleeping disciples (Mk. 14.
crag 37, 38, 40; Lk. 22. 45,46).
$Ges22:638; 40 And he cometh unto the dis-
NBeag st ciples, and findeth them asleep, and
u Temptation.|saith unto Peter, What, could ye
oe not watch with me one hour?
Jas.1.14.) 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter
v Psa.103. not into “temptation: 2the spirit
ast ra indeed is willing, but the flesh is
Gai.5.17.. |weak.
1 Forgiveness. Summary: The Greek word translated “remission” in Mt. 26.
28; Acts 10. 43; Heb, 9. 22, is elsewhere rendered “forgiveness.”
off, or away. And this,
forgiveness—to separate
It means, to send
throughout Scripture, is the one fundamental meaning of
the sin from the sinner.
Distinction must be made be-
tween divine and human forgiveness: (1) Human forgiveness means the remission
of penalty. In the Old Testament
forgiveness follows the execution of the penalty.
atonement for his sin that he hath
and the New, in type and fulfilment, the divine
. “The priest shall make an
committed, and it shall be forgiven him” (Lev.
4.35). “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the
remission [sending away, forgiveness] of sins” (v. 28).
blood there is no remission” (Heb.
note).
“Without shedding of
9. 22). See ‘Sacrifice’ (Gen. 4. 4; Heb. 10. 18,
The sin of the justified believer interrupts his fellowship, and is forgiven
upon confession, but always on the ground of Christ’s propitiating sacrifice (1 John
1, 6-9; 2. 2).
giveness,
(2) Human forgiveness rests upon
In many passages this is assumed rather than stated, but the principle
and results. from the divine for-
is declared in Eph. 4. 32; Mt. 18. 32, 33.
The “cup” must be interpreted by our Lord’s own use of that symbol in speak-
ing of His approaching sacrificial death (Mt. 20.
10. 17, 18, He could have been in no fear of an unwilling death.
22; John 18.11). In view of John
The value of the
account of the agony in the Garden is in the evidence it affords that He knew fully
what the agony of the cross would mean when His soul was made an offering for
sin (Isa. 53. 10) in the hiding of the Father’s face.
He voluntarily paid it,
Knowing the cost to the utmost,
1038
26 42] . St. MATTHEW. | [26 64
The second prayer (Mk. 14, 39; | 4D: 33.__/for all they that take the sword
Lk. 22. 44). shall perish with the sword.
42 He went away ean the sec- soe ieee ul rece ‘ Re Nie
; : ¢ y Father, and he
IE Pe gr sol ane, (flare Syme cite tn
t 3 x : SS! Sin. Rom.3. |"twelve legions of ‘angels? __
away from me, except I drink it, 257-sots:) 34 But how then shall the Jscrip-
ya ae Be et a ren ‘Teaoare ti be “fulfilled, that thus it must
- A ohn 18.3; =, DEF
asleep again: for their eyes were Bets 116. 55 In that same hour said Jesus
heavy. 1. A rica to the multitudes, ‘Are ye come out
Lk.22.48. as against a thief with swords and
The third prayer (Mk. 14. 41). |. 2Sam.20.9; |staves for to take me? I sat daily
Psa.55.13. with you teaching in the templ.
44 ‘ ds ec,
And he left them, and went|/Gr. Hetaire, |_ 14 ye laid ‘no hold e
away again, and prayed th i comrade. : ;
peed waving the Lnsne: wdnds val mse ane | 2 is me eae ee ae viene Be
2 Sas ey, touch- scriptures of the prophets might be
y th A
45 Then cometh he to his disci-/ ing thingin [fusiied. Then all the disciples
ples, and saith unto them, @Sleep :
on now, and take your rest: be- id "forsook him, and fled,
hold, the hour is at hand, and the} own Judas. | Jesus brought before Caiaphas
Se ee eee tg th | 20d ths Senhodelis (eas
x . hn 18. -65. Cf, Jo - 12, 19-24),
46 Rise, let us be going: behold, 2 10,11, s 57. And they that had laid hold o
+ 1.6.17; ° nm
he is at hand that doth betray me. iazaaiar \lJesus Med Birk away 16 eCaiaghed
The betrayal and arrest of Jesus|‘ S*>* the high priest, where the scribes
(Mk. 14. 43-50; Lk. 22. 47-53;|jv. 24; John |and the elders were assembled.
John 18. 3-11). beipeseogi 58 But °Peter followed him. afar
bps maw bine tp Pa pee off unto the high priest’s Ppalace,
nd ‘while he yet spake, lo,| wt.8.19,20. jand went in, and sat with the ¢ser-
Judas, one of the twelve, came, and a ee i ; vants, to see the end.
a : ena 10: A A
with him a great multitude with iMeia 59 Now the chief priests, and
swords and staves, from the chief| 48.49: Lk.22. jelders, and all the council, sought
priests and elders of the people. 52,53. ‘false witness against Jesus, to put
48 Now he that betrayed him|”Mk-i4.50. |him to death:
gave them a sign, saying, Whom- Bs cre 60 But found none: yea, though
soever I shali ¢kiss, that same is|n Mk.14.53; [many false witnesses came, yet
he: hold him fast. Teak found they none. At the last came
ee ee gana he Set ee 12-14, — bed pe seen y
esus, and said, » Master; and|o Mk.14.54; 6 said, i i
kissed him. F : “John 18, am able to Sdestgae icieaat ce
at And Jesus said unto him,|, curt. God, and to build it in three days.
Friend, wherefore art thou come?|q officers. 62 And the high priest arose, and
Ta gee cee fay laid hands on|” Hee rae said unto him, Answerest thou
esus, and took him. sMt.27.40: | \nothing? what is it which these
51 And, behold, one of them| John 2.19-22. |wit i
which were with Jesus stretched out if Teas i, “63 But. 5 Eames peace. And
his hand, and édrew his sword, and!" ,¢92.69-71. |the high priest answered and said
struck a servant of the high priest’s, junto him, I “adjure thee by the liv-
and smote off his ear. jing God, that thou tell us whether
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
up again thy sword into his place: 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou
1 A comparison of the narratives gives the following order of events on the cruci-
fixion day: (1) Early in the morning Jesus is brought before Caiaphas and the
Sanhedrin. He is condemned and mocked (Mt. 26. 57-08; Mk. 14, 55-65; Lk. 22.
63-71; John 18. 19-24). (2) The Sanhedrin lead Jesus to Pilate (Mt. 27. 1, 2, 11-14;
Mk. 15. 1-5; Lk.-23. 1-5; John 18. 28-38). (3) Pilate sends Jesus to Herod (Lk. 23.
6-12; John 19.4). (4) Jesus is again brought before Pilate, who releases Barabbas
and delivers Jesus to be crucified (Mt. 27, 15-26; Mk, 15. 6-15; Lk. 23. 13-25; John
18. 39, 40; 19. 4-16). (5) Jesus is crowned with,thorns, and mocked (Mt. 27. 26-30;
Mk. 15. 15-20; John 19. 1-3). (6) Suicide of Judas (Mt. 27. 3-10). (7) Led forth
to be crucified, the cross is laid upon Simon: Jesus discourses to the women (Mt.
27. 31, 32; Mk. 15. 20-23; Lk. 23. 26-33; John 19. 16,17). For the order of events at
the crucifixion see Mt. 27. 33, note.
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26 65}
hast said: neverthéless I say unto
you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son
of man 4sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds of
heaven. f
65 Then the high priest rent his
clothes, saying, He hath spoken
blasphemy; what further need have
we of witnesses? , behold, now ye
have heard his “blasphemy.
66 What think ye? They answered
and said, He is guilty of death.
67 Then did they spit in his face,
and buffeted him; and _ others
ésmote him with the palms of their
hands,
68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou
Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
Peter denies the Lord (Mk. 14.
66-72; Lk. 22. 55-62; John 18.
15-18, 25-27).
69 Now Peter /sat without in the
palace: and a damsel came unto
him, saying, Thou also wast with
Jesus of Galilee.
70 But he denied before them all,
saying, I know not what thou
sayest.
71 And when he was gone out into
the porch, another !maid saw him,
and said unto them that were
there, This fellow was also with
Jesus of Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an
oath, I do not know the man.
73 And after a while came unto
him they that stood by, and said to
Peter, Surely thou also art one of
them; for thy Sspeech bewrayeth
thee.
74 Then began he to ‘curse and to
swear, saying, I know not the man.
And immediately the ‘cock crew.
75 And Peter remembered the
word of Jesus, which said unto him,
Before the cock crow, thou shalt
deny me thrice. And he went out,
and wept bitterly.
CHAPTER 27,
The Sanhedrin deliver Jesus to
Pilate (Mk. 15. 1; Lk. 23. 1;
John 18, 28),
WEEN the morning was come,
all the chief priests and elders
St. MATTHEW.
a Psa.110.1:
Mk.14.62;
Acts 7.55,56.
b Dan.7.13,14;
Mt.24.30;
Rev.1.7.
c John 10.
31-36.
d Isa.50.6; 52.
14; Mk.14.
65; Lk.22.63-
65; John 18.
Se
2,2
e Mic.5.1;
John 19.3.
f Mk.14.66-72;
Lk.22.55-62;
John 18.
15-18,25-27.
g Acts 2.7.
k Contra, Mt.
16.16,17.
t v.34.
j Mk.15.1;
Lk.23.1;
John 18.28.
k Zech.11.12,
13.
1 Sin. Rom.
3.23, note.
m 1 Sam.31.4;
2 Sam.17.23.
m1 Lk.24.27,44.
o Christ (First
Advent). Mt.
27.34,35.
(Gen.3.15;
Acts 1.9.)
bp Jehovah.
Zech.11.12,
13.
q ME.15.2-5;
Lk.23.3.
r John 18.33-
37; 1 Tim,
6.13.
s Isa.53.7.
' Cf. v. 69; Mk. 14, 69; Lk. 22. s8; John 18. 25.
in these accounts.
and that Peter was
Let it be remembered that an excited crowd
interrogated in two places: ‘With the servants”’ (Mt. 26. ss)
where the first charge was made (v. 69); “the porch”
people would be gathered, and where the second and
made by “another maid” and by’the crowd, i.e.
* The allusion is to Jeremiah 18. 1-4; 19. 1
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of the people took counsel against
Jesus to put him to death: .
2 And when they had bound him,
they led Aim away, and /delivered
him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Judas’ unavailing remorse.
(€f. Acts 1. 16-19.)
3 Then Judas, which had be-
trayed him, when he saw that he
was condemned, repented himself,
and brought again the “thirty pieces
of silver to the chief priests and
elders,
4 Saying, I have /sinned in that
I have betrayed the innocent blood.
And they said, What is that to us?
see thou to that.
5 And he cast down the pieces of
silver in the temple, and departed,
and went and “hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the
silver pieces, and said, It is not law-
ful for to put them into the trea-
sury, because it is the price of blood.
7 And they took counsel, and
bought with them the potter’s field,
to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called,
The field of blood, unto this day.
9 Then was “fulfilled that which
was spoken by 2Jeremy the prophet,
saying, And they took the °thirty
pieces of silver, the price of him that
was valued, whom they of the chil-
dren of Israel did value;
10 And gave them for the potter’s
field, as the Lord appointed me.
Jesus interrogated by Pilate
(Mk. 15. 2-5; Lk. 23. 2, 3; John
18. 29-38). .
11 And Jesus. stood before the
governor: and the governor Zasked
him, saying, Art thou the King of
the Jews? And Jesus said unto him,
rThou sayest.
12 And when he was accused of
the chief priests and elders, he an-
swered ‘nothing.
13 Then said Pilate unto him,
Hearest thou not how many things
they witness against thee?
14 And he answered him to never
a word; insomuch that the governor
marvelled greatly.
A discrepancy has*been imagined
had gathered,
where a great number of ~
of third interrogations were
they” (vs. 71, 73; John 18. 2s).
~3, but more distinctly to Zech, 11, 12,13.
{
27 15] Sr. MATTHEW. [27 30
Jesus or Barabbas? (Mk. 15.6-15;|__4-D. 33.__|*scourged Jesus, he delivered Aim
Lk. 23. 13-25; cf. John 18. 38-40). ee to be crucified.
15.6-15;
15 Nowat that feast the governor| Lk23 37-83; The King crowned with thorns
was 4wont to release unto the peo-| John 18. and led away to crucifixion
ple a prisoner, whom they would. | 224° (Mk. 15. 16-23; Lk, "23, peck
16 And they had then a notable/’Mt2138; | John 19. 16, 17). : ;
prisoner, called Barabbas. 28. Cf. Gen. | 27 Then the soldiers of the gov-
17 Therefore when the elt :
gathered together, Pilate anid vaiite s ae enor *took Jesus into the common
them, Whom will’ ye that I release|“°"""- [hall and gathered unto him the
unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus|? Jobp 5.43: whole band of soldiers.
which is called Christ? Acts 3.14, | 28 And they stripped him, and
18 For he knew that for tenvy|¢b«-23-21- put on him a “scarlet robe.
they had delivered him. f Deut.21.6 Sag ecu her they had platted a
19 When he was set down on the ”. |crown of ‘thorns, they put i¢ upon
judgement seat, his wife sent unto|*Sen¢10; his head, and a ™zeed in his right
him, saying, Have thou nothing to pect pond: pad they bowed the knee
do with that just man: for I have|/ John 191. | °%R iit pea hia say-
suffered many things this day in al ; tsa.53.8 30 Aud Teeaye _the Jews!
‘dream because of him. in nd they "spit upon him, and
20. ie Spd chief aoe and elders ? aoe soi 18. oat ee Se Loner serge
persuaded the multitude that they] 2,3. 31 And after that they had
should ask Barabbas, and destroy) 1.23.11. cf. [mocked him, they took the robe off
Jesus. Psa.69.19. from him, and put his own raiment
21 The governor answered and] Gen.3.18: hi i
said unto them, Whether of the Gal. 3.13. city See Sedat PRO aie
twain will ye that I release unto} 1sa.36.6. 32 And as they came out, they
you? They said, “Barabbas. it vs.30,31; found a man of Cyrene, Simon by
22 Pilate saith unto them, What Psa.22.6; name: him they compelled to bear
shall I do then with Jesus which is} 1sa.50.6; 53. [nig cross,
called Christ? They all say untoj 3: Zech.13.7. /US
him, Let him be “crucified. o Mt.26.67. The crucifixion (Mk. 15. 22-32;
23 And the governor said, Why, |» mc.15.21; Lk. 23. 33-43; John 19. 17-24).
what evil hath he done? But they} Lk.23.26; 33 1And when th
cried out the more, saying, Let him} 7°41 | into a place called Goluotha, that
be crucified. q@ the place, lis to say, 9a “place of a skull,
24 When Pilate saw that he could! * 34 They gave him ‘vinegar to
prevail nothing, but that rather a 7 Mi-1s22; |drink mingled with gall: and when
tumult was made, he took /water,| Jii°i¢j7, |he had tasted thereof, he would
and washed Ars panes before ine pinks te not drink.
multitude, saying, I am innocent of| 5 *$2-02-21; ; . 5
_-the bloed of this just person: see ye eae a The law fulfilled in Christ (Mt.
toraé: ; ate 5. 17, 18; Gal. 3. 11-14).
t Christ (First
25 Then answered all the people,| Adven+). Mt.| 35 And they crucified him, and
and said, His blood be on us, and 27-80. (Gen. |parted his garments, casting lots:
on our children. Acts 1.9.), |that it ea be ‘fulfilled which was
: _ _ |spoken by the prophet,“They parted
Barabbas released (Mk, 15. 15;|u Ame my garments among them, and
Lk. 23. 24, 25). Lk.23.34; upon my vesture did they cast lots.
26 Then released he Barabbas oe 19.23, | 36 And sitting down they watched
unto them: and when he. had i him there;
1 The order of events at the crucifixion: (1) The arrival at Golgotha (Mt. 27.,
33; Mk, 15. 22; Lk. 23. 33; John 19. 17). (2) The offer of the stupefying drink re-
fused (Mt. 27. 34; Mk. 15. 23). (3) Jesus is crucified between two thieves (Mt.
27. 35-38; Mk. 15. 24-28; Lk. 23. 33-38; John 19. 18-24). (4) He utters the first cry
from the cross, “‘Father, forgive,” etc. (Lk. 23. 34). (5) The soldiers part His gar-
ments (Mt. 27. 35; Mk. 15. 24; Lk. 23. 34; John 19. 23). (6) The Jews mock Jesus
(Mt. 27. 30-44; Mk. 15. 20-32; Lk. 23. 35-38). (7) The thieves rail on Him, but
one repents and believes (Mt. 27. 44; Mk. 15. 32; Lk. 23. 39-43). (8) The second
ery from the cross, ‘To-day shalt thou be with me,” etc. (Lk. 23.,43). (9) The
third cry, “Woman, behold thy son’? (John 19. 26, 27). (10) The darkness (Mt.
27. 45; Mk. 15, 33; Lk. 23. 44). (11) The fourth cry, “My God,” etc. (Mt. 27. 46,
47; Mk. 15, 34-36). (12) The fifth cry, “I thirst” (John 19. 28). (13) The sixth cry,
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37. And set up over his head his
accusation written, THIS IS JE-
SUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Then were there two thieves
@crucified with him, one on the right
haud, and another on the left.
39 And they that passed by re-
viled him, “wagging their heads,
40 And saying, Fhou that de-
stroyest the temple, and buildest i¢
in three days, save thyself. Ifthou
be the Son of God, come down from
the cross.
41 Likewise also the chief priests
mocking Aim, with the scribes and
elders, said,
42 He ‘saved others; himself he
cannot save. If he be the King of
Israel, let him now come down
pom the cross, and we will ¢believe
im.
43 He ‘trusted in /God; let him
deliver him now, if he will have
him: for he said, I am the Son of
God,
44 The thieves also, which were
crucified with him, cast the same
in his teeth.
The death of Jesus Christ (Mk.
15. 33-41; Lk. 23. 44-49; John 19.
30-37).
45 Now from the sixth hour there
was darkness over all the land
A.D. 33. _| Jesus cried with,a loud voice. ‘say-
ing, Eli, Eli, lama_sabachthani?
that is to say, My JGod, my God,
a 1sa.53.12. kwhy hast thou forsaken me?
5 Psa.22.7,8,11-13; | 47 Some of them that'stood there,
dag Johng, (When they heard that, said, This
14,15; Heb.9.22. |mman calleth for Elias.
2 believe on. 48 And straightway one of them
@ Psa. 22.8,
ran, and took a spunge, and filled it
J Jehovah. with ‘vinegar, and put it on a reed,
Ree and gave him to drink.
Lk.23.39-43. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us.see
fe Mic io 3 whether Elias will come to save
i Bible prayers him.
(N.T-}. Mk.10. | 50 Jesus, when he had cried again
‘|with a loud voice, ?”yielded up the
"ghost.
The Dispensation of Law ends.
(See John 1. 16, note; Heb. 9. 3-
8; 10. 19, 20.)
51 And, behold, the 2°veil of the
30: cor 133. {temple was rent in twain from the
” Christ (First Ad-\tep to the bottom; and the earth
vent, Mt.28-5.6.|did quake, and the rocks rent;
ec 52 And the +graves were opened;
and many bodies of the saints
which slept ?arose,
53 And came out of the graves
P Resurrection... |after his resurrection, and went into
16. (ob 19.25;the ¢holy city, and appeared unto
many.
94 Now when the centurion, and
they that were with him, watching
J God. Psa.22.1;
88.14.
k Psa.22.3 gives
the answer-to
this significant
and terrible cry.
1 Psa.69.21.
m Mk.15.37; Lk.23,
o Lev.16.2,11-14;
Mk.15.38; Lk.23.
45; Heb.9.7,8,11,
12; 10.19,20.
$ 1 Cor,15,52.)
@Sanctify, holy
(things) (N.T,).
Acts 6.13, (Mt.4,
5; Rev.22.11.)
unto the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour
Jesus, saw the earthquake, and
those things that were done, they
“It is finished” (John 19. 30).
etc. (Lk. 23. 46).
23. 46; John 19. 30).
MCh Mk. 15.°26;" Lk. 23:38:
do not contradict each other. No
tion. All have “The King of the
“This is’; Matthew quotes the name,
words “of Nazareth.”
{all].
2 Literally, “dismissed His spirit
pression, taken with Mk. 15. 37; Lk.
of Christ from all other
could say of His redemptive work,
but I lay it down of myself” (John 10. 18),
3 The veil which was rent was the veil
(14) The seventh cry,
(15) Our Lord dismisses His spirit (Mt. 27. 50; Mk. 15. 37; Lk.
The narratives combined
is [Matthew, Luke] Jesus [Matthew, John]
“Father, into thy hands,’
John 19, 19.
one of the Evangelists quotes the entire inscrip-
Jews.” Luke adds to this the further words,
“Jesus”; whilst John gives the additional
give the entire inscription: ‘‘This
of Nazareth [John] the King of the Jews’’
These accounts supplement, but
”
The Gr. implies an act of the will. This ex-
23. 46; John 19. 30, differentiates the death
physical death. He died by His own volition when He
“Tt is finished.” “No man taketh it from me,
which divided the holy place into which
the priests entered from the holy of holies into which only the high priest might
enter on the day of atonement (Ex. 26. 31, note; Lev.
of that veil, which was a type of the human body of Christ (Heb. 10.
that a ‘new and living way”
God with no other sacrifice or prie
4 That these bodies returned to their graves is not
The wave-sheaf (Lev. 23.
implies plurality.
crucifixion and entombment of Chri
in resurrection.
made perfect” (Heb. 12. 23) from
heaven.
16, 1-30). The rending
20) signified
was opened for all believers into the very presence of
sthood save Christ’s (cf. Heb. 9. 1-8: 10. 19-22).
said and may not be inferred.
10-12) typifies the resurrection of Christ, but a sheaf
It was a single ‘‘corn of wheat”
that fell into the ground in the
st (John 12. 24); it was a sheaf which came forth
The inference is that these saints, with the spirits of “just men
Paradise, went with Jesus (Eph, 4. 8-10) into
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was the Son of God.
55 And many women were there
beholdixg afar off, which followed
J esus from Galilee, ministering unto
im:
56 Among which was Mary Mag-
dalene, and Mary the mother of
bJames and Joses, and the mother
of Zebedee’s children.
The entombment of Christ (Mk:
15. 42-47; Lk. 23. 50-56; John 19.
38-42).
57 When the even was come,
there came a rich man of Arima-
thea, named Joseph, who also him-
self was Jesus’ disciple:
58 He went to Pilate, and begged
the body of Jesus. Then Pilate com-
manded the body to be delivered.
59 And when Joseph had taken
the body, he wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth,
60 And laid it in chis own new
tomb, which he had hewn out in the
rock:and herolleda great stonetothe
door of the sepulchre, and departed.
61 And there was Mary Magda-
lene, and the ¢other: Mary, sitting
over against the sepulchre.
The sepulchre sealed and
guarded.
62 Now the next day, that fol-
lowed the day of the preparation,
the chief priests and Pharisees came
together unto Pilate,
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that
that deceiver said, while he was yet
alive, «After three days I will rise
again
64 Command therefore that the
sepulchre be made sure until the
third day, lest his disciples come
by night, and steal him away, and
say unto the people, He is risen
from the dead: so the last error
shall be worse than the first.
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have;
St. MATTHEW.
feared greatly, saying, Truly this]
a MK.15.39-41;
Lk.23.47-49.
6 Son of Al-
pheus. Mt.
4.21, note.
¢ Isa.53.9,
d Supposed to
be Mary the
mother of
James and
Joses.
eMt.16.21;
17.23; 20.19;
26.61; Mk.8.
31; 10.34;
LE.9.22; 18.
33; 24.6,7;
John 2.19.
f Lit. end of
the sab-
baths. The
sabbaths end,
the first day
comes. Mt.12.
1, note; John
20.19; Acts
20.7; 1 Cor.
16.2; Rev.1.
10.
gananégel, etc,
h Heb.1.4,
note,
#Cf.Dan.10.
6; Rev.10.1.
j Acts 17.31;
Rev.1.17.
k MKk.16.6;
| 2 Tim.1.7;
Rom.8.15,
| Christ (First
Advent).
Acts 1.9.
(Gen.3.15;
Acts 1.9).
m Resurrec-
tion. vs. 1-6;
Mk. 5.41.
(Job 19.25;
1 Cor. 15.52.)
nLit. O joy!
[28 10
a watch: go your way, make it as
sure as ye can.
66 So they went, and made the
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone,
and setting a watch.
CHAPTER 28.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ,
and events of that day (Mk.
16.1-14; Lk. 24. 1-49; John 20. 1-23.)
BN the fend of the sabbath, as it
began to dawn toward the first
day of the week, came Mary Mag-
dalene and the 4other Mary to see
the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great
earthquake: for the “angel of the
Lord descended from heaven, and
came and rolled back the stone
from the door, and sat upon it.
3 *His countenance was like light-
ning, and his raiment white as
snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers
did shake, and became as Jdead
men. ;
5 And the “angel answered and
said unto the women, “Fear not ye:
for I know that ye seek Jesus,
which was crucified.
| 6 He is not here: for ‘he is “risen,
las he said. Come, see the place
where the Lord lay.
7 And go quickly, and tell his dis-
ciples that he is risen from the
dead; and. behold, he goeth before
you into Galilee; there shall ye see
him: lo, I have told you.
& And they departed quickly from
the sepulchre with fear and great
joy; and did run to bring his disci-
ples word. ;
9 And as they went to tell his
disciples, behold, 2Jesus met them,
saying, “All hail. And they came
and held him by the feet, and wor-
shipped him.
10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be
1 The order of events, combining the four narratives, is as follows: Three women,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, start for the sepul-
chre, followed by other women bearing spices.
The three find the stone rolled
away, and Mary Magdalene goes to tell the disciples (Lk. 23. 55-24. 9; John 20.
D2).
angel of the Lord (Mt. 28. 2).
with the spices.
look in, and go away (John 20. 3-10).
Mary, the mother of James and Joses, draws nearer the tomb and sees the
She goes back to meet the other women following
Meanwhile Peter and John, warned by Mary Magdalene, arrive,
Mary Magdalene returns weeping, sees the
two angels and then Jesus (John 20. 11-18), and goes as He bade her to tell the dis-
ciples.
Mary (mother of James and Joses), meanwhile, has met the women with
the spices and, returning with them, they see the two angels (Lk. 24. 4, 5; Mk. 16.
5).
by Jesus (Mt. 28. 8-10).
They also receive the angelic message, and, going to seek the disciples, are met
> The order of our Lord’s appearances would seem to be: On the day of His res-
urrection: (1) To Mary Magdalene (John 20. 14-18).
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(2) To the women returning
28 11] St. MATTHEW. [28 20
not afraid: go tell my %brethren| A.D.35.__| Jesus in Galilee: the great com-
that they go into Galilee, and there mission (Mk. 16. 15-18).
shall they see me. a@ John 20.17; vt
il Now when they were going, shearer 16 Then the eleven disciples went
behold, some of the watch came] ¢Cf.Acts12.19.|away into Galilee, into a moun-
into the city, and shewed unto the|? Cpe ert ee tain where Jesus had appointed
chief priests all the things that]. john 5.22;17.|them. ;
were done. 2; Eph.1.22. | 17 And when they saw him, they
12 And when they were assem-|f Or reciee worshipped him: but “some doubt-
bled with the elders, and had taken} y494.47,48;’ |ed.
counsel, they gave large money] Acts 1.8. 18 And Jesus cameand spake unto
unto the soldiers, g Acts 2.38,41. |them, saying, “All power is given
; PEE , unto. 4 >
13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples 1 ee ete ie, unto me in heaven and in earth.
came by night, and stole him away| Mk.1.8,10, 19 1Go ye therefore, and Steach
while we slept. peer a ey all nations, ‘baptizing them “in the
14 And if this come to the gov-| ;75s5;ra¢ion, \7name of the Father, and of the Son,
‘ernor’s ears, we will “persuade him, qi vs.19,20; Mik. and of the ‘Holy Ghost:
cure you. 1.44.(Ex.4.15;| 20 Teaching ther to observe all
aS ‘So they took the money, and eee things “whatsoever I have com-
did as they were taught: and this| 23.11. manded you: and, lo, I am “with
saying is commonly reported among conse ea you alway, even unto the ‘end of
the Jews until this day. ;, ages the world. Amen.
from the tomb with the angelic message (Mt. 28. 8-10). (3) To Peter, probably
in the afternoon (Lk. 24. 34; 1 Cor. 15.5). (4) To the Emmaus disciples toward
evening (Lk. 24. 13-31). (5) To the apostles, except Thomas (Lk. 24. 36-43; John
20. 19-24). Eight days afterward: (1) To the apostles, Thomas being present
(John 20. 24-29). In Galilee: (1) To the seven by the Lake of Tiberias (John
21, 1-23). (2) On a mountain, to the apostles and five hundred brethren (1 Cor.
15.6). At Jerusalem and Bethany again: (1) To James (1 Cor. 15.7). (2) To the
eleven (Mt, 28. 16-20; Mk. 16. 14-20; Lk, 24, 33-53; Acts 1.3-12). To Paul: (1) Near
Damascus (Acts 9. 3-6; 1 Cor. 15.8). (2) In the temple (Acts 22. 17-21; 23. 11).
To Stephen, outside Jerusalem (Acts 7.55). To John on Patmos (Rev. 1. 10-19),
‘ With the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ begins the ‘dispensation of the
grace of God” (Eph. 3. 2), which is defined as “‘his kindness toward us through
Christ Jesus”; and, “the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast”
(Eph. 2. 7-9). Under grace God freely gives to the believing sinner eternal life
(Rom. 6. 23); accounts to him a perfect righteousness (Rom. 3. 21, 22: 4, 4, 5); and
accords to him a perfect position (Eph. 1. 6). The predicted results of this sixth
testing of man are: (1) The salvation of all who believe (Acts 16. 31); (2) judgment
upon an unbelieving world and an apostate church (Mt. 25. 31-46; 2 Thes. 1. 7-103
1 Pet. 4. 17, 18; Rev. 3. 15, 16).
(1) Man’s state at the beginning of the dispensation of grace (Rom. 3. 19; Gal.
3. 22; Eph. 2. 11, 12). (2) Man’s responsibility under grace (John 1. 11, 12; 3. 36;
6. 28, 29). (3) His predicted failure (Mt. 24. 37-39; Lk. 18. 8; 19. 12-14). (4) The
judgment (2 Thes. 2. 7-12).
Be. The word is in the singular, the “name,” not namies, Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit is the final name of the one true God. It affirms: (1) That God is one.
2) That He subsists in a personality which is threefold, indicated by relationship
as Father and Son; by a mode of being as Spirit; and by the different parts
taken by the Godhead in manifestation and in the work of redemption, e.g. John 3.
5, 6 (Spirit), 16, 17 (Father and Son). In Mt. 3. 16, 17: Mk. 1. 10, 11; Lk. 3. 21, 22,
the three persons are in manifestation together. (3) The conjunction in one name
of the Three affirms equality and oneness of substance. See O.T. Names of God:
en. 1. 1, note; 2. 4, note; 14. 18, note; 15. 2, note; 17. 1, note; 21. 33, note;
1 Sam. 1. 3, note; Mal. 3. 18, Summary. See “Lord,” Mt. 8. 2, note; ‘Word”
(Logos), John 1.1, note; “Holy Spirit,” Acts 2.4, Summary. See “Christ, Deity
of,” John 20. 28, note.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
ST. MARK.
WRITER. The writer of the second Gospel, Mark, called also John, was the son of
one of the New Testament Marys, and nephew of Barnabas. He was an associate
of the apostles, and is mentioned in the writings of Paul and of Luke (Acts 12. 12, 25:
15. 37, 39; Col. 4. 10; 2 Tim. 4. 11; Phm. 24),
The date of Mark has been variously placed between A.D. 57 and 63.
Theme. The scope and purpose of the book are evident from its contents. In
it Jesus is seen as the mighty Worker, rather than as the unique Teacher. It is the
Gospel of Jehovah’s “Servant the Branch” (Zéch. 3. 8), as Matthew is the Gos-
pel of the “Branch... unto David” (Jer. 33.15).
Everywhere the servant character of the incarnate Son is manifest. The key-
verse is 10. 45, “For even the Son of. man came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister.” The characteristic word is “straightway,” a servant’s word. There is
no genealogy, for who gives the genealogy of a servant? The distinctive character
of Christ in Mark is that set forth in Phil. 2. 6-8.
But this lowly Servant, who emptied Himseif of the “form of God,” “‘and was
found in fashion as a man,”’ was, nevertheless, “the mighty God’’ (Isa. 9. 6), as
Mark distinctly declares (1.1), and therefore mighty works accompanied and authen-
ticated His ministry. As befits a Servant-Gospel, Mark is characteristically a
11] (1 13
Gospel of deeds, rather than of words.
The best preparation of heart for the study of Mark is the prayerful reading of
Isa. 42. 1-21; 50. 4-11; 52. 13-53. 12; Zech. 3. 8; Phil. 2. 5-8.
Mark is in five principal divisions: I. The manifestation of the Servant-Son, 1.
1-11.
at work, 1. 14-13. 37.
II. The Servant-Son tested as to His fidelity, 1. 12, 13.
IV. The Servant-Son ‘‘obedient unto death,”’ 14. 1-15. 47.
III. The ieee |
The ministry of the risen Servant-Son, now exalted to all authority, 16. 1-20.
The events recorded in this book cover a period of 7 years.
CHAPTER 1.
The ministry of John the Bap-
tist (Mt. 3. 1-11; Lk. 3. 1-16; John
1. 6-8, 19-28).
HE “beginning of the °gospel of
Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it is written in the prophets,
_~Behold, I send my messenger be-
fore thy face, which shall prepare
thy way before thee.
3 The 4voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way
of the “Lord, make his paths
straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilder-
ness, and preach the baptism of /re-
pentance for the remission of
&sins.
5 And there went out unto him
all the land of Judea, and they of
Jerusalem, and were all baptized of
him in the river of Jordan, confess-
ing their 4sins. :
6 And John was “clothed with
camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a
skin about his loins; and he did eat
locusts and wild honey;
7 And preached, saying, There
‘cometh one mightier than I after!
A.D. 26.
@ Mt.1.1; Lk,1.1,5;
John 1.1.
4 Gospel. vs.1,14,
15; Mk.8.35.
(Gen.12.1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
[A.D. 27.
¢ Mal.3.1; Mt.11.
10; Lk.1.76; 7.27.
@Ysa.40.3; Mt.3.3;
Lk.3.4; John 1.23.
e Jehovah.
Isa.40.3.
f Repentance.
Mk.2.17. (Mt.3.
2; Acts 17.30.)
9 Sins. Rom.3-23,
note.
h Mt.3.4; 11.8,9.
iMt.3.11; Lk.3.16;
John 1,.15,26,33.
J Holy Spirit. vs.
8,10,12; Mk.3.29."
(Mt.1.18; Acts 2,
4.)
k Mt.3.13.
l Lev.8.12; Psa:89.
20; Mt.3.16,17;
Lk.3.21,22; Acts
10.38.
™m Straightway.
nm Mt.4.1; Lk.4.1.
oSatan, Mk.3.
_ 23,26. (Gen.3.1;
Rev. 20.10.)
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me, the latchet of whose shoes I am
not worthy to stoop down and un-
loose.
8 Iindeed have baptized you with
lwater: but he shall baptize you
with the JHoly Ghost,
The baptism of Jesus (Mt. 3. 13-
177 LK..35 21, 22);
9 And it *came to pass in those
days, that Jesus came from Naza-
reth of Galilee, and was baptized of
John in Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up
out of the water, he saw the
"heavens opened, and the Spirit like
a dove descending upon him:
11 And there came a voice from
heaven, saying, Thou art my be-
loved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
The temptation of Jesus (Mt. 4.
1-11; Lk. 4. 1-13).
12 And “immediately the spirit
ndriveth him into the wilderness.
13 And he was there in the wilder-
ness forty days, tempted of °Satan;
and was with the wild beasts; and
the angels ministered unto him.
144
Sr. MARK.
[3]
The first Galilean ministry
(Mt. 4. 12-17; Lk. 4. 14).
14 Now after that John was put
in prison, Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the gospel of the ¢king-
dom of God,
15 And saying, The time is ful-
filled, and the kingdom of God is
at hand: repent ye, and believe the
gospel.
The call of Peter and Andrew
(Met.. 4. 182927’ Lk. 5. 10, 11. CF.
John 1. 35-42).
16 Now as he walked by the sea of
Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew
his brother casting a net into the
sea: for they were fishers.
17 And Jesus said unto them,
Come ye after me, and I will make
you to become “fishers of men.
18 And straightway they forsook
their nets, and followed him.
19 And when he had gone a little
farther thence, he saw ‘James the
son of Zebedee, and John his bro-
ther, who also were in the ¢ship
mending their nets.
20 And straightway he called
them: and they left their father
Zebedee in the ship with the hired
servants, and went after him.
Jesus casts out demons in Ca-
pernaum (Uk. 4. 31-37).
2i And they went into Caper-
naum; and straightway on the sab-
bath day he entered into the ¢syn-
agogue, and taught.
22 And they were fastonished at
his doctrine: for he taught them as
one that had authority, and not as
the scribes.
23 And there was in their syna-
gogue a man with an “unclean
spirit; and he cried out,
24 Saying, Let us alone; what
have we to do with thee, “thou Jesus
of Nazareth? art thou come to de-
stroy us? I ‘know thee who thou
art, the Holy One of God.
25 And Jesus rebuked him, say-
ing, Hold thy peace, and come out
of him.
26 And when the unclean spirit
had torn him, and cried with a loud
voice, Jhe came out of him.
27 And they were all amazed, in-
somuch that they questioned among
themselves, saying, What thing is
this? what new doctrine is this?
for with authority commandeth he
even the unclean spirits, and they
do obey him.
A.D. 31..
28 And "immediately his fame
spread abroad throughout all the
region round about Galilee.
Simon’s wife’s mother healed of
a fever (Mt. 8. 14, 15; Lk. 4. 38, 39).
29 And “forthwith, when they
a See Mt.6.33, |Were come out of the synagogue,
note. they entered into the house of Simon
ey and Andrew, with James and John.
Lk5.10,11,. | 30 But Simon’s wife’s ‘mother lay
: sick of a fever, and anon they tell
eMt.4.21,22. lhim of her.
d boet. 31 And he came and took her by
the hand, and lifted her up: and
pt a3 a8 kimmediately the fever left her, and
= San. she “ministered unto them.
FMt.7.28,29. | Demons cast out: many healed
g Lk.4.33-37; (Mt. 8. 16, 17; Lk. 4. 40, 41).
Rev.16.13- | 39 And at "even, when the sun
hLit. Jesus, |did set, they brought unto him @all
Nazarene! |that were diseased, and them that
i v.34; Jas.2, |were possessed with ?devils.
19, 33 And all the city was gathered
Lee together at the door.
cs (N.T.). vs.23- 34 And he healed many that were
26,30,31,32- |sick of divers diseases, and cast out
$3948? |many ?devils; and ‘suffered not the
(Mt8.2,3; |devils to speak, because they knew
Acts 28.8,9.) |him.
kstraightway.| Jesus prays: a preaching tour in
Galilee (Lk. 4. 42-44).
Mt.8.14,15;
"Tka3ea0° | 35 And in thé morning, trising up
m Mt.27.55; | Steat while before day, he went
Phm.ii, out, and departed into a solitary
place, and there prayed.
pete AG 473 36 And Simon and they that were
John 8.12... |With him followed after him.
37 And when they had found him,
Heewnnia they said unto him, All men seek
rrr for thee.
p demons. 38 And he said unto them, Let us
Bat fas go into the next towns, that I may
° preach there also: for ‘therefore
@ vs.24,25; came I forth.
Mk.3.12;
39 And he preached in their syn-
agogues throughout all Galilee, and
cast out Pdevils.
A leper healed (Mt. 8. 2-4;
Ik. 5, 12-14),
40 And there came a ‘leper to him,
beseeching him, and kneeling down
Acts 16.17,18.
r Lk.4.42-44;
5.16.
s Isa.61.1,2;
Mt.10.5,6.
t Lev.13.44-
46; Isa.1.5,6; * . 1s
Mtg.24:" |to him, and saying unto him, If
Lk.5.12-14. |thou wilt, thou canst make me clean,
abe Gare 41 And Jesus, moved with com-
passion, put forth Ais hand, and
touched him, and saith unto him,
“I will; be thou clean.
42 And as soon as he had spoken,
kimmediately the leprosy departed
from him, and he was cleansed.
43 And he straitly charged him,
‘and forthwith sent him away;
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44 And saith unto him, “See shoal AD. 31. _|were all amazed, and glorified God,
say nothing to any man: but go
thy way, shew thyself to the priest,
and offer for thy cleansing those
things which “Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them.
45 But he went out, and began to
publish it much, and to blaze
abroad the matter, insomuch that
Jesus could no more openly enter
into the city, but was without in
ddesert places: and they came to
him from every quarter.
CHAPTER 2.
The palsied man healed (Mt. 9.
1-8; Lk. 5. 1826):
HAND again he entered: into Ca-
pernaum after some days; and
it was noised that he was in the
house.
2 And straightway many were
gathered together, insomuch that
there was no room to receive them,
no, not so much as about the door:
and he preached the word unto
them.
3 And they come unto him, bring-
ing one sick of the ‘palsy, which
was borne of four.
4 And when they could not come
nigh unto him for the press, they
uncovered the roof where he was:
and when they had ‘broken it up,
they let down the bed wherein the
sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he
said unto the sick of the palsy, Son,
thy sins be “forgiven thee. ,
6 But there were certain of the
scribes sitting there, and reasoning
in their hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak
blasphemies? who can forgive sins
but ‘God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus
Rperceived in his spirit that they so
reasoned within themselves, he
said unto them, Why reason ye
these things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier ‘to say to
the sick of the palsy, Thy ‘sins be
forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, an
take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the
mSon of saan hath power on earth
to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick
of the palsy,) 2
11 Isay unto thee, Arise, and take
up thy bed, and go thy way into
thine house.
12 “And Jimmediately he arose,
took up the bed, and went forth be-
Gore them all; insomuch that they
a MK.5.43.
b Inspiration.
MKE.7.8-13,
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
c Lev.14.2-20.
d Jsa.35.1;
Mk.6.31,32.
e Isa.40.29;
Mt.9.2-8:
Lk.5.18-26.
f Mt.15.23-28;
Lk.18.39.
g Sin. Rom.
3.23, note.
h Forgiveness.
Lk.7.47-49.
(Lev.4.20;
Mt.26.28.)
t Isa.43.25;
John 1.1,14
wee John 8.
j straightway.
kMt.9.4;
John 2.25.
1 Psa.33.6,9;
ME.1.27;
Lk.4.32.
m Mt.8.20,
note.
n Miracles
(N.T.). vs.3,
12; Mk.3.1-5.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
o Mt.15.31;
Phil.2.11.
b Mt.9.9-13;
Lk.5.27-32.
gq Mt.18.11;
Lk.19.7,10;
1 Tim.1.15.
ry Repentance.
Mk.6.12.
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
s Mt.6.16-18;
9.14-17; Lk.
5.33-39.
t John 3.29.
4 John 16.6,
=2 A
0,2
v Parables
3-20. (Mt.5.
13-16; Lk.21.
29-31.)
w Gal.3.1-3.
x wine-skins.
y Gr. apol-
Jumu. John 3.
16, note.
1047
saying, We never saw it on this
fashion.
The call of Levi (Matthew)
(Mt. 9. 9-13; Lk. 5. 27-32).
13 And he went forth again by
the sea side; and all the multitude
resorted unto him, and he taught
them.
14 And as he ?passed by, he saw
Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at
the receipt of custom, and said unto
him, Follow me. And he arose and
followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that, as
Jesus sat at meat in his house, many
publicans and &sinners sat also to-
gether with Jesus and his disciples:
for there were many, and they fol-
lowed him.
16 And when the scribes and
Pharisees saw him eat with pub-
licans and sinners, they said unto
his disciples, How is it that he eat-
eth and drinketh with publicans
and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith
unto them, They that are 2whole
have no need of the physician, but
they that are sick: I came not to
call the righteous, but sinners to
‘repentance.
18 And the disciples of John and
of the Pharisees Sused to fast: and
they come and say unto him, Why
do the disciples of John and of the
YHeriess fast, but thy disciples fast
not
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can
the children of the bridechamber
fast, while the “bridegroom is with
them? as long as they have the
Peiss eyo with them, they cannot
ast.
20 But the days will come, when
the bridegroom shall be “taken
away from them, and then shall
they fast in those days.
Parables of the cloth and the
bottles. (Cf. Mt. 9. 16, 17; Lk. 5.
36-39.)
21 No man also ’seweth a piece of
“4. |new cloth on an old garment: else
the new piece that filled it up tak-
eth away from the old, and the rent
is made worse.
22 And “no man, putteth new
wine into old *bottles: else the new
wine doth burst the bottles, and the
wine is spilled, and the bottles will
be Ymarred: but new wine must be
put into new bottles.
2 23]
(Mt. 12. 1-8; Lk. 6. 1-5).
23 And it came to pass, that he
¢went through the corn fields on
the sabbath day; and his disciples
began, as they went, to pluck the
ears of corn. :
24 And the Pharisees said unto
him, Behold, why do they on the
sabbath day that which is not law-
ful?
25 And he said unto them, Have
ye never read what %David did,
when he had need, and was an
hungred, he, and they that were
with him?
26 How he went into the house of
God in the days of Abiathar the
high priest, and did eat the ‘shew-
bread, which is not lawful to eat
but for the 2priests, and gave also
to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The
‘sabbath was made for man, and
not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is
Lord also of the sabbath.
CHAPTER 3.
Jesus heals the withered hand
on the sabbath (Mt. 12. 10-14;| ©
Lk. 6. 6-11).
72 he entered again into the
synagogue; and there was a
man there which had a withered
hand.
2 And they watched him, whether
he would heal him on the sabbath
day; that they might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man
which had the withered hand,
Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it
lawful to do #good on the sabbath
days, or to do evil? to save life, or
to kill? But they held their peace.
5 And when he had looked round
about on them with ‘anger, being
grieved for the hardness of their
hearts, he saith unto the man,
JStretch forth thine hand. And he
stretched it out: and his hand was
Zrestored whole as the other.
The multitudes healed (Mt. 12,
Bb G 5 Lc Oude 1o)\e
6 And the Pharisees went forth,
and straightway took /counsel with
the Herodians against him, how
they might destroy him.
7 But Jesus withdrew himself
with his disciples to the sea: and a
St. MARK.
Jesus Lord of the sabbath | A.D.31. |great “multitude from Galilee fol-
a Mt,.12.1-8;
LE.6.1-5.
61 Sam.21.1-6;
Mt.12.9-13;
Lk.6.6-10.
c Ex.25.30,
note.
d Lev.24.5-9.
e Lk.14.5.
fMt.12.8;
John 5.16-18.
g Mt.12.9-13;
Lk.6.6-10.
hLk.14.3.
t Mt.23.13.
j John 4.50;
Rom.4.19-25.
Rk Miracles
m Mt.12.15;
LK.6.17-19.
n Mt.14.36;
Lk.6.19.
o Mt.12.16;
Mk,1.25,34;
Lk.4.41.
p Mt.10.1-4;
Lk.6.13-16;
9.1; John 15. |
16. Cf.Rev.
21.14 with
Eph.2.20.
q See Mt.4.
21, note.
r v.31; John
7.5; 8.48;
Acts 26,24.
5S Mt.9.34;.10.
25; 12.24;
Lk.11.14,15;
John 10.20.
t demons.
u Satan. vs.22,
23,26; Mk.4.
15. (Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
1048
uke,
[3 24
lowed him, and from Judza,
8 And from Jerusalem, and from
Idumza, and from beyond Jordan;
and they about Tyre and Sidon, a
great multitude, when they had
heard what great things he did,
came unto him.
9 And he spake to his disciples,
that a small ship should wait on
him because of the multitude, lest
they should throng him.
10 For he had healed many; inso-
much that they pressed upon him
for to “touch him, as many as had
plagues.
11 And unclean spirits, when they
saw him, fell.down before him, and
stad saying, Thou art the Son of
od
12 And he straitly “charged them
that they should not make him
known.
The twelve chosen (Mt. 10. 1-4;
Lk. 6. 12-16).
13 And he goeth up into a moun-
- tain, and 2calleth unto him whom
* |he would: and they came unto him.
14 And he ordained twelve, that
they should be with him, and that
he might send them forth to preach,
15 And to have power to heal
sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 And 2James the son of Zebe-
dee, and John the brother of James;
and he surnamed them Boanerges,
which is, The sons of thunder:
| 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and
|Bartholomew, and Matthew, and
Thomas, and James the son of
Alpheus, and Thaddzeus, and Si-
jmon the Canaanite,
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also
betrayed him: and they went into
an house.
20 And the multitude cometh to-
gether again, so that they could not
so much as eat bread.
21 And when his "friends heard
of it, they went out to lay hold on
him: for they said, He is beside
himself.
The unpardonable sin (Mt. 12,
24-29; Lik. 11. 14-20),
22 And the scribes which came
down from Jerusalem said, He hath
SBeelzebub; and by the prince of
the devils casteth he out ‘devils.
23 And he called them unto him,
and said unto them in parables,
UHow can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided
3 25] . St. MARK. [4 20
against itself, that kingdom cannot|__a.D.31.__|immediately it sprang up, because
stand.
25 And if a house be divided
against itself, that house cannot
stand.
26 And if ¢Satan rise up against!
himself, and be divided, he cannot
stand, but hath an end.
27 Ne man can enter into a
‘strong man’s house, and spoil his
goods, except he will first “bind the
strong man; and then he will spoil
his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, All 4sins
shall be forgiven unto the sons of
men, and blasphemies wherewith
soever they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall “blaspheme
against the Holy Ghost hath never}
forgiveness, but is fin danger of
eternal damnation:
30 “Because they said, He hath
an unclean spirit.
The new relationships (Mt. 12.
46-50; Lk. 8. 19-21),
31 There came then his ‘brethren
and his mother, and, standing with-
out, sent unto him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about
chim, and they said unto him, Be-
hold, thy mother and thy brethren
without seek for thee.
23 And he answered them, saying,
Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked round about on
them which sat about him, and said,
age my mother and my breth-
ren
35 For whosoever shall do the
dwill of God, the same is my brother,
and my sister, and mother.
CHAPTER 4.
The parable of the sower (Mt.
13. 1-23; Lk. 8. 4-15)
Faw he began again to teach by
the “sea side: and there was
gathered unto him a great multt-
tude, so that he entered into a ship,
and sat in the sea; and the whole
multitude was by the sea on the
Tand.
2 And he taught them many
things by parables, and said unto
them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went
out a ‘sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as_he
sowed, some fell by the way side,
and the “fowls of the air came and
devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground,}
where it had. not much earth; and!
a Mt.12.25-28;
Lk.11.16-20.
6 Psa.35.10;
Mt.12.29;
Lk.11.21,22;
13.16.
¢ Heb.2.14,15;
1 John 3.8.
d Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
e Mt.12.31,32;
Lk.12.10;
1 John 1.7.
Cf.Eph.4.30
with Eph.1.
13,14.
f Holy Spirit.
Mk.12.36.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
gis bound by
an eternal
sin.
h Isa.5.20;
1 Cor.12.3;
1 Pet.4.4,5.
i Mt.12.46-50;
ME.6.3;
Lk.8.19-21.
j Psa.16.2,3;
John 20,17;
Rom.8.17;
Heb.2.11,12,
k Isa.60.5;
Mt.13.1,2;
LE.8.4.
1 Parables
(N.T.). vs.3-
20,21-23,26-
29,30-32; Mk.
12.1-11. (Mt.
5.13-16; Lk.
21.29-31.)
mv.15.
n Mt.11.15;
Rev.2.7.
o Mt.13.11,
note,
~ Isa.6.9,10;
Rom.8.5-7;
1 Cor.2.14
gi.e. furn
again.
v Satan.
Mk.8.33,
(Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
5 vs.5,6 with
Prov.28.14;
Psa.51.17.
t Cf.v.7 with
Prov.22.5;
1 Tim.6,
9,10.
ju age.
|v v.8 “with
| Jer.4.3,45
Hos.10.123
1 Thes.2.13.
1049
it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it
was scorched; and because it had
no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns,
and the thorns grew up, and
choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good grouna,
and did yield fruit that sprang up
and increased; and brought forth,
some thirty, and some sixty, and
some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that
hath “ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they
that were about him with the
twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto
you it is given to know the °mys-
tery of the kingdom of God: but
unto them that are without, all
these things are done in parables:
12 That ?seeing they may see, and
not perceive; and hearing they may
hear, and not understand; lest at
any time they should %be converted,
jand their ¢sins should be forgiven
them.
The parable of the sower ex-
epee (Mt. 13. 18-23; Lk. 8.
11-15).
13 And he said unto them, Know
ye not this parable? and how then
will ye know all parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way
side, where the word is sown; but
when they have heard, *Satan com-
eth immediately, and taketh away
the word that was sown in their
hearts.
16 And these are they likewise
which are sown on stony ground;
who, when they have heard the
word, immediately receive it with
gladness;
17 And have no root in them-
selves, and so endure but for a
time: afterward, when ‘affliction or
persecution ariseth for the word’s
sake, immediately they are of-
fended.
18 And these are they which are
sown among thorns; such as hear
the word,
19 And the ‘cares of this “world,
and the deceitfulness of riches, and
the lusts of other things entering
lin, choke the word, and it becometh
unfeuitful,
20 And these are they which are
sown on good ground; such as hear
Ithe word, and "receive it, and bring
4 21]
forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some
sixty, and some an hundred.
Parable of the candle. (Cf. Mt.
5. 15, 16; Lk, 8. 16; 11. 33.)
21 And he said unto them, Is a
candle brought to be put under a
“bushel, or under a “bed? and not
to be set on a candlestick?
22 ‘For there is nothing hid, which
shall not be ¢manifested; neither
was any thing kept secret, but that
it should come abroad.
23 If any man have ears to hear,
let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take
eheed what ye hear: with what
measure ye mete, it shall be mea-
sured to you: and unto you that
hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall
be given: and he that hath not,
from him shall be taken even that
which he hath.
The unconscious growth.
26 And he said, So is the Sking-
dom of God, as if a man should
cast 8seed into the ground;
27 And should sleep, and rise
night and day, and the seed should
spring and grow up, he knoweth not
ow.
28 For the “earth bringeth forth
fruit of herself; first the blade, then
the ear, after that the full corn in
the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought
forth, immediately he putteth in the
sickle, because the ‘harvest is come,
Parable of the mustard seed
(Mt. 13.31, 32, note; Lk. 13. 18,19).
30 And he said, Whereunto skall
we liken the kingdom of God? or
with what comparison shail we
compare it?
31 Jt rs like a grain of Jmustard
seed, which, when it is sown in the
earth, is less than all the seeds that
be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it grow-
eth up, and becometh greater than
all herbs, and shooteth out great
branches; so that the “fowls of the
air may lodge under the shadow of
shi
33. And with /many such parables
spake he the word unto them, as
they were able to hear it.
34 But without a parable spake
he not unto them: and when they
were alone, he expounded all things
to his disciples.
St. MARK.
oe
AD. 31. _lJesus stills the storm (Mt. 8.
@ Mt.5.15;
Lk.8.16;
11.33.
b Prov.19.15;
Eph.5.14.
¢ For nothing
is hidden
except unto
manifesta-
tion, nora
secret thing
done that
shall not be
exposed. Cf.
Rev.20.12;
contra, Rom.
4.6; Heb.
J0.16,17.
d Mt.10.26;
Phil.2.15,16.
e Jas.1.19;
Acts 16.14.
f See Mt.6.
33, note.
g Mt.13.24-
30,36-43.
h 1 Cor.3.6,7-
a Rev.14.
14-16.
j Mt.13.31,
32; Lk.13.
18,19; Acts
1.15 with
Acts 2.41;
Ex.12.38.
kv.4 with
Dan.4.20-22.
7 Mt.13.34,35.
m Mt.8.18;
Lk.8.22.
n being filled,
o Mt.8.23-27;
Lk.6.12; 8.
23-25.
‘bp Psa.44.23;
Lk.i0.40.
q Psa.65.7;
89.9; 107.29,
ry Miracles
(N.T.). vs.
37-41; Mik.5,
1-13. (Mt.8.
2,3; Acts 28.
s Mt.14.31,32;
Mk.16.14.
t Mt.14.33.
u Mt.8.28-34;
LK.8.26-36.
v Mk.7.25;
Rev.16.13,14.
w v.26; Mk.3.
27. Cf.Rom.
3.20 with
Rom.8.7.
x Jer.13.16.
y Prov.21.16,
2 Mk.1.24,
1050
23-27; Lk, 8. 22-25).
35 And the same day, when the
even was come, he saith unto them,
Let us pass over unto the “other
side.
36 And when they had sent away
the multitude, they took him even
as he was in the ship. And there
were also with him other little
ships.
37 And there arose a great storm
of wind, and the waves beat into
the ship, so that it was now “full.
38 And he was in the hinder part
of the ship, °asleep on 2 pillow: and
they awake him, and say unto him,
Master, ?carest thou not that we
perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the
wind, and said unto the sea, Peace,
be still. And the wind ’ceased, and
there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why
are ye so fearful? how is it that ye
have no ‘faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly,
and said one to another, ‘What
manner of man is this, that even
the wind and the sea obey him?
CHAPTER 5.
The maniac of Gadara (Mt. 8.
28-34; Lk. 8. 26-37).
AP they “came over unto the
other side of the sea, into the
country of the Gadarenes.
2 And when he was come out of
the ship, immediately there met
him out of the tombs a man with an
Yunclean spirit,
3 Who had his dwelling among
the tombs; and no man could bind
him, no, not with chains:
4 Because that he had been “often
bound with fetters and chains, and
the chains had been plucked asun-
der by him, and the fetters broken
in pieces: neither could any man
tame him,
5 And always, night and day, he
was in the *mountains, and in the
*tombs, crying, and cutting himself
with stones,
6 But when he saw Jesus afar off,
he ran and worshipped him,
7 And cried with a loud voice, and
said, 7?What have I to-do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of the most high
God? I adjure thee by God, that
thou torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out
of the man, thou unclean spirit,
-
39]
9 And he asked him, What is thy
name? And he answered, saying,
My name is Legion: for we are
many.
10 And he besought him much
that he would not send them away
out of the country.
11 Now there was there nigh unto
the mountains a great herd of swine
feeding.
12 And all the devils besought
him, saying, Send us into the swine,
that we may enter into them.
13 And forthwith Jesus gave them
leave. And the unclean spirits
went out, and entered into the
swine: and the herd ran violently
down a steep place into the sea,
(they were about two thousand;)
and were choked in the sea.
14 And they that fed the swine
fled, and told it in the city, and in
the country. And they went out to
see what it was that was done.
15 And they come ta Jesus, and
see him that was possessed with
the devil, and had the legion, 4sit-
ting, and clothed, and in his right
mind: and they were afraid.
16 And they that saw i¢ told them
how it befell to him that was pos-
sessed with the devil, and also con-
cerning the swine.
17 And they began to pray him to
edepart out of their coasts.
18 And when he was come into
the ship, he that had been possessed
with the devil prayed him that he
might be with him.
19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him
not, but saith unto him, Go home to
thy friends, and /tell them how
great things the Lord hath done for
thee, and hath had compassion on
thee.
20 And he departed, and began
to publish in Decapolis how great
things Jesus had done for him: and
all men did marvel.
Jesus heals the woman with an
issue of blood, and raises the
daughter of Jairus (Mt. 9. 18-
26; Lk. 8. 41-56).
21 And when Jesus was passed
over again by ship unto the other
side, much people gathered unto
him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
22 And, behold, there cometh one
of the rulers of the synagogue,
iJairus by name; and when he saw
_ him, he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, say-
ing, My little daughter lieth at the
point of death: J pray thee, come
a Mk.16.9.
See Mt.7.22,
note.
b Miracles
(N.T.). vs.1-
13; 22-24,35-
42,25-34;
ME.6.13.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
c Lk.15.15.
d Mt.11.28-30;
Lk.10.39.
e Ex.20.18;
Mt.8.34;
Lk.8.37;
Acts 16.39.
f borders.
g L&K.3.38;
Rom.5.2.
h Lk.8.39; Acts
26.19,20; Mk.
1.44 with
John 1.11.
i Mt.9.1,18,19,
23-26; Lk.8.
41,42,49-56.
j Mt.9.20-223
Lk.8.43-48.
Cf.Lev.15.
25-31 with
Mt.15.19.
kv.42.
1 Lk.10.31,32;
Rom.5.6; 10.
2,3:
m Mt.14.35,
36; Rom.4.5.
n John 2.25.
o Gr. dyna-
min, powet.
Cf£.Lk.6.19;
8.46.
p Lk.13.26,
27 with
Rom.9.6;
10.16-18.
q Rom.10.9,10.
C£.Lk.17.
14-19,
ry Mk.10.52;
Gal.2.16
s But Jesus,
overhearing
that word,
said to the
synagogue-
ruler, Fear
not, simply
have faith.
Cf.Lk.7.50,
7 Mt.14.27.
Cf.Isa.43.1.
u See Mt.4.21,
note,
v John 11.11-
14,25; 1 Cor.
15.55-57.
w Acts 9.40; 1
26.56; 27.46.
1051
Ki.17.19; Mt.
[5 40
and lay thy hands on her, that she
may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and
much people followed him, and
thronged him. i
25 And a certain jwoman, which
had an issue of blood “twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things
of many physicians, and had ‘spent
all that she had, and was nothing
bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus,
came in the press behind, and
mtouched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch
but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain
of her blood was dried up; and she
felt in her body that she was healed
of that plague.
30 And Jesus, immediately “know-
ing in himself that °virtue had gone
out of him, turned him about in the
press, and said, Who touched my
clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto
him, Thou seest the multitude
’thronging thee, and sayest thou,
Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to
see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and
trembling, knowing what was done
in her, came and ?fell down before
him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daugh-
ter, thy “faith hath made thee
whole; go in peace, and be whole
of thy plague.
35 While he yet spake, there came
from the ruler of the synagogue’s
house certain which said, Thy
daughter is dead: why troublest
thou the Master any further?
36 SAs soon as Jesus heard the
word that was spoken, he saith unto
the ruler of the synagogue, ‘Be not
afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to fol-
low him, save Peter, and “James,
and John the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of
the ruler of the synagogue, and
seeth the tumult, and them that
wept and wailed greatly.
39 And when he was come in, he
saith unto them, Why make ye this
ado, and weep? the damsel is not
dead, but “sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn.
But when he had “put them all out,
he taketh the father and the mother
of the damsel, and them that were
with him, and entereth in where
the damsel was lying.
5 41]
41 And he took the damsel by the
*hand, and said unto her, Talitha
cumi; which is, being interpreted,
Damsel, I say unto thee, “arise.
42 And straightway the damsel
arose, and ‘walked; for she was of
the age of twelve years. And they
were “astonished with a great as-
tonishment.
43 And he ‘charged them straitly
that no man should know it; and
commanded that something should
be given her to feat.
CHAPTER 6.
Jesus again at Nazareth (Mt. i3.
51-58. See Lk. 4. 16, note).
ND he went out from thence,
and came into his own coun-
try; and his disciples follow him.
2 And when the sabbath day was
come, he began to teach in the syna-
gogue: and many hearing him were
astonished, saying, From &whence
hath this man these things? and
what wisdom is this which is given
unto him, that even such mighty
works are wrought by his hands?
3 Is not this the “carpenter, the
.son of Mary, the brother of James,
and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon?
and are not his sisters here with us?
And they were ‘offended at him.
4 But Jesus said unto them, 7A
prophet is not without honour, but
in his own country, and among his
own kin, and in his own house.
5 And he could there do no
mighty work, save that he laid his
hands upon a few sick folk, and
"healed them.
6 And he ”marvelled because of
their unbelief. And he went round
about the villages, teaching.
The twelve .sent out to preach
and heal (Mt. 10. 1-42; Lk. 9. 1-6).
7 And he called unto him the
twelve, and began to *send them
forth by two and two; and gave
them power over unclean spirits:
8 And commanded them that they
should °take nothing for their jour-
ney, save a staff only; no ’scrip, no
bread, no money in their Ypurse:
9 But be *shod with sandals; and
not put on two coats.
10 And he said unto them, In
what place soever ye enter into an
house, there abide till ye depart
‘rom that place.
11 And whosoever shall not re-
ceive you, nor hear you, when ye
depart thence, ‘shake off the dust
St. MARK.
A.D. 31.
@ Acts 3.6,7; Rev.
1.17,18.
& Resurrection.
us.41; Mk.16.1-6.
Qob 19.25; 1 Cor.
15.52.)
¢ Rom.6.4,
d Mk. 1.27; cf.John
12.12, 13, 17,18.
e Mk.3.12.
F\ Pet.2.2; cf.
Col.3.1; Heb.5,
14.
9 John 6.42; 7.15;
Acts 2.7-11; 4.13.
* Lk.2.51,52 with
Phil.2.7,8; Acts
18.3 with John
13.16.
=Mt.11.6; 1 Pet.2.
7,8.
J John 7.5; 4.44;
Acts 22.17-23.
k Mk.9.23; 5,17:
Lk, 13.34.
0 Mk.7.24,25.
m Mt.8.10-12; Isa.
59.16.
7 Mt.10.1; Mk.3.
13,14; Lk.9.1-6;
Mt.28, 19,20.
© Cf.Mt.10,9, note.
P provision-bhag.
g belt. 3
7 Eph.6.15.
$s Lk.10.10,11;
Acts 13,51; 18.6;
28.24-29.
t Day of judg-
ment. Lk.10.14.
(Mt.10,15; Rev.
20.11.)
u Repentance.
Lk.3.3,8. (Mt.3.
2; Acts 17.30.)
v Miracles
8.2.3; Acts 28.
8,9.
wJas.5.14.
= Son of the Herod
of our Lord's
nativity; also vs.
16,17,18,20,21,22,
See Mt.14.1,
refs.
v Acts 17.31.
= Mt.16.14; Mk.8,
28.
@ Lk.3.19,20.
5 kept saying,
¢ Lev. 18.16.
d Acts 24.24,25;
2 Cor.7.10.
e Sanctify, holy
(persons)
N.T.). Mk.8.
38. (Mt.4.5;
Rey.22.11.)
Sf kept him safely,
and, hearing
him, did many
things, hearing
him gladly.
9 Mt.13.5,20; cf.
Acts 2.41,
h principal
Persons.
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under your feet for a testimony
against them. Verily I say unto
you, It shall be more tolerable for
Sodom and Gomorrha in ‘the day
of judgment, than for that city.
12 And they went out, and
preached that men should “repent.
13 And they "cast out many dev-
ils, and “anointed with oil many
that were sick, and healed them.
Herod’s troubled conscience:
murder of John the Baptist
(Mt. 14. 1-14; Lk. 9. 7-9).
14 And king *Herod heard of
him; (for his name was spread
abroad:) and he said, That John
the Baptist was risen from the
dead, and therefore mighty works
do shew forth themselves in him.
15 Others said, That it is Elias.
And others said, That it is a
prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard there-
of, he said, It is John, whom I be-
headed: he is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent
forth and 4laid hold upon John,
and bound him in prison for Hero-
dias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife:
for he had married her.
18 For John “had said unto
Herod, It is not ‘lawful for thee to
have thy brother’s wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a
quarrel against him, and would
have killed him; but she could not:
‘| 20 For Herod 4feared John, know-
ing that he was a just man and an
tholy, fand observed him; and when
he heard him, he did many things,
and heard him égladly.
21 And when a convenient day
was come, that Herod on his birth-
day made .8 supper to his lords,
high captains, and chief estates
of Galilee;
22 And when the daughter of the
said Herodias came in, and danced,
and pleased Herod and them that
sat with him, the king said unto the
damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou
wilt, and I will give 7# thee.
23 And he sware unto her, What-
soever thou shalt ask of me, I will
give it thee, unto the half of my
kingdom.
24 And she went forth, and said
unto her mother, What shall I ask?
And she said, The head of John the
Baptist.
25 And she came in straightway
with haste unto the king, and
asked, saying, I will that thou give
me @by and by in a charger the head
of John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding
dsorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and
for their sakes which sat with him,
he would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent
fan executioner, and commanded
his head to be brought: and he went
and beheaded him in the prison,
28 And brought his head in a
charger, and gave it to the damsel:
and the damsel gave it to her
mother.
29 And when his disciples “heard
of it, «they came and took up his
corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Return of the apostles from
a first preaching tour (Lk.
9. 10).
30 And the apostles fgathered
themselves together unto Jesus, and
told him all things, both what they
had done, and what they had
taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come
ye yourselves Sapart into a desert
place, and rest a while: for there
were many coming and going, and
they had noleisure so much as to eat.
The five thousand fed (Mt° 14.
13-21; Lk. 9. 10-17; John 6. 5-13).
32 And they departed into a
desert place “by ship privately.
33 And the people saw them de-
parting, and many knew him, and
ran afoot thither out of all cities,
and outwent them, and came to-
gether unto him.
34 And Jesus, when he came out,
saw much people, and was moved
with ‘compassion toward them, be-
cause they were as sheep not hav-
ing a shepherd: and he began to
Jteach them many things.
35 And when the day was now
far spent, his disciples came unto
him, and said, This is a desert place,
and now the time is far passed:
36 *Send them away, that they
may go into the country round
about, and into the villages, and
buy themselves bread: for they
have nothing to eat.
37 He answered and said unto
them, /Give ye them to eat. And
they say unto him, Shall we go and
buy two hundred pennyworth of
bread, and give them to eat?
38 He saith unto them, “How
many loaves have ye? go and see.
And when they knew, they say,
Five, and two fishes.
St. MARK.
a straightway.
6 Mt.27.3,4.
Ca guard.
d John i.
35-37; 3.
29,30.
e Cf.Mt.
14.12.
f Mt.14.13,14;
Lk.9.10.
g Mt.12.15.
h by boat se-
cretly.
i Mt.9.36-38.
j Lk.9.11.
k Mt.14,15-21;
Lk.9.12-17;
John 6.5-17.
1Mt.10.8;
John 6.5-17.
m 2 Ki.4.2;
1 Cor.14,19,
n Mk.8.6.
o Psa.1€ 2
?
p 2 Chr.31.10;
Mal.3.10;
cf.Psa.
132.15.
q 2 Ki.4.42-44;
Eph.3.20.
r Mt.14.
22-27; John
6.15-21.
§ Mk.1.35;
Rom.8.34.
1 Mt.24.7,9;
John 16.5,6,
20,33.
u Psa.77.19;
Mt.24.30;
Jas.5.8.
v Lk.24.37.
w Isa.25.9;
2 Thes.1.7.
x Psa.46.
9,11; 107.29;
Mt.8.26.
y Mk.8.17-21.
2 Lk.8.40;
John 4.45.
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with John 11.
41,42.
[6 54
39 And he commanded them to
make all “sit down by companies
upon the green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks,
by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And when he had taken the
five loaves and the two fishes, he
looked up to heaven, and °blessed,
and brake the loaves, and gave
them to his disciples to set before
them; and the two fishes divided
he among them all.
42 And they did all eat, and were
Phlled.
43 And they took up %’twelve bas-
kets full of the fragments, and of
the fishes.
44 And they that did eat of the
loaves were about five thousand
men.
Jesus walks on the sea (Mt. 14.
22-32; John 6. 15-21).
45 And straightway he “‘con-
strained his disciples to get into
the ship, and to go to the other
side before unto Bethsaida, while
he sent away the people.
46 And when he had sent them
away, he ‘departed into a mountain
-|to pray.
47 And when even was come, the
ship was in the midst of the sea,
and he alone on the land.
48 And he saw them ‘toiling in
rowing; for the wind was contrary
unto them: and about the fourth
watch of the night he cometh unto
them, “walking upon the sea, and
would have passed by them.
49 But when they saw him walk-
ing upon the sea, they “supposed it
had been a spirit, and cried out:
50 For they all saw him, and were
troubled. And immediately he
talked with them, and saith unto
them, “Be of good cheer: it is I; be
not afraid.
51 And he went up unto them
into the ship; and the *wind
ceased: and they were sore amazed
in themselves beyond measure, and
wondered.
52 For they *considered not the
muracle of the loaves: for their
heart was hardened.
Jesus heals at Gennesaret
(Mt. 14. 34-36).
53 And when they had passed
over, they came into the land of
Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
54 And when they were come out
a the ship, straightway they “knew
im,
cre
Sr. MARK.
55 And ran through that whole| AD.32. |soever thou mightest be profited by
6 55]
region round about, and began to
carry about in beds those that were] a Mk.5.27,28.
sick, where they heard he was. ‘3 pre aee
56 And whithersoever he entered,| “Gar114;
into villages, or cities, or country, 1 Pet.1.18;cf.
they laid the sick in the streets, and Ppp gle:
besought him that they might} catied “oral
“touch if it were but the border of| law” alleged
his garment: and as many as bade dirt Seal
touched him were made whole. from Moses;
really a tra-
ditional in-
CHAPTER Ts terpretation
of the written
The Pharisees rebuked pb DN fe
(Mt. 15. 1-20). | ¢ Isa.29.13;
Ezk.33.31;
Amos 4.4,5.
*PHEN came together unto him
the Pharisees, and certain of|/
the scribes, which came from Jeru-
salem.
2 And when they saw some of his
disciples Seat bread with defiled,
that is to say, with unwashen,
hands, they found fault.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the
Jews, except they wash their hands
oft, eat not, holding the ‘tradition
of the elders.
4 And when they come from the
market, except they wash, they eat
not. And many other things there
be, which they have received to
hold, as the washing of cups, and
pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes
asked him, Why walk not thy dis-
ciples according to the ¢tradition of
the elders, but eat bread wi‘ un-
washen hands?
6 He answered and said unto
them, Well hath ¢Esaias prophesied
of you hypocrites, as it is written,
This people honoureth me with
their lips, but their heart is far|#
from me, 1
7. Howbeit in vain do they wor-
ship me, teaching ‘for doctrines the
commandments of men.
8 For laying aside sthe command-
ment of God, ye hold the tradition
of men, as the washing of pots and
cups: and many other such like
things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full],
well ye reject the commandment of
God, that ye may keep your own
tradition. °
10 For *Moses said, Honour thy]?
father and thy mother; and, Whoso
curseth father or mother, ‘let him
die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say
to his father or mother, It is Cor-
ban, that is to say, fa gift, by what-
&
h
¢
3
qg
Yr
s
as authori-
tative the
precepts of
men. Cf.v.5.
inspiration.
vs.8-13.
MK.10.4-9,
19, (Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
Ex.20.12; 22,
17; Lev.20.9;
Deut.21.18-
1
21.
shal! surely
die. Ex.21.
17; Lev.20.9;
Deut.21.18-
21.
Or, I have
dedicated to
God that
whichwould
relieve your
need; [12]
No longer dco
you permit
him to use it
forhisfather
or mother.
Cf.Mt.15.5,6.
1Tim.5.8; *
Eph.4.28.
Mt.15.10-20;
Rom.14.14;
1 Tim.4.4.
m Because it
does not en-
ter into the
heart of him,
but into the
bowels is
Ppassed— pu-
rifying all
the food.
Mt.12.34,35;
cf.Gen.6.5;
Psa.45.1;
Jas.3.10-12.
Mt.15.21-28,
MK.2.1,2;
John 4.4-7,
See Mt.15.
21, note.
demon,
Mt.8,11,12;
10.5,6; John
4.22.
1054
me; he shall be free.
12 And ye “suffer him no more to
do ought for his father or his
mother;
13 Making the word of God of
none effect through your tradition,
which ye have delivered: and many
such like things do ye.
14 And when he had called all the
people unto him, he said unto
them, Hearken unto me every one
of you, and understand:
15 There is ‘nothing from without
a man, that entering into him can
defile him: but the things which
come out of him, those are they that
defile the man.
16 If any man have ears'to hear,
let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into
the house from the people, his dis-
ciples asked him concerning the
parable,
18 And he saith unto them, Are
ye so without understanding also?
Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever
thing from without entereth into
the man, it cannot defile him;
19 ™Because it entereth not into
his heart, but into the belly, and
goeth out into the draught, purging
all meats?
20 And he said, That which
cometh out of the man, that defileth
the man.
21 For from within, “out of the
heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wicked-
ness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride, foolish-
ness: :
23 All these evil things come
from within, and defile the man,
Jesus and the Syrophenician
woman (Mt. 15. 21-28).
24 And from thence he arose, and
went into the °borders of Tyre and
Sidon, and entered into an house,
and would have no man know if:
but he ?could not be hid.
25 For a certain woman, whose
young daughter had an unclean
spirit, heard of him, and came and
fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a 9Greek, a
Syrophenician by nation; and she
besought him that he would cast
forth the ‘devil out of her daugh-
ter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let
the ‘children first be filled: for it
Ree)
is not meet to take the children’s} A.D. 32.
bread, and to ¢cast zt unto the dogs.
28 5And she answered and said spd Res
unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs a
under the table eat of the children’s|° She, how-
crumbs. ee redeky =
29 And he said unto nee abe ind, | True,
this saying go thy way; the devi ord! anc
is gone out of thy daughter. eae
30 And when she was come to her| the table eat
house, ¢she found the devil gone] ‘70m the
out, and her daughter ‘laid upon| chi/czen's
the bed. Rom aizt,
pn.2.11-22.
A deaf and dumb man healed cLke18.14
(Mt. 15. 29-31). aoe ats
5 : d Miracl
31 And again, departing from the (NT). ve.
coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he fcame} 24-30,31-37;
unto the sea of Galilee, through the retioal 33°
midst of the coasts of Decapolis. Acts 28.8,9.)
32 And they bring unto him one} , ysis
that was ‘deaf, and had an impedi- ars
ment in his speech; and they be-| fMt-15.29.
seech him to put his hand upon him.) g Isa.29.18;
33 And he took him “aside from| 5-5
the multitude, and put his fingers|h Mk.s.37.
into his ears, and he ‘spit, and] ;mx8.23;
touched his tongue; John 9.6.
34 And looking up to heaven, he} ; Lx.19.41;
jsighed, and saith unto him, Eph-| John 11.33,
phatha, that is, Be opened. 35,38.
35 And straightway his “ears were| & Job 33.16;
opened, and the string of his tongue} 36-10.15,16.
was loosed, and he spake plain. 1 Mk.1.43,
36 And he charged them that} 44: 5-43-
they should tell no man: but the] mLk.5.26.
more he ‘charged them, so much|,, mt.15.32-
the more a great deal they pub-| 38; Mk.6.
lished it; 34-44.
37 And were beyond measure as-| 0 Psa.107.4,5;
tonished, saying, He hath done ail! Mt-9.36.
things well: he maketh both the|» 2 Ki.7.1,2;
deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.| Psa-78-19,20.
q Jud.7.3,4;
CHAPTER 8. 2 Chr.14.11.
The four thousand fed |" WT5."%s,
(Mt. 15. 32-39). 1-9,22-25;
Mk.9.17-29,
N those days the multitude being] cmts.2,3;
very great, and having “nothing} Acts 28.8,9.)
to eat, Jesus called his disciples! s Psa.132.15.
unto him, and saith unto them, — | ; mt.1s.39.
2 I have compassion on the mul- “ag hien
titude, because they have now been|" 49: 161-4;
with me three days, and have} John 6.30,31.
nothing to eat: v Mt.21.23-27;
3 And if I send them awaycfasting| Lk-16.30,31.
to their own houses, they will faint ve Mets:
by the way: for divers of them came}, 5. ar ia
from far. pala ia aoe
4 And his disciples answered him,|, p.a.115,5,
From whence can a man satisfy|’ 6,8.
these mer with bread here in the| z Mk.6.35-44.
wilderness? a vs.1-9.
5 And he asked them, How many! ne
ae ail Sr. MARK. | [8 20
“8 pelle al a palate 2 2 So
loaves have ye? And they said,
Seven.
6 And he commanded the people
to sit down on the ground: and he
took the seven loaves, and gave
thanks, and brake, and gave to his
disciples to set before them; and
they did set them before the peo-
le.
7 And they had a %few small
fishes: and he blessed, and com-
manded to set them also before
them.
8 So they did eat, and "were
Sfilled: and they took up of the
broken meat that was left seven
baskets.
9 And they that had eaten were
about four thousand: and he sent
them away.
The Pharisees ask a sign: the
meaning of leaven explained
(Mt. 16, 1-12).
10 And straightway he ‘entered
into a ship with his disciples, and
came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth,
and began to question with him,
seeking of him a “sign from heaven,
tempting him. ,
12 And he sighed deeply in his
spirit, and saith, Why doth this
generation seek after a sign? verily
I say unto you, There shall ’no
sign be given unto this generation.
13 And he left them, and entering
into the ship again departed to the
other side.
14 Now the disciples had for-
gotten to take bread, neither had
they in the ship with them more
than one loaf.
15 And he charged thern, saying,
Take heed, beware of the “leaven
of the Pharisees, and of the leaven
of *Herod.
16 And they reasoned among
themselves, saying, Jt is because
we have no bread.
17 And when Jesus knew it, he
saith unto them, Why reason ye,
because ye have no bread? per-
ceive ye not yet, neither under-
stand? have ye your heart yet
hardened?
18 Having Yeyes, see ye not? and
having ears, hear ye not? and do ye
not remember?
19 When I brake the “five loaves
among five thousand, how many
baskets full of fragments took ye
up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And when the “seven among
four thousand, how many baskets
8 21]
full of fragments took ye up? And
they said, Seven.
21 And he said unto them, How
is it that ye do not understand?
The blind man healed outside
Bethsaida.
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida;
and they bring a “blind man unto
him, and besought him to touch
im. ;
23 1And he took the blind man by
the hand, and led him “out of the
town; and when he had spit on his
eyes, and put his hands upon him,
he asked him if he saw ought.
24 And he looked up, and said, I
see men as ‘trees, walking.
25 After that he put Ais hands
again upon his eyes, and made him
look up: and he was restored, and
saw every man 4clearly.
26 And he sent him away to. his
house, saying, ‘Neither go into the
town, nor tell 1¢ to any in the town.
Peter’s confession of faith (Mt.
16. 13-16; Lk. 9. 18-20).
27 And Jesus fwent out, and his
disciples, into the towns of Czsarea
Philippi: and by the way he asked
his disciples, saying unto them,
&Whom do men say that I am?
28 And they answered, John the
Baptist: but some say, Elias; and
others, One of the prophets.
29 And he saith unto them, But
whom say ye that I am? And
Peter answereth and saith unto
him, #Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they
should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them,
that the ‘Son of man must suffer
many things, and be rejected of the
elders, and of the chief priests, and
scribes, and be killed, and after
three days rise again.
32 And he spake that saying
openly. And Peter took him, and
began to Jrebuke him.
33 But when he had turned about
and looked on his disciples, he
rebuked Peter, saying, *Get thee
behind me, ‘Satan: for ™thou sa-
vourest not the things that be of
God, but the things that be of
men,
St. MARK.
eT
A.D. 32.
@ Tsa.42.16,18.
6 Mk.7.33; John 9.
35-38.
¢ Acts 18.24-28;
Phil.1.10.
@1 Pet.2.9; 1 John
2.27; Rev.3.18.
e v.30; Mk.7.36.
f Mt.16.13-20; Lk.
9.18-21.
9 Mt.22.42-46,
h 1 Cor. 12.3;
1 John 1.2.3; 5.1;
cf.John 1.49.
i Mt.8.20, note;
16.21-28; Mk. 9.
31; Lk.9.22-27;
cf. Ek.24.6.
J v.29; John 21.18,
19; 2 Pei.1.14,15.
k Mt.4.10; Gal.1.
8,9.
'Satan. Lk.4.8.
(Gen.3.1; Rev.
20.10.)
mi.e. thou art
7 Mt. 16.24-28;
Lk.9.23-27; 14.27;
Phil.3.7-10.
© Lk, 17.33; John
EAN Rom.6.
-7.
P Gospel, Mk.10.
29. (Gen, 12.1-3:
Rev. 14.6.)
@ Psa.49.6-8; Jas.5.
1-3.
Tie. earth,
$ Mt.10.32,33; John
5.44; 12.42, 43;
Rom. 1.16; 2 Tim.
gren Phil. 1.20,
1.
t Sin. Rom.3-23,
note.
% Sanctify, holy
(persons)
» Heb.1.4, note.
w Cf. Mt.17, 2,
note; 2 Pet.1,
16-18.
= See Mt.6.33,
note.
uv See Mt.4.21,
note,
2 Phil.2.9,10; Heb.
2.9; Rev.1.13-16,
@ Mk.8.28,29;
Phil.2.9; Heb.3.
5,6.
5 Mt.20.20-23;
Acts 4.11,12.
¢ Ex.40.34; Acts 1.
9; Rev.1.7,
. Pa
The true use of life: value of a
soul (Mt. 16. 24-27; Lk. 9. 23-26).
34 And when he had called the
people unto him with his disciples
also, he said unto them, "Whoso-
ever will come after-me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me. 3
35 For °whosoever will save his
life shall lose it; but whosoever
shall lose his life for my sake and
the ?gospel’s, the same shall save it.
36 For ¢what shall it profit a man,
if he shall gain the whole ‘world,
and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in
ao for his wel Sigs
38 hosoever therefore sha e
Sash whosoever theret my words
inthe adulterens and ‘sinful gen-
eration; of him also shall the Son
of man be 3
cometh in
with the “holy ’angels.
CHAPTER 9.
The transfiguration (Mt. 17. 1-8;
Lk. 9. 28-36).
fs yee he said unto them, Verily
I say unto you, That there be
some of them that stand here,
which shall not taste of death, till
they have “seen the *kingdom of
God come with power.
2 And after six days Jesus taketh
with him Peter, and James, and
John, and leadeth them up into an
high mountain apart by them-
selves: and he was “transfigured
before them. .
3 And his raiment became shin-
ing, exceeding white as snow; so
as no fuller on earth can white
them.
4 And there appeared unto them
Elias with Moses: and they were
talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter answered and said to
Jesus, Master, it is good for us to
be here: and let us make “three
tabernacles; one for thee, and one
for Moses, and one for Elias.
6 For he ’wist not what to say;
for they were sore afraid.
7 And there was a “cloud that
overshadowed them: and a voice
a
7
?
ashamed when he
e glory of his Fathede
_ .} Our Lord’s action here is most significant.
judgment (Mt. 11. 21-24), He would neither heal in that village, nor permit further
testimony to be borne there (v. 26). The probation of Bethsaida as a community
was ended, but He would still show mercy to individuals. Cf. Rev. 3. 20. Christ
1s outside the door of that church, but “If any man hear My voice,” etc,
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Having abandoned Bethsaida to
9 8]
came out of the cloud, saying, ¢This
is my beloved Son: hear him.
8 And suddenly, when they had
looked round about, they saw @no
man any more, save Jesus only
with themselves.
9 And as they came down from
the mountain, he ‘charged them
that they should tell no man what
things they had seen, till the Son
of man were risen from the dead.
10 And they kept that saying
with themselves, questioning orie
with another what the rising from
the dead should mean.
11 And they asked him, saying,
Why say the scribes that ‘Elias
must first come?
12 And he answered and told
them, Elias verily cometh first, and
restoreth all things; and how it is
written of the Son of man, that he| -
must suffer many things, and be
set at nought.
13 ButI say unto you, /That Elias
is indeed come, and they have done
unto him whatsoever they listed, as
it is written of him.
The impotent disciples: the
mighty Christ (Mt. 17. 14-21;
Lk. 9. 37-42).
14 And when he came to hArs dis-
ciples, he saw a great multitude
about them, and the scribes ques-
tioning with them.
15 And straightway all the peo-
ple, when they beheld him, were
greatly “amazed, and running to
him saluted him. ;
16 And ‘he asked the scribes,
What question ye with them?
17 And one of the multitude an-
swered and said, Master, I have
brought unto thee my son, which
hath a #dumb spirit;
18 And wheresoever he taketh
him, he teareth him: and he foam-
eth, and gnasheth with his teeth,
and pineth away:_and I spake to
thy disciples that they should cast
him out; and they Ycould not. —
19 He answereth him, and saith,
O “faithless generation, how long
shall I be with you? how long shall
I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto
him: and ‘when he saw him,
straightway the spirit tare him;
and he fell on the ground, and wal-
lowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How
long is it ago since this came unto
him? And he said, Of a child. —
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him
St. MARK.
A.D. 32.
a Mk.1.11.
5 John 3.30;
6.68; Col.
3.11.
c Mt.17.9-13;
MK.8.30.
d Mt.20.19;
26.61;27.63;
Mk.8.31;
Acts 2.32.
e Mal.4.5,6.
See Mt.17.
10, note.
f Mt.11.14;
Lk.1.17.
g Mt.17.14-18;
Lk.9.37-42;
Rev.19.11-21,
h Mk.10.32;
cf.Ex.34.
29,30.
i Mt.12.22.
j Mk.6.7;
cf.vs.28,29.
k John 4.48;
14.12.
7 Rev.12.12.
m Mk.1.40.
n Faith.
Mk.10.46-52.
(Gen.3.20;
Heb.11.39.)
o Mt.9.28,29;
Mk.11.22,23.
bp Cf.Eph.2.8
with John
6.44.
gq Mk.1.25-27.
r Mt.12.43-45.
s But Jesus,
grasping his
hand, raised
him, and he
stood erect.
Cf.Acts 3.7.
t Miracles
vs.17-29;
ME.10.46-52.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
1 1 Ki.18.42-
45; Acts 13.
2. The two
best MSS.
omit “‘and
fasting.’’
Cf.Mt.17. 21,
v Mk.7.24.
w Mk.8.31;
Mt.8.20,
note.
x Cf.John 16.
12,13 with
John 1.5.
y Mt.18.1-5;
Lk.9.46-48;
22.24-27.
2 Phil.2.3.
a1 Cor.15.9.
6 Mk.10.13-16;
1 Cor.3.18,19.
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into the fire, and into the waters, to
destroy him: but “if thou canst do
any thing, have compassion on us,
and help us.
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou
canst “believe, °all things are pos-
sible to him that believeth.
24 And straightway the father of
\the child cried out, and said with
tears, Lord, I believe; *help thou
mine unbelief.
25 When Jesus saw that the peo-
ple came running together, he re-
buked the foul spirit, saying unto
him, F‘Aou dumb and deaf spirit, 91
charge thee, come out of him, and
enter “no more into him.
26 And the spirit cried, and rent
him sore, and came out of him: and
he was as one dead; insomuch that
many said, He is dead.
27 sBut Jesus took him by the
hand, ‘and lifted him up; and he
arose.
28 And when he was come into
the house, his disciples asked him
privately, Why could not we cast
him out?
29 And he said unto them, #“This
kind can come forth by nothing, but
by prayer and fasting.
Jesus foretells his death and
resurrection (Mt. 17. 22, 23; Lk.
9. 43-45).
30 And they departed thence, and
passed through Galilee; and he
would not that any man should
*know it.
31 For he taught his disciples, and
said unto them, “The Son of man
is delivered into the hands of men,
and they shall kill him; and after
that he is killed, he shall rise the
third day.
32 But they «understood not that
saying, and were afraid to ask him.
The dispute who should be
Sreatest (Mt. 18. 1-6; Lk. 9. 46-48).
33 And he Ycame to Capernaum:
and being in the house he asked
them, What was it that ye disputed
among yourselves by the way?
34 But they held their peace: for
by the way they had disputed
among themselves, who should be
the greatest.
35 And he sat down, and called
the twelve, and saith unto them,
If any man desire to be first, the
same shall be last of all, and ser-
vant of all.
36 And he took a child, and set
him in the midst of them: and
= ee a Y
5 37] St. MARK. [10 16.
when he had voge him in his| A.D. 32-33. CHAPTER 10.
arms, he said unto them, ;
37 Whosoever shall “receive one}aMt.10.40; |Jesus’ Jaw of divorce. (Cf. Mt.
of such children in my name, re- Viasat 5. 31, 32; 19, 1-9; Lk. 16. 18; 1 Cor,
ceiveth me: and whosoever shall]” ¢Nomi1° 7. 10-15.)
receive me, receiveth not me, but Se ND he arose from thence, and
him that sent'me. power upon cometh into the ane of
* r=
The rebuke of sectarianism who wil Bnd Judza by the farther side of Jo
(Lk. 9. 49, 50).
_38 And John answered him, say- See ee gens 2 And the Pharisees came to him,
ing, Master, we saw one Mcasting| jJohn 2.18, | Oa asked him, Is it lawful for a
out devils in thy name, and he fol-|, yi'i0.42; 2s. man to put away Ais wife? tempt-
loweth not us: and we forbad him, pre AS ing him.
because he satowel ng ae ahi fRewards. | 3 And he auswered and sai@ unto
39 put dees said, chi - shall yee them, What did Moses command
not: for there is no man which shall) (Dan.12.3; >
; . — lyou:
do a ‘miracle anny. name, that can Peary tin 4 And they said, Moses "suffered
lightly speak evil of me. i stumble. |to write a bill of divorcement, and
40 For he that is not ¢against us Mt-18.6; Lk. lto put her away.
ops ek Bert Seal otrei ott a 5 And Jesus answered and said
s or whosoev Gai oe y' 1Cor.8.7-13. [unto them, For the hardness of
a ‘cup of water to drink in my|; Mt.s.29,30; your heart She wrote you this pre-
name, because ye belong to Christ, peers oa cept.
verily I say unto you, he shall not Sli. 1 6 But from the beginning of the
lose his /reward. sas te, [creation ‘God made them male and
Jesus’ solemn warning of hell. iFthe ds, fone this cause shall a man
3 ey 1929 |eave his father and mother, and
.10,14,15. fees
42 And whosoever shall Soffend ipa a. cleave to his wife: :
f th littl that believe ®
one or these little ones th cf.Jer.8.20. 8 And *they twain shall be one
in me, it is bead ocr ae ™icsii; |flesh: so then they are no more
millstone were hanged about his}. Mt.3.11; oe
1 : ; Lk.12.49. twain, but one flesh.
neck, and he were cast into the m Me oi135 9 What therefore God hath joined
ea. 'im.3.5; +
43 And if thy *hand offend thee, Rev 3.1. cee: Act a Roe Arb eerie
cut it off: it is better for thee to]? Go-t-6; esked.itiim again GP the ee
enter into life maimed, than having|» Mt-19.1,2; ae
c i 40. : f
Ag gaat Cree amen Mes 17-20; ae Soe ate Se wate cae :
‘ jue ‘ -10.26. Whosoever shall put away his
44 Where their worm Sdieth not,|, Deut.24.1-4; | :
and the fire is not quenched. Mt.5.31. Waa sin acl ee se hey egy
MPegang it thy foot attend theo cuts as io." logan And if a heieeca ch fs
it off: it is better for thee to enter Mk.12.26,36. het husband, and ee tte! it Rebhet
halt into life, than having two feet| (Ex.4.15; h ihoet sepia tes Shi Soke Fok
to be cast into ‘hell, into the fire] , Rev;?219.) other, she committeth adultery,
u od, aen.
ae oe on ade bead neigh Se 2 dosue plcbips hohe children (Mt.
ere their w Deas BG Bh - 13-15; Lk. 18. 15-17),
and the fire is not quenched. i aerede ) mee
47 And if thine eye offend thee,| Eph.s.31,32, | 13 And they brought *young chil-
pluck it out: it is better for thee to|» Gen.2.24. dren to him, that he should touch
enter into the kingdom of God with be weooae yh them: and his disciples rebuked
one eye, than having two eyes to be
cast into ‘hell fire:
48 Where ‘their ‘worm dieth not,
and the fire is not quenched.
49 For every one shall be “salted
with fire, and every sacrifice shall
be salted with salt.
50 Salt is good: but if the salt
have “lost his saltness, wherewith
will ye season it? Have salt in
yourselves, end have peace one
with another.
it possible
soon [after]
to revile me.
x little.Cf.v.14.
4 moved with
indignation
2 to becoming
unto me; be
not hinder-
ing them.
a Lit.and, fold-
ing them in
his arms, he
dan: and the people resort unto him
again; and, as he was wont, he
taught them again.
those that brought them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was
Yrauch displeased, and said unto
them, Suffer the little children 2to
come unto me, and forbid them not:
fore of such is the kingdom of
(e)
15 ‘Verily I say unto you, Whoso-
was blessing|ever shall not receive the kingdom
[them], put-
ting hands
of God as a little child, he shall not
upon them. enter therein.
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16 “And he took them up in his
SS ew i ee ee y”
10 17]
St. MARK.
[10 41
arms, put Ais hands upon them,
and ‘blessed them.
The rich young ruler (Mt. 19.
it Lk, 18. 18-30. Cf. Lk. 10.
25).
A.D. 33.
a Mt.19.16;
Lk.18.18.
b Teacher.
17 2And when he was gone forth); Par., Betiey-
into the way, there came one run-
ning, and kneeled to him, and asked
him, Good ’Master, what shall I do
that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, “Why
callest thou me good? there is none
good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the 2ceommand-
ments, Do not commit adultery, Do
not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear
false witness, Defraud not, Honour
thy father and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto
him, Master, all these have I ob-
served from my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him
loved him, and said unto him, One
thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell
whatsoever thou hast, and give to
the poor, and thou shalt have
*treasure in heaven: and come, take
up the cross, and follow me.
22 -And he was sad at that saying,
and went away grieved: for he had
great possessions.
The warning against riches.
23 fAnd Jesus looked round about,
and saith unto his disciples, How
hardly shall they that have riches
enter into the kingdom of God!
24 And the disciples were %aston-
ished at his words. But Jesus an-
swereth again, and saith unto them,
Children, how hard is it for them
that “trust in riches to enter into
the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go
through the ‘eye of a needle, than
for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of God.
26 And they were astonished out
of measure, saying among them-
selves, Who then can be saved?
27 And Jesus looking upon them
saith, With men it is impossible,|«
but not with God: for with God all
things are possible.
28 jThen Peter began to say unto
him, Lo, we have left all, and have
followed thee. -
29 And Jesus answered and said,
Verily I say unto you, There is no
man that hath left house, or breth-
ren, or sisters, or father, or mother, |
ing Me to be
but a human
teacher, why
callest thou
Me ‘‘good,””
etc.
d Ex.20,12-16;
Deut.5.16-20,
e Mt.6.19,20;
19.21; Lk.12.
33;
g Or, amazed,
i.e. as Jews:
knowing that
temporal
prosperity
was, to the
Jew as such, a
token of di-
vine favour.
oé, Deut.28.
1-12.
h Psa.52.73
62.10;
1 Tim.6.17.
ziIt has been
thought the
reference
here was to a
postern door
set in a gate
of Jerusalem.
j Cf.Mt.19.
27-30, note.
k Gospel.
Mk.13.10.
(Gen,12.1-3;
John 14.2.
m’Mt.12.48-50.
27.30; Mk.14,
€5; cf.Mt.16.
20-22; Mk.9.
30-32.
s Cf.Mt.19.28.
¢ Cf.Mt.20.22.
w Cf.Mt.
13.11; 20.23.
x Cf.Lk.22.
25-27.
or wife, or children, or lands, for my
sake, and the *gospel’s,
30 But he shall receive an hun-
dredfold now in this time, ‘houses,
and brethren, and sisters, and
mothers, and children, and lands,
with persecutions; and in the “world
to come eternal life.
31 But many that are first shall
be last; and the last first,
Jesus again foretells his death
and resurrection (Mt. 20. 17-19;
Lk. 18. 31-33).
_32° And they were in the way go-
ing up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went
before them: and they were amazed;
and_as they followed, they were
afraid. °And he took again the
twelve, and began to tell them what
things should happen unto him,
33 Saying, Behold, we go up to
Jerusalem; ?and the 9Son of man
shall be delivered unto the chief
priests, and unto the scribes; and
they shall condemn him to death,
fae shall deliver him to the Gen-
tiles:
34 And they “shall mock him, and
shall scourge him, and shall spit
upon him, and shall kill him: and
the third day he shall rise again.
The desire of James and John to
be first (Mt. 20. 20-28).
35 And James and John, the sons
of Zebedee, come unto him, saying,
Master, we would that thou should-
est do for us whatsoever we shall
desire.
36 And he said unto them, What
would ye that I should do for you?
37 They said unto him, ‘Grant
unto us that we may sit, one on thy
right hand, and the other on thy
left hand, in thy glory.
38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye
know not what ye ask: ‘can ye
drink of the cup that I drink of?
and be baptized with the baptism
that I am baptized with?
39 And they said unto him, We
can. “And Jesus said unto them,
Ye shall indeed drink of the cup
that I drink of; and with the *bap-
tism that I am baptized withkal
shall ye be baptized:
40 But to sit on my right hand
and on my left hand is not mine to
give; “but it shall be given to
them for whom it is prepared.
41 *And when the ten heard it,
1 In Hebrew custom, a father’s act. (Cf. Gen. 27.38.) “He had no children that
He might adopt all children.’’—Benégel.
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10 42]
they began to be much displeased
with James and John. ;
42 But Jesus called them to him,
and saith unto them, Ye know that
they which are accounted to rule
over the Gentiles exercise lordship
over them; and their great ones
exercise authority upon them.
43 But so shall it not be among
you: “but whosoever will be great
among you, shall be your minister:
~44 And whosoever of you will be
the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
45 For even the Son of man came
not to be ministered unto, but to
minister, and to give his 4life a ran-
som for many.
Bartimzeus receives his sight
(Mt. 20. 29-34. Cf. Lk. 18. 35-43).
46 <And they came to Jericho:
and as he went out of Jericho with!
his disciples and a great number
of people, blind Bartimzus, the son
of Timzus, sat by the highway side
begging. ;
47 ¢And when he heard that it
was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to
cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of
David, have mercy on me.
48 And many charged him that he
should hold his peace: but he cried
the more a great deal, Thou son of
David, have mercy on me.
49 “And Jesus stood still, and
commanded him to be called. And
they call the blind man, saying
unto him, /Be of good comfort, rise;
he calleth thee.
50 And he, casting away his gar-
ment, rose, and came to Jesus.
51 And Jesus answered and said
unto him, What wilt thou that I
should do unto thee? The blind
man said unto him, sLord, that I
might. receive my sight.
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go
thy way: thy /faith hath made thee
whole. And ‘immediately he re-
ceived his sight, and followed Jesus
in the way.
CHAPTER 11.
The officiai presentation of Je-
sus as King (Zech. 9. 9; Mt. 21.
1-9; Lk. 19. 29-38).
mon when they came nigh to
Jerusalem, unto /jBethphage
and ‘Bethany, at the mount of
Olives, he sendeth forth two of his
disciples,
2 And saith unto them, Go your
way into the village over against
you: and as soon as ye be entered
St. MARK.
oe
“fn 16”
A.D. 32:
a Mk.9.35;
Mt.20.26.
b Or, soul. (Cf.
Tsa.53.10,12.)
Gr. psuche,
the soul, or
the essential
life, not, as
commonly,
zoe, the ac-
tive life.
c Cf£.Mt.20.
30, note,
d Bible
prayers
(N.T.).
Lk.11.2.
(Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
e And, com-
ing toa
stand, Jesus
said, Call
him!
f Cf.Mt.9.2.
g Gr. Rabboni,
my Master,
a term of
reverent
love. Cf.
John 20.16,
h Faith, Lk.
11.39.)
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
j Meaning,
house of un-
ripe figs (see
vs.12,20),
probably so
called after
the fig tree
was cursed.
bk See Mt.21.17.
1 Mt.3.2, note.
m Mk.11.19,
Sf,
ref,
n Mt.21.18-22.
o Cf.Lk.13.6-
11; Jer.24.
1-6.
pb Fig trees
which have
retained
their leaves
through the
winter usu-
ally have figs
also. It was
still too early
for new
leaves or
fruit.
q Miracles
33-36.. (Mt.8.
2,3; Acts 28.
8,9.)
r See vs.20-25;
Mt.23.37-39.
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linto it, ye shall find a colt tied,
whereon never man sat; loose him,
and bring him.
3 And if any man say unto you,
Why do ye this? say ye that the
Lord hath need of him; and straight-
way he will send him hither.
4 And they went their way, and
found the colt tied by* the door
without in a place where two ways
met; and they loose him.
5 And certain of them that stood
there said unto them, What do ye,
loosing the colt?
6 And they said unto them even
as Jesus had commanded: and they
let them go.
7 And they brought the colt to
Jesus, and cast their garments on
him; and he sat upon him.
8 And many spread their gar-
ments in the way: and others cut
down branches off the trees, and
strawed them in the way.
9 And they that went before, and
they that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord:
10 Blessed be the ‘kingdom of our
father David, that cometh in the
name of the Lord: Hosanna in the
highest.
11 And Jesus entered into Jerusa-
lem, and into the temple: and when
he had looked round about upon all
things, and now the “eventide was
come, he went out unto Bethany
with the twelve.
The barren fig tvee (Mt. 21. 19-21).
12 And on the morrow, when
they were come from Bethany, he
was hungry:
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off
having *leaves, he came, if haply
he might find any thing thereon:
and when he came to it, he found
nothing but leaves; for the time of
figs was not yet.
14 ¢And Jesus answered and said
unto it, "No man eat fruit of thee
hereafter for ever. And his dis-
ciples heard it,
Jesus purifies the temple (Mt.
21, 12-16; Lk, 19. 45-47, Cf. John
2. 13-16).
15 And they come to Jerusalem:
and Jesus went into the temple,
and began to cast out them that
sold and bought in the temple, and
overthrew the tables of the money-
changers, and the seats of them that
pas doves;
16 And would not suffer that any
a
11 17]
St. MARK.
[12 12
man should carry any vessel
through the temple.
i7 And he taught, saying unto
them, Is it not written, 7My house
shall be called of all nations the
house of prayer? “but ye have made
it a den of thieves.
18 And the scribes and chief
priests heard zt, and “sought how
they might destroy “him: for they
feared him, because all the people
was “astonished at his doctrine.
19 And Jwhen even was come, he
went out of the city.
20 And in the morning, as they
passed by, they saw the fig tree
dried up from the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remem-
brance saith unto him, Master,
behold, the fig tree which thou
cursedst is withered away.
The prayer of faith. (Cf. Jas.5.15.)
22 And Jesus answering saith
unto them, @Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That
ftwhosoever shall say unto this
mountain, Be thou removed, and
be thou cast into the sea; and shall
not doubt in his heart, but shall be-
lieve that those things which he
saith shall come to pass; he shall
have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you,What
things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying,
forgive, if ye have ought against
any: that your Father also which
is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.
26 But ‘if ye do not forgive, nei-
ther will your Father which is in
heaven forgive your trespasses.
Jesus’ authority questioned
(Mt. 21 23-27; Lk. 20 1-8)
A.D. 33.
a Isa.56.7.
6 Jer.7.11.
c Mt.21.45,
46; Lk.19.47,
48.
d Psa.2.2.
e Mk.1.22.
Jf whenever,
ie. every
day when
evening
came.
g Have the
faith of God;
i.e. the faith
which God
gives. Cf.
1 Cor.12.9;
Eph.2.8.
h Mt.17.20;
Lk.11.1,
note; 17.6;
John 14.13,
14.
i Mt.6.12,
note. Verse
26 is omitted
from the best
Mi
j Lk.7.24-35.
k Cf.Mt.13.
10-15.
| Parables
23/29. (Mt.5.
1316; Lk.21.
29-31.)
mTsrael. Isa.
5.1-7, Israel
was not
fruitless, but
brought
forth only
wild grapes.
Cf. John 3.
6; Hos.10.1;
contra, Hos.
14.8.
n vs.2-5, the
27. And they come again to Jeru-| prophets and
salem: and as he was walking in
the temple, there come to him the
chief priests, and the scribes, and
the elders,
28 And say unto him, By what
authority doest thou these things?
and who gave thee this authority
to do these things?
29 And Jesus answered and said
unto them, I will also ask of you
one question, and answer me, and
I will tell you by what authority I
do these things.
30 jThe baptism of John, was it
from heaven, or of men? answer
me.
John the
Baptist.
oJesus Him-
sel.) Ct.
Heb.1.1-3
p Fulfilled in
the destruc-
tion of Jeru-
salem, A.D.
70. Cf.Lk.
21.20-24.
gq Psa.118.22,
23; cf. 1 Pet.
2.8, note.
r Jehovah. vs.
10,11; Psa.
118.22,23.
5 John.-7.30.
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31 And they reasoned with them-
selves, saying, If we shall say, From
heaven; he will say, Why then did
ye not believe him?
32 But if we shall say, Of men:
they feared the people: for all men
counted John, that he was a prophet
indeed.
33 And they answered and said
unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And
Jesus answering saith unto them,
Neither do I tell you by what au-
thority I do these things.
CHAPTER 12.
Parable of the householder de-
manding fruit from his vine-
yard (Mt. 21. 33-46; Lk. 20. 9-19.
CfAsa’ 521-7).
Aw he began to speak unto
&them by parables. A certain
man planted a “vineyard, and set
an hedge about it, and digged a
place for the winefat, and built a
tower, and let it out to husbandmen,
and went into a far country.
2 And at the season he “sent to
the husbandmen a servant, that he
might receive from the husbandmen
of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat
him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them
another servant; and at him they
cast stones, and wounded him in
the head, and sent Aim away
lshamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another; and
him they killed, and many others;
beating some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one °son,
his wellbeloved, he sent him also
last unto them, saying, They. will
reverence my son.
7 But .those husbandmen said
among themselves, This is the heir,
come, let us kill him, and the inher-
itance shall be our’s.
8 And they took him, and killed
him, and cast Aim out of the vine-
yard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of
the vineyard do? he will come and
édestroy the husbandmen, and will
give the vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this
scripture; 9The stone which the
builders rejected is become the head
of the corner:
11 This was the *Lord’s doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they ‘sought to lay hold
on him, but feared the people: for
they knew that he had spoken the
12 13] St. MARK. [12 ssf
book of Moses, how in the bush
God °spake unto him, saying, I am
the God of Abraham, and the *God
of Isaac, and the ?God of Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead,
but the God of the living: ye there-
fore do greatly err. ;
parable against them: and they left
him, and went their way.
The question of tribute (Mt. 22.
15-22; Lk. 20. 19-26).
13 And they ¢send unto him cer-
tain of the Pharisees andof the Hero-
a Mt.22.15.
b Deut.7.2,6.
c Lk.23.2.
d denarius.
a eens ; CEMt.22.19,
dians, to catch him in Ais words. ay3 2 mandments (Mt.
14 And when they were come, e Mt.17.25; The SAeSt LOH Lies: ents
they say unto him, Master, we Rorel3 nea iets
know that thou art true, and carest 28 And one of the scribes came,
for no man: for thou regardest not and having heard them reasoning
the person of men, but teachest the] ee wig together, and perceiving that he
way of God in truth: [Is it lawful to], pettoss, _ |had answered them well, asked him,
give tribute tc Cesar, ‘or not? i Ruth 1.11,12.|Which is the first commandment
15 Shall we give, or shall we not} 7Mt.22.23, of all? i
give? But he, knowing their_hy- ae 29 And Jesus answered him, The
pocrisy, said. unto them, Why|iLit from — |first of all the commandments 1s,
tempt ye me? bring me a 4penny, ey cez.| Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is
that I may see it. : Hueit SS the(one 2Lord:
16 And they brought it. ae he] Grst resurrec- | 30 mu vite Sw ae the —
saith unto them, Whose is this im-| tion,1 Cor. |thy God wit thy heart, an
age and superscription? And they BO ae ma all ui on aap lle all a
said unto him, Cesar’s. Pe mind, and with all thy strength:
17 And Jesus answering said unto|» Jesus effingns this is the first commandment,
them, ‘Render to Cesar the things sai rb 31. And the second Js like, name-
that are Czesar’s, and to /God the! spiration of |Jy this, "Thou shalt love thy neigh-
f Eccl.5.4,53
Mal.1.6.
things that are God’s. And they| Ex3. | |bour as thyself. There is none
marvelled at him, Caen: aw commandment greater than
j Mk.12.36. |these.
tanh aL pears (ex4is; | 32 And the scribe said unto him,
. . ut > . . or . Vv. 7 .
: pElehsiie ties Well, Master, thou hast said the
18 Then come unto him the ¢Sad-|"36. ~~ |truth: for there is one God; and
ducees, which say there is no res-|¢ Jehovah. there is none other but he:
urrection; and they asked him, je saat 33 And to love him with all the
aL “bt s with intelli- |heart, ee beri ies understand-
19 ter, oses wrote u us, i ing, and with a e 1, i
If a han’ brother evacd-tete fer not far in all he eboney enim oe
his wife behind him, and leave no aR neighbour as himself, is more than
Sita it He *brother snouts Sod oe all whole burnt-offerings and sacri-
ake his wife, and raise up seed unto} © 3a fices.
his brother. pet i dem 34 And when Jesus saw that he
20 Now there were seven breth-| best man— answered ‘discreetly, he said unto
Ten: and the first took a wife, and] its true office.|him Thou art not ‘far from the
dying left no seed. os ae Ga. \kingdom of God. And no man after
21 And the second took her, and 3.10,22-24. |that durst ask him any question.
died, neither left he any seed: and| ie- David’s
the third likewise, Son only. CF. Jesus questions the Pharisees
22 And the seven had her, and ionaeeaten, (Mt. 22. 41-46; Lk, 20, 41-44),
ase seed: last of all the woman cn She 35 And Jesus answered and said,
ied also.
inspiration |While he taught in the temple, How
4 PD: ° .
23 In the resurrection therefore,| and Davidie |say the scribes that Christ is the
when they shall rise, whose wife Paes of |uson of David?
shall she be of them? for the seven] 36°~ii3” | 36 %For David himself said by the
had her to wife. ’ (Ex.4.15; *Holy Ghost, The *LorD said to
24 And Jesus answering Jsaid| Rev.22.19.) Imy Lord, Sit thou on my right
unto them, Do ye not therefore err,| “yre93 $2""*-|hand, till I make thine enemies thy
because ye know not the scriptures,| (Mt.1.18: footstool.
neither the power of God? bay a2 37 David therefore himself calleth
25 For ‘when they shall rise|}4ccov2? |him Lord; and whence is he then
“from the dead, they neither marry,| Psa.110.1, his son? And the common people
nor are given in marriage; but are heard him gladly.
as the "angels which are in heaven. 38 And he said unto them in his
26 And as touching the dead, that doctrine, Beware of the scribes,
they rise: have ye not "read in the which love to go in long clothing,
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St. MARK.
| [13 20
and Jove salutations in the market-
places,
A.D. 33.
39 And the chief seats in the syna-/}i.e. condemna-
gogues, and the uppermost rooms
at feasts:
40 Which devour widows’ houses,
and for a pretence make long
prayers: these shall receive greater
¢damnation.
Jesus and the widow’s mite
(Lk. 21. 1-4).
41 And Jesus sat over against the
treasury, and beheld how the people
cast money into the treasury: and
many that were rich cast in
much.
42 And there came a certain poor
widow, and she threw in two mites,
which make a “farthing.
43 And he called unto him his
disciples, and saith unto them,
Verily I say unto you, That this
poor widow hath cast more_in,|
than all they which have cast into
the treasury:
44 For all they did cast in of their
abundance; but she of her want
did cast in all that she had, even
all her living.
CHAPTER 13.
The Olivet discourse: the disct-
ples’ questions. (Cf. Mt. 24.,
25a sik. 21.)
ANP as he went out of the tem-
ple, one of his disciples saith
unto him, Master, see what manner
of stones and what buildings are
here!
2 4¢And Jesus answering said unto
him, Seest thou these great build-
ings? there shall not. be left one
stone upon another, that shall not
be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount
of Olives over against the temple,
Peter and James and John and An-
drew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things
be? and what shall be the sign
when all these things shall be ful-
filled?
The Olivet discourse: the course
of this age.
5 And Jesus answering them be-
gan to say, Take heed lest any man
¢deceive you:
6 For many shall come in my
name, saying, I am Christ; and
shall deceive many.
tion,
6 One mite=
1-4 farthing,
or 1-8 cent.
¢ One farthing
here = 1-2 cent,
@ See Mt.24.3, note
on the Olivet
discourse.
¢Cf,.2 Thes.2.1-3.
fbe ye not sur-
prised, for it must
so be, but not
then is the end;
i.e. vs.7,8 de-
scribe the age,
not the end only.
9 birthpangs.
Answering to the
“‘seals.’" (Rev.
6.) The death-
agony of this age
is the birth-agony
of the next.
hk Mt.10.17; Acts 5.
18; 12.1-4; 25.15.
4 Cf.Mt.24.14.
J Gospel. Mk.14.9.
(Gen. 12.1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
k be not anxious.
‘Acts 4.8,31.
m Holy Spirit.
Lk.1.15,17,35,41,
67,80. (Mt.1,
18; Acts 2.4.)
” Cf.Mic,7.6.
© Not the end of
the believer's
life, but the end
of the great
tribulatior..
p In the sense of
Rev,13.8; 20.4.
@ See ‘‘Beast.’”
(Dan.7.8;
Rev. 19.20.)
r Or, he. Cf,2
Thes.2.4; Rev.13.
6,14,16; Dan.11.
36; 12.41.
8 Cf. Lk, 21.20-24,
which is a proph-
ecy fulfilled in the
destruction of
Jerusalem,
70, when the
Christians es-
caped, and which
foreshadowed
the more terrible
day here de-
scribed. See
“Great Tribula-
tion,’’ Psa.2.5;
Rev.7.14,
t tribulation. Cf.
Mt.24.21, See
“Tribulation.’’
7 And when ye shali hear of wars
and rumours of wars, ‘be ye not
(Psa.2.12; Rev.
7.14.)
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troubled: for such things must
pe be; but the end shal/ not be
yet.
8 For nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against king-
dom: and there shall be earth-
quakes in divers places, and there
shall be famines and troubles: these
are the beginnings of Ssorrows.
9 But take heed to yourselves:
for they shall “deliver you up to
councils; and in the synagogues
ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be
brought before rulers and kings for
my sake, for a testimony against
them. ;
10 *And the /gospel must first be
published among all nations.
11 But when they shall lead you,
and deliver you up, “take no
thought beforehand what ye shall
speak, neither do ye premeditate:
but whatsoever shall be given you
in that hour, that speak ye: for it
is not ye that speak, ‘but the “Holy
Ghost.
12 Now the *brother shall betray
the brother to death, and the father
the son; and children shall rise up
against their parents, and shall
cause them to be put to death.
13 And ye shall be hated of all
men for my name’s sake: but he
that shall endure unto the °end, the
same shall be ?saved.
The great tribulation (Mt. 24.
15). See “Tribulation” (Psa. 2.
5; Rev. 7. 14). .
14 But ®when ye shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken
of by Deniel the prophet, standing
where “it ought not, (let him that
readeth understand, ) ‘then let them
that be in Judza flee to the moun-
tains:
15 And let him that is on the
housetop not go down into the
house, neither enter therein, to
take any thing out of his house:
16 And let him that is in the field
not turn back again for to take up
his garment.
17 But woe to them that are with
child, and to them that give suck in
those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be
not in the winter.
19 Yor in those days shall be ‘af-
fliction, such as was not from the
beginning of the creation which
God created unto this time, neither
shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had
shortened those days, no flesh
should be saved: but for the “elect’s
sake, whom he hath chosen, he
hath shortened the days.
21 And then if any man shall say
to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he
1s there; believe Aim not:
22 For false Christs and false
prophets shall rise, and shall shew
signs and wonders, to seduce, if it
_ were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I
have foretold you all things.
The Lord’s return in glory
(Mt. 24. 27-31).
24 But in those days, after that
tribulation, the sun shall be dark-
ened, and the moon shall not give
her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall
fall, and the powers that are in
heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the
’Son of man coming in the clouds
with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his
‘angels, and shall gather together
his elect from the four winds, from
the uttermost part of the earth to
the uttermost part of heaven.
Parable of the fig tree. (Cf. }"t.
24. 32, 33; Lk. 21, 29-31.)
28 Now learn a 4parable of the
fig tree; When her branch is yet ten-
der, and putteth forth leaves, ye
know that summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner, when ye
shall see these things come to pass,
know that it is nigh, even at the
doors,
30 Verily I say unto you, that this
generation shall not pass, till all
these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass
away: but my words shall not pass
away.
32 But of that day and that hour
knoweth no man, no, not the <an-
gels which are in heaven, neither
the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is.
Watchfulness in view of the re-
turn of the Lord.
34 For the Son of man is as a
man taking a far journey, who left
his house, and gave authority to
his servants, and to “every man his
work, and commanded the porter
to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye
know not when the master of the
house cometh, at even, or at mid-
St. MARK.
a Election
Acts 13.17.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2.)
(Deut.30.3;
note.
c Heb.1.4,
note,
d Parables
(N.T.). vs.
28,29,34-37;
Lk.5.36,37.
e Mt.25.14.
F Mt.24.42;
25.13; 1 Pet.
L13-
g Mt.21.17;
26.6; Lk.7.
37; John 12.1.
h Mary of
Bethany.
t See Mt.26.
7, note,
j Gr. de-
marion. A
denarius wes
=81-2d.,
17 cents,
k Deut.15.11;
Mt.26.11;
John 12.8.
1 Cf.John
19.40.
m Mt.26.13.
Rev.14.6.)
Oi.e. earth.
> Psa.41.9;
55.12-14;
Mt.10.2-4.
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A.D. 33.
(corporate). |
b Christ (Sec-
Acts 1.9-11.)
See Mt.8.20,
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
[14 at
night, or at the cockcrowing, or in
the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find
you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say
unto all, /Watch.
CHAPTER 14.
|The plot to put Jesus to death
(Mt. 26. 2-5; Lk. 22.1, 2).
A stEs two days was the feast
of the passover, and of unleav-
ened bread: and the chief priests
land the scribes sought how they
\might take him by craft, and put
him to death.
2 But they said, Not on the feast
day, lest there be an uproar of the
people.
Jesus anointed by Mary of Beth-
any (Mt. 26. 6-13; John 12. 1-8).
3 &And being in Bethany in the
house of Simon the leper, as he sat
at meat, there came a #woman hav-
ing an alabaster box of ointment of
spikenard very precious; and she
brake the box, and poured it on his
thead.
4 And there were some that had
indignation within themselves, and
said, Why was this waste of the
ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for
more than Jthree hundred pence,
and have been given to the poor.
And they murmured against her.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone;
why trouble ye her? she hath
wrought a good work on me.
7 For ye have the poor with you
always, and whensoever ye will ye
may do them good: but me ye have
not always.
8 She hath done what she could:
she is come aforehand to ‘anoint
my body to the burying.
9 Verily I say unto you, ™Where-
soever this “gospel shall be preached
throughout the whole world, this
also that she hath done shall be
spoken of for a memorial of her.
Judas covenants to betray Jesus
(Mt. 26. 14-16; Lk. 22. 3-6).
10 And *Judas Iscariot, one of the
twelve, went unto the chief priests,
to betray him unto them.
11 And when they heard it, they
were glad, and promised to give
[Base money. And he sought how
he might conveniently betray him.
be
}
14 12]
The preparation of the passover
(Mt. 26. 17-19; Lk. 22. 7-13).
12 And the @first day of unleav-
ened bread, when they “killed the
passover, his disciples said unto
him, Where wilt thou that we go
and prepare that thou mayest eat
the passover?
13 And he sendeth forth two of
his disciples, and saith unto them,
Go ye into the city, and there shall
meet you a man bearing a pitcher
of water: follow him.
14 And wheresoever he shall go
in, say ye to the goodman of the
house, The “Master saith, Where is
the guest-chamber, where I shall
eat the passover with my dis-
ciples?
15 And he will shew you a large
upper room furnished and pre-
pared: there make ready for us.
16 And his disciples went forth,
and came into the city, and ¢found
as he had said unto them: and they
made ready the passover.
The last passover (Mt. 26. 20-24;
Lk. 22. 14, 21-23; John 13. 18, 19).
17 ¢And in the evening he cometh
with the twelve.
18 And as they sat and did eat,
Jesus said, Verily I say unto you,
One of you which feateth with me
shall betray me.
19 And they began to be sorrow-
ful, and to say unto him one by one,
Zs it I? and another said, Is it I?
20 And he answered and said unto
them, It. is one of the twelve, that
dippeth with me in the dish.
21 &The Son of man indeed goeth,
as it is written of him: but woe to
that man by whom the Son of man
is betrayed! “good were it for that
man if he had never been born.
Jesus institutes the Lord’s Sup-
per (Mt. 26. 26-29; Lk. 22. 17-20;
1 Cor. 11. 23-26).
22 And as they did eat, Jesus took
bread, and blessed, and *brake it,
and gave to them, and said, Take,
jeat: this is my body.
23 And he took the cup, and
kwhen he had given thanks, he gave
it to them: and they all drank of it.
24 And he said unto them, /This
is my blood of the "new “testa-
“ment, Which is shed for many. |
25 Verily I say unto you, I will
drink no more of the fruit of the
vine, until “that day that I drink it
new in the kingdom of God.
St. MARK.
a Ex.12.8.
b sacrificed.
¢ John 13.13.
d John 16.4.
e For the order
of events on
the night of
the last pass-
over, see Mt.
26.20, note.
f Psa.41.9.
g Cf.Acts 2.23;
Rom.9.19-23.
h Mt.18.6.
t Lk.24.30.
j 1 Cor.10.15,
16; 11.23,24;
1 Pet.2.24.
k1 Cor.11.
24,25.
T Lev.17.11;
1 Cor.10.10;
Heb.9.14-22.
m Covenant
Lk.
Heb.8.8-12.)
n covenant.
o Isa.25.6-9;
Ezh.34.23,
24; 37.21-28;
Joel 5.17-20;
p Or, psalm
Cf.Neh.8.
10; Psa.47
6,7; 150.1-6.
q Zech.13.7.
r Mk.16.7.
s Mt.26.33;
Lk.22.31,
John 13.36.
t Cf.v.50.
u Mt.17.1;
26.37; Mk.5.
37; 9.2; 13
3; Lk.8.51;
9.28; 22.8;
John 18.15,
v Isa.53.4-6;
Mt.27.46;
John 12.27.
w Mt.26.39,
note on the
meaning of
the cup.
x John 4.34.
y Lk.21.36;
Eph.5.18.
z Rom.7.18,
21-24; Jude
23, note,
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A.D. 33.
[14 39
Peter’s denial foretold (Mt. 26.
31-35; Lk. 22. a3-34;: John 13.
36-38).
26 And when they had sung an
Phymn,. they went out into the
mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus saith unto them,
All ye shall be offended because of
me this night: for it is written, I will
smite the shepherd, and the sheep
shall be scattered.
28 ‘But after that I am risen, I
will go before you into Galilee.
29 But ‘Peter said unto him, Al-
though all shall be offended, yet
will not I.
30 And Jesus saith unto him,
Verily I say unto thee, That this
day, even in this night, before the
cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
me thrice.
31 But he spake the more vehe-
mently, If I should die with thee,
I will not deny thee in any wise.
‘Likewise also said they all.
The agony in the garden. (Cf.
Mt. 26. 36-46; Lk. 22. 39-46;
John 18. 1.)
32 And they came to a place
which was named Gethsemane: and
he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here,
while I shall pray.
33 And he “taketh with him Peter
and James and John, and began to
be sore amazed, and to be very
heavy;
34 And saith unto them, My ’soul
js exceeding sorrowful unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch.
The first prayer. (Cf. Mt. 26.
39; Lk. 22. 41, 42.)
35 And he went forward a little,
and fell on the ground, and prayed
that, if it were possible, the hour
might pass from him.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all
things are possible unto thee; take
away this “cup from me: “neverthe-
less not what I will, but what thov
wilt.
37 And he cometh, and findeth
them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,
Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not
thou watch one hour? z
38 YWatch ye and pray, lest ye
enter into temptation. The spirit
truly is ready, but the “flesh is
weak.
The second prayer. (Cf. Mt. 26.
42; Lk. 22. 44.)
39 And again he went away, and
prayed, and spake the same words.
14 40]
40 And when he returned, he
found them asleep again, (for their
eyes were heavy,) neither wist they
what to answer him,
The third prayer. (Cf. Mt. 26. 44.)
41 And he cometh the third time,
and saith unto them, Sleep on now,
and take your rest: it is enough,
the “hour is come; behold, the Son
of. man is betrayed into the hands
of sinners.
42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that
betrayeth me is at hand.
The betrayal and arrest of Jesus
Mt. 26. 47-56; Lk. 22. 47-53:
John 18. 3-11).
43 And immediately, while he yet
spake, cometh “Judas, one of the
twelve, and with him a great ¢mul-
titude with swords and staves, from
the chief priests and the scribes and
the elders.
44 And he that betrayed him had
given them a token, saying, Whom-
soever I shall kiss, that same is
~he; take him, and lead Aim away
safely.
45 And as soon as he was come,
he goeth straightway to him, and
caith, fMaster, master; and kissed
im.
46 And they laid their hands on
him, and took him.
Peter smites with the sword and
follows afar off. Jesus for-
saken by all (Mt. 26. 51-56).
47 And one of them that stood by
drew a sword, and smote a servant
of the high priest, and cut off his
ear.
48 And Jesus answered and said
unto them, Are ye come out, as
against a thief, with swords and
with staves to take me?
49 I was daily with you in the
temple teaching, and ye took me
not: but the scriptures must be ful-
filled.
ao And they all forsook him, and
e
51 And there followed him a cer-
tain young man, having a linen
cloth cast about his naked body;
and the young men laid hold on
him:
52 And he left the linen cloth, and
fled from them naked.
Jesus is brought before tne high
Priest and Sanhedrin (Mt. 26.
57-68; John 18. 12-14, 19-24),
53 And they ‘led Jesus away to
the high priest: and with him were!
St. MARK.
A.D. 33.
assembled all the chief priests and
the elders and the scribes.
54 And Peter followed him afar
off, Jeven into the “palace of the
a John 17.1.
b Sin. Rom.3. /high priest: and he sat with the
cvio. | |Sefvants, and warmed himself at
d Psa.3.1. the fire. 3 ,
eAnd,coming,| 9» And the chief priests and all
instantly |the council sought for witness
stepping for-|against Jesus to put him to death;
Yard to him. /and found none. ’
bi, rabbi! 56 For many bare false witness
and eagerly |against him, but their witness
kissed him. |asreed not together.
J Never Gospel|, 97 And there arose certain, and
record does {bare false witness against him,
Judas Iscar- saying,
ee cal ord. | 98 We heard him ‘say, I will de-
Hewasthe |stroy this temple that is made with
first Arian |hands, and within three days I
amongst the
professed fal- will build another made without
lowers of ands. : E : ;
Jesus. No 59 But neither so did their witness
one can ™ ~~ Jagree together.
et Jeon fa _60 And the high priest stood up
Lord, but by |in the midst, and asked Jesus, say-
cua Cor,/ing, Answerest thou nothing? what
12.3), but it |18 2 which these witness against
is possible to |thee?
use the term | 61 ™But he held his peace, and
raakepr ae "answered nothing. Again the
without be- /high priest asked him, and said unto
pln Rae him, Art thou the Christ, the Son ~
arene et, lof the Blessed?
21; 25.11,12. | 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye
g Cf.v.31. shall see the Son of man °sitting on
h Mt.26.57,
the right hand of power, and coming
note on order/in the clouds of heaven.
of events on
thaldagvok 63 Then the high priest ?rent his
the crucifix. jclothes, and saith, What need we
sons any further witnesses?
i John 18-13. | 64 Ye have heard the tblasphemy:
2) ee Nee jwhat think ye? And they all con-
Pp | demned him to be guilty of death.
1 Jahhs'9.19; 65 And some began to ‘spit on
Mt.26.61;, |him, and to cover his face, and to
Mk.15.29. |buffet him, and to say unto him,
m Mt.26.63; |SProphesy: and the servants ‘did
Lk.22.67. strike him with the palms of their
n Isa.53.7. hands,
* Meat 30,31; Peter denies his Lord (Mt. 26.
Beet Saad i Aa 22, 56-62; John 18. 16-
p Num.14.6, <
7 ae 14. 66 And as Peter was beneath in
ee the palace, there cometh one of the
@ John 10.33. | aids of the high priest:
r 192-90.6; 52, | 67 And when she saw Peter warm-
Rev.20.11. |ing himself, she looked upon him,
sMt.26.68; {and said, And thou also wast with
Lk. 22.64. Jesus of Nazareth.
tLit. with 68 But he denied, saying, I know
heavy blows | not, neither understand I what thou
jsayest. And he went out into the
‘porch; and the cock crew.
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St. MARK.
[15 28
69 And a maid saw him again,
and began to say to them that stood
by, This is one of them. .
70 And he denied it again. And
a little after, they that stood by bas ae
said again to Peter, Surely thou art 27.1; Lik. 23 1: call the "King of the Jews?
one of them: for thou art a Gali-
lean, and thy
thereto.
A.D. 33.
a Lit. having
thought
thereon was
John. 18.28;
speech agreeth a 2.23;
cM. 27.27-32.
71 But he began to curse and to aCe. John 19.
swear, saying, I know not this man| ,
of whom ye speak.
72 And the second time the cock|”
crew. And Peter called to mind the
word that Jesus said unto him, Be-
fore the cock crow twice, thou shalt
deny me thrice. *And when he
thought thereon, he wept.
CHAPTER 15.
Jesus sent before Pilate (Mt. 27.
1, 2, 11-15; Lk. 23. 1-7, 13-18; John
18. 28-40; 19. 1-16).
PAND straightway in the morning
the chief priests held a °con-
sultation with the elders and scribes
and the whole council, and bound
Jesus, and carried him away, and
delivered him to Pilate.
2 And Pilate ‘asked him, Art thou
the King of the Jews? And he
answering said unto him, Thou
sayest it.
3 And the chief priests accused
him of many things: but he an-
swered nothing.
4 And Pilate asked him again,
saying, ¢Answerest thou nothing?
behold how many things they
witness against thee.
5 «But Jesus yet answered noth-
ing; so that Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at that feast he released
unto them one prisoner, whomso-| ¢
ever they desired.
Not Jesus but Barabbas (Mt. 27.
16-26; Lk. 23. 16-25; John 18. 40).
7 And there was one named Ba-
rabbas, which Jay bound with
them that had made insurrection
with him, who had committed
murder in the insurrection.
8 And the multitude crying aloud
began to desire him to do as he had
ever done unto them.
9 But Pilate answered them, say-
ing, Will ye that I release unto you
the King of the Jews?
10 For he knew that the chief
riests had delivered him for
envy. r ¥
11 But the chief priests moved
22; 21. 38;
John 12.19,
g Acts 3.14,
h Psa.2.6;
jenna sacks
Lk.1,31-. et
Acts 5.3
15.14- a
t Isa.53.9.
j 1sa.53.8.
k Or, the court
which ts the
judgment-
hall.
l piaited.
m Gen.3.17,
18; cf.
2 Cor.5.21;
Gal.3.21.
n Joy to thee!
King of the
Jews!
o And they
were strik-
ing himon
the head
with a reed,
and spitting
on fF
b Isa.50.6;
Zech.13.7.
q Mt.27.32;
Lk.23.26.
r It is possible
that this may
be the same
Rufus men-
tioned in
Rom.16.13.
5s Mt.27.33-44;
Lk.23.33-43;
John 19,
17-24.
t The stupe-
fying drink
usually
given to
those cruci-
v For order of
events at the |
crucifixion,
see Mt.27.
33, note.
w Psa.22.18.
x Cf.John 19.
24.
y Cf.John 1%.
14. John uses
the Roman,
Mark the
Hebrew
computation
of time.
122.37.”
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the people, that he should rather
8release Barabbas unto them.
12 And Pilate answered and said
again unto them, What will ye then
that I shall do unto him whom ye
13 And they cried out again, Cru-
cify him.
14 Then Pilate said unto them,
Why, ‘what evil hath he done?
And they cried out the more eX-
ceedingly, Crucify him.
15 And so Pilate, willing to con-
tent the people, released Barabbas
unto them, and delivered Jesus,
when he had scourged Aim, to be
Jcrucified.
Jesus crowned with thorns
(Mt. 27. 27-31).
16 And the soldiers led him away
into "the hall, called Pretorium;
and they call together the whole
band.
17 And they clothed him with
purple, and “platted a crown of
mthorns, and put it about his head,
18 And began to salute him,
"Hail, King of the Jews!
19 °And they ?smote him on the
head with a reed, and did spit upon
him, and bowing their knees wor-
shipped him.
20 And when they had mocked
him, they took off the purple from
him, and put his own clothes on
him, and led him out to crucify him.
21 And they compel one Simon a
Cyrenian, who passed by, coming
out of the country, the father of
Alexander and *Rufus, to bear his
cross.
22 sAnd they bring him unto the
\place Golgotha, which is, being in-
‘terpreted, The place of a skull.
23 And they gave him to ‘drink
wine mingled with myrrh: “but he
received rt not.
Jesus crucified (Mt. 27. 33-56; Lk.
23. 33-49; John 19. 17-37).
| 24 *And when they had crucified
|hirn, they “parted his garments,
casting lots upon them, what every
man should take.
25 And it was the %third hour,
and they crucified him.
6 And the 2superscription of his
accusation was written over, THE
KING OF THE JEWS.
27 And with him they crucify two
thieves; the one on his right hand,
and the other on his left.
28 ¢And the scripture was ful-
‘15 29]
filled, which saith, And he was
numbered with the transgressors.
29 4And they that passed by
railed on him, wagging their heads,
and saying, ’Ah, thou that de-
stroyest the temple, and buildest
it in three days,
30 Save thyself, and come down
from the cross. :
31 Likewise also the chief priests
‘mocking said among themselves
with the scribes, “He saved others;
himself he cannot save.
32 Let Christ the King of Israel
descend now from the cross, that
we may ‘see and believe, fAnd
they that were crucified with him
reviled him.
33 And when the sixth hour was
come, there was darkness over the
whole land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus
cried with a loud voice, Ssaying,
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which
is, being interpreted, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35 And some of them that stood
by, when they heard it, said, Be-
hold, he calleth Elias.
36 And one ran and filled a
spunge full of vinegar, and put jt on
a reed, and gave him to drink, say-
ing, Let alone; let us see whether
Elias will come to take him down.
37 And Jesus cried with a loud
voice, and ‘gave up the ghost.
38 And the /veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the ‘top to
the bottom.
39 And when the centurion, which
stood over against him, saw that he
so cried out, and gave up the ghost,
he said, Truly this man was the
Son of God.
40 There were also women look-
ing on afar off: among whom was
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the
mother of James the less and of
Joses, and Salome;
41 (Who also, when he was in
Galilee, followed him, and min-
istered unto him;) and many other
women which came up with him
unto Jerusalem.
The entombment (Mt. 27. 57-61:
Lk. 23. 50-56; John 19, 38-42).
42 And now when the even was
come, because it was the prepara-
tion, that is, the day before the sab-
bath,
43 'Joseph of Arimathza, an hon-
! For the order of events on the day of the r
Lord’s appearances after His resurrection, see
St. MARK.
A.D. 33.
a Psa.22.6,7,
109.25.
6 John 2-19,
20,21.
c Psa.35,16;
Tsa.28.22;
Jer.23.1-6;
Mt.3.7; 23.
33; Lk.18.32.
d Lk.7 14;
John 11.43
Cf. John 3.
14,15 with
Heb 9.22-
e Cf.John 20.
29. Also Lk
16.31; Acts 6
7; Rom.3.3;
2 Tim.2.13;
1 Pet.1.8.
f Cf.Mt.27.44;
Lk.23.39,40-
g Psa.22.1
Cf.Psa.
88.14.
h Psa.69.21
7 See Mt.27
50, note
j Ex.26.31-33,
Lev 16.1,2:
Heb.9.6,8;
10.14-22.
k God rent it
down; it was
rent from the
top. Christ
having made
atonement
and glorified
God, the way
into the holi-
est was now
mad¢ mani-
festz (Ck:
Heb.9.8,24;
10.19-22.
1 Mt.27.57-59;
Lk.23.50;
John 19.38.
m Isa.53.9.
n See Mt.1.
16, note.
o Mt.28.1;
q Jesus ye
seek—the
Nazarene,
the cruci-
fied: He
arose! He
is not here!
The tone is
of triumph.
Cf.Psa.2.4,
r LK.7.11-15;
Psa.16.8-11;
22.24, 71.20;
Isa. 26.19,
Ss Mk.14.28.
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ourable counsellor, which also
waited for the kingdom of God,
came, and went in boidly unto
Pilate, and craved the body of
Jesus.
44 And Pilate marvelled if he were
already dead: andcalling unto him
the centurion, he asked him whether
he had been any while dead.
45 And when he knew it of the
centurion, he gave the body to
Joseph.
46 And he bought fine linen, and
took him down, and wrapped him
in the linen, and ™laid him in a
sepulchre which was hewn out of a
rock, and rolled a stone unto the
door of the sepulchre.
47 And Mary Magdalene and
"Mary the mother of Joses beheld
where he was laid.
CHAPTER 16.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ
and the events of that day.
(Mt. 28. 1-15; Lk. 24. 1-49; John
207 12033),
Se °when the sabbath was
past, Mary Magdalene, and
"Mary the mother of James, and
Salome, had bought sweet spices,
that they might come and anoint
im.
2 1And very early in the morning
the first day of the week, they
came unto the sepulchre at the
rising of the sun.
3 And they said among them-
selves, Who shall roll us away
the stone from the door of the
sepulchre?
4 And when they looked, they
saw that the stone was rolled away:
for it was very great.
5 And entering into the sepulchre,
they saw a young man sitting on
the right side, clothed in a long
white garment; and they were
affrighted.
6 And he saith unto them, Be not
affrighted: 7Ye seek Jesus of Naza-
reth, which was crucified: he is
‘risen; he is not here: behold the
place where they laid him.
7 But go your way, tell his disci-
ples and Peter that he goeth before
you into Galilee: there shall ye see
him, Sas he said unto you.
8 And they went out quickly, and
fled from the sepulchre; for they
esurrection, and for the order of our
Mt. 28 1, 9, notes 1 and 2.
16 9]
_trembled and were amazed: neither
said they any thing to any man;
for they were afraid.
9 I1Now when Jesus was risen
early the first day of the week, he
“appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
out of whom he had cast seven
devils.
10 And she went and told them
that had been with him, as they
mourned and wept.
11 And they, when they had
heard that he was alive, and had
been seen of her, believed not.
12 After that he appeared in an-
other form unto two of them, as
they walked, and went into the
country.
13 And they went and told rt unto
the residue: neither believed they
them.
14 Afterward he appeared unto
the Zeleven as they sat at meat, and
upbraided them with their unbelief} 53; Eph.4
and hardness of heart, because they| 810-
believed not them which ‘had seen|» Acts 3.13;
him after he was risen. Heb.2.4.
A.D. 33.
a See Mt.28,
9, note.
b Lk.24.13-35.
ci.e. earth.
d Gospel. Lk.
2.10,11.
(Gen.12.1-3;
Rev.14.6.)
e Rom.1.16,
note.
fie. con-
demned.
g Acts 4.29-
31; 5.12.
h Acts 16.18.
i Acts 2.4.
j Acts 28.3-6.
k2 Ki.4.39-41,
1 Acts 9.32-35,
m Lk,24.50-
St. MARK.
[16 20
15 And he said unto them, Go ye
into all the ‘world, and preach the
dgospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is bap-
tized shall be ‘saved; but he that
believeth not shall be fdamned.
17 And these ‘signs shall follow
them that believe; In my name
shall they cast out ‘devils; they
shall speak with ‘new tongues;
18 They shall take up Jserpents;
and if they drink any “deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them; they shall
lay hands on the /sick, and they
shall recover.
The ascension (Lk. 24. 50-53:
Acts 1. 6-11).
19 So then after the Lord had
spoken unto them, he was “received
up into heaven, and sat on the
right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and
preached every where, the Lord-
nworking with them, and confirm-
ing the word with signs following.
Amen.
1 The passage from verse 9 to the end is not found in the two most ancient man-
uscripts, the Sinaitic and Vatican, and others have it with partial omissions and
variations.
century. j t
2A collective term, equivalent to
necessarily implying that eleven persons were present.
But it is quoted by Ireneus and Hippolytus in the second or third
“The Sanhedrin,” ‘The Commons,” not
See Lk. 24. 33; 1 Cor.
’ 15. 5: and cf. Mt. 28. 16, where “eleven disciples” implies a definite number of
persons.
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Pepe
7 wrijeve. |
{ Sess
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
11]
He was of Jewish ancestry,
sion. Tradition says that
Date.
Theme.
human One.
how entirely human He was.
tailed account is given of His
is careful to guard the Deity and
ST. LUKE.
WRITER. The writer of the third Gos
cian’’ (Col. 4. 14); and, as we learn fro
Name 1s
(1 12,
pei is called by Paul “the beloved physi-
m the Acts, was Paul’s frequent companion.
but his correct Greek marks him as a Jew of the disper-
he was a Jew of Antioch, as Paul was of Tarsus.
The date of Luke falls between A.D. 63 and 68. ’ eat
Luke is the Gospel of the human-divine One, as John is of the divine-
The key-phrase is “Son of man,”
the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
with this intent, Luke relates those things co
and the key-verse (19. 10), ‘For
In harmony
meerning Jesus which demonstrate
His genealogy is traced to Adam, and the most de-
mother, and of His infancy and boyhood. The para-
bles peculiar to Luke have distinctively the human and the seeking note.
Kingship of Jesus Christ (Lk. 1. 32-35),
then, is the Gospel of “the man whose q
But Luke
Luke,
The BRANCH” (Zech. 6. 12).
Luke has seven chief divisions: I. The Evangelist’s Introduction, 1.1-4. If, The
human relationships of Jesus, 1. 5-2. 52.
IV. The ministry of
of Jesus, 3. 1-4. 13.
ilee, 4. 14-9. 50.
9. 51-19. 44,
and sacrifice, 19. 45-23. se,
V. The journey
VI. The final offer of the So
VII. The
of the
ascension of the Son of man, 24, 1-53. ;
The events recorded in this book cover a period of 39 years.
CHAPTER 1.
Introduction.
FrORASMUCH as many have
taken in hand to set forth in
order a declaration of those things
which are most surely believed
among us,
2 Even as they delivered them
unto us, which from the beginning
“were eyewitnesses, and ministers
of ‘the word;
3 It seemed good to me also, chav-
ing had perfect 4understanding of
all things 1from the very first, to
write unto thee ¢in order, most ex-
cellent Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know the
certainty of those things, wherein
thou hast been instructed.
Birth of John the Baptist fore-
told.
SPHERE was in the days of
&Herod, the king of Judea,
a certain priest named Zacharias,
15.27; Acts
3; 10.39; Heb.
3; 1 Pet.5.1;
Pet.1.16; lJohn
1
Epb.3.7,8.
¢ Inspiration. Lk.
4.17-21,27. (Ex.4,
15; Rev.22.19,)
¢ Gr.parakolou-
thekoti, lit. fol-
lowed alongside
of; or, closely
traced.
¢ The words “‘in
order’’ are em-
phatic, indicating
Luke's purpose
to reduce to or-
der the Gospel
story.
f Acts 1.1.
9 Herod the Great.
Cf. Mt.2.1, note.
AY Chr.24.1,10.
i Righteousness
Lk.2.25. (Gen.
6.9; Lk.2.25.)
J Law (of Moses).
Lk.10.25-37,
(Ex.19 1; Gal.3.
III. The baptism, ancestry,
the Son of man as Prophet-King in Gal-
Son of man from Galilee to Jerusalem,
n of man as King to Israel, His rejection
resurrection, resurrection ministry, and
and testing
of the course of Abia: and his ‘wife
was of the daughters of Aaron, and
her name was Elisabeth.
6 And they were both ‘righteous
before God, walking in all the Jcora-
mandments and ordinances of the
Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because
that Elisabeth was barren, and they
both were now well stricken in
years. ,
8 And it came to pass, that while
he executed the priest’s office before
God in the order of his course,
9 According to the custom of the
priest’s office, his lot was to burn
incense when he went into the tem-
ple of the Lord.
10 And the whole multitude of
the people were praying without at
the time of incense.
11 And there appeared unto him
an angel of the Lord standing on
the right side of the altar of in-
cense.
1-29.)
1 “From the
31; 19. 11; Jas. 1.17; 3. 15, 17.
very first.”
12 And when Zacharias saw him >
these things, derived from those who had been eye-witnesses from the beginning
(Lk. 1. 2),
: 4 was troubled, and fear fell upon
im.
13 But the angel said unto him,
Fear not, Zacharias: for thy $prayer
is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth
shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt
call his name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and
gladness; and many shall rejoice at
his birth.
15 For he shall be “great in the
sight of the Lord, and shall drink
neither wine nor strong drink; and
he shall be filled with the “Holy
Ghost, “even from his mother’s
womb.
16 And many of the children of
Israel shall he turn to the Lord their
God.
17 And he /shall go before him in
. the spirit and power of Elias, to;
turn the hearts of the fathers to
the children, and the disobedient
to the wisdom of the just; to make
ready a people prepared for the
Lord.
18 And Zacharias said unto the
angel, Whereby shali I know this?
for I am an old man, and my wife
well stricken in years.
19 And the @angel answering said
unto him, I am ‘Gabriel, that stand
in the presence of God; and am
jsent to speak unto thee, and to
shew thee these glad tidings.
20 And, behold, thou shalt be
dumb, and not able to speak, until
the day that these things shall be
performed, because thou believest
not my words, which shall be ful-
filled in their season.
21 And the people waited for
Zacharias, and marvelled that he
--tarried so long in the temple.
22 And when he came out, he
could not speak unto them: and
they perceived that he had seen a
vision in the temple: for he beck-
oned unto them, and remained
speechless.
23 And it came to pass, that, as
soon as the days of his ministration
were accomplished, he departed to
his own house. Fg
24 And after those days his wife
Elisabeth conceived, and hid her-
self five months, saying, :
25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with
me in the days wherein he looked
on me, to *take away my reproach
among men.
The annunciation.
26 And in the ‘sixth month the
Zangel Gabriel was sent from God
} Str. LUKE.
B.C.
iB
a Heb.1.4,
note.
6 Gen.25.21;
1 Sam.1.20.
c Lk.7.28.
d Holy Spirit.
vs.15,17,35,
41,67,80; Lk.
2.25,26,27,40.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
e Jer.1.5.
f Mal.4.5.
See Mt.17.
10, note.
g1 Ki.21.20;
2 Ki.1.8; Mt.
3.4; 7.12.
hi Pet.2.9,
fice. Man of
God Cf.
Psa.103.20;
Dan.8.16.
j Lk.7.27.
k Gen.30.23;
1 Sam.1.6.
lalso v.
36.
m Mt.1.18,
n Or. gra-
ciously
accepted,
or, much
&raced.
o Isa.7.14;
Mt.1.21.
p Phil.2.9,11.
q v.35.
r Isa.9.6,7.
$ Lk.3.23,31;
Mt.1.1.
t Israel
(prophe-
cies). vs.
31-33; Lk.21.
20-24. (Gen.
12.2,3; Rom.
11.26.)
u Dan.7.14,27;
Rev.11.15.
v Kingdom
( 4
31-33; Mt.2.2.
(Lk.1.31-33;
1 Cor.15.24.)
w vs.26-35;
Isa.7.14.
x Sanctify,
holy (per-
sons) (N,T.).
vs.35-49,70;
Lk.2.23,
(Mt.4.5;
Rev.22.11.)
z Mt.19.26;
Rom.4.21.
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[1 2
unto a city of Galilee, named Naza-
reth,
27 Toa™virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the
house of David; and the virgin’s
name was Mary.
28 And the “angel came in unto/>-==
her, and said, Hail, thou that art nh
nhighly favoured, the Lord is with
thee: blessed art thou among
women.
29 And when she saw Aim, she
was troubled at his saying, and
cast in her mind what manner of
salutation this should be.
30 And the 2angel said unto her, () —
|Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found”
favour with God.
31 And, behold, °thou shalt con-
ceive in thy womb, and bring forth
a son, and shalt call his name
| JESUS.’
32 He shall be *great, and shall
be called the 9Son of the Highest:
and the Lord God shall give unto
him the ‘throne of his ‘father
David:
33 And ‘he shall reign over the
house of Jacob for ever; and “of his
"kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the an-
gel, How shall this be, seeing I
know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and
said unto her, The Holy ee) ai
shall come upon thee, “and the
power of the Highest shall over-
shadow thee: therefore also that
xholy thing which shall be born of
thee shall be called the »Son of
God,
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisa-
beth, she hath also conceived a son
in her old age: and this is the sixth
month with her, who was called
barren.
37 For 2with God nothing shall
be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the
handmaid of the Lord; be it unto
me according to thy word. And/_.
y /
Mary visits Elisabeth.
39 And Mary arose in those days,
and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Juda;
40 And entered into the house of
Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
41 And it came to pass, that,
when Elisabeth heard the saluta-
tion of Mary, the babe leaped in her
womb; and Elisabeth was filled
with the Holy Ghost:
42 And she spake out with a loud
1 43}
voice, and said, Blessed art thou
among women, and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb.
43 And whence is this to me, that
the mother of my Lord should
come to me? ,
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of
thy salutation sounded in mine
ears, the babe leaped in my womb
for joy.
45 And blessed is she “that be-
lieved: for there shall be a perform-
ance of those things which were
told her from the Lord.
The maégnificat. (Cf. 1 Sam.
Ze A-10:)
46 And Mary said, “My soul doth
magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in
God my 4Saviour,
48 For he hath regarded the low
estate of his handmaiden: for, be-
hold, from henceforth all genera-
tions shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath
done to me great things; and ¢holy
is his name. _
50 And his ‘mercy 1s on them
that fear him from generation to
generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with
his arm; he hath scattered the
proud in the imagination of their
hearts.
52 He hath put down the mighty
from their seats, and exalted them|” Gen-3.15;
a John 13.13.
6 v.38.
¢1 Sam.2.1;
Psa.34.2,3.
d Rom.1.16,
note.
e Psa.111.9;
Rev.4.8.
f Gen.17.7;
Ex.20.5,6;
Psa.103.17.
g Gen.17.19.
h Gen.17.12.
z v.13.
j v.20.
k Jehovah.
Psa.106.48.
1 Rom.3.24,
note,
in LkK.3.23,31;
of low degree. jense :
53 He hath filled the hungry with} Dan.9.24.
good things; and the rich he hath 6 Geno's
sent empty away.
54 He hath holpen his servant Is-|» Rom.6.22.
rael, in remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he spake to our fathers, to
Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her
q Sin.
3.23, note.
r Or, sun-
about three months, and returned rising, Yas
to her own house. Isa.11.1;
‘ a Zech.3.8;
Birth of John the Baptist. 6.12.
597 Now Elisabeth’s full time came|B.c. 6]
that she should be delivered; and] ‘
she brought forth a son. heeke
58 And her neighbours and her igs
cousins heard how the Lord had
shewed great mercy upon her; and
they rejoiced with her.
59 And it came to pass, that on
the eighth day they came to ‘cir-
cumcise the child; and they called
him Zacharias, after the name of
his father.
60 And his mother answered and
said, Not so; but he shall be called
John,
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Rom.
61 And they said unto her, There
is none of thy kindred that is called
by this name. .
62 And they made signs to his
father, how he would have him
called. lin
63 And he asked for a writing
table, and wrote, saying, His name
is 7John. And they marvelled
all.
64 And his jmouth was opened
immediately, and his tongue loosed,
and he spake, and praised God.
65 And fear came on all that
dwelt round about them: and all
these sayings were noised abroad
throughout all the hill country of
Judea
66 And all they that heard them
laid them up. in their hearts, say-
ing, What manner of child shall this _
be! And the hand of the Lord was
with him.
67 And his father Zacharias was
filled with the Holy Ghost, and
prophesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the *Lord God of
Israel; for he hath visited and /re-
deemed his people,
69 And hath raised up an ¢horn
of salvation for us in the “house of
his servant David:
70 As he spake “by the mouth of
his holy prophets, which have been
since the world began:
71 That we should be ¢saved from
our enemies, and from the hand of
all that hate us:
72 To perform the mercy prom-
ised to our fathers, and to remem-
ber his holy covenant;
73 The °oath which he sware to
our father Abraham, (
74 That he would grant unto us,
that we being delivered out of the
hand of our enemies might ?serve
him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness
before him, all the days of our
ife.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called
the prophet of the Highest: for
thou shalt go before the face of the
Lord to prepare his ways;
77 To give knowledge of salvation
unto his people by the remission of
their ¢sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of
our God; whereby the ‘dayspring
from on high hath visited us,
_79 To give light to them that sit
in darkness and in the shadow of
Sdeath, to guide our feet into the
way of peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed
aa
2 y ‘
St. LUKE.
[2 26
_strong in spirit, and was in the
deserts till the day of his shewing
unto Israel.
CHAPTER 2.
The birth of Jesus (Mt. 1. 18-25;
2.1; cf. John 1. 14).
Poe it came to pass in those
days, that there went out a
decree from Cesar Augustus, that
all the 1¢world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made
when Cyrenius was governor of|
Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every
one into his own city. |
4 And Joseph also went up from
Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,
into Judza, unto the city of David,
which is called Bethlehem; (be-
cause he wag’ of the house and lin-
eage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his
espoused wife, being great with
child.
6 And so it was, that, while they
were there, the days were accom-
plished that she should be deliv-
ered.
7 And ‘she brought forth her
firstborn son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a
manger; because there was no room
for them in the inn.
Adoration of the shepherds.
8 And there were in the same
country shepherds abiding in the
field, keeping watch over their
flock by night.
9 And, lo, the ¢angel of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory of
_the Lord shone round about them:
“and they were sore afraid. i
10 And the angel said unto them,
Fear not: for, behold, I bring you
good ¢tidings of great joy, which
shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day
in the city of David a fSaviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto
you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped
jn swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger. :
13 And suddenly there was with
the “angel a multitude of the hea-
venly host praising God, and saying,
BiCos:
a oikou-
mene = in-
habited
earth (Lk.
2:3).
b Mic.5.2;
1 Sam.17.12.
c Mt.1.25;
Tsa.7.14.
d Heb.1.4,
note.
e Gospel. vs.
10.11; Lk.4.
18. (Gen.12.
1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
f Rom.1.16,
note.
eg CEMt.10.
34, note.
h 2 Cor.5.
18,20;
Eph.2.14,18.
t Lev.12.3;
Gal.4.4,5;
5.3.
j Lk.1.31;
Mt.1.21.
k Sanctify,
holy (per-
sons). Lk.9.
26. (Mt.4.5;
Rev.22.11.)
1 Jehovah. Ex.
13.2,12.
m Ex.13.12,
16; Num.8.17.
n Ley.12.8.
o Righteous-
ness. (Gen.
6.9.)
p Holy Spirit.
vs.25,26,27,
40; Lk.3.16,
22. (Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
1 Gr. oikoumene = “inhabited
earth.”
14 Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, “good will
toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the
dangels were gone away from them
into heaven, the shepherds said one
to another, Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which
is come to pass, which the Lord
hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and
found Mary, and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they had seen it,
they made known abroad the say-
‘img which was told them concerning
this child.
18 And all they that heard it won-
dered at those things which were
told them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things,
and pondered them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all
the things that they had heard and
seen, as it was told unto them.
Circumcision of Jesus.
(Ch Lies Iss»)
21 And when eight days were ac-
complished ‘for the circumcising of
the child, his name was called
JJESUS, which was so named of
the “angel before he was conceived
in the womb.
22 And when the “days of her
purification according to the law of
Moses. were accomplished, they
brought him to Jerusalem, to pre-
sent him to the Lord;
23 (As it is written in the law of
the ‘Lord, "Every male that open-
eth the womb shall be called holy
to the Lord;)
24 And to offer a sacrifice accord-
ing to that which is said in the law
of the Lord, A “pair of turtledoves,
or two young pigeons.
Adoration and prophecy of
Simeon.
25 And, behold, there was a man
in Jerusalem, whose name was
Simeon; and the same man was
2ojust and devout, waiting for the
consolation of Israel: and the ?Holy
Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him
by the Holy Ghost, that he should
This passage is noteworthy as defining
the usual N.T. use of oikoumene as the sphere of Roman rule at its greatest extent,
that is, of the great Gentile world-monarchies (Dan. 2.,7.). That part of the earth
is therefore peculiarly the sphere of prophecy.
2 The O.T. righteousness.
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4a 40 And the child grew, and waxed
not see death, before he had seen B.C
the Lord’s Christ. strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
27 And he came by the Spirit into and the grace of God was upon
the temple: and when the parents him.
brought in the child Jesus, to do for \
him after the custom of the law, Jesus and his parents at the
28 Then took he him up in his passover.
arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy ser- 41 Now his parents went to Jeru-
vant depart “in peace, according to salem Jevery year at the feast of the
thy word: passover.
30 For mine eyes have seen thy 42 And when he was twelve years
bsalvation, old, they went up to Jerusalem after
31 Which thou hast prepared be- the custom of the feast.
fore the face of all people; 43 And when they had fulfilled
32 A light to lighten the ‘Gen-),3...57.1,2; |the days, as they returned, the
tiles, and the glory of thy people| Rev.14.13. |child Jesus tarried behind in Jeru-
Israel. eee salem; and Joseph and his mother
33 And Joseph and his mother|’ 97"-*° |knew not of it.
marvelled at those things which 44 But they, supposing him to
were spoken of him. clsa.42.6,7- jhave been in the company, went a
34 And Simeon blessed them, and), y.,.8.14: day’s journey; and they sought
said unto Mary his mother, Behold,| Rom9.32, |him among their kinsfolk and ac-
this child is set for the @fall and 33:,1 Seal. |quaintance.
rising again of many in Israel; and rere pet. | 45 And when they found him not,
for a sign which shall be spoken] 2.7, they turned back again to Jerusa-
against; ee lem, seeking him.
35 (Yea, a ‘sword shall pierce|’ Jom" 19-25. | 46’ And it came to pass, that after
through thy own soul also,) ‘that! 1 Cor.11.19; [three days they found him in the
the thoughts of many hearts may| 1 John 2.19. |temple, sitting in the midst of the
be revealed. giTims.s, |@octors, both hearing them, and
. asking them questions.
Adoration of Anna. hRom.3.24, | 47 And all that heard him were
36 And there was one Anna, aj 7°%° astonished at his understanding
prophetess, the daughter of Phan-| i Mt.2.23. and answers.
uel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of] . e 48 And when they saw him, they
a great age, and had lived with an|/ eae SD were amazed: and his mother said
husband seven years from her vir- “" junto him, Son, why hast thou
ginity; k John 9.4. thus dealt with us? behold, thy
37 And she was a widow of about} ; ;54.31.2,3; [father and I have sought thee sor-
fourscore and four years, which de-| Coi.2.2,3. rowing.
parted not from the temple, but 49 And he said unto them, How
served God with fastings and is it that ye sought me? wist ye
€prayers night and day. not that I must be “about my Fa-
38 And she coming in that instant ther’s business?
gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, 50 And they understood not the
and spake of him to all them that saying which he spake unto
looked for ‘redemption in Jeru- them.
salem. 51 And he went down with them,
Return towNerateths the and came to Nazareth, and was
subject unto them: but his mother
silent years. kept all these sayings in her
39 And when they had performed heart.
all things according to the law of 52 And Jesus increased in !wis-
the Lord, they returned into Gali- dom and stature, and in favour with
lee, to their own city ‘Nazareth. God and man.
English words used to translate the Hebrew words yasher, “upright”; tsadiq
“just”; tsidkah, “righteous.” In all of these words but one idea inheres: the
Tighteous, or just, man is so called, because he is right with God ; and he is right
with God because he has walked ‘‘in all the commandments and ordinances of the
Lord blameless’? (Lk. 1. 6; Rom. 10. 5; Phil. 3.6). The O.T. righteous man was
not sinless (Eccl, 7. 20), but one who, for his sins, resorted to the ordinances and
offered in faith the required sacrifice (e.g. Lev. 4. 27-35). Cf. “Righteousness (N.T.),”
Rom. 10. 10, mote, and Paul’s contrast, Phil. 3. 4-9. ;
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“CHAPTER 3.
The ministry of John the Bap-
tist (Mt. 3. 1-12; Mk. 1. 1-8;
John 1. 6-8, 15-36).
Now in the fifteenth year of the
reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pon-
tius Pilate being governor of Judea,
and ¢Herod being tetrarch of Gal-
ilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch
of Iturea and of the region of
Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tet-
rarch of Abilene,
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the
high priests, the word of God came
unto John the son of Zacharias in
the wilderness.
3 ©And he came into all the coun-
try about Jordan, preaching the
baptism of “repentance for the re-
Mission of ‘sins;
4 As it is written in the book of|;
the words of Esaias the ‘prophet,
saying, The voice of one crying in
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make his paths
straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and
every mountain and hill shall be
brought low; and the crooked shall
be made straight, and the rough
ways shall be made smooth; |
6 And all fiesh shall see the ‘sal-
vation of God.
7 Then said he to the multitude
that came forth to be baptized of
him, O /generation of vipers, who
hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits wor-
thy of #repentance, and begin not
to say within yourselves, ‘We have
Abraham to our father: for I say
unto you, That God is able of these
stones to raise up children unto
Abraham.
9 And now also the axe is laid
unto the root of the trees: “every
tree therefore which bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into the fire.
10 And the people asked him, say-
ing, *What shall we do then?
11 He answereth and saith unto
them, °He that hath two “coats, let
him impart to him that hath none;
and he that hath meat, let him do
likewise.
12 Then came also %publicans to
A.D. 26.
a Also v.19.
Bee Mt.14.1,
ref.
6 John 11.49;
18.13; Acts
4.6.
c¢Mt.3.1;
Mk.1.4,
d Repentance.
vs.3,8. (Mt.
3.2; Acts 17.
30.)
2 Sia: Rom. |
23, note.
f Isa.40.3-5.
g Jehovah. vs.
4-6. See Isa
j Mt.12.34.
k Repentance.
vs.3,8; Lk.5.
32. (Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
1 Rom.9.6,8;
Gal.3.29; 6.
15.
m Lk.13.5-9;
Rev.21.8.
n Acts 2.37,38;
16.30.
01 John 3.17.
p Jas.2.15,17.
q Lk.7.29;
Mt.21.32.
y Phil.4.11;
1 Tim.6.8.
s Or, allow-
ance. 5
t Or, in sus-
ense.
“1 Pet.3.21,
v Holy Spirit.
vs.16,22;
Lk.4.1.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
w Mt.13.30.
x Mt.14.1, ref,
v Mt.11.2.
z Mt.3.13-15.
a Holy Spirit.
Lk.4.1,14,18.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
bLit. This is
my Son, the
beloved, in
whom I de-
lighted. Cf,
John 1.1,2;
8.29; Mt.
17.5.
be baptized. and said unto him,
Master, what shall we do?
13 And he said unto them, Exact
no more than that which is ap-
pointed you.
14 And the soldiers likewise de-
manded of him, saying, And what
shall we do? And he said unto
them, Do violence to no man, nei-
ther accuse any falsely; and be
‘content with your ‘wages.
15 And as the people were ‘in ex-
pectation, and all men mused in
their hearts of John, whether he
were the Christ, or not;
16 John answered, saying unto
them all, I indeed “baptize you
‘\with water; but one mightier than
.|{I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes
I am not worthy to unloose: he
shall baptize you with the "Holy
Ghost and with fire:
17 Whose fan zs in his hand, and
he will throughly: purge his fleor,
and will “gather the wheat into his
garner; but the chaff he will burn
with fire unquenchable.
18 And many other things in his
exhortation preached he unto the
people.
19 But *Herod the tetrarch, being
reproved by him for Herodias his
brother Philip’s wife, and for all
the evils which Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that
he shut up 2John in prison.
The baptism of Jesus (Mt. 3.
13-17; Mk. 1. 9-11).
21 Now when all the people were
baptized, it came to pass, that
zJesus also being baptized, and
praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And the *Holy Ghost de-
scended in a bodily shape like a
dove upon him, and a voice came
from heaven, which said, "Thou art
my beloved Son; in thee I am well
pleased.
The genealogy of Mary, mother
of Jesus,
23 And Jesus himself began to be
about thirty years of age, being (as
was supposed) the son of Joseph,
which was the 1son of Heli,
| 24 Which was the son of Mat-
that, which was the son of Levi,
which was the son of Melchi,
1 In Matthew, where unquestionably we have the genealogy of Joseph, we are
told (1. 16) that Joseph was the son of Jacob.
called in Luke ‘“‘the son of Heli
both of Jacob and of Heli. B
that the natural explanation is
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2 He could notbe by natural generation the son
But in Luke it is not said that Heli begat Joseph, so
that Joseph was the son-in-law of Heli, who was,
3 25]
which was the son of Janna, which
was the son of Joseph,
25 Which was the son of Matta-
thias, which was the son of Amos,
which was the son of Naum, which
was the son of Esli, which was the
son of Nagge,
26 Which was the son of Maath,
which was the son of Mattathias,
which was the son of Semei, which
was the son of Joseph, which was
the son of Juda,
27 Which was the son of Joanna,
which was the son of Rhesa, which
was the son of Zorobabel, which
was the son of Salathiel, which
was the son of Neri,
28 Which was the son of Melchi,
which was the son of Addi, which
was the son of Cosam, which was
the son of Elmodam, which was
the son of Er,
29 Which was the son of Jose,
which was the son of Eliezer,
which was the son of Jorim, which
was the son of Matthat, which
was the son of Levi,
30 Which was the son of Simeon,
which was the son of Juda, which
was the son of Joseph, which was
the son of Jonan, which was the
sor of Eliakim,
31 Which was the son of Melea,
which was the son of Menan, which
was the son of Mattatha, which
was the son of Nathan, which was
the son of David,
32 Which was the son of Jesse,
which was the son of Obed, which
was the son of Booz, which was
the son of Salmon, which was the
son of Naasson,
33 Which was the son of Amina-
dab, which was the son of Aram,
which was the son of Esrom, which
was the son of Phares, which was
the son of Juda,
34 Which was the son of Jacob,
which was the son of Isaac, which
was the son of Abraham, which
was the son of Thara, which was
the son of Nachor,
35 Which was the son of Saruch,
which was the son of Ragau, which
was the son of Phalec, which was
the son of Heber, which was the
son of Sala,
36 Which was the son of Cainan,
Str. LUKE.
a Arphaxad.
Gen.10.22.
6 Holy Spirit.
vs.1,14,18;
Lk.11.13.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
c See Mt.4.1,
note.
d Lk.9.12-17.
e Jehovah.
Deut.8.3.
f Oikoumene
= inhabited
earth (Lk.
22):
g John 12.31;
14.30; 2 Cor.
4.4.
h Satan, Lk.
8.12. (Gen.
3.1; Rev.
20.10.)
? Deut.6.13;
10.20.
j Jehovah,
Deut.6.13.
k Psa.91.
11,12.
( Heb.1.4,
note.
m After Sa.
tan’s failure
to tempt the
Lord away
from the
Word, he
seeks to
tempt Him
by it. He
however mis-
quotes by
the omission
of ‘in all thy
ways” (Psa.
91.11). The
Lord’s
were those
marked out
for Him in
perfect de-
[40
which ‘was the son of *Arphaxad,
which was the son of Sem, which
was the son of Noe, which was the
son of Lamech,
37 Which was the son of Mathu-
sala, which was the son of Enoch,
which was the son of Jared, which
was the son of Maleleel, which was
the son of Cainan,
38 Which was the son of Enos,
which was the son of Seth, which
was the son of Adam, which was
the son of God.
CHAPTER 4,
The temptation of Christ (Mt. 4,
1-11; Mk. 1. 12, 13).
fe Jesus being full of the Holy
Ghost returned from Jordan,
and was led by the Spirit into the
wilderness,
2 Being forty. days ‘tempted of
the devil. And in those days he did
eat nothing: and when they were
ended, he afterward hungered.
3 And the devil said unto him, If
thou be the Son of God, ¢command
this stone that it be made bread.
4 And Jesus answered him, say-
ing, It is written, That man shall
not live by bread alone, but by
every word of “God.
5 And the devil, taking him up
into an high mountain, shewed unto
him all the kingdoms of the world
in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him,
All this power will I give thee, and
the glory of them: for that is
&delivered unto me; and to whom-
soever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship
me, all shall be thine. ;
8 And Jesus answered and said
unto him, Get thee behind me, /Sa-
tan: for it is written, ‘Thou shalt
worship the /Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve.
9 And he brought him to Jerusa-
lem, and set him ona pinnacle of the
temple, and said unto him, If thou
be the Son of God, cast thyself
down} from hence:
10 For itis written, *He shall give
his ‘angels charge over thee, mto,
keep thee:
11 And in their hands they shall
like himself, a descendant of David.
Heli’’ (“‘son” is not in the Greek, but
in accord with Jewish usage (cf. 1
1076
That he should in that case be called “son of
rightly supplied by the translators) would be
Sam. 24 16).
evitable that in Luke we have Mary’s genealogy;
because espoused to Heli’s daughter,
father, Heli, was descended from David.
The conclusion is therefore in-
and Joseph was ‘“‘son of Heli”
The genealogy in Luke is Mary’s, whose
4 12]
~ bear thee up, lest at any time thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
12 And Jesus answering said unto
him, It is said, ¢Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God.
13- And when the devil had ended
all the temptation, he departed
from him for a season.
Jesus returns to Galilee (Mt. 4.
12-16; Mk. 1. 14).
14 And Jesus returned in the
“power of the Spirit into Galilee:
and there went out a “fame of him
through all the region round about.
15 And he taught in their syna-
gogues, being glorified of all.
Jesus in the synagogue at
Nazareth.
16 And he lcame to ¢Nazareth,
where he had been brought up: and,
as his custom was, ‘he went into
the synagogue on the sabbath day,
and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto
him the book of the prophet Esaias.
And when he had opened the book, he
found the place whereit waswritten,
18 The Spirit of the “Lord is upon
me, because he hath anointed me
to preach the ‘gospel to the poor;
he hath sent me to heal the broken-
hearted, to preach deliverance to
the captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty
them that are bruised,
19 To preach the 2acceptable year
of the JLord.
20 And he closed the book, and he
gave it again to the minister, and
sat down. And the eyes of all
them that were in the synagogue
were fastened on him.
~ 21 And he began to say unto
them, This day is this scripture ful-
filled in your ears.
22 And all bare him witness, and
wondered at the “gracious words
which proceeded out of his mouth.
And they said, /Is not this Joseph’s
son?
23 And he said unto them, Ye will
surely say unto me this proverb,
Physician, heal thyself: whatso-
ever we have heard done in Caper-
naum, do also here in thy country.
St. LUKE.
A.D. 27.
a Deut.6.16.
b Jehovah.
Deut.6.16.
cv.1; Mt.4.12.
d Mt.4.24.
e Mt.13.54.
f v.15; Mk.
1.21; John
18.20.
g Inspiration.
vs.17-21,27;
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
hk Adonai Je-
hovah, Isa.
61.1.
1 Gospel. Lk.7.
22. (Gen.12.1-
3; Rev.14.6.)
j Jehovah.
Isa.61.1,2;
58.6.
k Psa.45.23 )
John 7.46.
1 Mt.13.55.
m John 4.44.
n 1 Ki.17.9;
18.1.
o 2 Ki.5.1,14.
> John 8.37,59;
10.31,39.
q John 8.26,28,
38,47; 12.49;
cf.Lk.8.25;
v.36.
r Mk.1.23.
s Cf.v.34, Lc.
¢ Miracles
(N.T.). vs.
33-36,38-40,
41; Lk.5.3-8.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
u V.32; Lk.8.
25; John 8.26.
v vs.14,15;
ME.1.28,45.
[4 3?
24 And he said, Verily I say unto
you, “No prophet is accepted in his
own country.
25 But I tell you of a truth, many
widows were in Israel in the ”days
of Elias, when the heaven was shut
up three years and six months,
when great famine was throughout
all the land;
26 But unto none of them was
Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city
_|of Sidon, unto a woman that was
a widow.
_27_And many lepers were in Israel
in the time of Eliseus the prophet;
and none of them was cleansed,
°saving Naaman the Syrian.
28 And all they in the synagogue,
when they heard these things, were
filled with wrath,
29 And rose up, and thrust him
out of the city, and led him unto
the brow of the hill whereon their
city was built, that they might cast
him down headlong.
30 But he passing through the
midst of them went his way,
Jesus goes to Capernaum, and
casts out demons (Mk. 1. 23-26).
31 And came down to Capernaum,
a city of Galilee, and taught them
on the sabbath days.
32 And they were astonished at
his doctrine: for ¢his word was
with power.
33 And in the *synagogue there
was a man, which had a spirit of an
Sunclean devil, and cried out with
a loud voice,
34 Saying, Let us alone; what
have we to do with thee, thou Jesus
of Nazareth? art thou come to
destroy us? I know thee who thon
art; the Holy One of God.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, say-
ing, Hold thy peace, and come out
of him. And when the devil had
thrown him in the midst, ‘he came
out of him, and hurt him not.
36 And they were all amazed, and
spake among themselves, saying,
“What a word is this! for with au-
thority and power he commandeth
the unclean spirits, and they come
out.
37 And the *fame of him went out
1 Our Lord visited Nazareth twice after beginning His public ministry. See Mt.
13. 54-58; Mk. 6. 1-6.
2 A comparison with the passage quoted, Isa. 61. 1, 2, affords an instance of the
exquisite accuracy of Scripture.
Jesus stopped at, ‘‘the acceptable year of the
Lord,” which is connected with the first advent and the dispensation of grace (Gen.
3. 15; Acts 1. 11, note)
: “the day of vengeance of our God” belongs to the secand
advent (Deut. 30. 3; Acts 1. 11, note) and judgment.
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4 38]
into every place of the country
round about.
Jesus heals Peter’s wife’s
mother, and many others
(Mt. 8. 14-17; Mk. 1. 29-38).
38 And he arose out of the syna-
gogue, and entered into Simon’s
house. And ¢Simon’s wife’s mother
was taken with a great fever; and
they besought him for her.
39 And he stood over her, and re-
buked the fever; and it left her:
and immediately she arose and
‘ministered unto them.
40 Now when the ‘sun was set-
ting, all they that had any sick
with divers diseases brought them
unto him; and he laid his hands on
every one of them, and healed
them.
41 And devils also came out of
many, crying out, and saying, Thou
art Christ the Son of God. ¢And| Mt.8.8.
he rebuking them suffered them), yy;-sctes
not to speak: for they knew that] a.T.)
a Mt.8.14;
Mx.1.29.
5 L&.8.2,3.
c Mt.8.16,17;
ME.1.32-34.
d Mxk.1.34.
e Mt.10.7;
Mk.1.38.
f Mt.4.18.
g Mt.13.2.
hk John 21.6.
¢ John 21.3,
j Psa.33.9;
. vs.
he was Christ. 3-8,12-15,
42 And when it was day, he de- Pitihe rs
parted and went into a desert place:| 8.2,3; Acts
and the people sought him, andj 28.8,9.)
came unto him, and stayed him,))\_
that he should not depart from
them. m John 21.7.
43 And he said unto them, I must}, >... Rom3
preach the kingdom of God to other|" $i"nese >
Cities also: ‘for therefore am I sent.
44 And he preached in the syna-|° ME4-195
gogues of Galilee.
p Mt.4.22; 19.
CHAPTER 5. 35; 10:28:31,
The miraculous draught of 59-62; John
fishes. (Cf. John 21. 6-8.) 12.265 14143
A 13.14;
/aNbs it came to pass, that, as the SARE
people pressed upon him to] Mk.1.40-45.
hear the word of God, he stood by 7 Tielenke
‘the lake of Gennesaret, Tiowing the
2 And saw two ships standing by
the lake: but the fishermen were
gone out of them, and were wash-
ing their nets.
3 And he entered into one of the
ships, which was Simon’s, and
prayed him that he would thrust
out a little from the land. And he
sat down, and Staught the people
out of the ship.
4 Now when he had left speaking,
he said unto Simon, Launch out
into the deep, and “let down your
nets for a draught.
5S And Simon answering said unto
him, Master, we have ‘toiled all the
night, and have taken nothing:
to heal,
seems to
willingness.
s Lev.14.4.
¢ Mt.14.23;
_——
St. LUKE.
question His
[5 18
nevertheless Jat thy word I will
let down the net. y
6 And when they: had this done,
they “inclosed a great multitude of”
fishes: and their net brake. :
7 And they beckoned unto their
partners, which were in the other
ship, that they should come and
help them. And they came, and
filled both the ships, so that they
‘began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw it, “he
feli down at Jesus’ knees, saying,
Depart from me; for I am a “sinful
man, O Lord.
9 For he was astonished, and all
that were with him, at the draught
of the fishes which they had taken:
10 And so was also James, and
John, the sons of Zebedee, which
were partners with Simon. And
Jesus said unto Simon, °Fear not;
from henceforth thou shalt catch
men.
11 And when they had brought
their ships to land, they ?forsook
all, and followed him.
| Jesus heals a Ieper (Mt. 8. 2-4;
Mk, 1. 40-44).
12 And it came to pass, when he
was in a certain city, behold a man
full of “leprosy: who seeing Jesus
fell on his face, and besought him,
saying, Lord, “if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean.
13. And he put forth Ais hand, and
touched him, saying, I will; be thou
clean. And immediately the lep-
27; Mk.8.34, |rosy departed from him.
14 And he charged him to tell no
man: but go, and shew thyself to the
priest, and offer for thy ‘cleansing,
according as Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them.
15 But so much the more went
there a fame abroad of him: and
great multitudes came together to
Lord's power |hear, and to be healed by him of
their infirmities.
16 And he withdrew himself into
the wilderness, ‘and prayed.
A paralytic healed (Mt. 9. 2-8:
Mk. 2. 1-12).
17 And it came to pass on a cer-
tain day, as he was teaching, that
there were Pharisees and doctors of
the law sitting by, which were come
out of every town of Galilee, and
Judea, and Jerusalem: and the
power.of the Lord was present to
heal them.
18 And, behold, men brought in a
bed a man which was taken witha
i
m1. ~
5 19]
Sr. LUKE.
[6 §
palsy: and they sought means to] _ A.D. 31. 32 I came not to call the right-
bring him in, and to lay him before eous, but °sinners to ’repentance.
him,
19 And when they could not find
by what way they might bring him
in “because of the multitude, they
went upon the housetop, and let
him down through the tiling with
his couch into the midst before
Jesus.
20 And when he saw “their faith,
he said unto him, Man, thy ¢sins
are forgiven thee.
21 And the scribes and the Phari-
sees began to reason, saying, Who
is this which speaketh “blasphe-
mies? JWho can forgive sins, but
God alone?
22 Butwhen Jesus perceived their
thoughts, he answering said unto
them, What reason ye in your
hearts?
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy
sins be forgiven thee; or to say,
Rise up and walk?
24 But that ye may &know that
the Son of man hath power upon
earth to forgive sins, (he said unto
the sick of the palsy,) “I say unto
thee, Arise, and take up thy couch,
and go into thine house.
25 And immediately he rose up
before them, and took up that
whereon he lay, and departed to
his own house, ‘glorifying God.
26 And they were all amazed, and
they ‘glorified God, and were filled
with fear, saying, We have seen
strange things to day.
The call of Matthew (Mt. 9. 9;
Mk, 2. 13, 14).
27 And after these things he went
forth, and saw a publican, named
Levi, sitting at the receipt of cus-
tom: and he said unto him, *Follow
me.
28 And he left all, rose up, and
followed him.
29 And Levi made him a ’great
feast in his own house: and there
was a great company of publicans
and of others that sat down with
them.
Jesus answers the scribes and
Pharisees (Mt. 9. 10-17; Mk. 2.
16-22).
30 But their scribes and Pharisees
murmured against his disciples,
saying, “Why do ye eat and drink
with publicans and *sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said unto
them, They that are whole need not
a physician; but they that are sick.
av.15; Mt.
13.2.
6 Mt.15.30;
17.17.
c MK.2.5.
d Sin. Rom.
3.23, note.
e John 10.33;
Mt.26.65.
f Lk.7.49;
John 9.31.
g Acts 2.22.
h Psa.33.9;
Mt.28.18,
7 Lk.17.15,18;
Acts 3.8.
7 Lk.7.16.
11; 9.23,59-
62; John 12.
26; 14.15; 21.
19,22.
21 Mt.9.10;
Mk.2.15.
m Lk.7.34;
15.2.
n Sin. Rom.
3.23, note.
o Rom.5.6,8;
1 Tim.1.15.
p Repentance.
Lk.10.13
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
gq Lk.7.33.
ry Lk.7.34.
s John 3.29.
t John 16.6,
20,22.
u Parables
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
vi.e. wine-
skins.
w Lk.14.1-6.
x 1 Sam.21.6.
y Ex.25.30,
note.
z Mt.12.8;
28
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33 And they said unto him, Why
do the disciples of John fast often,
and make prayers, and likewise
the disciples of the Pharisees; but
‘thine eat and drink?
34 And he said unto them, Can
ye make the children of the bride-
chamber fast, while ‘the bride-
groom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when
the ‘bridegroom shall be taken
away from them, and then shall
they fast in those days.
Parables of the garment and
bottles (Mt. 9.16, 17; Mk. 2.21, 22).
36 And he spake also a “parable
unto them; No man putteth a piece
of a new garment upon an old; if
otherwise, then both the new mak-
eth a rent, and the piece that was
taken out of the new agreeth not
with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine
into old "bottles; else the new wine
will burst the bottles, and be spilled,
and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into
new bottles; and both are pre-
served.
39 Noman also having drunk old
wine straightway desireth new: for
he saith, The old is better.
CHAPTER 6.
Jesus and the sabbath (Mt. 12.
1-8; Mk. 2. 24-28).
Age it came to pass on the sec-
ond sabbath after the first,
that he went through the corn
fields; and his disciples plucked the
ears of corn. and did eat, rubbing
them in their hands.
2 And certain of the Pharisees
said unto them, Why do ye that
which is not “lawful to do on the
sabbath days?
3 And Jesus answering them said,
Have ye not read so much as this,
what *David did, when himself was
an hungred, and they which were
with him;
4 How he wert into the house of
God, and did take and eat the
yshewbread, and gave also to them
that were with him; which it is not
lawful to eat but for the priests
alone?
5 And he said unto them, *That
the Son of man is Lord also of the
sabbath.
6 6]
The withered hand healed (Mt.|-
12. 9-14; Mk. 3. 1-6).
fp And it came to pass also on an-
other sabbath, that he “entered into
the synagogue and taught: and
there was a man whose right hand
was withered.
And the scribes and Pharisees
watched him, whether he would
heal on the sabbath day; that they
might find an “accusation against
him.
8 But he ‘knew their thoughts,
and said to the man which had the
withered hand, Rise up, and stand
forth in the midst. And he arose
and stood forth.
9 Then said Jesus unto them, I
will ask you one thing; 2Is it law-
a Mk.1.21;
Lk.4.15,16;
John 18.20.
b Lk.20.20.
¢ John 2.25,
d Mk.3.4.
e Miracles
ful on the sabbath days to do good, aN. aes oe 6
or to do evil? to save life, or to de-| 39° Games.
stroy it? Acts 28.8,9.)
10 And looking round about upon
them all, he said unto the man,|/Ps2-2-2-
Stretch forth thy hand. And hel, mr3.6.
did so: “and his hand was restored :
whole as the other. B tea
11 And they were filled with fmad-
ness; Sand communed one with an-| i E%ction ‘
other what they might do to Jesus. Jota 15.16.
Beut.7.6;
The twelve chosen (Mt. 10. 2-4;} 1 Pet.1.2.)
Mk. 3. 13-19). jMt4.25;
MK.3.7,8.
12 And it came to pass in those
days, that he went out into al’ Bea ee
‘mountain to pray, and continued! Lig.44.47."
all night in prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, he called] ’ L«-8.46.
unto him his disciples: and of} m Lx.16.25.
them he ‘chose twelve, whom also
he named apostles;
14 Simon, (whom he also named
Peter,) and Andrew his brother,
James and John, Philip and Bar-
tholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James
the son of Alpheus, and Simon
called Zelotes,
16 And Judas the brother of
James, and Judas Iscariot, which
also was the traitor.
17 And he came down with them,
and stood in the plain, and the
company of his disciples, and a
great Jmultitude of people out of all
Judea and Jerusalem, and from the
sea coast of Tyre ahd Sidon, which
came to hear him, and to be healed
of their diseases;
18 And they that were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were
healed.
19 And the
n Rom.12.20.
o Rom,12.14.
b Lk.23.34;
Acts 7.60.
qRom.13.10.
r 1 John 3.17.
s Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
tMt.5.46,47.
whole multitude
1080
Sr. LUKE.
sought to *touch him: for there
went ‘virtue out of him, and healed
them all.
The beatitudes.
(Mt. 5. 3-12.)
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his
disciples, and said, Blessed be ye
poor: for your’s is the kingdom of
God.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger
now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed
are ye that weep now: for ye shall
laugh.
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall
hate you, and when they shall sep-
arate you from their company,
and shall reproach you, and cast
out your name as evil, for the Son.
of man’s sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and
leap for joy: for, behold, your re-
ward is great in heaven: for in the
like manner did their fathers unto
the prophets.
24 But woe unto you that are
ich! for “ye have received your
consolation.
25 Woe unto you that are full!
for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you
that laugh now! for ye shall mourn
and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all men
shall speak well of you! for so did
their fathers to the false prophets.
27 But I say unto you which hear,
"Love your enemies, do good to
them which hate you,
28 °Bless them that curse you,
and ?pray for them which despite-
fully vse you.
29 And unto him that smiteth
thee on the one cheek offer also the
other; and him that ¢taketh away
thy cloke forbid not #o take thy
coat also.
30 Give to eyery man that asketh
of thee; and of him that taketh
away thy goods ask them not again.
31 And as ye would that men
should do to you, do ye also to
them likewise.
32 For if ye love them which love
you, what thank have ye? for Ssin-
ners also ‘love those that love
them.
33 And if ye do good to them
which do good to you, what thank
have ye? for sinners also do even
the same. j
34 And if ye lend to them of
whom ye hope to receive, what
thank have ye? for sinners also lend
to sinners, to receive as much again.
35 But love ye your enemies, and
6 36}
Sr. LUKE.
[7 12
Dibel aupeik (ochenmahes eer Gracey tae Strode
®do good, and lend, hoping for noth-
ing again; and your reward shall be
great, and ye shall be the children
of the Highest: ‘for he is kind unto
the unthankful and fo the evil.
36 ¢Be ye therefore merciful, as
your Father also is merciful.
37 ¢Judge not, and ye shall not be
judged: condemn not, and ye shall
not be condemned: fforgive, and ye
shall be forgiven:
38 &Give, and it shall be given
unto you; good measure, pressed
down, and shaken together, and
Tunning over, shall men give into
your bosom. “For with the same
measure that ye mete withal it shall
be measured to you again.
39 And he spake a ‘parable unto
them, JCan the blind lead the blind?
shall they not both fall into the
ditch?
40 *#The disciple is not above his
master: but every one that is per-
fect shall be as his master.
41 And why /beholdest thou the
mote that is in thy brother’s eye,
but perceivest not the beam that
is in thine own eye?
42 Either how canst thou say to
thy brother, Brother, let me pull
out the mote that is in thine eye,
when thou thyself beholdest not the
beam that is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, cast out “first the
beam out of thine own eye, and then
shalt thou see clearly to pull out the
mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
43 For a “good tree bringeth not
forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a
rorrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44 For every tree is known by
his own fruit. For of thorns men
do not gather figs, nor of a bramble
bush gather,they grapes.
45 A good man out of the good
treasure of his heart bringeth forth
that which is good; and an evil
man out of the evil treasure of his
heart bringeth forth that which is
evil: for of the abundance of the
heart 2his mouth speaketh.
46 And why call ye me, %Lord,
Lord, and do not the things which
I say?
Parable of the house built on
the rock (Mt. 7. 24-27).
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and
heareth my sayings, and ‘doeth
them, I will shew you to whom he
is like:
48 ‘He is like a man which built
an house, and digged ‘deep, and laid
the foundation on a “rock: and
a Heb.13.16.
6 Rewards.
1-Cor.3.8.
(Dan.12.3;
1 Cor.3.14.)
c Mt.5.45.
d Eph.4.32;
1 Pet.3.9.
e Rom.14.4,
1 Cor.4.5.
f Mt.18.21,22,
g Prov.28.27;
2 Cor.8.1,
note.
h Law (of
Christ).
vs.27-38;
John 13.34
i Parables
(N.7.)-
vs.39,47-49.
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
j Mt.15.14;
23.16.
k Mt.10.24;
John 15.20.
1Mt.7.3.
m Gal.6.4.
n Mt.7.17,18;
12.33; Jas.3.
12.
o Mt.12.33,34.
p Prov.15.2,28;
16.23; 18.21;
Jas.3.10.
q Mt.25.11,12;
Lk.13.25;
cf. 1 Cor.12.3.
r Mt.7.24-27;
John 14.21;
Jas.1.22-25.
s Parables
(N.T.). vs.47-
49; Lk.7.
41-48. (Mt.5.
13-16; Lk.21.
29-31.)
tMt.13.5.
u 1 Cor.3.11.
v Psa.32.6.
w1 John 2.17.
x Prov.1.29-31.
y Mt.8.5-13.
z Acts 10.22.
a Psa.33.9; 107.
20; Lk.4.36;
John 5.24;
11.43.
b Mt.15.28.
\c Miracles
(N.T.).
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9:)
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when the *flood arose, the stream
beat vehemently upon that house,
and “could not shake it: for it was
founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth
not, is like a man that without a
foundation built an house upon the
earth; against which the stream did
beat vehemently, and immediately
it fell; and the *ruin of that house
was great
CHAPTER 7.
The centurion’s servant healed
Mt. 8. 5-13).
OW when he had ended all his |
sayings in the audience of the
people, he entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain Ycenturion’s ser-
vant, who was dear unto him, was
sick, and ready to die.
3) And when he heard of Jesus, he
sent unto him the elders of the Jews,
beseeching him that he would come
and heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Jesus,
they besought him instantly, say-
ing, That he was “worthy for whom
he should do this:
5 For he loveth our nation, and
he hath built us a synagogue.
6 Then Jesus went with them.
And when he was now not far from
the house, the centurion sent friends
to him, saying unto him, Lord, trou-
ble not thyself: for I am not worthy
bea thou shouldest enter under my
roof: .
7 Wherefore neither thought I
myself worthy to come unto thee.
but ¢say in a word, and my servant
shall be healed.
8 For I also am a man set under
authority, having under me soldiers,
and I say unto one, Go, and he go-
eth; and to another, Come, and he
cometh; and to my servant, Do
this, and he doeth 7¢.
9 When Jesus heard these things,
he Smarvelled at him, and turned
him about, and said unto the people ,
that followed him, I say unto you,
I have not found so great faith, no,
not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, re-
turning to the house, found the ser-
vant ‘whole that had been sick,
The widow’s son raised.
11 And it came to pass the day
after, that he went into a city called
Nain; and many of his disciples
went ‘with him, and much people.
12 Now when he came nigh to the
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gate of the city, behold, there was
a dead man carried out, the only
son of his mother, and she was a
widow: and much people of the
city was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he
had compassion on her, and said
unto her, “Weep not.
14. And he came and touched the
bier: and they that bare Aim stood
still. And he said, Young man, I
say unto thee, Arise.
15 And ¢he that was dead ‘sat up,
and began to speak. And he deliv-
ered him to his mother.
16 And there came a fear on all:
and they “glorified God, saying,
That a great prophet is risen up
among us; and, “That God hath
visited his people.
17 And this rumour of him went
forth throughout all Judea, and
throughout al! the region round
about.
18 And the disciples of John
fshewed him of all these things.
John the Baptist sends disciples
to question Jesus (Mt. 11. 2-6).
19 And John calling unto him
two of his disciples sent them to
Jesus, saying, Art thou he that
should come? or look we for
another?
20 When the men were come unto
him, they said, John Baptist hath
sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou
he that should come? or look we
for another?
21 And in that. same hour he
cured many oftheir infirmities and
plagues, and of evil spirits; and
unto many that were blind he
gave sight.
22 Then Jesus answering said unto
them, Go your way, and &tell John
what things ye have seen and
heard; how that the blind see, the
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear, the "dead are raised,
to the poor the ‘gospel is preached,
23 And Jblessed is he, whosoever
shall not be offended in me.
Jesus’ testimony to John the
Baptist (Mt. 11. 7-15).
24 And when the messengers of
John were departed, he began to
speak unto the people concerning
John, What went ye out into
the ‘wilderness for to see? ™A reed
shaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye out for to
see? A man ciothed in “soft rai-
ment? Behold, they which are
St. LUKE.
A.D. 31. °
a Lk.8.52;
John 11.35,
b Mt.11.5;
Lk.8.54,55;
John 11.44.
c Resurrec-
tion. vs.11-
15; Lk.14.13,
14. (Job 19.
on 1 Cor.15.
d LK.5.26.
e Lk.1.68.
f Mt.11.2.
g v.21;
Isa.61.1-3,
h vs.14,15.
4 Gospel.
Lk.9.6.
(Gen.12.1-3;
Rev.14.6.)
j Mt.16.17;
1 Pet.2.8.
k Having gent-
ly removed
His servant’s
doubt, the
Lord bears
witness to
him before
others: He
knows when
to reprove,
and where,
and when, to
praise.
7Mt.3.1.
m Mt.11.7-11.
n Mt.3.4;
ME.1.6.
o Mal.3.1,
p See Mt.11.11.
q Mt.3.6,11; 21.
32; Lk.3.12.
r Mt.21.23-25.
sLk.1.15.
t v.36;
Lk.15.2.
u Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
v 1 Cor.1.21-24.
w Lk.14.1,
xi.e. in the
sense of
unchaste.
y Mk.14,3.
2 Isa.52.7.
@1 Cor.11.15.
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: oa
gorgeously apparelled, and live deli-
*
‘\cately, are in kings’ courts. i
26 But what went ye out for to
see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto
you, and much more than a prophet.
27 This is he, of whom it is writ-
ten, °Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare
thy way before thee.
28 For I say unto you, Among
those that are born of women there
is not a greater prophet than John
the Baptist: but ?he that is least in
the kingdom of God is greater
than he.
29 And all the people that heard
him, and the publicans, justified
God, being %baptized with the bap-
tism of John.
Jesus exposes the unreason of
unbelief (Mt. 11. 16-19).
30 But the *Pharisees and law-
yers rejected the counsel of God
against themselves, being not bap-
tized of him.
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto
then shall I liken the men of this
Banon: and to what are they
e
32 They are like unto children sit-
ting in the marketplace, and calling
one to another, and saying, We
have piped unto you, and ye have
not danced: we have mourned to
you, and ye have not wept.
33 For Johr the Baptist came
Sneither eating bread nor drinking
wine; and ye gay, He hath a devil.
_34 The Son of man is come ‘eat-
ing and drinking; and ye say,
Behold a gluttonous man, and a
winebibber, a friend of publicans
and “sinners!
35 But *wisdom is justified of all
her children.
Jesus in the Pharisee’s house.
36 And one of the “Pharisees de-
sired him that he would eat with
him. And he went into the Phari-
see’s house, and sat down to meat.
37 And, behold, a woman in the
city, which was a “sinner, when
she knew that Jesus sat at meat in
the Pharisee’s house, brought an
yalabaster box of ointment,
38 And stood at his “feet behind
him weeping, and began to wash
his feet with tears, and did wipe
them with the hairs of her head,
and kissed his feet, and anointed
them with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee which
had bidden him saw it, he spake
ah Fo
“ue
7 40]
within himself, saying, ?This man,
if he were a prophet, would have
known who and what manner of
woman this 1s that toucheth him:
for she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said unto
him, Simon, I have somewhat to
say unto thee. And he saith, Mas-
ter, say on.
Parable of the creditor and two
debtors,
41 >There was a certain creditor
which had two debtors: the one
owed five hundred pence, and the
other fifty.
42 And when they had nothing to
pay, he ‘frankly forgave them both.
Tell me therefore, which of them
will love him most?
43 Simon answered and said, I
suppose that’ he, to whom he for-
gave most. And he said unto him,
Thou hast rightly judged.
44 And he turned to the woman,
and said unto !Simon, Seest thou
this woman? I entered into thine
house, thou gavest me no water for
my feet: but she hath washed my
feet with tears, and wiped them
with the hairs of her head.
45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but
this woman since the time I came
in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 2My head with oil thou didst
not anoint: but this woman hath
anointed my feet with ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee,
Her sins, which are many, are “for-
given; for she loved much: but to
whom little is forgiven, the same
loveth little.
48 And he said unto her, Thy sins
are forgiven.
49 And they that sat at meat
with him began to say within them-
selves, {Who is this that forgiveth
sins also?
50 And he said to the woman,
Thy faith hath saved thee; go in
peace.
CHAPTER 8.
Jesus preaches and heals in
Galilee.
A it came to pass afterward,
that he went ‘throughout
1 See Jas. 2. 14-26.
He points to her works, for only
her faith; but when He would send the wo
See Tit. 2. 14; 3. 4-8.
faith, not her works.
liever his own ground of assurance,
(Isa..32.
Mt. 7. 22, 23). See “Assurance”
St. LUKE.
A.D. 31.
a Lk.15.2;
19.7.
b Parables
(N.T.). vs.41-
48; Lk.8.4-15.
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
c Rom.5.15,16;
Eph.1.7.
d Psa.23,5.
e Forgiveness.
vs.47-49; Lk.
17.3,4. (Lev.
4.20; Mt.26.
28.)
f Mt.9.3-6.
g Faith. Lk.8.
50. (Gen.3.
20; Heb.11,
39.)
h Mk.1.38.
i Mt.27.55.
j Mt.14.1, refs.
k Parables
(N.T.). vs.
4-15,16-18;
Lk.10,30-37.
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
1 Mt.13.3-8;
M«.4.3-8.
m Mt.11.15;
13.9; Mk.4.
9; Rev.2.7.
n Mt.13.11,
note,
o Isa.6.9,30;
Acts 28,.26,27.
p 1 Pet.1.23.
qSatan. Lk.
10.18. (Gen.3.
1; Rev.20.10.)
7 Cf.v.15.
s Rom.1,16,
note.
t Temptation.
Lk.10.25,
(Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.14.)
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every city and village, preaching
and shewing the glad tidings of the
kingdom of God: and the twelve
were with him,
2 And ‘certain women, which had
been healed of evil spirits and in-
firmities, Mary called Magdalene,
out of whom went seven devils,
3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza
jJHerod’s steward, and Susanna, and
many others, which ministered unto
him of their substance.
Parable of the sower (Mt. 13.
1-23; Mk. 4. 1-20).
4 And when much people were
gathered together, and were come
to him out of every city, he spake
by a parable:
5 A /sower went out to sow his
seed: and as he sowed, some fell by
the way side; and it was trodden
down, and the fowls of the air de-
voured it,
6 And some fell upon a rock; and
as soon as it was sprung up, it
withered away, because it lacked
moisture,
7 And some fell among thorns;
and the thorns sprang up with it,
and choked it.
8 And other fell on good ground,
and sprang up, and bare fruit an
hundredfold. And when he had
said these things, he cried, "He
that hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
9 And his disciples asked him,
see, What might this parable
e
b
10 And he said, Unto you it is
given to know the "mysteries of the
kingdom of God: but to others in
parables; that °seeing they might
not see, and hearing they might
not understand.
11 Now the parable is this: The
seed is the word of God.
12 Those by the way side are they
that hear; then cometh the ¢@devil,
and taketh away the word out of
their “hearts, lest they should be-
lieve and be ‘saved.
13 They on the rock are they,
which, when they hear, receive the
word with joy; and these have no
root, which for a while believe, and
in time of ‘temptation fall away.
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When Jesus would justify the woman in the eyes of Simon,
through her works could Simon see the proof of
man away in peace, He points to her
His own works can never be to the be-
which must rest upon the work of Christ (cf.
17; Jude 1).
§ 14]
St. LUKE.
14 And that which fell among
thorns are they, which, when they :
have heard, go forth, and are|¢ eee x
choked with cares and “riches and| jo’ 3
pleasures of this life, and bring no], p.a.32.2,5.
fruit to perfection. ¢ Jas.1.22.
15 But that on the good ground); Rom.27;
are they, which in an honest and| Heb.10.36;
good heart, having cheard the word,} Jas.5.7,8.
keep it, and bring forth fruit with Cpeetteg
A.D. 31.
dpatience. Lieil.33,
G Cor.3.2;
Parable of the lighted candle |f Puioas ae
(Mt. 5.15, 16; Mik. 421-23; Lie. 11.33).| ont 19-267
16 No man, when he hath lighted ee
a ‘candle, covereth it with a vessel,| 9 Gor's76.
‘or putteth it under a bed; but set-},, y4¢.13.12:
teth it on a candlestick, that they] 25.29; Mk.
which enter in may Jsee the light.| 4-24,25.
17 For &énothing is secret, that Bre eee
shall not be made manifest; neither] . eat eee
any thing hid, that shall not bel? 7 y3pn°9.5.
known and come abroad. k Mt.8; 23.
18 “Take heed therefore how ye] Mk.4.35-41.
hear: for whosoever hath, to him] 7 mt.s.24;
shall be given; and whosoever hath] Mk.4.38.
not, from him shall be taken even] Miracles
that which he seemeth to have. QT’). vs.
22-25,26-33,
The new relationships (Mt. 12.
46-50; Mk. 3. 31-35).
19 Then came to him Ais ‘mother
and his brethren, and could not
come at him for the press.
20 And it was told him by cer-
tain which said, Thy mother and
thy brethren stand without, de-
siring to see thee.
21 And he answered and said unto
them, My mother and my brethren
are these which shear the word of
God, and do it.
Jesus stills the waves (Mt. 8.
23-27; Mk. 4. 36-41).
22 Now it came to pass.on a cer-
tain day, that *he went into a ship
with his disciples: and he said unto
them, Let us go over unto the other
side of the lake. And they launched
forth. b
23 But as they sailed he /fell
asleep: and there came down a
storm of wind on the lake; and they
were filled with water, and were in
jeopardy.
24 And they came to him, and
awoke him, saying, Master, master,
we perish. Then he arose, and re-
buked the wind and the raging of
the water: and they ceased, and
there was a calm.
25 And he said unto them,
"Where is your faith? And they
being afraid wondered, saying one
gq Gen.3.7-11.
r Prov.21.16.
s Mk.1.23,24;
Jas.2.19.
t Gen.14.19,
u Rom.8.7.
v Gen.32.27;
1 John 1.9,
w Rev.20.1-3.
x Lk.15.15;
2 Pet. 2.22.
y Mt.11.28;
see v.41, refs.
2 Phil.3.9.
a2 Tim-1.7.
demns them;
¢ Acts 16.39.
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to another, “What manner of man is
this! for he commandeth even the
winds and water, and they obey him.
Demons cast out of the maniac
of gece (Mt. 8. 28-34;. Mk.
5. 1-17).
26 And they arrived at the coun-
try of the Gadarenes, which is over
against Galilee.
27 And when he went forth to
land, there met him out of the city
a certain man, which had devils
jlong time, and 2%ware no clothes,
neither abode in any house, but in
the *tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried
out, and fell down before him, and
with a loud voice said, SWhat have
I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son
of God ‘most high? I beseech thee,
torment me not,
29 (For he had commanded the
unctean spirit to come out of the
man. For oftentimes it had caught
him: and he was kept bound with
chains and in fetters; and he “brake
the bands, and was driven of the
devil into the wilderness.)
30 And Jesus asked him, saying,
’What is thy name? And he said,
Legion: because many devils were
encered into him.
31 And they besought him that he
would not command them to go out
into the “deep,
32 And there was there an herd
of many swine feeding on'the moun-
tain: and they besought him that
he would suffer them to enter into
them. And he suffered them.
33 Then went the devils out of
the man, and entered into the
*swine: and the herd ran violently
down a steep place into the lake,
and were choked.
34 When they that fed them saw
what was done, they fled, and went
and told zt in the city and in the
country.
35 Then they went out to see what
was done; and came to Jesus, and
found the man, out of whom the
devils were departed, »sitting at the
feet of Jesus, “clothed, and 4in his
right mind: and they were afraid.
36 They also which saw it told
them by what means he that was
possessed of the devils was healed.
37 Then the whole multitude of
the country of the Gadarenes round
about %besought him to ‘depart
.|from them; for they were taken
with great fear: and he went up into
the ship, and returned back again.
~ 8 38}
38 Now the man out of whom the
devils were departed °besought
him that he might be with him: but
Jesus sent him away, saying,
39 Return to thine own house,
and shew how great things God
St. LUKE.
__AD.31. _|house, he ‘suffered no man to go in,
save Peter, and James, and John,
a LE.18.43;
hath done unto thee. And he went|, Persian”
his way, and published throughout| Mt.11.20
the whole city how great things| with John
Jesus had done unto him. vie At
A woman healed: Jairus’ daugh-|° its. a oe
ter raised (Mt. 9. 18-26; Mk. 5.|d John 7.48
22-43). 2 Mt.28.9;
Mk.7.25;
40 And it came to pass, that,| L&-7-38; 8.
when Jesus was returned, the peo- fe et BAL
ple gladly received him: for they] 32:
were all waiting for him. iL 10.37.22;
41 And, behold, there came a man Fe
named ‘Jairus, and he was a “ruler
of the synagogue: and he @fell down!
at Jesus’ feet, and besought him)
that he would come into his house:
42 For he had one only /daughter,,
about twelve years of age, and she
Slay a dying. But as he went the
people thronged him.
43 And awoman having an “issue
of blood twelve years, which had
tspent all her living upon physi-
cians, neither could be healed of
any,
44 Came behind Aim, and
Jtouched the border of his garment:
and immediately her issue of blood
stanched.
45 And Jesus said, Who touched
me? When all denied, Peter and’
they that were with him said, Mas-
ter, the multitude “throng thee and| ,
press. thee, and sayest thou, Who
touched me?
46 And Jesus said, Somebody
hath touched me: for I perceive
that ‘virtue is gone out of me.
47 And when the woman saw that
she was not hid, she came trem-|
bling, and falling down before him,
she “declared unto him before all
the people for what cause she had
touched him, and how she was
healed immediately.
48 And he said unto her, Daugh-
ter, be of good comfort: "thy faith
hath made thee whole; °go in peace.
49 While he yet spake, there com-
eth one from the ruler of the syna-
gogue’s house, saying to him, Thy
daughter is ¢dead; trouble not the
Master. ,
50 But when Jesus heard it, he
answered him, saying, 2Fear not:
rbelieve only, and she shall be made
whole.
51 And when he came into the
& Lev.15.19.
t Rom.10.3;
Gal.3.21.
j Lk.5.13;
Rom.4.4,5.
k Mt.11.20;
Lk.13.25.
7 Mt.15.28;
Lk.5.17.
m Rom.10.10.
rn Lk.7.50.
o John 8.11.
p John 11.21;
cf.Ezk.37
ab ae
q John 11.39,
0.
40.
r Faith. Lk.
17.5,6.. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.
11.39.)
s Mt.26.37;
ME.13.3;
Lk.9.28.
t John 11.11-
John 11.43;,
cf.John 5.
25,28.
© 1 Peti22%
y Mt.8.4; 9.
30; Mk.5.43.
2 Mt.10.1;
Mk.6.7
6.7.
a Cf.Mt.10.9,
note.
b Lk.10.4; 22.
35; 3 John 5-
3; 1 Cor
9.7,14.
c John 13.20;
Acts 13.51.
d Gospel. Lk.
20.1. (Gen.
12.1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
é Also v.9. See
Mt.14.1, ref.
f Lk.23.8.
g MK.6.30.
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[9 10
and the father and the mother of
the maiden.
52 And all wept, and bewailed
her: but. he. said, Weep. not; she is
not dead, but ‘sleepeth.
53 And ‘they laughed him to'scorn,
knowing that she was dead.
54 And he put them all out, and
took her by the “hand, and called,
saying, ’Maid, “arise.
55 And her spirit carne again, and
she arose straightway: and he com-
manded to *give her meat.
5@ And her parents were aston-
ished: but Yhe charged them that
Seed should tell no man what was
lone.
CHAPTER 9.
The twelve sent forth to preach
(Mt. 10. 1-42. Cf. Mk. 6. 7-13).
HEN he called his 2twelve dis-
ciples together, and gave them
power and authority over all devils,
and to cure diseases.
2 And he sent them to preach the
corm of God, and to heal the
sic
3 And he said unto them, *Take
bnothing for your journey, neither
staves, nor scrip, neither bread,
neither money; neither have two
coats. apiece.
4 And whatsoever house ye enter
into, there abide, and thence
depart.
5 And whosoever will not ‘receive
you, when ye go out of that city,
shake off the very dust from your
feet for a testimony against them.
6 And they departed, and went
through the towns, preaching the
dgospel, and healing every where.
7 Now ‘Herod the tetrarch heard
of all that was done by him: and he
was perplexed, because that it was
said of some, that John was risen
from the dead;
8 And of some, that Elias had ap-
peared; and of others, that one of
the old prophets was risen again.
9 And Herod said, John have i
beheaded: but who is this, of whom
I hear such things? fAnd he de-
sired to see him.
The apostles return: the five
thousand fed (Mt. 14. 13-21;
Mk. 6. 30-44; John 6, 1-14).
10 And the apostles, when they
were returned, told him all that
they had-done. And he took them,
}
and ¢went aside privately into a
desert place belonging to the city
called Bethsaida.
11 And the people, when they
knew it, followed him: and he re-
ceived them, and “spake unto them
of the kingdom of God, and healed
them that had ‘need of healing.
12 And when the day began to
wear away, then came the twelve,
and said unto him, @Send the mul-
titude away, that they may go into
the towns and country round about,
and lodge, and get victuals: for we
are here in a desert place.
13 But he said unto them, Give ye
them to eat. And they said, We
have no more but é¢five loaves and
two fishes; except we should go
and buy meat for all this people.
14 For they were about five thou-
sand men. And he said to his dis-
ciples, Make them ‘sit down by
fifties in a company.
15 And they did so, and made
them all sit down.
16 Then he took the five loaves
and the two fishes, and looking up
to heaven, he blessed them, and
brake, and gave to the disciples to
set before the multitude.
17 And they did eat, and 4were all
filled: and there was taken up of
‘fragments that remained to them
twelve baskets.
Peter’s confession of Christ (Mt.
16. 13-20; Mk. 8. 27-30).
18 And it came to pass, as he was
alone Jpraying, his disciples were
with him: and he asked them, say-
ing, ‘Whom say the people that
I am?
19 They answering said, John the
Baptist; but some say, Elias; and
others say, that one of the old
prophets is risen again.
20 He said unto them, But whom
say ye that I am? /Peter answering
said, The Christ of God.
21 And he straitly charged them,
and commanded them to tell no
man that thing;
Jesus foretells his death and res-
urrection (Mt. 16. 21; Mk. 8. 31).
22 Saying, The Son of man must
suffer many things, and be rejected
of the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be slain, and be ”raised
the third day.
The test of discipleship (Mt.
16. 22-28; Mk. 8. 32-38).
23 And he said to them all, “If
9 11
@ Mt.12.15; 14.13,
14.
5 Lk. 4,43.
¢ Lk.4.40; Rom.5.
20. Wherever
there is need
acknowledged
the Lord is ready
to meet it. Men
might have put
the bodily need
of healing first,
since that is
keenly felt.
Spiritual need Is
often the greatest
where there is
the least con-
sciousness of it;
cf.Rev.3.17.
d Mt.14.15-21;
Mk.6.35-44;
John 6.5-13.
€1 Cor.1.27,28.
Ff Rom.4.5.
9 Prov.10.22; Lk.
22.19; 24.30.
h Miracles
(N.T,). vs.12-17,
37-42; Lk.11.14,
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
42 Ki,4.42-44;
Eph.3.18,19.
3 vs.28,29; Lk.3.
21; 5,16; 6.12;
11.1; 22.40-46;
23.34.
k Mt.16.13-20;
Mk.8.27-30.
UJohn 6.68.
m Lk.24.6,7,46.
n Mt.10.38; 16.
24-28; Mk.8.
34-38; cf.Phil.3.
10.
© John 12.25,26;
Acts 20.24.
P Lk.12.15-21;
16.19-31.
@i.e. earth.
7 Mt.10.32,33;
Rom.1.16.
8 Heb.11.16.
¢ Mt.25.31.
u Sanctify, holy
(persons)
(N.T.). John 10.
36, (Mt.4.5; Rev.
22.11.)
v Heb.1.4, note.
w2 Pet.1.16-18,
z See Mt.17.2,
note on the
transfiguration.
vv.18.
z2 Cor.4.6; Heb.2.
9.
@ Mt.18.16.
6 Or, departure.
"Lk. 22.45,46.
d Contra, vs.19,20.
¢ Mt.20.21,22;
John 14.8-11,
Ff Ex.13.21;
Acts 1.9.
9 Mt.3.17; Lk.3,22;
John 5.36,37;
12.28-30.
hy.21; Mt.17.9,
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St. LUKE.
any man will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his
cross daily, and follow me.
24 For whosoever will °save his
life shall lose it: but whosoever
will lose his life for my sake, the
same shall save it.
25 For what is a man ?advan-
taged, if he gain the whole ¢%world,
and lose himself, or be cast
6 ve h hall be.
or whosoever sha a=
shamed of me and of my Bane a
of him shall the Son of man be
Sa when he shall ‘come in fl
s own glory, and in hrs Father’s,
and of the “holy “angels.
The transfiguration (Mt. 17. 1-8;
Mk. 9. 2-8).
27 But I tell you of a truth, there
be “some standing here, which shall
not taste of death, till they see the
kingdom of God.
28 And it came to pass about an
eight days after these sayings, he
took Peter and John and James,
and went up into a mountain to
pray.
29 And as he prayed, the #fash-
ion of his countenance was altered,
and his raiment was white and glis-
tering.
30 And, behold, there talked with
him @two men, which were Moses
and Elias:
31 Who appeared in glory, and
spake of his decease which he
should accomplish at Jerusalem.
32 But Peter and they that were
with him were heavy with ‘sleep:
and when they were awake, they
saw his glory, and the two men
that stood with him.
33 And it came to pass, as
they departed from him, Peter
said unto Jesus, Master, it is
good for usto be here: and let us
make ¢three tabernacles; one for
thee, and one for Moses, and one
for Elias: ‘not knowing what he
said.
34 While he thus spake, there
came a ‘cloud, and overshadowed
them: and they feared as they en-
tered into the cloud.
35 And there came a voice out of
the cloud, saying, This is my be-
loved Son: hear him.
36 And when the voice was past,
Jesus was found alone. And they
hkept it close, and told no man in
those days any of those things
which they had seen.
"5
% r
9:37]
St. LUKE.
The powerless disciples. De-|__4-D-32-__
mon cast out of a child (Mt.
17. 14-21; Mk. 9. 14-29). aivastaysie
Mk.9.14."
37 And it came to pass, that on
the next day, when they were ?come
down from the hill, much people
met him.
38 And, behold, a man of the
company cried out, saying, Master,
I beseech thee, look upon my son:
for he is mine “only child.
39 And, lo, a ‘spirit taketh him,
and he suddenly crieth out; and it
teareth him that he foameth again,
and bruising him hardly departeth
from him.
40 And I besought thy ¢disciples
to cast him out; and they could
not.
41 And Jesus answering said, O
faithless and perverse generation,
how long shail I be with you,
and suffer you? Bring thy son
hither.
42 And as he was ‘yet a coming,
the devil threw him down, and tare
him. And Jesus rebuked the un-
clean spirit, and healed the child,
and delivered him again to his
father.
43 And they were all amazed at
&the mighty power of God. But
while they wondered every one at
all things which Jesus did, he said
unto his disciples,
Jesus again foretells his death
(Mt. 17. 22, 23; Mk. 9. 30-32).
44 Let these sayings “sink down
into your ears: for the Son of man
shall be delivered into the hands of
men.
45 But they understood not this
saying, and it was hid from them,
that they perceived it not: and
they feared to ask him of that
saying.
The sermon on the child (Mt.
18. 1-5; Mk. 9. 33-37).
46 Then there arose a ‘reasoning
among them, which of them should
be greatest. ;
47 And Jesus, ‘perceiving the
thought of their heart, took a
kchild, and set him by him,
48 And said unto them, ‘Whoso-
ever shall receive this child in my
mame receiveth me: and whoso-
ever shall receive me _ receiveth
him that sent me: for he that is
mleast among you all, the same
shall be great.
[9 62
6 Gen.22.2;
Lk.7.12; cf.
John 3.16.
c Mt.15.22;
Lk.8.27.
dv.1.
e John 14.12.
f Lk.8.49,
g Or, the
majesty of
God.
h v.31;Mt.
digeaes
+ Mt.18.1-6;
Mx.9.33-37;
Lk.22.24-27.
j John 2.24,25.
k little child.
Lk.18.17.
1 Mt.10.40;
18.5; Mk.9.
37; John 12,
44; 13.20.
m 1 Cor.15.9;
Phil.2.3-11;
Eph.3.8.
n Num.11.26-
30; Mk.9.38-
40; 1 Cor.3.5.
o Mt.10.42;
Lk.11.23;
Phil.1.15-18.
p 1sa.50.7;
Mt.26.53,54;
Heb.12.2.
q John 4.5,9.
ry.30; 2 Ki.
1.10,12.
s Lk.19,10;
John 12.47.
tv.23; Mt.8.
19,20.
u Or, roosting-
places.
v Lk.2.7; 8.23;
1 Cor.4.11.
w Mt.8.22.
x Mt.8.21;
Lk.18.28-30.
y 1 Ki.19.20,21.
z Acts 15.37,
38; 2 Tim.4.
10,11.
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The rebuke of sectarianism
_ (Mk. 9. 38-40).
49 And John answered and said,
Master, we saw one casting out
devils in thy name; and we forbad
him, because he “followeth not
with us.
50 And Jesus said unto him, For-
bid Arm not: for °he that is not
against us is for us.
The new spirit of grace: final
departure from Galilee. (Cf.
John 7, 2-10.)
51 And it came to pass, when the
time was come that he should be
received up, he %stedfastly set his
face to go to Jerusalem,
52 And sent messengers before
his face: and they went, and entered
into a village of the Samaritans, to
make ready for him.
53 And ¢they did not receive him,
because his face was as though he
would go to Jerusalem.
54 And when his disciples James
and John saw this, they said, Lord,
wilt thou that we command “fire to
come down from heaven, and con-
sume them, even as Elias did?
55 But he turned, and rebuked
them, and said, Ye know not what
manner of spirit ye are of.
56 For the ‘Son of man is not
come to destroy men’s lives, but to
save them. And they went to an-
other village.
Another test of discipleship
(Mt. 8, 18-22).
57 And it came to pass, that, as
they went in the way, a ‘certain
man said unto him, Lord, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou
goest.
58 And Jesus said unto him,
Foxes have holes, and birds of the
air have “nests; but the Son of man
*hath not where to lay his head.
59 And he said unto another,
~Follow me. But he said, Lord,
suffer me first to go and *bury my
father.
60 Jesus said unto him, Let the
dead bury their dead: but go thou
and preach the kingdom of God.
61 And another also said, Lord, I
will follow thee; but let me first go
Ybid them farewell, which are at
home at my house.
62 And Jesus said unto him, No
man, having put his hand to the
plough, and looking back, is fit for
the kingdom of God.
bs ; a
10 1] Sr. LUKE.
A.D. 32. 15 And thou, Capernaum, “which |
CHAPTER 10. att exalted to heaven, shalt be
The seventy sent before him.
(Cf. Mt. 10. 1-42.)
a these things the Lord ap-
pointed other seventy also, and
sent them two and two before his
face into every city and place,
whither he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto ¢them,
The harvest truly is great, but othe
labourers are few: pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest, that he
would send forth labourers into his
harvest.
3 ‘Go your ways: behold, I send! ;
you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 4Carry neither purse, nor scrip,
nor shoes: and “salute no man by
the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye
enter, first say, Peace be to this
house.
6 And if the fson of peace be there,
your peace shall rest upon it: -f not,
it shall sturn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain,
eating and drinking such things as
they give: “for the labourer is wor-
thy of his hire. Go not from house
to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye
enter, and they receive you, eat
such things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are
therein, and say unto them, ‘The
kingdom of God is come nigh unto
you.
10 But into whatsoever city ye
enter, and they receive you not, go
your ways out into the streets of
the same, and say,
11 Even the very dust of your
city, which cleaveth on us, we do
wipe off against you: notwithstand-
ing be ye sure of this, that the king-
dom of God is come nigh unto
you. :
12 But-I say unto you, that Jit
shall be more tolerable in that day
for Sodom, than for that city.
Jesus denounces judgment on
the cities (Mt. 11. 20-24).
13 *Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe
unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the
mighty works had been done in
Tyre and Sidon, which have been
done in you, they had a great while
ago ‘repented, sitting in sackcloth
and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable
fo: Tyre and Sidon at the jude-|
ment, than for you.
a John 4.35
6 1 Cor.3.9.
c See Mt.10.
16, note. The
same remark
is applicable
here.
d Lk.9.3; 22.35;
1 Cor.9.7.
e Gen.24.33,
56; 2 Ki.4.29.
f Isa.57.21.
g Psa.35.13.
h 1 Cor.9.4,14.
i Mt.3.2.
20, note; Mk.
8.23, note.
1 Repentance.
Lk.11.32.
Judgment.
Lk.11.31,32.
(Mt.10.15;
Rev.20.11.)
n Isa.14.13,15.
o John 13.20.
pb Inspiration.
Lk.11.49-51.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
qSatan. Lk.
11.18,19.
(Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
r Isa.14.12-19;
Rev.12.8,9.
s Gen.3.15;
Mt.13.39;
Mk.16.18;
Acts 28.5;
Rom.16.20.
t the spirit.
Many have,
Spirit.
u Mt.28.18;
John 3.35;
Eph.1.20,23;
Heb.2.8.
v Mt.13.16.
w John 8.56.
x Temptation.
Lk.11.16.
(eternal).
Lk.12.15.
(Mt.7.14;
Rev.22.19.)
z Law (of
Moses). vs.
25-37; John
1.17. (Ex.19.
1; Gal.3.1-
9.)
29.
a Jehovah,
Deut.6.5;
Lev.19.18.
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thrust down to hell.
16 He that °heareth you ?heareth
me; and he that despiseth you de-
spiseth me; and he that despiseth
me despiseth him that sent me.
17 And the seventy returned
again with joy, saying, Lord, even
the devils are subject unto us
through thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I be-
held 9Satan as “lightning fall from
heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power
to tread on Sserpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the en-
emy: and nothing shall by any
means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice
not, that the spirits are subject unto
you; but rather rejoice, because
your names are written in heaven.
er, Lord of hé
that thou “hast
even so, Father; for so it seemed
good in thy sight.
22 All things “are delivered to me
of my Father: and no man knoweth
who the Son is, but the Father; and
who the Father is, but the Son, and
he to whom the Son will reveal Aim.
23 And he turned him unto
his disciples, and said privately,
*Blessed are the eyes which see the
things that ye see:
24 For I tell you, that “many
prophets and kings have desired to
see those things which ye see, and
have not seen them; and to hear
those things which ye hear, and
have not heard them.
A lawyer questions Jesus. (Cf.
Mt. 22. 3440; Mk. 12. 28-34.
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer
stood up, and *tempted him, say-
ing, Master, what shall I do to in-
herit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is
written in the “law? how readest
thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou
shalt love the ¢Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy strength, and with
all thy mind; and thy neighbour as
thyself.;
28 And he said unto him, Thou
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hast answered right: this do, and
thou shalt live.
10 29]
29 But he, willing to *justify him-
self, said unto Jesus, And who. is
my °neighbour?
Parable of the g00d Samaritan.
30 And Jesus answering said, “A
certain man went down from Jeru-
salem to Jericho, and fell among
ieves, Which stripped him of his
raiment, and wounded him, and de-
parted, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance there came
down a certain priest that way: and
when he saw him, he passed by on
the other side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he
was at the place, came and looked
on him, and passed by on the other
side.
33. But a certain ¢Samaritan, as
he journeyed, came where he was:
and when he saw him, he had com-
passion on him,
34 And went to Aim, and bound
up his wounds, pouring in oil and
wine, and set him on his own beast,
and brought him to an inn, and
took care of him.
35 And on the morrow when he
departed, he took out two “pence,
and gave them to the host, and
said unto him, Take care of him;
and whatsoever thou spendest
more, when I come again, I will re-
pay thee.
36 Which now of these three,
thinkest thou, was neighbour unto
him that fell among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that shewed
fmercy on him. Then said Jesus
unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
St. LUKE.
A.D. 32.
a Rom.4.2;
Gal.3.11.
b Mt.5.43.
c Parables
(N.T.). vs.
30-37; Lk.11.
5-10. (Mt.5.
13-16; Lk.21
29-31.)
d John 4.9.
e The Roman
penny is the’
eighth part
of an ounce,
which at five
shillings the
ounce is
seven pence
half penny,
or 15 cents.
f Prov.14.21,
Mic.6.8.
g John 11.1;
12.2,3.
h LkK.8.35;
Acts; 22.3.
i Lk.21.34;
Mk.4.19;
1 Cor.7.32,35.
j Lk.18.22;
Psa.27.4;
73.25; Mk.
8.36.
k Bible pray-
ers (N.T.).
Lk.15.18,19.
(Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
1 Mt.6.9,
m Mt.3.2, note.
n Or, for the
day.
(11 3
Martha and Mary in contrast.
38 Now it came to pass, as they
went, that he: entered into a certain
village: and a certain woman
named Martha éreceived him into
her house.
39 And she had a sister called
Mary, which also “sat at Jesus’
feet, and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered
about much serving, and came to
him, and said, Lord, dost thou not
care that my sister hath left me to
serve alone? bid her therefore that
she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said
unto her, Martha, Martha, thou
tart careful and troubled about
many things:
42 But one /thing is needful: and
Mary hath chosen that good part,
eke shall not be taken away from
er.
CHAPTER 11.
Jesus’ doctrine of prayer.
y Nees it came to pass, that, as he
was praying in a certain
place, when he ceased, one of his
disciples said unto him, Lord, !teach
us to pray, as John also taught his
disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When
ye ¥pray, say, ‘Our Father which
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name. ”™Thy kingdom come. Thy
willbe done, asin heaven, so in earth.
3 Give us “day by day our daily
bread.
1 This is the central N.T. passag
had announced the new basis
of prayer, viz.:
e€ on prayer
z.: relationship (Mt. 6. 9, 28-32).
believer is a child of God through the new birth (John 3. 3, note).
In the Sermon on the Mount Christ
The
The clear reve-
lation of this fact at once establishes the reasonableness of prayer; a reasonableness
against which the argument from the apparent uniformity of natural law shatters
itself. God is more than a
Creator, bringing a universe into being, and establishing
laws for it; more than a decree-maker determining future events by an eternal fiat.
Above all this is the divine family for whom the universe with its laws exists (Col.
1. 16-20; Heb. 1. 2; 2. 10, 11; Rom. 8, 17): “When ye pray,
God habitually does in the material universe concerns 1
do in His own family concerns Him, and them,
of that universe. What He may
and is matter for divine promise and revelation.
say, Our Father.”” What
the reverent investigator
Science, which deals only with
natural phenomena, cannot intrude there (1 Cor. 2. 9).
Christ’s law of prayer may
relationship, and reveals God as
be thus summarized: (1) He grounds prayer upon
freely charging Himself with all the responsibili-
ties, as His heart glows with all the affections of a Father toward all who believe
on Jesus Christ (Mt. 6. 25-32; 7. 9-11).
an ail-wise, all-loving, and all-powerful, Father-
prayer Christ gives an incomparable model for all prayer.
puts the interest of the kingdom before merely per-
prayer begins with worship;
Prayer, therefore, is a child’s petition to
God. (2) In the so-called Lord’s
It teaches that right
sonal interest; accepts beforehand the Father’s will, whether to grant or withhold;
and petitions for present need, leaving the future to the Father’s care and love.
Used as a form, the Lord’s prayer is,
re
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dispensationally, upon legal, not church
11 4]
we also forgive every one that is
indebted to us. And lead us not
into temptation; but deliver us from
evil.
Parable of the importunate
friend.
§ And he said unto them, ‘Which
of you shall have a friend, and shall
go unto him at midnight, and say
unto him, Friend, lend me three
loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his jour-
ney is come to me, and I have noth-
ing to set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer
and say, Trouble me not: the door
is now shut, and my children are
with me in bed; I cannot rise and
give thee. ;
8 I say unto you, Though he will
not rise and give him, because he
is his friend, yet because of his 4im-
portunity he will rise and give him
as many as he needeth.
9 And I say unto you, “Ask, and
it shall be given you; /seek, and ye
shall find; 8knock, and it shall be
opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh re-
ceiveth; and he that seeketh find-
eth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
Parable of the fatherhood.
11 Ifa son shall ask bread of any
of you that is a father, will he give
him a stone? or if he ask a fish,
will he for a fish give him a ser-
pent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will
he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall
your heavenly Father !give the
ise Spirit to them that ask
im:
St. LUKE.
a Mt.6.12,
note,
6 Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
¢ Parables
(N.T.). vs.5-
10,11-13,33-
36; Lk.12.16-
21. (Mt.5.13-
16; Lk.21.
29-31.)
d Lk.18.1-8.
e Mt.7.7; 21.
22; John 15.
7; Jas.1.5;
1 John 3.22.
f 1sa.55.6.
g Lk.13.25.
h Holy Spirit.
Lk.12.10,12.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
it demon.
j Miracles
(N.T.). Lk.
13.11-13.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
k Beelzebul;
so vs.18,19.
| Temptation.
Lk.22.28.
(Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.14.)
m Satan.
Lk.13.16.
(Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
n Mt.3.2.
o Isa.53.12;
Col.2.15;
Heb.2.14,15;
Rev.20.2,3.
p Mt.6.24,
qSee Mt.12.43.
4°
]
[11 24
4 And @forgive us our Ysins; for| A.D. 33. Jesus charged with casting out
demons by Beelzebub (Mt. 12.
22-37).
14 And he was casting out a
idevil, and it was ‘dumb. And it
came to pass, when the devil was
gone out, the dumb Jspake; and the
people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He
casteth out devils through *Beelze-
bub the chief of the devils.
16 And others, ‘tempting him,
sought of him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing | their
thoughts, said unto them, Every
kingdom divided against itself is
brought to desolation; and a house
divided against a house falleth.
18 If Satan also be divided
against himself, how shall his king-
dom stand? because ye say that I
cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out
devils, by whom do your sons cast
them out? therefore shall they be
your judges,
20 But if I with the finger of
God cast out devils, no doubt “the
kingdom of God is come upon
you.
21 When a strong man armed
keepeth his palace, his goods are in
peace:
22 But when a stronger than he
shall come upon him, and overcome
him, he taketh from him all his ar-
mour wherein He trusted, and di-
videth his spoils.
23 He that is not with me is
Pagainst me: and he that gathereth
not with me scattereth.
Worthlessness of self-reforma-
tion (Mt. 12. 43-45).
24 %When the unclean spirit -is
gone out of a man, he walketh
through dry places, seeking rest;
and finding none, he saith, I will
ground; it is not a prayer in the name of Christ (cf. John 14. 13, 14; 16. 24); and
it makes human forgiveness, as under the law it must,
giveness; an order which grace exactly reverses (cf. Eph. 4. 32).
definite (vs. 5, 6); and, (4) importunate,
1It is evident that none of the discip
Bethany, asked for the Spirit in the fait
gering thing to a Jew that, in advance of the fulfilment of
Mary alone of the disciples understood
tation concerning His own death and resurrection (John 12, 3-7).
receive the Spirit.
the condition of divine for-
(3) Prayer is to be
that is, undiscouraged by delayed answers,
les, with the possible exception of Mary of
h of this promise.
It was a new and stag-
Joel 2. 28, 29, all might
Christ’s repeated decla-
Save Mary, not
one of the disciples but Peter, and he only in the great confession (Mt. 16. 17), mani-
fested a spark of spiritual intelligence till after the resurrection of Christ and the
impartation of the Spirit (John 20, 22; Acts 2. 1-4),
13, 1s to forget Pentecost, and to ignore the
has the indwelling Spirit (Rom. 8. 9, 15; 1 Cor. 6.
Lk. 11,
Acts 2. 4, note.
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To go back to the promise of
truth that now every believer
19; Gal. 4. 6; 1 John 2, 20, 27). See
11 25]
came out.
25 And when he cometh, he find-
eth it ¢swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to
him seven other spirits more wicked
than himself; and they enter in, and
dwell there: and the last state of
that man is “worse than the first.
27 And it came to pass, as he
spake these things, a certain woman
of the company lifted up her voice,
and said unto him, “Blessed is the
womb that bare thee, and the paps
which thou hast sucked.
28 But he said, Yea rather,
¢blessed are they that hear the
word of God, and keep it.
The sign of Jonas
(Mt. 12. 39-42).
29 And when the people were
gathered thick together, he began
to say, This is an evil generation:
they seek a sign; and “there shall
no sign be given it, but the sign of
Jonas the prophet.
30 For as JJonas was a sign unto
the Ninevites, so shall also &the Son
of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall
rise up in the judgment with the
men of this generation, and con-
demn them: for she came from the
utmost parts of the earth to hear
the wisdom of Solomon; and, be-
hold, a greater than Solomen is
here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise
up “in the judgment with this gen-
eration, and shall condemn it: for
they ‘repented at the preaching of
Jonas; and, behold, a greater than
Jonas is here,
Parable of the lighted candle
(Mt. 5. 15, 16; Mk. 4. 21, 22. Cf.
Lk. 8. 16).
33 Noman, when he hath lighted
a Jcandle, putteth it in a secret
place, neither under a bushel, but
on a candlestick, that they which
come in may see the light. |
34 The #light of the body is the
eye: therefore when thine eye is
single, thy whole body also is full
of light; but when thine eye is evil,
thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the
light which is in thee be not dark-
ness.
36 If thy whole body therefore be
full of light, having no part dark,
the whole shall be full of light, as
St. LUKE.
a 1 Cor.3.16;
Eph.3.16,17;
5.18.
b Heb.6.4,8;
10.26,29;
2 Pet.2.20.
c Lk.1,28,48.
d LK.8.21;
Psa.119.1,2;
Mt.7.21.
e M¢.12.40;
Mk.8.11.
Ff Jon.1.17.
g Mt.8.20,
note,
h Day of Judg-
ment. vs.31,
32; John 5S.
22,27,30.
(Mt.10.15;
Rev.20,11.)
it Repentance.
PEs,
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
j Cf.Lk.8.16;
Mt.5.15;
Mk.4.21.
k Mt.6.22,23,
1 Prov.4.18;
20.27.
m Mk.7.3.
n Mt.23.23.
o Mic.6.7,8.
p Mt.23.6;
Mk.12.38.
q Psa.5.9.
r Mt.22.35,
note.
s Mk.7.7,8.
t Heb.11.35.
uie. earth,
v Ex.20.5;
Jer.51.56.
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return unto my house whence I| A.D. 33.
(11 50
when the bright ‘shining of a can-
dle doth give thee light.
37 And as he spake, a certain
Pharisee besought him to dine with
‘him: and he went in, and sat down
to meat.
38 And “when the Pharisee saw
it, he marvelled that he had not
first washed before dinner,
Jesus denounces woes upon the
Pharisees, (Cf. Mt. 23. 13-35.)
39 And the Lord said unto him,
Now do ye Pharisees make clean
the outside of the cup and the plat-
ter; but your inward part is full of
ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools, did not he that made
that which is without make that
which is within also?
41 But rather give alms of such
things as ye have; and, behold, alt
things are clean unto you.
42 But “woe unto you, Pharisees!
for ye tithe mint and rue and all
manner of herbs, and °pass over
judgment and the love of God:
these ought ye to have done, and
not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! ?for
ye love the uppermost seats in the
synagogues, and greetings in the
markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as
dgraves which appear not, and the
men that walk over them are not
aware of them.
Jesus denounces woes upon the
lawyers.
45 Then answered one of the "law-
yers, and said unto him, Master,
thus saying thou reproachest us
also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you
also, ye lawyers! for ye ‘lade men
with burdens grievous to be borne,
and ye yourselves touch not the
burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the
sepulchres of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness that ye
allow the deeds of your fathers: for
they indeed killed ‘them, and ye
build their sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom
of God, I will send them prophets
and apostles, and some of them
they shall slay and persecute:
50 That the blood of all the
prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the “world, may be
"required of this generation:
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St. LUKE.
[12 26
51 From the blood of “Abel unto
the blood of Zacharias which
perished between the altar and the
‘temple: verily I say unto you, It
shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye
have taken away the key of know-
ledge: ¢ye entered not in yourselves,
and them that were entering in ye
hindered.
53 And as he said these things
unto them, the scribes and the
Pharisees began to urge him vehe-
mently, and to “provoke him to
speak of many things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seek-
ing to catch something out of his
mouth, that they might accuse him.
CHAPTER 12.
Jesus warns of the leaven of the
Pharisees. (Cf. Mk. 8. 14-21.)
N fthe mean time, when there
were gathered together an in
numerable multitude of people, in-
somuch that they trode one upon
another, he began to say unto his
disciples first of all, Beware ye of
the Sleaven of the Pharisees. which
is ‘hypocrisy. y
2 For ‘there is nothing covered,
that shall not be revealed; neither
hid, that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have
spoken in darkness shall be heard
in the light; and that which ye
have spoken in the ear in closets
shall be proclaimed upon the house-
tops.
4 And I say unto Zyou my friends,
Be not afraid of them that kill the
body, and after that have no more
that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom
ye shall fear: Fear him, which after
he hath killed hath power to cast
into *hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear
him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for
two ‘farthings, and not one of them
is forgotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your
head are all numbered. Fear not
therefore; ye are of more value than
Many sparrows.
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever
shall confess me before men, him
shall the “Son of man also confess
before the "angels of God:
9 But he that denieth me before
men shall be denied before the an-
gels of God.
10 And whosoever shall speak a
word against the “Son of man, it
A.D. 33
a Gen.4.8.
b 2 Chr.24.20,
p (es
c Inspiration,
vs.49-51; Lk.
16.29-31. (Ex.
4.15; Rev.22.
19.)
d Mal.2.7;
MkE.7.13.
fe 1 Cor.13.5,
i Mt.16.6.
gLeaven. Lk.
13.21. (Gen.
19.3; Mt.13.
33.)
th Lk.11.39.
¢ Mt.10.26;
1 Cor.4.5.
j Psa.49.16,.
ik Mt.5.22,note.
Two farthings
here=1 cent.
mMt.8.20,note.
n Heb.1.4,nofe.
o Holy Spirit.
vs.10,12;.
John 1.32,33.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
LK.21.14,15;
Mt.10.19,
q John 18.36.
r Life (eter-
nal). John1.
4. (Mt.7.14;
Rev.22.19.)
s Parables
(N.T.) .vs.16-
21,35-40,42-
48; Lk.13.6-
9. Mt.5.13-
16; Lk.21,
29-31.)
t Jas.4.15.
u Psa.49.15,16,
vEccl.11.9;
Jas.5.1,5.
wPsa.52.5,7;
Jas. 4.14,
x Hab,2.9,
y Cf.Mt.6.25-
33.
2Mt.6.25;
Phil.4.6.
a Psa.139.14,
bOne cubit=
about 18 in.
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shall be forgiven him: but unto him:
that blasphemeth against the “Holy
Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you'unto
the synagogues, and unto magis-
trates, and powers, ?take ye no
thought how or what thing ye
shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12 For the °Holy Ghost ‘shall
teach you in the same hour what ye
ought to say.
13 And.one of the company said.
unto him, Master, speak to my
brother, that he divide the inheri-
tance with me.
14 And he said unto him, @Man,
who made me a judge or a divider
over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take
heed, and beware of covetousness:
for a man’s “life consisteth not in
the abundance of the things which
he possesseth.
Parable of the rich fool.
16 And he spake a ‘parable unto
them, ‘saying, The ground of a-cer-
tain rich man brought forth plenti-
fully:
17 And he thought within ‘him-
self, saying, What shall I do, be-
cause I have no room where to
bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will ‘I do: I
will pull down my barns, and build
greater; and there will I bestow all
my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul,
“Soul, thou hast much goods laid
up for many years; take thine ease,
Yeat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou
fool, this night “thy soul shall be
required of thee: then whose shall
‘those things be, which thou hast
provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treas-
ure for himself, and is not rich
toward God.
22 »And he said unto his disciples,
Therefore, I say unto you, *Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall
eat; neither for the body, what ye
shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and
the “body is more than raiment.
24 Consider the ravens: for they
neither sow nor reap; which nei-
ther have storehouse nor barn;
and God feedeth them: how much
more are ye better than the fowls?
25 And which of you with taking
thought can add to his stature one
beubit?
26 If ye then be not able to do
St. LUKE.
[12 54
that thing which is least, why take
ye thought for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they
grow: they toil not, they spin not;
and yet I say unto you, that Solo-
mon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.
28 If then God so clothe the grass,
which is to day in the field, and to
morrow is cast into the oven; how
much more will he clothe you, O
ye of little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink, neither
be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the na-
tions of the “world seek after: and
your Father knoweth that ye have
need of these “things.
31 But ‘rather seek ye the king-
dom of God; and all these things
shall be added unto you.
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is
your Father’s good pleasure to give
you the “kingdom.
33 Sell that ye have, and give
alms, provide yourselves bags
which wax not old, a treasure in
the heavens that faileth not, where
no thief approacheth, neither moth
corrupteth.
34 fFor where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
Parable and warnings connected
with the second coming (Mt.
24 37-25 30).
35 Let your loins be girded
about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto
men that wait fof their lord, when
he will return from the wedding;
_that when he cometh and knock-
eth, they may open unto him im-
mediately.
37 Blessed are those servants,
whor the lord when he cometh
shall find watching: verily I say
unto you, that he shall gird him-
self, and ‘make them to sit down to}
meat, and will come forth and serve
them.
38 And if he shall come in the
second watch, or come in the third
watch, and find them so, blessed
are those servants.
39 And ‘this know, that if the
goodman of the house had known
what hour the /thief would come,
he would have watched, and not
have suffered his house to be broken
through.
40 Be ye therefore’ ready also:
for the *Son of man ‘cometh at an
hour when ye think not
A.D. 33.
a i.e. earth.
b Psa.23.1.
c Mt.6.33.
d Mt.3.2, note.
e Mt.19.21;
Acts 2.45;
4.34,35.
f Col.3.1,3.
g Eph.6.14.
h v.33; 1 Tim.
6.18; Jas.2.5.
i Mt.24.43.
j 1 Thes.5.2.
k Mt.8.20,
note.
l Christ (Sec-
ond Advent).
vs.35-40;
Lk.17.24-36.
(Deut.30.3;
Acts 1.9-11.)
m 1 Cor.4.2.
n Rev.3.21.
o Eccl.8.11;
2 Pet.3:3,4.
p 1 Thes.5.3.
q Or, cut him
off.
r Jas.4.17
s Acts 17.30.
t Lev.5.17;
John 15.22;
1 Tim.1.13.
u v.51.
v Mt.20.18,22;
Mk.10.38,39.
w Mt.10.34.
x Mic.7.6.
y Mt.16.2
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41 Then Peter said unto him,
Lord, speakest thou this parable
unto us, or even to all?
Parable of the steward and his
servants.
42 And the Lord said, Who then
is that faithful and wise Siva
whom his lord shall make ruler over
his household, to give them their
portion of meat in due: season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom
his lord when he cometh shall find
so doing.
44 Ofa truth I say unto you, that
he will make him “ruler over all
that he hath.
| 45 But and if that servant say in
his heart, My lord °delayeth his
coming; and shall begin to beat the
menservants and maidens, and to
eat and drink, and to be drunken,
46 The lord of that servant will
come in a day when he looketh not
for him, and at an hour when he is
not aware, and will ¢cut him in sun-
der, and will appoint him his por
tion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, “which knew
his lord’s will, and prepared not
himself, neither did according to
his will, shall be beaten with many
stripes:
48 But ‘he that knew not, and did
commit things worthy of stripes,
shall be beaten with few stripes,
‘For unto whomsoever much is
given, of him shall be much re-
quired: and to whom men have
committed much, of him they will
ask the more.
Christ a divider of men,
49 I am come to send “fire on the
earth; and what will I, if it be
already kindled?
50 But I have a "baptism to be
baptized with; and how am I
straitened till it be accomplished!
51 “Suppose ye that I am come
to give peace on earth? I tell you,
Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall
be five in one house divided, three
against two, and two against three.
53 The “father shall be divided
against the son, and the son against
the father; the mother against the
daughter, and the daughter against
the mother; the mother in law
against her daughter in law, and
the daughter in law against her
mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people,
yWhen ye see a cloud rise out of
12 55]
the west, straightway ye say, There
cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south
wind blow, ye say, There will be
heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern
the face of the sky and of the earth;
“but how is it that ye do not dis-
cern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of your-
selves judge ye not what is right?
58 When thou goest with thine
adversary to the magistrate, ‘as
thou art in the way, give diligence
that thou mayest be delivered from
him; lest he hale thee to the judge,
and the judge deliver thee to the
officer, and the officer cast thee iato
prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not de-
part thence, till thou hast paid the
very last ¢mite.
CHAPTER 13.
Men are not to judge, but
repent.
GpHERs were present at that
season some that told him of
the ¢Galileans, whose blood Pilate
had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And Jesus answering said unto
them, Suppose ye that these Gali-
leans were Jsinners above all the
Galileans, because they suffered
such things?
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye
&repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom
the tower in Siloam fell, and slew
them, think ye that they were /sin-
ners above all men that dwelt in
Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye
&repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Parable of the barren fig tree.
(Cf. Isa. 5. 1-7; Mt. 21. 18-20.)
6 He spake also this “parable; A
certain man had a fig tree planted
in his vineyard; and he came and
sought fruit thereon, and found
none.
7 Then said he unto the dresser
of his vineyard, Behold, these three
years I come seeking fruit on this
fig tree, and find none: cut it ‘down;
why cumbereth it the ground?
8 And he answering said unto him,
Lord, let it alone this year also, till
I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 And if it bear fruit, we//: and if
not, then after that Jthou shalt cut
it down.
Sr. LUKE.
A.D. 33.
a Mt.16.3.
b Mt.5.25,
c 1sa.55.6.
d One mite =
1-4 farthing
or 1-8 cent.
e Acts 5.37.
fSin. Rom.
3.23, note.
g Repentance.
Lk.15.7. (Mt.
3.2; Acts 17.
30.)
h Parables
(N.T.). vs.6-
9,18,19,20,
21; Lk.14.16-
j John 15.2.
k Miracles
(N.T.). vs.11-
13; Lk.14.1-
4. (Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
1 LK.6.7,9;
14.3,6; Mt.
n Prov.11.9;
Mt.7.5;
23.13,28.
o Lk.19.9;
om.4.
11,12.
pSatan. Lk.
22.3.31.
(Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
q Isa.45.24;
1 Pet.3.16.
r Mt.13.31;
Mk.4.30.
s Isa.2.2,4.
t Leaven.
1 Cor.5.6-8.
(Gen.19.3;
Mt.13.33.)
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ae |
[13 22
The woman loon from her
infirmity.
10 And he was teaching in one of
the synagogues on the sabbath.
1! And, behold, there was a
woman which had a spirit of in-
firmity eighteen years, and was
bowed together, and could in no
wise lift up herself.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he
called her to him, and said unto
her, Woman, thou art loosed from
thine infirmity. :
13 And he laid Ais hands on her:
and ‘Aimmediately she was made
straight, and glorified God.
14 And the ruler of the synagogue
answered with indignation, because
that Jesus had “healed on the sab-
bath day, and said unto the people,
mThere are six days in which men
ought to work: in them therefore
come and be healed, and not on
the sabbath day.
15 The Lord then answered him,
and said, Thou hypocrite, "doth
not each one of you on the sabbath
loose his ox or Ais ass from the stall,
and lead him away to watering?
16 And ought not this woman, be-
ing a “daughter of Abraham, whom
/Satan hath bound, lo, these eigh-
teen years, be loosed from this
bond on the sabbath day?
17 And when he had said these
things, all his adversaries were
gashamed: and all the people re-
joiced for all the glorious things
that were done by him.
Parable of the mustard seed
(Mt. 13. 31,32, note; Mk. 4. 30-32).
18 Then said he, "Unto what is
the kingdom of God like? and
whereunto shall I resemble it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard
seed, which a man took, and cast
into his garden; and it grew, and
Swaxed a great tree: and the fowls
of the air lodged in the branches
of it.
Parable of the leaven
(Mt. 13. 33, note).
20 And again he said, Whereunto
shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like 4leaven, which a
woman took and hid in three mea-
sures of meal, till the whole was
leavened.
Teachings on the way to
Jerusalem.
22 And he went through the cities
» ae Rw
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St. LUKE.
[14 14
and villages, teaching, and journey-| A.D. 33. lagen come when ye shall say,
ing toward Jerusalem.
23. Then said one unto him, Lord,
are there “few that be “saved? And
he said unto them,
24 ‘Strive to enter in at the
4strait gate: for many, I say unto
you, will seek to enter in, and shall
not be able.
25 When once the master of the
house is risen up, and hath ‘shut
to the door, and ye begin to stand
without, and to knock at the door,
saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us;
and he shall answer and say unto
you, I know you not whence ye
are:
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We
have eaten and drunk in thy pres-
ence, and thou hast taught in our a
streets.
27 But She shall say, I tell you, I
know you not whence ye are; de-
part from me, all ye “workers of
iniquity. i
28 There shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth, when ye shall
see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,
and all the prophets, in the king-
dom of God, and you yourselves
thrust out.
29 And ‘they shall come froin the
east, and from the west, and from
the north, and from the south, and
shall sit down in the kingdom of
God.
30 And, behold, %there are last
which shall be first, and there, are
first which shall be last.
31 The same day there came cer-
tain of the Pharisees, saying unto
him, Get thee out, and depart
hence: for *Herod will kill thee.
32 And he said unto them, Go ye,
and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out
devils, and I do cures to day and
to morrow, and the third day I
shall be “perfected.
33 Nevertheless I must walk to
day, and to morrow, and the day
following: for it cannot be that a
prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
Jesus’ Iament over Jerusalem
(Mt. 23. 37-39. Cf. Lk. 19. 41-44).
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalera,
which killest the prophets, and
stonest them that are sent unto
thee; how often would ”I have
gathered thy children together, as
a hen doth gather her brood under
her wings, and ye would not!
35 Behold, your house is left unto
you desolate: and verily I say unto
you, Ye shall not see me, until the
a Mt.7.14;
20.16; Rev.
7.9.
b Rom.1.16,
note.
c Mt.7.13,14.
d Mt.16.24;
Lk.9.23; 14.
33; 1 Pet.
3.20.
e Psa.32.6;
Isa.55.6.
J Mt.25.10;
Rev.22.11.
Psa.5.4,5;
Mt.7.21,23;
25.12,41.
h Psa.101.
i Rev.7.9,10.
7 Mt.19.30;
21.31,32;
k See Mt.14.1,
ref.
l John 17.
4,5; 19.30;
Heb.2.10;
5.8,9.
m Mt.23.37.
n John 10.30.
fo) Deut.32.
11,12; Psa.
91.4.
p See Mt.
23.39, note.
q Jehovah.
Psa.118.26.
r Miracles
5 Prov.15.33;
Jas.4.6.
¢ Isa.57.15;
Mt.5.3.
« Neh.8.
10,12.
v Mt.25.
34,40.
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Rom.9.30,33.
Biessed is he that cometh in the
name of the %Lord.
CHAPTER 14.
Jesus heals on the sabbath.
fasta! D it came to pass, as he went
into the house of one of the
chief Pharisees to eat bread on the
sabbath day, that they watched
him.
2 And, behold, there was a certain
man before him which had the
dropsy.
3 And Jesus answering spake
unto the lawyers and Pharisees,
saying, Is it lawful to heal on the
sabbath day?
4 And they held their peace. And
he took Aim, and ‘healed him, and
let him go;
5 And answered them, saying,
Which of you shall have an ass or
an ox fallen into a pit, and will not
straightway pull him out on the
sabbath day?
6 And they could not answer him
again to these things.
Parable of the ambitious guest.
7 And he put forth a parable to
those which were bidden, when he
marked how they chose out the
chief rooms; saying unto them,
8 When thou art bidden of any
man to a wedding, sit not down in
the highest room; lest a more hon-
ourable man than thou be bidden
of him;
9 And he that bade thee and him
come and say to thee, Give this
man place; and thou begin with
shame to take the lowest room.
10 But when thou art bidden, go
and sit down in the lowest room;
that when he that bade thee com-
eth, he may say unto thee, Friend,
. |g0 up higher: then shalt thou have
worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee.
11 For whosoever ‘Sexalteth him-
self shall be abased; and he that
"thumbleth himself shall be exalted.
12 Then said he also to him that
bade him, When thou makest a din-
ner or a supper, call not thy friends,
nor thy brethren, neither thy kins-
men, nor thy rich neighbours; lest
they also bid thee again, and a
recompence be made thee.
13 But when thou makest a feast,
call the “poor, the maimed, the
lame, the blind:
14 And ’thou shalt be blessed; for
14 15]
St. LUKE.
[15 4
the: AD. 33. 27 And “whosoever doth not bear
Yy cannot recompense thee: for
thou shalt be “recompensed at the
bresurrection of the just.
15 And when one of them that sat
at meat with him heard these
things, he said unto him, Blessed is
he that shall eat bread in the ‘king-
dom of God.
Parable of the great supper.
(Cf. Mt. 22..1-14.)
16 Then said he unto him, 2A)
certain man made a great supper,
and bade many:
17 And ¢sent his servant at sup-
per time to say to them that were
bidden, Come; for all things are
now ready.
18 fAnd they all with one con-
sent began to make excuse. The
first said unto him, I have bought a
piece of ground, and I must needs
go and see it: I pray thee have me
excused.
19 Andanother said, I havebought
five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them: I pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have mar-
ried a wife, and therefore’ I cannot
come.
21 So that servant came, and
shewed his lord these things. Then
the master of the house being angry
said to his servant, Go out quickly
into the &streets and lanes of the
city, and bring in hither the “poor,
and the maimed, and the “halt, and
the blind.
22 And the servant said, Lord, it
is done as thou hast commanded,
and Jyet there is room.
23 And the lord said unto the ser-
vant, Go out into the highways and
hedges, and *compel them to come
in, that my house may be filled.
24 For I say unto you, That ‘none
of those men which were bidden
shall taste of my supper.
Discipleship again tested.
Cf. Mt. 10. 37-39.)
25 And there went great multi-
tudes with him: and he turned, and
said unto them,
26 If any man come to me, and
Imhate not his father, and mother,
and wife, and children, and breth-
a Judgments
(the seven).
Rev.20.12.)
b Resurrec-
tion. John 2.
19-23. (Job
d Parables
(N.T.).
16-24, 28-30,
31-33; Lk.
15.3-7.
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
e Lk.10.1,6;
Mt.3.1,3;
10.1-15.
F Isa.30.15;
Mt.23.37;
13.14,15;
John 5.40.
g Rev.22.17.
h 1 Sam.2.8;
Mt.5.3;
Mk.12.37;
Jas.2.5.
i Isa.35.6.
j Psa.130.7.
vs.
kk Psa.110.3.
1 Prov.1.24,
m Mt.10.37;
Acts.14.22.
n Lk.9.23;
Mt.16.24;
MKE.8.34,35;
2 Tim.3.12.
o Heb.6.11.
Pp Prov.20.18.
g Phil.3.7,8.
r Mt.5.13;
Mk.9.50.
s John 15.6.
¢ Mt.9.10,11.
u Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
v Parables
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
life also, he cannot be my disciple. | w Mt.18-12.
ren, and sisters, yea, and his sic
his cross, and come after me, can-
not be my disciple.
Parable of the tower.
28 For which of you, intending to
build a tower, sitteth not down first,
and counteth the cost, whether he
have sufficient to finish it?
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid
* |the foundation, and is not able to
finish zt, all that behold it begin
to mock him,
30 Saying, This man began to
build, and was not able to °finish.
Parable of the king going to war.
31 Or what king, going to make
war against another king, sitteth
not down first, and *consulteth
whether he be able with ten thou-
sand to meet him that cometh
against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet
a great way off, he sendeth an am-
bassage, and desireth conditions of
peace.
33 So likewise, whosoever he be
of you that forsaketh not Zall that
he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Parable of the savourless salt.
(Cf. Mt. 5. 13; Mk. 9. 50.)
34 "Salt is good: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith
‘shall it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land,
nor yet for the dunghill; but smen
cast it out. He that hath ears to
hear, let him hear.
CHAPTER 15.
The murmuring Pharisees.
4 Patel drew ‘near unto him all
the publicans and “sinners for
to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and scribes
murmured, saying, This man re-
pea “sinners, and eateth with
em.
Parable of the lost sheep.
(Cf. Mt. 18. 12-14.)
3 And he spake this "parable unto
“|them, saying,
4 What “man of you, having an
hundred sheep, if he lose one of
them, doth not leave the ninety
and nine in the wilderness, and go
1 All terms which
affection is to be, as
were hate.
person.
define the emotions or affections are comparative.
compared with the believer’s devotedness to Christ, as if it
See Mt. 12. 47-50, where Christ illustrates this principle in His own
But in the Lord the natural affections are sanctified and lifted to the level
of the divine love (cf John 19, 26, 27; Eph. 5 2
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5-28).
155]
St. LUKE.
[15 32
after that which is lost, until he
find it?
5 And when-he hath found it, he
layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he
calleth together Ais friends and
neighbours, saying unto them, Re-
joice with me; for I have found my
6sheep which was lost.
7 I say unto you, that likewise
joy shall be in heaven over one sin-
ner that ‘repenteth, more than over
ninety and nine just persons, which
need no “repentance.
Parable of the lost coin.
8 Either what woman having ten
@pieces of silver, if she lose one
piece, doth not light a candle, and
sweep the house, and seek diligently
till she find 1t?
9 And when she hath found it,
she calleth her friends and her'|
neighbours together, saying, Re-
joice with me; for I have found the’!
piece which I had lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you,
ethere is joy in the presence of the!
fangels of God over one sinner that)
repenteth.
Parable of the lost son.
11 And he said, A ,certain man
had two sons:
(The departure.)
_12 And the younger of them said
to Ars father, Father, give me the
portion of goods that falleth fo me.
And he divided unto them his
living.
13 And not many days after the
younger son gathered all together,
and took his journey into a far
country, and there wasted his sub-
stance with riotous: living.
(The misery of the far country.)
14 And when he had spent all,
there arose a mighty famine in that
land; and he began to. be in want.
15 And he went and joined him-
self to a citizen of that country; and
he sent him into. his fields. to feed
swine.
16 And he would fain have filled
his belly with the husks that the
swine did eat: and no man gave
unto him.
(The repentance.)
17 And when he came to himself,
he said, How many hired servants
of my father’s have bread enough
and to spare, and I perish with hun-
ger: 4
18 I 4will arise and go to my
A.D. 33.
a Gr. apol-
Iumi. John
3.16, note.
b Psa.119:
176; 1 Pet.2-
25.
c Repentance.
Lk.16.30.
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
d drachma,
here trans-
lated a-piece
of silver, is
the eighth
part of an
ounce, and is
equal to the
Roman
penny. See
Mt.18.28.
e¢ Bzk.18.23;
Acts 11.18.
f Heb.1.4,
note.
g Sin. Rom.
3.23, note.
h Lk.18.11_
+ Bible
prayers
(N.T.).
Lk.17.5.
(Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
j Psa.51.4-
k Zech.3.3-5.
| Death (spir-
itual). John
5.24. (Gen.2,
17; Eph.2.5.)
mLk.18,11,
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father, and will ‘say unto him,
Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be
called thy son: make me as one of
thy hired servants.
(The return and the father.)
20° And he afose, and came to his
father. But when he was yet a
great way off, his father saw him,
and had compassion, and ran, and
fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him,
Father, I have ésinned against
Jheaven, and in thy sight, and am
no. more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father saidi to his ser-
vants, *Bring forth the best robe.
and put ft on him; and put a ring
on his hand, and’ shoes on: his feet:
(The rejoicing.)
23 And. bring hither the fatted
calf, and kill 7¢; and let us eat, and
be merry: .
24 For this my son was ‘dead,
and is alive again; he was lost, and
is found. And they began to be
merry.
(The Pharisee.)
25 Now his elder son was. in the
field: and as he came and drew nigh
to the house, he heard musick and
dancing.
26 And he called one of the ser-
vants, and asked what these things
meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy
brother is come; and thy father
hath killed the fatted calf, because
he hath received him safe and
sound.
28 And he was angry, and would
not go in: therefore came his father
out, and intreated, him.
29 And he answering said to his
father, Lo, these many years.do I
serve thee, neither transgressed I
at any time thy commandment:
and yet thou never gavest me a
kid, that I might make merry with
my friends.
30 But as soon as this thy son
was come, which hath devoured
thy living with harlots, thou hast
killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son,
thou art ever with me, and all that
I have is thine
82 It was meet that we should
rnake merry, and be glad: for this
thy brother was dead, and is alive
again; and was lost, and is found.
(- j
16 1]
“CHAPTER 16.
Parable of the unjust steward.
ND he said also unto his disci-
ples, *There was a certain rich
man, which had a steward; and
the same was accused unto him
that he had wasted his goods. |
2 And he called him, and said
unto him, How is it that I hear this
of thee? give ai account of thy
stewardship; for thou mayest be no
longer steward. a Hs
3 Then the steward said within
himself, What shall I do? for my
lord taketh away from me the
stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg
I am ashamed.
4 I am resolved what to do, that,
when I am put out of the steward-
ship, they may receive me into
their houses.
5 So he called every one of his|?
lord’s debtors unto Arm, and said
unto the first, How much owest
thou unto my lord?
6 And he said, An hundred 'mea-
sures of oil, And he said unto him,
Take thy bill, and sit down quickly,
and write fifty.
Pp
7 Then said he to another, And
-how much owest thou? And he
said, An hundred ‘measures of
wheat. And he said unto him,
Take thy bill, and write fourscore,
8 And the lord commended the
unjust steward, because he had
done -wisely: for the children of
this world are in their generation
wiser than the ¢children of light.
9 And I say unto you, ‘Make to
yourselves friends of the /mammon
of £unrighteousness; that, when ye
fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.
yy) 10 He that is faithful in that
‘(which is least is faith ful 1 also in
much: and he that is unjust in the
least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been
faithful in the unrighteous mam-
mon, who will commit to your trust
‘the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been faith-
ful in that which is Janother man’s,
who shall give you that which is
kyour own?
St. LUKE.
A.D. 33.
a Parables
(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21.29-31.)
6 One measure
= about 8 1-2
gals. See
Ezk.45.10,14.
c One measure
=about 10bu.
d John 12.36;
Eph.5.8.
e1Tim.6.18,19.
f Or, riches.
g Lk.12.15;
Prov.22.16;
Jer.17.11;
Mk.10.24;
Jas.5.1,4.
h Psa.73.26.
42 Cor.6.10;
Tit.1.16.
gSee Mt.11.
12, note.
r Mt.5.32.
s vs. 19-31 are
not said to be
a parable.
Rich men
and beggars
are common;
there is no
reason why
Jesus may
not have had
in mind a
particular
case. Inno
parable ts an
individual
named.
? Heb.1.4,
note,
u Mt.8.11.
v Prov.14.32.
w Death
(physical).
vs.22,23;
John 11.11-
14. (Gen.3.
19; Heb.9.27.)
x Rev.14.10,11.
[16-24
13 ’No servant can serve two'
masters: for either he will hate the
one, and love the other; or else he
will hold to the one, and despise the
other. ™Ye cannot serve God and
mammon.
Jesus answers the Pharisees.
14 And the Pharisees also, who
were covetous, heard all these
things: and they derided him.
15 And he said unto them, Ye are
they which justify “yourselves be-
fore men; but °God knoweth your
hearts: for that which is highly
esteemed ?among men is abomina-
tion in the sight of God.
16 The law and the prophets
were until John: since that time
tthe kingdom of God is preached,
and every man presseth into it.
17 And it is easier for heaven and
earth to pass, than one tittle of the
law to fail.
Jesus and divorce. (Cf. Mt. 5.
31, 32; 19. 3-11; Mk. 10. 2-12; 1 Cor.
7. 10-15.)
18 Whosoever ‘putteth away his
wife, and marrieth another, com-
mitteth adultery: and whosoever
marrieth her that is put away from
her husband committeth adultery,
The rich man and Lazarus.
19 ‘There was a certain rich man,
which was clothed in purple and
fine linen, and fared sumptuously
every day: ‘
20 And there was a certain beggar
named Lazarus, which was laid at
his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the
crumbs which fell from the rich
man’s table: moreover the dogs
came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the
beggar died, and was carried by the
fangels into “Abraham’s bosom: >
the "rich man also “died, and was
buried;
23 *And in ‘hell he lift up his
eyes, being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in
his besom.
24 And he cried and said, Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and
_1Gr. hades, “the unseen world,” is revealed as the
Spirits between death and resurrection.
10. 15; Acts 2. 27, 31; Rev. 1. 18; 6. 8; 20. 13, 1
(Hab. 2. 5, note),
_ Summary: (1)
which the word occurs make it cle
abodes respectively of the saved an
place of departed human
The word occurs, Mt. 11. 23; 16. 18; Lk
3; 20. 4, and is the equivalent of
The Septuagint invariably renders sheo! by hades.
Hades before the ascension of Christ.
the O.T. sheol
The passages in
ar that hades was formerly in two divisions, the
d of the lost.
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The former was called “paradise’’
16 25] St. LUKE. : [17 11
send Lazarus, that he may dip the}__a.D.33.__|neck, and he cast into the sea, than
tip of his finger in water, and cool that he should offend one of these
vite Setar for I am tormented in|! little ones.
is “flame. ‘ a Mk.9.43. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If
25 But Abraham said, Son, re-| 5 1ic6.24; brother /trespass against eee
member that thou in thy 4lifetime| Job 21.13; im. ;
receivedst thy good things; and like. Bs. 73.12 age and if he 9repent, “for-
wise Lazarus evil things: but now Gee siak 4 And if he/trespass against thee
ee is Og is and thou art Lea esd fseven times. in a day, and seven
ormented. — : x.4.15; times in a day turn again to thee,
26 And beside all this, between us| , °Y-??%)_| saying, I 9repent; thou shalt ‘for
d Repentance
and you there is a great gulf fixed:|"714734. "| give him.
so that they which would pass from| (mt.3.2; 5 And the apostles /said unto the
hence to you cannot; neither can| sts 17-30) | Lord, Increase our faith.
they pass to us, that would come Me tR TE 6 And the Lord said, If ye had
from thence. Gai.s.19.21. |*faith asa grain of mustard seed, ye
27 Then he said, I pray thee|;sin. Rom3. |might say unto this sycamine tree,
therefore, father, that thou would-} 23, note. Be thou plucked up by the root, and
est send him to my father’s house:|¢ Repentance. |be thou planted in the sea; and it
28 For { have five brethren; that| 7/33’ [should obey you.
he may testify unto them, lest they} Acts 17.30.) A parable of service
also come into this place of tor-|; Rom.12.21; 3 ‘1
Fiene: 1cor.6.68. | 7 But ‘which of you, having a
29 Abraham saith unto him, They] ‘ Forgive- servant plowing or feeding cattle,
A ness. vs.3,4; |will say unto him by and by, when
“nahn sea i prophets; let ee he is come from the field, Go and
30 And he said, Nay, father Abra-|_Mt.20.28.) [sit down to meat?
ham: but if one went unto them|/ ible 8 And will not rather say unto
from the dead, they will repent. INCL). Lk. hin cane anol praise I may
31 And he said unto him, “If they] 17.13. (Mt. IL gt ise etc’ Sete nace
hear not Moses and the prophets,} 69; Rev-22- I have eaten and drunken; and
Beaithendwally thevebeuperstadied 20.) . afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
though one rose from the dead. |" Tait" gobs | 9 Doth he thank that servant be-
i 20: Hebil. |cause he did the things that were
CHAPTER 17 39") commanded him? I trow not.
Z do 3 ve | Parables 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall
An instruction in forgiveness. ee have done all those things which
Cf. Mt. 18. 7, 15.) iMtsizie. [are commanded you, say, Weare
: Geen Lk.21.29-31.) j|unprofitable servants: we have done
“| Repeal caeateabecaog sees gee? bel m 1 Chr.29.14; that which was our duty to do.
fences will come: but woe unto] 1sa.64.6: Ten lepers healed.
him, through whom they come! 1 Cor.9.16.17.| 17 And it came to pass, as he went
2 It were better for him that a to Jerusalem, that he passed through
millstone were hanged about his ; ‘the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
and ‘‘Abraham’s bosom.” Both designations were Talmudic, but adopted by Christ
in Lk. 16. 22; 23.43. The blessed dead were with Abraham, they were conscious and
were “comforted” (Lk. 16. 25). The believing malefactor was to be, that day,
with Christ in “paradise.”” The lost were separated from the saved by a “great
gulf fixed’? (Lk. 16. 26). The representative man of the lost who are now in hades
is the rich man of Lk. 16. 19-31. He was alive, conscious, in the full exercise of his
faculties, memory, etc., and in torment.
(2) Hades since the ascension of Christ. So far as the unsaved dead are
concerned, no change of their place or condition is revealed in Scripture. At the
judgment of the great white throne, hades will give them up, they will be judged,
and will pass into the lake of fire (Rev. 20. 13, 14). But a change has taken place
which affects paradise. Paul was ‘‘caught up to the third heaven . . . into paradise”
(2 Cor. 12. 1-4). Paradise, therefore, is now in the immediate presence of God. It
is believed that Eph. 4. 8-10 indicates the time of the change. ‘When he ascended
up on high he led a multitude of captives.”” It is immediately added that He had
previously “descended first into the lower parts of the earth,” i.e. the paradise
division of hades. During the present church-age the saved who died are “absent
from the body, at home with theLord.” The wicked dead in hades, and the righteous
dead “at home with the Lord,” alike await the resurrection (Job 19, 25; 1 Cor. 15. 52).
See Mt. 5. 22, note,
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ps1
12 And as he entered into a cer-
tain village, there met him ten men
that werelepers, which stood.:afar off:
13 And they lifted up their
voices, and said, Jesus, Master,
have mercy on us.
14 And when he saw them, he
said unto them, Go-shew yourselves’
unto: the priests. And it. came to)
pass, that, as they went, they were’
cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw!
that he was. healed, turned back,
and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 And fell down om Ais face at
his feet, giving him thanks: and. he
was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said,
Were there not ten cleansed? but
where are the nine?
18 There are not found that re-
turned to give glory to God, save
21 Neither shall they say, Lo
here! or, lo there! for, behold, ¢the||j Inspiration.
kingdom of God is !¢within you. Mee eat
Jesus foretells his second com-| ©*-4-15;
ing(Deut.30,3; Acts. 9-11, note), | R221)
22 And he said unto the disciples, |* M*-2#-49-
The days will come, when ye shall 12: Ki.21.14;
desire to see one of the days of the pee ee
JSon of man, and ye shail not see it. Jer4.6,7:
23 And they shall say to you, See] Mt.24.28.
here; or, see there: go not after Patan
them, nor follow ther. ONT). ve
24 Foras the lightning, that light-| 1-8,9-14;
eneth out of the one part under) Lk-19-11-27.
heaven, shineth unto the other part
under heavens, so shall also: the Son
of man be in his day.
25 But first must he suffer many.
1 Gr. entos = “‘in the midst,”
him. Our Lord’s whole answer, designedly enigmatic to the
13. 10-13), has a dispensational meaning.
d Rom.14.17.
6 Miracles
(N.T.). vs.
11-19; Lk.18.
35-43. (Mt.
8.2,3; Acts 28.
8,9.)
c Or, with out-
ward show.
ein the midst
of.
things, and be rejected of this gen-
eration.
| 26 And as it was in the days. of
Noe, “so shall it be also im the days
of the Som of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they
married wives, they were given in
marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark, and the flood
came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also: as it was in the
days of Lot; they did eat, they
drank, they bought, they sold, they
planted, they builded:
29 But the same day that Lot
went out of Sodom it rained: fire
and: brimstone from heaven, and
destroyed them all.
30 Even‘thus shall it be in:theday
f Mt.8.20,
note.
g LK.21.8;
‘this s ger. Mt.24.23;
19 And he said’ unto him, Arise,| Mk.13.21.
go thy way: thy faith 5hath made Renate.
thee whole. Gen.7.11;
The kingdom in its spirituai ce raers 3:
aspect. (Cf. Lk. 19. 11, 12.) 2 Pet.2.5;
20 And when he was demanded|
of the Pharisees, when the kingdom| Greresisee-
of God should come, he answered} 3251). “vs.24-
them and said, The kingdom of God} 36; Lk.18.8.
cometh not with “observation: Re ee
-(Mt.5.13-16;
Lk.21,29-31.)
when: the /Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be
upon the housetop, and his stuff in
the house, let him not come down
te take it away: and: he that is in
the field, let him likewise not return
back.
32 iRemember Lot’s wife:
33. Whosoever shalk seek to save
his life shall lose it: and whosoever
shall lose his life shall preserve it.
34. I tell you, *in that night there
shall be two men in one bed; the
one shall be taken, and the other
shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding
together; the one shall bé taken,
and the other left.
| 36 Two men shall be in the field;
the one shall be taken, and the
other left.
| 37 And they answered and said
unto him, Where, Lord? And he
said unto them, 2Wheresoever the
body is, ‘thither will the eagles be
gathered together.
CHAPTER 18,
' Parable of the unjust judge
| A ND he spake a parable unto
f them to this end, that men.
erik always to pray, and not to
It could not be said of a self-righteous, Christ-
rejecting Pharisee, that the kingdom of God, as to its spiritual content, was within
The kingdom in its
Pharisees (cf. Mt.
outward form, as
covenanted to David (2 Sam. 7. 8-17) and described by the prophets (Zech. 12. 8,
note), had been rejected by the
Jews; so that, during this present age. it would
not “come with observation” (lit. “outward show”) but in the hearts of men (cf.
Lk. 19. 11, 12; Acts 1. 6-8, note
; Rom. 14. 17).
Meantime, the kingdom was ac-
tually “in the: midst” of the Pharisees in the persons of the King and His disciples.
kingdom of heaven
Ultimately the
2 “Armageddon” (Rev. 16.
See
will come,
14; 19, 17, n
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with outward’ show. (See v. 24.)
ote),
18 2]
2 Saying, There was in a city a
judge, which feared not God,
neither regarded man:
3 And there was a widow in that
city; and she came unto him, say-
ing, Avenge me of mine adversary.
4 And he would not for a while:
but afterward he said within him-
self, Though I fear not God, nor
Tegard man;
5 Yet because this widow trou-
bleth me, I will avenge her, lest by
her continual coming she weary me.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what
the unjust judge saith.
7 And shall not God ¢avenge his
own elect, which cry day and night
unto him, though he bear long with
them?
8 I tell you that he will avenge
them speedily. Nevertheless when
the 8Son of man “cometh, shall he
find 14faith on the earth?
Parable of the Pharisee and
the publican.
9 And he spake this parable unto
certain which trusted in themselves
that they were ‘righteous, and de-
spised others:
10 Two men went up into the
temple to pray; the one a Pharisee,
and the other @ publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and
Sprayed thus with himself, God, I
thank thee, that I am not as other
men are, extortioners, unjust, adul-
terers, or even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give
tithes of all that I possess. i
13 And the publican, standing
afar off, would not lift up so much
as his eyes unto heaven, but smote
~ upon his breast, %saying, God be
2hmerciful to me a ‘sinner.
14 I tell you, this man went down
to his house justified rather than
the other: for every one that exalt-
eth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be ex-
alted.
Jesus blesses little children (Mt.
19. 13-15, Mk. 10 13-16)
St. LUKE.
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A.D. 33. H
also infants, that he would touch
them: but when his disciples saw
it, they rebuked them.
a Rev.6.10.
6 Mt.8.20,
note.
c Christ
(Second
Advent).
Lk.21.25-28>
(Deut.30.3;
Acts 1.9-11,)
d Apostasy.
2 Thes.2.1-12.
(Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
g Bible
(Mt.6.9;
Rey.22.20.)
hi.e. propiti-
ated.
i Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
j Justifica-
tion. vs.10- |
14; Acts 13.
39. (Lk.18.
14; Rom.3.
28.)
k Mt.19.13;
Mk.10.13.
7 Mt.18.3;
1 Pet.2.2.
m Psa.131.2.
n Lk.10.25,37;
Mt.19.16;
r Rev.6.10.
s Ezk.33.31;
Mt.6.24; 13.
22; Eph.5.5.
t Psa.62.10;
Mk.10.24;
1 Tim.6.9,10
u Rom.1.16,
| 16 But Jesus called them unto
him, and said, Suffer little children
ito come unto me, and forbid them
not: for of ‘such is the kingdom of
God.
17 Verily I say unto you, Whoso-
ever shall not receive the kingdom
of God as a little child “shall in no
wise enter therein.
The rich young ruler (Mt. 19.
16-30; Mk. 10. 17-31).
18 “And acertain ruler asked him,
saying. Good Master, what shall I
do to inherit eternal life?
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why
callest thou me good? none is good,
save “one, that is, God.
20 Thou knowest the ?command-
ments, Do not commit adultery, Do
not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear
false witness, Honour thy father
and thy mother,
21 And he said, All %’these have I
kept from my youth up.
22 Now when Jesus heard these
things, he said unto him, ‘Yet lack-
est thou one thing: sell all that
thou hast, and distribute unto the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure
in heaven: and come, follow me.
23 And when he heard this, She
was very sorrowful: for he was
very rich.
24 And when Jesus saw that he
was very sorrowful, he said, ‘How
hardly shall they that have riches
enter into the kingdom of God!
25 For it 1s easier for a camel to
go through a needle’s eye, than for
a rich man to enter into the king-
dom of God.
26 And they that heard i¢ said,
Who then can be “saved?
27 And he said, The things
which are impossible with men are
possible with God.
28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have
weft all, and followed thee.
29 And he said unto them, Verily
I say unto you, There is no man
15 And they brought unto him that hath “left house, or parents, or
1 The reference is not to personal faith, but to belief in the whole body of re-
vealed truth.
(Cf. Rom. 1.5; 1 Cor. 16. 13; 2 Cor. 13. 5; Col. 1. 23; 2. 7; Tit. 1. 13;
ude 3. See “Apostasy,” above, in marg. of Lk. 18. 8; 2 Tim. 3. 1, note.)
z 2Gr. hilaskomai, used in the Septuagint and N.T. in connection with the
mercy-seat (Ex. 25. 17, 18, 21; Heb. 9. 5)
As
an instructed Jew the publican is
thinking, not of mere mercy, but of the blood-sprinkled mercy-seat (Lev. 16. 5,
note; ‘‘Propitiation,” Rom. 3 25, note), iF
toward me as thou art when thou lookest upon the atoning blood.
His prayer might be paraphrased, “Be
The Bible
knows nothing of divine forgiveness apart from sacrifice (see Mt. 26. 28, note)
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brethren, or wife, or children, for
the kingdom of God’s sake, {
30 Who shall not receive ¢mani-
fold more in this present time, and
in the “world to come life ever-
lasting.
Jesus again foretells his death
and resurrection (Mt. 20. 17-19;
Mk. 10. 32-34).
31 Then he took unto him the
twelve, and said unto them, Behold,
we go up to Jerusalem, and <ail
things that are written by the
prophets concerning the ¢Son of
man shall be accomplished.
32 For he shall be “delivered unto
the Gentiles, and shall be mocked,
and spitefully entreated, and spit-
ted on:
33 And they shall scourge him,
and put him to death: and the third
day he shall rise again.
' 34 And they understood none of
these things: and this saying was
hid from them, neither knew they
the things which were spoken.
A blind man healed near Jeri-
‘cho. ee Mt. 20. 29-34; Mk. 10.
46-52.
35 And it fcame to pass, that as
€ was come nigh unto Jericho, a
certain ¢blind man sat by the way
side begging:
36 And hearing the multitude
pass by, he asked what it meant.
37_And they told him, that Jesus
of Nazareth passeth by.
38 And he cried, saying, Jesus,
thou son of David, have mercy on
me.
39 And they which went before
rebuked him, that he should hold:
his peace: but he cried 4so much
the more, Thou son of David, have
mercy on me.
40 And Jesus stood, and com-
manded him to be brought unto
him: and when he was come near,
he asked him,
41 Saying, What wilt thou that I
shall do unto thee? And he said,
Lord, that I may receive my
sight.
42 And Jesus said unto him, Re-
ceive thy sight: thy faith hath
*saved thee.
43 And immediately he Jreceived
his sight, and followed him, glorify-
ing God: and all the people,
when they saw it, gave praise
unto God, |
St. LUKE.
a John 16.33;
Phil.4.7.
bi.e. age.
c Psa.22.;
Isa.53.
d Mt.8.20,
note.
éeLk.23.1;
Mt.17.22.
fMt.20.29;
Mk.10.46.
g Mt.20.30,
note.
h Jer.29.13;
Lk.18.1;
Col.4.2.
# Rom.1.16,
note.
j Miracles
(N.T.)._ vs.
k John 14.23.
7 Mt.9.11,13.
m Psa.41.1.
n Ex.22.1.
o Rom.1.16,
note,
pb Mt.8.20,
note.
q Parables
9-18. (Mts.
13-16; Lk.21.
29-31.)
r Acts 1.6.
s Mt.25.14;
Mk.13.34.
! mina, here
translated a
pound, is 12
ounces and a
half.
u 1 Pet.4.9,11,
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CHAPTER 19.
Conversion of Zacchzus.
AN Jesus entered and passed
through Jericho.
2 And, behold, there was a man
named Zacchzus, which was the
chief among the publicans, and he
was rich.
3 And he sought to see Jesus who
he was; and could not for the
press, because he was little of stat-
ure.
4 And he ran before, and climbed
up into a sycomore tree to see him:
for he was to pass that way.
5 And when Jesus came to the
place, he looked up, and saw him,
and said unto him, Zaccheus, make
haste, and come down; for to day I
must “abide at thy house.
6 And he made haste, and came
down, and received him joyfully.
7 And when they saw it, they all
murmured, saying, ’That he was
gone to be guest with a man that
is a sinner.
8 And Zaccheus stood, and said
-8./unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the
half of my goods I give to the
™poor; and if I have taken any
thing from any man by false accusa-
tion, I “restore Aim fourfold.
9 And Jesus said unto him, This
day is “salvation come to this house,
forsomuch as he also is a son of
Abraham.
10 For the *Son of man is come to
Sons and to save that which was
ost.
Parable of the ten pounds: the
postponed kingdom. (See Lk.
17. 21, note; Acts 1. 6-8, note.)
li And as they heard these
things, he added and spake a Ipar-
able, because he was nigh to Jeru-
salem, and “because they thought
that the kingdom of God should
immediately appear.
12 He said therefore, 5A certain
nobleman went into a far country
to receive for himself kingdom,
and to return.
13 And he called his ten servants,
and delivered them ten ‘pounds,
and said unto them, “Occupy till I
come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and
sent a message after him, saying,
We will not have this man to reign
over us.
15 And it came to pass, that when
he was returned, having received
“
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19 16]
St. LUKE.
[19 45
the kingdom, then he commanded
these servants to be called unto
him, to whom he had given the
“money, that he might know how
much every man had gained by
trading.
16 Then came the first, saying,
Lord, thy pound hath gained ten
pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well,
, thou good servant: because thou
)hast been faithful in a very little,
have thou authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying,
Lord, thy pound hath gained ‘five
pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him,
Be thou also over five cities.
20 And another came, saying,
Lord, behold, here is thy pound,
which I have kept laid up in a
napkin:
21 For I %feared thee, because
thou art an austere man: thou tak-
est up that thou layedst not down,
and reapest that thou didst not sow.
22 And he saith unto him, ‘Out of
thine own mouth will I judge thee,
thou wicked servant. Thou knew-
est that I was an austere man,
taking up that I laid not down, and
reaping that I did not sow:
23 Wherefore then gavest not
thou my money into the bank, that
at my coming I might have required
mine own with usury?
24 And he said unto them that
stood by, Take from him the pound,
and give it to him that hath ten
pounds.
25 (And they said unto him,
Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
26 For I say unto you, ?That unto
every one which hath shall be
given; and from him that hath not,
even that he hath shall be taken
away from him. 3
27 But those mine ‘enemies,
which would not that I should reign
over them, bring hither, and slay
them before me.
fThe triumphal entry (Mt. 21.
1-9; Mk. 11. 1-10).
28 And when he had thus spoken,
he went before, ascending up to
Jerusalem.
29 And %it came to pass, when he
was come nigh to Bethphage and
Bethany, at the mount called the
mount of Olives, he sent two of his
disciples, ;
30 Saying, Go ye into the village
over against you; in the which at
your entering ye shall find a colt
A.D. 33.
a silver; also
v.23.
b Rom.8.15;
2 Tim.1.6,7.
c 2 Sam.1.16;
Job 15.6;
Mt.12.37;
Rom.3.19.
d Lk.8.18;
Mt.13.12;
Mk.4.25.
é€1 Cor.15.25;
Heb.10.13;
f See Mt.21.4,
note.
g Mt.21.1;
Mk.11.1;
John 12.14.
h Zech.9.9.
4 Psa.118.26.
j Lk.2.14;
Rom.5.1}.,
Eph.2.14.
k Lk.2.14.
1 John 11.35.
m Lk.13.34.
n Deut.5.29;
Psa.95.7,8;
Heb.3.13.
o Lk.1.77,79;
Isa.48.18;
Acts 10.36;
Rom.5.1,
p Mic.3.12;.
Mt.23.37.
q Lk.1.68;
Tsa.55.6;
John 12.35;
2 Cor.6.1,2.
r Mt.21.12;
Mk.11.15.
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Rev.19.11,21.
tied, whereon yet never man sat:
loose him, and bring Aim hither.
31 And if any man ask you, Why
do ye loose him? thus shall ye say
unto him, Because the Lord hath
need of him.
32 And they that were sent went
their way, and found even as he
had said unto them.
33 And as they were loosing the
colt, the owners thereof said unto
them, Why loose ye the colt?
34 And they said, The Lord hath
need of him.
35 And they brought him to Jesus:
and they cast their garments upon
the colt, and they “set Jesus thereon.
36 And as he went, they spread
their clothes in the way.
37 And when he was come nigh,
even now at the descent of the
mount of Olives, the whole multi-
tude of the disciples began to re-
joice and praise God with a loud
voice for all the mighty works that
they had seen;
38 Saying, ‘Blessed be the King
that cometh in the name /of the
Lord: peace in heaven, and “glory
in the highest.
39 And some of the Pharisees
from among the multitude said unto
him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
40 And he answered and said unto
them, I tell you that, if these should
hold their peace, the stones would
immediately cry out.
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem.
(Cf. Lk. 13. 34, 35.)
41 And when he was come near,
he beheld the city, and wept /over it,
42 Saying, “If thou hadst known,
even thou, at least in this “thy day,
the things which °belong unto thy
peace! but now they are hid from
thine eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon
thee, that thine enemies shall cast
a trench about thee, and compass
thee round, and keep thee in on
every side,
44 And shall lay thee even with
the ground, and thy children within
thee; and they shall not leave jin
thee one stone upon another; be-
cause thou knewest not %the time
lof thy visitation.
Second purification of the tem-
ple (Mt. 21. 12-16; Mk. 11. 15-18.
Cf. John 2. 13-17).
45 And ‘he went into the temple,
and began to cast out them that
sold therein, and them that bought:
19 46]
46 Saying unto them, It is writ-
ten, My house is the “house of
prayer: but ye have made it a $den|
of thieves.
47 And he taught daily in the
temple. But the chief priests and
the scribes and the chief of the peo-
ple sought to destroy him, :
48 And could not find what they
tight do: for all-the people ‘were
very attentive to hear him,
CHAPTER 20.
Jesus’ authority questioned
(Mt. 21. 23-27; Mk, 11. 27-33).
ANP dit came to pass, that on
one of those days, as he taught
the people in the temple, and
preached the ‘gospel, the chief
priests and the seribes came upon
him with the elders,
2 And spake unto him, saying,
Tell us, by what authority doest
thou these things? or who is he
that gave thee this authority?
3 And he answered and said unto
them, I will also ask you one thing;
and answer me:
4 The baptism of John, was it
from heaven, or of men?
5 And they reasoned with them-
selves, saying, If we shall say,
From heaven; he will say, Why
then believed ye him not?
6 But and if we say, Of men; all
the people will stone us: for they
8be persuaded that John was a
prophet.
7 And they answered, that they
could not tell whence it was.
8 And Jesus said unto them, Nei-
ther tell I you by what authority I
do these things.
Parable of the vineyard (Mt. 21.
33-46; Mk. 12. 1-12. Cf. Isa. 5. 1-7).
9 Then began he to. speak to the
people this *parable; A ‘certain man
planted a Jvineyard, and let it forth
to husbandmen, and went into a
far country for a long time.
10 And at the season he “sent a
servant to the husbandmen, that
they should give him of the /fruit
of the vineyard: but the husband-
men beat him, and sent him away
empty,
1] And again he sent another ser-
vant: and they beat him also, and
entreated him shamefully, and sent
him away empty.
12 And again he sent a third: and
they wounded him also, and cast
him, out,
Str. LUKE.
a Isa.56.7.
b Jer.7.11.
cOr, hanged
on him.
d Mt.21.23;
MkE.11.27.
e Gospel.
Lk.24.47.
(Gen.12.1-3;
Rev.14.6.)
f Acts 4.7,10.
g Mt.3.5,6;
ME.6.20.
h Parables
i Mt.21.33;
Mk.12.1.
j Isa.5.1,7.
k 2 Ki.17.13.
t John 15.1,8.
m Heb.1.1,2.
n Heb.1.2.
o Mt.27.
21,25,
pb Acts 2.23;
4.25,27.
q Prov.1.
24.31; Dan.
9.26.
r Rom.11.11,
u John 7.30.
v Mt.18.28.
w Mt.17.25,27;
Rom.13.7.
x1 Pet.2.
13,17.
y Col.4.6,
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[20 26
13. Then said the lord of the vine-
yard, What shall I do? I will “send
my beloved son: it may be they
will reverence him when they see
him
14 But when the husbandmen
saw him, they reasoned among
themselves, saying, “This is the
heir: come, “let us kill him, that the
inheritance may be our’s.
15 So they *cast him out of the
vineyard, and killed him. What
therefore shall the lord of the
vineyard do unto them?
16 He shall come and destroy
these husbandmen, and shall give
the vineyard to. “others. And when
aN heard it, they said, God for.
id.
17 And he beheld them, and said,
What is this then that is written,
The Sstone which the builders re-
.| jected, the same is become the head
of the corner?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that
stone shall be broken; ‘but on
whomsoever it shall fall; it will
gtind him to powder.
Question of the tribute-money
(Mt. 22. 15-22; Mk. 12. 13-17).
19 And the chief priests and the
scribes the same hour “sought to
lay hands on. him; and they feared
the people: for they perceived that
he had spoken this. parable against
them.
20 And they watched him, and
sent forth spies, which should. feign
themselves just men, that they
might take hold. of his: words, that
so they might deliver him unto. the
power and authority of the gover-
nor.
21 And they asked him, saying,
Master, we know that thou sayest
and teachest rightly, neither ac-
ceptest thou the person of arty, but
teachest the way of God truly:
22 Is it lawful for us to give
tribute unto Cesar, or no?
23 But he perceived their crafti-
ness, and said unto them, Why
tempt ye me?
_24 Shew me a "penny. Whose
image and superscription hath it?
They answered and said, Cesar’s.
25 And he said unto them, “Ren-
der therefore unto Cesar the things
which be Czsar’s, and unto *God
the things which be God’s,
26 And they could not take hold
of his words before the people: and
they Ymarvelled at his answer, and
held their peace.
20 27|
Jesus answers the Sadducees
about the resurrection (Mt.
22. 23-33; Mk. 12. 18-27).
27 *Then came to him certain of
the °Sadducees, which deny that
there is any resurrection; and they
asked him,
28 Saying, Master, “Moses wrote
unto us, If.any man’s brother die,
having a wife, and he die without
children, that his brother should
take his wife, and raise up seed un-
to his brother.
29 There were therefore seven’
brethren: and the first took a wife,
and died without children.
30 And the second took her to
wife, and he died childless.
31 And the third took her; and in
like manner the seven also: and
they left no children, and died.
nee Last of all the woman died
sO.
33 Therefore in the resurrection
whose wife of them is she? for 359.8
seven had her to wife. MES *
34 And Jesus answering said unto] pi24.’
them, The children of this ¢world|, 1411.43.
marry, and are given in marriage:|5 1.14.7.
35 But they which shall be ac-|, mt:23.14.
counted ‘worthy to obtain that} nx10.12-14.
4world, and the resurrection from]; ic. condem-
the dead, neither marry, nor are| nation.
given in marriage: sMk.12.41-44;
36 Neither can they die any more:| 1,024; 12.
for they are equal unto the fangels;| 19-31: 18.23-
and are the children of God, being] 27; 19.2-10.
the children of the resurrection. | ¢Lk.18.3;
37 Now that the dead are raised,| 2 'Cor-0-10.
Seven Moses shewed at the ‘bush,|" Que mite=
when he calleth the Lord the “God
of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob.
~ 38 For he is not a God of the
dead, but of the living: for all
live unto him.
Jesus questions the scribes (Mt.
22. 41-46; Mk. 12. 35-37).
3, note on
39 Then certain of the scribes] the Olivet
answering said, Master, thou hast| discourse.
well said. a 2 Cor.11.13-
AD. 33.
a Mt.22.23;
Mk.12.18.
6 Acts 23.6,8.
c Deut.25.5,8.
di.e. age.
e Lk.21.36;
Rev.3.4.
f Heb‘.4,
note.
g Inspiration.
Lk.24.25-27,
Gx.
1 Mt.22.42,45;
Wik.12.35.
j 842,43;
Psa.110.1
110.1.
y Lk.19.44.
4 Bee Mt.24.
40 And. after that they durst not ape
ask him any question at all. 313.
41 *And he said unto*them, How! 9 chr.15.5,6;
say they that Christ is David’s son?) Mt.24.6,7;
42 And David himself saith in the} M*-13- 7.
book of Psalms, ’The Lorp said] ¢i¢- comeyet.
unto my ‘Lord, Sit thou on my Jag 2 3 Lv es
tight hand 7 Roa. i
43 Till I make thine enemies thy
footstool. }
44 David therefore calleth him
Lord, “how is he then his son? Aes
Sr. LUKE.
kh Elohim. Ex.
3.6.
k Adonai. Psa.
l Acts 2.34; 13.
22,23; Rom.1.
[21 10
45 Then in the audience of all the
people he said unto his disciples,
46 ™Beware of the scribes, which
desire to walk in long robes, and
"love greetings in the markets, and
the °highest seats in the syna-
gogues, and the chief rooms at
feasts;
47 Which ?devour widows’ houses,
‘and for a shew make long prayers:
the same shall receive ‘greater
damnation.
CHAPTER 21.
The widow’s mite: Jesus’ esti-
mate of Ziving (Mk. 12. 41-44).
ARP he looked up, and saw the
Stich men casting their gifts
into the treasury.
2 And he saw also a certain poor
twidow casting in thither two
“mites.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say
unto you, that "this poor widow
hath cast in more than they all:
4 For all these have of their abun-
dance cast in unto the offerings of
God: but she of her penury hath
cast in “all the living that she had.
The Olivet discourse. (Cf. Mt.
24., 25.; Mk. 13.)
5. And as some spake of the *tem-
iple, how it was adorned with
goodly stones and gifts, he said,
6 As for these things which ye
behold, the days will come, in the
which there shall not be left one
Ystone upon another, that-shall not
be thrown down.
The disciples’ question.
(Cf. Mt. 24. 3.)
7 And they asked him, saying,
Master, but when shall these things
-|be? and what sign will there be
when these things shall come to
pass?
The course of this age.
(Cf. Mt. 24. 4-14.)
8 *And he said, Take heed that ye
be not 4¢deceived: for many shall
come in my name, saying, I am
\Christ; and the time draweth
near: go ye mot therefore after
them.
9 But when ye:shall hear of wars
and commotions, be not terrified:
for these things must first come to
‘pass; but the end rs not “by and
by.
10 Then said he unto them, ¢Na-
21 11]
tion shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes shall
be in divers places, and famines,
and pestilences; and fearful sights
and great signs shall there be from
heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall
‘lay their hands on you, and per-
secute you, delivering you up to
the synagogues, and into “prisons,
being brought before kings and
tulers ¢for my name’s sake.
13 And it shall turn to you for
a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your
hearts, not to meditate before what
ye shall answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth
and wisdom, &which all your adver-
saries shall not be able to gainsay
nor resist.
16 And “ye shall be betrayed both
by parents, and brethren, and kins-
folks, and friends; and ‘some of
you shall they cause to be put to
eath.
17 And ye shall be Zhated of all
men for my name’s sake.
St. LUKE.
a
@ Rev.6.5,6,12.
} Mt.10.16-22; John
16.2; 1 Pet.4.
© Acts 4.3; 5.18; 12.
4; 16.24.
d | Pet.2.13.
e Phil.1,12,13,
2 Thes.1.4,5.
F Mt.10.19; Mk.13.
11; Lk.12.11.
9 Acts 6.10.
h Mic.7.6;
Mk.13.12.
i Acts 7.59; 12.2.
J Mt.10.22;
John 7.7.
& Mt.10.30.
1 Heb. 10.36.
m Israel (prophe-
cies). Acts 2.
29-32. (Gen.12.
2,3; Rom.11.26.)
7% Hos.9.7;
Isa.65.12-15.
© Times of the
Gentiles. vs.
20-24; Deut.28.
28-68. (Lk.21.
24; Rev.16.19.)
P Isa.13.9,10,13;
Mt.24.29; Mk.13.
24; 2 Pet.3.10,12.
28;
[21 33
with child, and to them that give
suck, in those days! for there shall
be great distress in the land, and
wrath upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge
of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jeru-
salem shall be ?trodden down of
the Gentiles, until the °times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled.
The return of the Lord in glory.
(Cf. Mt. 24. 29-31.)
25 And there shall be #signs in
the sun, and in the moon, and in the
stars; and upon the earth distress
of nations, with perplexity; the
sea and the waves roaring;
26. {Men’s hearts failing them for
fear, and for looking after those
things which are coming on the
7earth: for the Spowers of heaven
shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the
‘Son of man “coming “in a cloud
with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin
to come to pass, then look up, and
lift up your heads; for your re-
18 But there shall not an *hair of |? L.23.30; : :
your head SersH! peer ih demption draweth nigh.
19 In your ‘patience possess ye}, inhabited earth. | Parable of the fig tree (Mt. 24.
your souls. signe 32, 33; Mk. 13. 28, 29).
The destruction of Jerusalem |" ust fSe" | 299 And he spake to them a
foretold. ae 38 “Seut, |*Parable; Behold the fig tree, and
30.3; Acts1.9-11.)/all the trees;
20 And when ye shall see ™Jeru- koto 30 When they now shoot forth,
salem compassed with armies, then 2 Thes.1.7-10; |ye see and know of your own
Bey that the desolation thereof is Stee a3 eae that summer is now nigh at
nigh, : . |aiaa3, " |hand.
21 Then let them which are in|: po;anies(n.T.).| 31 So Jikewise ye, when ye see
juidea fies. te the movgteins ‘i on ee bia Naat a cone to Pipe eo ve
e em which are in the midst of} Lk.21’29-31') at the %kingdom of God is ni
it depart out; and let not them AOE at hand.
that are in the countries enter zteetos; 51.6, | 32 Werily I say unto you, This
thereinto. Mt.24.35; Heb, |generation shall not pass away,
22 For these be the days of ven-| };1:1 Pett. [till all be fulfilled.
geance, that “all things which are : 33 *Heaven and earth shall pass
written may be fulfilled. away: but my. words shall not
23 But woe unto them that are Pass away.
1 Verses 20, 24 are not included in the report of the Olivet discourse as given by
Matthew and Mark. Two sieges of Jerus
21. 20-24 refers to the siege by Titus, A.D
24 literally fulfilled. But that sie
alem are in view in that discourse.
. 70, when the city was taken, and verse
ge and its horrors but adumbrate the final
Luke
l 1 2 i S siege
at the end of this age, in which the “great tribulation” culminates. At that time
the city will be taken, but delivered by the glorious appearing of the Lord (Rev. 19.
11-21). The refer
siege; Lk. 21. 20-
1s the compassin
Mark (13. 14) t
2 The “times of the Gentiles’
nezzar (2 Chr. 36. 1-21), since
lordship.
he sign is the abomi
ences in Mt. 24. 15-28, Mk. 13. 14-26
24 to the destruction of Jerusalem by
g of Jerusalem by armies (Lk. 21. 20); in Matthew (24. 15) and
nation in the holy place (2
” began with the captivity of Judah under Nebuchad-
which time Jerusalem has been under Gentile over-
1106
are to the final tribulation
Titus. In Luke the sign
Thes. 2. 4).
21 34]
Warnings in view of the Lord’s
return. (Cf. Mt. 24. 34-51; Mk.
13. 30-37.)
34 And “take heed to yourselves,
lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and
drunkenness, and “cares of this
life, and so that day come upon
you unawares.
35 For ‘as a snare shall it come
on all them that dwell on the face
of the whole earth.
36 ¢Watch ye therefore, and ‘pray
always, that ye may be accounted
worthy to escape all these things
that shall come to pass, and to
&stand before the Son of man.
37 And in ‘the day time he was
teaching in the temple; and ‘at
night he went out, and abode in
the mount that
mount of Olives.
38 And all the people came early
in the morning to him in the tem-
ple, for to hear him.
CHAPTER 22.
Judas covenants to betray Jesus
ane, 2, 14, 15; Mk. 14. 1, 2,
10, 11).
OW the feast of unleavened
bread drew nigh, which is
called the Passover.
2 And the Jchief priests and
scribes sought how they might kill
him; for they “feared the people.
3 Then entered ‘Satan into Judas
surnamed Iscariot, being of the
number of the twelve.
4 And he went his way, and com-
muned with the chief priests and
captains, how he might betray him
unto them.
5 And they were glad, and ”cove-
nanted to give him money.
6 Andhe promised, and sought op-
portunity to betray him unto them
in the absence of the multitude.
Preparation of the passover
(Mt. 26. 17-19; Mk. 14. 12-16).
7 Then came the day of unleav-
ened bread, when the °passover
must be killed.
8 And he sent Peter and John,
saying, Go and prepare us the pass-
over, that we may eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where
wilt thou that we prepare?
is called the|/
Sr. LUKE.
A.D. 33.
a Rom.13.13;
1 Thes.5.6;
1 Pet.4.7.
6 Lk.14.18-
20; 17.28.
ci Thes.5.2;
2 Pet.3.10;
Rev.3.3; 16.5.
d Mt.24.42;
25.13; Mk.
13.33.
e Lk.18.1.
f L&.17.33-37;
Rev.7.3.
g Psa.1.5;
Eph.6.13.
h John 8.1,2.
+ Lk.22.39,
j Psa.2.25
John 11.47;
Acts 4.27.
k Lk. 19 ‘gh
20.1
eats
Mic.14.10;
John 13.2,27.
m Zech.11.12:
John 12.6.
” V8.3-6,21-
23,47,48;
Psa.41.9.
o Ex.12.6.
p1 Sam.10.3;
John 2.6-10.
q Heb.9.11,
12,26 with
Heb.10.1 -9;
1 Cor.5.7.
r v.30; Mt.8.11.
s v.20.
¢ Mt.26.29;
Mk.14.25.
u 1 Cor.11,24.
v 1 Cor.10.16.
w Covenant
x i.e. covenant.
y Psa.41.9;
John 13.21.
2 Mt.8.20,
note.
a Acts 2.23;
4.28.
5 Mt.26.22;
John 13.22,
25.
c¢ Mk.9.34;
10 And he said unto them, Behold,
when ye are entered into the city,
LK.9.46.
(22 24
there shall a man meet you, bearing
a ?pitcher of water; follow him into
the house where he entereth in.
il And ye shall say unto the
goodman of the house, The Master
saith unto thee, Where is the guest-
chamber, where I shall eat the
passover with my disciples?
12 And he shall shew you a large
upper room furnished: there make
ready.
13. And they went, and found as
he had eee unto them: and they
made ready the passover.
The last passover. (Cf. Mt. 26.
20; Mk. 14. 17; John 13.)
14 1And when the hour was
come, he sat down, and the twelve
apostles with him.
15 And he said unto them, {With
desire I have desired to eat this
passover with you before I suffer:
| 16 For I say unto you, I *will not
any more eat thereof, until it be
fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17 And he took the ‘cup, and gave
thanks, and said, Take this, and
divide it among yourselves:
18 For I say unto you, I will not
drink of the fruit of the vine, ‘until
the kingdom of God shall come.
The Lord’s supper instituted
(Mt. 26. 26-29; Mk. 14. 22-25).
19 And he took bread, and gave
thanks, and brake it, and gave unto
them, saying, This is my body
which is given for you: “this do in
remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after
supper, saying, ’This cup is the
new *testament in_my blood,
which is shed for you.
Jesus announces his betrayal
(Mt. 26. 21-25; Mk. 14. 18-21;
John 13. 18-30).
21 But, behold, the hand of him
that betrayeth me zs with me on
the table.
22 And truly the *Son of man
goeth, 2as it was determined: but
woe unto that man by whom he is
betrayed!
23 And they “began to enquire
among themselves, which of them
it was that should do this thing.
The strife which should be
&reatest. (Cf, Mt. 20. 25-28;
ME. 10. 42-45.)
24 And there was also a ‘strife
1 For order of events on the night of the last passover, see Mt. 26. 20, note.
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22 25]
St. LUKE.
4
[22 53
g them, which of them should And he said
amon;
be accounted the greatest.
25. And he said unto them, The
kings of the Gentiles exercise lord-
ship over them; and they that ex-
ercise authority upon them are
called benefactors.
26 *But ye shall not be so: “but
he that is greatest among you, let
him be as the younger; and he that
is chief, as he that doth serve.
27 For ‘whether is greater, he that
sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?’
1s not he that sitteth at meat? but I
am among you as he that 4serveth.
The apostles’ place in the future
kingdom (Mt. 19.28. Cf. Rev.3.21).
28 Ye are they which have con-
tinued with me in my “temptations.
29 fAnd I appoint unto you a
kingdom, as my Father hath ap-
pointed unto me;
30 That ye ‘may eat and drink at
my table in my %kingdom, and ‘sit
on thrones judging, the twelve
tribes of Israel.
Jesus predicts Peter’s denial
(Mt. 26. 33-35; Mk. 14. 29-31).
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Si-
mon, behold, JSatan *hath desired}
to have you, that he may sift you
as ‘wheat:
32 ™But I have prayed for thee,
that thy faith fail not: and when
thou “art converted, °strengthen
thy brethren.
33 And he said unto him, Lord,
TI am ready to go with thee, both
into prison, and to death.
34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter,
the cock shall not crow this day,
before that thou shalt thrice deny
that thou knowest me.
The disciples warned of coming’
contlcts.
35 And he said’ unto them, *When
I sent you without purse, and scrip,
and shoes, lacked ye any thing?
And they said, Nothing.
36 Then said he unto them, But
now, he that hath a purse, let him
take it, and likewise Ars scrip: and
he that hath no sword, let him. sell
his garment, and buy one.
37 For I say unto you, that this
that is written must yet be accom-
plished in me, And he was ¢reck-
oned ‘among the transgressors: for
he things concerning me have an
end.
38 And they said, Lord, behold,
A.D. 33.
@ Mt.20.26;
1 Pet.5.3,
6 Lk.9.48.
¢ Lk.12.37.
@ John 13.13-17;
1 Cor.9.19;
Phil.2.7.
@ Temptation.
Acts 5.9. (Gen.
3.1; Jas.1.14.)
F Mt.24.473 Lk.
12.32; 2 Cor.1.7;
2 Tim-2.12.
g Mt.3.2, note:
A Mt.8.11; Lk:
14.15; Rev.19.9.
¢ Mt.19.28;
cf.1 Cor.6.2;
Rev.3,21.
3 Satan. vs.3,31;
John 8.44. (Gen.
3:1; Rev.20.10.)
£1 Pet.5.8,
? Peter was the
wheat, his self-
confidence the
chaff. Cf.Mt.
13.30; John 5.24;
10.28; Rom.6.1,2;
1 John 1.8; 2.1.
m John 17.9,11,15;
Rom.8.27; Heb.
7 25; | John 2.1.
7 hast turned
back again.
9 John 21.15-17;
1 Pet.5.12;
2 Pet.1.10-15.
P Mt.10.9; Lk.9.3;
10.4.
@Imputation.
vs.24,37; Rom.4 |
24, CLev.25.50;
Jas.2.23.)
T Isa.53.12; Mk.15.
28.
Lk.21.37.
t See Mt.26.39,
note.
w Heb.1.4, note.
v Peter was sleep-
ing while his
Master was
praying (v.45);
resisting while
his Master was
submitting (vs.
49-51);. he fol-
lowed afar off;
sat down
amor gst his
Lord's enemies;
and denied his
Lord, the faith,
and the brother-
hood.
wMt.8.20, note.
= Mt.26.51; Mk.14,,
47; John 18.10,
¥ Miracles (N.T.).
1-10. (Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.),
2.37; Lk.23.32.
@ John 12,27; 14.30.
1108
here are two swords..
unto. them, It is enough.
Jesus in the garden (Mt. 26. 36-
46; Mk. 14. 32-42; John 18. 1).
39 And he came out, and ‘went,
as he was wont, to the mount of
Olives; and his disciples also fol-
lowed him.
40 And when he was at the place,
he said unto them, Pray that ye
enter not into temptation.
41 And he was withdrawn from
them about a stone’s cast, and
kneeled down, and prayed,
42 Saying, Father, if thou be will-
ing, remove this cup from me:
nevertheless not my will, but thine,
be done. h
43 And there appeared an “angel\)»
unto him from heaven, strengthen-
ing him.
44 And being in an agony he
prayed more earnestly: pe his
sweat was as it were great.drops of
blood falling down to the ground.
And when he rose up from
prayer, and was come to his. dis-
ciples, he found them “sleeping for
sorrow,
46 And said unto them, Why
sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye —
enter into temptation. 7
Jesus betrayed by Judas; re-
stores a severed ear (Mt. 26.
47-56; Mk.14, 43-50; John 18. 3-11).
47 And while he yet spake, be-
hold a multitude, and he that was
called Judas, one of the twelve,
went before them, and drew near
unto Jesus to kiss him.
48 But Jesus said unto him,
Judas, betrayest thou the “Son of
man with a kiss?
49 When they which were about
him saw what would follow, they
said unto him, Lord, shall we smite
with the sword?
50 And *one of them smote the
Servant of the high priest, and cut
off his right ear.
51 And Jesus answered and said,
Suffer ye thus far. And he touched
> his ear, and Yhealed him.
52 Then Jesus said unto the chief
priests, and captains of the temple,
and the elders, which were come to
him, Be ye come out, as against a
thief, with swords and staves?
53 When I was daily with you in
the temple, ye stretched forth no
hands against me: but ¢this is your
hour, and the power of darkness.
Jesus arrested: Peter’s denial
(Mt. 26. 57, 69-75; Mk. 14. 53, 54,
66-72; John 18. 12, 15-48, 25-27)
54 Then took they him, and led
him, and brought him into the high
priest’s house. And Peter followed
“afar off.
55 And when they had kindled a
fire in the midst of the hall, and
were set down together, Peter sat
down 4among them.
56 But a certain maid beheld him
as he sat by the fire, and earnestly
looked upon him, and said, This
man was also with him.
57 And he ‘denied him, saying,
Woman, I know him not.
58 And after a little while another
saw him, and said, Thou art also of
them. And Peter said, Man, I am
not.
59 And about the space of one
hour after another confidently af-
firmed, saying, Of a truth this
fellow also was with him: for he
is a 4Galilean.
60 And Peter said, Man, I know
not what thou sayest. And imme-
diately, while he yet spake, the
cock crew.
61 And the Lord turned, and
(Pans upon Peter. And Peter re-
Themibered the word of the Lord,
thow he had said unto him, Before
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
thrice.
62 And Peter went out, and
&wept bitterly.
Jesus buffeted (Mt. 26. 67,68; Mk.
14. 65; John 18. 22, 23).
63 And the men that held Jesus
“kynocked him, and ‘smote him.
64 And when they had blind-
folded him, they Jstruck him on the
face, and asked him, saying, Proph-
esy, who is it that smote thee?
65 And many other things blas-
phemously spake they against him.
Jesus before the Sanhedrin (Mt.
26. 59-68; Mk. 14. 55-65; John 18.
19-24).
66 #And as soon as it was day,
the /eiders of the people and the
chief priests and the scribes came
together, and led him into their
council, saying,
67 Art thou the Christ? tell us.
And he said unto them, If I tell
you, ye will not believe: )
| 68 And if I also ask you, ye will
not answer me, nor let me go.
\69 Hereafter shall the “Son of
St. LUKE.
A.D. 33.
a Cf.John 13.
23; 21.19.
6 Gen.12.11,
Jas.4.4.
¢ v.34.
d Acts 1.11; 2.7.
e Cf.Psa.32.8.
f v.34.
g 2 Cor.7.10,11-.
h Psa.69.12.
i Isa.50.6,
j Zech.13.7.
k For order of
events on the
57, note.
[fl Acts 4.26;
22.5.
m Acts 7.55,56
with Rev.1.7;
Heb.1.3.
n Mt.8.20,
note.
o John 10.30.
p Mk.14.55-59.
gq Mt.17.27;
22.21;
Mk.12.17.
ry vs.1-5;
Psa.27.12.
| s John 18.33-
36; 19.12.
t vs.14,22;
1 Pet.2.22.
iu Cf.John 6.15;
Lk.14.25-27.
v Lk.4.14.
w Also vs.8,
T11215-0 wee
Mt.14.1, ref. ;
Lk.3.1.
x Lk.9.9,
y Mt.14.1;
ME.6.14.
z John 19.9.
a Isa.53.3.
6 Acts 4.27;
cf.Prov.1.
10-16,
1109
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(23 13
man sit on the right hand of the
power of God.
70 Then said they all, Art thou
then the Son of God? And he said
unto them, Ye say that °I am.
71 And they said, What *need we
any further witness? for we our
‘selves have heard of his own mouth.
CHAPTER 23.
Jesus before Pilate (Mt. 27. 2, 11-
14; Mk. 15. 1-5; John 18. 28-38)
ND the whole multitude of them
arose, and led him unto Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him,
saying, We found this fellow per-
verting the nation, and forbidding
to give %tribute to Cesar, saying
that he himself is “Christ a ‘King.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying,
Art thou the King of the Jews?
And he answered him and said,
Thou sayest it.
4 Then said Pilate to the chief
priests and to the people, ‘I find no
fault in this man.
5 And they were the more fierce,
saying, “He stirreth up the people,
teaching throughout all Jewry, be-
ginning from ’Galilee to this place.
Jesus sent before Herod.
6 When Pilate heard of Galilee,
‘he asked whether the man were a
‘Galilean,
7 And as soon as he knew that he
/belonged unto “Herod’s jurisdiction,
he sent him to Herod, who himself
also was at Jerusalem at that time.
8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he
was exceeding glad: for he was *de-
sirous to see him of a long season,
because he had “heard many things
of him; and he hoped to have seen
some miracle done by him.
9 Then he questioned with him in
many words; but he answered him
2nothing.
10 And the chief priests and scribes
‘stood and vehemently accused him.
11 *And Herod with his men of
war set him at nought, and mocked
him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous
robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
12 And the same day Pilate and
Herod were made friends together:
for before they were at enmity be-
tween themselves.
Jesus again before Pilate: Bar-
abbas released, Jesus con-
demned (Mt. 27. 15-26; Mk. 15.
6-15; John 18, 39, 40).
13. And Pilate, when he had called
23 14)
together the chief priests and the
rulers and the people,
14 Said unto them, *Ye have
brought this man unto me, as one
that perverteth the people: and, be-
hold, I, having examined Aim be-
fore you, have found no 4fault in
this man touching those things
whereof ye accuse him: d Mt.27.15;
15 No, nor yet Herod: for I serit} Mxk.15.6;
you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy] John 18.39.
of death is done unto him. e Acts 3.14,
16 <I will therefore chastise him, | f John 19.8,12.
and release him. Gina eau
17 (For of necessity he must re- , =e ae
lease one unto them at the feast.) |? E™702
18 And ¢they cried out all at once,|* 33°? ““*
saying, Away with this man, and] ; acts 4.27,28.
telease unto us Barabbas: CEMt.27.
19 (Who for a certain sedition] 31/32; Mk.
made in the city, and for murder,
was cast into prison.)
20 Pilate therefore, Jwilling to re-
lease Jesus, spake again to them.
avs.1,2.
bv.4.
c Mt.27.263
John 19.1.
m Lk.19.41.
n Mt.24.19;
21 But they cried, saying, ¢Cru- eo Ty .
cify him, crucify him. ° Rev.6.16,17.
22 And he said unto them the], p33;
third time, Why, what evil hath he!” 1 Pet.4/17.
done? I have found no cause of|gMt.21.19;
death in him: I will therefore chas-| Jude 12.
tise him, and let Aim go.
23 And they were instant with
loud voices, requiring that he might
be crucified. And the “voices of
them and of the chief priests pre-
vailed. :
24 And Pilate gave sentence that
it should be as they required.
25 *And he released unto them
him that for sedition and murder
was cast into prison, whom they
had desired; but he Jdelivered Jesus
to their will.
26 Andasthey led him away, they
laid hold upon one “Simon, a Cyre-
nian, coming out of the country,
and on him they laid the cross, that
he might bear it after Jesus.
9; Rev.22.20.)
u Isa.53.12.
v Forgive-
13.28,39.
(Lev.4.20;
Mt.26.28.)
w Psa.22.18.
x Psa.22.17;
Zech.12.10.
y Psa.22.6-8;
69.12,21; Mt.
27.39-43;
Mk.15.29-32.
2 Mt.27.37;
Mk.15.26;
John 19.19,
@ Lk.18.13.
6 2 Cor.5.21;
Heb.7.26;
1 Pet.2.22.
The crucifixion (Mt. 27. 33-38;
Mk. 15. 22-28; John 19. 17-19).
27 And there “followed him a
great company of people, and of
women, which also bewailed and
lamented him.
28 But Jesus turning unto them
Sr. LUKE.
23.42. (Mt.6.
x o |
ti?
[23 41
said, Daughters of Jerusalem, “weep
not for me, but weep for yourselves,
and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are com-
ing, in the which they shall say,
Blessed are the barren, and the
wombs that never bare, and the
paps which never gave suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to
the mountains, °Fall on us; and to
the hills, Cover us. 2
31 For if they do these things in
a ?green tree, what shall be done in
the ¢dry?
32 And there were also two other,
*malefactors, led with him to be put
to death.
33 1And when they were come to
the place, which is called sCalvary,
there they crucified him, and the
malefactors, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left.
34 Then ‘said Jesus, “Father,
‘forgive them; for they know not
what they do. And “they parted
his raiment, and cast lots.
_35 And the 2*people stood behold. |
ing. And the rulers also with
them ‘derided him, saying, He
saved others; let him save him-
ne if he be Christ, the chosen of
od.
36 And the soldiers also mocked
him, coming to him, and offering
vinegar,
37 And saying, If thou be the king
of the Jews, save thyself.
38 And 2 “superscription also was
written over him in letters of Greek,
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS
THE KING OF THE JEWS.
The repentant thief. (Cf. Mt.
27. 44; Mk, 15. 32.)
39 And one of the malefactors
which were hanged railed on him,
saying, If thou be Christ, save thy-
self and us.
40 But the other answering re-
buked him, saying, Dost not thou
fear God, seeing thou art in the
same condemnation?
41 And we indeed @justly; for we
receive the due reward of our deeds:
but this man ¢hath done nothing
amiss.
1 For order of events at the crucifixion, see
Mt. 27. 33, note.
2 Jesus crucified is the true touchstone revealing what the world is: “The people
stood beholding” in stolid indifference; the rulers, who wanted religion, but without
a divine Christ crucified for their sins, “reviled’’; the brutal amongst them mocked
or railed;
cross and played their sordid game.
(John 12. 21).
1110
the conscious sinner prayed; the
covetous sat down before the
The cross is the judgment of this world
23 42)
42 And he 2said unto Jesus, Lord,
remember me when thou comest
into thy “kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, ‘Ver-
prayers (N.
ily I say unto thee, To day shalt Gees St:
thou be with me in paradise. Rev.22.20.)
44 And it was about the sixth)? At 37, note
hour, and there was a darkness] dise,” cfLk.
over all the earth until the ninth pata dae ;
hour. saved. chat
45 And the sun was darkened,} none need
and the ¢veil of the temple was pes ae :
rent in the midst. Be
Jesus dismisses his spirit (Mt. dg Mt27.51:
27. 50; Mk. 15. 37; John 19. 30). ae
46 And when Jesus had cried with] , 37410-1972
a loud voice, “he said, Father, finto| prayers (N.
thy hands I commend my spirit:] T:). John 4.
and having said thus, he Igave up| #9950)"
the ghost. f Psa.31.5;
47 Now when the ¢urion saw] cf-Acts 7.59;
what was done, he glorified God, pba
saying, Certainly this was a “right-|” John 7.45,46.
eous man. Rom.10.10,
48 And all the people that came| ; 725°1.10:
together to that sight, beholding} Rev.1.7.
the things which were done, ‘smote}7
their breasts, and returned. b Yea 53.9.
49 And all his acquaintance, and) 7 Acts 2.24-31.
the women that followed him from
Galilee, stood afar off, beholding/
these things.
The entombment (Mt. 27. 57-61; :
Mk. 15. 42-47; John 19. 38-42).
50 And, behold, there wasaman|] 11.38,39.
named Joseph, a counsellor; and he] v.23; Mk.
was a good man, and a just: t Joba 20.123
51 (The same had not consented] Acts 1.10.
to the counsel and deed of them;)|# Or, him that
he was of Arimathea, a city of the] vet”,
Jews: Jwho also himself waited for » Meis2is
the kingdom of God. 17.23; Mk.8.
52 This man went unto Pilate,| }io3°
and begged the body of Jesus. w Mt.8.20,
53 And he took it down, and] note...
wrapped it in linen, and Alaid it in|* 33" G76.
a sepulchre that was hewn in stone,|y Resurrec-
lwherein never man before was laid.| tion. vs.1-7;
54 And that day was the ™prep-| Gos jo2s”
aration, and the sabbath drew on.} 1 Cor.15.52.)
55 And the “women also, which| 2 John 2.22.
came with him from Galilee, fol- aes pais
lowed after, and beheld the sepul-| 16.11.
chre, and how his body was laid. |¢ yee ee
56 And they returned, and °pre-) 3¢ °° ;
pared spices and ointments; and|¢ Mx.16.12,13.
rested the sabbath day *according ee nee
to the commandment. 7.
pie wD ee ee
1See Mt. 27. 50, note.
St. LUKE.
[24 15
CHAPTER 24.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ
(Mt. 28. 1-6; Mk. 16. 1-8; John
208 1-17)¢
Now 2upon the first day of the
: week, very early in the morn-
ing, they came unto the sepuichre,
%bringing the spices which they had
prepared, and certain others with
them.
2 And they found the ‘stone rolled
away from the sepulchre.
3 And they entered in, and ‘found
not the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, as they
were much perplexed thereabout,
behold, ‘two men stood by them in
shining garments:
5 And as they were afraid, and
bowed down their faces to the
earth, they said unto them, Why
seek ye the “living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen: re-
member how he spake unto you
when he was yet in Galilee,
7 Saying, The “Son of man must
be delivered into the hands of *sin-
ful men, and be crucified, and the
third day %rise again.
8 And they “remembered his
words,
9 And returned from the sepul-
chre, and told all these things unto
the eleven, and to all the rest.
10 It was Mary Magdalene, and
¢Joanna, and Mary the mother of
James, and other women that
were with them, which told these
things unto the apostles.
11 And “their words seemed to
them as idle tales, and they believed
them not.
12 Then arose ‘Peter, and ran
unto the sepulchre; and stooping
down, he beheld the linen clothes
laid by themselves, and departed,
wondering in himself at that which
was come to pass.
Ministry of the risen Christ:
(1) to the Emmaus disciples.
13 3And, behold, “two of them
wentthat same day toa village called
Emmaus, which was from Jerusa-
lem about threescore ‘furlongs. _,
14 And they talked together of all
these things which had happened.
15 And it came to pass, that, while
they communed together and rea-
2 For order of events at the resurrection, see Mt. 28. 1, note.
2 For order of our Lord’s appearances after His resurrection, see Mt. 28. 9, note.
1111
24 16]
soned, Jesus himself drew near, and
went with them.
16 But their “eyes were holden
that they should not know him.
17 And he said unto them, What
manner of communications are
these that ye have one to another,
as ye walk, and are sad?
18 And the one of them, whose
name was Cleopas, answering said
unto him, Art thou only a stranger
in Jerusalem, and hast not known
the things which are come to pass
there in these days?
19 And he said unto them, What
things? And they said unto him,
Concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
which was a “prophet mighty in
deed and word before God and all
the people:
20 4¢And how the chief priests and
our rulers delivered him to be con-
denned to death, and have crucified
im.
21 But we ¢trusted that it had
been he which should have /re-
deemed Israel: and beside all this,
to day is the third day since these
things were done.
22 Yea, and certain women also
of our company made us astonished,
which were early at the sepulchre;
23 And when they found not his
body, they came, saying, that they
had also seen a vision of “angels
which said he was alive.
24 And ‘certain of them which
were with us went to the sepulchre,
and found. 7t even so as the women
had said: but him they saw not.
25 Then he said unto them, O
fools, and slow of heart to be-
lieve Jall that the *prophets have
spoken:
26 ‘Ought not Christ to have suf-
fered these things, and to enter
into his glory?
27 And "beginning at Moses and
all the prophets, he expounded unto
them in all the scriptures the things
concerning °himself.
28 And they drew nigh unto. the
village, whither they went: and he
made as though he would have
gone further.
29 But they constrained him,
saying, Abide with us: for it is
toward evening, and the day is far
spent. And he went in to tarry
with them.
30 And it came to pass, as he sat
at meat with them, he %took bread,
and blessed it, and brake, and gave
to them. cs
31 And their eyes were opened,
2
St. LUKE.
A.D. 33.
@ John 20.14; |
21.4; cf.
2 Cor.3.18.
b John 19.25.
eMt.21.11; ~
Lk.9.19;
Acts 2.22;
7.22.»
@ Lk.23:1;
Acts 13.27,28.
e Mt.3.2, note.
f Rom.3.24,
note.
g vs.9,10;
Mt.26.8;
Mk.16.10;
John 20.18.
h Heb.1.4,
note.
# v.12.
j Inspiration.
vs.25,27,44,
45; John 3.14.
(Ex.4.15;
Revy.22.19.)
k Acts 3,24.
1 Heb.2.9,10;
1 Pet.1.10-12.
m Christ (Sec-
ond Advent).
vs.25,26;
John 14.2,3.
(Deut.30.3;
Acts 1.9-11.)
nv.45.
o Rom.1.3;
Rev.19.10,
p Gen.18.1-8;
John 14.23,
q Lk.9.16;
22.19,
Psa.119.18;
Gal.1.16;
1 John 3.2.
$1 Pet.1.8;
John 20.
29-31.
t See Mk.16.
Le
w Mkk.6.49,
x Cf.Zech.13.6;
1 John 1.1.
y jenn 20.20,
21 Cor:15.20,
a Gen.45.26;
Acts 12.14.
b Acts 10.40,41.
c See Psa.
118.29, Sum-
mary;
d John 16.13;
Acts 16.14.
e Repentance.
Acts 2.38,
ASP
Acts 17.30.)
f Gospel.
Acts 8.25.
(Gen.12.1-3;.
Rev.14.6.)
2g Sin, Rom.
3.23, note.
M12
and they knew him; and he van-
ished out of their sight.
| 32 And they said one to another,
Did not our Sheart burn within us,
while he talked with us by the way,
and while he opened to us the
scriptures?
33 And they rose up the same
hour, and returned to Jerusalem,
and found the “eleven gathered
be al and them that were with
them,
| 34 Saying, The Lord is risén in-
deed, and “hath appeared to Simon.
35 Andthey told what things were
done in the way, and how he was
known of them in breaking of bread.
(2) To the ten. (Cf. Mt. 28. 16, 17;
Mk. 16. 14; John 20. 19-23.)
36 And as they thus spake, Jesus
himself “stood in the midst of them,
and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you.
37 But they were terrified and
affrighted, and supposed that they
had seen “a spirit.
38 And he said unto them, Why
are ye troubled? and why do
thoughts arise in your hearts?’
39 Behold my “hands and my
feet, that it is I myself: “handle
me, and see; for a “spirit hath not
flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
40 And when he had thus spoken,
4G shewed them Ais hands and his
eet.
41 And while they yet “believed
not for joy, and wondered, he said
unto them, Have ye here any
meat?
42 And they gave him a piece of a
broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
43 And he took it, and did eat be-
fore them.
44 And he said unto them, These
are the words which I spake unto
you, while I was yet with you, that
all things must be fulfilled, which
were written in the law of Moses,
and in the prophets, and in the
‘psalms, concerning me.
45 Then openéd he their under-
standing, that they might under-
stand the ¢scriptures,
The commission to evangelize
(Mt. 28. 18-20; Mk, 16, 15-183
Acts 1., 8).
46 And said unto them, Thus it is
written, and thus it behoved Christ
to suffer, and to rise from the dead
the third day:
47 And that ‘repentance and /re-
mission of Ssins should be preached
>
24 48) Sr. LUKE. | [24 53
in his name among all nations, be-|__A.D. 33. 50_And he led them out 4as far as
ginning at Jerusalem. @ Acts 1.21,22: 9,37.{L0 Bethany, and he lifted up his
48 And “ye are witnesses of these] i Cor.i5/4-9.~’|hands, and blessed them.
things. b John 14.16.17: 51 And it came to pass, !while he
; ‘Acts 1.8, blessed them, he was ¢parted from
The ascension of Jesus Chrrst |. Acts 2:4, note. th em, and carried up into 2heaven,
(Mk. 16. 19, 20; Acts1 9-11). [anu they 52 And they worshipped him, and
49 And, behold, I send the *prom-| Bean returned to Jerusalem with great
ise of my Father “upon you: but|e2Ki.2.u, joy: :
tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem,} Ravs2. °°" | 53 And were continually in the
until ye be endued with power] <fActs1101. |ftemple, praising and blessing God.
from on high. Ff Acts 2.46, 5.42, | Amen,
1 The attitude of our.Lord here characterizes this age. It is one of grace; an
ascended Lord is blessing a believing people with spiritual blessings. The Jewish
age was marked by temporal blessings as the reward of an obedient people (Deut.
28. 1-15) In the kingdom-age spiritual and temporal biessings unite.
2The Scriptures distinguish three heavens: first, the lower heavens, or the
region of the clouds; secondly, the second or planetary heavens: and, thirdly.
the heaven of heavens, the abode of God.
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/ PY MOLAR AT eS
4 ad
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
se St. JOHN. Sei
WRITER. The fourth Gospel was written by the Apostle John (John 21. 24). This
has been questioned on critical grounds, but on the same grounds and with equal
scholarship, the early date and Johanean authorship have been maintained.
: Date. The date of John’s Gospel falls between A.D. 85 and 90. Probably the
atter.
Theme. This is indicated both in the Prologue (1. 1-14), and in the last verse of
the Gospel proper (20. 31), and is: The incarnation of the eternal Word, and Son of
God, Himself God, in Jesus the Christ, (1) to reveal God in the terms of a human
life; (2) that as many as believe on Him as “the Christ, the Son of God” (20. 31)
may have eternal life. The prominent words are, “‘believed” and “life.”
The book is in seven. natural divisions: I. Prologue: The eternal Word incar-
nate in Jesus the Christ, 1. 1-14. II. The witness of John the Baptist 1. 15-34.
III. The public ministry of Christ, 1. 35-12. 50. IV. The private ministry of Christ
to His own, 13. 1-17, 26. V. The sacrifice of Christ, 18. 1-19. 42. VI. The man-
ifestation of Christ in resurrection, 20. 1-31. VII. Epilogue: Christ the Master
of life and service, 21. 1-25.
The events recorded in this book cover a period of 7 years.
re sent to bear witness of that
ight.
Jesus Christ the true Light.
(Cf. John 8. 12; 9.5; 12.46.)
9 That was the true JLight, which
CHAPTER 1.
The deity of Jesus Christ.
(Cf. Heb. 1. 5-13.)
[* the beginning was the !¢Word,
and the Word was with ¢God,|? ris (eier-
and the Word was “God. nal). ohn 3. a man that cometh into
cage Hpk date emg ik i et ees 10. He was in the *world, and the
ee ea. Ferre world was made by him, and the
His pre-incarnation work. hended; lit. |WOrld knew him not.
A Jaid not hold
Cf. Heb. 1. 2.) of it. The two classes: sons and unbe-
3 4All things were made by him; eee lievers. (Cf. 1 John 3. 1, 2; 5.
and without him was not any thing]; Join 3'26.36.| 21> 12-)
made that was made. i Acts 19.4.
E bell 11 A i i
4 In him was ‘life; and the life] 7 1sa.49.6. cmt,|Own Pa ie an puter Soe
was the light of men. : 4.8)= man- | 12 But as many as received him,
5 And the light shineth in dark- Aga om to them gave he “power to become
se ead ie darkness ‘compre- uaro his own |the sons of God, even to them that
ended it not. things, and "believe on his name:
Ministry of John Baptist. (Sec ple recaved | 23 Which were born, not of blood,
vss 29-34. CE. Mt. gis-g7- Wile]. hin not: nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
iy Livan e es ° =o author- |the will of man, but of God.
6} There ‘wasratenen cane ee » Faith. an The incarnation. (Cf. Mt. 1. 18-23;
Goat wh can Sores: Lk. 1. 30-35; Rom. 1. 3, 4.)
‘The amie canie faa Aree. Beet) 14 And the *Word was made
to bear witness of the Light, that| 3.6. (John 1.|flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we
all men through him might be-! 13; Jude 23.)'|beheld his glory, the glory as of the
lieve. ?1Tim3.16. /only begotten of the Father.) full f
8 ‘He was not that Light, but grace and truth. ) fille
a ee ee eee
1 Gr. Logos (Aram. Memra, used in the Targums, or Heb. paraphrases, for God).
The Greek term means, (1) a thought or concept; (2) the expression or utterance of
that thought. Asa designation of Christ, therefore, Logos is peculiarly felicitous
because, (1) in Him are embodied all the treasures of the divine wisdom, the col-
lective “thought” of God (1 Cor. 1. 24; Eph. 3. 11; Col. 2. 2,3); and, (2) He is, from
eternity, but especially in His incarnation, the utterance or expression of the Per-
son, and “thought” of Deity (John 1. 3-5, 9, 14-18: 14, 9-11; Col. 2.9). In the Be-
ing, Person, and work of Christ, Deity is told out.
1114
a Ae
Sara ty
1
oy fears Area Ht vey
The witness of John Baptist.
(Cf. Mt. 3. 1-17; Mk. 1. 1-11; Lk.
3. 1-18.)
15 John bare ¢witness of him, and
cried, saying, This was he-of whom
I spake, He that cometh after me is
‘preferred before me: for he was be-
fore me.
16 And of his fulness have all we
received, and grace for grace.
17 For the Slaw was given by
Moses, but !¢grace and truth came
by Jesus Christ.
18 Noman hath 2seen God at any
time; the only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, he
hath ¢declared him.
19 And ¢this is the record of John,
when the Jews sent priests and
Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,
Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied
not; but confessed, I am not the
Christ.
21 And they asked him, What
then? Art thou Elias? And he saith,
Iam not. Art thou that fprophet?
And he answered, No.
22 Then said they unto him, Who
art thou? that we may give an an-|
swer to them that sent us. What
sayest thou of thyself?
23 &8He said, I am the voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Make
straight the way of the “Lord, as
said the ‘prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were
of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said
1 Grace.
Pit A ? WR het A
Sz. JOHN.
jl 34
A.D. 26. junto him, Why baptizest thou
then, if thou be not that Christ, nor
Elias, neither that prophet?
vnb-8.15: 26 John answered them, saying, I
Mal.3.1. baptize with water: but there stand-
5 Law lot eth one among you, whom ye know
ohn |BOts
Moses). J ere 4 5
7.19. (Ex.19. | 27 Heitis, who coming after meis
wce preferred before me, whose shoe’s
latchet I am not worthy to un-
¢Grace (in _ |loose.
salvation). | 28 These things were done in
Rom.3.24.) |7Bethabara beyond Jordan, where
d Lit. led him |John was baptizing.
forth, i.e. 29 The next day John seeth Je-
orca ats sus coming unto him, and saith,
14.9." Behold the *Lamb of God, which
taketh away the Jsin of the
eLk,3.15, world,
fDeut.1g.i5, | 30 This is he of whom T said,
: After me cometh a man which is
g Mt.3.3, preferred before me: for he was
hJehovah. |before me. ¥
Isa.40.3. 31 And I knew him not: but that
180.403 he should be made manifest to
at ite Israel, therefore am I come baptiz-
j Bethany. ing Nie water.
‘ 32 And John bare record, saying,
Fe or I saw the “Spirit descending from
6.33-35. (Gen.|heaven like a dove, and it abode
Pea Heb.10. |ypon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he
1 Sin, Rom.3. |that sent me to baptize with water,
23, note. the same said unto me, Upon whom
m Holy Spirit.|thou shalt see the Spirit descend-
vs.32,33; ing, and remaining on him, the
joe vito same is he which baptizeth with
18; Acts 2.4.) |the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record
that this is the Son of God.
Summary: (1) Grace is “the kindness and love of God our Saviour
toward man... not by works of righteousness which we have done” (Tit. 3. 4, 5).
It is, therefore, constantly set in contrast to law, under which God demands right-
eousness from man, as, under grace, he gives righteousness to man (Rom. 3. 21, 22;
8. 4; Phil. 3. 9). Law is connected with Moses and works; grace with Christ and
faith (John-1. 17; Rom. 10. 4-10). Law blesses the good; grace saves the bad (Ex.
19. 5; Eph. 2. 1-9). Law demands that blessings be earned; grace is a free gift
(Deut. 28. 1-6; Eph. 2. 8; Rom. 4. 4, 5).
(2) As a dispensation, grace begins with the death and resurrection of Christ
(Rom. 3. 24-26; 4. 24, 25). The point of testing is no longer legal obedience as the
condition of salvation, but acceptance or rejection of Christ, with good works
as a fruit of salvation (John 1. 22, 13; 3. 36; Mt. 21. 37; 22. 42; John 15. 22, 25; Heb. 1. 2;
1 John 5. 10-12). The immediate result of this testing was the rejection of Christ
by the Jews, and His crucifixion by Jew and Gentile (Acts 4. 27). The predicted
end of the testing of man under grace is the apostasy of the professing church (see
“Apostasy,” 2 Tim. 3. 1-8, note), and the resultant apocalyptic judgments.
(3) Grace has a twofold manifestation: in salvation (Rom. 3. 24, refs.), and in
the walk and service of the saved (Rom. 6. 15, refs.). See, for the other six dis-
pensations: Innocence, Gen. 1. 28; Conscience, Gen. 3. 23; Human Government,
Gen. 8. 21; Promise, Gen. 12. 1; Law, Ex. 19. 8; Kingdom, Eph. 1. 10. 4:
2 Cf. Gen. 32. 30; Ex. 24. 10; 33. 18; Jud. 6. 22; 13. 22; Rev. 22.4. The divine
essence, God, in His own triune Person, no human being in the flesh has seen. But
God, veiled in angelic form, and especially as incarnate in Jesus Christ, has been
seen of men (Gen. 18. 2. 22; John 14. s, a
1115,
-
wo
est thou? thou shalt see greater
things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Hereafter
ye shall see heaven open, and the
kangels of God ascending and de-
scending upon the Son of man.
The public ministry of Jesus
Christ (John 1. 35-12. 50).
35 Again the next day after John
stood, and two of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he
walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb
of God!
37 And the two disciples heard CHAPTER 2.
him speak, and “they followed The marriage at Cana: the first
Jesus. , miracle,
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw}, crm. Y
them following, and saith unto] 16-20; Lk.s. Ae the third day there was a
them, What seek ye? They said} 1-11. marriage in Cana of Galilee;
unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say,|; The callto |and the mother of Jesus was there:
being interpreted, Master,) where] discipleship. | 2 And both Jesus was called, and
dwellest thou? Cf.Mt.4.18- |his disciples, to the ‘marriage. :
39 He saith unto them, woame a2, ne cae? ° aes Nae they theses wie
7) The ame and saw the mother of Jesus saith unto him,
Fae auele oad abode with|¢ Phot wes, They have no wine.
ree per day: for it was about ‘the} before night, be - pee eae
en ur.
40 One of the two which heard|¢ One a mine °hour is not = come.
John speak, and followed him, was P 5 His mother saith unto the ser-
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. | ¢ Lk.24.27. vants, Whatsoever he saith unto
41 He first findeth his own brother you, do it.
Simon, and saith unto him, We|??™t!815- [6 ‘and there were set there six
have found the Messias, which is,|g Rom.2.28,29. |waterpots of stone, after the man-
being interpreted, ¢the Christ. eee ner of the ?purifying of the Jews,
42 And he brought him to Jesus.|” **?°*°?"*" containing two or three firkins
And when Jesus beheld him, he|iJohns5.17. /apiece.
said, Thou art Simon the son of aL 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the
HEME cere mea ood GL NS a ASE Rake eee
. em up to the brim.
43 The day following Jesus would|* Heb.1.4, 8 And he saith unto them, Draw
go forth into Galilee, and findeth| 7°%* out now, and bear unto the governor
Philip, and saith unto him, Follow] 1 Heb.13.4. of the feast. And they bare it.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida,|"Jot 1926 |tasted thers rae ieee
the city of Adieu and Peter ips Wine meatal ce seh ta invade
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and] Lk.2.49. (but the servants which drew the
saith unto him, We have found|,ysa.39.1g. {water knew;) the governor of the
him, of whom ¢Moses in the law, feast called the bridegroom,
and the prophets, did write, ‘Jesus eee 10 And saith unto him, Every
of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. SUES man at the beginning doth set forth
46 And Nathanael said unto him,|q One firkin= |good wine; and when men have
Can there any good thing come out| about 9 gals. |well drunk, then that which is
of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him,], ayiractes worse: but thou hast kept the good
oe and see. ae ; : wey a, wine no now.
vesus saw, Nathanael coming} 1-10; John 4. | 11 This beginning of miracles did
to pe and. saith of him, sBehold ne oA Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and mani-
anaes ite indeed, in whom is no] - 8/9:) fested forth his glory; and his dis-
"48 Nathanael saith unto him, | ° 2-22-14. Seenpo fe a tat down to
Whence knowest thou me? Jesus Capernaum, he, and his mother
epev ered and said unto him, Before and his brethren, and his disciples:
wast under the fie cee oie Ame
49 Nathanael answered and saith .
unto him, Rabbi, ‘thou art the Son The first passover (vs. 13, 23; cf.
of God: thou art the JKing of ret Sea wig epee
Beal: i0n oO e temple. f. Mt.
50 Jesus answered and said unto 21. 12,13; Mk. 11, 13-17; Lk, 19.
him, Because I said unto thee, I pi
saw thee under the fig treé, beliey- 13 And the Jews’ spassover was
1116
2 14]
at hand, and ¢Jesus went up to Je-
rusalem,
14 And found in the ‘temple
those that sold ¢oxen and sheep and
doves, and the changers of ‘money
sitting:
15 And when he had made a
scourge of small cords, he drove
them all out of the temple, and the
sheep, and the oxen; and poured
out the changers’ money, and over-
threw the- tables;
16 And said unto them that sold
doves, Take these things hence;
make not my Father’s house an
house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered
that it was written, The /zeal of
thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and
said unto him, What ‘sign shewest
thou unto us, seeing that thou doest
these things?
19 Jesus answered and said anto
them, “Destroy this temple, and in
three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and
six years was this temple in build-
ing, and wilt thou rear it up in
three days?
21 But he spake of the ‘temple of
his body. ;
22 When therefore he was risen
from the dead, his disciples remem-
bered that he had said this unto
them; and they believed the scrip-
ture, and the word which Jesus
had said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusa-
lem at the passover, in the feast
day, many believed in his name,
when they saw the miracles which
he did. i '
24 But Jesus did not commit him-
self unto them, because he *knew all
men
25 And needed not that any
should testify of man: for he knew
what was in man,
CHAPTER 3.
Jesus and Nicodemus: the new
birth. (Cf. v. 3, note.)
ene was a man of the Phari-
sees, named ‘Nicodemus, a
ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by
St. JOHN.
A.D. 30.
a John 5.1;
6.4; 11.55,
[3 16
night, and said unto him, Rabbi,
we know that thou art a teacher
come from God: for no man can do
these miracles that thou doest, ex-
cept “God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto
him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
"Except a man be !born °again, he
b Mt.21.12;
Mk.11.15;
Lk.19.45.
c Rev:11.2.
d Lev.22.19.
e Ex.30.12.
f Psa.69.9.
g John 6.30;
Mt.12.38;
21.23.
h Mt.26.61;
27.40.
4 Eph.2.21,22;
Col.2.9.
j Resurrec-
tion. vs.19-
23; John 5.
25-29. (Job
19.25; 1 Cor.
15.52.)
k 1 Sam.16.7;
Rev.2.23.
Z John 7.
50,51; 19.39.
m Acts 10.38.
n John 1.13;
Gal.6.15;
Eph.2.10;
Tit.3.53
Jas.1.18;
1 Pet.1.23.
o Or, from
above.
p Ezk.36.25;
Mk.16.16;
cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is
old? can he enter the second time
into his mother’s womb, and be
born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man be
born of water and of the Spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom of
God.
6 That which is born of the Mesh
is %flesh; and that which is born of
the Spirit is spirit. i
7 Marvel not that I said unto
thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it
listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it
cometh, and whither it goeth: "so
is every one that is born of the
Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said
pene him, How can these things
e
10 Jesus answered and said unto
him, Art thou ‘a master of Israel,
+r Rom.9.15,18.
s Lit, Art thou
the teacher
of Israel, etc.
t vs.3,5,85
Heb.5.11,12.
u1 Tim.3.16;
1 John S.7.
uv See Mt.8.
20, note.
w Inspiration,
John 5.46,47.
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
x kosmas (Mt.
4.8) = man-
kind.
y Isa.9.6,
and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
We speak that we do know, and
testify that we have seen; and ye
receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you ‘earthly
things, and ye believe not, how
shall ye believe, if I tell you of
uheavenly things?
13. And no man hath ascended up
to heaven, but he that came down
from heaven, even the ’Son of man
which is in heaven.
14 And “as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so
must the Son of man be lifted
up: ;
15 That whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have
eternal life.
16 For God so loved the “world,
that he gave his only begotten
ySon, that whosoever believeth in
1 Regeneration: (1) The necessity of the new birth grows out of the incapacity
of the natural man to “see” or ‘‘enter into” the kingdom of God. However gifted,
moral, or refined, the natural man is absolutely blind to spiritual truth, and impo-
tent to enter the kingdom; for he can neither obey, understand, nor please God
(John 3. 3, 5, 6; Psa. 51. 5; Jer. 17. 9; Mk. 7. 21-23; 1 Cor. 2. 14; Rom. 8. 7, 8;
2.3. See Mt. 6. 33,.-note).
1117
a
Eph.
(2) The new birth is not a reformation of
rs
3 17]
17 For God sent not his Son into
the ¢world to “condemn the world;
but that the world through him
might be ‘saved. ;
18 ¢He that believeth on him is
not condemned: but he that believ-
eth not is condemned already, be-
cause he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of
God.
19 And this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the ¢world,
and men loved darkness rather
Sai light, because their deeds were
evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil
hateth the light, neither cometh to
the light, lest his deeds should be
€reproved.
21. But he that Jdoeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds
may be made manifest, that they
are €wrought in God.
Last testimony of John Faptist.
22 After these things came Jesus
and his disciples into the land of
Judea; and there he tarried with
them, and “baptized.
23 And John also was baptizing
in 4£non near to Salim, because
there was much water there: and
they ‘came, and were baptized.
24 For John jwas not yet cast
into prison.
25 Then there arose a question
between some of John’s disciples
and the Jews about “purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and
said unto him, Rabbi, he that was
with thee beyond Jordan, to whom
thou barest witness, behold, the
same baptizeth, and all men come
to him.
27 John answered and said, A
‘man can receive nothing, except it
be given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness,
that I said, I am not the Christ,
but that “I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the
“bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and
| ,
Sr. JOHN.
SSS
him should not !perish, but have| A.D. 30. _j|heareth him, rejoiceth greatly be-
everlasting life. cause of the bridegroom’s voice:
a kosmos
c Rom.1.16,
note.
é John 6.40,47;
orn.8.1.
e Or, discov-
ered.
f Psa.119.105;
139.23.
g John 15.4,5;
1 Cor.15.10.
h John 4.2.
i Mt.3.5,6.
jMt.4.3.
& Num.19.7;
Heb.9.9,14;-
1 Pet.3.21.
1 Rom.12.5,8;
1 Cor.3.6;
Heb.5.4;
1 Pet.4.10,11.
m Mal.3.1.
n Bride (of
Christ).~
Rom.7.4. +
(John 3.29; .
Rev.19.6-8.)
o Isa.9.7.
b John 15.15.
q Isa.55.4,11;
1 John 5.10.
r John 7.16.
s Holy Spirit.
vs.5,6,8,34;
hn 4
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
t Faith vs.
15,16,18,36;
hn
(Gen.3.20; -
Heb.11.39.)
u Life (Eter-
nal). vs.15,
16,36; John
4.14,36.
(Mt.7.14;
Rev.22.19.)
v Gal.3.10;
1 Thes.1.10.
w Gen.33.19.
this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 °He must increase, but I musé
decrease..
Declarative statement concern-
ing Jesus Christ.
31 He that cometh from above is
above all: he that is of the earth is
earthly, and speaketh of the earth:
he that cometh from heaven is
above all.
32 And what *he hath seen and
heard, that he testifieth; and no
man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his tes-.
timony hath ¢set to his seal that
God is true.
34 For "he whom God hath sent
speaketh the words of God: for
God giveth not the ‘Spirit by mea-
sure unto him.
35.The Father loveth the Son,
and hath given all things into his
hand.
36 He that “believeth on the Son
“hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see
life; but the *wrath of God abideth
on him.
CHAPTER 4.
Jesus departs into Galilee.
WEEN therefore the Lord knew
how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more
disciples than John,
2 (Though Jesus himself baptized
not, but his disciples, )
3 He left Judea, and departed
again into Galilee.
4 And he must needs go through
Samaria. ;
5: Then cometh he to a city of Sa-
maria, which is called Sychar, near
to the parcel of ground that Jacob
wgave to his son Joseph.
Jesusand theSamaritanwoman.
6 Now Jacob’s well was there.
Jesus therefore, being wearied with
his journey, sat thus on the well:
and it was about the sixth hour,
the old nature (Rom. 6. 6, nofe), but a creative act of the Holy Spirit (John 3. 5;
1. 12, 13; 2 Cor. 5. 17; Eph. 2. 10; 4.
24).
i (3) The condition of
in Christ crucified (John 3. 14, 15; I. 12, 13; Gal. 3. 24).
the new birth is faith
(4) Through the new birth
the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature and of the life of Christ Him-
self (Gal. 2:
1 John 5. 10-12).
1Gr.. apollumi, trans.
Lk. 15. 4, 6, 32.
consciousness.
20; Eph. 2. 10; 4. 24; Col. 1. 27; 1 Pet. 1.
1118
23-25; 2 Pet. 1. 4;
“marred,” Mk. 2. 22; “lost,” Mt. 10. 6; 15. 24; 18. 11;
In no N.T. instance does it signify cessation of existence or of
It is the condition of every non-believer.
7 There cometh a woman of Sa-
maria to draw water: Jesus saith
unto her, Give me to dri
8 (For his disciples were gone
away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Sa-
maria unto him, How is it that
thou, being a Jew, askest drink of
me, which am a woman of Samaria?
for the Jews have no @dealings with
the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto
her, If thou knewest the gift of
God, and who it is that saith to
thee, Give me to drink; thou would-
est have asked of him, and he
would have given thee living
water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir,
thou hast nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep: from whence
then hast thou that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our
as, .* ( er sty AP
St. JOHN.
AD.30.__| 23 But the hour cometh, and now
is, when the ‘true worshippers shall
worship the Father in Jspirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh such
to worship him.
a Acts 10.28. } 24 *God is a ‘Spirit: and they
5 Chleiee that worship him must. worship
Stone). vs. |fim in spirit and in truth.
13,14; John 7.| 25 The woman saith unto him, I
37-39. (Ex. |Iknow that Messias cometh, which
er 1 Pet. Jis called Christ: when he is come,
he will “tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that
speak unto thee am he.
c Or, become.
d Life
ieee | 27 And upon this came his disci-
pee alts ples, and marvelled "that he talked
eer ige — [with the woman: yet no man said,
Rev.22.19.). |What seekest thou? or, Why talk-
est thou with her?
28 The woman then left her
waterpot, and went her way into
the city. and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told
e Bible pray-
ers. John 4.
49. (Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
f Gen.12.6,7;
father Jacob, which gave us the
well, and drank thereof himself, and
his children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered and said unto
her, Whosoever drinketh of this
bwater shall thirst again:
The indwelling Spirit.
(Cf. John 7. 37-39.)
14 But whosoever drinketh of the
water that. I shall give him shail
never thirst; but the water that I
shall give him shall “be in him a
well of water springing up into
deverlasting life.
15 The woman saith unto him,
Sir, give me this water, that I thirst
not, neither come hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call
_thy husband, and come hither.
“17 The woman answered and said,
I have no husband. Jesus said un-
to her, Thou hast well said, I have
no husband:
18 For thou hast had five hus-
bands; and he whom thou now hast
is not thy husband: in that saidst
thou truly. . .
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir,
I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this
fmountain; and ye say, that in 8Je-
rusalem is the place where men
ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman,
believe me, the hour cometh, when
ye shall neither in this mountain,
nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the
Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what:
we know what we worship: for
’salvation is of the Jews.
me all things that ever I did: is not
this the Christ?
30 Then they went out of the
city, and came unto him.
31 Inthe mean while his disciples
33.18; Jud.
9.7.
g Deut.12.5;
1 Ki.9.3.
ia es prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
: 32 But he said unto them, I have
4Or, real. meat to eat that ye know not of.
j That the 33 Therefore said the disciples
Holy Spirit |One to another, Hath any man
ismeantis |brought him ought to eat?
clear fromv. | 34 Jesus saith unto them, My
x meat is to do the will of him that
kCf£Johni. |sent me, and to finish his work.
18, note. 35 Say not ye, There are yet four
1 Holy Spirit. months, and then cometh harvest?
John 6.63. |behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
heneg eyes, and look on the fields; for
4 they are white already to harvest.
mDeut.18.15. | 36 And he that reapeth receiveth
wages, and gathereth ‘fruit unto
life eternal: that both he that sow-
Jeth and he that reapeth may rejoice
together.
37 And herein is that saying true,
One Ssoweth, and another reapeth.
n that he was
talking with
a woman,
o Psa.40.8.
p complete.
Cf.John 17.4. | 38 I sent you to reap that whereon
qRom.6.22, |Ye bestowed no labour: ‘other men
laboured, and ye are entered into
r 1 Cor.8.5,95 their labours. ‘
3.2.19. | 39 And ‘many of the Samaritans
s Mic.6.15. of that city believed on him for the
A saying of the woman, which testi-
# Jer 44-4i»,. |fied, He told me all that ever I did.
Jesus and the Samaritans.
cause of his own word;
_-1119
4 42]
Sr. J OHN.
a
[5 18
42 And said unto the woman,
Now we believe, not because of thy
saying: for we have heard him our-
selves, and know that this is indeed
the Christ, the “Saviour of the
bworld.
43 Now after two days he de-
parted thence, and went into
Galilee. ;
44 For Jesus himself testified,
‘that a prophet hath no honour in
his own country. J
45 Then when he was come into
Galilee, the Galilezans received him,
having 4seen all the things that he
did at Jerusalem at the feast: ¢for
they also went unto the feast.
The nobleman’s son healed.
46 So Jesus came again into Cana
of Galilee, where he ‘made the
water wine. And there was a cer-
tain £nobleman, whose son was sick
at Capernaum.
47 When he heard that Jesus was
come out of Judza into Galilee, he
went unto him, and besought him
that he would come down, and heal
his son: for he was at the point
of death.
48 Then said Jesus unto him, Ex-
cept ye see signs and wonders, ye
will not believe.
49 The nobleman “saith unto him,,
Sir, come down ere my child die.
50 Jesus saith unto him, ‘Go thy
way; thy son liveth. And the man
believed the word that Jesus had
spoken unto him, and he went his
way.
51 And as he was now going
down, his servants met him, and
told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52 Then enquired he of them the
hour when he began to amend.
And they said unto him, Yesterday
a the seventh hour the “fever left
im.
53 So the father knew that it was
at the same hour, in the which Jesus
said unto him, Thy son liveth: and
himself believed, and his whole
house.
94 This is again the second mira-
cle that Jesus did, when he was
come out of Judea into Galilee,
CHAPTER 5,
The feast (Pentecost?) : the pool
of Bethesda, and healing.
FTER this there was a *feast of,
the Jews; and Jesus went up
to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by
A.D. 30.
a Rom.1.16,
note.
b kosmos
(Mt.4.8) =
mankind.
¢ Mt.13.57;
ME.6.4;
LK.4.24.
d John 2.13,23. |
e Deut.16.16.
f John 2.1,11.
g Or, courtier,
or, ruler.
h Bible pray-
ers (N.T.).
John 11.41,
42. (Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
t Mt.8.13; Mk.
J.29,30.
j Miracles
(N.T.).. vs.
46-54; John
5.1-9. (Mt.
8.2,3; Acts
28.8,9.)
k John 2.13;
Lev.23.2;
Deut.16.16.
n Heb.1.4,note.
o Psa.142.3.
D v.40.
q Miracles
( 2,35
Acts 28.8,9.)
ry Jer.17.21;
Mt.12.2.
s LK.4.30.
t Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
u Psa.2.2,
v Gr. patera
idion, his
own Father,
The Jews
understood
perfectly
that Jesus
was claiming
to be God. Cf.
John 10.33.
w John 10.30,
33; Phil.2.6.
the sheep ’market a pool, which is
called in the Hebrew tongue
Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude
of impotent folk, of blind, halt,
withered, “waiting for the moving
of the water.
4 For an “angel went down at a
certain season into the pool, and
troubled the water: whosoever then
first after the troubling of the water
stepped in was made whole of what-
soever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there,
which had an infirmity thirty and
eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie, “and
knew that he had been now a long
time in that case, he saith unto
him, ?Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered
him, Sir, I have no man, when the
water is troubled, to put me into the
pool: but while I am coming, an-
other steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take
up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was _
made ¢whole, and tcok up his bed,
and walked: and on the same day
was the sabbath.
10 The Jews therefore said unto
him that was cured, It is the "sab-
bath day: it.is not lawful for thee
to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that
made me whole, the same said unto
me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What
‘|man is that which said unto thee,
Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist
not who it was: for Jesus had ‘con-
veyed himself away, a multitude
being in that place.
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in
the temple, and said unto him, Be-
hold, thou art made whole: ‘sin no
mee lest a worse thing come unto
ee.
15 The man departed, and told
the Jews that it was Jesus, which
had made him whole,
16 And therefore did the Jews
persecute Jesus, and sought to
Uslay him, because he had done
these things on the sabbath day.
17 But Jesus answered them, My
Father worketh hitherto, and I
work. ‘
18 Therefore the Jews sought the
more to “kill him, because he not
only had broken the sabbath, but
said also that God was “his Father,
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“making himself equal with God.
5 19}
19 Then answered Jesus and said
unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, The Son can do nothing
of himself, but what he seeth the
Father ¢do: for what things soever
he doeth, these also doeth the Son
likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the
Son, and sheweth him all things
that himself doeth: and he will
shew him greater works than these,
that ye may marvel.
21 For¢asthe Father raiseth up the
dead, and quickeneth them; ¢even
so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth no
man, but hath committed all ‘judg-
ment unto the Son:
23 That ali men should honour
rv
St. JOHN.
A.D. 31.
a Lit.doing.
b Mt.3.17.
¢1 Ki.17.21;
Rom.8.11.
d John 11.25;
Lk.8.54.
ment. vs.
22,27,30;
Acts 17.31.
(Mt.10.15;
Rev.20.11.)
f Life (eter-
nal). vs.24-
7.14; Rev.
22.19.)
g Judgments
(the seven).
the Son, even as they honour the
Father. He that honoureth not
the Son honoureth not the Father
which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and be-
lieveth on him that sent me, ‘hath
everlasting life, and shall not come :
jnto &condemnation; but is passed| ;
from “death unto life. :
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The hour is coming, and now is,
when the ‘dead shall hear the voice
of the Son of God: and they that
hear shall live.
26 For jas the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the
Son to have Alife in himself;
27. And hath given him authority
to execute judgment also, because
he is the Son of man.
The two resurrections.
(See v. 29, marg.)
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour
is coming, in the which all that are
jn the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they
that have done good, unto the ‘res-
urrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of
mdamnation.
30 I can of mine own self do noth-
ing: as I hear, I ¢judge: and my
judgment is just; because I seek
not mine own will, but the will of
the Father which hath sent me.
31 If I bear Jwitness of myself,
my witness is not true.
20.12.
h Death (spir-
itual). Eph.
nation,
n v.37;
Acts 10.43.
o Rom.1.16,
note.
p Mt.5.16;
Phil.2.15,16.
q complete.
r Cf.John 1.
18, note.
s Or, Ye
search.
1 The Beast.
2 Thes.2.3-8.
(Dan.7.8;
Rev.19.20.)
u i.e. hope.
v Inspiration.
vs.46,47;
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
w Faith. vs.
24,44,46;
John 6.29,35,
. (Gen.3.
32 There is “another that bear-
e Day of judg-
"|(4) The Scriptures.
m i.e. condent-
[5 46
eth witness of me; and I know that
ithe witness which he witnesseth
lof me is true.
The fourfold witness to Jesus:
(1) John Baptist.
33 Yesent unto John, and he bare
witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony
from man: but these things I say,
that ye might be °saved.
_35 He was a burning and a shin-
ing /light: and ye were willing for
a season to rejoice in his light.”
(2) The works.
36 But I have greater witness
than that of John: for the works
which the Father hath given me to
finish, the same works, that I do,
- |bear witness of me, that the Father
hath sent me.
(3) The Father (Mt. 3. 17).
37 And the Father himself, which
hath sent me, hath borne witness
of me. Ye have neither heard his
voice at any time, nor seen his
. |shape.
-| 38 And ye have not his word
abiding in you: for whom he hath
sent, him ye believe not.
(Cf. Lk. 24.
27, 44-46.)
39 sSearch the scriptures; for in
them ye think ye have eternal life:
and they are they which testify of
me.
40 And ye will not come to me,
that ye might have /life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have
not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father’s
name, and ye receive me not: if
ee ; :
name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe, which re-
ceive honour one of another, and
seek not the honour that cometh
from God only?
45 Do not think that I will accuse
you to the Father: there is one that
accuseth you, even Moses, in whom
ye “trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye
would have believed me: “for he
wrote “of me.
1Cf, John 8. 14.
before Jews who denied those claims,
required “two witnesses” (John 8.
of verse 31 would be: “If I bear witness ©:
true,” Cf. John 8. 14.
17;
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In John 5. 31 our Lord,. defending His Messianic claims
accepts the biblical rule of evidence, which
Num. 35. 30; Deut. 17. 6). )
f myself [ye will say] my witness is not
A paraphrase
A
47 But if ye believe not his writ-
ings, how shall ye believe my
words?
CHAPTER 6.
Feeding the five thousand (Mt.
14. 13-21; Mk. 6. 324; Lk. 9.
0-17).
2 And a great multitude followed
him, because they saw his miracles
which he did on them that were
diseased. ,
3 And Jesus went up into a moun-
tain, and there he sat with his
disciples.
4 And the 4passover, a feast of
the Jews, was nigh. F F
5 When Jesus then lifted up Ais
eyes, and saw a great company
come unto him, he saith unto
Philip, Whence shall we buy bread,
that these may eat? :
6 And this he said to prove him:
for he himself knew what he would
Oo.
7 Philip answered him, Two hun-
dred pennyworth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that every one
of them may take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew,
Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto
him,
9 There is a lad here, which hath
five barley loaves, and two small
fishes: but what are they among so
many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men
sit down. Now there was much
grass in the place. So the men sat
down, in number about five thou-
sand,
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and
when he had ‘given thanks, he dis-
tributed to the disciples, and the
disciples to them that were set
down; and likewise of the fishes as
much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said
unto his disciples, Gather up the
fragments that remain, that noth-
ing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them
together, and filled twelve baskets
with the fragments of the five barley
loaves, which remained over and
above unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they
had seen the ¢miracle that Jesus
did, said, This is of a truth «that
peopiict that should come into the|
Jworld.
St. JOHN.
@ Cf.John
2.13; 11.55.
6 Num.11.
21,22.
¢ 1 Sam.9.13;
Mt.26.26;
1 Cor.10.31;
1 Tim.4.4,5.
d Miracles
Acts 28.8,9.)
e Gen.49.10;
Deut.18.
15,18.
fn
t.4.8) =
mankind.
g John 18.36.
hk Mt.14.23;
MkK.6.47.
# One furlong
= 582 ft.
9 Isa.43.1,2.
kvl,
l boats.
m 1sa.55.2;
Mt.6.19,34;
Phil.2.13;
Col.3.1,2.
n vs.54,58;
Jer.15.16,
o Mt.8.20,
note,
p Eph.2.8,9.,
g Psa.2.7;
Isa.42.1;
Acts 2.22;
2 Pet.1.17.
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Jesus walks upon the sea (Mt.14.
22-36; Mk. 6. 45-56).
15 When Jesus therefore per-
ceived that they would come and
take him by force, to make him a
&king, he departed again into a
mountain himself alone.
16 #And when even was now
come, his disciples went down unto
the sea,
17 And entered into a ship, and
went over the sea toward Caper-
naum. And it was now dark, and
Jesus was not come to them.
18 And the sea arose by reason of
a great wind that blew.
19 So when they had rowed about
five and twenty or thirty ‘furlongs,
they see Jesus walking on the sea,
and drawing nigh unto the ship:
and they were afraid. :
20 But he saith unto them, JIt is
I; be not afraid.
21 Then they willingly received
him into the ship: and immediately
the ship was at the land whither
they went.
The great discourse on the
bread of Iife.
22 The day following, when the
people which stood on the other
side of the sea saw that there was
none other boat there, save that
one whereinto his disciples were
entered, and that Jesus went not
with his disciples into the boat, but
that his disciples were gone away
alone;
23 (Howbeit there came other
boats from Tiberias nigh unto #the
place where they did eat bread, after
that the Lord had given thanks:)
24 When the people therefore saw
that Jesus was not there, neither
his disciples, they also took ‘ship-
ping, and came to Capernaum,
seeking for Jesus.
25 And when they had found him
on the other side of the sea, they
said unto him, Rabbi, when camest
thou hither?
26 Jesus answered them and said,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye
seek me, not because ye saw the
miracles, but because ye did eat of
the loaves, and were filled.
27°™Labour not for the meat
which perisheth, but for "that meat
which endureth unto everlasting
life, which the “Son of man shall
’give unto you: %for him hath God
the Father sealed,
28 Then said they unto him, What
+
shall we do, that we might work
the works of God? ;
29 Jesus answered and said. unto
them, This is the work of God, that
ye “believe on him whom he ‘hath
sent.
30 They said therefore unto him,
What “sign shewest thou then, that
we may see, and believe thee? what
dost thou work?
31 Our fathers did eat manna in
the desert; ‘as it is written, He
gave them ¢bread from heaven to
eat.
32 Then Jesus said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Mo-
ses gave you not that bread from
heaven; but ‘my Father giveth you
the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God fis he
which cometh down from heaven,
and égiveth life unto the ‘world.
34 Then said they unto him, Lord,
evermore give us this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, Ij
am the bread of life: he that cometh
to me shall never hunger; and the
that “believeth on me shall never
thirst. :
36 But I said unto you, That Jye
also have seen me, and believe not.
37 All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me; and ‘him that
cometh to me I will in no wise cast
out.
38 For I came down from heaven,
not to do mine own will, “but the
will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father’s will
which hath sent me, that of all
which he hath given me I should
lose nothing, but should raise it up
again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that
sent me, “that every one which
seeth the Son, and believeth on him,
may have everlasting life: and I
will Sraise him up at the last day.
41 The Jews then murmured at
him, because he said, I am the bread
which came down from heaven.
42 And they -said, ?Is not this
Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose
father and mother we know? how
is it then that he saith, I came down
from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answered and
said unto them, Murmur not among
yourselves.
44 Wo man can Icome to me, ex-
cept the Father which hath sent me
rdraw him: and [ will raise him up
at the last day. :
45 It is written in the prophets,
And they shall be all taught of
| if
St. JOHN
a Faith. vs.29,
Heb.11.39.)
6 Mt.12.38.
c Inspiration.
vs.31,32,45,
49,63; John 7.
ef. Psa.78.24;
105.40.
e John 3.13,16.
F ¥3.48,58.
g Sacrifice
(of Christ).
John 12.24.
Rev.7.16.
j John 10.26.
R v.45;
Mt.11.28;
Lk.23.42,43;
1 Tim.1.15;
Heb.4.15,16;
7.25;
Rev.22.17.
m John 4.34;
5.30; 6.38;
Psa.40.7,8;
Mt.26.39,
n vs.47,54;
John 3.15,16.
o Resurrec-
tion.vs.39,40;
John 11.11-
14,23-25,42-
Phil.1.29;
2.12,13.
s Jehovah,
Isa.54.13.
t Lk.10.22:;
u v.40,
v VS.33,35;
Gal.2.20;
Col.3.3,4.
w John 3.16;
Lk.19.10.
x kosmos
(Mt.4.8) =
mankind.
y v.40.
2Mk.16.19.
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a
diy AR Cala
sGod. Every man therefore that’
hath heard, and hath learned of
the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen,
the Father, save he which is of
‘God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto “you,
He that believeth on me hath ever-
lasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in
the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh
down from heaven, that a man may
eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which
came down from heaven: if any
man eat of this bread, he shall live ~
for ever: and the bread that I will
give is my flesh, which I will give
for the “life of the *world.
52 The Jews therefore strove
among themselves, saying, How
can this man give us his flesh to
eat?
53 Then Jesus said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ex-
cept ye eat the flesh of the Son of
man, and drink his blood, ye have
no life in you.
54 »Whoso eateth my flesh, and _
i od, hath eternal ts
ife; ani raise him up at the
last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, |
and my blood is drink indeed. é
é that eateth my flesh, and
od, dwelleth in me, i
and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent
me, and I live by the Father: so he
that eateth me, even he shall live
by me.
58 This is that bread which came
down from heaven: not as your
fathers did eat manna, and are
Au
dead: he that eateth of this bread
shall live for ever.
59 These things said he in the
synagogue, as he taught in Caper-
naum.
Discipleship tested by doctrine.
(Cf. Mt. 8. 19-22; 10. 36.)
60 Many therefore of his dis-
ciples, when they had heard this,
said, This is an hard saying; who
can hear it?
61 When Jesus knew in himself
that his disciples murmured at it,
he said unto them, Doth this offend
your.
62 What and if ye shall see the
Son of man “ascend up where he
was before?
6 63]
St. JOHN.
=)
[7 25
63 It is the “spirit that quicken-| A.D. 32. |not up yet unto this feast; for my
eth; the %flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you,
‘they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that
believe not. For Jesus knew from
the beginning who they were that
believed not, and who should be-
tray him. ;
65 And he said, Therefore said I
unto you, that no man can come
unto me, except it were given unto
him of my Father.
66 From that time many of his
disciples went “back, and walked
no more with him.
- Peter’s confession of faith. (Cf.
Mt. ra 13-20; Mk. 8. 27-30; Lk. 9.
18-21.
67 Then said Jesus unto the
twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon Peter answered
him, Lord, to whom shall we go?
thou hast the words of 4eternal life.
69 And ‘we believe and are sure
that thou art that Christ, the Son
of the living God.
70 Jesus answered them, Have
not I chosen you twelve, and one of
you is a fdevil?
71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the
son of Simon: for he it was that
should betray him, being one of the
twelve.
CHAPTER 7.
Jesus urged to go to the feast of
tabernacles. (Cf. Lk. 9, 51-62.)
FTER these things Jesus
walked in Galilee: for he would
not walk in Jewry, because the
Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the Jews’ &feast of taber-
nacles was at hand.
3 His brethren therefore said unto
him, Depart hence, and go into Ju-
dzea, that thy disciples also may see
the works that thou doest.
4 For there is no man that doeth
any thing in secret, and he himself
seeketh to be known openly. If
thou do these things, shew thyself
to the ‘world.
5 For ‘neither did his brethren
believe in him.
6 Then Jesus said unto them,
JMy time is not yet come: but your
time is alway ready.
7 The world cannot hate you;
but me it hateth, because I testify
of ne that the works thereof are
evil.
& Go ye up unto this feast: I go
a Holy Spirit.
John 7.39.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
6 Flesh.
John 8.15.
(John 1.13;
Jude 23.)
¢1 John 2.19.
d Life (eter-
nal
al). vs.27-
e Or, we have
believed and
come to un-
derstand
that thou
art the Holy
One of God.
f Gr. diabolos,
adversary,
usually trans.
Satan. Cf.
Rev.20.10,
note; see
John 13.27.
g Lev.23.34;
Neh.8.14,18.
h kosmos
(Mt.4.8) =
mankind.
¢ vs.8-5;
Psa.69.8.
j John 17.1;
Lk.9.51.
k kosmos =
world-system.
John 8.23.
(John 7.7;
Rev.13.3.)
1 John 9.16.
m John 9.22.
n Deut.18.15,
18,19.
o willeth to
do.
> John 8.50;
Phil.2.3,8. °
Moses).
Acts 13.39,
(Ex.19.1;
Gal.3.1-29.)
r demon. Mt.
7.22, note,
s Gen.17.10;
Mt.12.1, note.
t Inspiration.
vs.21-23;
John 8.40,47,
56. (Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
%1 Joha 3.7,
note.
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time is not yet full come.
9 When he had said these words
unto them, he abode s¢i// in Galilee.
Final departure from Galilee.
10 But when his brethren were
gone up; then went he also up unto
the feast, not openly, but as it
were in secret.
11 Then the Jews sought him at
the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 And /there was much murmur-
‘ling among the people concerning
him: for some said, He is a good
man: others said, Nay; but he de-
ceiveth the people.
13 Howbeit no man spake openly
of him for ™fear of the Jews.
Jesus at the feast of tabernacles.
14 Now about the midst of the
feast Jesus went up into the tem-
ple, and taught.
15 And the Jews,marvelled, say-:
ing, How knoweth this man letters,
having never learned?
16 Jesus answered them, and said,
My doctrine is not mine, but “his
that sent me.
17 If any man will do his will, he
shall know of the doctrine, whether
it be of God, or whether I speak of
myself.
18 He *that speaketh of himself
seeketh his own glory: but he that
seeketh his glory that sent him, the
same is true, and no unrighteous-
ness is in him.
19 Didnot Moses give youthe law,
and yet none of you keepeth the
law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20 The people answered and said,
Thou hast a ‘devil: who goeth
about to kill thee?
21 Jesus answered and said unto
them, I have done one work, and ye
all marvel.
22. Moses therefore gave unto you
circumcision; (not because it is of
Moses, ‘but of the fathers;) and ye
on the sabbath day circumcise a
man.
23 If a man on the sabbath day
receive circumcision, ‘that the law
of Moses should not be broken; are
ye angry at me, because I have
made a man every whit whole on
the sabbath day?
24 Judge not according to the
appearance, but judge “righteous
judgment.
25 Then said some of them of
Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom
they seek to kill?
26 But, lo, he speaketh beldly,
and they say nothing unto him.
¢Do the rulers know indeed that
this is the very Christ?
27 *Howbeit we know this man
whence he is: but when Christ
cometh, no man knoweth whence
he is.
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple
as he taught, saying, Ye both know
me, and ye know whence I am: and
‘I am not come of myself, but he
that sent me is true, whom ye
know not.
29 But I know him: for I am from
him, and he hath sent me.
30 Then they sought to take him:
but no man laid hands on him, be-
cause his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of the people be-
lieved on him, and said, When
Christ cometh, will he do more
miracles than these which this man
hath done?
32 The Pharisees heard that the
people murmured such things con-
cerning him; and the Pharisees and
the chief priests sent officers to
take him. . '
33 Then said Jesus unto them,
Yet a little while am I with you,
and then I go unto him that sent
me.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not
find me: and where I am, thither
ye cannot come.
35 Then said the Jews among
themselves, Whither will he go,
that we shall not find him? will he
go unto the ¢dispersed among the
Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36 What manner of saying is this
that he said, Ye shall seek me, and
shall not find me: and where I am,
thither ye cannot come?
The great prophecy concerning
the Holy Spirit for power
(Acts 2. 2-4. Cf. John 4. 14).
37 Inthe last day, that great day
of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,
saying, If any man /thirst, let him
come unto me, and drink.
38 He that Sbelieveth on me, as
the scripture hath said, out of his
belly shall flow rivers of living
water.
a v.48;
John 12.42,
b Mt.13.55.
c John 6.38;
Ex.23.21.
d Jas.1.1.
e Lev.23.36.
f Christ (as
Stone). vs.
37-39; Psa.
118.22.
(Ex.17.6;
1 Pet.2.8.)
g Faith. vs.
38,39; John
8.24. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.
11.39.)
h Holy Spirit.
26, (Mt.1.
18; Acts 2.4.)
See Acts 2.4,
Summary.
# John 13.31;
17.5; Acts
Salss
j John 6.14;
Deut.18.
15,18.
k John 4.42;
6.69.
1 v.52; John
1.46.
m 2 Sam.7.12;
Psa.132.11;
Jer.23.5.
n Mic. 5.2;
LE.2.4.
o Lk.4.22.
? John 3.2,
[8 3
39 (But this spake he of the
hSpirit, which they that believe on
him should receive. for the Holy
Ghost was not yet given; because
that Jesus was not yet ‘glorified.)
The people divided in opinion.
40, Many of the people therefore,
when they heard this saying, said,
Of a truth this is the /Prophet.
41 Others said,This is *the Christ.
But some said, ‘Shall Christ come
out of Galilee?
42 Hath not the scripture said,
mThat Christ cometh of the seed of
David, and out of the town of
“Bethlehem, where David was?
43 So there was a division among
the people because of him.
44 And some of them would have
taken him; but no man laid hands
on him.
45 Then came the officers to the
chief priests and Pharisees; and
they said unto them, Why have ye
not brought him?
46 The officers answered, °>Never
man spake like this man.
47 Then answered them the Phar-
isees, Are ye also deceived?
48 Have any of the rulers or of
the Pharisees believed on him?
49 But this people who knoweth
not the law are cursed.
50 Nicodemus saith unto them,
(?he that came to Jesus by night,
being one of them,)
51 Doth our law judge any man,
before it hear him, and know what
he doeth?
52 They answered and said unto.
him, Art thou also of Galilee?
Search, and look: for out of Galilee,
ariseth no prophet.
53 And every man went unto his
own house.
CHAPTER 8.
The woman taken in adultery.
ESUS went unto the mount of
Olives.
2 1And early in the morning he
came again into the temple, and
all the people came unto him; and
he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and Pharisees
1 John 8. 1-11 is not found in some of
tine declares that it was stricken
of a prudish fear that it might. teach immorality!
(vs. 12-46), beginning with Christ’s
seems clearly to have its occasion
Pharisees as recorded in verse 9;
Pharisees’ words (v. 41).
the most ancient manuscripts. Augus-
from many copies of the sacred story because
in
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declaration, l
the conviction wrought in the hearts of the
as, also, it explains the peculiar virulence of the
But the immediate context
“T am the light of the world,”
Sr. JOHN.
8 4]
brought unto him a woman taken
in adultery; and when they had
set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master,
this woman was taken in adultery,
in the very act.
5 Now “Moses in the law com-
manded us, that such should, be
stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him,!.s:, Rom.
that they Ymight have to accuse]! 3.23, note.
him. But Jesus stooped down, and Barat
«with Ais finger wrote on the ground, aa tee
as though he heard them not. |¢L.12.14.
7 So when they continued asking aoe
him, he lifted up himself, and said|* John 5-14-
unto them, oe rie is bes sin| ¢ Tae 9.25
among you, 4let him first cast a 1.4.25
stone at her. Bice AG:
8 And again he stooped down,
and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard it, being
convicted by their own conscience,
went out one by one, beginning at
the eldest, even unto the last: and
Jesus was left alone, and the wo-
man standing in the midst. :
10 When Jesus had lifted up him-|? Lane 5-
self, and saw none but the woman,) ~~
he said unto her, Woman, where
are those thine accusers? hath no
man ‘condemned thee? ,
11 She said, No man, Lord. And
Jesus said unto her, Neither do I
condemn thee: go, and /sin no
more.
Discourse after the feast: Jesus
the light of the world. (Cf.
John 1, 9.)
12 Then spake Jesus again unto
them, saying, SI am the light of the
4world: he that followeth me shall rcege
not walk in darkness, but shall have] 91.24; Rev.
the light of ‘life. 2.11. (John
13 The Pharisees therefore said arti
unto him, Thou bearest record of SAM
thyself; thy record is not true. q Faith. John
14 Jesus answered and said unto
them, /Though I bear record of my-
self, yet my record is true: for I
know whence I came, and whither Ors iy
I go; but ye cannot tell whence I ane
come, and whither I go.
15 Ye judge after the #flesh; I} 5 Mt.8.20,
judge no man. more.
16 And yet if I judge, my judg-| 1 Deut.18.15,
ment is true: for I am not alone,| 18,19.
but I and the Father that sent me.|,, Rom,8.15,17
17 It is also ‘written in your law, boa
that the testimony of two men is
true. ;
18 I am one that bear witness of
myself, and the Father that sent
me beareth witness of me.
@ Lev.20.10;
Deut.22.22.
b John 18.31.
hk kosmos
(Mt.4.8) =
mankind.
t Life (eter-
(John 1.13;
Jude 23.)
1 Deut.19.15.
m John 17.25.
n Jobn 14.7,9.
o kosmos =
world-system.
John 12.25,
31. (John 7.7;
Rev.13.3.)
p Death (the
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19 Then said they unto him,
Where is thy Father? Jesus an-
swered, “Ye neither know me, nor
my Father: "if ye had known me,
ye should have known my Father
so.
20 These words spake Jesus in the
treasury, as he taught in the tem-
ple: and no man laid hands on
him; for his hour was not yet come.
21 Then said Jesus again unto
them, I go my way, and ye shall
seek me, and shall die in your
‘sins: whither I go, ye cannot come,
22 Then said the Jews, Will he
kill himself? because he saith,
Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto them, Ye are
from beneath; I am from'above: ye
are of this world; I am not of this
oworld.
24 I said therefore unto you, that
ye shall ?die in your ‘sins: for if ye
-|{believe not that I am he, ye shall
die in your sins.
25 Then said they unto him, Who
art thou? And Jesus saith unto
them, Even the same that I said
unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and
to judge of you: but he that sent me
is true; and I speak to the "world
ore things which I have heard of
im
27 They understood not that he
spake to them of the Father.
28 Then said Jesus unto them,
When ye have lifted up the ‘Son of
man, then shall ye know that I am
he, and that ‘I do nothing of my-
self; but as my Father hath taught
me, I speak these things.
29 And he that sent me is with
me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things
that please him. :
30 As he spake these words,
many believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews
which believed on him, If ye con-
tinue in my word, then are ye my
disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free,
33 They answered him, We be
Abraham’s seed, and were never in
bondage to any man: how sayest
thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Whosoever
committeth ‘sin is the servant of
sin.
35 And theservant abideth not in
the house for ever: but the Son
Yabideth ever.
, fh te A Na Pe ee ee, CRY op
a A
8 36]
36 If the Son therefore shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are !Abraham’s
seed; but ye seek to kill me, because
my. word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have
seen with my Father: and ye do
that which ye have seen with your
father.
39 They answered and said unto
him, Abraham is our father. Jesus
saith unto them, If ye were Abra-
ham’s children, ye would do the
works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, al-
man that hath told you the truth,
bwhich I have heard of God: -this
did not Abraham.
41 Yedo the deeds of your father.
Then said they to him, We be not
born of fornication; wé have one
Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God
were your Father, ye would love
me: for.I proceeded forth and came
from God; neither came I of myself,
but che sent me.
43 4Why do ye not understand
my speech? even because ye cannot
hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father ‘the
devil, and the lusts of your father
ye will do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and %abode
not in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he isa “liar, and the fa-
ther of it. ;
45 And because ‘I tell you the
truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me
of Jsin? And if I say the truth, why
“do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God *“heareth
God’s words: ye therefore hear
them not, because ye are not of
God.
48 Then answered the Jews, and
said unto him, Say we not well that
thou art a ‘Samaritan, and “hast a
devil?
49 Jesus answered, I have not a
ndevil; “but I honour my Father,
and ye do dishonour me.
50 And I ?seek not mine own
glory: there is one that seeketh
and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
@ John 14.10,24,
5 Inspiration.
vs.40, .
¢ Gal.4.4,
ediabolos. Rev.
20.10, nofe.
F Satan.
2,27. (Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
g Ezk.28.12-17;
1 John 3.8;,
Jude 5,
h Gen.3.4,13;
2 Cor.11.3;
Rev.12.9.
42 Thes.2.11,12.
7 Sin. Rom.3.23,
note.
% John 6.37,44; 10.
26; 1 John 4.6,
Zohn 4.9;
Lk. 10.33.
my.52; John 7.20;
10.20.
ndemon. Mt.7.
22, note.
o John 5,41; 12.28.
P v.54; John 7.18;
Phil.2.6-8.
@ John 5.24; 11.26;
14.23,24,
Ir Zech.1.5;
Heb, 11.13.
8 John 4.12;
Heb,3.3.
t John 5.31.
u y,50; John 5.31,
41; 16.14; 17.1;
Acts 3,13.
2» v.19; John 7.28,
29.
wy.29; John 15.10.
2 Lk. 10.24.
y Heb. 11.13.
z Ex.3.14; Isa.43.
13; John 17.5,24;
eae Rey.1.
@ John 10.31,39;
11.8.
b Lk.4.30,
ev. 34.
@John 11.4,
¢ John 4,34; 5.19,
36; 11.9; 12.35;
17.4.
F John 11,9,10.
og kosmos (Mt,4,
8)=mankind.
A John 1.5,9; 3.19;
8.12; 12.35,46.
i Mk.7.33; 8.23.
4 John 7.17; 1 Cor.
2.14.
John 13.
19 6
lolf a man keep my saying, he shall
never see death.
52 Then said the Jews unto him,
Now we know that thou hast a
ndevil. *Abraham is dead, and the
prophets; and thou sayest, If a man
keep my saying, he shall never
_|taste of death.
53 Art thou ‘greater than our
father Abraham, which is dead?
and the prophets are dead: whom
makest thou thyseif?
54 Jesus answered, ‘If I honour
myself, my honour is nothing: “it
is my Father that honoureth me; of
whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet “ye have not known him;
but I know him: and if I should
say, I know him:not,-I shall be a
liar like unto you: but I know him,
and “keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham “rejoiced
to see my day: and Yhe saw it, and
was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him,
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and
hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus.said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abra-
ham was, 7I am.
59 Then “took they up stones to
cast at him: but Jesus hid himself,
and went out of the temple, °going
through the midst of them, and so
passed by.
CHAPTER 9,
The man born blind is healed.
AND as Jesus passed by, he saw
a man which was blind from
his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him,
saying, Master, “who did Jsin, this
man, or his parents, that he was
born blind?
3 Jesus answered; Neither hath
this man Jsinned, nor his parents:
but “that the works of God should
be made manifest in him.
4 et must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is ‘day: the
night cometh, when no man can
work.
5 As long as I am in the &world,
IT am “the light of the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, *he
spat on the ground, and made clay
of the spittle, and he anointed the
1 Cf. v. 39.
Abraham’s children,”
Abraham. The Israelitish people
jike precious faith with
9. 6-8; Gal. 3..6-14. See
The contrast, “I know th
is that between th
at ye are Abraham’s seed” —“Tf ye were
e natural and the spiritual posterity of
and Ishmaelites are the former; all who are ‘“‘of
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”
Abraham,” whether Jews or Gentiles, are the latter (Rom.
“Abrahamic Covenant,” Gen. 15. 18; note).
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eyes of the blind man with the
clay, .
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in
the pool of Siloam, (which is by
interpretation, Sent.) %He went his
way therefore, and washed, and
‘came seeing.
8 The neighbours therefore, and
they which before had seen him
that he was blind, said, Is not this
he that sat and begged?
9 Some said, This is he: others
said, He is like him: but he said, I
am he.
10 Therefore said they unto him,
¢How were thine eyes opened?
11 He answered and said, A man
that is called Jesus made clay, and
anointed mine eyes, and said unto|”
me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and
wash: and I went and washed, and
I received sight.
12 Then said they unto him,
Where is he? He said, I know not.
13 They brought to the Pharisees
him that aforetime was blind.
14 And it was the ‘sabbath day
when Jesus made the clay, and
opened his eyes.
15 Then again the Pharisees also
asked him, how he had received his
sight. He said unto them, He put
clay upon mine eyes, and I washed,
and do see.
16 Therefore said some of the
Pharisees, This man is not of God,
because he keepeth not the sabbath
day. Others said, fHow can a man
that is a sinner do such miracles?
And there was a /division among
them.
17 They say unto the blind man
again, What sayest thou of him,
that he hath opened thine eyes? He
said, ‘He is a prophet.
18 But the Jews did not believe
concerning him, that he had been
blind, and received his sight, until
they called the parents of him that
had received his sight.
19 And they asked them, saying,
Is this your son, who ye say was
mor blind? how then doth he now
see?
20 His parents answered them
and said, We know that this is our
son, and that he was born blind:
21 But by what means he now
seeth, we know not; or who hath
opened his eyes, we know not: he
is of age; ask him: he shall speak
for himself.
22 These words spake his parents,
because Jthey feared the Jews: for
the Jews had agreed already, that
St. JOHN.
A.D. 32.
a Neh.3.15.
b 2 Ki.5.14.
¢ Miracles
d John 3.4.
eé John 5.9.
f v.33; John
Sane
g Sin. Rom.
3.23, note.
John 7.
12,43; 10.19.
i John 4.19;
6.14.
j John 7.13;
12.42; 19.38;
Acts 5.13.
k v.34;
John 16.2.
1 Josh.7.19;
1 Sam.6.5.
m v.16.
n John 5.45-47;
Acts 13.27.
o John 7.27,
28; 8.14.
Pp John 3.10.
gq Job 27.9; 35.
12; Psa.18.
41; 34.15; 66.
18; Prov.15.
29; 28.9; Mic.
3.4; Zech.7.
13; Acts 19,
13-16.
ri.e. ages.
s John 5.19;
14.10,11.
tv.2; Psa.51.
5; Lk.18.
11,12.
tt v.22.
v Mt.14.33; 16.
16; Mk.1.1;
John 10.36;
1 John 5.13.
w John 4.26.
x John 14.9;
20.16,17,28.
y kosmos
(Mt.4.8) =
mankind.
2 Mt.13.13;
Acts 7.51-53.
@ Rom.2.19.
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: |him,
|
[9 40
if any man did confess that he was
Christ, *he should be put out of the
synagogue. i ng:
23 Therefore said his parents, He
jis of age; ask him.
24 Then again called they the
man that was blind, and said unto
‘Give God the praise: we
m™know that this man is a &sinner.
25 Heanswered and said, Whether
he be a sinner or no, I know not:
one thing I know, that, whereas I
was blind, now I see, 7
26 Then said they to him again,
What did he to thee? how opened
he thine eyes?
27 He answered them, I have told
you already, and ye did not hear:
wherefore would ye hear it again?
will ye also be his disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and
said, Thou art his disciple; but we
are “Moses’ disciples.
29 We know that God spake unto
Moses: as for this fellow, we know
not from °whence he is.
30 The man answered and said
unto them, Why herein is a mar-
vellous thing, that ye know not
from whence he is, and yet he hath
opened mine eyes.
31 Now we know that 9%God
heareth not 8sinners: but if any man
be a worshipper of God, and doeth
his will, him he heareth.
32 Since the “world began was
it not heard that any man opened
the eyes of one that was born blind.
33 Ifthis man were not of God, he
could do Snothing. }
34 They answered and said unto
him,-Thou wast altogether ‘born in
sins, and dost thou teach us? And
they “cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast
him out; and when he had found
him, he said unto him, Dost thou
believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered and said, Who is
he, Lord, that I might believe on
him?
37 And Jesus said unto him,Thou
hast both seen him, and “it is he
that talketh with thee.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe.
And he *worshipped him.
39 And Jesus said, For judgment .
IT am come into this world, 2that
they which see not might see; and
that they which see might be made
blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees
which were with him heard these
words, and said unto him, ¢Are we
blind also?
ee
9 41]
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye
were blind, ye should have no ?sin:
but now ye say, We see; therefore
your sin remaineth.
CHAPTER 10.
Discourse on the Good Shep-
herd. (Cf. Psa. 23.; Heb. 13. 20;
1 Pet. 5. 4.)
(Wasa verily, I say unto you,
He that entereth not by the
door into the sheepfold, but climb-
eth up some other way, the same is
a ‘thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the
door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him ¢the porter openeth;
and the sheep ‘hear his voice: and
he calleth his own sheep by ‘name,
and Sleadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his
own sheep, he goeth “before them,
and the sheep follow him: for they
know his voice.
5 And a ‘stranger will they not
follow, but will flee from him: for
they know not the voice of strang-
ers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto
them: but they Junderstood not
what things they were which he
spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them
again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
- 1] am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me
are thieves and robbers: but the
sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any
man enter in, he shall be “saved,
and shall go in and out, and find
pasture.
“10 The thief cometh not, but for
to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
I am come that they might have
Yife, and that they might have i¢
more “abundantly.
11 I am the “good shepherd: the
good shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and
not the shepherd, whose own the
sheep are not, seeth the wolf com-
ing, and leaveth the sheep, and
flecth: and the wolf catcheth them,
and scattereth the sheep.
St. JOHN.
A.D. 32.
@ John 15:22,24.
6 Sin. Rom.3.23,
note.
ev.8,
d Isa.42.1-4;
Mt.3.13-17.
ev.27; John 6.44.
ee ee
9 John 9.34-38;
Heb.13.13.
Ah John 17.19;
Col.2.11-15.
tvs.12,13; Gal.1.8;
2 Cor.11.13-15.
J John 8.43.
k Rom.1.16; note.
i Life (eternal).
vs.10,28; John
11.25. CMt.7.14;
mJohn 6.33;
7.37-39.
nm Isa.40.11; Ezk.
34.11-13,22-25;
Heb.13.20;
1 Pet.2.25; 5.4.
0 v.27; Nah.1.7;
pvy.4; 2 Tim.1.12.
@ vs.17,18; John 15.
13; 1 John 3.16.
r i.e. not of the
Jewish fold, but
Gentiles.
See v.4. refs.;
Is: F
8 flock. John 11.
52; Eph.2.13-16;
3.1-6; Col.3.
0,11.
t Gen.49.24;
Isa.40.11;
Ezk.34.23.
u John 5.20; Eph.
5.2; Phil.2.9.
v Mt.26.53;
Jobn 18.6.
w John 2.19;
Heb.10.5-9.
# John 14.31; 17.4.
v John 9.16. ~
zdemon. Mt,
7.22, note.
@ is demonized.
5 Mt.21.23-27,
¢ Faitk, John 11.
25,26. (Gen.3.
20; Heb.11.39.)
d John 6.44; 8.47;
1 John 4.6.
evs.14,15.
f John 8.12.
9 John 3.16; 17.3;
Rom.6.23.
4 Or, in no wise
ever perish.
Cf. John 6.37.
[10 28
_13 The hireling fleeth, because he
is an hireling, and careth not for
the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and
°know my sheep, and ?am known
of mine.
-15 As the Father knoweth me,
even so know I the Father: and
lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And ‘other sheep I have,
which are not of this fold: them
also I must bring, and they shall
hear my voice; and there shall be
one ‘fold, and ‘one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my “Father
love me, because I lay down my
life, that I might take it again.
18 Noman taketh it from me, but
I lay it down of *myself. I have
*power to lay it down, and I have
power to take it again. *This com-
mandment have I received of my
Father.
19 There was a %division there-
fore again among the Jews for
these sayings:
20 And many of them said, He
hath a 2devil, and is mad; why
hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the
words of him that “hath a devil.
Can a “devil open the eyes of the
blind?
Jesus asserts his deity.
(Cf. John 14. 9; 20. 28, 29.)
22 And it was at Jerusalem the
feast of the dedication, and it was
winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the tem-
ple in Solomon’s porch.
24 Then came the Jews round
about him, and said unto him, How
long dost thou make us to doubt?
If thou be the Christ, tell us “plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told
you, and ye believed not: the works
that I doin my Father’s name, they
bear witness of me.
26 But ye “believe not, “because
ye are not of my sheep, as I said
unto you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and
eJ know them, and they /follow
me:
28 And I give unto them ‘eter-
nal life; and they shall “never per-
1 The shepherd work of our Lord has three aspects: (1) As the ““Good” Shepherd
He gives His life for the sheep (John 1
‘Gf any man enter in he shall be save : n
“Great”? Shepherd, “brought again from the dead
(2) He is the
care for and make perfect the sheep. This answers to Psa.
0. 11), and is,
d” (John 10. 9).
therefore, “the door” by which
This answers to Psa. 22,
(Heb. 13. 20), to
23. (3) Heis the “Chief”
Shepherd who is coming in glory to give crowns of reward to the faithful shepherds
(1 Pet, 5. 4).
This answers to Psa. 24.
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}
St. JOHN.
{11 22,
ish, neither shall any man 4pluck
them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them
me, is greater than all; and no man
is able to pluck them %out of my
Father’s hand.
30 I and my Father “are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones
again to 2stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many
good works have I shewed you
from my Father; for which of those
works do ye stone me? ;
33 The Jews answered him, say-
ing, For a good work we stone thee
not; but for “blasphemy; and be-
cause that thou, being a man, mak-
est thyself God. ;
34 Jesus answered theni, Is it not
written in your law, I said, fYe are
gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto
whom the word of God came, and
the scripture gcannot be broken:
36 Say ye of him, whom the Fa-
ther hath “sanctified, and sent into
the ‘world, Thou blasphemest; be-
cause I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I do not the works of my
Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye believe
not me, believe the works: that ye
may know, and believe, that the
Father is jin me, and I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again
to take him: but he escaped out of
their hand,
Jesus goes to the place where
he was baptized. (Cf. Mt. 3.
1, 13, 17.)
40 And went away again beyond
Jordan into the place where John
at ‘first baptized; and there he
abode.
41 And many resorted unto him,
and said, John did no miracle: but
all things that John spake of this
man were true,
42 And many believed on him
there.
CHAPTER 11.
The raising of Lazarus.
Now a certain man was sick,
named Lazarus, of Bethany,
the town of /Mary and her sister
Martha.
2 ("It was that Mary which
anointed the Lord with ointment,
and wiped his feet with her hair,
whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his-sisters "sent unto
A.D. 33.
@ John 6.39;
Rom.8.35-39;
1 Pet.1.5,
b Assurance.
vs. 10,14,28,
29; John 11,
26. (Isa,32.
17; Jude 1.)
¢ John 14.9; 15,
23,24; 17,
f Psa.82.6.
g Mt.5.17-19;
Acts 13,29,
h Sanctify,
holy (per-~
sons) (N.T.).
John 17.11,
17,19. Mt.
4.5; Rev.
22.11.)
i kosmos
(Mi.4.8) =
mankind.
j John 14.10;
17.22,23.
k Or, went
forth out of
their hand.
Lk.4.30;
John 8.59,
1Lk.10.38,
39; 24.50.
m Mt.26.7;
Mk.14.3;
# Lk.7.3;
John 4.46,47.
ov.11; Mt.9.
24; John 9.3,
q John 10.31,
yr John 7.30;
9.4.
s John 12,35,
t Mt.9.24; 27.
52; Acts 7.60;
1 Cor.15.51.
ui Thes.4.13-
Ags
v Death (phy-
sical). vs.11-
14; Rom.5.
12-14. (Gen.3.
19; Heb.9.27.)
w John 9.3;
2 Cor.12.9,10.
x John 14.5;
20.24-29.
y One furlong
=\%ofa
mile.
% v3.31,33,45.
a John 9.31.
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him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom
thou lovest is sick. E
4 When Jesus heard that, he said,
This sickness is °not unto death,
but for the glory of God, that the
Son of God might be glorified
thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and
her sister, and Lazarus. ;
6 When he had heard therefore
that he was sick, he abode two days
still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his
disciples, Let us go into Judza
again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Mas-
ter, the Jews of late sought to Ystone
thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not
twelve hours in the day? If any
man walk in the day, he stumbleth
not, "because he seeth the light of
this world.
10 But Sif a man walk in the night,
he stumbleth, because there is no
light in him.
11 These things said he: and after
that he saith unto them, Our friend
Lazarus ‘sleepeth; but I go, that
I may “awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord,
if he sleep, he shall do well. !
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his
death: but they thought that he
had spoken of taking of rest in
sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them
plainly, Lazarus is *dead.
15 And I am “glad for your sakes
that I was not there, to the intent
ye may believe; nevertheless let us
go unto him.
16 Then said *Thomas, which is
called Didymus, unto his fellowdis-
ciples, Let us also go, that we may
die with him.
17 Then when Jesus came, he
found that he had Jain in the grave
four days already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto
Jerusalem, about fifteen »furlongs
off:
19 And many of the Jews came to
Martha and Mary, to comfort
them concerning their brother,
hen Martha, as soon.as she
heard that Jesus was coming, went
and met him: but Mary sat still in
the house.
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus,
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my
brother had not died.
22 But I know, that even now,
whatsoever thou ¢wilt ask of God,
God will give it thee,
11 23]
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy
brother shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know
that heshall rise again in the 2resur-
rection at the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, 2I am the
resurrection, and the life: he that
dbelieveth in me, ‘though he were
Sdead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and be-
lieveth in me éshall "never die. Be-
lievest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord:
I believe that ‘thou art the Christ,
the Son of God, which should come
into the Jworld.
28 And when she had so said, she
went her way, and called Mary Her
sister secretly, saying, The Master
is come, and calleth for thee,
29 As soon as she heard that, she
arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come
into the town, but was in that place
where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were
with her in the house, and com-
forted her, when they saw Mary,
that she rose up hastily and went
out, followed her, saying, She goeth
unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come
where Jesus was, and saw him, she
fell down at his feet, saying unto
him, *Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her
lweeping, and the Jews also weep-
ing which came with her, he
groaned in the spirit, and was
troubled,
34 And said, Where have ye laid
him? ‘They said unto him, Lord,
come and see,
35 Jesus “wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold
how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could
not this man, which “opened the
eyes of the blind, have caused that
even this man should not have died?
Jesus at the grave of Lazarus.
38 Jesus therefore again groaning
in himself cometh to the grave. It
was a cave, and a °stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the
Stone. Martha, the sister of him
that was dead, saith unto him, Lord,
by this time *he stinketh: for he
hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not
unto thee, that, if thou wouldest be-
lieve, thou shouldest see the %glory
of God?
St. JOHN.
A.D. 33.
@ Lk.14.14;
Acts 23.8
6 John 5.21; 6.39,
40; Rev.1.18.
¢ Life (eternal),
John 12.25,50.
(Mt.7.14; Rev.22,
19.)
d Faith. vs.25,26;
John 14.1. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.11.39.)
€ even though he
die, shall live
again.
F John 5.28; 1 Cor.
15.22,23.
9 Assurance,
John 17.11. (Isa,
32.17; Jude 1.)
hj.e. the “‘second
death.’’ Cf.
Rev.2.11; 20.6.
7 Mt.16.16; John 6,
68,69.
J kosmos (Mt.4,
8) =mankind.
ky.21.
+ Acts 8.2.
mLk.19.41; Heb.4.
1.
n John 9.6,7.
© Mt.27.60,66.
P Contra, Acts 13.
36,37.
av.4; John 17.4.
r Bible prayers
(N.T.). John 12.
27,28. (Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
8 v.22; John 8.29.
t John 12.29,30.
u Mt.8.8; John 5.
25.
v Resurrection.
vs. 11-14,23-25,
42-44; Lk, 24.1-7.
Gob 19.25;
1 Cor.15.52.)
w Miracles
(N.T.). vs.38-44;
John 20.19,
(M1.3.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.}
z John 20.5-7; cf.
Gal.4.10.
y Rom.8.2; Acts
18.25,26;
Gal.5.1.
z John 8.30,31;
Acts 9.42.
@ John 5.15.
6 vs.47-53; Psa.2.
2; Mt.25.3.
¢ John 3.19; 12.19;
Acts 4.16.
d John 6.15; 18.
36,37.
¢ Acts
21,28.
SF Mt.26.3.
9 Isa.53.8;
John 18.14.
h Num.27.21.
7 Isa.49.6; 1 John
2.2
J Psa. 22.27; John
10.16; Rora.1,16;
16.26; Eph.2.
14-17.
‘John 7.1.
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[il 54
41 Then they took away the stone
from the place where the dead
was laid. And Jesus lifted up Ais
eyes, and ‘said, Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard me. :
42 And I knew that ‘thou hearest
me always: but because of the peo-
ple which ‘stand by I said it, that
they may believe that thou hast
sent me. "
43 And when he thus had spoken,
he “cried with a loud voice, Lazarus.
come forth. i ;
44 And the that was dead “came
forth, bound hand and foot with
*graveclothes: and his face was
bound about with a napkin. Jesus
saith unto them, %Loose him, and
let him go.
The friends of Mary of Bethany
are converted. (Cf. Lk, 10. 38-42;
John 12. 1-7.) ;
45 ‘Then many of the Jows which
came to Mary, and had seen the
things which Jesus did, “believed
on him.
46 But some of them went their
ways to the Pharisees, and “told
them what things Jesus had done.
The Pharisees plot to put Jésus
to death.
47 Then gathered the chief priests
and the Pharisees a Ycouncil, and
said, What do we? for this man
doeth many miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, @all
men will believe on him: and the
€Romans shall come and take away
both our place and nation.
49 And one of them, named
fCaiaphas, being the high priest
that same year, said unto them, Ye
know nothing at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedi-
ent for us, that Sone man should
die for the people, and that the
whole nation perish not.
51 And this spake he not of him-
self: but being high priest that year,
he prophesied: that Jesus should
die for that nation;
52 And ‘not for that nation only,
but that also he should /gather to-
gether in one the children of God
that were scattered abroad.
53 Then from that day forth they
took counsel together for to put him
to death.
54 Jesus therefore walked *no
more openly among the Jews; but
went thence unto a country near to
the wilderness, into a city called
11 55]
St. JOHN.
[12 24
Ephraim, and there continued with
his disciples.
55 And the Jews’ “passover was
nigh at hand: and many went out
of the country up to Jerusalem be-
fore the passover, to “purify them-
selves.
56 Then ‘sought they for Jesus,
and spake among themselves, as
they stood in the temple, What
think ye, that he will not come to
the feast? :
57 Now both the chief priests and
the Pharisees had given a com-
mandment, that, if any man knew
where he were, he should shew it,
that. ?they might take him.
CHAPTER 12.
The supper at Bethany Mt. 26.
6-13; Mk. 14. 3-9. Cf. Lk. 7.
37, 38).
a Pas Jesus six days before the
passover came to ‘Bethany,
where Lazarus was which had been
dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2 There they made him a supper;
and ‘Martha served: but Lazarus
was one of them that Ssat at the
table with him. _ ;
3 4Then took ‘Mary a Jpound of
ointment of spikenard, very costly,
and anointed the “feet of Jesus, and
wiped his feet with her hair: and
the house was filled with the odour
of the ointment.
4 Then saith one of his disciples,
‘Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which
should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold
for three hundred pence, and given
“ to the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared
for the poor; but because he was a
thief, and had the bag, and bare
what was put therein.
7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone:
against the day of my burying hath
she kept this.
8 For the poor always ye have
with you; but *me ye have not
always.
9 Much people of the Jews there-
fore knew that he was there: and
they came not for Jesus’ sake only,
but that they might see Lazarus
also, whom he had raised from the
dead.
—
1 He does not receive these Gentiles.
could be no proper object of faith to the
@ Cf.John 2.13; 6.4.
6 Num.9.10-13;
Isa.29.13;
John 18.28;
¢ John 7.11.
id Mt.26.14-16;
John 18.2,3.
¢ John 11.1.
f Lk.10.40,41;
cf. Mt.11.29,30.
o Mk.5.43;
Lk. 15.23,24.
A Lk.7.37,38;
John 11.2.
* As Martha
stands for
service, and
Lazarus for
communion, so
Mary shows us
the worship of
a grateful heart.
Others before
her had come
to his feet to
have their need
met; she came
to give Him His
due. Though two
of the evangelists
record her act,
John alone gives
her name.
J Song 4.16.
k See'note on
Mt.26.7.
¢ Mt.26.8.
mJohn 6.70,71;
13,29.
v.35; Mk. 14.7.
© v.12; Mk.12.37.
P John 9.34; 15.20.
q@John 11.45,
r See Mt.21.4,
note,
* Psa.118.25,26.
¢ Jehovah.
Psa.118.26.
uw Mt.21.7.
v Zech.9.9.
Mt.21.1-7,
w Lk.18.34;
John 2.22;
13.7; 14.26.
= v.11; Lk.19.37.
¥ kosmos
(Mt.4.8) =
mankind.
= John 11.47,48,
@ Psa.72.9-11;
Mk. 7.26;
John 10,16:
Acts 10.34,38,
6 John 1.43,44,
14.8-i1.
¢ John 13.32; 17.1.
2 Mt.8.20, note,
lieved on Him as such. For Gentiles the corn
and die; Christ must be lifted up on th
as Seed of Abraham, not David (v:
Ss.
1132
A.D. 33.
10 But the chief priests consulted
that they might put Lazarus also
to death;
11 Because that by reason of him
Imany of the Jews wert away, and
‘believed on Jesus.
The triumphal entry (Mt. 21. 4-
9; Mk. 11. 7-10; Lk, 19. 35-38).
12 On the next day much people
that were come to the feast, "when
they heard that Jesus was coming
to Jerusalem,
13 Took branches of palm trees,
and went forth to meet him, and
cried, ‘Hosanna: Blessed is the
King of Israel that cometh in the
name of the ‘Lord.
14 “And Jesus, when he had found
a young ass, sat thereon; as “it is
written,
15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: be-
hold, thy King cometh, sitting on
an ass’s colt.
16 These things “understood not
his disciples at the first: but when
Jesus was glorified, then remem-
bered they that these things were
written of him, and that they had
done these things unto him.
17 The people therefore that was
with him when he called Lazarus
out of his grave, and raised him
from the dead, *bare record.
18 For this cause tHe people also
met him, for that they heard that
he had done this miracle.
19 The Pharisees therefore said
among themselves, Perceive ye how
ye prevail nothing? behold, the
Yworld is gone after him.
Certain Greeks would see Jesus.
20 And there were certain *Greeks
among them that came up to wor-
ship at the feast:
21 The same came therefore to
’Philip, which was of Bethsaida of
Galilee, and desired him, saying,
Sir, we would see Jesus.
22 Philip cometh and telleth An-
e€ cross and believed in as
24, 32; Gal. 3. 7-14; Eph. 2.
drew: and again Andrew and Philip
tell Jesus.
Jesus’ answer.
23. And Jesus lanswered them,
saying,.“The hour is come, that the
4Son of man should be glorified.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
A Christ in the flesh, King of the Jews
Gentiles, though the Jews should have be-
of wheat must fall into the ground
a sacrifice for sin,
11-13),
we
& 2 25]
/
(12 48
1Except a corn of wheat fall into
the ground and die, it abideth alone:
but if it ¢die, it bringeth forth much
fruit.
25 ‘He that loveth his life shall
lose it; and he that hateth his life
in this world shall keep it unto life
eternal.
26 If any man serve me, let him
follow me; and ‘where I am, there},
shall also my servant be: if any
man serve me, him will my Father
shonour.
27 Now is my soul troubled; and
what shall I say? “Father, save me
from this hour: ‘but for this cause
came I unto this hour.
28 Father, ‘glorify thy name.
kThen came there a voice from
heaven, saying, I have both glori-
fied it, and will glorify it again.
29 The people therefore,
stood by, and heard /f, said that it
thundered: others said, An /angel
spake to him.
30 Jesus answered and said, “This
voice came not because of me, but
for your sakes.
31 Now is the 2judgment of this
dworld: now shall the “prince of
this world be cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto
me.
33 This he said, signifying what
death he should die.
34 The people answered him, We
have heard out of the law that
Christ abideth for ever: and how
sayest thou, The Son of man must
be lifted up? who is this Son of
man?
35 Then Jesus said unto them,
_9Yet a little while is the light with
you. ° Walk while ye have the light,
lest darkness come upon you: for
the that walketh in darkness know-
eth not whither he goeth.
that|*
@ Sacrifice (of
Christ). John
19.34. (Gen.
4.4; Heb, 10.18.)
6 Gen.3.3.
© Mt.10. 39; 16.25;
Mk.8.35,
Lk.9.24; 17.33.
kosmos =
world-system,
John 14.17,19,
22,27,30. Qohn
7.7; Rev.13.3.)
t.16.24;
John 13.36-38.
J John 14.3; 17.24.
9 John 14.21,23; 16,
27; 2 Tim.4.7,8.
h Bible prayers
CN.T.). John
17. (Mt.6.9;
. Rev.22.20.)
+ Lk. 22.53;
John 18.37.
J Lk.22.42;
m John 11.42,
m Mt. 12.29;
Lk.10.18;
John 14.30;
eb.2.14.
° John 3.14; 8.28;
Rom 5.8.
P Psa.72.17; 102.
23-27; Isa.9.7.
@ John 7.33.
r John 11.10;
1 John 2.11.
s Lk.16.8.
t John 8.59; 11.54.
u John 11.47-53.
v Jehovah,
¥ Psa.69.23,
z\.e. should turn.
@ Isa.6.1,
’ Mk.9.37;
John 5.24.
¢ John 14.9,
d vs.35,36;
John 1.4,5; 8.12.
€ kosmos (Mt.
4,8)=mankind.
F John 5.45; 8.15,26.
9 John 3.17.
h Inspiration.
John 13.18. (Ex.
4.15; Rev.22.19.)
36 While ve have light, believe in
the light, that ye may be ‘the chil-
dren of light. These things spake
Jesus, and departed, and ‘did hide
himself from them.
37 But “though he had done so
‘many miracles before them, yet
they believed not on him:
38 That the saying of Esaias the
prophet might be fulfilled, which he
spake, “Lord, “who hath believed
our report? and to whom hath the
arm of the Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore they could not be-
lieve, because that *Esaias said
again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes,
and hardened their heart; that
they should not see with their eyes,
nor understand with their ‘heart,
and *be converted, and I should
heal them.
41 °These things said Esaias, when
he saw his glory, and spake of him.
42 Nevertheless among the chief
rulers also many believed on him;
but because of the Pharisees they
did not confess him, lest they
should be put out of the synagogue:
43 For they loved the praise of
men more than the praise of God.
44. Jesus cried and said, He that
believeth on me, believeth not on
me, but on “him that sent me.
45 And ‘he that seeth me seeth
him that sent me.
46 4I am come a light into the
éworld, that whosoever believeth on
me should not abide in darkness,
47 Andif any man hear my words,
and believe not, SI judge him not:
for £I came not to judge the ¢world,
but to save the world.
48 He that rejecteth me, and re-
ceiveth not my words, hath one
that judgeth him: the word that I
have spoken, the same shall judge
him in the last day.
1 Chapters 12-17. are a progression according to the order of approach to God
in the tabernacle types: Chapter 12., in which Christ speaks of His death, answers
to the brazen altar of burnt-offering, type of the cross.
Passing from the altar
toward the holy of holies, the laver is next reached (Ex. 30. 17-21), answering to
Chapter 13. With His associate priests, now purified, the High Priest approaches
and enters the holy place, in the high communion of Chapters 14.-16. Entering
alone the holy of holies (17. 1), the High Priest intercedes.
(Cf. Heb. 7. 24-28.)
That intercession is not for the salvation, but the keeping and blessing of those for
whom He prays. His death (assumed as accomplished, 17. +) has saved them.
2 The Seven Judgments.
(1) Of Jesus Christ as bearing the believer’s sins.
The sins of believers have been judged in the person of Jesus Christ “lifted up”
on the cross.
The result was death for Christ, and justification for the believer,
who can never again be put in jeopardy (John 5. 24; Rom..5, 9; 8. 1; 2 Cor. 5. 21;
Gal. 3. 13; Heb. 9. 26-28; 10. 10, 14-17; 1 Pet. 2. 24: 3. 18). See other judgments,
1 Cor. 11. 31, note; 2’Cor. 5. 10, note; Mt. 25. 32, note: Ezk. 20. 37, note; Jude 6,
note; Rev. 20. 12, note.
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ee
12 49]
49 For I have not spoken of my-
self; but the Father which sent me,
he gave me a commandment, what
I should say, and what I should
speak.
50 And I know that his command-
ment is Ylife everlasting: whatso-
ever I speak therefore, even as the
Father said unto me, so I speak.
CHAPTER 13.
The last passover. (Cf. Mt. 26. 7-
30; Mk. 14. 17-26; Lk. 22. 14-39.)
OW 'before the feast of the
passover, when Jesus knew
that his ‘hour was come that he
should depart out of this ¢world
unto the Father, having loved his
own which were in the world, he
loved them ‘unto the end.
Jesus washes the disciples’ feet.
2 And supper being ended, the
‘devil having now put into the
heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s
son, to betray him;
3 Jesus knowing that the Father
had ‘given all things into his hands,
and that he was Jcome from God,
“and went to God;
4 Heriseth from supper, and laid
aside his garments; and took a
towel, and girded himself.
5 Afterthat he poureth ™waterinto
a bason, and began to wash the dis-
ciples’ feet, and to wipe them with
the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter:
and Peter saith unto him, Lord,
"dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto
him, What I do thou °knowest not
now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou
shalt never wash my feet. Jesus an-
_swered him, If I wash thee not,
thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him,
Lord, not my feet only, but also
my hands and my head.
-$r. JOHN.
AD 33.
@ John 8.38; 14.10,
31.
6 Life (eternal).
vs.25,50; John 14.
6. (Mt.7,14;
Rev.22.19.)
¢ John 7.8; 12,23;
Ti.
di.e. earth.
@¥v.34; John 10.11,
28-30; Rom.s.
35-39.
Ff Or, fo the
uttermost.
9 Gr. during
supper.
h diabolos
20.10, note
2 John5, 20-23. 17.2.
2 John 8.42; 16.28.
k John 17,11, 20.17.
¢Lk.22-27; Phil.2.
7,8.
Rev.
mEph.5.26.
” See Mt.3.14.
© ys,12,36; John 12.
16; Heb,12.11.
P Ex,30.17-21.
@Gen.35.2,3;
Eph,4.30; 1 John
2172.
r Lit. bathed.
The Gr. word
signifies a com-
plete ablution.
“Wash” is
another word.
$1 Cor.1.30; 6.11;
1 John 3.9.
t John 6.54.
u Mt.23.8,10; Lk.6.
46; Eph.6.9.
v Rom.12.10; Gal.
6.1.2; 1 Pet.5.5.
vw Mt.11.29; Phil.2.
5; 1 Pet.2.21;
1 John 2.6.
= John 15.20.
y Jas.1.25,
2 Inspiration,
John 14.10. (Ex.
4.15; Rev.22.19.)
@ Psa.41.9,
b Mt.11.3.
¢ 2 Cor.5.20.
@ Mt.26.21; Mk.14.
18; Lk.22.21.
€ Psa.41.9,
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is ©
‘washed 2needeth not save to wash
his feet, but is clean Severy whit:
and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For ‘he knew who should be-
tray hirh; therefore said he, Ye are
not ali clean.
12 So after he had washed their
feet, and had taken his garments,
and was set down again, he said
unto them, Know yé what I have
done to you?
13. “Ye call me Master and Lord:
and ye say well; for so I am. .
14 if I then, your Lord and Mas-
ter, have washed your feet; “ye also
ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 For I “have given you an ex-
ample, that ye should do as I have
done to you.
16 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
*The servant is not greater than
his lord; neither_he that is sent
greater than he that sent him.
17 %If ye know these things,
happy are ye if ye do them.
18 I speak not of you all: I know
whom I have chosen: but that the
2scripture may be fulfilled, “He that
eateth bread with me hath lifted
up his heel against me.
19 Now I tell you °before it come,
that, when it is come to pass, ye
may believe that I am he.
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that receiveth whomsoever I
send receiveth me; and ‘he that
receiveth me receiveth him that
sent me.
Jesus foretells his betrayal (Mt.
26. 20-25; Mk. 14. 17-21; Lk. 22.
21, 22).
21 ¢When Jesus had thus said, he
was troubled in spirit, and testified,
and said, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, that ‘one of you shall betray
me,
22 Then the disciples looked one
on another, doubting of whom he
spake.
23 Now there was leaning on
1 For order of events during the night of the last passover, see Mt. 26. 20, note.
2 The underlying imagery is of an oriental returning from the public baths to
his house.
His feet would contract defilem
body. So the believer is cleansed as before t
10. 1-12), but needs ever to bring his daily s
ent and require cleansing, but not his
he law from all sin ‘“‘once for all” (Heb.
ins to the Father in
confession, that he
may abide in unbroken fellowship with the Father and with the Son (1 John 1,
1-10).
liever’s guilt, but he needs
Eph. 5. 25-27; 1 John 5. 6.
God was, first, the brazen altar of sacrifice, and
6,7). See, also, the order in Ex.
30. 17-21.
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The blood of Christ answers forever to all the law could say as to the be-
constant cleansing from the defilement of sin,
Typically,
See
the order of approach to the presence of
then the laver of cleansing (Ex. 40,
Christ cannot have communion with
a defiled saint, but He can and will cleanse him.
Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples,
whom Jesus loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore beck-
oned to him, that he should ask who
it should be of whom he spake.
25 He then lying on Jesus’ breast
saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
26 Jesus answered, He it is, to
whom I shall give a sop, when I/} Satan. vs.2,
have dipped it. And when he had| 72) Acts 5-3-
@ John 21.
20,24.
é : (Gen.3.1;
dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Rev.20.10.)
Iscariot, the son: of Simon. mae ene
27 And after the sop 4Satan en-|° Sie”
tered into him. Then said Jesus
unto him, That thou doest, do/¢ John 7.34;
quickly. 8.21.
20 Now no man at the table knew] e Law (of
i Christ).
ae what intent he spake this unto John yy 13,
29 For some of them thought, 64:2 Jonas.)
because Judas had the bag, that
Jesus had said unto him, Buy those|/Jbn 21:18:
things that we have need of against oa
the feast; or, that he should give}¢ Mt.26.33;
something to the poor. bec
30 He then having received the aes |
sop went immediately out: and it h v.27; Isa.
was night. 3-1,2.
31 Therefore, when he was gone]; Faith. John
out, Jesus said, Now is the “Son of] 16.9. (Gen.
man glorified, and God is glorified fee
in him. Ste
32 If God be glorified in him, God|j Christ (Sec-
shall also glorify: him in himself, and| ondédvent).
shall straightway glorify him. 11.25,26.
33 Little children, yet a little} (Deut.30.3;
while I am with you. Ye shail seek
Acts 1.9-11.)
me: and 4as I said unto the Jews,!k rite (eter-
Whither I go, ye cannot come; so} nal). John
now I say to you. Cie 4.
34 A ‘new commandment I give! Rey.22.19.)
unto you, That ye love one another;
as I have loved you, that ye also}? Col.1.15.
love one another. m v.20; John
~ 35 By this shall all men know} 10.38; 17.
that ye are my disciples, if ye have} 21,25-
love one to another.
n Inspiration.
Jesus foretells Peter’s denial reper
(Mt. 26. 33-35; Mk. 14. 29-31; Lk.} Rev.22.19.)
22. 33, 34). L somsunteos
36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lp tt
Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus
answered him, Whither I go, thou]) John 5.36;
canst not follow me now; fbut thou Nie Acts
shalt follow me afterwards. ao
37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why
cannot I follow thee now? I will
Slay down my life for thy sake.
38 Jesus answered him, Wilt
——
thou lay down thy life for my sake?
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The
cock shall not crow, till thou hast.
denied me thrice.
CHAPTER 14.
Spoken in the passover cham-
ber: Jesus foretells his coming
for his own. (Cf.1 Thes.4. 14-17.)
"TET not your heart be trou-
bled: ye ‘believe in God, be-
lieve also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many
mansions. if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place
for you, JI will come again, and re-
ceive !you unto myself, that where
I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and
the way ye know, ‘
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord,
we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the
way, the truth, and the “life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but
by me.
Jesus and the Father are one.
7 If ye had known me, ye should
have known my Father also: and
from henceforth ye know him, and
have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord,
shew us the Father, and it sufficeth
us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I
been so long time with yon, and
yet hast thou not known me, Philip?
"he that hath seen me hath seen
the Father; and how sayest thou
then, Shew us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that “I am
in the Father, and the Father in
me? the “words that I speak unto
you °I speak not of myself: but the
Father that dwelleth in me, he
doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me:
or else believe me for the /very
works’ sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me, the works
that I do shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he
do; because I go unto my Father.
1This promise of a second advent of Christ is to be distinguished from His
return in glory to the earth; it is the first intimation in Scripture of ‘“‘the day of
Christ” (1 Cor. 1. 8, note).
Here He comes for His saints (1 Thes. 4. 14-17), there
(e.g. Mt. 24. 29, 30) He comes to judge the nations, etc.
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ae:
14 13]
The new promise and privilege
in prayer.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask
in ¢my name, that will I do, that
the Father may be °glorified in the
Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my
name, I will do it.
15 ‘If ye love me, keep my com-
mandments.
The promise of the Spirit.
16 ¢And I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you another
leComforter, that he may abide
with you for ever;
1? Even the fSpirit of truth;
whom the 4world “cannot receive,
because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for
he dwelleth with you, and ‘shall be
in you. Y
18 I will not leave you Jcomfort-
less: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the
&world seeth me no more; but ye
see me: *because I live, ye shall
live also.
20 At that day ye shall know that
"I. arm in my Father, and ye in me,
and I in you.
21 ™He that hath my command-
ments, and keepeth them, he it is
that loveth me: and he that loveth
me shall be loved of my Father,
and I will love him, and will mani-
fest myself to him.
22 Judas saith unto him, not
Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou
wilt manifest thyself unto us, and
not unto the 8world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto
| 15.26: (Mt.1.18;
Acts 2,4.)
Sr. JOHN.
A.D. 33.
2 John 15.16; 16.
23,24.
6 John 13.31; 15.9.
€ vs.21-23; John 15.
10; 1 John 5.3.
@ See Lk.11.13,
note.
¢ Advocacy.
John 16.7.
Qohn 14.16,26;
1 John 2.1,2.)
F John 15.26; 16.13;
Rom.8.15,26;
1 John 4.6.
9 kosmos =world-
system, John 15,
18,19. (John 7,7;
Rev.13.8, nofe.)
AA Cor.2.14,
4 John 7:37; 1 Cor.
6.19; 2 Cor.6.16;
1 John 3.24.
J Or, orphans.
& Rom.5.10; 2 Cor.
4.10,11; Heb.7.
v.10; John 10.38.
mvs.15,23;
1 John 2.5,
n John 7.4; 2 Cor.
3.18; Heb.2.9,
o Law (of Christ).
vs.15,21,23; John
15.12,17. (Gal.
6.2; 2 John 5.)
P Cf.vs.15,21.
@ Gal.5.6;
Jas.2.14-17.
r Deut.18.15.
&Holy Spirit.
vs.17,26; John
t John 2.22.
«% Cf. Mt.10.34,
note,
vJohn 16.33;
Col.3.15.
wy).
= kosmos (Mt.
4.8) = mankind.
v John 10.18;
Phil.2.8,
him, °If a man love me, he will keep
my words: and my Father will love
him, and we will come unto him,
and make our abode with him.
24 He that “loveth me not keep-
eth not my sayings: and the *word
which ye hear is not mine, but the
Father’s which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken
z“'True’’ in con-
trast with Israel.
Isa.5.1-7.
@ Mt.13.12;
John 17.17;
Rom.5.3,4;
Heb.12.5-11,
b Lev. 13.6;
John 13.10;
Eph.5.26,
¢ vs.5-7; John
17.23; Eph.3.17;
1 John 2.28,
unto you, being yet present with
you.
[15 5
26 But the Comforter, which is
the ‘Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall
teach you all things, and “bring all
things to your remembrance, what-
soever I have said unto you.
The bequest of peace.
27 “Peace I leave with you, *my
peace I give unto you: not as the
gworld giveth, give I unto you. Let
not your heart be “troubled, neither
let it be afraid.
28 Ye have heard how I said unto
you, I go away, and come again
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would
rejoice, because I said, I go unto
the Father: for my Father is
greater than I.
29 And now I have told you be-
fore it come to pass, that, when it
is come to pass, ye might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much
with you: for the prince of this
world cometh, and hath nothing in
me.
31 But that the *world may know
that I love the Father; and Yas the
Father gave me commandment,
even so I do. Arise, let us go
hence.
CHAPTER 15.
Spoken on the way to the gar-
den: the vine and branches.
AM the “true vine, and my Fa-
ther is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that bear-
eth not fruit he taketh away: and
every branch that “beareth fruit,
he “purgeth it, that it may bring
forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are ’clean through the
word which I have spoken unto
you.
4 3cAbide in me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, except it abide in the vine; no
more can ye, except ye abide in
me,
Translated ‘‘advocate,”
Father when he sins: the
te to help his ignorance and infirmity,
and to make intercession (Rom. 8 Boy Vib) riglense i
Mt, Ie Perm roe ( ). (See “Holy Spirit,” N.T, doctrine,
.. three conditions of the fruitful life: Cleansing, vs. 2, 3: John 13 te;
ae 4, note; obedience, vs. 10, 12, (See ‘Law of ees Gal, 6. es 3 John
» note. 4
3 To abide in
confessed, no inter
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Christ is, on the one hand, to have no known sin unjudged and un-
est into which He is not brought, no life which He cannot share,
¥
15 6] Sr. JOHN. - [16 2
forth much 4fruit: for 'without me| a.p.33. |that it hated me before it hated
ye can do nothing. you.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is 19 If ye ‘were of the *world, the
cast forth ‘as a branch, and is Rkworld would love his own: but be-
withered; and men gather them, cause ye are not of the “world, but I
and cast them into the fire, and
: have “chosen you out of the *world,
they are burned. a The fruit.
Gal.5.22,3, |therefore the world hateth you.
-7_ If ye abide in me, and ¢my words] Phii.1.11; 20 Remember the word that I
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye nme ho said unto you, The servant is not
will, and it shall be done unto you.) oun 14.13, ||Sreater than his lord. If they have
8 Herein is my Father glorified,| Col.3.16; persecuted me, they will also perse-
that ye bear 4much fruit; so shall p pate ane . cute you; if they have kept my say-
ye be my disciples. 14,15; 17.26. |ing, they will keep your’s also.
9 As the Father hath ‘loved me,| Jobn 14.21, | 21 But all these things will they
so have I loved you: continue ye in Boe rey do unto you for my name’s sake, be-
my love. i Election cause they know not him that sent
10 Iffye keep my commandments,| (personal). |me.
ye shall abide in my love; even as I| Acts 9.15. 22 If I had not come and spoken
have kept my Father’s. command- essere unto them, they had not had °sin:
ments, and abide in his love. i John 14.13; |but now they have no cloke for
11 These things have I spoken| _16.23,24. their sin.
unto you, that my joy might remain| / ure ys. |.23. He that hateth me hateth my
in you, and that your joy might| 12,17; Rom/s.|Father also.
be full. 5. (Gal.6.2; 24 If I had not done among them
12 @This is my commandment,), ?Job=5) ithe works which none other man
That ye love one another, as I have] worid-system.|did, they had pee had °sin: but now
hn16.11,33.
sre rcatcs love hath no man than (Jona ;Rev Be oe Father. ae ene
this, that a man lay down his life] ; Separation. | 25 But this cometh to pass,
for his friends. John 17.6, |that the word might be fulfilled
, 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do oF een that is written in their law, They
whatsoever I command you. 6.14-17.) hated me ?without a cause.
The new intimacy. pizeatiar The believer and the Spirit. "
Rom.8.33. 26 But when the Comforter is
15 Henceforth I call you not ser-| (Deut.7.6; |come, whom I will send unto you
ants; for the servant knoweth not} 1 Pet.1.2.) : af
vants; from the Father, even the @Spirit of
s % k Mt.
what his lord doeth: but I have SPECS aes |truth, which proceedeth from the
called you friends; for all things! tina. Father, he shall testify of me:
rele ne hes sae? ather Ijo Sno | 27 And ye also shall bear witness,
|p Psa.35.19; Yrbecause ye have been with me
69:4. *
16 Ye have not “chosen me, but I Peony thie benuihiog:
have chosen you, and a a Holy Spirit.
that ye should go and bring fort So -AS.
_-fruit, and that your fruit should re- peers CHAPTER 16.
main: that whatsoever ye shall ask|r Inspiration. |The disciples warned of persecu-
of the Father in imy name, he may Ieee is: tions. (Cf, Mt. 24, 9, 10; Lk. 2h.
ive it you. Rev.22.19. 16-19.) ‘
th These things I Jcommand you, : HESE things have I spoken
that ye love one another. unto you, that ye should not
, Id be offended.
The believer and the world. 2 They shall put you out of the
18 Ifthe *world hate you, ye know |synagogues: yea, the time cometh, |
On the other hand, the abiding one takes all burdens to Him, and draws all wisdom,
life and strength from Him. It is not unceasing consciousnéss of these things,
and of Him, but that nothing is allowed in the life which separates from Him. See
“Fellowship,” 1 John 1. 3; “Communion,” 1 Cor. 10. 16. Hs une
1 Three degrees in fruit-bearing: “‘Fruit,” v. 2; “more fruit,” v. 2; “much
fruit,” vs. 5, 8. As we bear “much fruit” the Father is glorified in us. The minor
moralities and graces of Christianity are often imitated, but never the ninefold
“fruit” of Gal. 5. 22, 23. Where such fruit is the Father is glorified. The Phar-
isees were moral and intensely “religious,” but not one of them could say with
Christ, “I have glorified thee on the earth” (John 17. 4). ;
2 Progressive intimacy in John: Servants, John 13. 13; Friends, John 15. 15;
Brethren, John 20. 17.
rethren, J i
16 3]
that whosoever kifleth you will
think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do
unto you, because they have not
known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told
you, that when the time shall come,
ye may remember that I told you of
them. And these things I said not
unto you at the beginning, because
I was with you. 2
5 But now I go my way to him
that sent me; and none of you ask-
eth me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these
things unto you, sorrow hath filled
your heart.
Threefold work of the Spirit
toward the world.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the
truth; It is expedient for you that I
go away: for if I go not away, “the
Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart, I will send him unto
you.
8 And when he is come, he will
reprove the 4world of ‘sin, and of
righteousness, and of judements
9 i ‘ eli
@
4
>
10 Of righteousness, because I go
to my Father, and ye see me no
more;
11 Of judgment, because the
prince of this ‘world is judged.
New truth to be revealed by the
Spirit.
12 1I have yet many things to say
unto you, but ye cannot bear them
now.
13 Howbeit when he, the /Spirit
of truth, is come, he will guide you
into all truth: for he shall not speak
8of himself; “but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak: and he
will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he
shall receive of mine, and shall
shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath
are mine: therefore said I, that he
shall take of mine, and shall shew
it unto you.
a Advocacy.
b kosmos (Mt.
4.8) = man-
kind.
cSin. Rom.
3.23, note.
d Faith. John
20.31. (Gen.
3.20; Heb.11.
39.)
e kosmos =
world-system.
John 17.14.
(John 7.7;Rev.
13.8, note.)
f Holy Spirit.
John 20.22.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
g from him-
self. Cf.mext
clause.
h Inspiration.
John 17.8,17,
20. (Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
i John 14.19,
j Lk.24.17.
k kosmos
(Mt.4.8) =
mankind.
[John 20.20;
Lk.24.41.
m1 Pet.1.8.
n Mt.7.7,8;
Jas.4.2,3;
1 John 3.22;
5.14.
o John 14.
21,23.
Jesus speaks of his death, resur-
rection, and second advent.
16 A little while, and ye shall not
see me: and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me, because I go
to the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples
. among themselves, What is this
that he saith unto us, A little while,
and ye shall not see me: and again,
a little while, and ye shall see me:
and, Because I go to the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is
this that he saith, A little while?
we cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew that they
were desirqus to ask him, and said
unto them, Do ye enquire among
yourselves of that I said, A ‘little
while, and ye shall not see me: and
again, a little while, and ye shall
see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
That Jye shall weep and lament,
but the world shall rejoice: and ye
shall ke sorrowful, but your sorrow
shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail
hath sorrow, because her hour is
come: but as soon as she is deliv-
ered of the child, she remembereth
no more the anguish, for joy that a
man is born into the #world.
22 And ye now therefore have sor-
row: but I will see you again, and
‘your heart shall rejoice, and your
™joy no man taketh from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask
me nothing. Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask-
the Father in my name, he will
give it you.
_24 Hitherto have ye asked noth-
ing In my name: “ask, and ye shall
Teceive, that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken
unto you in proverbs: but the time
cometh, when I shall no more speak
unto you in proverbs, but I shall
shew you plainly of the Father,
26 At that day ye shall ask in my
name: and I say not unto you, that
I will pray the Father for you:
‘27 For the (Father himself loveth
1 Christ’s pre-auithentication of the New Testament:
that He would leave “many things”
this revelation should be completed (‘all things
that such additional revelation should includ
chose certain persons to receive such additional
to them (Mt. 28.19; John 15. 27; 16. 13; Acts 1
words when speaking for Him in the S
(Mt. 10. 14, 15; Lk. 10. 16; John 13. 20; 1
Ex, 4. 15; Rev. 22. 19),
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unrevealed (v. 12), (2) Hi
pirit precisely the same
7. 20; see e.g., 1 Cor. 14.37, and “Inspiration,”
(1) He expressly declared
€ promised that
”) after the Spirit should come, and
€ new prophecies (v.. 13).
E (3) He
revelations, and to be His witnesses
- 8; 9. 15-17). (4) He gave to their
authority as His own
7
ap eA Oy! - ni €,
ies : i
he oO
a6 28] Sr. JOHN. [17 17
you, because ye have loved me, and|__a.p.33.__|glory which “I had with thee be-
have believed that I came out from fore the ‘world was.
God. 6 I have manifested thy name
28 I came forth from the Father, unto the men which thou gavest me
and am come into the ¢world: again,|¢ kosmos (Mt. lout of the ¢world: thine they were,
I leave the world, and go to the pes mes land thou gavest them me; and
Father. 3's bZech.13.7; |they have kept thy word.
29 His disciples said unto him,| Mt.26.31. 7 Now they have known that all
Lo, now speakest thou plainly, andj ¢ Kosmos = things whatsoever thou hast given
speakest no proverb. part paw me are of thee. at
Now are we sure that thou} 17.14,16. .& For'I have given unto them the
knowest all things, and needest not Jpn is Jwords which thou gavest me; and
that any man should ask thee: by note.) ’ — \theyhave received them, and have
this we believe that thou camest!d Bible known surely that I came out from
forth from God. PER SES thee, and they have believed that
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye ‘2 i’24,25, |*thou didst send me.
now believe? (Mt.6.9; 9 {i pray for them: I pray not for
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea,| Rev-22.20.) |the ‘world, but for them which thou
is now come, that ye shall be scat-|¢ en aa hast given me; for they are thine.
tered, every man to his own, and] John 20.31. 10 And all mine are thine, and
shall leave me alone: and yet I am| (Mt.7.14; thine are mine; and I am glorified
not alone, because the Father is reese!) in them.
with me. z John 19.30; | 11 And now I am no more in the
33 These things I have spoken] Dan.9.24. 4world, but these are in the world,
unto you, that in me ye might have|" John 11,2; land I come to thee. Holy Father,
peace. In the ‘world ye shall have] Yep13'10. |/keep through thine own name
tribulation: but be of good cheer;|:ie. earth. |those whom thou hast given me,
I have overcome the world. 3 eer ricer that they may be one, as we are.
Acts 1.8,16. | 12 While I was with them in the
CHAPTER i7. (Ex.4.15; world, I kept them in thy name:
Rev.22-19-) Ithose that thou gavést me I have
3 ion. k Deut.18.15 i
The prayer of intercession 18.19. ’ Ikept, and none of them is lost, but
ESE words spake Jesus, and]! Assurance. |the son of perdition; that the scrip-
lifted up his eyes to heaven, seit ete ture might be fulfilled.
and ¢said, Father, the hour is come; 37: Gas 1.) | 13 And now come I to thee; and
Iglorify thy Son, that thy Son also|m Psa.119.42, |these things I speak in the ®world,
may glorify thee: Sti en that they might have my joy ful-
2 As thou hast given him power] 4.39.’ filled in themselves.
over all flesh, that he should *giye|n kosmos = 14 I have given them “thy word:
eternal ‘life to as many as thou pi hr a 1g,,and the “world hath hated them,
hast given him. _ 36. (John7. |because they are not of the world,
3 And this is ‘life eternal, that] 7;Rev.13.8, leven as I am not of the world.
they might know /thee the only Bese ton |. 19 I pray not that thou shouldest
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom oaig\ 14-116: take them out of the “world, but
thou hast sent. Rom.12.2. |that thou shouldest keep them from
4 I have glorified thee on the papcrns the evil.
earth. SI have finished the work] 17) °°” 16 They are °not of the “world,
which thou gavest me to do. even as I am not of the world.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou 17 Sanctify them through thy
me with thine own self with the truth: thy word is truth.
1 Seven petitions: (1) That Jesus may be glorified as the Son who has glorified
the Father (v. 1; Phil. 2. 9-11); (2) for restoration to the eternal glory (v_ 5); (3) for
the safety of believers from (a) the world (v. 11), (6) the evil one (v. 15); (4) for
the sanctification of believers (v. 17); (5) for the spiritual unity of believers (v. 21),
(6) that the world may believe (v. 21); (7) that believers may be with Him in heaven
to behold and share His glory (v. 24). ; ;
2 Christ’s gifts to those whom the Father gave Him: Eternal life (v. 2); the
Father’s name (vs. 6, 26; John 20. 17); the Father’s words (vs. 8, 14); His own joy
(vy. 13); His own glory (v. 22). :
3 Seven times Jesus speaks of believers as given to Him by the Father (vs. 2, 6
[twice], 9, 11, 12, 24). Jesus Christ is God’s love-gift to the world (John 3. 16),
and believers are the Father’s love-gift to Jesus Christ. It is Christ who commits
the believer to the Father for safe-keeping, so that the believer’s security rests upon
the Father’s faithfulness to His Son Jesus Christ.
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17 18] Sr. JOHN. [18 18
s thou hast sent me into the| A.D. 33. 5 They answered him, Jesus of
ceria even so have I also sent Nazareth. Jesus saith — see
them into the world. I am he. And Judas : em, c
19 And for their sakes I ‘sanctify ‘betrayed him, stood fem — _
myself, that they also might be 6 As soon then as se ad sai
sanctified through the truth. unto them, I am he, they tr
20 Neither pray I for these alone, backward, and fell to the ground.
but for them also which shall be- 7 Then asked he them See
lieve on me through their word; Whom seek ye? And they said,
: y ay be one; “as Jesus of Nazareth.
U tice That they ales eae I in| (wed) = 8 Jesus answered, I have told you
thee, that th so may be one in} mankind. that I am he: if therefore ye "seek
us; that “the ¢world may Believe}, Sanctify, |me, let these go their way:
that thou hast sent me. holy (per- 9 That the saying might be ful-
22 And the ¢glory which thou sop ebe& filled, which he “spake, Of them
gavest me Roh given them; that 21. ait.4.5: ie thou gavest me have I lost
they may be one, even as we are| Rev.22.11. ; 3 :
: 10 Then Simon Peter having a
one: ) :
sepa testa ar don Spe oy Eko el ipa eae aertoreee
may be made “perfect in one; ) i
peace @world may know that|¢2Cor.3.18. |right ear. The servant’s name was
thou hast sent me, and hast loved), n¢s.4g, Malchus. ;
them, as thou hast loved me. note. ae See said Joes ee Aa
i oO sheath:
24 Father, I will that they also, fiTEen447. oe up thy fet in 2 “5 ae
whom thou hast given me, /be with he cup which my Father ha
me where I am; that they may be-|gie. earth. |given me, shall I not drink it?
hold my glory, which thou hast F b ht bef ety:
given me: for thou lovedst me be-|" =*345:7- Ji ne “a CMe. nn ore aoe a
fore the foundation of the world. | ; Eph.3.16,19. ate
25 O righteous Father, the ¢world| . x $3-653*LK. 22, 66-71). i
hath not known thee: but I have|’/Mt2547: | 12 Then the band and the captain
known thee, and these have known] Lr.22.47..__|and officers of the Jews took Jesus,
that thou hast sent me. and bound him,
26 And I have declared unto them|* Jeh2 13-13: | 13 And led him away to °Annas
thy ‘name, and will declare it:| Acts 20/22; |first; for he was father in law to
‘that the love wherewith thou hast} Heb.12.2. Caiaphas, which was the high priest
loved me may be in them, and I in that same year. i
them. Piva are 14 Now Caiaphas was he, which
CHAPTER 18. eee gave *counsel to the Jews, that it
f was expedient that one man should
Jesus arrives at Gethsemane. n John 17.12; die for the people.
(Cf. Mt. 26. 36-46; Mk. 14. 32-42:]" 7 Cor.16.13.
ts Gperws Peter’s denial (also vs. 25-27)
\ ,' JHEN Bt had spoken these arr pee 20 - ae Mk. 14. 66-725
words, he went forth with!|p John 11.49, be PRs
his disciples over the brook Cedron,| 30 sec 15 And %Simon Peter followed Je-
where was a garden, into the which ae sus, and so did another disciple:
he entered, and his disciples. ESS ee disciple a8 known on the
14.545 igh priest, and went in wi esus
ite potrayal ang aricota iggy) 2) Tete dherpcloce aiichelval tae
rae} on pete : ; ee 16 But Peter stood at the door
2 Tim.2.12, without. Then went out that other
2 And /Judas also, which betrayed disciple, which was known unto the
him, knew the place: for Jesus oft- high priest, and spake unto her that
times resorted thither with his kept the door, and brought in Peter.
disciples. 17 Then saith the damsel that —
3 Judas then, having received a kept the door unto Peter, Art not
band of men and officers from the thou also one of this man’s disci-
chief priests and Pharisees, cometh ples? He saith, I am ‘not.
thither with lanterns and torches 18 And the servants and officers
and weapons. stood there, who had made a fire
4 Jesus therefore, ‘knowing all of coals; for it was cold: and
things that should come upon him, they warmed themselves: and Peter
went forth, and said unto them, stood with them, and warmed him- |
Whom seek ye? self, |
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as
18 19] St. JOHN
[19 6
Se
(Jesus before the high priest, A.D. 33.
continued. )
19 °The high priest then asked
Jesus of his disciples, and of his
doctrine.
20 Jesus answered him, I spake
openly to the world; I ever taught
in the synagogue, and in the tem-
ple, whither the Jews always resort;
and in secret have I said nothing.
21 Why askest thou me? ask them
which heard me, what I have said
unto them: behold, they know what
T said.
22 And when he had thus spoken,
one of the officers which stood by
struck Jesus with the palm of his
hand, saying, Answerest thou the
high priest so?
23 Jesus answered him, If I have
spoken evil, bear witness of the
evil: “but if well, why smitest thou
me?
24 Now Annas had sent him bound
unto Caiaphas the high priest.
25 And Simon Peter stood and
warmed himself. They said there-
fore unto him, Art not thou also
one of his disciples? He denied it,
and said, I am not.
26 One of the servants of the high epee Bers
priest, being his kinsman whose ear| ““Y""""~
Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see|s1 Tim.6.13.
thee in the garden with him?
a For order of
events on the
day of the
crucifixion,
see Mt.26.57,
note.
6 kosmos (Mt.
4.8.) = man-
kiad.
¢1 Pet.2.19,23.
¢@ John 13.38;
Mt.26.34,74;
ME.14.68;
Lk.22.60,61.
f Mt.23.23;
Acts 10.28.
g John 19.7;
Lev.24.16;
27 Peter then denied again: and|' PS#o'23:'
dimmediately the cock crew. Dea ihe
Jesus brought before Pilate (Mt. Rom.i4.17:
27. 1-14; Mk. 15. 1-5; Lk. 23. 1-7,| ©ol-1-13.
13, 16). j Gk. ek, out
28 ¢Then led they Jesus from Caia-| of, or accord-
phas unto the hall of judgment: and] '* ‘*®
it was early; and they themselves|* Kosmos =
went not into the judgment hall, world eyes,
flest they should be defiled; but] 20. ohn 7.7:
that they might eat the passover. | Rev-13.8,
29 Pilate then went out unto] 7°%¢?
them, and said, What accusation|! Isa.55.4.
bring ye against this man? m Isa.53.9;
30 They answered and said unto] 1 Pet.-2.22.
him, If he were not a malefactor, we}, met.27.26;
would not have delivered him up| Mk.15.15.
unto thee. a A
31 Then said Pilate unto them,|°™M@*?77%
Take ye him, and judge him accord-|p John 18.38.
ing to your law. The Jews there- aes
fore said unto him, It is not lawful
for us to put any man to death:
32 That the saying of Jesus might
be fulfilled, which he ¢spake, signi-
fying what death he should die.
33 Then Pilate entered into the
judgment hall again, and called
Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou
the King of the Jews?
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34 Jesus answered him, Sayest
thou this thing of thyself, or did
others tell it thee of me?
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew?
Thine own nation and the chief
priests have delivered thee unto
me: what hast thou done?
_36 Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom
is not Jof this *world: if my king-
dom were of this world, then would
my servants fight, that I should not
be delivered to the Jews: but now
is my kingdom. not from hence.
37 Pilate therefore said unto him,
Art thou a king then? Jesus an-
swered, Thou sayest that I am a
king. To this end was I born, and
for this cause came I into the
‘world, that I should bear ‘witness
unto the truth. Every one that is
of the truth heareth my voice.
38 Pilate saith unto him, What is
truth? And when he had said this,
he went out again unto the Jews,
and saith unto them, I find in him
™no fault at all. ;
Jesus condemned: Barabbas re-
leased (Mt. 27. 15-26; Mk. 15. 6-
15; Lk. 23. 18-25),
39 But ye have a custom, that I
should release unto you one at the
passover: will ye therefore that I
release unto you the King of the
Jews?
40 Then cried they all again, say-
ing, Not this man, but Barabbes.
‘Now Barabbas was a robber.
CHAPTER 19,
Jesus crowned with thorns (Mt.
27. 27-30; Mk. 15. 16-20).
HEN "Pilate therefore took
Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown
of thorns, and put it on his head,
and they put on him a “purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the
Jews! and they smote him with
their hands.
Pilate brings Jesus before
the multitude.
4 Pilate therefore went forth
again, and saith unto them, Behold,
I bring him forth to you, that ye may
know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing
the crown of thorns, and the purple
robe. And Pilate saith unto them,
Behold the.man!
6 When the chief priests therefore
and officers saw him, they cried out,
saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
19 7]
Pilate saith unto them, Take ye
him, and crucify him: for I find
no fault in him. i
7 The Jews answered him, “We
have a law, and by our law he ought
to die, because he made himself the
Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard
that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judg-
ment hall, and saith unto Jesus,
Whence art thou? But Jesus gave
him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him,
Speakest thou not unto me? know-
est thou not that I have power to
crucify thee, and have power to
release thee?
11 Jesus answered, “Thou could-
est have no power at al] against me,
except it were given thee from
St. JOHN.
A.D. 33.
a Lev.24.16.
6 Isa.53.7.
¢ John 7.30;
Lk.22.53;
Acts 4.27,28.
d John 18.3,28;
Mk.14.44.
eSin. Rom.3.
23, note.
f Lk.23.2.
g Prov.29.25;
Acts 4.19.
hk C£.Mxk.15,
25, note.
4 Hos.3.4.
j¥or order of
above: “therefore he that delivered
me unto thee hath the greater ¢sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate
sought to release him: but the Jews
cried out, saying, If thou let this
man go, thou art not Cesar’s friend:
fwhosoever maketh himself a king
speaketh against Cesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard
that saying, he brought Jesus forth,
and sat down in the judgment seat
in a place that is called the Pave-
ment, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
The final rejection of the King
' by the Jewish authorities and
people.
14 And it was the preparation of
the passover, and about the “sixth
hour: and he saith unto the Jews,
Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with
him, away with him, crucify him.
Pilate saith unto them, Shall I cru-
cify your King? The chief priests
answered, ‘We have no king but
Ceesar.
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ
(Mt. 27, 33-54; Mk. 15. 22-39;
Lk. 23. 33-47)
16 JThen delivered he him there-
fore unto them to be crucified. And
they took Jesus, and led him away.
17. And he bearing his cross ‘went
forth into a place called the place
of a skull, which is called in the
Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they ‘crucified him, and
two other with him, on either
side one. and Jesus in the midst.
i9 And Pilate wrote a title, and
2 Num.15.36;
Heb.13.12.
| Judgments
(the seven).
vs.16-18;
Acts 17.31.
(2 Sam.7.14;
Rev. 20.12.)
m Isa.53.12.
n Psa.22.18.
o Lk.5.36;
2 Cor.5.17.
pb Psa.22.18.
gq Mt.27.55;
Mk.15.40;
Lk.23.49.
y Johri 18.15.
S John 2.4;
21.15-17.
t vs.24,36,37.
u Psa.69.21.
v It is the Vic-
tor’s cry
John 4.34;
17.4; Rom.
10.4; Gal.3.
13; Heb.10.
5-10.
w See Mt.27.
50, note.
x delivered up
Aus spirit.
V v.42.
z Ex.12.16;
John 16.20.
a Deut.21.23.
put zt on the cross. And the writ-
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ing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH
THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of
the Jews: for the place where Jesus
was crucified was nigh to the city:
and it was written in Hebrew, and.
Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of
the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The
King of the Jews; but that he said,
I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What.I have
written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they
had crucified Jesus, "took his gar-
ments, and made four parts, to every
soldier a part; and also Ais coat:
now the coat was without seam,
woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among
themselves, °Let us not rend it, but
cast lots for it, whose it shall. be:
that the scripture might be fulfilled,
which saith, *They parted my rai-
ment among them, and for my ves-
ture they did cast lots. These
things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross
of Jesus his mother, and_ his
mother’s sister, Mary the wife of
Cieophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his
mother, and the “disciple standing
by, whom he loved, he saith unto
his smother, Woman, ‘behold thy
son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple,
Behold thy mother! And from that
hour that disciple took her unto his
own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that
all things were now accomplished,
‘that the scripture might be ful-
filled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full
of “vinegar: and they filled a spunge
with vinegar, and put 7¢ upon hys-
sop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had re-
ceived the vinegar, he said, "It is
finished: and he bowed his head,
wand *gave up the ghost.
“Not a bone of him broken.”
31 The Jews therefore, because it
was the preparation, that the
bodies should not remain upon the
cross on the sabbath day, (for that
sabbath day was an “high day,) be-
sought Pilate that “their legs
might be broken, and that they
might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and
brake the legs of the first, and of
‘
aa
€
; iy *
an AN
BFI9¢33]
Sr. JOHN.
rat
; 7
'
[20 17
“the other which was crucified with
him.
33 But when they camie to Jesus,
and saw that he was ¢dead already,
they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a
spear “pierced his side, and forthwith
‘came there out ¢blood and water.
_35 And he that saw st bare
record, and his record is true: and
he knoweth that he saith true,
that ye might believe.
36 For these things were done,
that the scripture should be fulfilled,
€A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture
saith, /They shall look on him
whom they pierced.
The entombment (Mt. 27. 57-60;
Mk. 15. 43-47; Lk. 23. 50-56).
38 And after this Joseph of Ari-
mathea, being a disciple of Jesus,
_ but ésecretly for fear of the Jews,
~ besought Pilate that he might take
“away the body of Jesus: and Pilate
“gave him leave. He came there-
fore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also “Nicode-
mus, which at the first came to
Jesus by night, and brought a mix-
ture of ‘myrrh and aloes, about an
hundred Jpound weight.
-40 Then took they the body of
Jesus, and wound it in “linen
clothes with the spices, as the man-
ner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where-he was
crucified there was a garden; and in
the garden a new sepulchre, where-
in was /never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore| %
because of the “Jews” preparation
day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at
hand.
CHAPTER 20.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ
(Mt. 28. 1-10; Mk. 16. 1-14; Lk.
24. 1-43).
HE first day of the week cometh
uMary Magdalene early, when
it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre,
and seeth the stone taken away
from the sepuichre.
2 Then she runneth, and cometh
to Simon Peter, and to the °other
disciple, whom Jesus loved, and
saith unto them, They have ?taken
A.D. 33.
a John 10.18.
6 John 20.25-
27.
c Sacrifice (of
Christ). Acts
20.28. (Gen.
4.4; Heb.i0.
18.)
d@ 1 John 1.7;
5.6,8; Tit.3.
5; Eph.5.26.
e Ex.12.46;
Num.9.12;
Psa.34.20.
f Zech.12.10;
Rev.1.7.
g John 7.13;
12.42.
k John 3.2;
7.50.
t Psa.45.8;
Song 4.14.
JEx.16.16,
k John 11.44;
20.7; Acts 5.
1 Isa.53.9;
M«E.11.2.
m v.31.
n For order of
events on the
resurrection
day, see Mt.
28. 1, note.
o John 13.23;
19.26; 21.7,
20,24.
P vs.11-13;
Lk.24.21.
g John 21.20.
y John 21.7,
s John 11.44.
t Psa.16.10;
Lk.24.24-26;
Acts 2.25, 3,
22.34,505
u Cf.John 21.3.
v v.13.
w Lk.24.4.
x Lk.24.16;
John 21.4.
y John 1.38;
18.4. |
2 John 10.3.
a Or, do not
detain me.
away the Lord out of the sepulchre,
and we know not where they have
laid him.
3 Peter therefore went forth, and
that other disciple, and came to
the sepulchre.
4 So they ran both together: and
the fother disciple did outrun Peter,
and came first to the sepulchre.
5 And he stooping down, and
looking in, saw the linen clothes
lying; yet went he not in.
6 Then cometh Simon Peter fol-
lowing him, and “went into the
sepulchre, and seeth the linen
clothes lie,
7 And the ‘napkin, that was
about his head, not lying with the
linen clothes, but wrapped together
in a place by itself.
8 Then went in also that other
disciple, which came first to the sep-
ulchre, and he saw, and believed.
9 ‘For as yet they knew not the
scripture, that he must rise again
from the dead.
10 Then the disciples “went away
again unto their own home.
Jesus appears to Mary
Maégdalene.
11, But Mary stood without at the
sepulchre *weeping:. and as she
wept, she stooped down, and
looked into the sepulchre,
12 And seeth “two angels in white
sitting, the one at the head, and
the other at the feet, where the
body of Jesus had lain.
13 And they say unto her,Woman,
why weepest thou? She saith unto
them, Because they have taken
away my Lord, and I know not
where they have laid him.
14 And when she had thus said,
she turned herself back, and saw
Jesus standing, and *knew not that
it was Jesus.
15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman,
why weepest thou? ”whom seekest
thou? She, supposing him to be
the gardener, saith unto him, Sir,
\if thou have borne him hence, tell
lme where thou hast laid him, and I
lwill take him away.
16 Jesus saithunto her, *Mary. She
turned herself, and saith unto him,
Rabboni; which is to say, Master
17 Jesus saith unto her, 1¢Touch
1 Cf. Mt. 28. 9; ‘and they came and held him by the feet.”
A contradiction
has been supposed. Three views are held: (1) That- Jesus speaks to Mary as the
High Priest fulfilling the day of atonement (Lev. 16).
Having accomplished the
sacrifice, He was on His way to present the sacred blood in heaven, and that, be-
‘tween the meeting with Mary in the garden and the meeting of Mt. 28. 9, He had
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20 184 Sr. JOHN. (ve
A.D.33. |with them: then came Jesus, the |
me not; for I am not yet “ascended
to my Father: but go to my “breth- doors being shut, and stood in the
ren, and say unto them, I ascend midst, and said, 7Peace be unto you.
unto ‘my Father, and ¢your Father; 27 Then saith he to Thomas, |
and to my God, and your God. Reach hither thy finger, and behold
18 ‘Mary Magdalene came and my hands; and reach hither thy
told the disciples that she had seen ee hand, and thrust it into my side:
the Lord, and that he had spoken!; gep/5'13’ ". |and be not faithless, but believing.
these things unto her. jc John 17.11; | 28 And Thomas answered and
3.
. bats Eph.1 said unto him, “My !Lord and my |
Jesus appears to the disciples:|¢G2-46. God. 7
Thomas not present (LK. 24.) °t1 94.10. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
36-49). f John 19.38; |because thou hast seen me, thou
oMeseiat hast believed: Sblessed are they
19 ‘Then the same day at evening,
being the first day of the week, ech. ny Oe a ae
when the doors were shut where] (™t.8.2,3; 3
the disciples were assembled for|, Acts 28.8,9.) | Conclusion: why John’s Gospel
ffear of the Jews, See Jens and|” axe herips was written.
éstood in the midst, and saith unto] i Lk.24.40; :
Sa a a Rtn ares 6 Col.1.20. 30 And many other signs truly
SO Aud when be Bad edesd re j John 16.22. |did Jesus in the presence of his dis-
' : ke Mt.28.18-20; : ae SS :
‘shewed unto them his hands and : Jobn 17.18. Coles which are not written in this
is si Jj isci 2.73 z r
glad when they sow the Lord | certs, | 31, But these are written, that ye
ot id J *_. |m Holy Spirit.\might ‘believe that Jesus is they’
21 Then said Jesus to them again,| Acts 1.2;5, Christ the: & epee |
Peace be unto you: as my Father) 816. (Mt.1. tist, the Son of God; an a
hath sent me, even so send I you. j, Meet believing ye might have “life
; 22 snd when he had sad ite he} 18.18. through his name.
‘breathed on therm, and saith unto}o John 11.16.
them, Receive ye the "Holy Ghost:|? 7fh-22;00% CHAPTER 21.
23 Whose soever “sins ye remit,},¥.19. Epilogue: “If I will.’ The risen
they are remitted unto them; and/7 John 1.1,49; | Christ is Mastér of our service.
ROS BGOVET SHAS oe PEEMi ge aa0d0- | A FTER these. things, Jest
4 eae “4% shewed himself again to the
Jesus appears to the disciples: |i Faith. Acts |disciples at the “sea of Tiberias; and
Thomas present. Praeaed on this wise shewed he himself.
1139.) | 2 There were together Simon
24 But Thomas, one of thely rife (eter [Peter, and Thomas called Didy-
twelve, called °“Didymus, was not} nal). Acts 2. |mus, and “Nathanael of Cana in
with them when Jesus came. on eee Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee,
25 The other disciples therefore], john61. |and two other of his disciples,
said unto him, We have seen the} w John 1.45;
Lord. But ‘he said unto. them, (1) Service in self-will, under
’E xcept I shall see in his hands the|* ea human leadership.
print of the nails, and put my fin-|y Lkr.5.3-7. 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, #*I
ger into the print of the nails, and go a fishing. They say unto him,
thrust my hand into his side, I will We also go with thee. They went
not believe. 5 ad forth, and entered into a ship im-
26 And after eight days again his ‘mediately; and that night they
disciples were within, and Thomas} caught nothing.
so ascended and returned: a view in harmony with types, (2) That Mary: -
lene, knowing as yet only Christ after the flesh.(2 Cor. 5. le and foe ere
her Beloved, sought only to hold Him so; while He, about to assume a new relation
to His disciples in ascension, gently teaches Mary that now she must not seek to
hold Him to the earth, but rather become His messenger of the nev joy. (3) That
He merely meant: ‘Do not detain me now; I am not yet ascended; you will see
me ice : oe oe to my eerie ere: ‘
_ The deity of Jesus Christ is.declared in Scripture: (1) In the intimati
explicit predictions of the O.T. (a) The theophanies ee the pier on He eng
in human form, and His ministry thus to man (Gen. 16. 7-13; 18, 2-23, especially v. 17;
32. 28 with Hos. 12. 3-5; Ex. 3. 2-14). (b) The Messiah is expressly declared to
be the Son of God (Psa. 2. 2-9), and God (Psa. 45. 6, 7 with Heb. 1. s, 9; Psa. 110.
iwith Mt. 22. 44; Acts 2, 34 and Heb. 1. 13; Psa. 110. 4 with Heb. 5. 63,6. 203°7. 17-01%
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‘21 4] St. JOHN. {2i; 1h.
_ 4 But when the morning was now
come, Jesus stood on the shore: but
the disciples ¢knew not that it was bread.
Jesus. ns Fohsi'd0hv4s 10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of
(2) Service in self-will tested:|)L«5.4,6,7; |the fish which ye have now caught.
fhoibarrentesnic: John 9.7. 11 Simon Peter went up, and drew
¢ Miracles the net to land full of great fishes
5 Then Jesus saith unto them, i
(N.T.). Acts
E 1-10. (Mt.g.|an hundred and fifty and three:
Children, have ye any meat? They 2 Sor eo. ea tire
answered him, No.
2,35 Acts 28. |for all there were so many, yet
(3) Christ-directed service, and e John 13-37; |(4) The Master enough for the
A.D. 33.__|to land, they saw a fire of coals
there, and fish laid thereon, and
29.) h
d Le-24.30,31, | WS not the net broken.
the result, f One cubit = need of his servants. (Cf. Lk.
6 And he said unto them, ’Cast| , rn isis ; 22-355, 2 RIL. 4.19-)
the net on the right side of the ship,|h Contra, Lk. | 12 Jesus saith unto them, ‘Come
and ye shall find. They cast there- i jonn ae and Jjdine. And none of the dis-
fore, and now ‘they were not able| ‘fit. sreak {ciples durst ask him, Who art thou?
Sagi it for the multitude of Pee cee knowing that it was the Lord.
shes. +a" -24-30,31. | 13 Jesus then cometh, and *taketh
we? Therefore that disciple whom 19,76. bread, and giveth them, and fish
Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is|m Lit. break- |likewise.
the 4Lord. Now when Simon Peter peated: 14 This is now the /third time that
heard that it was the Lord, he girt|" Goas$"fac. |Jesus shewed himself to his dis-
his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he| used of divine|ciples, after that he was risen from
was naked,) and did ‘cast himself pit erg the dead.
caer Risotties disciples came in Giich the |(S) The only acceptable motive
a little ship; (for they were not far| law demands R Soha) (Cf. 2 Cor. 5. 19;
from land, but as it were two hun- ae reid tr EMpatet ade
dred ‘cubits,) dragging the net 15 Sowhen they had “dined, Jesus
with fishes. saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of
9 As soon then as they were come} | Fomiass lovest thou me more than
and Zech. 6. 13). (c) His virgin birth was foretold as the means through
which God could be “Immanuel,” God with us (Isa. 7. 13, 14 with Mt. 1.
22, 23). (d) The Messiah is expressly invested with the divine names (Isa. 9.
6,7). (e) In a prophecy of His death He is called Jehovah’s “fellow”? (Zech. 13.
7 with Mt. 26. 31). (f) His eternal being is declared (Mic. 5. 2 with Mt.
2. 6; John 7. 42).
(2) Christ Himself affirmed His deity. (a) He applied to Himself the Jeho-
vistic I AM. (The pronoun “he” is not in the Greek; cf. John 8. 24; John 8. 56-58.
The Jews correctly understood this to be our Lord’s claim to full deity [v. 59]. See,
also, John 10. 33; 18. 4-6, where, also, “the” is not in the original.) (6) He claimed
to be the Adonai of the O.T. (Mt. 22. 42-45. See Gen. 15. 2, note). (c) He as-
‘serted His identity with the Father (Mt. 28. 19; Mk. 14. 62; John 10. 30; that the
Jews so understood Him is shown by vs. 31, 32; John 14. 8,9; 17.5). (d) He exer-
cised the chief prerogative of God (Mk. 2. 5-7; Lk.°7. 48-50). (e) He asserted
omnipresence (Mt. 18. 20; John 3. 13); omniscience (John 11. 11-14, when Jesus
was fifty miles away; Mk. 11. 6-8); omnipotence (Mt. 28. 18; Lk. 7. 14; John 5. 21-23;
6. 19); mastery over nature, and creative power (Lk. 9. 16, 17; John 2. 9; 10. 28).
(f) © received and approved human worship (Mt. 14. 33; 28. 9; John 20.
28, 29).
(3) The N.T. writers ascribe divine titles to Christ (John 1. 1; 20. 28;
Acts 20. 28; Rom. 1. 4; 9. 5; 2 Thes. 1. 12; 1 Tim, 3. 16; Tit. 2. 13; Heb. 1. 83; 1 John
0).
(4) The N.T. writers ascribe divine perfections and attributes to Christ
(e.g. Mt. 11. 28; 18. 20; 28. 20; John 1. 2; 2. 23-25; 3. 13; 5. 17; 21. 17; Heb. 1. 3, 11, 12
with Heb. 13. a;-Rev. 1. 8, 17, 18; 2. 23; 11.17; 22.13).
: (5) The N.T. writers ascribe divine works to Christ (John 1. 3, 10; Col. 1.
BG e275) FACD. 1253) mtne, : . :
; (6) The N.T. writers teach that supreme worship should be paid to Christ
a Re 60; 1 Cor. 1. 2; 2 Cor. 13. 14; Phil. 2. 9, 10; Heb. 1. 6; Rev. 1. 5, 6;
EY ee oan
(7) The holiness and resurrection of Christ prove His deity (John 8. 46;
Rom. 1. 4).
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21 16}
SS ORE
these? He saith unto him, Yea,
Lord; thou knowest that I love
thee. He saith unto him, Feed
my lambs.
16 He saith to him again the
second time, Simon, son of Jonas,
‘lovest thou me? He saith unto
him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that
I love thee. He saith unto him,
¢Feed my sheep.
17 He saith unto him the third
time, Simon, son of Jonas, ‘lovest
thou me? Peter was /grieved be-
cause he said unto him the third
time, Lovest thou me? And he
said unto him, Lord, thou knowest
all things; thou knowest that I “love
thee. Jesus saith unto him, ¢Feed
my sheep.
(6) The Master appoints the
time and manner of the ser-
vant’s death.
18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
When thou wast young, thou gird-
edst thyself, and walkedst whither
’thou wouldest: but when thou
shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth
thy hands, and another shall gird};
thee, and carry thee whither thou!”
wouldest not. :
19 This spake he, signifying ‘by
what death he should glorify God.
Gr. phileo, am
fond of. Itisa
lesser degree of
love than @gapas,
b1 Pet.5.2.
¢ Gr. agapas,
deeply love,
used of divine
love (John 14.21)
and of that love
which the law
demands (Lk.10.
27).
d tend; 1 Pet.5.
1-3,
€ Our Lord here
takes Peter’s
word, phileis.
F John 13.38.
9 v.15; John 10.9.
hvs.3,7,
22 Pet.1.14.
2 Mt.4.19; 16.24,
& John 13.23.
t Gal.2.7-9,
m John 14.3;
1 Thes. 1.10; 5,23,
m1 Cor 15.51,
1 Thes.4.15,17.
© John 15.27; 19.35,
P John 20.30,
@i.e. earth,
Eph.3.19; cf.
2 2 Gor. 3.3 with
1,22,23.
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~|saith unto him, JFollow me. : |
(7) If the Lord returns the ser-
vants will not die. (Cf. 1 Cor.
15. 51, 52; 1 Thes. 4. 14-18.)
20 Then Peter, turning about,
seeth the Rdisciple whom Jesus
loved following; which also leaned
on his breast at supper, and said,
Lord, which is he that betrayeth
thee? :~*
21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus,
Lord, and ‘what shall this man do?
22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will
that he tarry “till I come, what is
that to thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad
among the brethren, that that dis-
ciple “should not die: yet Jesus said
not unto him, He shall not die; but,
If I will that he tarry till I come,
what is that to thee?
24 This is the disciple which °tes-
tifieth of these things, and wrote
these things: and we know that his
testimony is true.
25 And there are also *many other
things which Jesus did, the which,
if they should be written every one,
I suppose that even the ¢@world
itself “could not contain the books
that should be written. Amen.
11 7
dane
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. |
WRITER. In the Acts of the Apostles Luke continues the account of Christianity
begun in the Gospel which bears his name. In the “former treatise’? he tells what
Jesus ‘‘began both to do and teach”; in the Acts, what Jesus continued to do and
teach through His Holy Spirit sent down.
Date. The Acts concludes with the account of Paul’s earliest ministry in Rome,
A.D. 65, and appears to have been written at or near that time.
Theme. This book records the ascension arid promised return of the Lord
Jesus, the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, Peter’s use of the keys, opening
the kingdom (considered as the sphere of profession, as in Mt. 13.) to the Jews at
Pentecost, and to the Gentiles in the house of Cornelius; the beginning of the Chris-
tian church and the conversion and ministry of Paul.
The Holy Spirit fills the scene. As the presence of the Son, exalting and reveal-
ing the Father, is the great fact of the Gospels, so the presence of the Spirit, exalt-
ing and revealing the Son, is the great fact of the Acts.
Acts is in two chief parts: In the first section, i, 1-9. 43, Peter is the prominent
personage, Jerusalem is the centre, and the ministry is to Jews. Already in cov-
enant relations with Jehovah, they had sinned in rejecting Jesus as the Christ.
The preaching, therefore, was directed to that point, and repentance (i.e. “a changed
mind”) was demanded. The apparent failure of the Old Testament promises
concerning the Davidic kingdom was explained by the promise that the kingdom
would be set up at the return of Christ (Acts 2. 25-31; 15. 14-16). This ministry
to Israel fulfilled Lk. 19. i2-14. In the persecutions of the apostles and finally
in the martyrdom of Stephen, the Jews sent after the king the message, “We will
not have this man to reign over us.” In the second division (10. 1-28.31) Paul
is prominent, a new centre is established at Antioch, and the ministry is chiefly
to Gentiles who, as “strangers from the covenants of promise” (Eph. 2. 12), had
but to “‘believe on the Lord Jesus Christ”? to be saved. Chapters 11., 12., and 15. .
of this section are transitional, establishing finally the distinction, doctrinally, be-
tween law and grace. Galatians should be read in this connection.
The events recorded in The Acts cover a period of 32 years.
CHAPTER 1. __A-D. 33. _| 4 And, “being assembled together
Introduction (vs. 1, 2). Eb reine with them, commanded them that
HE former treatise have Ij, to Luke. they should not depart from Jeru-
made, O ’Theophilus, of allthat
b Lk.1.3.
c Lit. received
salem, but wait for the promise of
the Father, which, saith he, ‘ye
Jesus began both to do and teach, | up.
“2 Until the day in which he was|@bk aaa; [have Heard of Me aptized fwith
taken up, after that he through the} 9697; Giateas but iewehall’ bahpanuces
Holy Ghost had given command-| Acts 2.33. |e ith ’the Holy Ghost not man
he apostles whom he|¢0r, eating |*1 y y
Beate, unto t with them. |days hence.
had chosen: tO%s rears d 6 When they therefore were come
The resurrection-minisiry of |,0; in. |together, they asked of him, say-
Christ.
h Mt.3.2, note.
ing, Lord, wilt thou at this time
«|i Kingd. h ; lik
3 !To (ae So he sa tee him-]* eS re, a (A again the kingdom to
self alive after his passion by many] 7; Acts 2.29- : f mie
infallible proofs, being seen of them) 32. (Lk.1.31- | 7 And he said unto them, /It ic
forty days, and speaking of the| ?3',4C°% |not for you to know the times or the
things pertaining to the kingdom|jMt.24.36; | |Seasons, which the Father hath
God: Mk.13.32; put in his own power,
g . 1 Thes.5.1.
1 Forty days the risen Lord had been instructing the apostles “of the things
pertaining to the kingdom of God,” doubtless, according to His custom (Lk. 24. 8%,
32, 44, 45), teaching them out of the Scriptures. One point was left untouched, viz.,
the time when He would restore the kingdom to Israel; hence the apostles ques-
tion. The answer was according to His repeated teaching; the time was God's
‘secret (Mt. 24. 36, 42, 44: 25. 13; cf. 1 Leng 1
1 8]
The apostolic commission. (Cf.|__A.D.33.__|salem from the mount called Olivet
Mt, 28. 18-20; Mk. 16. 15-18; Lk. ene pret gS a sabbath
; . 21-23. ay’s Sjourney. ;
OE a ie ey fey a v.22: Lk.24. | 13 And when they were come in,
8 But ye shall receive power, after 48; Jobo As. they went up into “an upper room,
en nS et eS ie hcee b Christ (First where on ee Fee aed J amen
yous : dvent). ew, ip, an
unto me both in Jerusalem, and in Gen.3.15. Ae Paeecaioner nts See ite
all Judea, and in serpee aera . they, ah thew, James the son of Alphzus,
the uttermost part al t ae he looking. and Simon ‘Zelotes, and Judas the
9 And when he ha od in these! 0 Cor.14.2. |brother of James. : :
things, while they beheld, 4 fia e Or, was re- 14 These all continued with one
taken up; and a cloud received him ceived up. laccord in prayer and supplication,
out of their sight. f seit es with the women, and, Mary the
The promise of the return of| (eut.30.3.) |mother of Jesus, and wit is
Jesus to the earth. g fo 4854 |brethren.
a9, And ak gp eno lead Shee Pie oe The choice of Matthias.
we : -19. ‘
io, behold. two men stood by them| {2% Zealot. | 15 And in those days Peter stood
in white apparel; Jen. ~—« up in the midst of the Jdisciples, and
j GE Sig f|& Inspiration. |said, (the number of names together
Seca cient che beater were about an hundred andtwenty,)
Sto heaven? this “same Jeous| A&2 22° |"16 Men and brethren, this scrip-
ich 4is : i Rev.22.19.) |ture must needs have been fulfilled,
fi t
which ¢is taken up from you into Pens Wo: he Hole Gh eg
heaven, /shall so !come in like man-}° 7075346." which the ‘Holy ost by the
ner as ye have seen him go into} Acts 2.i7,18, |MOuth of David spake before con-
heaven. 33,38. (Mt.1. |cerning “Judas, which was guide to
: shes cS Tu tat them that took Jesus. f
The ten days’ waiting for the |mosa41®. | 17 For he was numbered with us, _
Spirit. and had “obtained part of this —
12 Then returned they unto Jeru-
THE ACTS.
ministry.
1 The two Advents—Summary: (1) The O.T. foreview,of the coming Messiah
is in two aspects—that of rejection and suffering (as, e.g. in Isa. 53), and that of
earthly glory and power (as, e.g. in Isa. 11; Jer. 23; Ezk. 37). Often these two
aspects blend in one passage (e.g. Psa. 2). The prophets themselves were per-
plexed by this seeming contradiction (1 Pet. 1. 10, 11). It was solved by partial
fulfilment. In due time the Messiah, born of a virgin according to Isaiah, ap-
peared among men and began His ministry by announcing the predicted kingdom
as “at hand” (Mt. 4. 17, note). The rejection of King and kingdom followed.
(2) Thereupon the rejected King announced His approaching crucifixion, resurrec-
tion, departure, and return (Mt. 12. 38-40; 16. 1-4, 27; Lk. 12. 35-46; 17. 20-36; 18.
31-34; 19, 12-27; Mt. 24., 25.). (3) He uttered predictions concerning the course
of events between His departure and return (Mt. 13. 1-so; 16.18; 24.4-26). (4) This
promised return of Christ becomes a prominent theme in the Acts, Epistles, and
Revelation.
Taken together, the N.T. teachings concerning the return of Jesus Christ
may be summarized as follows: (1) That return is an event, not a process, and is
personal and corporeal (Mt. 23. 30; 24. 30; 25. 31; Mk. 14. 62; Lk. 17. 24; John 14. 3;
Acts 1. 11; Phil. 3. 20, 21; 1 Thes. 4. 14-17)._ (2) His coming has a threefold re-
lation: to the church, to Israel, to the nations,
(a) To the church the descent of the Lord into the air to raise the sleeping
and change the living saints is set forth as a constant expectation and hope (Mt. 24,
36, 44, 48-51; 25. 13; 1 Cor. 15. 51, 52; Phil. 3. 20; 1 Thes. 1. 10; 4. 14-17; 1 Tim. 6. 14;
Tit. 2. 13; Rev. 22. 20). 3
(b) To Israel, the return of the Lord is predicted to accomplish the yet un- _
fulfilled prophecies of her national regathering, conversion, and establishment in
peace and power under the Dayidic Covenant (Acts 15. 14-17 with Zech. 14. 1-9).
See Easados (O.T.),” 2 Sam. 7. 8-17; Zech. 13. 8, note; Lk. 1. 31-33; 1 Cor. 15.
24, note.
2 (c) To the Gentile nations the return of Christ is predicted to bring the destruc-
tion of the present political world-system (Dan. 2. 34, 35; Rev. 19. 11, note); the |
Judgment of Mt. 25. 31-46, followed by world-wide Gentile conversion and partici-
Eagion in the blessings of the kingdom (Isa. 2. 2-4; 11. 10; 60. 3; Zech: 8. 3, 20, 23;
. 16-21), sal
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18 Now this man purchased a
field with the ¢reward of iniquity;
and falling headlong, he burst asun-
der in the midst, and all his bowels
gushed out.
19 And it was known unto all the
dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as
that field is called in their proper
tongue, Aceldama, that is to say,
The field of blood.
20 For it is written in the book of
Psalms, 'Let his habitation be deso-
late, and let no man dwell therein:
and his ‘bishoprick let another
ttake.
21 Wherefore of these men which
have companied with us all the
time that the Lord Jesus went in
and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of
John, unto that same day that he
was ‘taken up from us, must one ‘be
ordained to be a witness with us of
his resurrection.
23 And they appointed two,
Joseph called Barsabas, who was
surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they “prayed, and said,
Thou, Lord, which knowest the
hearts of all men, shew whether of
these two thou hast chosen,
25 That he may take ‘part of this
ministry and apostleship, from
which Judas by /’transgression fell,
that he might go tohis own place.
_ 26 And they gave forth their lots;
THE ACTS.
AD. 33.
@ Zech.11.12,
13
6 Psa.69.25.
c Gr. episko-
pen, over-
seership.
See Tit.1.5-9,
note.
d Psa.109.8.
e Lit. received
up.
f Lit. become
a witness,
z Lit. made
two stand
up.
h Bible
prayers
N.T.).
Acts 4.24-30.
(Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
i the place in.
Rom.3.
j Sin.
23, note.
k Lev.23 15,16,
note; Deut.
16.9; Acts
20.16.
l tongues, as
of fire, part.
ing and sit-
ting upon
each of
them,
m Psa.68.18.
n Holy Spirit,
(Mt 1.18.)
(27
and the lot fell upon Matthias; and
he was numbered with the eleven
apostles.
CHAPTER 2.
Pentecost: Peter’s first use af
the keys (Mt. 16. 18, 19); the
Gospel given to the Jews.
(Cf. Acts 10. 1-48.)
ANP when the day of Pentecost
was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place.
Fan suddenly eheteeame a
sound from heaven as of a rushing
mighty wind, and it filled all the
house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them
‘cloven tongues like as of fire, and
it sat upon each of them. :
4 And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak
with “other tongues, as the "Spirit
gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at
Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out
of every nation under heaven. ;
6 Now when this was noised
abroad, the multitude came to-
gether, and were confounded, be-
cause that every man heard them
speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and
marvelled, saying one to another,
Behold, are not all these which
jspeak Galiizans?
1 The Holy Spirit, N.T. Summary (see Mal. 2. 15, note):
(1) The Holy Spirit is revealed as a divine Person.
This is expressly de-
elared (e.g. John 14. 16, 17, 26; 15. 26; 16. 7-15; Mi. 28. 19), and everywhere im-
plied.
(2
15, ata
in them.
‘they might receive the Spirit through prayer to the Father.
The revelation concerning Him is progressive: (a) In the O.T. (see Mal. 2.
, He comes upon whom He will, apparently without reference to conditions
(b) During His earth-life, Christ taught His disciples (Lk. 11. 13) that
(c) At the close of
His ministry He promised that He would Himself pray the Father, and that in
answer to His prayer the Comforter would come to abide (John 14. 16, 17).
(d) On
the evening of His resurrection He came _to the disciples in the upper room, and
breathed on them saying, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost’’ (John 20. 22), but instructed
them to wait before beginning their ministry till the Spirtt’should come upon them
(Lk. 24. 49; Acts 1. 8).
whole body of believers (Acts 2. 1-4).
(e) On the day of Pentecost the Spirit came upon the
(f) After Pentecost, so long as the Gospel
was preached to Jews only, the Spirit was imparted to such as believed by the lay-
ing on of hands (Acts 8. 17; 9. 17, etc.).
(g) When Peter opened the door of the
kingdom to the Gentiles (Acts-10.), the Holy Spirit, without delay, or other condi-
‘tion than faith, was given to those who believed (Acts 10. 44; 11. 15-18). 3 i
Every believer is born of the Spirit
the permanent fact for the entire church-age, f
(John 3. 3, 6; 1 John 5. 1), indwelt by the Spirit, whose presence makes the believer’s
body a temple (1 Cor. 6. 19; Rom. 8. 9-15; 1 John 2. 27; Gal. 4. 6), and baptized by the
Spirit. (1, Cor. 12. 12, 13;-1 John
1. 13; 4. 30)
(3)
all believers, and
20205 827).
This is
thus sealing him for God (Eph.
0).
The N.T. distinguishes between having the Spirit, which is true of
being filled with the Spirit, which is the believer’s priv-
ilege and duty (cf. Acts 2. 4 with 4. 29-31; Eph. 1. 13, 14 with 5. 18)—‘‘One baptism,
many fillings,’
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8 And how hear we every man in
our own “tongue, wherein we were
born?’
9 Parthians, and Medes, and
Elamites, and the dwellers in
Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and
Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, |¢ /anéuage.
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in|, som.
Egypt, and in the parts of Libya
about Cyrene, and strangers Yof|¢ anéuages.
Rome, Jews and proselytes, ‘
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do
hear them speak in our “tongues|é¢ through.
the wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and
were 4in doubt, saying one to an-
other, What meaneth this?
13 Others mocking said, These
men. are full of new wine.
d perplexed.
THE ACTS.
A [2 7 ;
Peter’s sermon. Theme: Jesus
is Lord and Christ (v. 36).
14 But Peter, standing up with
the eleven, lifted up his voice, and
lsaid unto them, Ye men of Judza,
and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,
be this known unto you, and
hearken to my words:
(1) Introductory. Joel’s proph-
ecy fulfilled.
15 For these are not drunken, as
ye suppose, seeing it is but the
third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was
spoken “by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the
(4) The Holy Spirit is related to Christ in His conception (Mt. 1. 18-20; Lk. 1.
35), baptism (Mt. 3. 16; Mk. 1. 10; Lk. 3. 22; John 1. 32, 33), walk and service (Lk, 4.
1, 14), pers (Rom. 8. 11), and as His witness throughout this age (John 15.
26; 16. 8-11, 13, 14).
(5) The Spirit forms the church (Mt. 16. 18; Heb. 12. 23, nofe) by baptizing
all believers into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12. 12, 13), imparts gifts for service
to every member of that body (1 Cor. 12. 7-11, 27, 30), guides the members in their
service (Lk. 2. 27; 4. 1; Acts 16. 6, 7), and is Himself the power of that service (Acts
Use; 2.4311 Cor.2%4). :
(6) The Spirit abides in the company of believers who constitute a local
church, making of them, corporately, a temple (1 Cor. 3. 16, 17).
(7) Christ indicates a threefold personal relationship’ of the Spirit to the be-
liever: “With,” “in,” “upon” (John 14. 17;’Lk. 24. 49; Acts 1. 8). “With”? indi-
cates the approach of God to the soul, convicting of sin (John 16. 9), presenting
Christ as the object of faith (John 16. 14), imparting faith (Eph. 2. 8), and regener-
ating (John 3. 3-16). ‘In’ describes the abiding presence of the Spirit in the be-
liever’s body (1 Cor. 6.19) to give victory over the flesh (Rom. 8. 2-4; Gal. 5. 16, 17
to create the Christian character (Gal. 5. 22, 23), to help infirmities (Rom. 8. 26),
to inspire prayer (Eph. 6. 18), to give conscious access to God (Eph. 2. 18), to actual-
ize to the believer his sonship (Gal. 4. 6), to apply the Scriptures in cleansing and
sanctification (Eph, 5. 26; 2 Thes. 2. 13; 1 Pet. 1. 2), to comfort and intercede (Acts
9. 31; Rom. 8. 26), and to reveal Christ (John 16. 14),
(8) Sins against the Spirit committed by unbelievers are: To blaspheme
(Mt. 12. 31), resist (Acts 7. 51), insult (Heb. 10. 29, “despite,” lit. insult). Believers’
sins against the Spirit are: To grieve Him by allowing evil in heart or life (Eph. 4.
30, 31), and to auench Him by disobedience (1 Thes. 5. 19). The right attitude
toward the Spirit is yieldedness to His sway in walk and service, and in constant
oe ae wil He shall “put away” whatever grieves Him or hinders His power
ph. 4. 31).
(9) The symbols of the Spirit are: (a) oil (John 3. 34; Heb. 1. 9); (b) water
(John 7. 38, 39); (c) wind (Acts 2. 2; John 3. 8); (d) fire (Acts 2. 3); (e) a dove (Mt.
Ge 16); (f) a seal (Eph. 1. 13; 4. 30); (g)
&) an earnest or pledge (Eph. 1. 14). :
jf he theme of Peter’s sermon at Pentecost is stated in verse 35, It is, that Jesus
is the Messiah. No message could have been more unwelcome to the Jews who
had rejected His Messianic claims, and crucified Him. Peter; therefore, does not
announce his theme until he has covered every possible Jewish objection. The
point of difficulty with the Jews was the apparent failure of the clear and repeated
prophetic promise of a regathered Israel established in their own land under their
covenanted King (e.g. Isa. 11. 10-12; Jer. 23: 5-8: Ezk. 37. 21-28). Instead of ex-
plaining, as Rome first taught, followed by some Protestant commentators, that |
the covenant and promises were to be fulfilled in the church in a so-called “spiritual”
sense, Peter shows (vs. 25-32) from Psa. 16. that David himself understood that
the Narn oe Cone would or the ee ise and sit on his throne (Lk. 1.
32, 33). in precisely the same way James (Acts 15. 14-17) met the same di
See “Kingdom (O.T.),”? Zech. 12. 8: (N.T.),; Lk. 1. 33; 1 Ge 15. 24. as
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JJast days, saith God, I will ¢pour
out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, and your young
men shall see visions, and your old
men shall dream dreams:
18 And-on my ‘servants and on
my handmaidens I will pour out in
those days of my ¢Spirit; and they
shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in
heaven above, and signs. in the
earth beneath; blood, and fire, and
vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that ‘great and notable day
of the fLord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name
of the “Lord shall be “saved.
{2) The works of Jesus prove
that he is Lord and Christ.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these
words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man
approved of God among you by
miracles and wonders and signs,
which God did by him in the midst
of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the
determinate counsel and ‘foreknow-
ledge of God, ye have taken, and
by wicked hands have crucified and
slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up,
having loosed the pains of death:
because it was not possible that he
should be holden of it.
(3) David foretold Messiah’s
kingship after resurrection.
~25 For jJDavid speaketh concern-
ing him, I foresaw the “Lord always
before my face, for he is on my
right hand, that I should not be
moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice,
and my tongue was glad; moreover
also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my
soul in “hell, neither wilt thou
al * A
THE ACTS.
A.D. 33.
@ vs.17-21;
Joel 2.28-32.
b Holy Spirit.
vs.17,18,33,
38; Acts 4.8,
31. (Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
c bondmen.
d Joel 2.29.
e Day (of Je-
hovah). vs.
19,20; 1 Thes.
5.1-3. (Isa.2.
10-22; Rev.
19.11-21.)
f Jehovah,
Joel 2.31.
g Jehovah,
Joel 2.32.
h Rom.1.16,
note.
i Foreknow-
ledge. Acts
26.5. (Acts 2.
23;1Pet.1.20.)
j Psa.16.8-11.
kJehovah.
Psa.16.8.
1 Hades. Lk.
16.23, note.
m Holy One.
Psa.16.10.
n Life (eter-
nal). Acts 3.
15. (Mt.7.14;
Rev.22.19.)
o1 Ki.2.10;
Acts 13.36.
p Israel (pro-
phecies). vs.
29-32; Acts
15.14-17.
(Gen.12.2,3;
* Rom.11.26.)
q Kingdom (N.
T.). vs.29-32;
Acts 15.14-17
(Lk.1.31-33;
1 Cor.15.24.)
7 the Christ.
s Hades. Lk.
16.23, note.
? Resurrec-
tion. Acts4.2,
33. (Job19.25;
1 Cor.i5.52.)
u Adonai.
Psa.110.1.
v Repentance.
Acts 3.19.
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
w_unto.
x Mt.26.28,
note.
y Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
suffer thine “Holy One to see
corruption. —
28 Thou hast made known to me
the ways of “life; thou shalt make
me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me
freely speak unto you of the pa-
triarch °David, that he is both dead
and buried, and his sepulchre is
with us unto this day.
30. Therefore being a prophet, and
_|knowing that God had sworn with
an oath to him, that of the fruit
of his loins, according to the flesh,
?he would raise up Christ to sit on
his %throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of
the resurrection of ”’Christ, that his
soul was not left in ‘hell, neither
his flesh did see corruption.
(4) His resurrection proves that
he is Lord and Christ.
32 This ‘Jesus’ hath God ‘raised
up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right,
hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise
of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed
forth this, which ye now see and
hear.
34 For David is.not ascended into
the heavens: but he saith himself,
The Lord said unto my “Lord, Sit
thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy
footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Is-
rael know assuredly, that God hath
madethatsame Jesus, whom ye have
crucified, both Lord and Christ.
(5) What Israel must do.
37. Now when they heard this,
they were pricked in their heart,
and said unto Peter and to the rest
of the apostles, Men and brethren,
what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them,
YRepent, and be baptized every one
of you in the name of Jesus Christ
\*for the *remission of ‘sins, and ye
14 distinction must be observed between ‘‘the last days” when the prediction
relates to Israel, and the “Jast days” when the prediction relates to the church
1. 1, 2; 1 Pet. 1. 4, 5; 2 Pet. 3. 1-9; 1 John 2. 18,
(1 Tim, 4. 1-3; 2: Tim. 3. 1-8; Heb.
19; Jude 17-19).
“the last day” (singular); the latter expression referri
Jast judgment (John 6. 39, 40, 44, 54; 11. 24; 12. 48).
Also distinguish the expression the “last days” (plural) from
ng to the resurrections and
The “last days” as related
to the church began with the advent of Christ (Heb. i. 2), but have especial refer-
ence to the time of declension and apostasy at the end of this age (2 Tim. 3.1; 4. 4).
The “last days”
ing,
are “last” not with reference to this dispensation,
of Israel’s history.
and are synonymous with the kingdom-age (Isa. 2. 2
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as related to Israel are the days of Israel’s exaltation and bless-
-4; Mic. 4. 1-7). They
but with reference to the whole
2 39]
shall receive the. gift of the Holy
Ghost. ;
39 For the promise is unto you,
and to your children, and to all
that are afar off, even as many as
the *Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words
did he testify and exhort, saying,
Save yourselves from this unto:
ward generation.
41 Then they “that gladly re-
ceived his word were baptized: and
the same day there were ‘added
a
6
c
d
€
unto them about three-thousand|*
souls. !
The first church. (Cf. Acts 4.
32-37.)
42 And they continued stedfastly
in the apostles’ ¢doctrine and fel- h
lowship, and in breaking of bread,
and in prayers.
43 And fear came upon every
ft partake of
¥ |
THE ACTS. > [3 19
A.D. 33. |have I none; but such as I have
give I thee: “In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
Jehovah. 7 And he took him by the right
We ee re. hand, and lifted Aim up: and ¢im-
ceived. mediately his feet and ankle bones
Churches received strength.
ear 8 And he leaping up stood, and
(Acts 2.41; |%walked, and entered with them
Phil.1.1.) into the temple, walking, and leap-
reat) ing, and praising God.
9 And ‘all the people saw him
walking and praising God:
10 And they knew that it was he
which sat for alms at the Beautiful
gate of the temple: and they were
filled with wonder and amazement
ae that which had happened unto
im.
11 And as the lame man which
was healed held Peter and John, ail
jthe people ran together unto them
their food.
Moreover
the Lord was
adding to
the church
day by day
those being
saved. Cf.1
Cor.12.12,13;
Eph.1.22,23.
Church,
true. 1 Cor.
12.12-28.
(Mt.16.18;
in the ‘porch that is called Solo-
v Heb.12.23.) : :
soul: and many wonders and signs|;Rom.1.16, |mon’s, greatly wondering.
e te,
"44 : ei renseat oc eet of to- j were Soiné. cs Ag "s second ser. es: ‘ iene
Bether, & adcall things com Sp eeaer ee e covenants will be fulfilled.
45 And so €ir possessions and} John 9.8. 12 And when Peter saw it; he an-
goods, and parted them to all men,. Se ee swered unto the people, Ye men of
as every man had need.
46 And they, continuing daily
juith one_accor in the temple, and
breaking bread from house to house, |»
did feat their meat with gladness)¢
and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having fa-
vour with all the people. sAnd the
Lord added to the ‘church daily
such as should be ‘saved.
CHAPTER 3.
The first apostolic miracle: the
lame man healed.
Now Peter and John Jwent up|,
together into the temple at the
hour of ‘prayer, berng the ninth
our.
2 And a /certain man lame from
his mother’s womb was carried,|@
whom they laid daily at the gate of
the temple which is called Beauti-
ful, ”to ask alms of them that/?
entered into the temple;
3 Who secing Peter and John
about to go into the temple asked|¢
an alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes up-
on him with John, said, Look on us.
5S And he gave heed unto them,
expecting to receive something of
them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold
Yr
Ss
t
u
v
AY
¢
1 “Namely, seasons in which, through the appearance of the
w Life (eter-
(N.T.). vs.1- |Israel, why marvel ye at this? or
305 Aes SAX why look ye so earnestly on us, as
(Mt.8.2,3; though by our own power or ‘holiness
Acts 28.8,9.) é
Isa.35.6. we had made this man to walk?
hogan to 13 The God of Abraham, and of
ear Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our
Acts 4.16,21. |fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus;
Jobe 0s whom ye delivered up, and denied
os diese, |Him in the presence of Pilate, when
Or, Holy and}he was determined to let him go.
Righteous i4 But ye denied the “Holy One
Onde thor. {2nd the Just, and desired a mur-
derer to be granted unto you:
malls gic S.| 15 And killed the »Prince of Wife,
eh tae whom God hath raised from the
Faith. Acts |dead; whereof we are witnesses.
13.39. (Gen.3. _16 And his name through “faith
1139)" in his name hath made this man
through. © |Strong, whom ye see and know:
his Christ. |yea, the faith which is »by him hath
Repen tance.
Acts 5.31 given him this perfect soundness in
(Mt.3.2; the presence of you all.
Acts 17.30.) | 17 And now, brethren, I wot that
ue pa through ignorance ye did it, as did
Sin, Rom.3. {also your rulers.
23, note. 18 But those things, which God
hat so may
before had shewed by the mouth of
t
come times
of refreshing|@ll his prophets, that *Christ should
from the suffer, he hath so fulfilled,
tant’ | 19 @Repent ye therefore, and be
|that] he may|COnverted, that your ‘sins may be
send... {blotted out, ¢when the times of Ire.
Jesus Christ.
freshing shall come from the pres-
ence of the Lord; ioe
Messiah in His
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3 20)
THE ACTS.
[4 13
OO Ok 7
20 1And he shali send Jesus
Christ, which before was preached
unto you:
21 Whom th® heaven must re-
ceive until the times of 2restitution
of all things, which God hath spoken
by the mouth of all his “holy pro-
phets °since the world began.
22 For Moses ‘truly said unto the
fathers, “A prophet shall the Lord
your God raise up unto you “of your
brethren, like unto me; “him shail
ye hear in ali things whatsoever he
shall say unto you.
23 And it shall come to pass, that
every soul, which will not hear that
prophet, shall be ‘destroyed from
among the people.
24 Yea, and all the prophets from
Samuel and those that follow after,
as many as have spoken, have like-
wise foretold of these days.
- 25 Ye are the @children of the]’
prophets, and of the covenant which
God made with “our fathers, saying
unto Abraham, And in thy seed
shall all the kindreds of the earth
be blessed.
26 Unto you first God, having
taised up his Son Jesus, sent him
to bless you, in turning away every
one of you from “his iniquities.
CHAPTER 4.
‘The first persecution.
Stone).
mA as they spake unto the peo- Eph 2. dy
ple, the priests, and the captain
of the temple, and the ‘Sadducees,
came upon them.
2 Being Jgrieved that they taught| ; Rom.1.16,
the people, and preached through
_Jesus the resurrection from the|, wherein.
dead.
3 And they laid hands on them,
and put them in hold unto the next
day: for it was now eventide.
A.D. 33._| 4 Howbeit many of them which
Beara eae wore believed; and the
: number of the men “was about five
© hore oa thousand.
aay oa rane: Petér’s address to the
$35 Rev.22. Sanhedrin.
; nae is 5 And it came to pass on the mor.
tne tow, that their rulers, and elders,
and scribes,
6 And /Annas the high priest, and
Caiaphas, and John, and Alexan-
der, and as many as were of the
kindred of the high priest, were
gathered together at Jerusalem.
7 And when they had set them in
5 Lee iene
”
d from
among.
e Acts 7.37.
jf utterly de-
stroyed. the midst, they asked, *"By what
gGr. huioi, |power, or by what name, have ye
sons. done this?
h your. 8 Then “Peter, filled with the
: Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rul-
# SS herioke lers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9 If we this day be examined of
the good deed done to the impotent
man, by what means he is made
j sore
troubled,
k came to be.
1Lk.3.2; John |whole;
11-49; 18.13. | 10 Be it known unto you ail, and
m Ex.2.14; to all the people of Israel, that °by
ree the ’name of Jesus Christ of Naz-
ra areth, whom ye crucified, 7whom
nLk-12.11,12. |God raised from the dead, even °by
oin. him doth this man stand here be-
'» Acts 3.6,16. |fore you whole. ‘
h fcteneg 11 This is the ‘stone which was
set Sat nought of you builders, which
is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there ‘salvation in
any other: for there is none other
name under heaven given among
men, “whereby we must be saved.
Preaching in the name of Jesus
forbidden.
13 Now when they saw the bold-
ness of Peter and John, and per-
ceived that they were *unlearned
and ignorant men, they marvelled; ©
r Christ (as
(Ex.17.6;
1 Pet.2.8.)
s Psa.118.22.
note.
v Mt.11.25;
3 Cor.1.27,
kingdom, there shall occur blessed rest and refreshment for the people of God.”
—Heinrich A. W. Meyer.
1 The appeal here is national to the Jewish people as such, not individual as in
Peter’s first sermon (Acts 2. 38, 39).
There those who were pricked in heart were
exhorted to save themselves from: (among) the untoward nation; here the whole
people is addressed, and the promise to national repentance is national deliverance:
“and he shall send Jesus Christ”’ to bring in the times-which the prophets had fore-
told (see Acts 2, 14, note). The official answer was the imprisonment of the apos-
tles, and the inhibition to preach, so fulfilling Lk. 19. 14.
2Gr. apokatastaseos = restoration, occurring here and Acts 1. 6 only. The
meaning is limited by the words: ‘“‘Which God hath spoken by the mouth of all
his holy prophets.” The prophets speak of the restoration of Israel to the land
(see “Israel,” Gen 12. 2, 3; Rom. 11. 26; also “Palestinian Covenant,” Deut. 30.
1-9, note); and of the restoration of the theocracy under David’s Son. (See “Da-
vidic Covenant,” 2 Sam. 7. 8-17, note; “Kingdom,” Gen. 1. 26-28; Zech. 12. 8, note.)
No prediction of the conversion and restoration of the wicked dead is found in
the prophets, or elsewhere. Cf. Rev. ne 11-15,
tlds
4 14]
14 And beholding the man which
was healed standing with them,
they could say nothing against it.
15 But when they had commanded
them to go aside out of the council,
they conferred among themselves,
16 Saying, *What shall we do to
these men? for that indeed a nota-
ble “miracle hath been done by them
is manifest to all them that dwell in
Jerusalem; and we cannot deny if.
17 But that it spread no further
among the people, let us straitly
threaten them, that they speak
henceforth to no man in this name.
18 And they called them, and
commanded them not to speak at all
nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered
and said unto them, Whether it be
right in the sight of God to chear-
ken unto you more than unto God,
judge ye.
20 For we 4cannot but speak the
things which we ‘have seen and
heard.
21 So when they had further
threatened them, they let them go,
finding nothing how they might
punish them, because of the people:
for all men glorified God for that
which was done.
22 For the man was above forty
years old, on whom this miracle of
healing was shewed.
The Christians again filled with
the Spirit. (Cf. Acts 2. 1-4.)
23 And being let go, ‘they went
to their own company, and reported
all that the chief priests and elders
had said unto them.
24 And when they heard that,
THe 8lifted up their yore oe
ne ac » and said, Lord,
AE AGene which hast made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and
all that in them is:
25 Who by the mouth of thy ser-
vant David hast ‘said, Why did
the Jheathen “rage, and the people
imagine vain things?
26 The kings of the earth stood
up, and the rulers were gathered
together against the ‘Lord, and
against his Christ.
27 For of a truth against thy
"holy child Jesus, whom thou hast
anointed, both °Herod, and Pontius
Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the
people of Israel, were gathered to-
gether,
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand
THE ACTS.
and they took knowledge of them,} A.D.33. |and thy counsel determined before
that they had been with Jesus. to be done.
@ John 11.47.
b Gr. semeion,
sign.
¢ Acts 5.29;
Mt.28.19;
1 Cor.9.16;
Gal.1.10.
d Jer.20.9.
fe 1 John 1.1,3.
f Acts 2.44,46.
g Bible
prayers.
Acts 7.59,60.
(Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)
hk Isa.51.12,13.
? Psa.2.1-3,
note.
jie. Geritiles.
Rk vs.25,26;
Psa.2.1,2.
l Jehovah.
Psa.2.2.
m Anointed.
Psa.2.2.
n Sanctifty,
holy (per-
sons) (N.T.).
vs.27,30;
Acts 20.32.
(Mt.4,5;
Rev.22.11.)
o See Mt.14.1,
ref.
bp Predestina-
tion,
trans. pre-
destinated.
Rom.8.29.
(Acts 4.28;
Eph.1.11.)
q Holy Spirit.
vs.8,31; Acts
5.3,9,32.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
ry Resurrec-
tion. vs.2,33;
Acts 9.36-42.
(Job 19.25;
1 Cor.15.52.)
s Or, exhorta:
tion.
t Josh.7.11,12;
Mal.3.8,9;
1 Tim.6.10.
u Acts 4.34-37.
v1 Chr.21.1;
Mt.13.19;
John 13.2,27;
Eph.6.11,16;
1 Pet.5.8.
w Satan. Acts
10.38. (Gen.
3.1; Rev.
20.10.)
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29 And now, Lord, behold their
threatenings: and grant unto thy
servants, that with all boldness they
may speak thy word,
30 By stretching forth thine hand
to heal; and that signs and wonders
may be done by the name of thy
holy child Jesus.
31 And when they had prayed,
the place was shaken where they
were assembled together; and they
were all filled with the 7Holy Ghost,
and they spake the word of God
with boldness.
\State of the church at Jerusa-
lem. (Cf, Acts 2. 42-47.)
32 And the multitude of them
that believed were of one heart and
of one soul: neither said any of
them that ought of the things”
which he possessed was his own; but
they had all things common.
33 And with great power gave the
apostles witness of the ’resurrection
of the Lord Jesus: and great grace
was upon them all.
34 Neither was there any among
them that lacked: for as many as
were possessors of lands or houses
sold them, and brought the prices
of the things that were sold,
35 And laid them down at the
apostles’ feet: and distribution was
made unto every man according as
he had need.
36 And Joses, who by the apos-
tles was surnamed Barnabas, (which
is, being interpreted, The son of
Sconsolation,) a Levite, and of the
country of Cyprus,
37 Having land, sold jt, and
brought the money, and laid it at
the apostles’ feet.
CHAPTER 5.
The sin and death of Ananias
and Sapphira.
But a certain man named Ana-
Nias, with Sapphira his wife,
sold a possession,
2 And ‘kept back part of the
price, his wife also being privy to it,
land brought “a certain part, and
laid it at the apostles’ feet.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, *why
hath “Satan filled thine heart to
he to the Holy Ghost, and to keep
back part of the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not
thine own? and after it was sold,
was it not in thine own power? why
5 5]
THE ACTS.
[5 33
hast thou conceived this thing in
thine heart? thou hast not lied unto
men, ¢but unto God.
5 And Ananias “hearing these
words fell down, and gave up the
ghost: and great fear came on ail
them that heard these things.
6 And the ‘young men arose,
wound him up, and carried him
out, and buried him.
7 And it was about the space of
three hours after, when his wife,
not knowing what was done,
came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her,
Tell me whether ye sold the land
for so much? And she said, Yea,
for so much.
9 Then Peter said unto her, How
is it that ye have agreed together
to “terapt the Spirit of the Lord?
behold, the feet of them which have
buried thy husband are at the door,
and shall carry thee out.
10 Then fell she down straightway
at his feet, and yielded up the ghost:
and the young men came in, and
found her dead, and, carrying her
forth, buried her by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon all
~ the church, and upon as many as
heard these things.
The power of a holy church,
‘See 1 Thes. 1. 1-i0.)
12 And by the hands of the apos-
tles were ‘many signs and wonders
fwrought among the people; (and
hey w: ere all wich one ‘accord in
ofomon’s porch:
13 And of the rest durst no man
join himself to them: but the people
“magnified them.
14 And believers were the more
added to the Lord, multitudes both
of men and women.
15 Insomuch that they brought
forth the sick Sinto the streets, and
laid them on beds and couches,
that at the least the shadow of
Peter passing by might overshadow
some of them.
16 There came also a multitude
out of the cities round about unto
Jerusalem, “bringing sick folks, and
them which were vexed with un-
clean spirits: and they were healed
every one.
The second persecution.
17 Then the high priest rose up,
and’ all they that were with him,
(which is the ‘sect of the Saddu-
cees,) and were filled with /in-]
dignation,
A.D. 33.
e Num.16.11;
1 Sam.8.7;
2 Ki.5.25,27;
Lk.10.16;
1 Thes.4.8.
b Num.16.26,
33; 2 Ki.1.10, |i
14; 2.24; 2
Cor.13.2,10.
c Gr. younger.
d Temptation.
Acts 15.10.
(Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.14.)
e Acts 4.29,30.
jf Miracles
(N.T.). vs.
12.15,16,19,
20; Acts’ 6.8.
(Mt.8.2,3; °
Acts 28.8,9.)
g Or, in every
street.
h Mk.16.17.
i Gr. heresy.
j Lit. jeal-
ousy.
kan angel.
1 Heb.1.4,
note.
m Life (eter-
nal). Acts
n teaching.
o Rom.1.16,
note,
pb Repentance.
Acts 8. 22.
(Mt.3.2
Acts 17. 30. )
qSee Mt.26.28,
note.
ry Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
s Holy Spirit.
vs.3,9,32;
Acts 6.3,5,
10. (Mt.1.
18; Acts 2.4.)
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18 And laid their hands on the
apostles, and put them in the com-
mon prison. ..
19 But the ‘angel of the Lord by /’
night opened the prison doors, and ° ¥
brought them forth, and ‘said,
20 Go, stand and speak in the
temple to the people all the words
of this “life.
21 And when they heard that,
they entered into the temple early
mn the morning, and taught. But
the high priest came, and they that
were with him, and called the coun-
cil together, and all the senate of
the children of Israel, and sent to
the prison to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came,
and found them not in the prison,
they returned, and told,
23 Saying, The prison truly found
we shut with all safety, and the
keepers standing without before the
doors: but when we had opened,
we found no man within.
24° Now when the high priest and
the captain of the temple and the
chief priests heard these things,
they doubted of them whereunto
this would grow.
/ 25 Then came one and told them,
saying, Behold, the men whom ye
put in prison are standing in the
temple, and teaching the people.
26 Then went the captain with
the officers, and brought them
without violence: for they feared
the people, lest they should have
been stoned.
27 And when they had brought
them, they set them before the coun-
cil: and the high priest asked them,
28 Saying, Did not we straitly
command you that ye should not
teach in this name? and, behold,
ye have filled Jerusalem with your
"doctrine, and intend to bring this
man’s blood upon us.
The answer of the apostles.
29 Then Peter and the other
apostles answered and said, We
ought to obey God rather than men.
30 The God of our fathers raised
up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged
on a tree.
31 Him hath God exalted with his
right hand to be a Prince and a
Saviour, for to give ’repentance to
Israel, and %forgiveness of "sins.
32 And we are his witnesses of
these things; and so is also the
sHoly Ghost, whom God hath given
to them that obey him.
33 When they heard that, they
5 34]
were cut to the heart, and took
council to slay them.
The warning of Gamaliel.
34 Then stood there up one in the
council, a Pharisee, named Gama-
liel, a doctor of the law, had in
reputation among all the people,
and commanded to put the apostles
forth a little space;
35 And said unto them, Ye men of
Israel, take heed to yourselves what
ye intend to do as touching these
men.
36 For before these days rose up
Theudas, boasting himself to be
somebody; to whom a number of
men, about four hundred, joined
themselves: who was slain; and
all, as many as “obeyed him, were
scattered, and brought to nought.
37 After this man rose up Judas
of Galilee ‘in the days of the tax-
ing, and drew away much people
after him: “he also perished; and
all, even as many as obeyed him,
were dispersed.
38 And now I say unto you, Re-
frain from these men, and let them
alone: ¢forif this counsel or this work
be of men, it will come to nought:
39 But /if it be of God, ye cannot
overthrow it; lest haply ye be found
even to fight against God.
The apostles beaten.
40 And to him they agreed: and
when they had called the apostles,
and £beaten them, they command-
ed that they should not speak in the
name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 And they departed from the
presence of the council, rejoicing
that they were counted worthy to
suffer ‘shame for his name.
42 And daily in the temple, and in
every house, they ceased not to
teach and preach Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER 6.
The first deacons.
AND in those days, when the
number of the disciples was
multiplied, there arose a murmuring
of the ‘Grecians against the He-
brews, because their widows were
neglected in the daily ministration.
2 Then the twelve called the mul-
titude of the disciples unto them,
and said, It is not reason that we
should leave the word of God, and
serve tables.
3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye
out among you seven men of honest
report, full of the Holy Ghost and
THE ACTS.
a Cf.Acts 2.37.
The Gos-
pel when
preached in
the power of
the Spirit
convicts or
enrages.
b Or, believed.
c Lk.2.1.
d Lk.13.1,2.
e Isa.8.10;
Mt.15.13.
f Isa.46.9,10;
1-Cor.1.25.
g Mt.10.17.
h Or, dishon-
our for the
Name.
i Hellenists,
i.e. Grecian
Jews.
j Tt is beauti-
ful to see
that these
were all
Hellenists,
as the Gre-
cian names
show.
k Acts 8.5; 21.8.
| Miracles
(N.T.).
Acts 8.6.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
m Holy Spirit.
vs.3,5,10;
Acts 7.51,55.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
n 1 Ki.21.10,13;
Mt.26.59,60.
o Sanctify,
hol,
(N.T.). Acts
21.28. (Mt.4. | u:
5; Rev.22.11.)
P Acts 25.8.
q Ex.34.29,30;
Acts 4.13;
2 Cor.3.18;
1 John 3.2.
r Heb.1.4,
note,
s Acts 22.1.
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wisdom, whom we may appoint
over this business.
4 But we will give ourselves con-
tinually to prayer, and to the min-
istry of the word.
5 And the saying pleased the
whole multitude: and they Jchose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of
the Holy Ghost, and *Philip, and
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Ti-
mon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a
proselyte of Antioch:
6 Whom they set before the apos-
tles: and when they had prayed,
they laid their hands on them.
7 And the word of God increased;
and the number of the disciples
multiplied in Jerusalem greatly;
and a great company of the priests
were obedient to the faith. ,
The third persecution: Stephen
brought before the council.
8 And Stephen, full of faith and
power, did great wonders and /mir-
acles among the people.
9 Then there arose certain of
the synagogue, which is called the
synagogue of the Libertines, and
Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and
of them of Cilicia and of Asia, dis-
puting with Stephen.
10 And they were not able to re-
sist the wisdom and the “spirit by
which he spake.
11 *Then they suborned men,
which said, We have heard him
speak blasphemous words against
Moses, and against God.
12 stirred up the people, ©
and the elders, and the scribes, and
came upon Aim, and caught him,
and brought him to the council,
13 And set up false witnesses,
which said, This man ceaseth not to
speak blasphemous words against
this °holy place, and the law:
14. For we have heard him say,
that this Jesus of Nazareth shall
destroy this place, and shall change
the customs which Moses delivered
Ss.
15 And all that sat in the council,
looking stedfastly on him, %saw his
face as it had been the face of an
Tangel.,
CHAPTER 7.
‘THEN said the high priest, Are
these things so?
Address of Stephen before the
council. Theme; The unbelief
of Israel.
2 And he said, ‘Men, brethren,
~~
7 3]
and fathers, hearken; The °God of
glory appeared unto our father
Abraham, when he was in Mesopo-
tamia, before he dwelt in ?Charran,
3 And said unto him, “Get thee
out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and come into the land
which I shall shew thee.
4 Then came he out of the land of
the Chaldeans, and dwelt in
‘6Charran: and from thence, when
this father was dead, “he removed
him into this land, wherein ye now
dwell.
5 And he gave him ‘none inher-
itance in it, no, not so much as to
set his foot on: yet he %promised
that he would give it to him for a
‘possession, and to his seed after
him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And God spake on this wise,
That his “seed should sojourn in
a strange land; and that they
should bring them into ‘bondage,
and entreat them evil four hun-
dred years.
7 And the nation to whom they
shall be in bondage will I judge,
said God: and after that shall they
jcome forth, and serve me in this
— place.
8 And he gave him the covenant
of circumcision: and so Abraham
begat Isaac, and circumcised him
the eighth day; and Isaac begat
Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve
patriarchs.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with
lenvy, ™sold Joseph into Egypt:
but “God was with him,
10 And delivered him out of all
his. afflictions. and gave him favour
_-and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh
king of Egypt; andhe madehim gov-
ernor over Egypt and all his house.
11 °Now there came a dearth over
all the land of Egypt and ?Cha-
naan, and great affliction: and our
fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when 2Jacob heard that
there was corn in Egypt, he sent
‘out our fathers first.
13 And at the ‘second time
Joseph was made known to his
brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was
made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called
his father Jacob to him, and all his
lkindred, threescore and fifteen
souls, ‘
15 So Jacob went down into
Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
1 Cf. Gen. 46. 26, note.
THE ACTS.
A.D. 33.
a God (of
&lory). Psa.
29.3.
6 Or, Haran.
Gen.11.31,32.
c Gen.12.1;
Heb.11.8-10.
d Gen.12.5.
e Or, God.
f Heb.11.9,10.
g Gen.15.7; 17.
8; 18.10; Heb.
11.11,12.
h Gen.15.13,
14; 47.11,12.
i Ex.1.8-14;
12.40,41.
j Ex.14.29,30.
k Gen.17.9-14.
1 Or, jealousy.
m Gen.37.11.
n Jehovah.
Gen.39.2.
o Gen.41.54.
p Canaan.
q Gen.42.1.
vr Gen.45.4,16.
s unto She-
chem.
tSee Gen.23.4,
note.
u Or, in She-
chem.
v vs.6,7; Ex.2.
23-25.
w Ex.1.7-9;
Psa.105.24,
25.
x Or;
Go
y Ex.2.5-10.
z Lk.24.19.
a Ex.2.11,12.
b Lk.24.49;
contra,
John 2.4,
c Ex.2.13.
d Ex.2.14;
Lk.12.14,
e Ex.2.15;
Heb.11.27,
f Heb.1.4,
note.
g Ex.3.2.
fair unto
id.
There is no real contradiction.
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16 And were carried over ‘into
Sychem, and laid in the ‘sepulchre
that Abraham bought for a sum of
money of the sons of Emmor “the
father of ‘Sychem.
17 But when the "time of the
promise drew nigh, which God had
sworn to Abraham, the “people
grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Till another king arose, which
knew not Joseph.
19 The same dealt subtilly with
our kindred, and evil entreated our
fathers, so that they cast out their
young cnildren, to the end they
might not live.
20 In which time Moses was born,
and was “exceeding fair, and nour-
ished up in his father’s house three
months:
21 And when he was cast out,
yPharaoh’s daughter took him up,
and nourished him for her own son.
22 And Moses was learned in all
the wisdom of the Egyptians, and
was *mighty in words and in deeds.
23 And “when he was full forty
years old, it came into his heart to
visit his brethren the children of
Israel.
24 And seeing one of them suffer
wrong, he defended him, and
avenged him that was oppressed,
and smote the Egyptian:
25 For he supposed his brethren
would have understood how that
God by his hand would deliver
them: but they understood not.
26 And the ‘next day he shewed:
himself unto them as they strove,
and would have set them at one
again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren;
why do ye wrong one to another?
27. But he that did his neighbour
wrong thrust him away, saving,
dWho made thee a ruler and a judge
over us? :
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou did-
dest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Then fled Moses at this say-
ing, and was a stranger in the land
of Madian, where -he begat two
sons.
30 And when forty years were ex-
ired, there appeared to him in the
wilderness of mount Sina an ‘angel
of the Lord in a Sflame of fire in a
bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he won-
dered at the sight: and as he drew
near to behold it, the voice of the
Lord came unto him,
The “house of Jacob’’
numbered seventy, but the “kindred”? would include the wives of Jacob’s sons.
oe M57
7 32]
THE ACTS.
32 Saying, I am the *God of thy
fathers, the God of Abraham, and
the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and
durst not behold. ,
33 Then said the Lord to him,\ogog Ex3.6.
>Put off thy shoes from thy feet:|sFx.3.4,5; Josh.s.
for the place where thou standest
is holy ground.
34 «I have seen, I have seen the
affliction of my people which is in
Egypt, and I have heard their
groaning, and am come down to
deliver them. And now come, 4I
will send thee into Egypt.
35 This Moses whom they re-
fused, saying, Who made thee a
tuler and a judge? the same did God
send to be a ruler and a deliverer
by the hand of the ‘angel which
appeared to him in the bush.
36 He brought them out, after
that he had shewed wonders and
signs in the land of Egypt, and in
the Red sea, and in the wilderness
forty years. :
37 This is that Moses, which said
unto the children of Israel, 7A
prophet shall the *‘Lord your God
raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the
\church in the wilderness with the
fangel which spake to him in the
mount Sina, and witA our fathers:
who received the “lively oracles to
give unto us: J
39 To whom our fathers ‘would
not obey, but thrust Aim from
them, and in their hearts turned
back again into Egypt, .
40 Saying unto Aaron, J7Make us
gods to go before us: for as for this
Moses, which brought us out of the
land of Egypt, we wot not what is
become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those
days, and offered sacrifice unto the
idol, and “rejoiced in the works of
their own hands. |
42 Then God turned, and ‘gave
them up to worship the host of
heaven; as it is written in the book
of the prophets, “O ye house of
Israel, have ye offered to me
slain beasts and sacrifices by the
space of forty years in the wilder-
ness?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle
of Moloch, and the star of your god
*Remphan, figures which ye made
+ Holy Spirit.
15
¢ Ex.2.24,25; 3.7.
d Psa.105.26,
¢ Heb.1.4, nofe.
F Deut.18,15, 18,19.
9 Jehovah.
Deut. 18.15.
k Or, living.
Rom.3.1,2; 9.4,5.
7 Psa.95.8-11.
J Ex.32.1,
& Ex.32.6,18;
Psa.66.6.
TJud.2.11-14;
Rom.1.24,28.
m Amos 5,25-27.
n Or, Rephan.
02 Chr.36.11-21;
Jer.25.9-12,
P Or, tent of
testimony.
@ Ex.25.40; 26,30;
Heb.8.5.
r i.e. Joshua.
nations, whom
God drave out.
#1 Ki.8.17; 1 Chr,
22.7; Psa.132.4,5,
u 2 Sam.7.1-13;
1 Ki.8.20.
v Isa.66.1,2;
cf.1 Ki.8.27;
Acts 17,24,
w Jehovah.
Isa.66.1,2.
@ Psa.102.25-27.
y Jer.2.30; Mt.23.
34-36; Lk.20,9-15.
z Righteous One.
@ They had
brought false
witnesses against
Stephen; he
to worship them: and °I will carry
you away beyond Babylon.
44 Our fathers had the *taber-
nacle of witness in the wilderness,
as he had appointed, speaking unto
Moses, that he should make it fac-
cording to the fashion that he had
seen.
45 Which also our fathers that
came after brought in with “Jesus
into the possession of the SGentiles,
whom God drave out before the
face of our fathers, unto the days of
David;
-46 Who found favour before God,
and ‘desired to find a*tabernacle for
the God of Jacob.
47 “But Solomon built him an
house.
48 Howbeit the most High dwell-
eth not in temples made with hands;
as saith the prophet,
49 *Heaven is my throne, and
earth 7s my footstool: what house
will ye build me? saitH the “Lord:
or what is the place of my rest?
50 Hath not my hand *made all
these things?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircum-
cised in heart and ears, ye do al-
ways resist the Holy Ghost: as
your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which of the “prophets have
not your fathers persecuted? and
they have slain them which shewed
before of the coming of the 2Just
One; of whom ye have been now
the betrayers and murderers:
593 Who have received the law by
the disposition of ¢angels, and have
bears true wit- /not kept 2%
ness Sh :
them, quotin, wee >
trem quoting |, |The first martyr: first mention
writers they of Paul,
owned to be
inspired. He
speaks of the
persistent rejec-
tion of God and
His servants by
the nation till
at last it is
brought home
to themselves,
and arouses the
maddened en- -
mity of their
hearts. It was
the final trial of
the nation.
Acts 2.4.)
¢ Mt.3.16; Acts 9.3;
Heb.2.9.
54 ?When they heard these things,
they were cut to the heart, and they
gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the ‘Holy
Ghost, looked up stedfastly into
heaven, and saw the glory of God,
and Jesus standing on the right
hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the
‘heavens opened, and the Son of
. |Man standing on the right hand of
God.
57 Then they cried out with a
loud voice; and stopped their ears,
and ran upon him with one accord,
58 And cast him out of the city,
and stoned him: and the witnesses
lTsrael in the Jand is never
called a church. In the wilderness Israel was a
true church (Gr. ecclesia = called-out assembly), but in striking contrast with
the N.T. ecclesia (Mt. 16, 18,
note).
<
laid down their clothes at a young
man’s feet, whose name was Saul
59 And they stoned Stephen,
fcalling upon °God, and saying,
Lord Jesus, ‘receive my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down, and
cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay
not this ¢sin to their charge. And
when he had said this, ¢he fell asleep.
CHAPTER 8.
The fourth persecution: Saul
chief persecutor.
f A ND Saul was consenting unto
his death. And at that time
there was a great persecution against
the church which was at Jerusalem;
and they were all scattered abroad
throughout the regions of Judea
and Samaria, except the apostles.
2 And devout men carried Ste-
phen to his burial, and made
great lamentation over him.
3 As for Saul, he made havock of:
the ‘church, entering into every
house, and haling men and women
committed them to prison.
The first missionaries.
4 Therefore ‘they that were scat-
tered abroad went every where
preaching the word.
The ministry of Philip.
Acts 6, 5; 21. 8.)
5 Then JPhilip went down to the
keity of Samaria. and preached
Christ unto them.
6 ‘And the ‘people with one accord
gave heed unto thoce things which
(See
Philip spake, hearing and seeing the
“ mmiracles which he did.
7 For "unclean spirits, crying with
loud voice, came out of many that
were possessed with them:. and
many taken with palsies, and that
were lame, were healed.
g And there was great joy in that
city.
(The case of Simon the sor-
cerer.)
9 But there was a certain man,
called Simon, which beforetime in
the same city °used sorcery, and
bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that himself was some
great one:
10 To whom they all gave heed,
from the least tothe greatest, saying,
This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard,|/
because that of long time he had
bewitched them with sorceries.
THE ACTS.
A.D_34.
a Bible pray-
ers. Acts 9.6,
11. (Mt.6.9;
Rev.22.20.)°—
b Omit God.
Lit. Andwere
stoning Ste-
phen as he
wasinvoking
and saying,
Lord Jesus,
give wel-
come unto
my spirit.
¢ Lkk.23.46;
f Acts 7.58.
g Acts 11.19.
hk Churches
i Mt.10.23;
Acts 11.19.
j Acts 6.5.
k The Jews hav-
ing’ rejected
Stephen’s wit-
ness to, and of,
them, theGos-
pel now begins
to go out to
“all nations.”
Cf.v.1; Lk.24.
47.°
| multitude.
m Gr. signs.
Miracles
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9.)
n Mk.16.17.
o Acts 13.6.
p Acts 13.38,39.
qv.1; John 4.22.
r Holy Spirit.
vs.15,17,18,
19,29,39; Acts
9.17,31.. (Mt.
1.18; Acts2.4.)
s Acts 2.38.
t Acts 19.6;
Deut.34.95
u 2 Ki.5.16,26,
27; Heb.13.
5,6.
v Gr. word.
w Mt.15.8,19.
x Repentance.
Acts 11.18.
(Mt.3.25
Acts 17.30.)
y the Lord.
z wilt become.
a Ex.9.28.
b Gospel. Acts
14.7,21.
(Gen.12.1-3;
Rev.14.6.)
c Acts 1.8.
'd Heb.1.4, note.
e Contra, Vs.
6-8.
Psa.68.31;
Jer.38.7;
Acts 28.28.
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[8 27
12 But when they ?believed Philip
preaching the things concerning
the kingdom of God, and the name-
of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women. .
13 Then Simon himself believed
also: and when he was baptized, he
continued with Philip, and won-
dered, beholding the miracles and
signs which were done.
14 Now when the Yapostles which
were at Jerusalem heard that Sa-
maria had received the word of God,
they sent unto them Peter and John:
15 Who, when they were come
down, prayed for them, that they
might receive the "Holy Ghost:
76 (For as yet She was fallen upon
none of them: only they were bap-
tized in the name of the Lord
Jesus.)
17 Then 4aid they their hands
‘lon them, and they received the
Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that
through laying on of the apostles’
hands the Holy Ghost was given,
he offered them: money,
19 Saying, Give me also this
power, that on whomsoever I lay
hands, he may receive the Holy
Ghost.
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy
money “perish with thee, because
thou hast thought that the gift of
God may be purchased with money.
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot
in this *matter: for thy “heart is
not right in the sight of God.
22 *Repent therefore of this thy
wickedness, and pray God, if per-
haps the thought of thine heart
may be forgiven thee.
23 For I perceive that thou Zart in
the gall of bitterness, and in the
bond of iniquity.
94 Then answered Simon, and
said, Pray ye to the Lord for me,
éthat none of these things which ye
have spoken come upon me,
25 And they, when they had tes-
tified and preached the word of the
Lord, returned to jerusalem, and
preached the ‘gospel in many ‘vil-
lages of the Samaritans.
Philip and the Ethiopian.
26 And the Zangel of the Lord
spake unto Philip, saying, Arise,
and go toward the south unto the
way that goeth down from Jerusa-
lem unto Gaza, which is ‘desert.
27 And he arose and went: and,
behold, a man of ‘Ethiopia, an
eunuch of great authority under
8 28]
Candace queen of the Ethiopians,
who had the charge of all her trea-
sure, and had come to “Jerusalem
for to worship, am
28 Was returning, and sitting
in his chariot read Esaias the
prophet. .
29 Then the “Spirit said unto
Philip, Go near, and join thyself
to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to him,
and heard him read the prophet
Esaias, and said, ‘Understandest
thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I,
except some man should guide
me? And he @4desired Philip that
he would come up and sit with
him,
32 The place of the scripture
which he read was this, “He
was led as a_ sheep to the
slaughter; and like a lamb dumb
before his shearer, so opened he not
his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judg-
ment was taken away: and who
shall declare his generation? for his
life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered
Philip, and said, I pray thee,
Jof whom speaketh the prophet
this? of himself, or of some other
man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth,
and %began at the same scripture,
and preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on their
way, they came unto a certain
water: and the eunuch said, See,
here is water; what doth hinder
me to be baptized?
37 *And Philip said, If thou be-
lievest with all thine heart, thou
mayest. And he answered and
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is
the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the cha-
Tiot to stand still: and they went
down both into the water, both
Philip and the eunuch; and he
*baptized him.
39 And when they were come up
out of the water, the JSpirit of the
‘Lord eaught away Philip, that the
eunuch saw him no more: and he
went on his way ‘rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at Azo-
tus: and passing through he
preached “in all the Cities, till he
came to Cesarea,
|
1Cf. Acts 22. 9: 26. 14. A
ments should be taken together.
but did not hear the “
contradiction ha
: The men heard
voice” as articulating th
“THE ACTS.
A.D. 34.
a1 Ki.8.41,42;
John 12.20.
b Acts 10.19;
13.2; 20.23.
¢ Lk.24.45;
Rom.10.14,
15;2 Cor.3.15.
d besought.
e Isa.53.7,8.
f Acts 2.30,31;
1 Pet.1.10,11;
Rev.19.10.
g Lk.24.27;
Acts 10.43;
17-2;3.
h The best
authorities
omit v. 37.
# Acts 16.33.
Jj 1 Ki.18.12;
Ezk.8.3.
k Jehovah.
lv.8.
m Or, the gos-
pel to all the
cities.
n Acts 8.1,3;
26.10,11.
o Acts 22.5.
? that were of
the Way, i.e.
Christ. John
14.6.
q 2 Cor.4.6;
1 John 1.5.
r Zech.2.8;
John 15.20,21;
Eph.5.29,30.
Ss The Lord
identifies
Himself with
His people.
t Acts 2.33-36;
Heb.2.9,
« Bible pray-
ers (N.T.).
Eph.1.17-20.
(Mt.6.9; Rev.
22.20.)
v the voice.
w Or, nothing.
x Acts 22.12.
y Lk.15.7;
18.13.
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€ words, “Saul, Saul,”
?
[9 13
CHAPTER 9.
The conversion of Saul. (Cf.
Acts 22. 1-16; 26. 9-18.)
ND Saul, “yet breathing out
threatenings and _ slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord,
went unto the high priest,
2 And desired of him letters
to Damascus to the synagogues,
that if he found any ?of this way,
whether they were men or women,
he might bring them bound unto
Jerusalem,
3 And as he journeyed, he came
near Damascus: and suddenly there
shined round about him a Might
from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and
heard a voice saying unto him,
Saul, Saul, "why persecutest thou
Sme?
5 And he said, Who art thou,
Lord? And the Lord said, I am
‘Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is
hard for thee to kick against the
pricks.
6 And he trembling and aston-
ished “said, Lord, what wilt thou
have me to do? And the Lord said
unto him, Arise, and go into the
city, and it shall be told thee what
thou must do.
7 And the men which journeyed
with him stood speechless, hearing
"a lvoice, but seeing no man.
8 And Saul arose from the earth;
and when his eyes were opened, he
saw “no man: but they led him by
the hand, and brought him into
Damascus.
9 And he was three days without
sight, and neither did eat nor
drink.
10 And there was a certain dis-
ciple at Damascus, named “Ana-
nias; and to him said the Lord in a
vision, Ananias. And he said, Be-
hold, I am here, Lord,
11 And the Lord said unto him,
Arise, and go into the street which
is called Straight, and enquire in
the house of Judas for one called
Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he
Yprayeth,
12 And hath seen in a vision a
man named Ananias coming in,
and putting Ais hand on him, that
he might receive his sight,
13. Then Ananias answered, Lord,
s been imagined. The three state-
the “voice” as a sound (Gr, Phone),
etc.
9 14}
I have “heard by many of this
man, how much evil he hath done
to thy saints at Jerusalem:
14 And here he ‘hath authority
from the chief priests to bind all
that call on thy name.
15 But the Lord said unto him,
Go thy way: °for he is a ‘chosen
vessel unto me, to bear my name
before the ¢Gentiles, and ¢kings,
.and the ‘children of Israel:
16 For 4I will shew him how great
things he must suffer for my name’s
THE ACTS.
A.D. 35.
@ys,1,2; Gal.1.23.
> Inspiration.
Acts 28.25,
(Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
¢ Gr. vessel
elected. Elec-
tion (personal).
Acts 10.41,
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2.)
d@ Rom.1.5; 11,13;
Eph.3.7,8.
¢ Acts 26.1,2;._'
[9 31
22 2But Saul increased the more
in strength, and confounded the
Jews which dwelt at Damascus,
proving that this is "very Christ.
23 And after that many days
were fulfilled, the Jews took coun-
sel to kill him:
24 But their laying await was
known of Saul. And they watched
ee gates day and night to kill
im.
25 Then the disciples took him by
night, and ‘let him down by the
2 Tim.4.16,17. 2
sake. by actwaL ate wall in a basket.
rs of’ Rom.1.16; 9.1-5,
Paul filled with the Spirit. 2 Acts 20.23; Paul visits Jerusalem.
3 - ‘or.11.23-28;
oe tae Aasias rims his aa ce 26 And when Saul was 3come to
and entered into the house; and}, 770), soi Jerusalem, he assayed to join him-
putting his hands on him said, (Nt es
31;|self to the disciples: but they were
Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, areca 18; |all “afraid of him, and believed not
that appeared unto thee in the way] Acts 2.4.) that he was a disciple.
as thou camest, hath —— that} # Miracles (N.T).| 27 But "Barnabas took him, and
z 2 cts 13.6-12. '
thou mightest receive thy sight Acts 12-6-12 brought Arm to the apostles, and
and be filled with the "Holy Ghost.| Gi$23,) — |declared unto them how he had
Puts Baptived 5 Lit. And seen the Lord in the way, and that
Ne Ae hs srsightway, in |he had spoken to him, and how he
18 And immediately there fell was he pro- had preached °boldly at Damascus
from his eyes as ae ee: ore that hes the a Bie ae of hae o ;
i tsi i ‘on of God. nd he was wi’ em comin
se mah ephnoaig amet ~ je Koes Christ. in and ue out 32g fe as 4
19 And when he had received} 1Sam.19. 29 And he spake y in the
meat, he was strengthened. Then 2 Gori. 32,39 name of the Lord Jesus, and dis-
was Saul certain days with, the dis-|"¥513.4-_ puted against the ?Grecians: but
ciples which were at Damascus. "m2 they went about to slay him.
o vs.20,22.
Paul preaches. P Hellen, Le. Paul returns to Tarsus.
~ 3 recian jews, ; .
20 JAnd straightway he preached |q churches 30 Which when the brethren
Christ in the synagogues, Ithat he
(local). Acts 11.
knew, they brought him down to
is the Son of God. Pritt)" |Czesarea, and sent him forth to
21 But all that heard Aim were|r Eph.4.16. Tarsus.
amazed, and said; Is not this he
that destroyed them which called
en this name in Jerusalem, and
came hither for that intent, that he
might bring them bound unto the
chief priests?
8 eee Heb.12.
t John 14.16;
Phil.2.1,2.
% v.42; Acts 16.5.
31 Then had the %churches rest
throughout all Judza and Galilee
and Samaria, and were ‘edified}
and walking in the ‘fear of the
Lord, and in the ‘comfort of the
Holy Ghost, were “multiplied.
1Cf, Acts 2. 36.
Peter, while maintaining the deity of Jesus—‘‘God hath made
that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ’”’—gives especial
prominence to His Messiahship. Paul, fresh from the vision of the glory, puts the
emphasis on His Deity. Peter’s charge was that the Jews had crucified the Son of
David (Acts 2. 25-30); Paul’s that they had crucified the Lord of glory (1 Cor. 2.
8). In the A.V. the sense is largely lost. The point was, not that the Christ was
God, a truth plainly taught by Isaiah (7. 14; 9. 6, 7), but that Jesus, the crucified
Nazarene, was the Christ and therefore God the Son. .
2J%t seems probable that verses 22-25 refer to Paul’s labours in Damascus after
his return from Arabia (Gal. 1.17). The “many days’ of verse 23 may represent
the “three years” of Gal. 1. 18, which intervened between Paul’s return to Damascus
his visit to Peter. ; ;
and, The Acts records four visits of Paul to Jerusalem after his conversion: (1) Acts
9, 23-30. This seems identical with the visit of Gal. 1. 18, 19. The “apostles” of
verse 27 were Peter, and James, the Lord’s brother. (2) Acts 11. 30. Paul may
have been in Jerusalem during the events of Acts 12. 1-24. (See v. 25.) (3) Acts
15, 1-30; Gal. 2. 2-10. (4) Acts 21. TORN
a
The healing of Zneas.
32 And it came to pass, as Peter
passed throughout all quarters, he
came down also to the saints which
dwelt at Lydda. E
33 And there he found a certain
man named 4®neas, which had
kept his bed eight years, and was
“sick of the palsy. :
34 And Peter said unto him,
ZEneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee}c Sharon.
whole: arise, and make thy bed. AUN ey
And he arose immediately. nats
35 And all that dwelt at Lydda|cie. gazelle.
and ‘Saron saw him, and ¢turned
aMt.9.2.
b Acts 3.6,16;
4.10.
to the Lord |f1 Tim.2.10.
Tabitha raised from the dead. |§ Contes,
36 Now there was at Joppa a cer-
tain disciple named Tabitha, which}? Mt.9.25.
by interpretation is called “Dorcas:!| ; Resurrec-
this woman was /full of good works] tion.
and almsdeeds which she did. wees
37 And it came to pass in those} (job 19.25;
days, that she nes rigs ead pos 1 Cor.35.52.)
whom when they had washed, they] .
laid her in an upper chamber. HRS CL TO) OS,
: 38 And forasmuch as Lydda was|é John 11.45;
nigh to Joppa, and the disciples} 12-11.
had heard that Peter was there,
they sent unto him two men, de-
siring him that he would not delay|™ Lk-7.2-10.
to come to them.
39 Then Peter arose and went
with thenr. When he was come,
they brought him into the upper
chamber: and all the «widows stood
by him weeping, and shewing the
coats and garments which Dorcas
made, while she was with them.
40 But Peter put them all forth,
and kneeled down, and prayed;and
turning him to the body said, Tabi-
tha, arise. And she opened her eyes:
and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 And he gave her Ais hand, and
lified her up, and when he had/|¥# a v ee
called the saints and widows, pre-| “P?*"?'>
1 Acts 10.6,28,
n Or, cohort.
0 v.35;
Acts 16.14.
pb Cf. vs.10-17;
Acts 9.10.
r Mt.26.13;
Heb.6.9,10.
s Acts X1.13,
14.
t Acts 8.26-39.
sented her ‘alive. v Lev.11.1;
42 And it Jwas known throughout peo ua
all! Joppa; kand many believed in cha
the Lord. w v.28; Mt.15.
43 Anditcame to pass, that hetar-| 11; Rom.14.
. ; ; 14,17,20;
tied many days in Joppa with one} Cor.10.25;
‘Simon a tanner. 1 Tim.4.4;
Tit.1.15,
CHAPTER 10.
Peter’s second use of the keys:
the gospel given to Gentiles.
(Cf. Mt. 16. 19; Acts 2. 14-41.)
Cornelius’ vision.
"[PHERE was a certain man in
“ Cesarea called Cornelius, a
™centurion of the “band called the
Italian band
1162
THE ACTS.
qHeb.1.4, note.
2 A devout man, and one that ~
feared God with all his house, ©
which gave much alms to the peo-
ple, and prayed to God alway.
3 He saw in a ?vision evidently
about the ninth hour of the day
an fgangel of God coming in to
him, and saying unto him, Corne-
lius.
4 And when he looked. on him,
he was afraid, and said, What
is it, Lord? And he said unto
him, Thy prayers and thine alms
are come up for a “memorial be-
fore God.
5 And now ‘send men to Joppa,
and call for one Simon, whose sur-
name is Peter:
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a
tanner, whose house is by the sea
side: he shall tell thee what thou
oughtest to do.
Cornelius sends for Peter.
7 And when the ‘angel which
spake unto Cornelius was departed,
he called two of his household
servants, and a devout soldier
of them that waited on him con-
tinually;
8 And when he had declared all
these things unto them, he sent
jthem to Joppa.
Peter’s vision of the great sheet.
9 On the morrow, as they ‘went
on their journey, and drew nigh
unto the city, Peter went up upon
the housetop to pray about the
sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry,
and would have eaten: but while
they made ready, he fell into a
trance,
11 And saw “heaven opened, and
a_ certain vessel descending unto
him, as it had been a great sheet
knit at the four corners, and let
down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of
fourfooted beasts of the earth, and
wild beasts, and creeping things,
and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him,
Rise, Peter; kill, and eat,
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord;
for I have never eaten any thing
that is “common or unclean.
15. And the voice spake unto him
again the second time, “What God
hath cleansed, that call not thou
common.
16 This was done thrice: and the
vessel was received up again into
heaven,
Peter and the messengers of
Cornelius.
17 Now while Peter ¢doubted in
himself what this vision which he
had seen should mean, behold, the
men which were sent from Corne-
lius had made enquiry for Simon’s
house, and stood before the gate,
18 And called, and asked whether
Simon, which was surnamed Peter,
were lodged there.
19 While Peter thought on the
vision, the Spirit said unto him,
Behold, three men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore, and get thee
down, and go with them, °doubting
nothing: for I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went down to the 4
men which were sent unto him from
Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am
he whom ye seek: ‘what is the cause
wherefore ye are come?
22 And they said, @Cornelius the
centurion, a just man, and one that
feareth God, and of “good report
among all the nations of the Jews,
was warned from God by an holy
angel to send for thee into his
house, and to hear words of thee.
Peter goes to Cx#esarea.
93 Then called he them in, and
lodged them. And on the morrow
Peter went away with them, and
fcertain brethren from Joppa ac-
companied him.
24 And the morrow after they en-
tered into Czsarea. And Cornelius
gwaited for them, and had called
together his kinsmen and near
friends.
25 And as Peter was coming in,
Cornelius met him, and /fell down
at his feet, and worshipped him.
26 But Peter took him up, saying,
iStand up; I. myself also am a
man.
27 And as he talked with him, he
went in, and found many that were
come together.
28 And he said unto them, Ye
know how that it is an Junlawful
thing for a man that is a Jew to
keep company, or come unto one
of another nation; but *God hath
shewed me that I should not call
any man common or unclean.
29 Therefore came I unto you
without gainsaying, as soon as I
was sent for: I ask therefore for
lwhat intent ve have sent for
me?
30 And Cornelius said, Four days
ago I was fasting until this hour;
os
THE ACTS.
a was much
perplexed.
5 Acts 16.9,10.
c v.29; Lk.18.
J 29.
hk Acts 16.29.
¢ Acts 14.14,15;
Rev.19.10;
k v.15; Acts
15.8,9; Eph.
3.6.
qg pe the sight
or.
r the Lord.
s Deut.10.17;
t Psa.i5.1,2;
Acts 15.7-11;
Rom.2.27-29.
u Rom.10.10,
note.
v Lk.2.14;
Eph.2.17;
Col.1.20.
w Jehovah.
Isa.61.11.
x Holy Spirit
13.10. (Gen.3.
1; Rev.20.10.)
b Acts 2.23;
13.27,28.
c Acts 2.24.
d Election
(personal).
Acts 15.7.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2.)
e Lk.24.30,41-
43; John 21.9-
13; 1 John1.1.
fon him.
g Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
1163
and at the ninth hour I prayed in
my house, and, behold, a man stood
before me in “bright clothing,
31 And _ said, Cornelius, thy
prayer is heard, and °thine alms
are had in remembrance in the
sight of God.
32 Send therefore to Joppa, and
call hither Simon, whose surname
is Peter; he is lodged in the house
of one Simon a tanner by the sea
side: who, when he cometh, shall
speak unto thee.
33 Immediately therefore I sent
to thee; and thou hast well done
that thou art come. Now therefore
are ?we all here %present before
. |God, to hear all things that are
commanded thee of 7God.
Peter’s sermon to Gentiles in
the house of Cornelius.
Theme: Salvation through
faith. (Cf. Acts 2. 1441.)
34 Then Peter opened his mouth,
and said, Of a truth I perceive that
God is no Srespecter of persons:
35 But in ‘every nation he that
feareth him, and worketh “right-
eousness, is accepted with him.
36 The word which God sent unto
the children of Israel, preaching
*peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord
of all:)
37 That word, I say, ye know,
which was published throughout all
Judza, and began from Galilee, after
the baptism which John preached;
38 How “God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the *Holy Ghost and
with power: who went about doing
good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for *God
was with him.
39 And we are 4witnesses of all
things which he did both in the land
of the Jews, and in Jerusalem;
whom they ¥slew and hanged on a
tree:
40 Him God ‘raised up the third
day, and shewed him openly;
41 Not to all the people, but unto
witnesses ¢chosen before of God,
even to us, who did “eat and drink
with him after he rose from the
dead.
42 And he commanded us to
preach unto the people, and to tes-
tify that it is he which was ordained
of God to be the Judge of quick
and dead.
43 To him give all the prophets
witness, that through his name
whosoever believeth fin him shall
receive remission of 4sins.
10 44]
The Holy Spirit given to Gentile
believers.
44 lWhile Peter yet spake these
words, the ?Holy Ghost fell on all
them which heard the word.
45 And they of the circumcision
which believed were astonished, as
many as. came with Peter, because
that on the Gentiles also was poured
out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46 For they heard them speak
with “tongues, and magnify God.
Then answered Peter,
47 Can any man forbid water,
that these should not be baptized,
which have received the Holy
Ghost as well.as we?
48 And he commanded them to be
baptized in the name of ‘the Lord.
Then prayed they him to tarry
certain days.
CHAPTER 11.
Peter vindicates his ministry to
Gentiles.
ABP the apostles and brethren
that were in Judea heard that
the Gentiles had also received the
word of God.
2 And when Peter was come up
to Jerusalem, they that were of the
circumcision contended with him,
3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men
uncircumcised, and didst eat with
them.
4 But Peter rehearsed the matter
from the. beginning, end expounded
it “by order unto them, saying,
5 I was in the city of ¢Joppa
praying: and in a trance I saw a
vision, A certain vessel descend, as
it had been a great sheet, let down
from heaven by four corners; and it
came even to me:
6 Upon the which when I had
fastened mirie eyes, I considered,
and saw fourfooted beasts of the
earth, and wild beasts, and creeping
things, and fowls of the fair.
7 And I heard a voice saying unto
me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for
nothing common or unclean hath at
any time entered into my mouth.
9 But the voice answered me again
from heaven, What God hath
cleansed, thatcallnot thoucommon.
10 And this was done three times:|
THE ACTS.
@ Acts 15.8; 26.
18; Rom.10.
11; Gal.3.22.
6 Psa.68.18.
c Jesus Christ.
din.
e Acts 10.9,
f heaven.
g John 16.13.
h making no
distinction.
i Heb.1.4,
note.
j Rom.1.16,
note.
k even as on
us. Cf. Acts
2.1-4; 15.7-9.
1 John 14.26.
m used to de
saying.
n Or, If there-
fore the
equal free
gift God
gave to
them hav-
ing believed,
evenastous.
o Repentance.
Acts 13.24,
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
p Life (eter-
nal). A
(Mt.7.14;
Rev.22.19.)
q Lit.tribula-
tion.
r Phoenicia.
s Hellenists,
i.e. Grecian
Jews.
{il ae
and all were drawn up again into
heaven.
11 And, behold, immediately
there were three-tnen already come
unto the house where I was, sent
from Cesarea unto me.
12 And the &Spirit bade me go
with them, “nothing doubting.
Moreover these six brethren accom-
panied me, and we entered into the
man’s house:
13. And he shewed us how he had
seen an ‘angel in his house, which
stood and said unto him, Send men
to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose
surname is Peter;
14 Who shall tell thee -words,
whereby thou and all thy house
shall be Jsaved.
15 And as I began to speak, the
Holy Ghost fell on them, “as on us
at the beginning. ~
16 Then ‘remembered I the word
of the Lord, how that he “said,
John indeed baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost.
17 *"Forasmuch then as God gave
them the like gift as he did unto
us, who believed on the Lord Jesus
Christ; what was I, that I could
withstand God?
18 When they heard these things,
they held their peace, and glorified
God, saying, Then hath God also to
the Gentiles granted °repentance
unto life.
The church at Antioch: the
new name,
19 Now they which were scat-
tered abroad upon the %persecution
that arose about Stephen travelled
as far as "Phenice, and Cyprus, and
Antioch, preaching the word to
none but unto the Jews only.
20 And some of them were men
of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when
they were come to Antioch, spake
unto the ‘Grecians, preaching the
Lord Jesus.
21 And the hand of the Lord was
with them: and a great number be-
lieved, and turned unto the Lord.
22 Then tidings of these things
came unto the ears of the church
which was in Jerusalem: and they
sent forth Barnabas, that he should
go as far as Antioch.
1 Verse 44 is one of the pivotal points of Scripture.
been offered to Jews only,
apostolic mediation.
Spirit is given without delay,
Jesus Christ. Cf, Acts 2, 4,
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Heretofore the Gospel has
and the Holy Spirit bestowed upon believing Jews through
But now the normal order for this age is reached: the Holy
mediation, or other condition than simple faith in
note; 1 Cor. 6. 19.
i1 23]
23 Who, when he came, and had
seen the grace of God, was glad,
and exhorted them all, that with
purpose of heart they would cleave
unto the Lord.
24 For he was a good man, and
full of the *Holy Ghost and of
faith: and much people was added
unto the Lord. -
25 Then departed Barnabas to
Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
26 And when he had found him,
he brought him unto Antioch. And
it came to pass, that a whole year
they assembled themselves with the
bchurch, and taught much people.
And the disciples were called
Christians first in Antioch.
The church at Antioch sends
relief to Jerusalem.
27 And in these days came proph-
ets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28 And there stood up one of
them named Agabus, and signified
by the Spirit that there should be
great dearth throughout all the
cworld: which came to pass in the
days of Claudius Cesar.
29 Then the disciples, every man
according to his ability, determined
to send relief unto the brethren
which dwelt in Judea:
30 Which also they did, and sent
it to the Zelders by the hands of
Barnabas and Saul.
’ CHAPTER 12.
The fifth persecution: arrest of
Peter.
dt Mead about that time ‘Herod the
king stretched forth his hands
to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother
of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased
the Jews, he proceeded further to
take fPeter also. (Then were the
days of unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had apprehended
him, he put Aim in prison, and de-
livered him to four quaternions of
soldiers to keep him; intending
after Easter to bring him forth to
the people.
Prayer for Peter’s deliverance:
an angel sent.
5 Peter therefore was kept in
prison: but “prayer was made with-
out ceasing of the church unto God
for him.
6 And when Herod would have
brought him forth, the same night
4
THE ACTS.
. A.D. 42.
a Holy Spirit.
vs.12,15,16,
24,28; Acts
(Mt.
Acts 2.4.)
6 Churches
(local).vs.12,
15,16,24,26;
Acts 13.1-3.
(Acts 2.41;
Phil.1.1.)
¢ oikoumene
= inhabited
earth (Lk.
2.1).
d Elders.
Acts 14.23.
(Acts 11.30;
Tit.1.5-9.)
server of the
law, and
popular with
the Jews (see
v.21). Herod
Agrippa I1.,
Paul’s
Agrippa,
was his son.
f John 21.18.
{8 the passover.
h Or, instant
and earnest
prayer was
made. 2 Cor,
1.11; Eph.6.
18.
i an angel, etc.
j awakened
him.
k Heb.1.4,
note.
12 Chr.16.9;
Psa.34.7;
Dan.3.28; 6.
22; Heb.1.14.
mv.5; Isa.65.
24; Dan.9.21.
n answer.
o Mt.18.10.
pb Psa.66.16.
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[12 19
Peter was sleeping between two
soldiers, bound with two chains:
and the keepers before the door
kept the prison.
Lord came upon him, and a light”
shined in the prison: and he smote.
Peter on the side, and Jraised him
up, saying, Arise up quickly. And
his chains fell off from Ais hands.
Gird thyself, and bind on thy san-
dals. And so he did. And he saith
unto him, Cast thy garment about
thee, and follow me.
9 And he went out, and followed
him; and wist not that it was true \
thought he saw a vision.
10 When they were past the first
and the second ward, they came un-
to the iron gate that leadeth unto
the city; which opened to them of
his own accord: and they went out,
and passed on through one street;
and forthwith the “angel departed
_ |from him.
11 And when Peter was come to
himself, he said, Now I know of a
surety, that the Lord hath sent “his
Rangel, and hath delivered me out
of the hand of Herod, and from all
the expectation of the people of the
Jews.
12 And when he had considered
the thing, he came to the house of
Mary the mother of John, whose
surname was Mark; “where many
were gathered together praying.
13 And as Peter knocked at the
door of the gate, a damsel came to
nhearken, named Rhoda.
14 And when she knew Peter’s
voice, she opened not the gate for
gladness, but ran in, and told how
Peter stood before the gate.
15 And they said unto her, .Thou
art mad. But she constantly af-
firmed that it was even so. Then
said they, It is his °angel.
16 But Peter continued knocking:
and when they had opened the door,
and saw him, they were astonished.
17 But he, beckoning unto them
with the hand to hold their peace,
Pdeclared unto them how the Lord
had brought him out of the prison.
And he said, Go shew these things
unto James, and to the brethren.
And he departed, and went into
another place.
18 Now as soon as it was day,
there was no small stir among the
soldiers, what was become of Peter.
19 And when Herod had sought
7 And, behold, ‘the angel of the “vy
8 And the ‘angel said unto him, \ 5
which was done by the “angel; but).
12 20]
for him, and found him not, he ex-
amined the keepers, and com-
manded that they should be “put to
death. And he went down from Ju-
dea to Czsarea, and there abode.
Death of Herod.
20 And Herod was highly dis-
pleased with them of Tyre and
Sidon: but they came with one ac-
cord to him, and, having made
Blastus the %king’s chamberlain
their friend, desired peace; because
their country was nourished by the
king’s country.
21 And upon a set day Herod,
arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon
his throne, and made an oration
unto them.
22 And the people gave a shout,
saying, It 1s the voice of a god, and
not of a man.
‘23 And “immediately ¢the angel
of the Lord smote him, because he
gave not God the glory: and he was
eaten of worms, and gave up the
ghost. i
24 But the word of God grew and
multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and Saul re-
turned ‘from Jerusalem, when they
had fulfilled their ministry, and
took with them John, whose sur-
name was Mark. :
CHAPTER 13.
Paul and Barnabas called by
the Holy Spirit.
Now there were in the church
that was at Antioch certain
prophets and teachers; as Barna-
bas, and Simeon that was called
Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and
Manaen, &which had been brought
up with "Herod the tetrarch, and
Saul.
2 As they ministered to the Lord,
and fasted, the ‘Holy Ghost said,
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for
ne work whereunto I have called
them.
Paul’s first missionary journey.
3 And when they had fasted and
prayed, and laid their hands on
them, they sent them away.
4 So they, being sent forth by the
Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleu-
cia; and from thence they sailed to
Cyprus.
5 And when they were at Salamis,
they preached the word of God in
the synagogues of the Jews: and they
had also John /to their minister.
+ 7
THE ACTS.
a led away to
death.
6 that was
over the
king’s bed-
chamber.
¢ Dan.4.37.
dan.
e Cf.Acts 12.1,
f Churches
(i . vs.
1-3; Acts 14,
19-23,26-28.
(Acts 2.41;
Phil.1.1.)
g the foster-
brother of.
h See Mt.14.
1, ref.
t Holy Spirit.
vs.2,4,9,52;
Acts 15.8,28.
(Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
jas their
attendant.
k Gr. magos.
used fora
vulgar ma-
gician, and
for a true
wise man of
the East.
I proconsul
QRoman).
m son.
n Satan. Acts
26.18. -
(Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
o Miracles
Acts 28.8,9.)
pb teaching.
q Election
(corporate).
Rom.9.11.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2.)
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Opposition from Satan.
(Cf. vs. 44, 50.)
6 And when they had gone
through the isle unto Paphos, they
found a certain sorcerer, a false
prophet, a Jew, whose name was
Bar-jesus:
7 Which was with the ‘deputy of
the country, Sergius Paulus, a pru-
dent man; who called for Barnabas
and Saul, and desired to hear the
word of God.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so
is his name by interpretation) with-
stood them, seeking to turn away
the deputy from the faith.
9 Then Saul, (who also fs called
Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost,
set his eyes on him,
10 And said, O full of all subtilty
and all mischief, thou “child of the
devil, thou enemy of all righteous-
ness, wilt thou not) cease to pervert
the right ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold, the hand of
the Lord zs upon thee, and thou
shalt be blind, not seeing the sun
for a season. And immediately
there °fell on him a mist and a dark-
ness; and he went about seeking
some to lead him by the hand.
12 Then the ‘deputy, when he saw
what was done, believed, being as-
tonished at the ?doctrine of the
Lord.
13 Now when Paul and his com-
pany loosed from Paphos, they
came to Perga in Pamphylia: and
John departing from them returned
to Jerusalem.
Paul’s sermon in the synagogue
at Antioch in Pisidia. Theme:
Justification by faith, vs. 38, 39.
14 But when they departed from
Perga, they came to Antioch in
Pisidia, and went into the syna-.
gogue on the sabbath day, and sat
down.
15 And after the reading of the
law and the prophets the rulers of
the synagogue sent unto them, say-
ing, Ye men and brethren, if ye
have any word of exhortation for
the people, say on.
16 Then Paul stood up, and beck-
oning with Ais hand said, Men of
Israel, and ye that fear God, give
audience.
17 The God of this people of Israel
Ichose our fathers, and exalted the
people when they dwelt as strangers
in the land of Egypt, and with an
high arm brought he them out of it.
18 And about the time of forty
13 19)
THE ACTS.
[13 46
years suffered he their manners in
the wilderness.
19 And when he had destroyed
seven nations in the land of @Cha-
naan, “he divided their land to
them by lot.
20 And after that he gave unto
them judges about the space of
four hundred and fifty years, until
Samuel the prophet.
21 And afterward they desired a
king: and God gave unto them
Saul the son of ‘Cis, a man of the
tribe of Benjamin, by the space of
forty years.
22 And when he had removed
him, he raised up unto them David
to be their king; to whom also he
gave testimony, and 4said, I have
found David the son of Jesse, a
man after mine own heart, which
shall fulfil all my will.
23 Of this man’s seed hath God
according to his promise raised
unto Israel a ‘Saviour, Jesus:
24 When John had first preached
before his coming the baptism of
frepentance to all the people of
Israel.
25 And as John fulfilled his course,
he said, Whom think ye that I
am? Iam not he. But, behold,
there cometh one after me, whose
shoes of Ais feet I am not worthy
to loose.
26 Men and brethren, children of
the stock of Abraham, and &whoso-
ever among you feareth God, “to
you is the word of this isalvation
sent.
27 For they that dwell at Jerusa-
lem, and their rulers, because they
knew him not, nor yet the voices of
the prophets which are read every
sabbath day, they have fulfilled
them in condemning Aim.
28 And though they found no
cause of death in him, yet desired
they Pilate that he should be slain.
29 And when they had fulfilled all
that was written of him, they took
him down from the tree, and laid
Aim in a sepuichre.
30 But God raised him from the
dead: ;
31 And he was Jseen many days
of them which came up with him
from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are
his witnesses unto the people.
32 And we declare unto you ‘glad
tidings, how that the promise which
was made unto the fathers,
33 God hath fulfilled the same
unto us their children, in that he
hath raised up Jesus again; as it is
A.D. 45.
a Canaan.
6 He gave
them their
land.
c Kish,
d1Sam.13,14;
Psa.89.20
15.28); also
2 Sam.7.8-
17, note.
e Rom.1.16,
note.
f Repentance.
Acts 19.4.
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
g Isa.55.1.
h Mt.10.6.
i Rom.1.16,
note,
j Acts 1.3;11.
Lk.2.10,11.
1 Psa.2.7.
m Isa.55.3.
n Psa.16.10. See
Lk.1.31,32;
Acts 2.30,31.
o Psa.16.8-11.
Dd Psa.16.10.
q Forgiveness.
vs.38,39;
Rom.4.7.
(Lev.4.20;
Mt.26.28.)
r Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
s Faith. Acts
t Assurance.
vs.38,39;
Acts 17.31.
(Isa.32.17;
Jude 1.)
u Rom.1.16,
note,
v Justifica-
tion. Rom.4.
2,5. (Lk.18.
14; Rom.3.
28.)
w Law (of
Moses). Acts
15.5,10,11,28,
29. (Ex.19.1;
Gal.3.1-29.)
x See Hab.1.5.
yas they went
out.
z lacté 11.23;
14.22; Rom.
5.2; Heb.6.
11,12; 12.15.
a Lit. thrust.
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also written in the second psalm,
'Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee.
34 And as concerning that he
raised hira up from the dead, now
no more to return to corruption, he
said on this wise, “I will give you
the sure mercies of David.
35 Wherefore he saith also in *an-
other psalm, Thou shalt not suffer
‘|thine °Holy One to see corruption.
36 For David, after he had served
his own generation by the will of
God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto
his fathers, and saw corruption:
37 But he, whom God ?raised
again, saw no corruption.
38 Be it known unto you there-
fore, men and brethren, that
through this man is preached unto
you the @forgiveness of “sins:
39 And by him all that ‘believe
are ‘justified from “all things, from
which ye could not be “justified by
wthe law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that
come upon you, which is spoken of
in the prophets;
41 Behold, ye despisers, and won-
der, and perish: for I *work a work
in your days, a work which ye shall
in no wise believe, though a man
declare it unto you.
42 And %when the Jews were
gone out of the synagogue, the Gen-
tiles besought that these words
might be preached to them the
next sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation
was broken up, many of the Jews
and religious proselytes followed
Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking
to them, persuaded them to “con-
tinue in the grace of God.
Opposition from the Jews.
(Cf. vs. 6, 50.)
44 And the next sabbath day
came almost the whole city to-
gether to hear the word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the
multitudes, they were filled with
envy, and spake against those
things which were spoken by Paul,
contradicting and blaspheming.
Paul and Barnabas turn to the
Gentiles. (Cf. Acts 18. 6; 28.
25-29.)
46 Then Paul and Barnabas
waxed bold, and said, It was neces-
sary that the word of God should
first have been spoken to you: but
seeing ye “put it from you, and
judge yourselves unworthy of ever-
13 47]
lasting life, lo, we turn to the
Gentiles.
47-For so hath the Lord com-
manded us, saying, “I have set thee
to be a light of the Gentiles, that
thou shouldest be for salvation unto
the ends of the earth. _
48 And when the Gentiles heard
this, they were glad, and glorified
the word of the Lord: and as many
as were ordained to “eternal life
believed.
49 And the word of the Lord was
published throughout all the region.
Opposition from devout and\?° Fy aaa
honourabie women, and chief
citizens. (Cf. vs. 6, 45.)
50 But the Jews stirred up the de-
vout and honourable women, and at (Gen.3.
the chief men of the city, and raised 20; Heb.11.
persecution against Pau! and Bar-| 39.)
nabas, and expelled them out of dMt.5.12:
their coasts. 1 Thes.1.6.
51 But they shook off the dust of
their feet against them, and came] ¢ Mt-10.23.
unto Iconium, {'Faithe Acts
52 And the disciples were filled| 16.31. (Gen.
with ¢joy, and with the Holy Ghost, ee sek
CHAPTER 14.
The work in Iconium.
ANP it came to pass in Iconium,
that they went both together
into the synagogue of the Jews,
and so spake, that a great multitude
both of the Jews and also of the
Greeks believed.
2 But the unbelieving Jews
stirred up the Gentiles, and made
their minds evil affected against the
brethren. «
3 Long time therefore abode they
speaking boldly in the Lord, which
gave testimony unto the word of
his grace, and granted signs and
wonders to be done by their hands.
4 But the multitude of the city
was divided: and part held with
ae Jews, and part with the apos-
tles.
S And when there was an assault
made both of the Gentiles, and also
of the Jews with their rulers, to use
pom despitefully, and to stone
them,
The work in Derbe and Lystra.
6 They were ware of it, and fled
unto ‘Lystra and Derbe, cities of
Lycaonia, and unto the region that
lieth round about:
7 And there they preached the
gospel,
@ vs.47,48;
Isa.42.6,Z.
Rev.22.19.)
Faith. Acts
g Miracles
16-18,25,26.
(Mt.8.2,3;
Acts 28.8,9,)
h Latin for
Gr. Zeus, the
national god
of the Greeks.
i Gr. Hermes.
j Lit. sprang
forth
among.
k Acts 10.26;
Jas.5.17;
Rev.22.9,
1 1sa.44.9,10;
1 Cor.8.4,
m Lit.dragged.
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THE ACTS.
(N.T.). vs.
8-10; Acts 16.}
The impotent man at Lystra
healed.
8 And there sat a certain man at
Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a
cripple from his mother’s womb,
who never had walked:
9 The same heard Paul speak:
who stedfastly beholding him, and
perceiving that he had Jfaith to be
healed, A
10 Said with a loud voice, Stand
upright on thy feet. And he
8leaped and walked.
11 And when the people saw what
Paul had done, they lifted up their
_|voices, saying in the speech of
Lycaonia, The gods are come down
to us in the likeness of men.
12 And they called Barnabas,
‘Jupiter; and Paul, ‘Mercurius, be-
cause he was the chief speaker,
13 Then the priest of Jupiter,
which was before their city, brought
.}oxen and garlands unto the gates,
and would have done sacrifice with
the people.
14 Which when the apostles, Bar-
Inabas and Paul, heard of, they rent
their clothes, and Jran in among
the people, crying out,
15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye
these things? We also are men of
like passions with you, and preach
unto you that ye should turn frem
these vanities ‘unto the living God,
which made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and all things that are
therein:
16 Who in times past suffered all
nations to walk in their own Ways.
17 Nevertheless he left not himself
without witness, in that he did
good, and gave us rain from
heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling
our hearts with food and gladness.
18 And with these sayings scarce
restrained they the people, that
fhey had not done sacrifice unto
them.
Paul stoned at Lystra.
19 And there came thither cer-
tain Jews from Antioch and
Iconium, who persuaded the people,
and, having stoned Paul, drew
him out of the city, supposing he
had been dead.
F urther ministry of the first
mussionary journey,
20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood
round about him, he rose up, and
came into the city: and the next
ome departed with Barnabas to
erbe,
14 23]
THE ACTS.
[15 14
21 And when they had preached
the ¢gospel to that city, and had
A.D. 46. |the conversion of the Gentiles: and
they.caused great joy unto all the
‘taught many, they returned again], Gospel, vs.7, |brethren.
to Lystra, and to Iconium, and
Antioch,
22 Confirming the souls of the dis-
ciples, and exhorting them to con-
tinue in the faith, and that we must
through ‘much tribulation enter
into the kingdom of God.
Elders appointed in _ every
church: the return to’ An-
tioch.
23 And when they had ordained
them ‘elders in every ‘church, and
had prayed with fasting, they com-
mended them to the Lord, on whom
they believed.
24 And after they had passed
throughout Pisidia, they came to
Pamphylia.
25 And when they had preached
the word in Perga, they went down
into Attalia:
26 And thence sailed to Antioch,
from whence they had been retom-
mended to the grace of God for the
work which they fulfilled.
27 And when they were come, and
had gathered the ‘church together,
they rehearsed all that God had
done with them, and how he had
opened the door of faith unto the
Gentiles.
98 And there they abode long
time with the disciples.
CHAPTER 15.
Council at Jerusalem: the ques-
tion of circumcision.
The legalizers from Judza.
: AND hcertain men which came
down from Judea taught the
brethren, and said, *Except Ye be
circumcised Jafter the manner of
Moses, ye cannot be saved.
Paul, Barnabas, and others go
to Jerusalem.
2 When therefore Paul and Bar-
nabas had no small dissension and
disputation with them, they deter-
mined that Paul and Barnabas, and
certain other of them, should go up
to Jerusalem unto the apostles and
elders about this question. |
3 And being brought on their way
by the church, they passed through
kPhenice and Samaria, declaring
1 Dispensationally, this is the most important passage in the N.T.
21; Acts 15.7.
(Gen.12.1-3;
Rev.14.6.)
b made many
disciples.
¢ many trib-
ulations.
d Gr. cheiro-
tonesantes, -
to designate
by stretching
4 And when they were come to
Jerusalem, they were received of
the church, and of the apostles and
elders, and they declared all things
that God had done with them.
The questions at issue.
5 But there rose up certain of the
sect of the Pharisees which believed,
saying, That it was needful to cir-
out (cr point-jcumcise them, and to command
ing with) the |them to keep ‘the law of Moses.
hand.
6 And the apostles and elders
e Elders. Acts [came together for to consider of
15.2,4,6,22,
23. (Acts 11.
this matter.
30; Tit-1.5-9.)| Peter's argument for Christian
f Churches
(local). vs.
19-23,26-28;
Acts 15.1,32,
36-41.(Acts2.
41; Phil.1.1.)
g committed.
h Gal.2.12.
# Col.2.11;24.
j Lev.12.3.
k Phoenicia.
l Law (of
Moses). vs.5,,
10,11,28,29;
Rom.2.12-27.
(Ex.19.1;
Gal.3.1-29.)
m question-
ing.
n Election
(personal).
Acts 22.14.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2.)
o Mt.16.19.
Peter used
the keys first
for the Jews
on the day of
Pentecost;
secondly; in
the house of
Cornelius for
the Gentiles.
But Paul was
distinctively
the apostle to
the Gentiles.
Gal.2.7,8.
p Gospel. Acts
16.10. (Gen.
12.1-3;
Rev.14.6.)
q Temptation.
Acts 20.19,
(Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.14.)
liberty: why put under law
those to whom God has given
the Spirit?
7 _And'when there had been much
mdisputing, Peter rose up, and said
unto them, Men and brethren, ye
know how that a good while ago
God made “choice among us, that
the Gentiles by °my mouth should
hear the word of the gospel, and
did unto us;
9 And put no difference between
us and them, purifying their hearts
by faith.
10 Now therefore why %tempt ye’
God, to put a yoke upon the neck
of the disciples, which neither our
fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we kelieve that through
the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
we shall be saved, even as they.
Paul and Barnabas testify.
12 Then all the multitude kept
silence, and gave audience to Bar-
nabas and Paul, declaring what
miracles and wonders God had
wrought among the Gentiles by
them.
James declares the result: (1)
the outcalling of the Gentiles
agrees with the promises to
Israel.
13 And after they had held their
peace, Jamesanswered, saying, !Men
and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God
It gives the
divine purpose for this age, and for the beginning of the next. (1) The taking out
from among the Gentiles of a people for His name, the distinctive work of the pres-
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pre d i . bey +
8 And God, which knoweth the, '
heats are eich nowt the Ao,
them the Holy Ghost, even as he \ ~*'|
i
@at the first did visit the Gentiles, to
THE ACTS.
15 15]
take out of them a people for his
name.
15 And to this agree the words of
the prophets; as it is written,
a Lit. for the
firstitime, i.e.
in the house
of Cornelius.
16 After this I will return, and| ysS4t
will build again the tabernacle of| 43-41 13-18.
‘David, which is fallen down; and I|b Kingdom
will build again the ruins thereof, eS at
and I will set it up: y (Lk.1.31.33;.
17 That the residue of men might} 1 Cor.15.24.)
seek after the “Lord, and all the 6 fehovals, vs.
Gentiles, upon whom my name is} 94;72.°
called, saith the Lord, 4who doethld /srae! (pro-
all these things. peed.
18 Known unto God are all his} Bon91'8
«works from “the ‘beginning of the) (Gen.12.2.3;
Worlds wereapene, tl 8 Rom.11.26.)
J > €1.¢. ages.
Fs fyudgment.
(2) The Gentiles are not under); Elders. vs.2,
' A - 4,6,22,23;
the law Acts 16.4.
is (Acts 11.30;
19 !Wherefore my ‘sentence is,| Tit.1.5,9.)
that we trouble not them, which|/ Spee a ;
from among the Gentiles are turned] * Mt-317.20;
to God: eb.10.1.
20 But that we write unto them,|J Acts 13.50;
that they abstain from pollutions| }$39:} Gor
of idols, and from fornication, and] 13.23/26.
from things strangled, and from Eo Spirit
blood. : __| dey Acts 16.6
21 For Moses of old time hath in} 7. (t.1.18; '
every city them that preach him,| Acts 2.4.)
being read in the synagogues every] ? t#inds sac-
ificed.
sabbath day. ‘ mi Con 8;
22 Then pleased it the apostles| 10.19-22
and elders with the whole church, |" S<>-9:43
to send chosen men of their own|o1 Cor.s.1,13;
company to Antioch with Paul and} 7.2; 1 Thes.
Barnabas; mamely, Judas sur- 5% nie
named Barsabas, and Silas, chief|? Seq sith
men among the brethren: you.
23 And they wrote Jetters by|% pss
them after this manner; The apos-|’ defines the
tles and Selders and brethren send] N.T. gift of
greeting unto the brethren which
prophecy.
A.D. 52.
are of the Gentiles in Antioch and
Syria and Cilicia:
24 Forasmuch as we have heard,
that certain which went out from
us have troubled you with words,
hAsubverting your souls, saying, Ye
must be circumcised, and keep the
law: ‘to whom we gave no such
commandment:
25 It seemed good unto us, being
assembled with one accord, to send
'chosen men unto you with our be-
loved Barnabas and Paul,
26 JMen that have hazarded their
lives for the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas
and Silas, who shall also tell you
the same things by mouth.
But Gentile believers must not
give offence to godly Jews.
28 For it seemed good to the
Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon
you no greater burden than these
necessary things;
29 That ye abstain from /meats
offered to idols, and’ from blood,
and from “things strangled, and
from °fornication: from which if ye
keep yourselves, ?ye shall do well.
Fare ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed,
they came to Antioch: and when
they had gathered the multitude to-
gether, they delivered the epistle:
31 Which when they had read,
Sthey rejoiced for the consola-
tion.
32 And Judas and Silas, being
*prophets also themselves, exhorted
the brethren with many words,
and confirmed them.
33 And after they had tarried
ithere a space, they were let go in
ent, or church-age. The church is the ecclesia—the ‘“‘called-out assembly.” Pre-
cisely this has been in progress since Pentecost.
converted all, but everywhere has called out some.
calling] I will return.”
James quotes from Amos 9. 11, 12.
The Gospel has never anywhere
(2) “After this [viz. the out-
The verses which
follow. im Amos describe the final regathering of Israel, which the other prophets
invariably connect with the fulfilment of the Davidic Covenant (e.g. Isa.11. 1, 10-12;
Jer. 23. 5-8). (3)
“And will build again the tabernacle of
lish the Davidic rule over Israel (2 Sam. 7. 8-17; Lk. 1. 31-33).
David,” i.e. re-estab-
(4) “That the resi-
due of men [Israelites] may seek after the Lord” (cf. Zech. 12. 7, 8: 13. 12) SE (Sy
“And all the Gentiles,” etc. (cf. Mic. 4. 2; Zech. 8. 21, 22).
of Rom. 11. 24-27.
This is also the order
1 The scope of the decision goes far beyond the mere question of circumcision.
The whole question of the relation of the law to Gentile believers had been put
in issue (v, 5), and their exemption is declared in the decision (vs. 19, 24).
decision might be otherwise stated in the terms of Rom. 6. 14:
the law, but under grace.” Gentile believers
The
“Ye are not under
were to show grace by abstaining
fiom the practices offensive to godly Jews (vs. 20, 21, 28, 29; cf. Rom. 14. 12-17;
1 Cor. 8. 1-13).
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peace frem the brethren unto the
apostles.
34 Notwithstanding
Silas to abide there still.
35 Paul also and Barnabas con-
tinued in Antioch, teaching and
preaching the word of the Lord,
with many others also.
it pleased
Paul’s second missionary jour-
ney: Silas chosen.
36 And some days after "Paul said
unto Barnabas, Let us go again and
visit our brethren in every city
where we have preached the word
of the Lord, and see how they do.
37° And Barnabas ‘determined to
take with them ¢John. whose st |
name was Mark.
38 But Paul thought not good to
take him with them, who ¢departed
from them from Pamphylia, and
went not with them to the work.
39 And the contention was so
sharp between them, that they de-
parted asunder one from the other:
and so fBarnabas took Mark, and
sailed unto &Cyprus;
40 And Paul chose Silas, and de-
parted, "being recommended by the
brethren unto the grace of God.
41 And he went through Syria
and Cilicia, ‘confirming. the
churches.
CHAPTER 16.
Paul finds Timothy.
HEN came he to 7Derbe and
Lystra: and, behold, a certain
disciple was there, named Timo-
theus, the son of a certain woman,
which was a Jewess, and believed;
but his father was a Greek:
2 Which was ‘weil reported of by
the brethren that were at Lystra
and Iconium,
.3 Him would Paul have to go
forth with him; and took and “cir-
cumcised him because of the Jews
which were in those quarters: for
they knew all that his father was a
Greek.
4 And as they went through the
cities, they delivered them the de-
crees for to keep, that were ordained
of the apostles and “elders which
were at Jerusalem.
5 And so were the churches
*established in the faith, and in-
creased in number daily.
1 The change here from “they,” as in the preceding verses, to
£
THE ACTS.
A.D. 52.
3 Acts 11.26.
6 Acts 13.2.
Cc was munded.
d Acts 12.12,25;
11; Phm.24.
e withdrew.
f And is heard
of no more in
the Bible
story.
g aes 4. 36;
13.4.
h Cf. Acts 13.3
with 14.26.
it Churches
(local). vs.1-
32,36-41: Acts |j
18.22. (Acts 2.
41; Phil.1.1.)
j Acts 14.6.
k 1 Cor.7.14;
Eph.6.4; 2
Tim.1.5; 3.15.
11 Tim.3.7;
3 John 12.
|m 1 Cor.9.19,
20; Gal.2.3;
5.6; 6.15.
n Elders. Acts
20.17.(Acts
11.505 Fit.
1.5-9.)
o strength-
ened.
p Holy Spirit
(N.T.). vs.
6,7; Acts 18.
25.(Mt.1.18;
Acts.2.4.)
qR.V. adds of
Jesus, as in
the best
authorities.
r beseeching
him. Here
the Gospel
turns toward
Europe.
5 2 Cor.2.13.
t Gospel. Acts
20.24. (Gen.
12.1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
wu Phil.1.1.
vice. a Roman
colony.
w might le-
Bally, ie. a
legal meet-
ing-place for
Jews where
there was no
synagogue.
x John 6.44;
Acts 11,18;
2 Cor.4.6.
y by Paul.
z 2 Sam.20.16-
22: Phil.4.3;
2 John 4-11.
a Gen.19.3; 33.
11; Jud.i19.21;
Lk.24.29;
Heb.13.2.
6 Gr. a spirit,
a Python.
¢ Acts 19.24.
[16 17
The Spirit guides: the Mace-
donian vision.
6 Now when they had gone
throughout Phrygia and the region
of Galatia, and were forbidden of
the ’Holy Ghost to preach the word
in Asia,
7 After they were come to Mysia,
they assayed to go into Bithynia:
but the Spirit %suffered them not.
8 And they passing by Mysia
came down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul
in the night; There stood a man of
Macedonia, and ’prayed him, say-
ing, SIE Over into Macedonia, and
thelp u
10 And after he had seen the vision,
immediately !we endeavoured to
go ‘into Macedonia, assuredly gath-
ering that the Lord had called us
for to preach the ‘gospel unto them.
11 Therefore loosing from Troas,
we came with a straight course to
Samothracia, and the next day to
Neapolis;
Paul and Silas at Philippi.
12 And from thence to “Philippi,
which is the chief city of that part
of Macedonia, and a ‘colony: and
we were in that city abiding certain
days.
13 And on the sabbath we went
out of the city by a river side, where
prayer “was wont to be made; and
we sat down, and spake unto the
women which resorted thither.
The first convert in Europe.
14 And a certain woman named
Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city
of Thyatira, which worshipped God,
heard us: whose “heart the Lord
opened, that she attended unto the
things which were spoken Yof Paul.
15 And when she was baptized,
and her household, she besought
us, saying, If ye have judged me
to be faithful to the Lord, come
into my house, and abide there.
And 4she constrained us.
A demon cast out: Paul and
Silas beaten.
16 And it came to pass, as we
went to prayer, a certain damsel
possessed with a &spirit of divina-
tion met us, which brought her mas-
ters “much gain by soothsaying:
17 The same followed Paul and
“
we’”’ indicates
that at Troas Luke, the narrator. joined Paul’s company.
lt
16 18}
us, and cried, saying, These men are
the servants of the ¢most high God,
which shew unto us the way of
bsalvation.
18 And this did she many days.
But Paul, being grieved, turned and
said to the spirit, “I command thee
in the name of Jesus Christ to come
out of her. And he ¢came out the
same hour.
19 And when her masters ‘saw
that the hope of their gains was
gone, they caught Paul and Silas,
and ‘drew them into the market-
place unto the rulers,
20 And brought them to the
magistrates, saying, These men,
being Jews, *do exceedingly trouble
our city,
21 And teach customs, which are
not lawful for us to receive, neither
to observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up to-
gether against them: and the mag-
istrates rent off their clothes, and
‘commanded to beat them.
23 And when they had laid many
stripes upon them, they cast them
into Jprison, charging the jailor to
keep them safely:
24 Who, having received such a
charge, thrust them into the inner
prison, and made their feet fast in
the stocks.
Conversion of the Philippian
jailor.
@ Cf.Mt.7.22, note.
This marks the
“spirit’’ (v.18)
as being a
> Rom.1.16, note.
© Mk.5.8.
d Miracles
. (Mt.8.2,35,
Acts 28.8,9.)
6 Acts 19.25,26.
S Gr. dragged
probably by the
deers Cf.Acts 14.
9 Gr. praefors,
Roman. magis-
trates.
A 1 KL18.17;
Acts 17.6.
12 Cor.6.5; 11.23,
25; 1 Thes.2.2.
J Acts 8.3.
k Lit. were
Praying and
singing hymns.
l were listening.
m Acts 4,31; Rev.6.
12-17.
nm Acts 5.19; 12.4-7.
© Acts 12.19.
? Acts 2.37;
2 Cor.7.10.
@ Faith. Acts 27,
25. (Gen.3.20;
Heb.11.39.)
7 John 3.16; 6.28,
29; Acts 13.38,39;
Rom.10.6-11;
1 Pet.L21.
# Tsa.54.13; Acts 2.
39; 11.14.
25 And at midnight Paul and): acts 2.46;
Silas ‘prayed, and sang praises unto| Rom.15.13.
God: and the prisoners ‘heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a
great earthquake, so that the
foundations of the prison were
shaken; and immediately all the
"doors were opened, and every
one’s bands were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison
awaking out of his sleep, and see-
ing the prison doors open, he drew
out his sword, and would have
“killed himself, supposing that the
prisoners had been fled.
28 But Paul cried with a ioud
voice, saying, Do thyself no harm:
for we are all here.
29 Then he called for a light, and
sprang in, and came trembling, and
fell down before Paul and Silas,
The only condition of salvation.
30 And brought them out, and
said, Sirs, "what must I do to be
bsaved?
31 And they said, 7Believe on the
t
u having believed
God,
Gr. lictors.
wy.21; Acts 22.
25-29; 23.6; 25,
1,12.
2 Lk.8.37.
¥ Acts 14,22;
Phil.2.1,2.
2 v.10; Lk.4.16;
Acts 9.20; 13.5,14;
14.1; 16.13; 19.8.
@ the Christ, i.e.
that, according
to the Scriptures,
the Messiah
must die and
rise again,
That Jesus was
the Messiah was
the second part
of his argument.
5 Cf.Lk.24.26, 46.
¢ Resurrection.
vs.3,31; Acts 20.
9,12. Gob 19.25;
1 Cor, 15.52.)
4 Acts 18.5,28,
® were persuaded.
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THE ACTS.
[17 4
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt
be ’saved, and thy Shouse. _
32 And they spake unto him the
word of the Lord, and to all that
were in his house.
33 And he took them the same
hour of the night, and washed their
stripes; and was baptized, he and
all his, straightway.
34 And when he had brought
them into his house, he set meat
before them, and ‘rejoiced, “believ-
ing in God with all his house.
Paul refuses to depart privily.
35 And when it was day, the mag-
istrates sent the "serjeants, saying,
Let those men go.
36 And the keeper of the prison
told this saying to Paul, The mag-
istrates have sent to let you go:
now therefore depart, and go in
peace.
37 But Paul said unto them, They
have beaten us openly uncon-
demned, being “Romans, and have
cast us into prison; and now do
they thrust us out privily? nay
verily; but let them come them-
selves and fetch us out.
| 38 And the serjeants told these
words unto the magistrates: and
they feared, when they heard that
they were Romans.
39 And they came and besought
them, and brought them out, and
*desired them to depart out of the
city.
40 And they went out of the
prison, and entered into the house
of Lydia: and when they had seen
the brethren, they Ycomforted them,
and departed.
CHAPTER 17.
Founding of the church at Thes-
salonica. (Cf. 1 and 2 Thes.)
OW when they had passed
1 through Amphipolis and Apol-
lonia, they came to Thessalonica,
where was a synagogue of the
Jews:
2 And Paul, ‘as his manner was,
went in unto them, and three sab-
bath days reasoned with them out
of the scriptures,
3 Opening and alleging, that
¢Christ must needs have suffered,
and ‘risen again from the dead; and
that this ¢Jesus, whom I preach
unto you, is Christ.
4 And some of them believed,
and consorted with Paul and Silas:
and of the devout Greeks a great
ft
17 5}
multitude, and of the “chief women
not a few.
Jewish opposition at
Thessalonica.
5 But the Jews which believed
not, moved with envy, took unto
them certain “lewd fellows ‘of the
baser sort, and gathered a company,
and set all the city on an uproar,
and assaulted the house of ¢Jason,
and soaght to bring them out to the
people.
6 And when they found them not,
they ‘drew Jason and certain breth-
ren unto the rulers of the city, cry-
ing, These that have turned the
world upside down are come hither!
SO;
7 Whom Jason hath received: and
these all do contrary to the decrees
of Cesar, saying that there is /an-
other king, one Jesus.
8 And they troubled the people
and the rulers of the city, when they
heard these things.
9 And when they had taken secu-
rity of Jason, and of the other, they
let them go.
Paul and Silas at Berea,
10 And the brethren immediately
sent away Paul and Silas by night
unto Berea: who coming thither
went into the synagogue of the
Jews.
11 These were more noble than
those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all éreadi-
ness of mind, and “searched the
scriptures daily, whether those
things were so.
“12 ‘Therefore many of them be-
lieved; also of Jhonourable women
which were Greeks, and of men,
not a few.
13 But when the Jews of Thessa-
lonica had knowledge that the word
of God was preached of Paul at
Berea, they came thither also, and
stirred up the people. _
14 And then immediately the
brethren sent away Paul to go as it
were to the sea: but Silas and Tim-|
otheus abode there still.
Paul at Athens.
15 And they that conducted Paul
brought him unto Athens: and “‘re-
ceiving a commandment unto Silas
and Timotheus for to come to him
with all speed, they departed.
16 Now while Paul waited for
them at Athens, his spirit was’
THE ACTS.
A.D. 53.
@ Acts 13.50;
Phil.4.3,
b vile.
¢ of the rabble.
2 Rom. 16.21,
© dragged.
Acts 16.19, ref.
F Lk.23.2; John 19.
12; 1 Pet.2.13.
9 Acts 16.14,
A Lk.16.29; John 5.
‘ 39; Acts 26,22,23,
7 Illustrates
John 5.46.
Believing the
O. T. thi
believed the
Gospel.
3 Greek women
of honourable
estate.
k Acts 18.5.
l provoked within
-him as he
beheld the city
full of idols.
™ reasoned.
” Disciples of
Epicurus,
B.C. 342-271
who abandoned
as hopeless the
search by reason
for pure truth
(cf, John 18.38),
seeking instead
true pleasure
through expe-
rience.
Disciples of
Zeno, B.C. 280,
and Chrysippus,
B.C. 240. This
philosophy was
founded on
human self-
sufficiency,
inculcated stern
self-repression,
the solidarity of
the race, and the
unity of Deity.
Epicureans and
Stoics divided
the apostolic
world.
P 1 Cor.2.2; 15.12.
@ Mars’ hill.
¥ the objects of
your worship
8 Rom.1,19-21;
1 Cor,1.21;
1 Thes,4.5.
t The God who
made, etc.
ui.e. earth.
» Acts 7.48-50.
whe served by.
Psa.50.8.
% Gen.2.7;
22; Isa.42.5;
Dan.5.23.
v “blood '’ is not
in the best
manuscripts?
R.V. omits.
z Deut, 32.8.
@ God, if Aaply.
etc.
Num.16.
2.55
6 Psa.139.7-10;
Jer.23.23,24;
Acts 14.17.
© Found in the
writings of
Aratus and
Cleanthes,
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[17 29
‘stirred in him, when he saw the
city wholly given to idolatry.
17 Therefore “disputed he in the
synagogue with the Jews, and with
the devout persons, and in the mar-
ket daily with them that met with
him,
18 Then certain philosophers of
the “Epicureans, and of the °Sto-
icks, encountered him. And some
said, What will this babbler say?
other some, He seemeth to be a
setter forth of strange gods: be-
cause he preached unto them /Jesus,
and the resurrection.
19 And they tcok him, and
brought him unto ’Areopagus, say-
ing, May we know what this new
doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20 For thou bringest certain
strange things to our ears: we
would know therefore what these
things mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and
strangers which were there spent
their time in nothing else, but either
to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
The sermon from Mars’-~ hill.
Theme: God will judge the
world by Jesus Christ.
22 Then Paulstood in the midst
of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of
Athens, I perceive that in all things
ye are too superstitious.
23 For asI passed by, and beheld
ryour devotions, I found an altar
with this inscription, “TO THE
UNKNOWN GOD. Whom there-
fore ye ignorantly worship, him de-
See I unto you.
al
lord of heaven and earth, ‘dwelleth
not in témples made with hands;
95 “Neither is” worshipped with
men’s hands, as though he needed
any thing, seeing he “giveth to all
life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood
all nations of men for to dwell on
all the face of the earth, and hath
determined the times before ap-
jpointed, and the “bounds of their
habitation;
27 That they should seek “the
Lord, if haply they might feel after
him, and find him, though he be
bnot far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move,
and have our being; as certain also
iof your own poets have said, ‘For
lwe are also his offspring.
‘ 29 Forasmuch then as we are the
‘God that made the “world and A!
1 rites Tre acne Vie hes
1G b
17 30]
THE ACTS.
A.D. 54.
5 And when Silas and Timotheus-
laoffspring of God, we ought not to
think that the Godhead is like unto were come from Macedonia, Paul
bgold or silver, or stone, graven by} x. 46.22. [Was °pressed in the spirit, and tes-
art and man’s device. 3B Lk.3.38. |tified to the Jews that Jesus was
30 And the times of this igno-]5 Psa.115.4-7; |Christ.
rance God ‘winked at; but now {ea.40. 18.48% 6 And ?when they opposed them-
commandeth all men every where]. Gvericokeg. |Selves, and blasphemed, he shook
sto 2¢repent: Cf. Rom.3.25.|his raiment, and said unto them,
31 Because he hath appointed a
eday, in the which he will Sjudge
the world in righteousness by that
d Repentance.
(Mt.3.2.)
e Day of judg-
ment. Heb.9.
Your blood be upon your own
heads: I am clean: from ¢hence-
forth I will go unto the Gentiles.
man whom he hath ordained; OE ee 7 And he departed thence, and en-
whereof he hath given “assurance ffadenisnis tered into a certain man’s house,
unto all men, in that he hath] “(the seven). named 7Justus, one that worship-
ced ne ca pga We Pape oe pest God, whose house joined hard
nd when they heard o: €| Rey.2012.)' |to the synagogue.
resurrection of the dead, some|goikoumene | 8 And ‘Crispus, the chief ruler of
Jmocked: and others said, We will Siero the synagogue, believed on the Lord
hear thee “again of this matter. 1) |With all his house; and many of the
33 So Paul departed from among}h Assurance. |Corinthians hearing believed, and
them. ; : eee were baptized. ;
34 Howbeit certain men clave] juge1) ' |.9 Then spake the Lord to Paul
unto him, and believed: among the} i v.18; Rom.1. |in the night by a vision, Be not
which was Dionysius the Areopa-| 4: Rev-1.18. |afraid, but speak, and hold not thy
gite, and a woman named Damaris,
and others with them.
j 1 Cor.1.18;
TSiL2e
k Acts 5.38,39;
24.25.
1 Rom.16.3;
peace:
10 For I am with thee, and no
man shall set on thee to hurt
CHAPTER 18. 1 Cor.16.19; |thee: for I have ‘much people in
; 2 Tim.4.19. |this city.
Paul at Corinth. m Acts 20-34; | 11 And he continued there a year
FTER these things Paul de-| 1 Thes.2.9; oe = months, teaching the word
f A parted from Athens, and camel], 6705838) 40|° pte ee: Bins
fo} onntn; ' persuade e€@ careless allio.
2. And found a certain Jew named) Or, con- :
‘Aquila, born of Pontus, lately come| $f/2ined by ate an nba ge was the “dep-
from Italy, with his wife Priscilla;) cf2 Cor.5.14.|0°¥ “ c aan e Jews made in-
(because that Claudius had com-|p Cf. Acts 13. surrection with one accord against
manded all Jews to depart from|, $6: 28.25.29. |Paul, and brought him to the judg-
< cts = >
Rome:) and came unto them. 4 98.24.28. aes ee, This fell.
3 And because he was of the same] Rom.11.11 ying, This fellow persuad-
craft, he abode with them, and
wrought: for by their occupation
15.
r Titus Jus-
tus.
eth men to worship God contrary
to the law.
m 1 Cor.1.14. 14 And when Paul was now about
they were ™tentmakers. SS: 11.24; |to open Ais mouth, Gallio said unto
Founding of the church at Cor-| }348,con- |the Jews, If it were a matter of
inth., (Cf. the Corinthian Epistles.)|x proconsuf. |W™Ong or “wicked lewdness, O ye
» wicked Jews, reason would that I should
4 And he reasoned in the syna- mar Set bear with you:
Bogue every sabbath, and “per-|"Js99 7°?! | 15 But if it be a question of
suaded the Jews and the Greeks.
*words and names, and of your law,
1Gr. genos = “race.”
The reference is to the creation-work of God in which
He made man (i.e. mankind, the race in Adam) in His own likeness, Gen. 1. 26, 27,
thus rebuking the thought that ‘‘the Godhead is like unto gold,” etc. The word
“Father” is not used, nor does the passage affirm anything concerning fatherhood
or sonship, which are relationships based upon faith, and the new birth. Cf. John
1. 12,.13; Gal. 3. 26; 4. 1-7; I, John’5. 1.
? Repentance is the trans. of a Gr. word (metanoia—metanoeo) meaning
“to have another mind,” “‘to change the mind,” and is used in the N.T. to indicate
a change of mind in respect of sin, of God, and of self. This change of mind may
especially in the case of Christians who have fallen into sin, be preceded by sorrow
(2 Cor. 7. 8-11), but sorrow for sin, though it may ‘‘work’’ repentance. ig not re=
pentance. The son in Mt. 21. 28, 29 illustrates true repentance. Saving faith
(Heb. 11. 39, note) includes and implies that change of mind which is called re-
pentance.
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“18 16)
look ye to it; for I will be no judge
of such matters. 4
16 And he drave them from the
judgment seat.
17 Then all the Greeks took ¢Sos-
thenes, the chief ruler of the syna-
gogue, and beat Aim before the
judgment seat. And Gallio cared
for none of those things.
The author of Rom. 6. 14; 2 Cor.
3. 7-14; and Gal. 3. 23-28 takes
a Jewish vow.
18 And Paul after this~ tarried
there yet a good while, and then
took his leave of the brethren, and
sailed thence into Syria, and with
him Priscilla and Aquila; having
‘shorn Ais head in Cenchrea: for
he had a vow.
19 And he came to Ephesus, and
left them there: but he himself en-
tered into the synagogue, and 4¢rea-
soned with the Jews.
20 When they desired him to
tarry longer time with them, he con-
sented not;
21 But bade them farewell, say-
ing, I must by all means keep this
feast that cometh in “Jerusalem: but
I will return again unto you, if God
will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
22 And when he had landed at
Ceesarea, and gone up, and /saluted
the church, he went downto Antioch.
23 And after he had spent some
time there, he departed, and went
over al] the country of Galatia and
Phrygia in order, éstrengthening
all the disciples.
Apollos at Ephesus.
24 And a2 certain Jew named
Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
eloquent man, and mighty in the
scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25 This man was ‘instructed in the
way of the Lord; and being fervent
in-the Jspirit, he spake and taught
diligently the things of the Lord,
knowing “only the baptism of
John.
26 And he began to speak boldly
in the synagogue: whom when
Aquila and Priscilla had heard,
they took him unto them, and ex-
pounded unto him the way of God
THE ACTS.
@1 Cor.1.1.
6 Contra, John 19.
13-16; Acts 24.
26,27.
© Acts 21.24;
Num.6.18.
4 Acts 17.2,3.
e Rom.1.10;
1 Cor.4.19;
Phil.2.19, 24;
Heb.6.3; Jas.4.15.
F Churches
ocal}. Acts 20.
7,17-32. (Acts 2.
41; Phil.i.1.)
91 Thes.3.2,13.
A Col.3.16.
i taught by word
of mouth, or,
hearsay, |.e. not
by revelation.
Cf.Gal.1.11,12.
The N.T. Scrip-
tures were not
then written,
J Holy Spirit.
Acts 19.2,6.
(Mt.1.18;
k Acts 19.4.
lOr, thoroughly.
™ encouraged him
and wrote.
n powerfully
confuted,.
© Apollos’ ministry
seems to have
gone no further;
jesus was Sen
ong e te:
Messiah Of
Paul's doctrine
of justification
through the
blood, and
sanctification
through the
Spirit, he seems
at that time to
have known
nothing. See
Acts 19.3-6,
P the.
@said unto them,
Did ye receive
the Holy Sptrit
when ye
believed?
r Holy Spirit.
vs.2,6; Acts 20.
23,28. (Mt.1.18;
Acts 2.4.)
# Lit. received ye
the Holy Spirit
when ye be-
lieved?
t Repentance,
Acts 20.21.
“(CMt.3. 2;
Acts 17.50.)
u Acts 8.16.
pLone
27 And when he was disposed to
pass into Achaia, the brethren
™wrote, exhorting the disciples to
receive him: who, when he was
come, helped them much which had
believed through grace:
28 For he “mightily convinced
the Jews, and that publickly,
shewing by the scriptures °that
Jesus was #Christ.
CHAPTER 19,
Paul at Ephesus: the disciples
of John become Christians.
Ate it came to pass, that, while
Apollos was at Corinth, Paul
having passed through the upper
coasts came to Ephesus: and find-
ing certain disciples,
2 He said unto them, tHave ye
received the "Holy Ghost “since ye
believed? And they said unto him,
We have not so much as _ heard
whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he said unto them, Unto
what then were ye baptized? And
they said, Unto John’s baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John verily
baptized with the baptism of ‘re-
pentance, saying unto the people,
that they should believe on him
which should come after him, that
is, on Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard this, they
were baptized in the “name of the
Lord Jesus:
6 And when Paul had laid his
hands upon them, the “Holy Ghost
came on them; and they spake with
tongues, and prophesied.
7 And all the men were about
twelve.
Paul in the synagogue at Ephe-
sus; and in the school of Ty-
rannus.
8 And he went into the syna-
gogue, and spake boldly for the
space of three months, disputing
and persuading the things concern-
ing the kingdom of God,
9 But when divers were hard-
ened, and believed not, but spake
evil of that way before the multi-
tude, he departed from them, and
separated the disciples, disputing
more ‘perfectly. | daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
1 Not as in A.V., “since ye believed,’ but as in R.V. and marg.: “Did ye receive
the Holy Spirit when: ye believed?” “ev
of spirituality and power in these so-called disciples.
Paul was
evidently impressed by the absence
Their answer brought out
the fact that they were Jewish proselytes, disciples of John the Baptist, looking
forward to a coming King, not Christians looking backward to an accomplished
redemption.
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See Rom. 8.9; 1 Cor. 6. 19; Eph. 1. 13, marg.
19 10]
THE ACTS.
[19 a
10 And this continued by the
space of two years; so that al! they
which dwelt in Asia heard the word
of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and
Greeks.
Miracles by Paul.
11 And God wrought special
*rnjracles by the hands of Paul:
12 So that from his body were
brought unto the sick handkerchiefs
or aprons, and the diseases departed
from them, and the evil spirits went
‘out of them.
13. Then certain of the vagabond
' Jews, exorcists, took upon them to
call over them which had evil spir-
its the name of the Lord Jesus,
saying, We adjure you by Jesus
whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of
one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the
priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered
and said, ’Jesus I know, and Paul
I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil
spirit was leaped on them, and
‘overcame them, and 4prevailed
against them, so that they fled out
of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to all the
Jews and Greeks also dwelling at
Ephesus; and ‘fear fell on them all,
and the name of the Lord Jesus was
magnified.
18 And many that believed came,
a Jconfessed, and shewed their
eeds.
19 Many of them also which used] »
Scurious arts brought their books
together, and burned them before
all men: and they counted the price
of them, and found it fifty thousand
pieces of silver.
20 So “mightily grew the word of
God and prevailed.
21 After these things were ended,
Paul purposed in the ‘spirit, when
he had passed through Macedonia
and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,
saying, After I have been there, I
must also see JRome.
22 So he sent into Macedonia two
of them that ministered unto him,
kTimotheus and ‘Erastus; but he
himself stayed in Asia for a season.
The uproar of the silversmiths
at Ephesus.
23 And the same time there arose
no small stir “about that way.
24 For a certain man named De-
metrius, a silversmith, which made
A.D. 56.
a Miracles
Acts 16.16-
18; Jas.2.19.
¢ The sons of
Sceva sought
to imitate a
power to
which they
were strang-
ers, only to
their own con-
fusion. This
striking wit-
ness from an-
other side
caused fear to
fall on all.
d Lk.11.21,223
contra,
1 John 4.4.
e Lk.1.65; 7.16;
Acts 5.5,11.
fMt.3.6; 1 Cor.
14.24,25.
g magical.
h Acts 6.7; 12.
24; 1 Cor.16.
1 Oe
1 Rom16.23;
2 Tim.4.20.
m concerning
14.6,
n Acts 16.16,19.
o Acts 17.29;
Rev.13.14, 15.
otkoumene
inhabited
earth, (Lk.
2.1.)
q Gr. Artemis.
Not anciently
of the Greek
pantheon; but
an Eastern
goddess. Cf.
Jud.2.13,
note. But
“Diana of the
Ephesians”
was rather a
particular
image of Arte-
mis, reputed
to have failen
from heaven;
v.35.
r Acts 20.4.
s Acts 20.4; 27.
2; Coi.4.10.
#1 Tim.1.20;
2 Tim.4.14.
u Acts 17.21,
v Rom.2.22; cf.
1 Thes.1.9
with 1 Cor.1.
23, 24.
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silver shrines for Diana, brought no
small gain unto the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with
the workmen of like occupation,
and said, Sirs, ye know that by this
"craft we have our wealth.
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that
not alone at Ephesus, but almost
throughout all Asia, this Paul hath
persuaded and turned away much
people, saying that they be °no
gods, which are made with hands:
27 So that not only this our craft
is in danger to be set at nought;
but also that the temple of the great
zoddess Diana should be despised,
and her magnificence should be de-
stroyed, whom all Asia and the
world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard these
Sayings, they were full of wrath,
and cried out, saying, Great is
@Diana of the Ephesians. -
29 And the whole city was filled
with confusion: and having caught
rGaius and SAristarchus, men of
Macedonia, Paul’s companions in
travel, they rushed with one accord
into the theatre.
30 And when Paul would have
entered in unto the people, the dis--
ciples suffered him not.
31 And certain of the chief of
Asia, which were his friends, sent
unto him, desiring Aim that he
would not adventure himself into
the theatre.
3Z Some therefore cried one thing,
and some another: for the assembly
was confused; and the more part
knew not wherefore they were come
together.
33 And they drew ‘Alexander out
of the multitude, the Jews putting
him forward. And Alexander beck-
oned with the hand, and would
have made his defence unto the
people,
34 But when they knew that he
was a Jew, all with one voice about
the space of two hours cried out,
Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 And when the townclerk had —
appeased the people, he said, Ye
men of Ephesus, what man is there:
that knoweth not how that the “city
of the Ephesians is a worshipper of
the great goddess Diana, and of the
image which fell down from Ju-
piter?
36 Seeing then that these things
cannot be spoken against, ye ought
to be quiet, and todo nothing rashly.
37 For ye have brought hither
these men, which are “neither rob-
eed!
THE ACTS.
(20 22
bers of churches, nor yet blasphem-
ers of your goddess. J
38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and
the craftsmen which are with him,
have a matter against any man, the
law is open, and there are deputies:
let them implead one another.
39 But if ye enquire any thing
concerning other matters, it shall
8 determined in a lawful assem-
y.
40 For we are in danger to be
“called in question for this day’s
uproar, there being no cause where-
by we may give an account of this
concourse.
41 And when he had thus spoken,
he dismissed the assembiy
CHAPTER, 20.
Paul’s last visit to Jerusalem:
(1) he goes into Macedonia
and Greece.
AND after the uproar was ceased,
Paul called unto him the disci-
ples, and embraced them, and de-
parted for to go into “Macedonia.
2 And when he had gone over
those parts, and had given them
much exhortation, he came into
“Greece,
3 And there abode three months.
And when ¢the Jews ‘laid wait for
him, as he was about to sail into
Syria, he purposed to return
through Macedonia.
4 And there accompanied him
into Asia /Sopater of Berea; and of
the Thessalonians, *Aristarchus and
Secundus; and "Gaius of Derbe,
and ‘Timotheus; and of Asia,
jTychicus and »Trophimus.
“5 These going before tarried for
us at Troas.
(2) Paul at Troas.
6 And we sailed away from Phi-
lippi after the “days of unleavened
bread, and came unto them to Troas
in five days; where we abode seven
days.
7 And upon “the first day of the
week, when the disciples came
together to break bread, Paul
preached unto them, ready to de-
part on the morrow; and continued
his speech until midnight.
8 And there were many lights in
tthe upper chamber, where they
were gathered together.
9 And there sat in a window a
certain young man named Euty-
chus, being fallen into.a deep sleep:
A.D. 59.
a Acts 21.31,32.
6 1 Cor.16.5;
1 Tim.1.3.
¢ Acts 17.15;
18.1.
d Or, a plot
was formed
against him
by the Jews.
e Acts 9.23;
23.12; 25.3;
2 Cor.11.26.
F Rom.16.21.
g Acts 19.29,
h Rom.16.23;
3 John 1.
i Acts 19.22.
j Eph.6.21;
Col.4.7,8;
2 Tim.4.12;
Tit.3.12.
k Acts 21.29;
2 Tim.4.20.
1 From the use
of the pro-
noun, Luke
here rejoins
the apostle.
m Acts 12.3;
18.18.
n It was the
breaking of
bread for
which the dis-
ciples were as-
sembled. The
passage indi-
cates the use
by the apos-
tolic churches
of the first
day, not the
seventh. Cf.
1 Cor.16.2.
o Mt.26.26-28;
Acts 2.42; 1
Cor.11.23-33.
> Acts 1.13.
q 1 Ki.17.21,22;
2 Ki.4.34,35;
Acts 9.40,41.
r Make ye no
ado.
s Resurrec-
tion, vs-9-12;
Acts 24.14,15,
21. (Job 19.
might not
havé to.
u Acts 2.1; 19.
al.4,
;
w Tempta-
tion. 1 Cor.
7.5. (Gen.3.1;
Jas.1.14,)
x shrank not
from de-
claring.
y Repentance.
Acts 26.20.
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
1177
all
and as Paul was long preaching, he
sunk down with sleep, and fell
down from the third loft, and was
taken up dead.
10 And Paul went down, and ¢feil
on him, and embracing him said,
rTrouble not yourselves; for his
life is in him.
11 When he therefore was come
up again, and had broken bread,
and eaten, and talked a long while,
even till break of day, so he de-
parted.
12 And they brought the young
man Salive, and were not a little
comforted.
(3) From Troas to Miletus.
13 And we went before to ship,
and sailed unto Assos, there intend-
ing to take in Paul: for so had he
appointed, minding himself to go
afoot.
14 And when he met with us at
Assos, we took him in, and came to
Mitylene.
15 And we sailed thence, and
came the next day over against
Chios; and the next day we arrived
at Samos, and tarried at Trogyl-
lium; and the next day we came to
Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to
sail by Ephesus, ‘because he would
not spend the time in Asia: for he
hasted, if it were possible for him,
to be at Jerusalem the day of
“Pentecost.
(4) Paul and the Ephesian
elders.
17 And from Miletus he sent to
Ephesus, and called the *elders of
the church.
18 And when they were come to
him, he said unto them, Ye know,
from the first day that I came into
Asia, after what manner I have
been with you at all seasons,
19 Serving the Lord with ali hu-
mility of mind, and with many
tears, and “temptations, which be-
fell me by the lying in wait of the
ews:
20 And how I *kept back nothing
that was profitable unto you, but
have shewed you, and have taught
you publickly, and from house to
house, p
21 Testifying both to the Jews,
and also to the Greeks, 2repentance
toward God, and faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ.
' 22 And now, behold, I go bound
a 7 ve ’ . NEE give
20 23] THE ‘ACTS.
36 And when he eae thus spoken #
he kneeled down, and prayed with
them ail. :
37 And they all wept sore, and
nesseth in every city, saying that fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
bonds and afflictions abide me. 38 Sorrowing most of all for phe
24 But none of these things move] ,o, 7 honor |WOTdS which he spake, that they
me, “neither count I my life dear my life of any ; should see his Sane ne rponet Aus
t self, so that I might finish] f6Coueh es oe ’lthey accompanied him unto e
petals with joy, and the minis- parison youth ac. ship.
try, which I have received of the Zghos See,
lord J eas. £0) oe the ’gospel of 0 Btn. CHAPTER 21,
Rates ee a Miletus to Tyre.
25 And now, behold, I know that] Gospel. Rom. (5) F ee GB | 2A
ye all, among whom I have gone} 12.1-3; Rev.14.6.) PEND it came to pass, that after
preaching the kingdom of God,}¢Ezk.3.17. - we were gotten from them,
shall see my face no more. a 2 Cor-4s2)'Gale1- and had launched, NE EaIaS wate
26 Wherefore I take you to record] ,,- ‘ straight course unto °Coos, an e
this day, that I am “pure from the Aan | Tima16. day following unto Rhodes, and
blood of ail men. #Jsa.40.11; Lk.12. |from thence unto Pataraz
27 4For I have not shunned to de- fins nel 2 And finding a ship sailing over
oly Spirit. vs. ore
clare unto you all the counsel of| 23,28; Acts21.4, junto Phenicia, we went aboard,
in the ‘spirit unto Jerusalem, not
knowing the things that shall befall
me there: i
23 Save that the Holy Ghost wit-
God. He Ottis jandeset forth: :
28 ‘Take heed therefore unto} h sacrifice (of 3 Now when we had discovered
- yourselves, and to all the fflock,| (470. Rom.3. Cyprus, we left it on the left hand,
over the which the *Holy Ghost] Hep.i018.)’ |and sailed into Syria, and landed
hath made you overseers, to feed| ‘The twosources |at Tyre: for there the ship was to
~~ the church of God, which he hath| $i [2523s Junlade her burden.
2 h i ; from without ;
purchased own blood. wR aie
29 For I know — that after my| {pet b1d. on- (6) The Holy Spirit forbids Paul
departing shall grievous ‘wolves| DPitious leaders Fe >. Se Jerusalonn, :
enter in among you, not sparing Gtohn 9,10; 4 And finding disciples, we tarried
the flock: Also, 1 Tim.1.20;| there seven days: who said to Paul
30 Also Jof your own selves shall} 1John2.19. ‘through the Spirit, that he should
men arise, speaking perverse things,}7} 7/19" Inot ¢g0 up to Jerusalem.
to draw away disciples after them.| 1 John 2.19. 5 And when we had accomplished
31 Therefore watch, and remem-|*Churshes those days, we departed and went
ber, that by the space of three years} 2: Rom.16.1:5, |OUr way; and they all brought us
I ceased not to warn every one] }3.(¢9'5* jon our way, with wives and chil-
night and day with tears. tsanctify, holy |Aten, till we were out of the city:
mend you to God ahd te the werd! ae: nd roe To ae ee
: 4.5; Rev.22. .
of his grace, which is able to build be on 6 And when we had taken our
you up, and to give you an inheri-|"7}.dve given you|leave one of another, we took ship;
tance Lae: all them which are ca Hips aot ee bala home again.
sanctified. nLk.14, nd when we had finished our
33 I have coveted no man’s silver,| °@* course from Tyre, we came to Ptole-
P in sight of. :
or gold, or apparel. @Lit, set foot in, (Mais, and saluted the brethren, and
34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that] Not, as in Acts abode with them one day.
these hands have ministered unto] oyaneet"bar® | 8 And the next day we that were.
my necessities, and to them that now an impera- lof Paui’s company departed, and
were with me. See Acts 22.17, |Came unto Czsarea: and we en-
35 I have shewed you all things,| 3° tered into the house of ’Philip the
how that so labouring ye ought to| "4° ®5 levangelist, which was one of the
support the weak, and to remember seven; and abode with him,
the words of the Lord Jesus, how he 9 And the same man had four
said, "It is more blessed to give daughters, virgins, which did
than to receive. prophesy.
_ Cf Acts 21.4. ‘In Acts 20. 22 Paul’s own spirit (1 Thes. 5.23, rote) is meant;
in Acts 21. 4 the Holy Spirit. Paul’s motive in going to Jerusalem seems to have
been his great affection for the Jews (Rom. 9. 1-5), and his hope that the gifts of
the Gentile churches, sent by him to poor saints at Jerusalem (Rom. 15. 25-28),
would open the hearts of the law-bound Jewish believers to the ‘“‘gospel of th a
of God” (Acts 20. 24). aa
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"THE ACTS.
5 e W ‘4 \
‘
(21 32
¢ (7) The Holy Spirit again
warns Paul.
10 And as we tarried there many
days, there came down from Judza
a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11 And ¢when he was come unto
us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound
his own hands and feet, and said,
Thus saith the “Holy Ghost, So
shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind
the man that owneth this girdie,
and shall deliver Him into the
hands of the Gentiles.
12 And when we heard these
things, botn we, and they of that
place, besought him not to go up to
Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, What
mean ye to weep and to break mine
heart? for I am ‘ready not to be
bound only, but also to die at Je-
rusalem for the name of the Lord
Jesus.
(8) Paul at Jerusalem.
14 And when he would not be per-
suaded, we ceased, saying, The 4will
of the Lord be done.
15 And after those days we took
up our ‘carriages, and went up to
Jerusalem.
16 There went with us also cer-
tain of the disciples of Cesarea,
and brought with them one Mnason
of Cyprus, an ‘old disciple, with
whom we should lodge.
17 And when we were come to
Jerusalem, the brethren received us
gladly.
Paul takes a Jewish vow involv-
ing a Jewish sacrifice. (Cf.Heb.
2710. 2, 9-12.)
18 And the day following Paul
went in with us unto James; and
all the %elders were present.
19 And when he had saluted
them, he “declared particularly
what things God had wrought
among the Gentiles by his min-
istry.
20 And when they heard 7t, they
glorified the Lord, and said unto
him, Thou seest, brother, how many
ithousands wf Jews there are which
believe; and they are all zealous of
the law:
21 And they are informed of thee,
that thou teachest all the Jews
which are among the Gentiles to
forsake Moses, saying that they
ought not to circumcise their chil-
dren, neither to walk afver the
customs.
A.D. 60.
a coming to
us and tak-
ing Paul's
&irdie he
bound his
own feet
and hands,
6 Holy Spirit.
vs.4,11; Acts
28.25. (Mt. 1.
18; Acts 2.4.)
¢ Rom.1.15;
2 Tim.4.6.
d Mt.6.10;
26.42.
e baggage.
f early
g Elders. Phil.
1.1. (Acts 11.
30; Tit.1.5-9.)
h rehearsed
one by one.
3 Gr. myriads.
j Cf.Rom.10.
2-4; Gal.1.14.
k Probably ac-
cording to
Num.6.1-7.
Cf,Col.2.
14-17.
1 Lit. spend
something
on them.
m Lit. art
keeping in
the ranks,
guarding
the law. Cf.
Rom.10.1-12.
n Contra,
Acts 21.4 (cf.
Gal.2.2-6).
See Rom.3.9,
10,19,20,28;
4.3-5; 5.1,2; 6.
14; 7.1-4,6; 8.
3,4; Gal.2.15,
16,18,19; 3.
10,24,25; 4.
9-11,21-31;
Phil.3.7-9;
Heb.9.14,15,
28; 10.1-4,17,
18; 13.11-14.
o Sanctity,
holy
(things)
(N.T.). Rom.
1.2. (Mt.4.5;
Rev.22.11.)
> dragged.
Acts 14.19;
16.19.
q 2 Cor.11.23.
r Acts 23.27;
24.7.
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all
22 What is it therefore? the mul-
titude must needs come together:
for they will hear that thou art
come.
23 Do therefore this that we say
to thee: We have four men which
have a vow on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself
with them, and be at ‘charges with
them, that they may shave their
heads: and all may know that those
things, whereof they were. informed
concerning thee, are nothing; but
that thou thyself also ”walkest
orderly, and keepest the law.
25 As touching the Gentiles which
believe, we have written and con-
cluded that they observe no such
thing, save only that they keep
themselves from things offered
to idols, and from blood, and
from strangled, and from fornica-
tion.
26 Then “Paul took the men, and
the next day purifying himself with
them entered into the temple, to
signify the accomplishment of the
days of purification, until that an
"offering should be offered for every
one of them.
Paul seized in the temple by
the Jews.
27. And when the seven days were
almost ended, the Jews which were
of Asia, when they saw him in the
temple, stirred up all the people,
and laid hands on him,
28 Crying out,’ Men of Israel,
help: This is the man, that teacheth
all men every where against the
people, and the law, and this place:
and further brought Greeks also
into the temple, and hath polluted
this °holy place.
29 (For they had seen before
with him in the city Trophimus an
Ephesian, whom they supposed
that Paul had brought into the
temple.)
30 And all the city was moved,
and the people ran together: and
they took Paul, and #drew him out
of the temple: and forthwith the
doors were shut.
31 Andasthey went about to kill
him, tidings came unto the chief
captain of the band, that all Jeru-
salem was in an uproar.
32 *Who immediately took sol.
diers and centurions, and ran dow:
unto them: and when they saw the
chief captain and the soldiers, they
left beating of Paul.
21 33]
THE ACT S.
<4
Paul bound with chains.
33 Then the chief captain came
near, and took him, and com-
manded Aim to be bound with two
chains; and demanded who he was,
and what he had done.
34 And some cried one thing,
some another, among the multi-
tude: and when he could not know
the certainty for the tumult, he
commanded him to be carried into
the castle.
35 And when he came upon the
stairs, so it was, that he was borne
of the soldiers for the violence of
the people.
36 For the multitude of the peo-
ple followed after, crying, “Away
with him
37 And as Paul was to be led into
the castle, he said unto the &chief
captain, May I speak unto thee?
Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
38 Aft not thou ‘that Egyptian,
which before these days madest an
uproar, and leddest out into the
wilderness four thousand men that
were murderers?
39 But Paul said, I am a man
which ama Jew of Tarsus, a city
in Cilicia, a 4citizen of no mean city:
and, I beseech thee, suffer me to
speak unto the people.
40 And when he had given him
licence, Paul stood on the stairs,
and beckoned with the hand unto
the people. And when there was
made a great silence, he spake unto
them inthe Hebrew tongue saving,
CHAPTER 22.
Paul’s defence before the multt-
tude: recounts his conversion.
(Cf. Acts 9. 1-18; 26. 9-18.)
MEN: brethren, and fathers, hear
ye my defence ‘which I make
now unto you.
2 (And when they heard that he
spake in the Hebrew tongue to
them, they kept the more silence:
and he saith,)
3 Iam verily aman which ama
Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cili-
cia, yet brought up in this city at
the feet of éGamaliel, and "taught
according to the perfect manner of
the law of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are
this day.
4 And I ‘persecuted this way unto
the death, binding and delivering
into prisons both men and women.
5 As also the high priest doth bear
A.D. 60.
@ Acts 22.22;
Lk.23.18.
6 Gr.chiliarch,
the Roman
tribune.
There were
six such
“chief cap-
tains’”’ in each
legion of 6000
men.
c Acts 5.36.
d Acts 22.25.
eLk.12.11;
1 Pet.3.15.
paueorela.Les
Phil.3-5,6.
g Acts 5.34.
h instructed
according to
the strict
manner.
i Acts 8.3;
26.9,13;
1 Tim.1.13.
j Acts 9.2.
k 1sa.63.9;
Zech.2.8;
Mt.25.45;
1 Cor.12.26.
1 Dan.10.7.
m Cf.Acts 9.7,
note.
n Acts 2.37,38.
o1 Tim.3.7.
p Election
(personal).
Rom.16.13.
(Deut.7.6;
1 Pet.1.2.)
92 Cor.11.22.
r Acts 2.38.
s Sin. Rom.
3.23, note.
ti.e. probably
on his first
visit to Jeru-
salem after
his conver-
sion.
u v.21; so also
Acts 21.4.
v Acts 8.3.
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me witness, and all the estate of
the elders: from whom also I re-
ceived letters unto the brethren, and
went to Damascus, /to bring them
which were there bound unto Jeru-
salem, for to be punished.
6 And it came to pass, that, as I
made my journey, and was come
nigh unto Damascus about noon,
suddenly there shone from heaven
a great light round about me.
7 And I fell unto the ground, and
heard a voice saying unto me, Saul,
Saul, why persecutest «thou me?
8 AndT answered, Who art thou,
Lord? And he said unto me, I am
Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou per-
secutest.
9 And they that were with me
‘saw indeed the light, and were
afraid; but they heard not the
myoice of him that spake to me.
10 And I said, What shall I "do,
Lord? And the Lord said unto me;
Arise, and go into Damascus; and
there it shall be told thee of all
things which are appointed for thee
to do.
11 And when I could not see for
the glory of that light, being led by
the hand of them that were with
me, I came into Damascus.
12 And one Ananias, a devout
man according to the law, having
°a good report of all the Jews
which dwelt there,
13 Came unto me, and stood, and
said unto me, Brother Saul, receive
thy sight. And the same hour I
looked up upon him.
| 14 And he said, The God of our
fathers hath ?chosen thee, that thou
shouldest know his will, and see
that Just One, and shouldest hear
the voice of his mouth.
15 For %thou shalt be his witness.
unto all men of what thou hast seen
and heard.
16 And now why tarriest thou?
arise, and be baptized, and "wash
away thy ‘sins, calling on the name
of the Lord.
The Lord had warned Paul to
keep away from Jerusalem.
17 And it came to pass, that,
‘when I was come again to Jeru-
salem, even while I prayed in the
temple, I was in‘a trance;
18 And saw him saying unto me,
Make haste, and get thee quickly
4out of J erusalem: for they will not
Beebive thy testimony concerning
"19 And I said, Lord, *they know
- 22 20]
that I imprisoned and beat in every
synagogue them that believed on
thee:
20 And when the blood of thy
martyr Stephen was shed, 4I also
was standing by, and consenting
unto his death, and kept the rai-
ment of them that slew him.
21 And he said unto me, Depart:
‘for I will send thee far hence unto
the Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience
unto this word, and then lifted up
their voices, and said, Away with
such a fellow from the earth: for it
is not fit that he should live.
23 And as they cried out, and cast
off their clothes, and threw dust
into the air,
24 The chief captain commanded
him to be brought into the castle,
and bade that he should be ex-
amined by scourging; that he might
know 4wherefore they cried so
against him.
Paul a Roman citizen.
25 And “as they bound him with
thongs, Paul said unto the centu-
tion that stood by, Is it lawful for
you to scourge a man that is a
fRoman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard
that, he went ‘and told the chief
captain, saying, Take heed what
thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came,
and said unto him, Tell me, art
thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28 And the chief captain an-
swered, With a great sum obtained
I this 8freedom. And Paul said,
But I “was free born.
29 Then straightway they de-
parted from him which should have
texamined him: and the chief cap-
tain also was afraid, after he knew
that he was a Roman, and because
he had bound him.
30 On the morrow, because he
would have known the certainty
wherefore he was accused of the
Jews, he loosed him from Ais bands,
and commanded the chief priests
and all their council to appear, and
brought Paul down, and set him
before them.
CHAPTER 23.
_Paul before the Sanhedrin.
ND Paul, earnestly beholding
the council, said, Men and
brethren, JI have lived in all good
THE ACTS.
[23 12
eompbirace before God until this
ay.
2 And the high priest Ananias
commanded them that stood by
him to smite him on the mouth.
3 Then said Paul unto him, God
shall smite thee, thou whited wall.
for sittest thou to judge me after
the law, and commandest me to be
smitten contrary to the law?
4 And they that stood by said,
Revilest thou God’s high. priest?
A.D. 60.
a Acts 7.58; 8.1.
betes aes 5 Then said Paul, I wist not,
Gal.2.7,8; |brethren, that he was the high
Eph.3.7,8. priest: a it a vem eEs ’Thou shalt
not speak evil o e ruler of thy
c1 Thes.2.16. people.
d for what
Paul appeals to the Pharisees
6 But when Paul perceived that
ewhen they |the one part were ™Sadducees, and
ee Jie the other Pharisees, he cried out in
with thongs.|the council, Men and brethren, I
am a Pharisee, the son of a Phari-
f Acts 25.16. |see: of the hope and resurrection
of the dead I am called in ques-
tion.
hama ds 7 And when he had so said, there
peal iho jarose a dissension between the
had obtained |Pharisees and the Sadducees: and
citizenship. |the multitude was divided.
a| 8 For the Sadducees say that
there is no resurrection, neither
angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees
confess both,
cause they
so shouted.
g citizenship.
i Or, torture
him.
j Acts 24.16;
2 Cor.1.12;
2 Tim.1.3; 9 And there arose a great “cry:
eet ac and the scribes that were of the
i join3.2i..'|Pharisees’ part arose, and strove,
saying, We find no evil in this man:
Ibut if a spirit or an angel hath
k Cf.John 18.
Bh. spoken to him, let us not fight
1 Ex.22.28. against God.
10 And when there arose a great
m See Mt.3.7, |dissension, the chief captain, fear-
ing lest Paul should have been
pulled in pieces ‘of them, com-
manded the soldiers to go down
and to take him by force from
»n clamour.
o See Mt.2.4,
note.
OEE ee mg. pas them, and to bring him into
s 18.9;
27.23,245 the castle.
Psa.46.1,7. PSL SS pRB" Put
q John 16.2,3. | 11 And the night following the
Lord ?stood by him, and said, Be
of good cheer, Paul: for as thou
hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so
must thou bear witness also at
Rome.
The conspiracy to kill Paul.
12 And when it was day, %certain
of the Jews banded together, and
‘bound themselves under a curse,
saying that they would neither eat
nor drink till they had killed Paul.
_.1181
2
23 13] THE ACTS. [24 4
13 And they were more than forty
which had made this conspiracy.
14 And they came to the chief
priests and elders, and said, We
have bound ourselves under a great
curse, that we will eat nothing un-
til we have slain Paul.
15 Now therefore ye with the
council signify to the chief captain
that he bring him down unto you
to morrow, as though ye would en-
quire something more perfectly con-
cerning him: and we, or ever he
come near, are “ready to kill him.
16 And when Paul’s sister’s son
heard of their lying in wait, he
26 Claudius Lysias unto the most
excellent governor Felix sendeth
greeting.
27 This man was ¢taken of the
Jews, and should have been killed
of them: then ‘came I with an
army, and rescued him, having un-
derstood that he was a Roman.
28 fAnd when I would have
known the cause wherefore they
accused him, I brought him forth
into their council:
29 Whom I perceived to be ac-
cused of questions of their law, but
to have £nothing laid to his charge
worthy of death or of bonds.
went and entered into the castle, 30 And when it was told me how
and told Paul. that the Jews laid wait for the man,
17 *Then Paul called one of the I sent straightway to thee, and
centurions unto Aim, and said,|,psa.37.32, |gave commandment to his accusers
Bring this young man unto the) 33. also to say before thee what they
chief captain: for he hath a certain had against him. Farewell.
thing to tell him. b Acts 27.24, |'31 Then the soldiers, as it was
18 So he took him, and brought commanded them, took Paul, and
him to the chief captain, and said,|¢ Eph-3.1. brought Aim by night to Antipatris.
Paul the prisoner ‘called me untolg seized by. 32 On the morrow they left the
him, and prayed me to bring this] Acts 21.33. [horsemen to go with him, and re-
young man unto thee, who hath I turned to the castle:
something to say unto thee. cham with | 33 Who, when they came to
19 Then the chief captain took] thesoldiers. |Czesarea, and delivered the epistle
him by the hand, and went with f Acts 22.30 to the governor, presented Paul also
himaside privately, and asked him, before him.
What is that thou hast to tell me?|¢ Acts 26.31. 34 And when the governor had
20 And he said, The Jews have T Asati aa. read the letter, he asked of what
agreed to desire thee that thou . {province he was. And when he
wouldest bring down Paul to mor-|i palace. understood that he was of “Cilicia:
row into the council, as though). Ao heaie 35 I will hear thee, said he, when
they would enquire somewhat of|’ 357959.” ’ |thine accusers are also come. And
him more perfectly. he commanded him to be kept in
21 But do not thou yield unto Herod’s ‘judgment hall.
pea for oe lie an wait for him of
em more than forty men, which
have bound themselves with an CHAPTER 24.
oath, that they will neither eat nor Paul before Felix.
drink till they have killed him: and A
now are they ready, looking for a ANS after five days JAnanias the
promise from thee. high priest descended with the
22 So the chief captain then let elders, and with a certain orator
the young man depart, and charged named Tertullus, who informed
him, See thou tell no man that the governor against Paul.
thou hast shewed these things to :
nie. (The accusation.)
z 2 And when he was called forth,
Paul sent to Felix at Coeatee: Tertullus began to accuse him, say-
23 And he called unto him two ing, Seeing that by thee we enjoy
centurions, saying, Make ready two great quietness, and that very wor-
hundred soldiers to go to Czsarea, thy deeds are done unto this na-
and horsemen threescore and ten, tion by thy providence,
and spearmen two hundred, at the 3 We accept it always, and in all
third hour of the night; places, most noble Felix, with all
ad And Behl: tiem eerie thankfulness.
ley may set Paul on, and bring 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not
him safe unto Felix the governor. further tedious unto thee, I pre
25 And he wrote a letter after thee that thou wouldest hear'us of
this manner: thy clemency a few words.
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i a aes ih te
5 For we have found this man a
pestilent *fellow, and a mover of
sedition among the Jews
throughout the 8world, and a ring-
leader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6 Who also hath gone about to
‘profane the temple: whom we took,
and would have ¢judged according
to our law.
7 But the chief ‘captain Lysias
came upon us, and with great vio-
lence took him away out of our
hands,
8 Commanding his accusers ‘to
come unto thee: by examining of
whom thyself mayest take know-
ledge of all these things, whereof
we accuse him.
9 And the Jews also assented,
saying that these things were so.
(Paul’s defence before Felix.)
10 Then Paul, after that 2the gov-
ernor had beckoned unto him to
speak, answered, Forasmuch as I
know that thou hast been of many
years a judge unto this nation, I do
the more cheerfully answer “for
myself:
11 Because that thou mayest un-
derstand, that there are yet but
twelve days since I went up ‘to
Jerusalem for to worship.
12- And they neither found me in
the temple disputing with any man,
neither raising up the people,
neither in the synagogues, nor in
the city: :
13 Neither can they Jprove the
things whereof they now accuse
me.
14 But this I confess unto thee,
that after the way which they call
heresy, so worship I the God “of
my fathers, believing all things
lwhich are written in the law and
in the prophets:
15 And have “hope toward God,
which they themselves also allow,
that there shall be a resurrection
of the dead, both of the just and
unjust.
16 And herein do I exercise my-
self, *to have always a conscience
void of offence toward God, and to-
ward men.
17 Now after many years °I came
to bring alms to my nation, and
offerings.
18 *Whereupon certain Jews from
Asia found me purified in the tem-
ple, neither with multitude, nor
with tumult.
19 Who ought to have been here
THE ACTS.
A.D. 62.
@ 1 Pet.2.12,19.
b oikoumene
f25 3
before thee, and object, if they had
ought against me.
20 Or else let thése same here
say, if they have found any evil
doing in me, while I stood before
= inhabited|the council,
earth (LE.
PAB IS
c Acts 21.28.
d John 18.31.
e Acts 21.33.
f Acts 23.30.
g Felix made
procurator
over Judza,
A.D. 53.
AA Pet.3.15.
# Acts 21.15.
j1 Pet.3.16.
k 2 Tim.1.3.
l Acts 26.22,23;
Lk.24.27.
m Acts 23.6;
26.6,7; 28.20.
n Acts 23.1.
o Acts 11.29,30.
p Acts 21.26.
q Resurrec-
tion. vs.14,
15,21; Rom.8.
10,11. (Job
19.25; 1 Cor.
15:52.);
r concerning
the Way.
See John 14.6.
s Rom.10.10,
note.
t becoming
afraid;
Gr. empho-
bos, afraid.
u But when
two years
were ful-
filled, Felix
was suc-
ceeded by
Porcius Fes-
tus; and de-
siring to
fain fayour
with the
Jews, Felix
Jeft Paul in
bonds.
v Mk.15.15.
w Lk. 23.
14,15.
1183.
eo
21 Except it be for this one voice,
that I cried standing among them,
Touching the %resurrection of the
dead I am called in question by
you this day.
22 And when Felix’ heard these
things, having more perfect know-
ledge of that way, he deferred them,
and said, When Lysias the chief
captain shall come down, I will
know the uttermost of your matter.
23 And he commanded a cen-
turion to keep Paul, and to let him
have liberty, and that he should
forbid none of his acquaintance to
minister or come unto him.
(Paul before Felix the
second time.)
24 And after certain days, when
Felix came with his wife Drusilla,
which was a Jewess, he sent for
Paul, and heard him concerning
the faith in Christ.
25 And as he reasoned of Sright-
eousness, temperance, and judg-
ment to come, Felix ‘trembled, and
answered, Go thy way for this
time; when I have a convenient
season, I will call for thee.
26 He hoped also that money
should have been given him of
Paul, that he might loose him:
wherefore he sent for him the
oftener, and communed with him.
The silent two years at
Cesarea.
27 “But after two years Porcius
Festus came into Felix’ room: and
Felix, willing to ’shew the Jews a
pleasure, left Paul bound.
CHAPTER 25.
Paul before Festus.
OW when Festus was come into
the province, after three days
he ascended from Cesarea to
Jerusalem,
2 Then the high priest and the
chief of the Jews informed him
against Paul, and besought him,
3. And desired favour against him,
that, he would send for him to
Jerusalem, “laying wait in the way
to kill him.
4 But Festus answered, that Paul
25 5]
THE ACTS.
. “—
[26 1
17 Therefore, when they were
should be kept at Cesarea, and
that he himself would depart
shortly thither.
5 Let them therefore, said he,
which among you are able, go down
with me, and accuse this man, if
there be any wickedness in him.
6 And when he had tarried among
them “more than ten days, he went
down unto Czsarea; and the next
day sitting on the judgment seat
commanded Paul to be brought.
7 And when he was come, the
Jews which came down from Jeru-
salem stood round about, and laid
many and grievous complaints
against Paul, which they could
not prove,
8 While he answered for himself.
Neither against the law of the
Jews, neither against the temple,
nor ‘yet against Cesar, have I
offended any thing at all.
9 But Festus, willing to do the
Jews a pleasure, answered Paul,
and said, Wilt thou go up to Jeru-
salem, and there be judged of these
things before me?
Paul appeals to Czsar.
10 Then said Paul, I stand at
Cesar’s judgment seat, where I
ought to be judged: to the Jews
have I done no wrong, as thou very
well knowest.
11 For if I be an offender, or have
committed any thing worthy of
death, I refuse not to die: but if
there be none of these things
whereof these accuse me, no man
may deliver me unto them. 4I ap-
peal unto Cesar.
12 Then Festus, when he had con-
ferred with the council, answered,
Hast thou appealed unto Cesar?
unto Cesar shalt thou go.
13 And after certain days king
‘Agrippa and Bernice came unto
Cesarea to salute Festus.
14 And when they had been there
many days, Festus declared Paul’s
cause unto the king, saying, There
is a certain man left in bonds by
Felix:
15 About whom, when I was at
Jerusalem, the chief priests ‘and the
elders of the Jews informed me, de-
siting to havejudgment against him,
16 To whom I answered, It is not
the manner of the Romans to de-
liver any man to die, before that he
which is accused have the accusers
face to face, and have licence to
answer for himself concerning the
crime laid against him.
A.D. 62.
a Or, as some
copies read,
no more
than eight
or ten days.
6 Acts 24.5,13;
Mt.5.11,12;
1 Pet.4.12,16.
c Rom.13.1,5.
d Acts 23.11;
26.32; 27.24.
é This (v.13)
was Herod
Agrippa I. of
Acts 12.1, and
great-grand-
son of Herod
the Great.
Mt.2.1, note.
Bernice, or
Berenice,
was the sis-
ter of Herod
Agrippa II.
(v.13).
f Lit. their pe-
culiar de-
mon-wor-
ship.
g kept for the
decision of
the em-
peror.
h Acts.9.15.
i Acts 23.9,29;
26.31.
j See Acts 26.
2,3.
u184
come hither, without any delay
on the morrow I sat on the judg-
ment seat, and commanded the man
to be brought forth.
18 Against whom when the ac-
cusers stood up, they brought none
accusation of such things as I
supposed:
19 But had certain questions
against him of their fown supersti-
tion, and of one Jesus, which was
dead, whom Paul affirmed to be
alive.
20 And because I doubted of such
manner of questions, I asked him
whether he would go to Jerusalem,
and there be judged of these
matters.
21 But when Paul had appealed to
be 4reserved unto the hearing of
Augustus, I commanded him to be
kept till I might send him to Cesar.
22 Then Agrippa said unto Fes-
tus, I would also hear the man
myself. To morrow, said he, thou
shalt hear him.
23 And on the morrow, when
Agrippa was come, and Bernice,
with great pomp, and was entered,
into the place of hearing, with the
chief captains, and principal men
of the city, at Festus’ sommand-
ment “Paul was brought forth.
24 And Festus said, King Agrippa,
and all men which are here present
with us, ye see this man, about
whom all the multitude of the Jews
have dealt with me, both at Jerusa-
lem, and also here, crying that he
ought not to live any longer.
25 But when I found that he had
committed ‘nothing worthy of
death, and that he himself hath
appealed to Augustus, I have de-
termined to send him.
26 Of whom I have no certain
thing to write unto my _ lord.
Wherefore I have brought him
forth before you, and specially be-
fore Jthee,,O king Agrippa, that,
after examination had, I -mighti
have somewhat to write.
27 For it seemeth to me unreason-
able to send a prisoner, and not
withal to signify the ctimes Jaid
against him.
CHAPTER 26.
Paul’s defence before Agrippa.
(Cf. Acts 9.' 1-18; 22. 1-16.)
“i Paes: Agrippa said unto Paul,
Thou art permitted to speak
for thyself. Then Paul stretched
x i
THE ACTS.
[26 30
forth the hand, and answered for
himself:
2 % think myself happy, king
Agrippa, because I shall answer for
myself this day before thee touch-
ing all the things whereof I am
accused of the Jews:
3 Especially because I know
thee to be expert in all customs and
questions which are among the
Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to
hear me patiently.
4 My manner of life from my
youth, which was at the first among
mine own nation at Jerusalem,
know all the Jews;
5 Which ¢knew me from the be-
ginning, if they would testify, that
after the most straitest sect of our
religion I lived a *Pharisee.
6 And now 41 stand and am
judged for the hope of the ¢prom-
ise made of God unto our fathers:
7 Unto which promise our twelve
tribes, instantly serving God day
and night, hope to come. For
which hope’s sake, king Agrippa,
I am accused of the Jews.
8 Why ¢should it be thought a
thing incredible with you, that God
should raise the dead?
9 I fverily thought with myself,
that I ought to do many things con-
trary to the name of Jesus of
Nazareth.
10 Which thing I also did 4in
Jerusalem: and many of the saints
did I shut up in prison, having re-
ceived ‘authority from the chief
priests; and when they were put to
death, I gave my ‘voice against
them.
11 And I punished them oft in
“every synagogue, and compelled
them to blaspheme; and being ex-
ceedingly mad against them, I per-
secuted them even unto strange
cities. ;
12 Whereupon as I jwent to Da-
mascus with authority and commis-
sion from the chief priests,
' 43 At midday, Oking, I saw in the
way a light from heaven, above the
brightness of the sun, shining round
about me and them which jour-
neyed with me.
14 And when we were ull fallen to
the earth, I “heard a voice speak-
A.D. 62.
a Foreknow-
ledge, trans.
foreknow.
Rom.8.29.
(Acts 2.23;
1 Pet.1.20.)
6 Acts 22.3.
c Acts 23.6.
d Acts 13.32,33;
Gen.3.15; 22.
18; 49.10.
e judged a
thing in-
credible
with you, if
God doth
raise the
dead?
f John 16.2;
1 Tim.1.13.
g Acts 8.1,3;
Gal.1.13.
h Acts 9.14.
i vote.
j Acts 9,3.
k Cf.Acts 9.
7, note.
1 goads.
m Satan.
Rom.16.20.
(Gen.3.1;
Rev.20.10.)
n Sin. Rom.3.
23, note.
o Sanctify,
holy (per-
sons) (N.T.).
Rom.12.1.
(Mt.4.5; Rev.
22.11.)
> Repentance.
Rom.2.4.
(Mt.3.2;
Acts 17.30.)
q the Christ
_ must suffer.
See Acts 3.
18, ref.; 17.3,
ref.
r Lit. Thou art
raving,Paul!
thy great
learning is
turning thee
round into
raving mad-
ness.
s Jas.2.19.
tR.V. With
but little
persuasion
thou would-
est fain
make mea
Christian.
The answer
might be
paraphrased:
“It will re-
quire more
than this,’’
etc., or, “A
little more
and you will
ing unto ime, and saying in the He-
brew tongue, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me? it is hard for
thee to kick against the ‘pricks.
15 And I said, Who art thou,
Lord? And he said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest.
make,” etc.
u Lit. both in
a little and
in much,
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all
16 But rise, and stand upon thy
feet: for I have.appeared unto thee
for this purpose, to make thee a
minister and a witness both of these
things which thou hast seen, and of
those things in the which I will
appear unto thee;
17 Delivering thee from the peo-
ple, and from the Gentiles, unto
whom now I send thee,
18 To open their eyes, and to
turn them from darkness to light,
and from the power of “Satan
unto God, that they may receive
forgiveness of “sins, and inheritance
among them which are °sanctified
by faith that is in me.
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa,
I was not disobedient unto the
heavenly vision:
20 But shewed first unto them of
Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and
throughout all the coasts of Judea;
and then to the Gentiles, that they
should repent and turn to God, and
do works meet for repentance.
21 For these causes the Jews
caught me in the temple, and went
about to kill me.
22 Having therefore obtained
help of God, I continue unto this
day, witnessing both to small and
great, saying none other things than
those which the prophets and
Moses did say should come:
23 That ¢@Christ should suffer,
and that he should be the first that
should rise from the dead, and
should shew light unto the people,
and to the Gentiles.
24 And as he thus spake for him-
self, Festus said with a loud voice,
Paul, thou art ”beside thyself; much
learning doth make thee mad.
25 But he said, I am not mad,
most noble Festus; but speak forth
the words of truth and soberness.
26 For the king knoweth of these
things, before whom also I speak
freely: for I am persuaded that
none of these things are hidden
from him; for this thing was not
done in a corner.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou
the prophets? I know that thou
Shelievest.
28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul,
‘Almost thou persuadest me to be
a Christian.
29 And Paul said, I would to God,
that not only thou, but also all that
hear me this day, were “both al-
most, and altogether such as I am,
except these bonds.
| 30 And when he had thus spoken,
26 31]
the king rose up, and the governor,| _A-D. 62.
and Bernice, and they that sat with
them:
31 And when they were gone
aside, they talked between them-
selves, saying, This man doeth
nothing worthy of death or of
bonds.
32 Then said Agrippa unto Fes-
tus, This man might have been set
at liberty, “if he had not appealed
unto Cesar.
CHAPTER 27.
Paul is sent to Rome.
AXP when it was determined that] , commander
we should sail into Italy, they| of 100
delivered Paul and certain other| %ldiers.
prisoners unto one named Julius, aly acts 19.29.
‘centurion of Augustus’ band.
2 And entering into a ship of Ad-|¢ i ke
ramyttium, we launched, meaning Ss
to sail by the coasts of Asia; one} Tit.1.5,12.
dAristarchus, a Macedonian of
Thessalonica, being with us.
3 And the next day we touched at
Sidon. And ¢Julius courteously
entreated Paul, and gave Aim lib-
erty to go unto his friends to refresh
himself.
4 And when we had launched
from thence, we sailed under Cy-
prus, because the winds were con-
trary.
5 And when we had sailed over
the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia,
we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6 And there the centurion found a
ship of Alexandria sailing into
Italy; and he put us therein.
7 And when we had sailed slowly
many days, and scarce were come
over against Cnidus, the wind not
suffering us, we sailed under /Crete,
@ Acts 23.11;
25.11.
} Acts 25.12,
25.
g The fast was
on the tenth
day of the
seventh
month. Lev.
23-27,29.
hk Amos 3.7;
# Or, beat.
j Psa.107.25.
k be cast upon
the Syrtis.
1 vs.9,10.
m 1 Sam.30.6;
Psa.112.7;
2 Cor.1.4; 4.
8,9.
nan angel of
the God
whose I am,
whom also I
over against Salmone; serve. Heb.
8 And, hardly passing it, came| 3+ note.
unto a place which is called Thelo Faith. Rom.
fair havens; nigh whereunto was} 1-16. (Gen.3
the city of Lasea. a in
9 Now when much time was spent,| ~~
and when sailing was now danger-
ous, because the “fast was now al-
ready past, Paul admonished them,
10 And said unto them, Sirs, I
‘perceive that this voyage will be
with hurt and much damage, not
only of the lading and ship, but also
of our lives.
11 Nevertheless the centurion be-
lieved the master and the owner of
the ship, more than those things
which were spoken by Paul.
12 And because the haven was not
commodious to winter in, the more
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THE ACTS.
Ms
(27 27
part advised-to depart thence also,
if by any means they might attain
to Phenice, and there to winter;
which is an haven of Crete, and
lieth toward the south west and
north west.
13 And when the south wind blew
softly, supposing that they had ob-
tained their purpose, loosing
thence, they sailed close by Crete.
' The storm.
14 But not long after there ‘arose
against it a Jtempestuous wind,
called Euroclydon.
15 And when the ship was caught,
and could not bear up into the wind,
we let her drive.
16 And running under a certain
island which is called Clauda, we
had much work to come by the
boat:
17 Which when they had taken
up, they used helps, undergirding
the ship; and, fearing lest they
should “fall into the quicksands,
strake sail, and so were driven.
18 And we being exceedingly
tossed with a tempest, the next day
they lightened the ship;
19 And the third day we cast out
with our own hands the tackling of
the ship.
20 And when neither sun nor
stars in many days appeared, and
no small tempest lay on us, all hope
that we should be saved was then
taken away.
The moral ascendency of Paul.
21 But after long abstinence Paul
stood forth in the midst of them,
and said, Sirs, ye should have
'hearkened unto me, and not have
loosed from Crete, and to have
gained this harm and loss.
22 And now “I exhort you to be
of good cheer: for there shall be no
-3-\loss of any man’s life among you,
but of the ship.
23 For there stood by me this
night “the angel of God, whose I
am, and whom I serve,
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou
must be brought before Cesar: and,
lo, God hath given thee all them
that sail with thee.
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good
cheer: for I °believe God, that it
shall be even as it was told me.
26 Howbeit we must be cast upon
a certain island.
27 But when the fourteenth night
was come, as we were driven up
and down in Adria, about midnight
a
27 28]
THE ACTS.
[28 10
the shipmen deemed that they drew
hear to some country;
28 And sounded, and found it
twenty “fathoms: and when they
had gone a little further, they)
sounded again, and found i¢ fifteen
fathoms.
29 Then fearing lest we should!
have fallen upon rocks, they cast
four anchors out of the stern, and
wished for the day.
- 30 And as the %shipmen were
about to flee out of the ship, when
they had let down the boat into the
sea, under colour as though they
would have cast anchors out of the
foreship,
31 Paul said to the centurion and
to the soldiers, “Except these abide
in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32 Then the soldiers cut off the
eae of the boat, and let her fall
°33 And while the day was coming!
on, Paul besought them all to take,
meat, saying, This day is the four-
teenth day that ye have tarried and
continued fasting, having taken
nothing.
34 Wherefore I pray you to take
some meat: “for this is for your
health: ‘for there shall not an hair
fall from the head of any of you.
35 And when he had thus spoken,
he took bread, and gave thanks to
God in presence of thera all: and
when. he had broken it, he began
to eat.
36 Then were they all of good
cheer, and they also took some
meat.
37 And we were in all in the
ship ftwo hundred’ threescore and)
sixteen souls.
38 And when they had eaten
enough, they lightened the ship,|
and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they
knew not the land: but they dis-
covered a certain creek with a shore,
into the which they were minded,
AD. 62.
a Gne fathom
|e satlors were
seeking to
Ales out of
the ship and
had lowered
the boat.
€ v.22; Eizk.36.
36,37; Lk.4.
9,12.
d Mt.15.32.
e Mt.10,30;
L&.21.18.
f Some ancient
authorities
read, about
threescore
and sixteen
souls.
g Or, cut the
anchors,
they left
them in the
sea, etc.
h Began to
break up.
t Prov.16.7.
j v.22; Psa.
107.28,30; 2
Cor.1.8,10.
k Heb.13.2.
1 Miracles
m justice.
n Jas.5.14,15.
if it were possible, to thrust in the
ship.
40 “And when they had étaken up
the anchors, they committed them-
selves unto the sea, and loosed the
rudder bands, and psec up the
mainsail to the wind , and made
toward shore.
41 And falling into a place where
two seas met, they ran the ship
aground; and the forepart stuck
fast, and remained unmoveable, but}
the hinder part “was broken with
the violence of the waves.
cts 19.11;
° ME 16. 18;
1 Cor,12.! 9,
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42 And the soldiers’ counsel was
to kill the prisoners, lest any of
them should swim out, and escape.
43 But the centurion, willing to
lsave ‘Paul, kept them from their
purpose; and commanded that they
which could swim should cast
themselves first into the sea, and
get to land:
44 And the rest, some on boards,
and some on broken pieces of the
ship. And Jso it came to pass, that
they escaped all safe to land.
CHAPTER 28.
The landing on Melita: miracle
ge ae, viper’s bite. (Cf. Mk.
ANP when they were escaped,
then they knew that the is-
land was called Melita.
2 And the barbarous people
shewed us no little kindness: for
they kindled a fire, and “received us
every one, because of the present
rain, and because of the cold.
3 And when Paul had gathered a
bundle of sticks, and laid them on
the fire, there came a viper out of
the heat, and ‘fastened on his hand.
4 And when the barbarians saw
the venomous beast hang on his
hand, they said among themselves,
No doubt this man is a murderer,
whom, though he hath escaped the
i yet “vengeance suffereth not to
ve.
5 And he shook off the beast into
the fire, and felt no harm.
6 Howbeit they looked when he
should have swollen, or fallen down
dead suddenly: but after they had
looked a great while, and saw no
harm come to him, they changed
been minds, and said that he was a
ZO
Miracle of the healing of
Publixzs’ father.
7 In the same quarters were pos
sessions of the chief man of the
island, whose name was Publius;
who received us, and lodged us
three days courteously.
8 And it came to pass, that the
father of Publius lay sick of a fever
and of a bloody flux: to “whom Paul
entered in, and prayed, and laid
hands on him, and ‘healed him.
9 So when this was done, others
also, which had diseases in the
island, came, and were healed:
10 Who also honoured us with
many honours; and when we de-
28 11]
parted, they laded us with such
things as were necessary.
11 And after three months we de-
parted in a ship of Alexandria,
which had wintered in the isle,
whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
12 And landing at Syracuse, we
tarried there three days.
13 And from thence we fetched a
compass, and came to Rhegium:
and after one day the south wind
blew, and we came the next day to
Puteoli:
14 Where we found brethren, and
were desired to tarry with them
seven days: and so we went toward
Rome.
15 And from thence, when ¢the
brethren heard of us, they came to
meet us as far as “Appii forum, and
The three taverns: whom when
Paul saw, he thanked God, and took
‘courage.
Paul arrives at Rome.
16 And when we came to Rome,
the centurion delivered the prison-
ers to the captain of the guard: but
Paul was suffered to dwell by him-
self with ¢a soldier that kept him.
Paul in Rome: his ministry
there to the Jews.
17 And it came to pass, that after
three days Paul called the chief of
the Jews together: and when they
were come together, he said unto
them, Men and brethren, though J
have committed nothing against the
people, or customs of our fathers,
yet was I delivered prisoner from
Jerusalem into the hands of the
Romans. <
18 Who,fwhen they had examined
me, would have let me go, because
there was no cause of death in me.
19 But when the Jews spake
against rt, I was constrained to gap-
peal unto Cesar; not that I had
ought to accuse my natiou of.
20 For this cause therefore "have
I called for you, to see you, and to
speak with you: because that for
the thope of Israel I am bound with
this chain.
THE ACTS.
2 Rom.1.8,12.
6 the market
of Appius.
¢ Josh.1.6,7,9;
1 Sam.30.6;
Psa.27.14.
d the soldier
that
guarded
him. Acts
24.23; 27.3.
e Acts 21.33.
f Acts 26.31.
g Acts 25.11.
h did I entreat
you to see
and speak
with me.
# Acts 26.6,7.
1.10,12.
k Lk.2.34;
a Pet2.t2;
4.14.
1 Acts 17.3;
Gen.49.10;
Num.24.17;
John 1.45; 5.
39; Rev.19.
10.
m Cf.Acts 13. |
46; 18.6.
un Holy Spirit.
Rom.1.4.
(Mt.1.18,
Acts 2.4.)
o Inspiration.
Rom.16.25,
26. (Ex.4.15;
Rev.22.19.)
p 2 Cor.4.4,6.
q vs.26,27,
Tsa.6.9,10.
rice. turn
again,
s Rom.1.16,
note.
t Acts 20.25;
Eph.6.19;
Phil.1.13,14.
[28 31°
91 And they said unto him, We
neither received letters out of Ju-
dzea concerning thee, neither any of
ithe brethren that came shewed or
spake any harm of thee.
| 22 But we desire to hear of thee
what thou thinkest: for as concern-
ing this sect, we know that “every
where it is spoken against.
23 And when they had appointed
him a day, there came many to him
into his lodging; to whom he ‘ex-
pounded and testified the kingdom
of God, persuading them concerning
Jesus, both out of the law of Moses,
and out of the prophets, from
morning till evening. ;
24 And some believed the things
which were spoken,-and some be-
lieved not.
Paul turns to the Gentiles.
25 And when they agreed not
among themselves, they departed,
after that Paul had spoken one
word, Well spake the "Holy Ghost
°by Esaias the prophet unto our
fathers,
26 Saying, Go unto this people,
and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and
> |Pshall not understand; and seeing
ye shall see, and not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people is
waxed gross, and their ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes have they
jclosed; lest they should see with
their eyes, and hear with their
ears, and understand with %their
heart, and should be “converted,
and I should heal them.
28 Be it known therefore unto
you, that the ‘salvation of God is
sent unto the Gentiles, and that
they will hear it.
29 And when he had said these
words, the Jews departed, and had
great reasoning among themselves.
30 And Paul dwelt two whole
years in ‘his own hired house, and
received all that came in unto him,
31 Preaching the kingdom of God,
and teaching those things which
concern the Lord Jesus Christ,
‘with all confidence, no man for-
bidding him.
1 It has been much disputed whether Paul endured two Roman imprisonments,
from A.D. 62 to 68, or one
imprisonments with a year of liberty between.
that the leaving of Trophimus sick at Miletus, mentioned in 2 Tim. 4. 20, could not
have been an occurrence of Paul’s last journey to Jerusalem, for then Trophimus
was not left (Acts 20. 4; 21. 29), nor of the journey to Rome to appear before Cesar,
for then he did not touch at Miletus.
have been a release from the first imprisonment, and an interval of ministry and
travel].
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The tradition from Clement to Eusebius favours two
Erdman (W.J.) has pointed out
To make this incident possible there must
THE EPISTLES OF PAUL.
THE Epistles of the Apostle Paul have a very distinctive character. All Scripture,
up to the Gospel accounts of the crucifixion, looks forward to the cross, and has
primarily in view Israel, and the blessing of the earth through the Messianic king-
dom. But “hid in God” (Eph. 3. 9) was an unrevealed fact—the interval of time
between the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ and His return in glory; and an
unrevealed purpose—the outcalling of the ecclesia, the church which ig Christ’s
body. In Mt. 16. our Lord announced that purpose, but wholly without explana-
tion as to how, when, or of what materials, that church should be built, or what
should be_its position, relationships, privileges, or duties.
All this constitutes precisely the scope of the Epistles of Paul. They develop
the doctrine of the church. In his letters to seven Gentile churches (in Rome,
Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, Colosse, and Thessalonica), the church, the
“mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God” (Eph. 3. 9),
is fully revealed, and fully instructed as to her unique place in the counsels and
purposes of God.
_ _ Through Paul alone we know that the church is not an organization, but an organ-
ism, the body of Christ; instinct with His life, and heavenly in calling, promise,
and destiny. Through him alone we know the nature, purpose, and form of organ-
ization of local churches, and the right conduct,of such gatherings. T hrough him
alone do we know that “we shall not all sleep,” that “the dead in Christ shall rise
first,”. and that living saints shall be “changed” and caught up to meet the Lord in.
the air at His return.
But to Paul was also committed the unfolding of the doctrines of grace which
were latent in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Paul originates nothing, but unfolds
everything, concerning the nature and purpose of the law; the ground and means
of the believer’s justification, sanctification, and glory; the meanings of the death
of Christ, and the position, walk, expectation, and service of the Christian.
_ Paul, converted by the personal ministry of the Lord in glory, is distinctively the
witness to a glorified Christ, Head over all things to the church which is His body,
as the Eleven were to Christ in the flesh, the Son of Abraham and of David. ;
The chronological order of Paul’s Epistles is believed to be as follows: 1 and 2
Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Romans, Philemon, Colossians, Ephe-
sians, Philippians, 1 Timothy, Titus, 2 Timothy. Hebrews has a distinctive place,
nor can the order of that book amongst the writings of Paul be definitely fixed.
THE TWO SILENCES
Two periods in the life of Paul after his conversion are passed over in a silence
which is itself significant—the journey into Arabia, from which the Apostle returned
in full possession of the Gospel explanation as set forth in Galatians and Romans;
and the two silent years in prison in Caesarea, between his arrest in the temple at
-Jerusalem and his deportation to Rome.
It was inevitable that a trained intellect like that of Paul, a convinced believer
in Mosaism and, until his conversion on the Damascus road, an eager opposer of
Christianity, must seek the underlying principles of the Gospel. Immediately after
his conversion he preached Jesus as the Messiah; but the relation of the Gospel to
the Law, and, in a lesser degree, to the great Jewish promises, needed clear adjust-
ment if Christianity was to be a reasonable faith, and not a mere dogma. In Arabia
Paul sought and found that adjustment through revelation by the Spirit. Out of it
came the doctrinal explanation of salvation by grace through faith, wholly apart from
the law, embodied in Galatians and Romans. ;
But the Gospel brings the believer into great relationships—to the Father, to
other believers, to Christ,.and to the future purposes of God. It is not only a
salvation from sin and the consequences of sin, but into an amazing place in the
Divine counsels. Furthermore, the new thing, the church in its various aspects
and functions, demanded clear revelation. And these are the chief themes of the
Epistles written by Paul from Rome. and commonly called the Prison Epistles—
Ephesians, Philippians, sColossians. It is contrary to the method of inspiration,
as explained by Paul himself, to suppose that these crowning revelations were made
apart from deep meditation, demanding quietness, and earnest seeking. It seems
‘most congruous with the events of Paul’s life to suppose that these great revela-
tions came during the silent years at Czesarea—often spoken of as wasted.
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HOW TO USE THE SUBJECT REFERENCES.
THE subject references lead the reader from the first clear mention of a great truth
to the last. The first and last references (in parenthesis) are repeated each time,
so that wherever a reader comes upon a subject he may recur to the first reference
and follow the subject, or turn at once to the Summary at the last reference.
ILLUSTRATION
(at Mark 1. 1.)
b Gospel. vs.
1,14,15; Mk.
| 8.35. (Gen.
12.1-3; Rev.
14.6.)
Here Gospel is the subject; vs. 1, 14, 15 show where it is at that particular place;
Mk. 8. 35 is the next reference in the chain, and the references in parenthesis are
the first and last.
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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
ROMANS.
WRITER. The Apostle Paul (1. 1). Date. Romans, the sixth in chronological
order of Paul’s Epistles, was written from Corinth during the apostle’s third visit to
that city (2 Cor. 13,1), in AD. 60. The Epistle has its occasion in the intention
of the apostle soon to visit Rome. Naturally, he would wish to announce before
his coming the distinctive truths which had been revealed to and through him.
_ He would desire the Christians in Rome to have his own statement: of the great
doctrines of grace so bitterly assailed everywhere by legalistic teachers.
Theme. The theme of Romans is ‘‘the Gospel of God” (1. 1), the very widest
possible designation of the whole body of redemption truth, for it is He with whom
is ‘‘no respect of persons”; and who is not “the God of the Jews only,” but “of
the Gentiles also” (2. 11; 3. 29). Accordingly, “all the world” is found guilty (3. 19),
and a redemption is revealed as wide as the need, upon the alone condition of
faith. Not only does Romans embody in the fullest way the doctrines of grace
in relation to salvation, but in three remarkable chapters (9.—11.) the great promises
to Israel are reconciled with the promises concerning the Gentiles, and the fulfil-
ment of the former shown to await the completion of the church and coming of
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the Deliverer out of Zion (11. 25-27).
God”? (1.917334 21,, 22):
The key-phrase is “the righteousness of
The Epistle, exclusive of the introduction (1. 1-17), is in seven parts: I. The
whole world guilty before God, 1.
eousness of God by faith, the Gospel remedy for guilt, 3. 21-5. 11.
18-3. 20.
I
I. Justification through the right-
Iii. Crucifixion
with Christ, the resurrection life of Christ, and the walk in the Spirit, the Gospel
provision for inherent sin, 
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